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xkcd #3208: SNEWS

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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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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 hours ago (1 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 :)

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 46 minutes ago

Thanks! I missed the double entendre