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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | Cueball is commenting on the [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/first urge] some people have to be the first to make a comment on any given posting (be it a blog post or a youtube video or some other commentable content), and to obnoxiously point out that they have made the first comment. This often manifests as the poster commenting simply with the word "first" as the entire comment. Cueball appears glad that the practice seems which seems to be slowly dying out. However, someone (Offscreen) is worried he will jinx it, only encouraging more people to do so. [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1258:_First&diff=48120] [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1258:_First&diff=48129] [http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/1ldoed/first/?sort=old]. | |
− | + | The title text ironically states that no new annoying internet behaviours have emerged since the "first post" trend began which would continue to annoy users - a fact which is clearly wrong to anyone who spends a length of time on the internet. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :[Cueball is | + | :[Cueball is sitting at a computer.] |
− | :Cueball: After a couple of unbearable decades, the " | + | :Cueball: After a couple of unbearable decades, the "First Post" thing seems to be dying a quiet death. |
− | : | + | :Offscreen: Shh. You'll jinx it. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Internet]] | [[Category:Internet]] |