[WikiEN-l] XKCD in Popular Culture

[Charlotte Webb]

On 7/11/08, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> I gather the intended meaning was popular culture.
> How do you intend to distinguish popular culture as distinct from high
> culture, or recognized academic culture?
> Or do you mean it to exclude fiction altogether? On what justification
> can you exclude fiction, but not paintings or music?

It's safe enough to assume that all culture was "popular" at some time
and place.

—C.W.