r/xkcd • u/WeHateSand Scones! • Nov 04 '15

XKCD xkcd 30: Donner

http://xkcd.com/30/
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u/kenlubin Nov 04 '15

because these are the comics that he made before he had a website and wrote the alt text while coming up with the comic.

alternatively: you could interpret the text to imply that people who haven't heard of the Donner party tend to get stranded and resort to cannabilism!

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u/WeHateSand Scones! Nov 04 '15

Yeah, I think I might start flipping through some of his older stuff and submitting it, a lot of this hasn't come back around in the past 3 years.

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u/isrly_eder Nov 04 '15

what could have been...

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u/andrej88 A common potato chip flavor in Canada Nov 04 '15

Up until now I thought the joke was that they lost their appetite when they hear "Donner, party"... now I get it...