Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/booksMore serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/What would...
    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      “ A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered “hit by pitch”, and would be eligible to advance to first base.”

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Oh is that him?

        I was going to be disappointed that someone was just reading them, rather than directing people to the original source, but if it’s the source reading them, I’m rather happy, but the absorber doesn’t get the foot notes or image caption things.

        • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Yeah, that’s him. He’s listed in the credits:

          Narrated by and based on “What If” by Randall Monroe

          I would never have shared it if it were just some random person freebooting his content.

          You do make a good point about the footnotes and mouseover text. I wonder if there would be some way to weave them into the videos. Perhaps inserting them as a single fleeting frames? It’s a shame YouTube got rid of annotations, as the “hidden annotations” seem like they’d be a perfect fit for this.

    • cron@feddit.deEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      First, we need a material that can withstand the nuclear explosion in the stadium.

      • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        he calls it a thermonuclear explosion. is that the same as a nuclear explosion??

        • Yer Ma@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Yes, except it is fueled by magnetically compressed pellets made from Stanley thermoses