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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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{{w|AIM_(software)|AIM}} (short for AOL Instant Messenger, now defunct) was an instant messaging software that offered its users profile pages to share info about themselves or their friends. Randall notes that these pages fall into one of three categories:
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AIM (short for AOL Instant Messenger) offered its users profile pages to share info about themselves or their friends. Randall notes that these pages fall into one of three categories:
  
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*People without friends or significant others who linked to their {{w|LiveJournal}} (a blogging service popular in the early 2000s);
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*People without friends or significant others linked to their LiveJournal;
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*People with friends and significant others who would celebrate their relationship all over their page;
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*People with friends and significant others would celebrate it all over their page;
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*People with friends who would fill their profile with inside jokes only their friends could understand.
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*Sometimes people with friends would fill their profile with inside jokes only their friends could understand.
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The "Angsty about it" -> "Yes you are" section implies that everybody who does not have a boyfriend or girlfriend is upset and wishes they did.
 
  
 
Both AIM and LiveJournal were known for their teenage user base, as shown by the title text's fictional AIM screen name.
 
Both AIM and LiveJournal were known for their teenage user base, as shown by the title text's fictional AIM screen name.
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The title text seems to reference the kind of behavior someone with a tribute page would display, but is actually an example of an inside joke, for cartoonists.  The text comes from [http://www.nataliedee.com/index.php?date=010806 Natalie Dee Comic 956, from January 8, 2006], a few months before this xkcd comic was published on April 26 of the same year.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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[A flowchart is shown.]
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:[A flowchart is shown.]
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:Have Friends? → No → Link to your LiveJournal
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:Have Friends? - No - Link to your LiveJournal
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:Have Friends? → Yes, and want to alienate everyone else → Inside jokes!
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:Have Friends? - Yes, and want to alienate everyone else - INSIDE JOKES!
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:Have Friends? → Yes → Have Boyfriend/ Girlfriend? →
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:Have Friends? - Yes - Have Boyfriend/ Girlfriend? - No - Angsty about it? - Yes - Link to your LiveJournal
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::No → Angsty about it? →
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:Angsty about it? - No - Yes you are - Angsty about it?
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:::Yes → Link to your LiveJournal
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:Have Boyfriend/Girlfriend? - Yes - A profile tribute is the greatest possible expression of love.
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:::No → Yes you are → Angsty about it?
 
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::Yes → A profile tribute is the greatest possible expression of love.
 
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Flowcharts]]
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[[Category:Charts]]
 
[[Category:Internet]]
 
[[Category:Internet]]
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[[Category:Social networking]]
 

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