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| date      = October 24, 2007
 
| date      = October 24, 2007
 
| title    = Getting Out of Hand
 
| title    = Getting Out of Hand
| image    = getting out of hand.png
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| image    = getting_out_of_hand.png
 
| titletext = Wikipedia's role as brain-extension, while a little troubling, is also really cool.
 
| titletext = Wikipedia's role as brain-extension, while a little troubling, is also really cool.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
Given how {{w|Wikipedia}} has an ever-expanding variety of topics, the grand majority of them in great detail, there is a possibility (even a temptation) of relying on Wikipedia to learn from every topic that leaves you confused... even {{w|foreplay}}. ('Bedtime' and 'us time' are not necessarily 'computer time'.)
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Given how {{w|Wikipedia}} is not only available on the Internet, but also has an ever-expanding variety of topics, the grand majority of them in great detail, there is a possibility (even a temptation) of relying on Wikipedia to learn from every topic that leaves you confused... even {{w|foreplay.}} ('Bedtime' and 'us time' is not necessarily 'computer time.')
 
 
This comic may also be a reference to how people can get addicted to reading Wikipedia pages, because there are many interesting links on each page that people haven't read yet, and there are links on that page that they click on, etc.
 
 
 
The title text refers to the fact that many rely on Wikipedia instead of remembering/learning stuff. Reliance on Wikipedia was later directly addressed as the subject of [[903: Extended Mind]].
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Megan and Cueball are in a bed at night, and Cueball reaches out from under the covers to do a Wikipedia search about Foreplay.]
 
:[Megan and Cueball are in a bed at night, and Cueball reaches out from under the covers to do a Wikipedia search about Foreplay.]
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Sex]]
 
[[Category:Sex]]
[[Category:Wikipedia]]
 

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