#xkcd 2982

[todays-xkcd]

You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

Water Filtration [Explained]

Transcript

[An extremely convoluted water filtration system for treating well water with treatments both real and facetious, in the order of: Well water, water softener, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet sterilization, autoclave, condenser, regular osmosis, x-ray sterilization, carbon filter (neutron source) activated carbon filter, gamma ray sterilization, cosmic ray stabilization, electrolysis, oxygen spallation, ionizer, quark-gluon plasma chamber, hydrogenation, nucleosynthesis, reverse electrolysis. To the pure water resulting, "local minerals and probiotics added for taste and to support immune health", labelled well water, is added before being sent to the faucet.]