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| {{comic | | {{comic |
| | number = 1307 | | | number = 1307 |
− | | date = December 23, 2013 | + | | date = December 22, 2013 |
| | title = Buzzfeed Christmas | | | title = Buzzfeed Christmas |
− | | image = buzzfeed christmas.png | + | | image = |
| | titletext = The 6 Weirdest Objects The Buzzfeed Writers Are Throwing Out Their Windows At Us | | | titletext = The 6 Weirdest Objects The Buzzfeed Writers Are Throwing Out Their Windows At Us |
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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | Christmas caroling is a tradition in which groups of singers travel from house to house, singing {{w|Christmas carol|carols}}.
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− | These carolers are in front of the {{w|Buzzfeed}} offices singing the {{w|The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas}}, which ''usually'' contains:
| + | Major online news sites, like Yahoo, often use repetitive titles that contain a number and a superlative (for example, ''13 Worst Plane Crashes of the Decade''). |
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− | :On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me.
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− | :12 Drummers drumming
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− | :11 Pipers piping
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− | :10 Lords a-leaping
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− | :9 Ladies dancing
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− | :8 Maids a-milking
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− | :7 Swans a-swimming
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− | :6 Geese a-laying
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− | :5 Golden rings
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− | :4 Calling birds
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− | :3 French hens
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− | :2 Turtle doves
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− | :And a partridge in a pear tree.
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− | The carolers changed the lyrics to match the style of headlines of the topics published by BuzzFeed, which usually contain a number and a superlative; for example, ''13 Worst Plane Crashes of the Decade'' or ''8 Otters Who Are So Cute We Can't Even Handle It''. This method of writing headlines, referred to as {{w|clickbait}}, is used by several other news sites, because it is known to generate a lot of visits and therefore more ad revenue. [[Randall]] has touched on this subject before, in [[1283: Headlines]].
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− | Carolers are usually rewarded with a gift, but the BuzzFeed writers probably didn't appreciate the song, because they threw "weird stuff" (probably office supplies) at them.
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− | ==Transcript==
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− | :[Four carolers (Megan, Cueball, Ponytail and Hairy) are singing.]
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− | :12 Best drummers of ''all time''
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− | :11 Pipers whose jaw-dropping good piping will make you cry
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− | :You won't ''believe'' what these 10 lords leap over
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− | :[Caption below the frame]
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− | :Carolers outside the Buzzfeed offices perform "12 Weird things I ''actually got'' for Christmas"
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− | ==Trivia==
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− | *The Buzzfeed YouTube Channel uploaded a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v92edGrMbY video] called ''The 12 Days of Internet Christmas'', which is similar to ''The Twelve Days of Christmas'' song. But the video contains a number of strange objects and images, to name a few, a naked Ryan Gosling and four men with curly beards. Because of its absurd content, according to the like-dislike ratio, the video's quality is rather controversial.
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| {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
− | [[Category:Christmas]]
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− | [[Category:Clickbait]]
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− | [[Category:Music]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]]
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