1220: Hipsters - Revision history

Lettherebedarklight: /* Trivia */ add Category:Comics with a Spanish translation

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Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 172.70.211.72

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an extra aside

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‎Explanation

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Category:Line graphs

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 There is a possible double meaning in the phrase "tedious navel-gazing by insecure people": {{w|Low-rise (fashion)|the word "hipster"}} also refers to low-rise leg wear that sits at or below the hips, often in conjunction with revealing shirts, thereby exposing one's bellybutton.
-The title text reveals [[Randall]]'s awareness that he's only perpetuating the meta-complaining he's complaining about, but he bats away this criticism by pointing out the facts of the situation: the reader is not communicating with Randall but rather most likely in an empty room while browsing the Internet, which would make their argument effectively pointless.
+The title text reveals [[Randall]]'s awareness that he's only perpetuating the meta-complaining he's complaining about, but he bats away this criticism by pointing out the facts of the situation: the reader is not communicating with Randall but rather most likely in an empty room while browsing the Internet. That is, the criticising reader is experiencing a retreat into ironic detachment while still clearly participating in the thing in question, i. e. the graph.
 The title text may be a reference to a previous comic, [[525: I Know You're Listening]].

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 The title text reveals [[Randall]]'s awareness that he's only perpetuating the meta-complaining he's complaining about, but he bats away this criticism by pointing out the facts of the situation: the reader is not communicating with Randall but rather most likely in an empty room while browsing the Internet, which would make their argument effectively pointless.
-The title text may be a reference to a previous comic, [[525| 525: "I Know You're Listening"]].
+The title text may be a reference to a previous comic, [[525: I Know You're Listening]].
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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics with color]]
-[[Category:Charts]]
+[[Category:Line graphs]]