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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is a parody of the {{w|Discovery Channel}} commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 'Boom De Yada']. The comic is divided into a grid of 4 | + | This comic is a parody of the {{w|Discovery Channel}} commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 'Boom De Yada']. The comic is divided into a grid of 4 by 6 panels, each depicting a character or situation from a previous xkcd strip. In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial. |
− | The campaign from the {{w|Discovery Channel}} was not called "Boom De Yada, | + | The campaign from the {{w|Discovery Channel}} was not called "Boom De Yada", but "{{w|I Love the World}}". The title "xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel" is in reference to this. |
Most of the panels are references to previous xkcd strips, but a few are not. | Most of the panels are references to previous xkcd strips, but a few are not. | ||
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:A reference to comic [[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]], where [[Beret Guy]] shows his liking for bakeries in first panel. His love of bakeries is a recurring gag in the comic. | :A reference to comic [[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]], where [[Beret Guy]] shows his liking for bakeries in first panel. His love of bakeries is a recurring gag in the comic. | ||
;Panel 4 ''I love the blogosphere!'' | ;Panel 4 ''I love the blogosphere!'' | ||
− | :A reference to comic [[239: Blagofaire]], where someone from the far future believes | + | :A reference to comic [[239: Blagofaire]], where someone from the far future believes many people blogged from high-altitude balloons whilst wearing red capes and goggles. The flying character may be {{w|Cory Doctorow}}, who is mentioned in the comic as the only blogger to actually do this, and who also appeared in comic [[345: 1337: Part 5]] in this guise. |
− | ;Panel 5 ''I love the whole world.'' (Cueball running in | + | ;Panel 5 ''I love the whole world.'' (Cueball running in large hamster ball.) |
:Likely a reference to comic [[152: Hamster Ball]], though there are [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hamster_Ball multiple comics] featuring human-sized {{w|Hamster ball|hamster balls}}. | :Likely a reference to comic [[152: Hamster Ball]], though there are [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Hamster_Ball multiple comics] featuring human-sized {{w|Hamster ball|hamster balls}}. | ||
;Panel 6 ''And all its messed-up folks.'' | ;Panel 6 ''And all its messed-up folks.'' | ||
− | :A reference to the | + | :A reference to the /b/ ("Random") forum on {{w|4chan}}, which is in fact home to plenty of "messed-up folks". This on-line behavior is something [[Randall]] comments on in several comics both before and after this. For instance in [[202: YouTube]]. |
;Panel 7 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Cueball and Megan immersed in playpen balls.) | ;Panel 7 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Cueball and Megan immersed in playpen balls.) | ||
:A reference to comic [[150: Grownups]], where Megan decides that she has the ability to, and wants to, turn her house into a giant ball pit. | :A reference to comic [[150: Grownups]], where Megan decides that she has the ability to, and wants to, turn her house into a giant ball pit. | ||
;Panel 8 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (''I put on my robe and wizard hat'') | ;Panel 8 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (''I put on my robe and wizard hat'') | ||
− | :A reference to [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja this roleplay chat transcript] (NSFW), which became an Internet meme. A user named bloodninja would roleplay as a wizard during {{w|cybersex}} (saying "I put on my robe and wizard hat" to signal this) and invariably infuriate his unwitting partners with demeaning actions. Other incidents involved him roleplaying as a rhinoceros. In the above mentioned comic [[150: Grownups]] | + | :A reference to [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja this roleplay chat transcript] (NSFW), which became an Internet meme. A user named bloodninja would roleplay as a wizard during {{w|cybersex}} (saying "I put on my robe and wizard hat" to signal this) and invariably infuriate his unwitting partners with demeaning actions. Other incidents involved him roleplaying as a rhinoceros. In the above mentioned comic [[150: Grownups]] the two characters also disappear, but in that case a big pink heart comes out of the playpen balls. |
