Joel Yliluoma escribió:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:50:06 -0500, Kyle wrote:
>> Wow, that's allot to do to get the joke.
>>
>> 1) Read the comic, don't understand.
>> 2) Hover to read the ALT text, as Jim pointed out.
>> 3) View properties because ALT text is too damn long.
>> 4) Google basilisk.
>> 5) Read Wikipedia article about basilisk.
>> 6) Make the connections to the comic in my mind.
>> 7) Realize I just wasted a few more minutes of my life
>> figuring out a comic that is not funny.
> 
> Steps 4 to 6 can be substituted with general education.
> Basically, if you're of the target group of XKCD, you have likely
> encountered basilisks or creatures derived from basilisks in some
> context -- fantasy books, video games, sci-fi series, Donald Duck.
> 

I knew it from a terror book I read probably when I was 10.

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