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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by protomyth on Thursday October 29, 2009 @05:20PM (#910945)
The hat also resembles all manner of Safari hats and is pretty close to a stick figure representation of the black hat conference.

Ok, you went searching for the funny and never found it. Look, even in satire, implying someone is a racist is bad (I really hope this is satire and the "At some point" sentence is not actually serious).

As for the eww, check the forum http://bit.ly/4rD9cU for an explanation.

Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by tptacek on Thursday October 29, 2009 @05:29PM (#910958)
"Even in satire, implying someone is a racist is bad".

This bodes ill for The Producers, doesn't it?

Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by protomyth on Thursday October 29, 2009 @05:43PM (#910986)
Goodwin by indirection it is :)

I suppose the exception would be people who are admitted racists.

Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by Semiapies on Thursday October 29, 2009 @09:08PM (#911300)
"The hat also resembles all manner of Safari hats"

Or porkpie hats, or fedoras.