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Progress on getting shipwrecked sailors to adopt ICMPv6 has been slow.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3150/
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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I don't get how this relates to icmpv6. Can someone explain? I read the explainxkcd and didn't get it. It seems to make fun of icmp requests in general by pointing out the absurdity of pinging across an ocean using a message in a bottle but this joke would work for both ipv4 and ipv6