;Panel 9 ''I love your suffering.'' | ;Panel 9 ''I love your suffering.'' | ||
− | :The recurring character [[Black Hat]] is being his usual self and causing suffering for his own amusement, as in comic [[72: Classhole]]. In this panel | + | :The recurring character [[Black Hat]] is being his usual self and causing suffering for his own amusement, as in comic [[72: Classhole]]. In this panel he is seen either taking a present away from a child, who is upset, or giving the child a package containing a bobcat, like the package in comic [[325: A-Minus-Minus]]. This last possibility would explain the lines indicating the box to be moving in Black Hat's hands. |
;Panel 10 ''I love cryptography.'' | ;Panel 10 ''I love cryptography.'' | ||
:{{w|Cryptography}} is a subject that comes up often in the comic, notably, in comics [[153: Cryptography]] and [[177: Alice and Bob]] before this one (for a full list see [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Cryptography Category:Cryptography]). The panel shows a flowchart of the kind commonly used to show how a particular cryptosystem works and/or how it can be broken. | :{{w|Cryptography}} is a subject that comes up often in the comic, notably, in comics [[153: Cryptography]] and [[177: Alice and Bob]] before this one (for a full list see [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Cryptography Category:Cryptography]). The panel shows a flowchart of the kind commonly used to show how a particular cryptosystem works and/or how it can be broken. | ||
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:Sexual reference. Sex and red sheets are also brought up in comic [[230: Hamiltonian]]. | :Sexual reference. Sex and red sheets are also brought up in comic [[230: Hamiltonian]]. | ||
;Panel 12 ''And kite photography.'' | ;Panel 12 ''And kite photography.'' | ||
− | :A reference to Randall's own hobby of [http://xkcd.com/kite/ kite photography] | + | :A reference to Randall's own hobby of [http://xkcd.com/kite/ kite photography] as well as comic [[235: Kite]]. |
;Panel 13 ''I love the whole world'' (Map of the internet.) | ;Panel 13 ''I love the whole world'' (Map of the internet.) | ||
− | :A reference to comic [[256: Online Communities]], featuring online communities of the time | + | :A reference to comic [[256: Online Communities]], featuring online communities of the time visualised as a world map, with geographic area representing their approximate membership size. There is, more directly, a pun on "internet", namely "outernet". |
;Panel 14 ''And all its mysteries.'' | ;Panel 14 ''And all its mysteries.'' | ||
− | :A reference to a series of comics on "red spiders" | + | :A reference to a series of comics on "red spiders:" [[8|8: Red Spiders]], [[43|43: Red Spiders 2]], [[47|47: Counter-Red Spiders]], [[126|126: Red Spiders Cometh]], and [[427|427: Bad Timing]]. |
;Panel 15 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Two people sword-fighting on rolling office chairs.) | ;Panel 15 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Two people sword-fighting on rolling office chairs.) | ||
:A reference to comic [[303: Compiling]], where two coders battle with fake swords at work, with the excuse that their code is compiling. | :A reference to comic [[303: Compiling]], where two coders battle with fake swords at work, with the excuse that their code is compiling. | ||
;Panel 16 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Classroom with two students and a teacher.) | ;Panel 16 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Classroom with two students and a teacher.) | ||
− | :Nothing too special, but it does embrace the "everybody joins in" theme behind the commercials. The teacher is [[Miss Lenhart]] | + | :Nothing too special, but it does embrace the "everybody joins in" theme behind the commercials. The teacher is [[Miss Lenhart]] who was first properly introduced in comic [[263: Certainty]] but may have made an appearance in comic [[59: Graduation]]. |
;Panel 17 ''I love elections'' (''Barack me Obamadeus!'') | ;Panel 17 ''I love elections'' (''Barack me Obamadeus!'') | ||
− | :A pun on the song {{w|Rock Me Amadeus}} and US president {{w|Barack Obama}}. At this point | + | :A pun on the song {{w|Rock Me Amadeus}} and US president {{w|Barack Obama}}. At this point Randall had not done any comics directly on elections but he made this after the one in 2008: [[500: Election]] and has shown his love for this subject also around the 2012 election. |
