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XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again
netbuzz writes "Comic creator Randall Monroe suggested in a recent xkcd strip that YouTube comments would be better — or, more precisely, less idiotic — if only those posting them were forced to hear their words read aloud first. Well, YouTube has gone and made this "audio preview" a reality, albeit an optional one. And, it's not the first time that xkcd has contributed to the betterment of the Internet, as those who are familiar with last year's "Internet census" and its use of a Hilbert curve may remember."
The best example would have to be this strip and the resultant web site (NSWF).
I think the greatest improvement of our lifes from xkcd was when Stallman got a katana. Now I can sleep better, knowing he will be protected from the he-who-cannot-be-named, aka Bill.
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
Correction accepted. But, I'm more inclined to believe that it's actually an American actress (from Iowa or something) doing her imitation of what she thinks an English accent is--a grotesque hybrid of Received Pronunciation and Cockney.
Those comments on YouTube come from people? I thought it was a virus or something.
I really am from Iowa, and according to Wikipedia ...
I just added God and Steve Forbes, too.
It's encouraging to see that people can and do escape Iowa, but that probably doesn't help your point.
Pro-tip: When listing famous people from your state, don't lead with Tom Arnold.
As an American, I always had a problem with this expression because I thought, what's a Brit to do when someone is wearing pants that are rubbish? Are they to say, "my good fellow, those pants are completely pants!" But then someone corrected me and noted that they would say "those trousers are completely pants." I felt much better after that conversation.