#2203: Prescience
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[Cueball is sitting in an armchair holding a book. He seems to be looking off as he talks to an off-panel person behind him. This person replies.]
Cueball: You know, it's been a while since there's been a really big meteor impact.
Off-panel voice: Will you stop that?!
[Caption below the panel:]
I say this kind of thing every so often, because I don't believe it affects the outcome and it has a slim chance of looking incredibly prescient.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Lots of people called their ships unsinkable before the Titanic. Voicing your hubris doesn't make failure more likely, just more memorable.