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xkcd #2872: Hydrothermal Vents (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 10 months ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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https://xkcd.com/2872/

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Benthic Santas weren't even discovered until the 1970s, but many scientists now believe Christmas may have originally developed around hydrothermal vents and only later migrated to the surface.

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago (4 children)

https://explainxkcd.com/2872/

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Thank you. This made no sense to me at first.

[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

xkcd's comics will be the next summerian bar jokes a couple thousand years from now.

I mean, take away the context of what santa claus is and this would be incomprehensible.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There is little to no evidence that actual humans live down deep in the sea

Little to no evidence? I'd love to see the little evidence for benthic humans

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

We did our second SantaCon this year. I’m thinking Benthic Santa for next year. What is SantaCon, you ask? https://www.santacon.info/