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"Dig" implies malice, I think 'poke' or 'rib' is more precise.

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I think they are friends. I seem to remember Munroe mentioning Weinersmith in something online a few years back.

I mean, he even drew a guest comic for XKCD: https://xkcd.com/826/

This is a pretty good xckd reference https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/religion-ruining-everythin...

Yes it is lol -- Zach (the comic creator) has a longstanding admiration and jealousy of Randall and XKCD's popularity, and references it occasionally.

I suspect Randall may say "challenge accepted"...