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| − | Actually, a shibboleth's meaning is more complex. It's actually a phrase or principle that distinguishes a group of people and can be used to identify people foreign to said group. For example, in WWII, words with lots of L's were used as a shibboleth to identify Japanese spies, as many Japanese pronounce their L's as R's. [[Special:Contributions/67.85.230.8|67.85.230.8]] 04:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)Liz | + | Actually, a shibboleth's meaning is more complex. It's actually a phrase or principle that distinguishes a group of people and can be used to identify people foreign to said group. For example, in WWII, words with lots of l's were used as a shibboleth to identify Japanese spies, as many Japanese pronounce their l's as r's. [[Special:Contributions/67.85.230.8|67.85.230.8]] 04:06, 23 December 2012 (UTC)Liz |
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| − | As such, the term has been modernized to have the meaning of "password". [[Special:Contributions/194.106.220.85|194.106.220.85]] 13:09, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
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| − | The "bearded dude with swords" is probably Richard Stallman. See 225 and 344. [[Special:Contributions/84.137.219.112|84.137.219.112]] 22:39, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
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| − | This comic perfectly illustrates why I prefer nightmares over dreams in which things are better than in real life. Truthfully!{{unsigned|108.28.72.186}}
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| − | There is a company in UK that has XKCD/806 comppliance: http://revk.www.me.uk/2010/10/xkcd806-compliance.html [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.41|108.162.219.41]] 18:33, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
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| − | The ravk link is broken. It can now be found at https://www.revk.uk/2010/10/xkcd806-compliance.html
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| − | Cueball asking if anyone has a subway map in their cubicle is likely a reference to Subways (http://xkcd.com/1196/) which is clever cross-marketing as the Subways poster is available for purchase (http://store-xkcd-com.myshopify.com/products/subways). [[User:Lakeside|Lakeside]] ([[User talk:Lakeside|talk]]) 16:02, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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| − | :Oh, Randall planned in 2010 a reference to a former (oh, future) comic from 2013? It's BS, I'm sorry. Please do more advertisements for Randall, he uses this shop for his own income and all the payment he has to do for the xkcd web site!.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:36, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
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| − | I think the "bearded dude with swords" = Stallman is a huge stretch. It makes much more sense, and is the simpler of the two explanations, that she would simply be a fantasy fan and have a poster of someone from say LOTR or a sword-and-sorcery book/film/game. [[User:AmbroseChapel|AmbroseChapel]] ([[User talk:AmbroseChapel|talk]]) 06:43, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
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| − | :You can think that and be entirely wrong. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.94.124|172.68.94.124]] 16:23, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
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| − | Interestingly, I just used 'shibboleet' as a shibboleth to identify friends who do not read xkcd. Better unfriend them. Just kidding. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.186.4|172.69.186.4]] 12:10, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
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| − | So I’m guessing this has been taken out in the clean up (which I’m sad about, there were some extremely funny dogmatic opinions expressed) - changing “leth” to “leet” was discussed? It’s a reference in the strip that amused me, but no comment on it here. [[User:Rereading xkcd|Rereading xkcd]] ([[User talk:Rereading xkcd|talk]]) 23:46, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
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| − | I always thought a shibboleth was a spell from DnD; never actually knew what it meant --[[User:Char Latte49|Wielder of the Staple Gun]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:35, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
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