Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jun 2

Sunbeam xkcd.com/3253/

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Taka Hanazawa · Jun 3

I'm sorry—you *don't* want to be in the sunbeam???

CarlaodhDónaill ☘️ · Jun 3

I do this every time I get on a Bus, Train and especially a Flight 🤣

Joel Stocksdale · Jun 2

But it IS rather useful

Not Invented · Jun 3

I look for moss growing on the table legs.

C Cameron · Jun 2

Even just astronomy tells you where the shade will be by the time you come out of the store

Nugget · Jun 3

"...and that is bad...?"

Tim Rust · Jun 3

I use this power every time I lunch in a venue with North facing (Australia) windows

Bram · Jun 5

If only Buridans Ass was an astrophotographer

Dish Wasper · Jun 2

you can predict the future in one extremely specific way

Bruce Cullen 🇨🇦🫡 · Jun 3

AKA Patio math.

@sethur.bsky.social · Jun 3

The table will soon be in the sun, you say? Chucking stuff into the sun is not a "minor" superpower! ;p

@felixilef.bsky.social · Jun 3

It's also useful while looking for a parking spot.

Wear ≥Filip Filipovich Preobrazhensky 2 respirator Do Not Follow · Jun 4

Or a person c̅ functional critical faculties (a vanishingly small minority given the neuro damage done by repeated infections during the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic) also have that minor superpower if they wish to engage it. #PrecautionaryPrincipleFFS #Wear≥FFP2RespiratorsNotMasks #DamageIsCumulative

Jan The "en attendant + 4°" · Jun 3

Not true in the southern hemisphere

@eickot.bsky.social · Jun 3

I do that when I park my car on summer, what is the direction of sun, and put the car looking to get shadow when I'm back.

Arduenn Schwartzman · Jun 3

They must be in the northern hemisphere.

Nachtvogel · Jun 3

I can absolutely relate. (With an upcoming flight regularly check the expected flight path and, depending on this, book a seat on the side of the aircraft that is likely to be in the shade: Me)

Dan Burns · Jun 2

We also can affect the weather by purchasing a telescope! #astrophotography

Jeff Bell · Jun 2

Only in the northern hemisphere.

xkcd title text · Jun 2

Title text: "While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3253#Transcript