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xkcd #2869: Puzzles (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“It was left by a Mr E… Mystery!

Yea, but im pretty sure this is intentionally bad, instead of bad writing

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

It was a callback to Batman from 1966, that's how they solved all the crimes lmao. The Schumacher Batman movies were supposed to be "90s camp", which I can totally see now through my nostalgia goggles.