Editing Talk:406: Venting

With the psychology of XKCD readers in mind, I thought I'd look around for real-life applications of this self-same snippet.  To quote the meme: "I was not dissapoint!", although to wildly varying effectiveness and with grossly variable style.
From among ''many'', I present a meagre and random selection, thus: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/messageboards/F2322274?thread=5276607&skip=40] [http://www.venganza.org/2008/08/wtf-is-wrong-with-you-ppl/comment-page-11/] [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090408064430AA6kC66]
:Ugh.  None of those actually have sections containing the documentations that they are citing.  I've been wanting to do one of those kinds of posts myself as I'm actually prone to typing out several paragraphs and including citations when I get dragged into an Internet argument. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.117|108.162.238.117]] 07:14, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

(...and remember to check out...  what is there currently worth watching right now..?  Well, check it out, whatever it is.) [[Special:Contributions/178.98.31.27|178.98.31.27]] 12:43, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm not saying that the explanation is wrong (well, part of it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_surely almost definitely] is), but I'm not sure that the use of Summer Glau's name is to get the last word.  The kind of person that you would use this type of critical analysis on would be unlikely to be a nerd (re: grammar/syntax/spelling/capitalization errors and lack of understanding of the  subject involved), but an Internet troll or general idiot.  So what would be the point of using that name?  My initial impression was that it was giving the appearance of hidden depths to a celebrity (who may or may not be seen as capable of it), and would thus illicit an amusing reaction from the reader.  Imagine if you saw a word-by-word rebuttal attributed to Paris Hilton or Justin Beiber.  An alternate interpretation is that it would make a favored celebrity look even better, much like the "memetic badass" status that Chuck Norris[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Norris#Internet_meme] has.

[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.117|Barack Obama]] 7:14, 19 January 2014 (UTC)  P.S. Don't forget to vote!

I edited the almost surely wrong part, but this explanation still needs some work by a native English-speaker. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.97.215|141.101.97.215]] 07:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is so much about people losing the chance to sleep with Summer Glau. Could it be more about the character of River in Firefly, who would presumably be the kind of person to write a blog comment like this? [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.87|199.27.128.87]] 03:53, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
:Yeah, that's what I got from it, too. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.119|108.162.215.119]] 22:39, 13 May 2015 (UTC)