tumblr saves the world. again.

I had to look up what "holy shit two cakes" was referring to. I thought I recognized it but I couldn't remember off the top of my head what it was.

You're one of today's lucky 10,000! And so am I, so thanks for linking it!
- I think this one is a lot more than 10,000... Or maybe a lot less? I'm not sure how the math works for things not everyone knows.
I literally had never seen it! And now I'm one of today's lucky 10,000!
- And I another!
  Wait, how many people had actually seen this before?
I make indie games as a hobby and that is such a reassuring comic.
But forty cakes is as many as four tens, and that's awful

Why is Tumblr getting the credit when it’s an XKCD comic that has the message, not the platform.

See: Holy Shit -- Two Cakes.
- That would only apply if you treat the people appreciating one cake as a second cake.

Semi-relevant story time!

A couple weeks ago I was watching a favorite Youtuber, 12Tone, deconstructing a song I wasn't aware of. During the intro he made a joke about trying to explain the song, then stopped, saying everyone already knew what the song was. I had no idea at all. So I went and listened to the song and looked up a bit more about it.

Due to some weird convergence of chance and Matrix-esque internet dodging that I didn't know I was doing, I somehow missed out on the phenomenon that was Mr. Brightside.

It's a really good song and I had the fortune to be one of that day's lucky 10,000.

I don't doubt you and I don't judge you but... HOW
- Seriously no idea at all. My wife, who doesn't generally care for music at all was very well acquainted with it. It was just one of those one-in-a-million things just seemed to happen.
That's the best because the song is phenomenal, and I never listen to it now because I've heard it too many times. You truly have been given a gift there!
- Do you ever wish you could go back and listen to it for the first time again?
Huh, and today I am a lucky 10,000. Had to google the song, never heard it. Thanks for you anecdote and my subsequent discovery!!
What country are you in? It seems to be way bigger in the UK; at uni, there was a program where some American students from either Princeton or Stanford would come to my uni for a term, and reflecting on their bemusement in the club when Mr Brightside came on always makes me laugh.
Most of them were familiar with the song, but altogether unprepared for how nuts the club went when it came on. It's such a meme that even an old punk like me can't resist singing along.
I took am one of the lucky 10,000. Guess I have some googling when I get back home.

Yay XKCD!!!

Thank you for posting this!