tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1018244193021911493..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 481: Idiot Stepchild Of Comic 202Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86721805316451815272008-10-12T15:37:00.000-07:002008-10-12T15:37:00.000-07:00Bunnie, those are excellent points. Of course, whi...Bunnie, those are excellent points. Of course, while I agree with you on the purpose and place of alt-text (sorry, habit) that one's really just an opinion that is hard to "prove" so to speak. But I do believe it is true.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62312528859903601062008-10-12T03:37:00.000-07:002008-10-12T03:37:00.000-07:00"Alt. Text, it has humor in it that ties the comic..."Alt. Text, it has humor in it that ties the comic together"<BR/><BR/>I always forget about the, ahem, "alt text" (title text people!!), and I don't think the comic should NEED any alternate text to make it's point, or to make it humorous. Everything the comic requires for those purposes should be contained within the comic itself!!<BR/><BR/>"TLDR: Get over yourselves and stop over analyzing things"<BR/><BR/>Well, there are a small group of regular commenters on here, I'm a regular reader, and I very much enjoy the critique on this comic. It is, these days, much more amusing than the comic itself to me personally! Sometimes part of the fun in life is to analyse things, and just because we're not giving it the glowing reviews you no doubt think this comic deserves does not make the opinions of the writers and the commenters on this site any less valid.<BR/><BR/>Unless, you know, you want to start spewing on the xkcd forums "stop over-analysing this comic!" in response to the more positive reviews. Fair's fair.Bunniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01180990053526794017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9611224147858293902008-10-11T17:54:00.000-07:002008-10-11T17:54:00.000-07:00"this comic served a purpose"? Really? Has it made..."this comic served a purpose"? Really? Has it made youtube a better place? I'll believe it when I see it. To think it would would require a) that the comments always be read out loud, and b) that hearing stupid comments read out loud would stop people from making them. Neither of those is true here.<BR/><BR/>On the alt-text, I don't think it ties the comic together at all. As you can see if you read my own alt-text, the "how is babby formed" comment doesn't make sense here because that wasn't even a youtube comment. No one goes to youtube comments to ask medical questions. The alt-text isn't bad, but it certainly doesn't make the rest of the comic better.<BR/><BR/>As to point C, you are wrong: I am making myself and a small group of readers happier. That is my purpose.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89154141373833938752008-10-11T14:43:00.000-07:002008-10-11T14:43:00.000-07:00I am not the troller/flamer above but i have poste...I am not the troller/flamer above but i have posted in other articles, Point A. Its a good idea, and youtube took it, so this comic actually served a purpose. Point B.Again, read the Alt. Text, it has humor in it that ties the comic together. Point C. You are serving no useful purpose with this hate blog.<BR/><BR/>TLDR: Get over yourselves and stop over analyzing thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57752726585501874592008-10-05T14:58:00.000-07:002008-10-05T14:58:00.000-07:00Ok, just to be clear, the "Carl" whose name is not...Ok, just to be clear, the "Carl" whose name is not a link is of course a very different Carl from yours truly. Accept no substitutes - Only the <I>real</I> Carl Wheeler's username will link to the <I>real</I> Carl Wheeler's <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538" REL="nofollow">blogger profile</A>.<BR/><BR/>With that out of the way - <BR/><BR/>Fake Carl, I would not say there is anything particularly selfish about my need to criticize. I mean, the comments here, for the most part, seem appreciative, and it's not like I'm getting paid for this (though I am going to look into that at some point...)<BR/><BR/>Pathetic, maybe, though really no more so than a movie or book critic. Just less filtered.<BR/><BR/>I will say that the original purpose of this blog was to satisfy myself. Is that bad?<BR/><BR/>As to making fun of my shitty writing, I <I>already</I> am writing a fair amount right here, feel free to make fun of it.<BR/><BR/>I like to think my posts are generally more thought out than youtube comments, but who knows?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36152436734966553892008-10-05T13:17:00.000-07:002008-10-05T13:17:00.000-07:00So that's it, huh? You're just satisfiying a pathe...So that's it, huh? You're just satisfiying a pathetic, selfish need to criticize? <BR/><BR/>No wonder YouTube has such idiotic comments. People like you post your dumbassery just to satisfy yourselves.<BR/><BR/>Absolutely ridiculous. I'd like to see you write some comics of your own.<BR/><BR/>Just so someone can make fun of you for writing shitty material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42955261576684435672008-10-04T21:57:00.000-07:002008-10-04T21:57:00.000-07:00Wow, someone is new here.Alas, I have a constant i...Wow, <I>someone</I> is new here.<BR/><BR/>Alas, I have a constant inner drive to criticize xkcd and it will not leave me alone even if I wanted it to.<BR/><BR/>I cannot allow bad humor to be loved so dearly.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60536357599796839522008-10-04T15:48:00.000-07:002008-10-04T15:48:00.000-07:00maybe *someone* should get a life instead of rippi...maybe *someone* should get a life instead of ripping on someone else via the internet. you dont like what munroe does? stop going to the site, idiot.