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Any chance that 'the pain and negativity of the internet' is a reference to [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-4 this recent SMBC comic] where SMBC's artist Zach challenges Randall to 'out-nerd him now' (seen when you click the red button just below the comic).
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Any chance that 'the pain and negativity of the internet' is a reference to [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3 this recent SMBC comic] where SMBC's artist Zach challenges Randall to 'out-nerd him now' (seen when you click the red button just below the comic).
 
I've been wondering whether the first XKCD after that (that is: today's XKCD comic) would refer to it.
 
I've been wondering whether the first XKCD after that (that is: today's XKCD comic) would refer to it.
 
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.173|141.101.104.173]] 14:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
 
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.173|141.101.104.173]] 14:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

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Any chance that 'the pain and negativity of the internet' is a reference to this recent SMBC comic where SMBC's artist Zach challenges Randall to 'out-nerd him now' (seen when you click the red button just below the comic). I've been wondering whether the first XKCD after that (that is: today's XKCD comic) would refer to it. 141.101.104.173 14:55, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

I kinda doubt it. SMBC wasn't being "negative" or objectionable - if anything it was a challenge - and even a kind of complement. An adequate response to that kind of a challenge might take longer than a few days to prepare. If we're going to see anything in response, I suspect it'll be more obvious. SteveBaker (talk) 14:02, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
We better be seeing a string theory joke sometime in the next week... 108.162.216.226 02:38, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
Here you go. 162.158.122.126 12:55, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
@SteveBaker That was my doubt too. Looking forward to an adequate response from Randall though :) 141.101.104.173 07:44, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
The negative interpretation might as well be humorously exaggerated. Alluding to political correctness gives the defense some weight. A point in favor of our observation, that I came just here to validate, would be the lawn. "Get of my lawn" is a common meme, but even the lawn is impressed with Zach. Anyway I chuckled. 162.158.114.10 17:46, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
The link at the top does not work. This one should . 108.162.246.35 16:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

This article mentions XKCD number 1749 as involving "talking to inanimate organisms", but nobody talks to the mushroom in that strip. Neither does the mushroom talk to them, it merely growls. Ajfaraday (talk) 09:41, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

I would object to "inanimate". Things are inanimate, and well, maybe dead organisms; but a growling and talking organism is obviously alive.162.158.91.171 16:14, 21 December 2016 (UTC)