this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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The bot appears to be down, so it's now up to me again like in the old days to post new xkcd comics here. :D

As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent.

https://explainxkcd.com/3217/

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[โ€“] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Skunks smell fine, they just have the ability to spray predators with a scent that smells fucking awful. The skunk itself doesn't usually smell like that though, and if they aren't afraid for their life they're actually super friendly cuddly creatures. They're like cats with a stinkbomb cannon.

[โ€“] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore !