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The worst comic strips in the newspaper were always the overtly political ones like Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury. The authors had neither the meager erudition required to write a real column nor the wit to make their points in a single panel, and so instead subjected their audiences to whatever arguments they played out in the shower that week.

"How can I convince people that inheritance is unjust?" thought Randall as he scrubbed his navel. "I've got it!" he shouted out loud, flinging suds on the cat, who fled yowling from the bathroom. "I can use a boardgame analogy!"

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XKCD: The Same Joke Since 2007

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Disappointed, though by no means surprised, to learn that Randall thinks 20th century authors are better than 19th century authors 

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I too half-remember that chapter from Godel, Escher, Bach

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I too have read the Wikipedia article about memes

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Is this like those photos of people holding up the Tower of Pisa, but cool because it's Science?

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XKCD DESTROYS Martian-life conspiracy theorists with EPIC SCIENCE BURN! NASA is profoundly grateful for this service from NASA alumnus Randall Munroe.

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This is not as flattering to either NASA or 90s Kids as Randall thinks.

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Randall's characteristic childlike whimsy is never more poignant than when it is employed to shed light on man's lost innocence. Indeed, it is precisely this juxtaposition that makes his art so powerful.

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I would find the emerging dystopia much easier to bear if it wasn't presented like an episode of Barney the Dinosaur. Wrapping oppressive dictates in this affectedly folksy tone was really a masterfully clever trick, as any objection can be immediately dismissed as disproportionate. Colds are bad! We just want to help fewer people get colds! Don't you think colds are bad? Are you saying you want more people to get colds?