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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I couldn't tell what I was looking at until I searched for an explanation. All I could see was a person falling into some water past a floating ice cream stall. It's supposed to be a beach:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2821:_Path_Minimization

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 27 points 1 year ago

"we have a beach at home"

the beach in question

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I just thought it was two dudes racing to get ice cream first.