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xkcd #2872: Hydrothermal Vents (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 1 year ago by randomaccount43543 to c/xkcd
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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 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

https://explainxkcd.com/2872/

[–] _danny 11 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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/