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** [http://xkcd.com/322/ This one] as seen below, which is a crowning moment for anyone with many female friends who actively engage in the use of the internet and sees the crap they put up with.
** [http://xkcd.com/322/ This one] as seen below, which is a crowning moment for anyone with many female friends who actively engage in the use of the internet and sees the crap they put up with.
* The [http://xkcd.com/789/ Showdown.]
* The [http://xkcd.com/789/ Showdown.]
* Even [[Twilight (Literature)|Stephanie Meyer]] [http://www.xkcd.org/591/ gets one].
* Even [[Twilight (novel)|Stephanie Meyer]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923135941/http://xkcd.org/591/ gets one].
** For clarification, you DID read that right: [[Twilight (Literature)|Stephanie.]] [[This Is Sparta|Fucking.]] ''[[Mundane Made Awesome|MEYER.]]'' gets one.
** For clarification, you DID read that right: [[Twilight (novel)|Stephanie.]] [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Fucking.]] ''[[Mundane Made Awesome|MEYER.]]'' gets one.
* The comic inspired a [http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/youtubes-moron-detector/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html change in Youtube's user interface], in under two weeks.
* The comic inspired a [http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/youtubes-moron-detector/2008/10/13/1223749908757.html change in Youtube's user interface], in under two weeks.
** Another one: [http://xkcd.com/195/ Comic #195] inspired [http://www.isi.edu/ant/address/ a project to make a map of the ENTIRE INTERNET.]
** Another one: [http://xkcd.com/195/ Comic #195] inspired [http://www.isi.edu/ant/address/ a project to make a map of the ENTIRE INTERNET.]
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** In the same stream of thought, while not part of the main comic, the now famous [http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png radiation chart] is a fairly awesome moment for Randall.
** In the same stream of thought, while not part of the main comic, the now famous [http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png radiation chart] is a fairly awesome moment for Randall.
* [http://xkcd.com/1037/ Umwelt]. The image changes depending on what browser you are using, what OS you are running, how wide your screen is, the height of your screen, where you are coming from, and your geographical location. Known variants include (but are not limited to): Wikipedia, Reddit, the UK, Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Germany, the Google corporate network, MIT, a mobile browser, the Chrome browser, Netscape Navigator, Israel, the Armed Forces, and many, many more.
* [http://xkcd.com/1037/ Umwelt]. The image changes depending on what browser you are using, what OS you are running, how wide your screen is, the height of your screen, where you are coming from, and your geographical location. Known variants include (but are not limited to): Wikipedia, Reddit, the UK, Alaska, Florida, Illinois, Germany, the Google corporate network, MIT, a mobile browser, the Chrome browser, Netscape Navigator, Israel, the Armed Forces, and many, many more.
* [http://xkcd.com/1052/ Every Major's Terrible], which bemoans the uselessness of liberal arts degrees while pointing out how the various science majors have their own deficiencies... all to the tune of [[The Pirates of Penzance|"Modern Major General"]]. Almost immediately, Youtube videos started popping up of people attempting to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyoGruec88&feature=related sing the damn thing.]
* [http://xkcd.com/1052/ Every Major's Terrible], which bemoans the uselessness of liberal arts degrees while pointing out how the various science majors have their own deficiencies... all to the tune of the [[Major-General Song]]. Almost immediately, Youtube videos started popping up of people attempting to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyoGruec88&feature=related sing the damn thing.]
* ''[http://xkcd.com/1190/ Time]'', strip #1190. Randall Munroe posted on average one frame per hour for 3,099 panels, telling a speculative fiction story in slow motion. This strip has [[w:Time (xkcd)|its own Wikipedia page]] and [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/w:c:xkcd-time:XKCD_Time_Wiki its own wiki], and won Randall the 2014 [[Hugo Award]] for Best Graphic Story.


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