;Panel 18 ''I love transistors.'' | ;Panel 18 ''I love transistors.'' | ||
:This panel has Cueball's crotch replaced with the (similar-looking) icon used for a {{w|transistor}} in a {{w|circuit diagram}}. Randall later showed how much he loves anything that can go in to such a diagram in [[730: Circuit Diagram]]. | :This panel has Cueball's crotch replaced with the (similar-looking) icon used for a {{w|transistor}} in a {{w|circuit diagram}}. Randall later showed how much he loves anything that can go in to such a diagram in [[730: Circuit Diagram]]. | ||
;Panel 19 ''I love weird pillow talk.'' (''There ''must'' be Taft slash fiction.'') | ;Panel 19 ''I love weird pillow talk.'' (''There ''must'' be Taft slash fiction.'') | ||
− | :"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pillow+talk Pillow talk]" means intimate conversations between lovers, "{{w|slash fiction}}" is fanfiction with characters of the same sex, and "Taft" is {{w|William Howard Taft}}, a US President mostly remembered for his severe obesity. It appears | + | :"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pillow+talk Pillow talk]" means intimate conversations between lovers, "{{w|slash fiction}}" is fanfiction with characters of the same sex, and "Taft" is {{w|William Howard Taft}}, a US President mostly remembered for his severe obesity. It appears they are invoking {{w|Rule 34 (Internet meme)|rule 34 of the Internet}} as a reference to [[305: Rule 34]]. Weird pillow talk is also the subject of comic [[69: Pillow Talk]], while the Taft reference comes from comic [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia]]. |
;Panel 20 ''I love your sister.'' | ;Panel 20 ''I love your sister.'' | ||
:A reference to xkcd's recurring joke of dating the female character's sister, which spans several comics including [[49: Want]], [[279: Pickup Lines]], [[317: That Lovin' Feelin']], and [[408: Overqualified]]. | :A reference to xkcd's recurring joke of dating the female character's sister, which spans several comics including [[49: Want]], [[279: Pickup Lines]], [[317: That Lovin' Feelin']], and [[408: Overqualified]]. | ||
− | ;Panel 21 ''I love the whole world'' (Roller coaster with Cueball holding | + | ;Panel 21 ''I love the whole world'' (Roller coaster with Cueball holding chess board) |
− | :A reference to comic [[249: Chess Photo]] | + | :A reference to comic [[249: Chess Photo]] which inspired an internet meme. |
;Panel 22 ''The future's pretty cool!'' (Beret Guy in a forest.) | ;Panel 22 ''The future's pretty cool!'' (Beret Guy in a forest.) | ||
− | :The picture of the forest is similar to that in [[269: TCMP]], though it may also be a reference to comic [[167: Nihilism]], where Cueball and Beret Guy make observations about the future while climbing a tree. Later, in comic [[1322: Winter]], the two are seen walking through a forest very similar to the one shown here | + | :The picture of the forest is similar to that in [[269: TCMP]], though it may also be a reference to comic [[167: Nihilism]], where Cueball and Beret Guy make observations about the future while climbing a tree. Later, in comic [[1322: Winter]], the two are seen walking through a forest very similar to the one shown here. |
;Panel 23 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Megan doing the MC Hammer slide towards Cueball.) | ;Panel 23 ''Boom de yada, Boom de yada'' (Megan doing the MC Hammer slide towards Cueball.) | ||
:A reference to comic [[108: M.C. Hammer Slide]], where Hairy falls in love with "a girl whose only mode of transportation is the M.C. Hammer Slide." | :A reference to comic [[108: M.C. Hammer Slide]], where Hairy falls in love with "a girl whose only mode of transportation is the M.C. Hammer Slide." | ||
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:A reference to comic [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]], where Megan and Cueball go on an electric skateboard ride, but he already introduced these back in [[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]]. | :A reference to comic [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]], where Megan and Cueball go on an electric skateboard ride, but he already introduced these back in [[139: I Have Owned Two Electric Skateboards]]. | ||
