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[–] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think there’s people that don’t know what xkcd is, who have heard this joke.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

Maybe people who do but haven't as well. Like, say, around 10,000 of them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Little Bobby Tables does sound like something out of a classic comedy movie

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or one of Bob Mortimer’s childhood friends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Sniper's dream we used to call him

[–] [email protected] 99 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Little Bobby Tables is my favorite XKCD strip of all time, and I don't even actively work with databases.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That whole story line of the hacker mom is wild. As far as I recall little Bobby did not inherit his mother's skills.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Nah, he used to work with databases but it's really not his passion.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really love it, too.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

the joke was actually named after him. This is the Sir Robert Tableton that served as the basis of the entire joke premise.