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These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For: Humor?

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Humor?

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NiceGuy1 at 05:52, 25 June 2023

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 ::That was the one, thanks.  (although, I was secretly hoping that it was a secret in-joke)  [[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.153|172.69.59.153]] 17:58, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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	:I count 11 front and 11 back covers. The last two books are around the same color and may look like a thicker book, but are actually one extra-skinny shorter book next to one taller one. Click on the picture (twice) for a larger version where you can see it more clearly. [[User:N0lqu\|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu\|talk]]) 17:09, 21 June 2023 (UTC)		:I count 11 front and 11 back covers. The last two books are around the same color and may look like a thicker book, but are actually one extra-skinny shorter book next to one taller one. Click on the picture (twice) for a larger version where you can see it more clearly. [[User:N0lqu\|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu\|talk]]) 17:09, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
	::That was the one, thanks. (although, I was secretly hoping that it was a secret in-joke) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.153\|172.69.59.153]] 17:58, 21 June 2023 (UTC)		::That was the one, thanks. (although, I was secretly hoping that it was a secret in-joke) [[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.153\|172.69.59.153]] 17:58, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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	I would think the obvious way to sort books would be alphabetically by most important word. For genre fiction, that would be the 40000th word, since that is the one that makes it eligible for a Nebula Award for Best Novel.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.247.45\|172.69.247.45]] 05:13, 21 June 2023 (UTC)		I would think the obvious way to sort books would be alphabetically by most important word. For genre fiction, that would be the 40000th word, since that is the one that makes it eligible for a Nebula Award for Best Novel.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.247.45\|172.69.247.45]] 05:13, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I sort my library by the product from multiplying the Dewey and LoC numbers together. I like it, but its hard to make the code fit onto those little spine tags.

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 ::: I used "'Merkin" mostly because of a hangover from an old tradition on a BBS I used to frequent where the word {{wiktionary|merkin#Noun|'merkin'}} was commonly used to refer to our resident {{wiktionary|merkin#Noun_2|'Merkins}} (in a good-natured, and fully reciprocated way). I imagine it was independently developed (with or without more intent to be derogatory) elsewhere, as being so obvious, but I know where I got it from - and the nostalgia of that era sometimes leaches through even several decades on. I always try to make it obvious that I'm not being vicious in my use (at the very least, bring it up in ridiculous circumstances), and would never use it in a heated exchange, much as I may (and have) used "damnyankee" with obvious disregard of the Mason-Dixon line, "rebellious colonials" even though we're talking of so few actual full-blooded descendents of ''those'' people (in amongst many other more recent immigrants/much more native lineages) or other epithets. (If I'm ever actually angry, I'm far more likely cool and precise, but even something like "USAian" isn't often going to be a flung insult. Just distinguishing those who (mostly) sit between Canada and Mexico, non-inclusively.) Of course, if I have to explain all this then I'm probably open to having had some misinterpretation already happen. But what was said and done still was said and done, and here's just my account of why for you to take on-board however you still so wish! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.54|172.71.178.54]] 14:18, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 :::: Ahh, I KNEW I knew the word "merkin" from somewhere. NO idea how I've heard it, but yeah, as a lady's er, hairpiece. (Maybe even in this context, as being amusingly similar to "Murican"). Since it seems like an unreal and unused concept, it seems weird to have a word for it, LOL! (Maybe more in hairier times like the 60s, where maybe follicly-challenged ladies may have felt embarrassed, I guess?) It's hard for me to imagine women wanting hair so badly to use a merkin and not just wait for natural growth. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 05:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 Does the mirroring of the order of the covers mean that there is a secondary sort order? The longest book is first. {{unsigned ip|172.70.91.65 }}

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 :::I just said what you said, but additionally putting in my oar in about non-standard (to me!) English spelling occasionally forced on us by them damnyankees. :P [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.34|172.70.85.34]] 09:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 :: The usual slur for the country is 'Murica, so by "Merkin" I assume you would write 'Murican. :) (I'm amused my spell check is fine with 'Murica, as highlighted by it NOT liking 'Murican). Which I say as a Canadian, THE foreign country with the most exposure to them, LOL! I glory in using Canadian/British spelling (for which we only disagree on "aluminum" in that list), and just assume someone might eventually "correct" me. :) But, yes, typically accepted and understood is to go with the American forms [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 Does the mirroring of the order of the covers mean that there is a secondary sort order? The longest book is first. {{unsigned ip|172.70.91.65 }}

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 :Go for it, [https://gizmodo.com/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-moderators-landed-gentry-1850546737 landed gentry]! [[Special:Contributions/172.71.155.22|172.71.155.22]] 06:09, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 :: I agree that adding supposed "advantages" to the sorting method is probably superfluous, but I instinctively added a summary of the disadvantages, since that is what we usually do on ExplainXKCD. It can often be illuminating to actually break down the reasons why something is bad - even if it seems obvious, I often discover nuances that I'd never even considered this way. [[User:Hawthorn|Hawthorn]] ([[User talk:Hawthorn|talk]]) 13:03, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
 : Oh, there '''ARE''' no advantages, that's the joke of the comic, that doing this is too weird to be allowed, LOL! [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
 ... books? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.135|162.158.90.135]] 06:51, 20 June 2023 (UTC)