#541: TED Talk explain

[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