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There are those who would say the phrase “geeky flowcharts” is redundant, since flowcharts are pretty geeky in themselves. However, some stand above the crowd because of their subject matter or the delightful self-referential humor in each vector.

This Geek Flowchart from the New York Times has no arrows, but it really doesn’t matter. We all know what they’re talking about.

Brush up on what’s geekier than what with the Geek Hierarchy Flowchart. See a larger version and several other flowcharts in this post.
Continue reading for more funny flowcharts.

The Genealogue has a flow chart to guide you through what really happens when people trace their genealogy by using the internet. I only have room for a small portion at the beginning; see the rest here.

The Accordian Guy made this procrastination flowchart, probably when he was supposed to be doing something more important. See the full size version here.

The tastiest internet meme of all was enshrined in flowchart form.

Cracked readers constructed Insane Supervillain Schemes In Flowchart Form for a competition. They posted the top 20. Yes, twenty of them! The above flowchart was ranked at #12. The subject of #1 flowchart may surprise you, but you’ll laugh anyway.

Next Wave Performance made a flowchart for their error page. It contains some FAQs, including “Do you have a visual representation of what happened?” followed by a flowchart. This is only a portion; the entire chart is on the error page.
See also:
Fun with Flow Charts
Fun with Pie Charts
Fun with Venn and Euler Diagrams
Periodic Tableware
More Periodic Tableware
While I agree with some of these, I want to point out that a Flowchart of any sort is inherently geeky from the start.
How many non-geeky people do you know that know what a flowchart is, or even how to follow it?
posted by Benjamin M. Strozykowski on 7-22-2008 at 7:14 am
I’ve also enjoyed What Would Richard Feynman Do? seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitri/1444965179
posted by Chris Higgins on 7-22-2008 at 3:54 pm
it would be cool if the links from the pics went to larger charts…
posted by jdmoney on 7-22-2008 at 4:41 pm
jdmoney, the links in yellow highlight go to the sources, or the bigger versions.
posted by Miss Cellania on 7-22-2008 at 4:53 pm
Thanks for linking to me! I love the magazine :)
posted by Melanie Seasons on 7-22-2008 at 7:20 pm
I love the bacon flowchart just about as much I love bacon!
posted by Sarah on 1-20-2009 at 4:22 pm