Replaces words found from XKCD's comics to make reading the news more fun. Check out and contribute to the git repo here: https://github.com/rhyneav/xkcd-substitution View more on my website here: https://vlaservi.ch/ Words being replaced: - witnesses: these dudes I know - allegedly: kinda probably - new study: Tumblr post - rebuild: avenge - space: spaaace - google glass: virtual boy - smartphone: pokedex - electric: atomic - senator: elf-lord - car: cat - election: eating contest - congressional leader: river spirit - homeland security: homestar runner - could not be reached for comment: is guilty and everyone knows it - debate: dance-off - self driving: uncontrollably swerving - poll: psychic reading - candidate: airbender - drone: dog - vows to: probably won't - at large: very large - second-degree: friggin awful - third-degree: friggin awful - an unknown number: like hundreds - front runner: blade runner - global: spherical - years: minutes - minutes: years - no indication: lots of signs - urged restraint by: drunkenly egged on - horsepower: tons of horsemeat - gaffe: magic spell - ancient: haunted - star-studded: blood-soaked - remains to be seen: will never be known - silver bullet: ways to kill werewolves - subway system: tunnels I found - surprising: surprising (but not to me) - war of words: interplanetary war - tension: sexual tension - cautiously optimistic: delusional - doctor who: the big bang theory - win votes: find pokemon - behind the headlines: beyond the grave - email: poem - facebook post: poem - tweet: poem - facebook ceo: this guy - latest: final - disrupt: destroy - meeting: menage a trois - scientists: channing tatum and his friends - you won't believe: I'm really sad about