− | The title text continues the song, self-referentially. Self-reference is a reoccurring theme in {{w|Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter's}} books, notably ''{{w|Gödel, Escher, Bach}}'' | + | The title text continues the song, self-referentially. Self-reference is a reoccurring theme in {{w|Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter's}} books, notably ''{{w|Gödel, Escher, Bach}}'' which Randall reefers to directly in [[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]. Later Hofstadter has been referenced in other comics, such as in the title text of [[555: Two Mirrors]] and [[608: Form]] plus of course in [[917: Hofstadter]]. Self-reference as a form of humor was also [[:Category:Self-reference|explored before]], but most famously in the later [[688: Self-Description]]. |
− | + | ==Trivia== | |
− | + | Olga Nunes and Elaine Doyle produced a [http://olganunes.com/projects/we-love-xkcd/ song] based on this comic strip | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[The comic is in parody of the Discovery Channel commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line "Boom De Yada."] | :[The comic is in parody of the Discovery Channel commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line "Boom De Yada."] | ||
− | :[The comic is divided into a grid of 4 | + | :[The comic is divided into a grid of 4 by 6 panels, each depicting a character or situation often from a previous xkcd strip.] |
:[In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.] | :[In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.] | ||
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− | :[Megan laying on floor tinkering with | + | :[Megan laying on floor tinkering with EEE PC hamster ball robot.] |
:I love to engineer. | :I love to engineer. | ||
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− | :[Beret Guy standing in bakery holding a loaf of bread in each hand, | + | :[Beret Guy standing in bakery holding a loaf of bread in each hand, sign with "PIE!" in background.] |
:I love this bakery! | :I love this bakery! | ||
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− | :[Cory Doctorow in goggles and | + | :[Cory Doctorow in goggles and red cape flying superman-style.] |
:I love the blogosphere! | :I love the blogosphere! | ||
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− | :[Cueball running in | + | :[Cueball running in large hamster ball.] |
:I love the whole world | :I love the whole world | ||
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− | :[Black Hat taking | + | :[Black Hat taking gift away from kid with party hat.] |
:I love your suffering. | :I love your suffering. | ||
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− | :[Cueball and Megan in bed covered by | + | :[Cueball and Megan in bed covered by red sheet.] |
:I love entangled sheets. | :I love entangled sheets. | ||
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− | :[Cueball hanging from | + | :[Cueball hanging from kite string holding camera.] |
:And kite photography. | :And kite photography. | ||
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− | :[Cube with | + | :[Cube with red spider on top.] |
:And all its mysteries. | :And all its mysteries. | ||
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− | :[Classroom with two students and | + | :[Classroom with two students and Mrs. Lenhart.] |
:Boom De Yada | :Boom De Yada | ||
:Boom De Yada | :Boom De Yada | ||
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− | :[Cueball holding | + | :[Cueball holding schematic diagram of a transistor in front of his crotch.] |
:I love transistors. | :I love transistors. | ||
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− | :[Roller coaster with Cueball in | + | :[Roller coaster with Cueball in front car holding chess board and thinking about a move.] |
:I love the whole world. | :I love the whole world. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | * This comic was enacted by Olga Nunes and various famous people as [http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd ''We Love xkcd'' | + | *This comic was enacted by Olga Nunes and various famous people as [http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd ''We Love xkcd'']. |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cory Doctorow]] | ||
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[[Category:Red Spiders]] | [[Category:Red Spiders]] | ||
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[[Category:Electric skateboard]] | [[Category:Electric skateboard]] | ||
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[[Category:Self-reference]] | [[Category:Self-reference]] | ||
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