XKCD is about us! Maybe!
Click for full comic. WARNING: contains a vaguely "adult" word.
Can you believe it? Famous internet comic XKCD is talking about us! Well, the trend in which we and Thingiverse are engaging. Isn’t that amazing?
*Psst*
All spoofing aside, we all know that 3d printing is right on the cusp of really grasping its possibilities; this comic is just tapping into the zeitgeist that we’re all feeling. The future, with its promises of instant delivery of goods and a smarter, more efficient economy are almost tangible. I can almost feel 3d picking us all up on its wings and taking us from these economic doldrums.
*Psst*
No, really, I can almost feel its enormous wings beating, picking us up gently with their mammoth claws…just like when the eagles save Frodo at the end of the Lord of the Rings, and depositing us in a land of plenty, where pure ideas can become material almost instantly.
*Psst…did you actually read this comic?*
Oh, no…ok, I get it. Forget what I said.
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2 Comments so far
Thaed
That Z-corp powder printer video went viral and mainstream. That’s the inspiration. The Z-corp printer is probably in the $40,000 range. I wish it had been a Makerbot video instead because Makerbot products are much more within the reach of consumers.
Joe Larson
I’ve been silently wondering for a while now why is there nothing marked “adult” on Thingiverse? Not that I want that, but surely I can’t be the only one that has thought that printing a… uh… marital aid would not only be possible, but the printing process would make them naturally ribbed. I also expected to see someone put Steven Colbert’s head on one.
Hopefully this is just a result of Thingiverse having some decently implemented filters. In which case I’m okay with it.