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Talk:1272: Shadowfacts

2013-10-07T15:29:12Z

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Reminds me of the Cat Facts meme. --[[User:Rael|Rael]] ([[User talk:Rael|talk]]) 05:11, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Wow, a talking horse! That puts poor old Bill The Pony in the shade... [[Special:Contributions/178.98.253.80|178.98.253.80]] 08:32, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
: Ok, I'm done with the internet for today. I don't think anything else is going to match this pun. [[Special:Contributions/74.200.7.145|74.200.7.145]] 14:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Is this the same horse from Correct Horse Battery Staple? [[Special:Contributions/128.49.161.70|128.49.161.70]]
: That battery staple casts a shadow. --[[User:Rael|Rael]] ([[User talk:Rael|talk]]) 16:41, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Hang on, hobbits? I know they look short, but when is this supposed to happen? Wouldn't Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas be more likely choices, given the chronology? {{unsigned ip|98.216.97.56}}

Is that a LEGO Gandalf? [[User:Porkypine|Porkypine]] ([[User talk:Porkypine|talk]]) 17:49, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
: Shoulda had a LEGO Legolas in there too[[User:Diszy|Diszy]] ([[User talk:Diszy|talk]]) 14:22, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Talk:1272: Shadowfacts

2013-10-02T14:40:45Z

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Talk:1272: Shadowfacts

2013-10-02T14:39:43Z

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Talk:1272: Shadowfacts

2013-10-02T14:38:48Z

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1269: Privacy Opinions

2013-09-25T15:05:38Z

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{{comic
| number = 1269
| date = September 25, 2013
| title = Privacy Opinions
| image = privacy opinions.png
| titletext = I'm the Philosopher until someone hands me a burrito.
}}

==Explanation==
When it comes to the topic of privacy in the digital age, there are a number of opinions and attitudes people have. Randall features six of them here:

* The {{w|Philosopher}} - the intellectual who likes to talk about the topic, often boring those around him who don't think or worry much about privacy.
* The {{w|Cryptography|Crypto Nut}} - the one who goes crazy with security, even for things needing none.
* The {{w|Conspiracist}}- well, there's no shortage of these on the Internet, regardless of the topic. Just see below.
* The {{w|Nihilism|Nihilist}}- Resigned to the idea that all actions are meaningless (and thus, so is the data those actions generate).
* The [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exhibitionist Exhibitionist]- Assumes people are invading his privacy, and using it to show off.
* The {{w|Wisdom|Sage}}- Seems to know the difference between the real and the imaginary.. or does he?

==Transcript==
:'''Opinions on Internet Privacy'''
:The Philosopher:
::Megan: "Privacy" is an impractical way to think about data in a digital world so unlike the one in which our soci--
::Ponytail: ''' ''So bored.'' '''
:The Crypto Nut:
::Cueball: My data is safe behind six layers of symmetric and public-key algorithms.
::Friend: What data is it?
::Cueball: Mostly me emailing with people about cryptography.
:The Conspiracist:
::Cueball talks to Megan.
::Cueball: These leaks are just the tip of the iceberg. There's a warehouse in Utah where the NSA has the ''entire'' iceberg. I don't know how they got it there.
:The Nihilist:
::Megan: Joke's on them, gathering all this data on me as if anything I do means anything.
:The Exhibitionist:
::Cueball is watching a surveillance console, Officer Ponytail stands behind him.
::Console: ''Mmmm,'' I sure hope the NSA isn't watching me bite into these juicy strawberries!! ''Oops,'' I dripped some on my shirt! Better take it off. Google, are you there? Google, this lotion feels soooo good.
::Cueball: Um.
:The Sage:
::Beret Guy and Cueball sitting at a table.
::Beret Guy: I don't know or care what data ''anyone'' has about me. Data is imaginary. This burrito is real.

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