Comments on: Wikipedia: Be Ready To Believe Us (plus Crescat Sententia update)

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:08:46 +0000

“Didn’t Umberto Eco already write this novel?”

Foucault’s Compendium?

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:55:39 +0000

Buscemi, Cage, Ed Harris, Philip K Dick, Gandalf, McKellen – dang what boys-only imaginations you guys have; it’s tragic. Buddy movie buddy movie buddy movie. Have you never read your Fiedler? Fiedler, hell; have you never even met any women? Tragic, tragic.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:20:25 +0000

I was Aquaman for Halloween. I could kick wikipedia’s ass.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:00:22 +0000

Since Wikipedia is partly composed of articles about fish, can Aquaman telepathically command that part of it?

By: astronautgo

astronautgo — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:18:21 +0000

But if Wikipedia and the Incredible Hulk together took on Batman and Fin Fang Foom, the outcome would be a stalemate.

The first fight, sure. But then Batman will have learned enough to prepare for the second fight, which means Batman wins. I suspect he would make counterintuitive use of Fin Fang Foom’s megabriefs.

By: plunge

plunge — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:02:15 +0000

This article is pretty masterful:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Alliteration

By: plunge

plunge — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:00:08 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncyclopedia

This site is hit or miss, but it is a pretty funny parody encyclopedia.

By: heckblazer

heckblazer — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:50:21 +0000

Didn’t Umberto Eco already write this novel?

By: asg

asg — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:36:03 +0000

chortle

By: mds

mds — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:57:22 +0000

“I got an advance copy of the new Pynchon novel and read it in one night after scoring some really excellent coke.”

There’s a fair bit of redundancy in this statement.

By: Adam Kotsko

Adam Kotsko — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:11:43 +0000

The implicit message of this post: “I got an advance copy of the new Pynchon novel and read it in one night after scoring some really excellent coke.”

By: bi

bi — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:34:15 +0000

Now I’m confused. Wikipedia is a secret text which used to be maintained by monks on scrolls, but it’s also a superhero?

By: Alan Bostick

Alan Bostick — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:59:02 +0000

Wikipedia could beat Aquaman with one hand tied behind its back.

But if Wikipedia and the Incredible Hulk together took on Batman and Fin Fang Foom, the outcome would be a stalemate.

By: No Nym

No Nym — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:45:38 +0000

@ ajay:

Of course, if it happened like you say it would be because PK Dick ripped that whole thing right out of Tlon, Uqbar.

By: Sebastian holsclaw

Sebastian holsclaw — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:14:30 +0000

The wikipedia information would have to be from a self-published book about the Templars. Combining self-published with the Templars is a classic.