Talk:2005: Attention Span - Revision history

Elizium23: newyorker link is not paywalled for me

2026-02-11T23:55:59Z

newyorker link is not paywalled for me

Psychoticpotato at 18:22, 3 June 2024

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162.158.78.87 at 01:30, 21 May 2022

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172.70.230.143 at 20:51, 13 March 2022

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Dgbrt: Please sign your comments.

2018-09-02T22:21:27Z

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172.69.70.59 at 17:53, 10 July 2018

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172.68.150.52 at 20:57, 19 June 2018

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172.68.150.52 at 20:55, 19 June 2018

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108.162.212.83 at 16:52, 15 June 2018

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162.158.134.214 at 21:18, 14 June 2018

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 :::[[1723: Meteorite Identification]], [[1506: xkcloud]], [[1572: xkcd Survey]]... just to name a few more. [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 09:55, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 :::: Ah, very well :) The difference between those three and this one and 351 is that in the latter the link is "hidden". The others say "Click here" either directly or in alt-text. And in xkcloud it isn't an external link. Whatever. Maybe we should consider making a category of them? [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 11:04, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 I must admit to never having watch the seminal movie Surf ninjas but wikipedia tells me there is not only a novelisation, by A L Singer (Peter Lerangis) but also the screenplay. {{unsigned|Arachrah}}

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	Just reverted the page to before the "crap" spam.		Just reverted the page to before the "crap" spam.
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		+	My dad had a ''Surf Ninjas'' book. Then my dog ate it when we left him home alone out of his crate. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 18:22, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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	I don't know about y'all, but I just spent the last 2 hours down the Thomas the Tank rabbit hole. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.70.59}}		I don't know about y'all, but I just spent the last 2 hours down the Thomas the Tank rabbit hole. {{unsigned ip\|172.69.70.59}}
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 : Sounds like a Wheel of Time omnibus, if such a thing actually exists. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.148|108.162.216.148]] 16:29, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 :: If you're talking about omnibus editions of a series, there are many that could easily get this thick.  But I'm at a loss to think of a single book that is thicker than it is wide.  Although my mass-market paperback edition of ''Les Mis&eacute;rables'' comes pretty close (but has nothing to do with fantasy).  [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 15:09, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
 ::: I'm certain Randall's employing hyperbole. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.214|162.158.134.214]] 21:18, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 :Or it could be one of the alternate art covers of one of the Dark Sword books, or is that too deep a cut even for Randall? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.106.24|162.158.106.24]] 22:46, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

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	For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)		For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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	For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)		For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
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	"It is unclear how one could possibly spend six hours reading such an article." Hmm, it appears you are unfamiliar with this concept called the "World Wide Web." See, any given article has small text snippets indicated by a special color or style called "hyperlinks". Clicking a hyperlink will take you to a different article, typically on a topic relevant to the original article or phrase linked. This hyperlinked article will again link to several more articles, and so on for each succeeding article. Clicking from link to link is an activity often referred to as "browsing cyberspace" and, if pursuing an interesting topic, a reader can easily spend several hours browsing from link to link exploring just about any given topic.		"It is unclear how one could possibly spend six hours reading such an article." Hmm, it appears you are unfamiliar with this concept called the "World Wide Web." See, any given article has small text snippets indicated by a special color or style called "hyperlinks". Clicking a hyperlink will take you to a different article, typically on a topic relevant to the original article or phrase linked. This hyperlinked article will again link to several more articles, and so on for each succeeding article. Clicking from link to link is an activity often referred to as "browsing cyberspace" and, if pursuing an interesting topic, a reader can easily spend several hours browsing from link to link exploring just about any given topic.

−	For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)	+	For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web]. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

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	"Thicker than it's wide - It's a classic" is probably referencing the "If it's longer than it's wide, it's a phallus" joke poem. {{unsigned ip\|172.68.239.107}}		"Thicker than it's wide - It's a classic" is probably referencing the "If it's longer than it's wide, it's a phallus" joke poem. {{unsigned ip\|172.68.239.107}}
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		+	"It is unclear how one could possibly spend six hours reading such an article." Hmm, it appears you are unfamiliar with this concept called the "World Wide Web." See, any given article has small text snippets indicated by a special color or style called "hyperlinks". Clicking a hyperlink will take you to a different article, typically on a topic relevant to the original article or phrase linked. This hyperlinked article will again link to several more articles, and so on for each succeeding article. Clicking from link to link is an activity often referred to as "browsing cyberspace" and, if pursuing an interesting topic, a reader can easily spend several hours browsing from link to link exploring just about any given topic.
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		+	For more information about this astonishing phenomenon, please consult any 1990s guide to the vast new online arena called the world-wide web. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.52\|172.68.150.52]] 20:55, 19 June 2018 (UTC)