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"1. Munroe's Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument. This law supersedes Godwin, so that even if the quote is about Hitler, the quoter still wins."
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"A little knowledge is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a dangerous thing."
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I have a problem with the "10 Geeky Laws" article you're linking to. The text discussing the tenth law describes Jon Stewart as a geek. What's geeky about him?