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| before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A41%20pm-,Spiders,-They%27re%20not%20spiders Original title</span>]: '''Spiders'''</big></big> | | before = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A41%20pm-,Spiders,-They%27re%20not%20spiders Original title</span>]: '''Spiders'''</big></big> | ||
| image = red_spiders_small.jpg | | image = red_spiders_small.jpg | ||
− | | titletext = They are six-legged spiders | + | | titletext = They are six-legged spiders<br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001941/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40#:~:text=8%3A41%20pm-,Spiders,-They%27re%20not%20spiders Original caption</span>]: They're not spiders; they have six legs! |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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This comic is the first in an arc of comics, spaced out over 3 years (so far), in which Red Spiders are seen attacking humans. Its objective is not to be funny, philosophical, or scientifically interesting; it just tells a story, in a {{w|Questionable Content}}-esque way. Interestingly, the red spiders actually more closely resemble {{w|opiliones}}, the order of {{w|arachnids}} that includes the {{w|Pholcidae|Daddy Longlegs}}, and which are actually more closely related to mites than to spiders. | This comic is the first in an arc of comics, spaced out over 3 years (so far), in which Red Spiders are seen attacking humans. Its objective is not to be funny, philosophical, or scientifically interesting; it just tells a story, in a {{w|Questionable Content}}-esque way. Interestingly, the red spiders actually more closely resemble {{w|opiliones}}, the order of {{w|arachnids}} that includes the {{w|Pholcidae|Daddy Longlegs}}, and which are actually more closely related to mites than to spiders. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Many six-legged red spiders standing on and hanging from cuboids. The cuboids hang in the air with no visible means of support. Some of the spiders have made a bridge out of themselves.] | :[Many six-legged red spiders standing on and hanging from cuboids. The cuboids hang in the air with no visible means of support. Some of the spiders have made a bridge out of themselves.] | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | This was the eighth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[13: Canyon]], and the next one was [[6: Irony]]. It was among the [[:Category:First day on LiveJournal|first thirteen comics]] posted to LiveJournal within 12 minutes on September 30th, 2005, on the first day of the xkcd LiveJournal account. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 08]] | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 08]] | ||
[[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 08]] | [[Category:First day on LiveJournal| 08]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Red Spiders]] | [[Category:Red Spiders]] | ||
[[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders01]] | [[Category:Comics sharing name|Red Spiders01]] |