"[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic."
Welcome. This is a website called XKCD SUCKS which is about the webcomic xkcd and why we think it sucks. My name is Carl and I used to write about it all the time, then I stopped because I went insane, and now other people write about it all the time. I forget their names. The posts still seem to be coming regularly, but many of the structural elements - like all the stuff in this lefthand pane - are a bit outdated. What can I say? Insane, etc.
I started this site because it had been clear to me for a while that xkcd is no longer a great webcomic (though it once was). Alas, many of its fans are too caught up in the faux-nerd culture that xkcd is a part of, and can't bring themselves to admit that the comic, at this point, is terrible. While I still like a new comic on occasion, I feel that more and more of them need the Iron Finger of Mockery knowingly pointed at them. This used to be called "XKCD: Overrated", but then it fell from just being overrated to being just horrible. Thus, xkcd sucks.
Here is a comic about me that Ann made. It is my favorite thing in the world.
The problem with this section is that 322 is actually funny, and 471 seems like he was just noticing something interesting, rather than being preachy. However, the way the comic is going these days, you'll probably have lots of them to fill up this list.
ReplyDeleteI thought that 385 was pretty amusing. I'd say it's borderline-preachy... kind of like, hey, guys and girls can be equally bad at math! /preach
ReplyDeleteBut also it's one of those oh-hey-I-found-a-stereotype-let's-point-it-out.. wait. That's essentially the same thing.
What I'm trying to say is, I don't feel that it's preachy, but I can't think of anything that makes it not preachy. My comment is useless.
I think 438 is better than all the others. It's not exactly funny, sure, but I think its point is highly relevant and not quite as in-your-face as the other two you mentioned.
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ReplyDeletei forgot this post existed until I got the e-mail about Tom's comment.
Agreed with Amanda.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think 385 should count. Sure, it's funny and doesn't seem to be trying for preachiness, but it's whole point is that it's an affront against sexism. it seems like a classic "oh, I understand what women go through" comic. I think he's done a few of those, actually. Anyway, yes it should count.
ReplyDeletemaybe. To be honest I stopped really caring about this list, so I'm not going to go through the usual mental debate over whether to add that.
ReplyDeletewow carl you epic phale on this one...
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