[Randall, drawn as Cueball, on stage.] Randall: Hi. I'm Randall. Welcome to my TED talk. Randall: It's an honor to speak to you, some of the brightest innovators from so many fields, about a problem in desperate need of your attention: Randall: How DO you end parenthetical statements with emoticons? I can't figure out a good way. [Screen next to him shows two statements, both crossed out in red.] "Linux (or BSD :) would..." looks mismatched "Linux (or BSD :)) would..." looks mismatched and weird [Randall writing on a desk.] [Randall's List] Conferences I'm banned from: Siggraph Eurocrypt Defcon Pycon International Astronomical Union Canadian Paleontology Conference Every American Furry Convention American Baking Society Asian Dolphin-Training Conference TED [transcript borrowed from the Explain XKCD wiki]
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