<BR/>its not too awful hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33043112376600911422008-09-29T00:32:00.000-07:002008-09-29T00:32:00.000-07:00Amanda - is it? I dunno. Does it matter? I dunno.R...Amanda - is it? I dunno. Does it matter? I dunno.<BR/><BR/>Rob - I will look into this but I suspect it would require me being more of a sellout than I want to be right now. I feel dirty enough with that digg.com button there.<BR/><BR/>Eye - YEAH, PROBABLY. SUCKS TO BE ME.<BR/><BR/>Anon - The point of this comic is not that comments are read outloud, it's that they are dumb. If the virus made you reread your own comment, rather than read it to you, the comic would be identical.<BR/><BR/>Ethan - I think <I>I</I> should spend your $10 on food.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34326348045492128452008-09-28T01:43:00.000-07:002008-09-28T01:43:00.000-07:00I'm tempted to donate $10 to keep this blog going....I'm tempted to donate $10 to keep this blog going.<BR/><BR/>But I should probably spend that $10 on food.Ethan Stanislawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975668412824688967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88911336341720067002008-09-27T23:49:00.000-07:002008-09-27T23:49:00.000-07:00I don't know, the idea of Youtube comments being s...I don't know, the idea of Youtube comments being spoken aloud is amusing and not a rehash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37039638042198309222008-09-27T22:10:00.000-07:002008-09-27T22:10:00.000-07:00YOU NOTUNDERSTAND TRUE WISDOM OF XKCDYOU NOTUNDERSTAND TRUE WISDOM OF XKCDAll your tiger are belong to us.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14887634444095510416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26148550494546570782008-09-27T16:49:00.000-07:002008-09-27T16:49:00.000-07:00haha. sorry for making you slog through that miser...haha. sorry for making you slog through that misery, man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71882649756116317762008-09-27T16:11:00.000-07:002008-09-27T16:11:00.000-07:00Google AdSense. You're even on Blogspot, so it's p...Google AdSense. You're even on Blogspot, so it's pretty easy. I've made 23 cents of my blog at last check, and I don't even have readers.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65132995100412851332008-09-27T14:31:00.000-07:002008-09-27T14:31:00.000-07:00lol You should give that last guy the domain of xk...lol You should give that last guy the domain of xkcdsuckssucks.<BR/><BR/>Very good job on creating the next two comics for Randall, the map and the sudo remakes.<BR/><BR/>I think the Mr. Hat appearance is cuz it's kind of like, oh hey.. he's living with Mrs. Hat. And look at the shennanigans into which she dives headfirst!<BR/><BR/>She is just so quirky.<BR/><BR/>I mean, that <I>is</I> her, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88109824590902681332008-09-27T14:28:00.000-07:002008-09-27T14:28:00.000-07:00Put this one under the list of "I'm Randall and Be...Put this one under the list of "I'm Randall and Better Than You" comics. This is, what, four or five?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71992722437640464102008-09-27T12:36:00.000-07:002008-09-27T12:36:00.000-07:00Vlad - I completely agree that many early ones wer...Vlad - I completely agree that many early ones were great. That's why I started this blog in part - because it <I>used</I> to be good and then went downhill, and few people seem to notice. There are tons of things out there that just suck, but I started a blog about xkcd because of how it sucks compared to back then.<BR/><BR/>Jay - nice.<BR/><BR/>Pat - I don't think he's trying to build of 202. Maybe just like thematically, but there's no connection besides the topic. Maybe if the example comment had been "it was a soundstage on mars" or one of the others, to at least indicate that he realizes it's a similar topic, I would believe it.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79435171073102036232008-09-27T10:48:00.000-07:002008-09-27T10:48:00.000-07:00The lack of an example comment is a real indictmen...The lack of an example comment is a real indictment of this comic, actually. Makes it seem very half-hearted.<BR/><BR/>I would guess Randall is trying to build off of 202, since the focus is put on the generic commenter, and his melodramatic discovery of his own idiocy.<BR/><BR/>Though honestly, the fact that he has a virus is probably a better indicator that he's a moron. And that he may be looking for products to enlarge his penis.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456796465979923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57859690460539254002008-09-27T10:31:00.000-07:002008-09-27T10:31:00.000-07:00All I could think when I read this was, "HEY MAYBE...All I could think when I read this was, "HEY MAYBE RANDALL SHOULD HAVE ONE OF THESE FOR WHEN HE POSTS A NEW COMIC! ZING!" Of course, by now he's probably beyond the point where that would help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18903289081257828382008-09-27T07:28:00.000-07:002008-09-27T07:28:00.000-07:00That comment is hilarious!Anyway, what you said go...That comment is hilarious!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, what you said got me thinking- I'm no Xkcd fan, but I actually think some of Randall's very early strips are much funnier than what followed. For example, I like these:<BR/><BR/>http://xkcd.com/6/<BR/>http://xkcd.com/14/<BR/>http://xkcd.com/27/<BR/>http://xkcd.com/36/<BR/>http://xkcd.com/38/<BR/><BR/>Mind you, even back then he was making bullshit like this:<BR/><BR/>http://xkcd.com/17/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com