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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't get the last two panels of that one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The final panels show Ron Paul's blimp finally approaching Washington DC. The balloon spotted on their radar is presumably piloted by blogger Cory Doctorow, as revealed in the next installment, Secretary: Part 4.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/496:_Secretary:_Part_3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Is it a joke about recreating the hindenburg? Yeah I don't really get it either.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You've gotta read parts 1, 2, 4, and 5

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

There was a time when Ron Paul was viewed as less of a libertarian nut job, and more an amusing libertarian with a weirdly enthusiastic following on the Internet.

Cory doctorow is a technologist who was influential in the late 2000s influencing how a lot of technology was built by talking about it's potential for collaboration and openness.
In an era where "blogging" was new, he was a proponent for it in a notable way.

So it's essentially a pile of late 2000s Internet references made into a silly narrative.