XKCD: It's more than a comic

Didn't they already make a Harriet The Spy movie with Rosie O'Donell?

Yes, they did.

And we don't have a page for it?

You have to write it now, it's the Law of English Ivy.

I saw the movie when I was about 8 or so. Had a ton of Foot Focus from what I can recall.

Man, I remember Harriet The Spy. That book was the first time I ever heard the name Fabio.

Now that's Adaptation Decay.

Never heard of it.

Children's book series. First one was written in the mid 1960s. Covers. The other wiki's page on it.

Michael Bay jokes are getting old. When he has done them himself, more than once, it is about time to find another director to mock.

... actually, the Michael Bay joke struck me as odd- wasn't that more of a faux-Quentin Tarnatino-blockbuster?

Double post, ignore >.<

edited 8th Sep '09 8:57:58 PM by TeChameleon

Michael Bay would have more dogs-going-at-it. (Yeah, I refuse to see Revenge Of The Fallen).

Oh, I thought it was Bruce Kalish he mocked...

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Reminds me of my sister's T-shirt...

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edited 9th Sep '09 4:54:00 PM by Tangent128

Comic: Fairly funny, if nothing special.

Alt-text: @#$%ing hilarious.

This may be the first xkcd where I understand the subject as thoroughly as anyone can, but fail to see an actual joke. Except, of course, in the Alt Text.

Isn't the joke simply that it won't work because everybody does that?

Maybe the problem is that I understand the subject matter too well. I guess there's a certain ridiculousness these days to the idea that two people can take to the blogosphere and get one of them nominated for Ruler of the World as a result.

To be fair to Orson Scott Card, the book was written well before the current blogging craze. And Peter and Valentine were really, really smart — the only reason they weren't taken in Ender's place was their personalities.

edited 11th Sep '09 6:53:34 AM by Fighteer

Well, Valentine ended up writing for an actual dead-paper newspaper because she was recognized as a good writer, and they both used applied meme theory to make sure they gained influence.

Oh, <deity>! I just noticed the squirrel!

edited 11th Sep '09 9:06:40 AM by LatwPIAT

Yes, the squirrel made me chuckle. Or wince, considering Peter's childhood habits.

Likely the beginning of an arc.

He needs to get an editor.

Wow, FiveThirtyEight is still around in whatever far-future year Enders Game is set in.

And yeah, the squirrel...  ^{Not-really-spoiler for either Ender's Game or one of the Shadow books}

As I recall he first pinned their legs to the ground, skinned them alive, and then left them to rot in the sun. I don't think he actually he killed them.