It's funny/ironic that an active webcomic, whose tagline says it contains sarcasm, and often publishes absurd fake graphs and fake figures, the same comic that is cited here for comic relief and biting insight into nerd topics, the same comic where an entire indepdent wiki has arisen to explain each comic in turn, this comic also once-in-a-while publishes totally serious graphs that are not made-up but based on facts and Randall cites his sources with a straight face, meanwhile writing a somewhat serious blog called "What If?" that tries to distill some absurd question into reality, or at least truth in speculative fiction.

Art imitates life. Lies, damn lies, and statistics.