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Why we love xkcd

Discover why you should love xkcd and why being a true Cool Web Person means reading xkcd regularly.

Written byPhil Plait

2008-01-21T10:08:04 | 1 min read

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Like I need more reason to love xkcd. He goes and draws this comic:

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If you don't read xkcd or have it in your feedreader, then you are not a true Cool Web Person. Sorry. That's just an objective fact.

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