xkcd comic where a bald stickman (Person1, pressumably male) is walking up to the open door leading to a medium length haired stickman's (Person2, pressumably female) apartment

(First panel)

Person1: "Hey, I was wondering if you had plans for-- Holy crap, what happened to your apartment?"

Person2: "I filled it with playpen balls!"

Person1: "I... What? Why?"

(Second panel, from the point of view of Person1)

Person2: "Because we're grown-ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means."

In the third panel Person2 is out of frame and Person1 is seen staring at the ball-apartment, then in the fouth panel he's out of frame too, the balls are spilling out of the door and a pink heart is flying out of the room

Perma-link to comic: https://xkcd.com/150

I think this was too cute to not be posted here :3 Also did u know xkcd has a youtube channel?! :O

https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif

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[–] trag468@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a framed and signed copy of this one on my wall.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

:O that sounds cute! added to my list of ideas to make my room prettier >u<

Edit: wait, signed by Randall Munroe? :O

[–] trag468@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Yeah, by Randall. Years and years ago he had them on his website. My wife got it for me.

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 10 points 8 months ago

It would be awesome if it was signed by like Tim Buckley

[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

my all time favourite xkcd. if i was to get a tattoo it would be from this

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

I liked angular momentum better, but this is a super close second. While I still love xkcd, those early strips were special.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 8 months ago

Omg yeah it's so damn cute and has such a nice message 💕 Def my fave so far too >u<

[–] kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

yes yes yes !!! dream house id hav somuch fun !!!!

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 19 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I imagine it would be quite fun for a while, but that the novelty would wear thin about the time you woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom for the first time.

Filling a basement den with them, though... lounging in a sea of balls while watching TV or something... I am not seeing the downside.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean you couldn't snack while in then - too much risk of crumbs and it'd be difficult to clean with them all around so risk of bugs. I guess you could just vacuum blindly !

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I’ll convince people there’s some sort of creature living under the balls as my roomba moves around under them.

[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Imagine the flora and fauna that would slowly grow in there

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Just make it a sauna or something so you can cook them dead every now and again

[–] loops@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

In my house it would be full of silverfish in no time. Bleh.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

He said in the blog that they're kind of expensive and very hard to clean, so he had a rule of no food/drinks in the ball pit.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah! Also kissing and snuggling in that sea of balls sounds so fun :3

[–] loops@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

They can also provide extra support for holding various positions.

[–] skylestia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i need to know how i can buy these balls

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

First have to decide what material and size. DDG is your friend: https://www.plasticballsupply.com/

[–] skylestia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

i had no idea there would be so many options! lol

will bookmark this, thanks

[–] Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where is the environmentally friendly option though?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

LMDDGTFU: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=cork+balls&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=wooden+balls&ia=web

[–] loops@beehaw.org 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

and then they fucked.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

hehe didnt want to be so direct >u< maybe they're just very good friends tho! :3

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Whatever they did, it launched little floaty hearts across the room and out the door.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

uhhh... balloons! :D

[–] Silentiea@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why does it matter if one or the other is male or female?

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 8 months ago

it doesnt? :p It's just what was likely implied and I translated that to text

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