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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 1188 Views
I did. Kaldric - 25/05/2011 06:13:05 PM 872 Views
Apparently i have a different xkcd.. MightyYT - 25/05/2011 06:38:14 PM 793 Views
They're talking about the rollover text *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 25/05/2011 06:41:18 PM 371 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 393 Views
So you've missed half the jokes on xkcd? *NM* jh - 25/05/2011 09:14:50 PM 334 Views
Indeed Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:00:38 PM 753 Views
Hahah oh wow! Rollover text is basically just as important to xkcd beetnemesis - 26/05/2011 04:41:42 AM 774 Views
Dang. The roll over is the best part in many cases. *NM* Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:44:43 PM 390 Views
Me! Monique - 25/05/2011 07:22:50 PM 1035 Views
Yeah. Someone sabotaged the "Facts" article beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:29:45 PM 836 Views
I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:28:48 PM 826 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... Camilla - 25/05/2011 10:58:02 PM 802 Views
Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... moondog - 26/05/2011 02:42:10 AM 762 Views
Ferenc Puskas didn't work. Stephen - 25/05/2011 07:39:31 PM 790 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 880 Views
If you find it retarded, why do you care? *NM* Helene - 25/05/2011 09:22:49 PM 377 Views
... only it isn't [retarded] *NM* Aeryn - 25/05/2011 10:23:59 PM 443 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 372 Views
Even the science jokes are kinda meh Isaac - 26/05/2011 01:43:22 AM 824 Views
I loved xkcd up until about a year ago. Aemon - 26/05/2011 04:07:04 AM 825 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 344 Views
... *NM* Camilla - 25/05/2011 11:27:59 PM 354 Views
*NM* globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:49 AM 374 Views
Took 23 or so clicks... globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:01 AM 826 Views
I thought about it, but didn't dare. Joel - 26/05/2011 06:14:45 PM 861 Views
Huh. Hobo - 26/05/2011 07:50:31 PM 844 Views
Re: Huh. Camilla - 26/05/2011 09:21:26 PM 868 Views
Random words I see around the house... Danu - 26/05/2011 08:05:05 PM 789 Views
Not me. aerocontrols - 26/05/2011 11:18:57 PM 797 Views
It worked this time! *NM* Monique - 30/05/2011 10:10:47 PM 520 Views
Yes, I think someone fixed it back to the way it was. *NM* Camilla - 30/05/2011 10:12:29 PM 372 Views
At first I thought you meant today's comic. Tim - 30/05/2011 11:16:54 PM 1155 Views
That would have been very impressive Camilla - 30/05/2011 11:42:35 PM 841 Views
Yes, I noticed the date shortly afterwards. Tim - 31/05/2011 08:42:27 AM 774 Views
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