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Posted on: November 18, 2008 9:42 AM, by Steinn Sigurðsson
This is both frighteningly funny, and shockingly profound.
The really worrying thing is how few people in the world will ever get it.
h/t Chad
ok, I will show mercy:
34:
Wolfram classified cellular automata rules - some of which are interesting and support universality.
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I suppose there isn't much intersection between those who are internet-savvy enough to have heard of Rule 34 and those who've read ANKS.
However. I imagine that of any webcomic to make this joke, XKCD will have the highest percentage of people who get it, if only for the fact it's mentioned the former rule 34 before (#305).
Posted by: Cecil | November 18, 2008 3:00 PM
Okay, I give up. How does that fit into Rule 34?
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | November 18, 2008 6:42 PM
Duh, Tyler. Everyone knows the Japanese are all getting into vast-universe-time-space-dilations pornography. It's the new hotness.
Posted by: Rogue Epidemiologist | November 18, 2008 7:30 PM
Get a slow internet connection.
Roll the cursor over the xkcd blank while you wait for the page to load
Or just check buzzfeed on googletrends...
Posted by: Steinn Sigurdsson | November 18, 2008 10:44 PM
I've no idea about rule 34, but the little guy in the comic seems to be the starmaker.
Posted by: changcho | November 19, 2008 4:00 PM
I just wanted to know what kind of rocks...
Posted by: Lab Lemming | November 20, 2008 11:52 PM