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Re: I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... moondog Send a noteboard - 26/05/2011 02:42:10 AM
...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 got looped on mathematics to quantity.


that's a lot of math....
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So, how many have tried the claim in today's xkcd text? Camilla - 25/05/2011 05:39:55 PM 1103 Views
I did. Kaldric - 25/05/2011 06:13:05 PM 789 Views
Apparently i have a different xkcd.. MightyYT - 25/05/2011 06:38:14 PM 722 Views
They're talking about the rollover text *NM* Sareitha Sedai - 25/05/2011 06:41:18 PM 329 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 357 Views
So you've missed half the jokes on xkcd? *NM* jh - 25/05/2011 09:14:50 PM 294 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 955 Views
Yeah. Someone sabotaged the "Facts" article beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:29:45 PM 744 Views
I did. For those who haven't read it, the claim is... beetnemesis - 25/05/2011 07:28:48 PM 747 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 698 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 333 Views
Even the science jokes are kinda meh Isaac - 26/05/2011 01:43:22 AM 743 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 317 Views
*NM* globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:49 AM 335 Views
Took 23 or so clicks... globug0822 - 26/05/2011 06:50:01 AM 732 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 793 Views
Random words I see around the house... Danu - 26/05/2011 08:05:05 PM 707 Views
Not me. aerocontrols - 26/05/2011 11:18:57 PM 714 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 335 Views
At first I thought you meant today's comic. Tim - 30/05/2011 11:16:54 PM 1050 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 693 Views
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