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| | date = November 21, 2005 | | | date = November 21, 2005 |
| | title = Self-reference | | | title = Self-reference |
− | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Friday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Self%2Dreference Original title</span>]: '''Friday's Drawing - Self-reference'''</big></big>
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| | image = self-reference.jpg | | | image = self-reference.jpg |
− | | titletext = I think about self-reference a lot. Example: this comment. | + | | titletext = I think about self-reference a lot. Example: this comment. |
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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | This was the thirty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[32: Pillar]], and the next one was [[41: Old Drawing]].
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− | {{w|Self-reference}} is a situation where something (a comic, a drawing, a musical work, a novel, a mathematical theorem) refers to itself in some manner. This can be a powerful technique in art, music, mathematics, and computer science (it is the basis of recursion). In this comic, [[Cueball]] promises not to use self-reference for humor, and then realizes after a beat panel that, since this comic is referring to the series of comics he is part of, he is using self-reference, thus breaking his promise. Without the last panel, this comic wouldn't be funny, and therefore wouldn't break the promise about using self-reference for humor. But with it, and his realization that he is breaking his promise, it does break that promise. Self-references have been used most famously later in [[688: Self-Description]], but was already used in [[6: Irony]] and also in [[:Category:Self-reference|other comics]]. The webcomic Comic JK made a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323234759/http://comicjk.com/comic.php/44 spoof of this comic].
| + | == Transcript == |
| + | [Guy standing alone] Guy: I promise to never again squeeze humor out of self-reference. |
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− | The title text is just another humorous{{Citation needed}} self-reference.
| + | [Guy standing alone] |
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− | ==Transcript==
| + | [Guy standing alone] Guy: God dammit. |
− | :[Cueball is standing alone.]
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− | :Cueball: I promise to never again squeeze humor out of self-reference.
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− | :[Beat panel.]
| + | {{Comic discussion}} |
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− | :[Cueball is standing alone.]
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− | :Cueball: God dammit.
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− | ==Trivia==
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− | The original title of the comic was wrong, as this comic was released on a Monday, not a Friday. The [[32: Pillar|previous comic]] was actually supposed to come out on a Friday, but [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] forgot to post it in time and released in on a Saturday. See more on [[32: Pillar#Explanation|that comic's explanation]].
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− | {{comic discussion}} | |
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− | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 35]] | |
− | [[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
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− | [[Category:Checkered paper]]
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| [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |
− | [[Category:Self-reference]]
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− | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]]
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