this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2024
144 points (100.0% liked)

Out of Context Comics

1281 readers
519 users here now

Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

Rules:

  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

founded 3 weeks ago
MODERATORS
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world
TachyonTele@lemm.ee
m_f@midwest.social
144
Sundar Pichai tests new stealth marketing technology. (lemmy.world)
submitted 15 hours ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago

OK what’s the context

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

So this is where they got the name from

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago

Funnily enough, this actually isn't terribly far from the truth.

"Google" is officially a misspelling of "googol", which is the name for the number 10^100^.

But then "googol" was coined as a word by a 9-year-old in 1920 (to be used by his mathematician uncle). And it's possible that this 9-year-old was inspired by the contemporary comic strip character Barney Google:

So, "Google" might be a misspelling of a misspelling of "Google". 🙃

Sources: