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- jaxter2010, on 06/17/2009, -5/+79Digg has an XKCD fetish.
- inactive, on 08/27/2008, -8/+40*Woosh*
- chezidom, on 08/27/2008, -6/+31So I finally found a xkcd article before it reached front page
I have nothing clever to say :( - netneutrality, on 08/27/2008, -0/+12Like this?
http://x11.xanga.com/7b9885f569c78123010669/w22161 ... - Smashery, on 08/27/2008, -4/+15I wonder when people will realise that posting "Let the burying begin..." always leads to a score in the negatives.
- towlie2110, on 08/27/2008, -2/+11Even if you understand the joke, it's still not funny.
- Paulginz, on 08/27/2008, -1/+8The key part in the incompleteness theorem is creating a mathematical formula that reads:
"I cannot be proven"
But I find the comic's paradox more similar to Russel's/Barber one "Does the set of all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself?" - perhapsimcrazy, on 08/27/2008, -0/+6Didn't even smile.
This is because it wasnt funny.
And Yes, I got the joke. - Tanktunker, on 08/27/2008, -2/+7Bzzzzt, wrong.
- ninjaface, on 08/27/2008, -11/+16xkcd + person accustomed to good humor = epic fail
- getmeawhopper, on 08/27/2008, -6/+10I'm just surprised nobody mentioned rule 34 yet.
- SDeluxe, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4*sigh* Why did I click that
- NathanielJ, on 08/27/2008, -0/+4Eh... I'm not really sure how Cantor's diagonalization would have anything to do with the title text. My best guess is that because an infinite set has a bijection with an infinite set with twice as many elements, they have the same cardinality and thus mathematicians consider them "the same" in many ways, and Cantor was the pioneer of infinite set cardinalities.
- aloser, on 08/27/2008, -2/+6Read GEB
- adrenalmedulla9, on 08/27/2008, -12/+15XKCD Sucks, Bury Me,
This is not a RickRoll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU - kublerross, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3unbelievably great book!
- DearSergio, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3LOL to Katharin Gates, great refer- wait....
- TyrantJoe, on 08/27/2008, -2/+5www.*****.com
- SiliconRain, on 08/27/2008, -5/+8Now *that* is an esoteric mathematics reference. I only get it because I read "Godel, Escher, Bach" a few years ago. Otherwise, I would have been in the 'woosh!' camp.
Still dugg it, though. - laofmoonster, on 08/27/2008, -0/+3You didn't get the reference, did you...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Imag ... - gizram84, on 05/30/2009, -0/+2@occasus
Were you attempting to correct the spelling of a purposely misspelled word?
Canadians..... - MrM4nager, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Yes, it most certainly is.
- MacEnvy, on 08/27/2008, -10/+12All I know about Godel is that he had an "Incompleteness Theorem", which is exactly enough to be able to appreciate this comic on a shallow level. Perfect.
- Zeonick, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2I'm a personal fan of "Ponyplay", but that's just me.
- tallassrob, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Werewolf sex all the way
- reason74, on 08/27/2008, -3/+5It seems like people use Digg to promote their blogs and goofy websites to try to make money and hit the big time. How does garbage like this always hit the front page?
- Zeonick, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3Dugg for Rick Roll.
- Jyaif, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2-obscene +obscure
- TimmyA, on 08/27/2008, -0/+2Specifically, his incompleteness theorem. Douglas Hofstadter's famous book is a great read for anyone remotely interested in that kind of thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_B ...
edit: I just saw someone above mentioned it, sorry I didn't see. 'Tis a great book, read it! - powatom, on 08/27/2008, -1/+3Perhaps one should take time out from watching Family Guy and read a book or ten.
- ajbl, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1That's a better theory.
- ninjaface, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1nice ice cream joke
- aparatoc, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Love this..should be it's own digg article. Just this list..is ***** funny.
- pe5t1lence, on 08/27/2008, -3/+4I was wondering if I would have to go to xkcd.com for once. But nope here it is!
- exomni, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1BZZZZTT!!!
Made popular =/= front page.
But you're right. Nobody on Digg actually reads the submissions before digging them up, especially when we're talking about xkcd, so whether or not people get it or whether or not it is funny or even remotely worth reading is irrelevant. - doubl3d, on 08/28/2008, -1/+2Sucks
- matude, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Actually, maybe he did? "Magritte was also playing on the other meaning of "pipe" (slang for fellatio in French), thus stirring controversy with a famous case of double entendre."
But yes, most likely no. - ZenKai, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1No, but I'd argue XKCD DOES have a Wikipedia fetish. As well it should.
Wikiphilite: One who derives sexual gratification from being publicly cited. - r00fus, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1It's not that esoteric. It's akin to the whole "Can god make a rock so big he could not lift it" type of logical conundrum. That's more widely known (and there are others).
- SiliconRain, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Well, yes, Godel's incompleteness theorem does have something to do with self-referencing, but the theorem itself is highly esoteric, so to appreciate the joke in full you really have to be a maths geek.
- ZenKai, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1You keep using that word. I do no not think it means what you think it means.
- vijethk, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1I never saw this all about?
http://fresharticles.co.cc/
http://inarticles.co.cc/ - kevman459, on 08/28/2008, -0/+1Dugg for Furverts.
- JFallon126, on 08/27/2008, -2/+3And...not funny. Buried.
- netneutrality, on 08/27/2008, -0/+1Oh and Wikipedia already has its own pretty creepy and complete list of fetishes, thanks to the magical powers of the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paraphilias
- eskizo, on 08/28/2008, -1/+1this one didn't make the fp ?
- Durrok, on 08/27/2008, -2/+2OMG I don't like the comic yet I feel the need to click on it and comment on it, thus helping it hit the front page!
When will the government step in and outlaw this for me? - inactive, on 08/27/2008, -1/+1I know thats a bent willy.Lucky you.
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