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"Ren Faire" is short for "{{w|Renaissance Faire}}", described as "an outdoor weekend gathering, usually held in the United States, open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which emulates a historic period for the amusement of its guests." While [[Cory Doctorow]] is not in this comic, the character is {{w|cosplay}}ing him. This comic inspired several xkcd readers to give Cory Doctorow a red cape and goggles when he won the 2007 EFF Pioneer Award. Cory Doctorow's balloon is featured in [[482: Height]]. The title "Blagofaire" might be an amalgamation between Blogosphere, Medieval Faire, and Blag, Randall's way of referencing [[Blag|his blog]]. The same topic is mentioned in the title text of the second image of the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|69|Facebook of the Dead}}'', which say: "An elderly Cory Doctorow cosplaying by wearing what the future thinks he wore in the past.". The "festival" the cosplayer references is later referenced in [[771: Period Speech]]. | "Ren Faire" is short for "{{w|Renaissance Faire}}", described as "an outdoor weekend gathering, usually held in the United States, open to the public and typically commercial in nature, which emulates a historic period for the amusement of its guests." While [[Cory Doctorow]] is not in this comic, the character is {{w|cosplay}}ing him. This comic inspired several xkcd readers to give Cory Doctorow a red cape and goggles when he won the 2007 EFF Pioneer Award. Cory Doctorow's balloon is featured in [[482: Height]]. The title "Blagofaire" might be an amalgamation between Blogosphere, Medieval Faire, and Blag, Randall's way of referencing [[Blag|his blog]]. The same topic is mentioned in the title text of the second image of the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|69|Facebook of the Dead}}'', which say: "An elderly Cory Doctorow cosplaying by wearing what the future thinks he wore in the past.". The "festival" the cosplayer references is later referenced in [[771: Period Speech]]. | ||
| β | The title text | + | The title text might be a reference to Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, in which several references are made to the "structuring and the levels" of the wizards of Unseen University. |
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