442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel - Revision history

GSLikesCats307 at 19:55, 4 May 2026

2026-05-04T19:55:55Z

DollarStoreBa'al: cat

2026-03-31T17:10:03Z

cat

FaviFake at 15:34, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T15:34:46Z

FaviFake: removed Category:Hamster Ball; added Category:Hamster Balls using HotCat

2025-07-29T15:26:53Z

removed Category:Hamster Ball; added Category:Hamster Balls using HotCat

172.70.174.65: /* Explanation */

2024-06-01T17:59:25Z

‎Explanation

Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */ from volume 0

2024-04-12T07:21:29Z

‎Explanation: from volume 0

Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */ gone

2024-02-11T10:53:11Z

‎Explanation: gone

172.70.210.91: Added possible Narnia reference in Panel 21

2023-12-15T05:42:09Z

Added possible Narnia reference in Panel 21

FaviFake: /* Trivia */ Updated xkcd store link with Web archive link

2023-09-01T09:59:58Z

‎Trivia: Updated xkcd store link with Web archive link

FaviFake at 09:34, 29 August 2023

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 :A reference to [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja this roleplay chat transcript] (NSFW), which became an Internet meme. A user named bloodninja would roleplay as a wizard during {{w|cybersex}} (saying "I put on my robe and wizard hat" to signal this) and invariably infuriate his unwitting partners with demeaning actions. Other incidents involved him roleplaying as a rhinoceros. In the above mentioned comic [[150: Grownups]], the two characters also disappear, but in that case a big pink heart comes out of the playpen balls.
 ;Panel 9 ''I love your suffering.''
-:The recurring character [[Black Hat]] is being his usual self and causing suffering for his own amusement, as in comic [[72: Classhole]]. In this panel, he is seen giving a child a present, probably containing a bobcat as seen in [[325: A-Minus-Minus]].
+:The recurring character [[Black Hat]] is being his usual self and causing suffering for his own amusement, as in comic [[72: Classhole]]. In this panel, he is seen giving a child a present, probably containing a bobcat as seen in [[325: A-Minus-Minus]]. He could also be taking the present from the child.
 ;Panel 10 ''I love cryptography.''
 :{{w|Cryptography}} is a subject that comes up often in the comic, notably, in comics [[153: Cryptography]] and [[177: Alice and Bob]] before this one (for a full list see [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Cryptography Category:Cryptography]). The panel shows a flowchart of the kind commonly used to show how a particular cryptosystem works and/or how it can be broken.

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	The title text continues the song, self-referentially. Self-reference is a reoccurring theme in {{w\|Douglas Hofstadter\|Douglas Hofstadter's}} books, notably ''{{w\|Gödel, Escher, Bach}}'', which Randall refers to directly in [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. Later, Hofstadter has been referenced in other comics, such as in the title text of [[555: Two Mirrors]] and [[608: Form]], plus, of course, in [[917: Hofstadter]]. Self-reference as a form of humor was also [[:Category:Self-reference\|explored before]], but most famously in the later [[688: Self-Description]].		The title text continues the song, self-referentially. Self-reference is a reoccurring theme in {{w\|Douglas Hofstadter\|Douglas Hofstadter's}} books, notably ''{{w\|Gödel, Escher, Bach}}'', which Randall refers to directly in [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. Later, Hofstadter has been referenced in other comics, such as in the title text of [[555: Two Mirrors]] and [[608: Form]], plus, of course, in [[917: Hofstadter]]. Self-reference as a form of humor was also [[:Category:Self-reference\|explored before]], but most famously in the later [[688: Self-Description]].
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		+	From ''[[xkcd: volume 0]]'':
		+	{{quote\|To everyone who did YouTube covers of this, I love you all.}}

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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 :A reference to comic [[249: Chess Photo]], which inspired an internet meme.
 ;Panel 22 ''The future's pretty cool!'' (Beret Guy in a forest.)
-:The picture of the forest is similar to that in [[269: TCMP]], though it may also be a reference to comic [[167: Nihilism]], where Cueball and Beret Guy make observations about the future while climbing a tree. Later, in comic [[1322: Winter]], the two are seen walking through a forest very similar to the one shown here.
+:The picture of the forest is similar to that in [[269: TCMP]], though it may also be a reference to comic [[167: Nihilism]], where Cueball and Beret Guy make observations about the future while climbing a tree. Later, in comic [[1322: Winter]], the two are seen walking through a forest very similar to the one shown here. The forest Beret Guy is in also may be a reference to the {{w|Narnia (world)|Wood Between the Worlds}} in {{w|The Magician's Nephew}}, from the series of childrens' books, {{w|The Chronicles of Narnia}} by {{w|C.S. Lewis}}.
 ;Panel 23 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Megan doing the MC Hammer slide towards Cueball.)
 :A reference to comic [[108: M.C. Hammer Slide]], where Hairy falls in love with "a girl whose only mode of transportation is the M.C. Hammer Slide."

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 * This comic was enacted by Olga Nunes and various famous people as [http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd ''We Love xkcd''].
 * Noam Raby and Olga Nunes also produced an animation based upon this comic, named [https://vimeo.com/7151435 ''I Love xkcd''].
-*This comic is available as a signed print in the [https://store.xkcd.com/products/signed-prints xkcd store].
+* This comic used to be [https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023401/https://store.xkcd.com/products/signed-prints available as a signed print] in the xkcd store before it was [[Store|shut down]].
 {{comic discussion}}

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 :A reference to comic [[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]], where [[Beret Guy]] shows his liking for bakeries in first panel. His love of bakeries is a recurring gag in the comic.
 ;Panel 4 ''I love the blogosphere!''
-:A reference to comic [[239: Blagofaire]], where someone from the far future believes that many people blogged from high-altitude balloons whilst wearing red capes and goggles. The flying character may be {{w|Cory Doctorow}}, who is mentioned in the comic as the only blogger to actually do this, and who also appeared in comic [[345: 1337: Part 5]] in this guise.
+:A reference to comic [[239: Blagofaire]], where someone from the far future believes that many people blogged from high-altitude balloons whilst wearing red capes and goggles. The flying character may be [[Cory Doctorow]], who is mentioned in the comic as the only blogger to actually do this, and who also appeared in comic [[345: 1337: Part 5]] in this guise.
 ;Panel 5 ''I love the whole world.'' (Cueball running in a large hamster ball.)
 :Likely a reference to comic [[152: Hamster Ball]], though there are [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hamster_Ball multiple comics] featuring human-sized {{w|Hamster ball|hamster balls}}.