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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 1165 Views
I did. Kaldric - 25/05/2011 06:13:05 PM 848 Views
Apparently i have a different xkcd.. MightyYT - 25/05/2011 06:38:14 PM 774 Views
They're talking about the rollover text *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 25/05/2011 06:41:18 PM 358 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 382 Views
So you've missed half the jokes on xkcd? *NM* jh - 25/05/2011 09:14:50 PM 321 Views
Indeed Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:00:38 PM 729 Views
Hahah oh wow! Rollover text is basically just as important to xkcd beetnemesis - 26/05/2011 04:41:42 AM 753 Views
Dang. The roll over is the best part in many cases. *NM* Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:44:43 PM 382 Views
Me! Monique - 25/05/2011 07:22:50 PM 1014 Views
Yeah. Someone sabotaged the "Facts" article beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:29:45 PM 811 Views
I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:28:48 PM 802 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... Camilla - 25/05/2011 10:58:02 PM 782 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... moondog - 26/05/2011 02:42:10 AM 737 Views
Ferenc Puskas didn't work. Stephen - 25/05/2011 07:39:31 PM 761 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 859 Views
If you find it retarded, why do you care? *NM* Helene - 25/05/2011 09:22:49 PM 367 Views
... only it isn't [retarded] *NM* Aeryn - 25/05/2011 10:23:59 PM 429 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 359 Views
Even the science jokes are kinda meh Isaac - 26/05/2011 01:43:22 AM 800 Views
I loved xkcd up until about a year ago. Aemon - 26/05/2011 04:07:04 AM 808 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 334 Views
... *NM* Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:27:59 PM 346 Views
*NM* globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:49 AM 362 Views
Took 23 or so clicks... globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:01 AM 805 Views
I thought about it, but didn't dare. Joel - 26/05/2011 06:14:45 PM 840 Views
Huh. Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:50:31 PM 822 Views
Re: Huh. Camilla - 26/05/2011 09:21:26 PM 848 Views
Random words I see around the house... Danu - 26/05/2011 08:05:05 PM 767 Views
Not me. aerocontrols - 26/05/2011 11:18:57 PM 775 Views
It worked this time! *NM* Monique - 30/05/2011 10:10:47 PM 511 Views
Yes, I think someone fixed it back to the way it was. *NM* Camilla - 30/05/2011 10:12:29 PM 364 Views
At first I thought you meant today's comic. Tim - 30/05/2011 11:16:54 PM 1128 Views
That would have been very impressive Camilla - 30/05/2011 11:42:35 PM 820 Views
Yes, I noticed the date shortly afterwards. Tim - 31/05/2011 08:42:27 AM 753 Views
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