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xkcd #3208: SNEWS

Title text:

People say setting of fireworks indoors is dangerous, but I looked at their energy release and it's like 10^-40 foe; totally negligible.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3208/

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

To understand the "title text" section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foe_(unit)

Foe is a unit to describe the amount of energy released by supernovae.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I imagine "snews" would be pronounced kind of like "snooze", so it's funny that it's intended to be the polar opposite of an alarm snooze :)

Thanks! I missed the double entendre

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Actually snews are just snake news