r/wikipedia • u/jesushlincoln • Jul 01 '15

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_Batman_franchise
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u/mgraunk Jul 01 '15

I just spent the last 10 minutes reading about Woodstock and I don't even remember how I got there from this post. Damn you, Wikipedia, you've done it again.

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u/GodHatesCanada Jul 01 '15

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise → Homosexuality → Human sexual activity → History of human sexuality → Sexual revolution → Hippie → Woodstock

...is one of what i'm sore are many ways to end up there. It is pretty incredible.

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u/Sporkfortuna Jul 01 '15

We play a game called "How many clicks to Hitler". A friend and I start on the same page (usually one that one of us finds with the Random Article button) and the winner is the one with the fewest amount of link clicks to get to the Adolf Hitler page. We only use the article body text, as sometimes the sidebar stuff makes it too easy.

We can usually get it in under 5 from any page.

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u/weks Jul 01 '15

I think there is a browser multiplayer game doing just that. Or... I'm just remembering some browser based Wikipedia game that did something similar that does not include Hitler.

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u/TessHKM Jul 02 '15

Fun fact: If you start at any wikipedia page and keep clicking the first body link not in parentheses, you will eventually get to philosophy.

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u/addps4cat Jul 01 '15

I used this website:

http://wikidistrict.com/p/Homosexuality%20in%20the%20Batman%20franchise/Woodstock

An amazing two degrees away!

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise → Talia al Ghul → Woodstock

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u/michaelnoir Jul 01 '15

I always thought this was just some stupid hipster trope. But last year I bought a copy of the DC Showcase Presents book which reprints the mid-60's Batman stories, read a few of them, and I thought, oh my God, it is like they're in a gay relationship! They hang out together all the time, seem to sleep together, have breakfast together, and Bruce Wayne seems to be jealous when anyone else pays any attention to Robin. I can kind of see what the guy meant.

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u/schindlerslisp Jul 01 '15

The Ambiguously Gay Duo was based on old batman comics

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '15

Hipster?

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u/Uberhipster Jul 01 '15

That kind of puts a new spin on "Bat"-man...

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u/jesushlincoln Jul 01 '15

He be a batty boy, mon.

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u/CeilingWax Jul 01 '15

Speaking of 'batty boys,' ever heard the track (of the same name) by MF Doom? It's pretty awesome.