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XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-oh-monroe dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Of course... by Free+the+Cowards · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's a pretty bad example if you ask me, given that both sites were created by the same person.

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  2. Re:Of course... by invisiblerhino · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget 'died in a blogging accident' and 'x girls, y cups'.

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  3. Re:Interesting concept... by Mr_Magick · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey, I am from Iowa you insensitive clod...

    I really am from Iowa, and according to Wikipedia so are these people:
    Tom Arnold
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    Terry Farrell
    John Getz
    David Anthony Higgins
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Ashton Kutcher
    Cloris Leachman
    Ron Livingston
    Kate Mulgrew
    Donna Reed
    Brandon Routh
    John Wayne
    Elijah Wood

  4. Re:I'm impressed! by twistedsymphony · · Score: 4, Informative

    "pants" is a British adjective synonymous with "rubbish".

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  5. Re:I'm impressed! by Dogtanian · · Score: 2, Informative

    ""pants" is a British adjective synonymous with "rubbish"."

    This comes from the British "pants" which is short for "underpants". Which I guess is kind of weird etymologically, but since we didn't call trousers "pants" in the first place it doesn't matter to us :-P

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  6. Re:I'm impressed! by Whiteox · · Score: 2, Informative

    Trousers=Pants in the UK. And yes, you can mod me informative.

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