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I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 25/05/2011 07:28:48 PM
...that if you go to a random Wikipedia page, and continually click the first link in the article that is NOT in parentheses or italics, and repeat, you eventually end up in "Philosophy."


As far as I can tell, it's because nearly all articles start with the format "X is a insert genre or classification of X here." Each topic gets progressively broader, until you start getting into stuff like "What is knowledge? What is existence?" which leads to Philosophy.


Although, as Camilla pointed out, someone has sabotaged this by editing the "Fact" entry, so it loops back to "Information," which leads back to "Fact" after a few entries.
I amuse myself.
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So, how many have tried the claim in today's xkcd text? Camilla - 25/05/2011 05:39:55 PM 1104 Views
I did. Kaldric - 25/05/2011 06:13:05 PM 790 Views
Apparently i have a different xkcd.. MightyYT - 25/05/2011 06:38:14 PM 723 Views
They're talking about the rollover text *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 25/05/2011 06:41:18 PM 330 Views
I never knew there was roll over text on xkcd. Yeah for more enjoyment of xkcd! *NM* MightyYT - 25/05/2011 07:18:27 PM 358 Views
So you've missed half the jokes on xkcd? *NM* jh - 25/05/2011 09:14:50 PM 295 Views
Indeed Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:00:38 PM 668 Views
Hahah oh wow! Rollover text is basically just as important to xkcd beetnemesis - 26/05/2011 04:41:42 AM 701 Views
Dang. The roll over is the best part in many cases. *NM* Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:44:43 PM 356 Views
Me! Monique - 25/05/2011 07:22:50 PM 956 Views
Yeah. Someone sabotaged the "Facts" article beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:29:45 PM 745 Views
I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:28:48 PM 748 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... Camilla - 25/05/2011 10:58:02 PM 726 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... moondog - 26/05/2011 02:42:10 AM 684 Views
Ferenc Puskas didn't work. Stephen - 25/05/2011 07:39:31 PM 699 Views
For the future, it would be helpful to cite what you're talking about. Not all of us read xkcd. Tom - 25/05/2011 08:23:15 PM 791 Views
If you find it retarded, why do you care? *NM* Helene - 25/05/2011 09:22:49 PM 338 Views
... only it isn't [retarded] *NM* Aeryn - 25/05/2011 10:23:59 PM 401 Views
It's gotten pretty bad. The science jokes are funny, but Randall doesn't know much of anything else. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/05/2011 01:18:19 AM 334 Views
Even the science jokes are kinda meh Isaac - 26/05/2011 01:43:22 AM 744 Views
I loved xkcd up until about a year ago. Aemon - 26/05/2011 04:07:04 AM 753 Views
I should have clarified that it did seem good a few years ago. I agree with that. *NM* Tom - 26/05/2011 04:55:37 AM 307 Views
... *NM* Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:27:59 PM 318 Views
*NM* globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:49 AM 336 Views
Took 23 or so clicks... globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:01 AM 733 Views
I thought about it, but didn't dare. Joel - 26/05/2011 06:14:45 PM 784 Views
Huh. Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:50:31 PM 766 Views
Re: Huh. Camilla - 26/05/2011 09:21:26 PM 794 Views
Random words I see around the house... Danu - 26/05/2011 08:05:05 PM 708 Views
Not me. aerocontrols - 26/05/2011 11:18:57 PM 715 Views
It worked this time! *NM* Monique - 30/05/2011 10:10:47 PM 480 Views
Yes, I think someone fixed it back to the way it was. *NM* Camilla - 30/05/2011 10:12:29 PM 336 Views
At first I thought you meant today's comic. Tim - 30/05/2011 11:16:54 PM 1051 Views
That would have been very impressive Camilla - 30/05/2011 11:42:35 PM 756 Views
Yes, I noticed the date shortly afterwards. Tim - 31/05/2011 08:42:27 AM 694 Views
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