tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1033853260592107659..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 682: Gag Me with a SpoonCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52274929678637468042010-01-02T05:35:51.276-08:002010-01-02T05:35:51.276-08:00penis penis penis
CAPTCHA: hunatio. A blow-job ...penis penis penis<br /><br />CAPTCHA: hunatio. A blow-job from a Hun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84973123378652704922010-01-01T22:18:11.133-08:002010-01-01T22:18:11.133-08:00Least nuanced discussion of sexuality ever.Least nuanced discussion of sexuality ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36954546610964895152010-01-01T22:12:18.917-08:002010-01-01T22:12:18.917-08:00"It just doesn't make sense. I look at my..."It just doesn't make sense. I look at my junk because it's necessary to shower or get prepared to do something else, not because I enjoy it. If I enjoyed looking at my own junk, then it's pretty apparent I'd enjoy looking at the junk of other dudes too."<br /><br />Does that make narcissists necessarily gay or bi-sexual?<br /><br />If Kinsey or any of these recent sex studies are anything to go by, then everyone's somewhere in the middle between "completely gay" and "completely straight" anyways, so the discussion is moot anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23659935084527485392010-01-01T21:34:26.021-08:002010-01-01T21:34:26.021-08:00http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7148/xkcd683cou...http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7148/xkcd683couldbebetter.png<br /><br />do i win?dragon2041https://www.blogger.com/profile/10598980691138752125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75495983020697576312010-01-01T21:19:58.336-08:002010-01-01T21:19:58.336-08:00Fernie, I'm still going to have to disagree wi...Fernie, I'm still going to have to disagree with you. Without getting into too much detail (because that's just impolite), I know I don't look at MYSELF when I'm having fun. I'm looking at the computer monitor, magazine, TV screen, or my own imagination.<br /><br />I still maintain no one would watch themselves in the mirror unless they were at least bi or bi-curious, which there's nothing wrong with that, but let's be honest. If you're looking at yourself in the mirror what's the difference between that and looking at some other dude? You can say "Because it's YOURSELF" but that doesn't quite cut it. I touch all parts of my body in the shower because it's my body, but I wouldn't touch some other dude in a shower even though they have the same parts I do, because even if their body is similar to mine it isn't mine.<br /><br />It just doesn't make sense. I look at my junk because it's necessary to shower or get prepared to do something else, not because I enjoy it. If I enjoyed looking at my own junk, then it's pretty apparent I'd enjoy looking at the junk of other dudes too.<br /><br />I'm sure you'll disagree with me, and that's fine, I don't think I can really prove anything, and I don't really have anything riding on the argument, so this'll be the last I say about it. Although I will say, if lots of people get off looking at themselves in the mirror and they aren't gay or bi, then that one line from Chasing Amy where that guy asks that girl "So if you're a lesbian do you just look at yourself naked in the mirror?" doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />Also as far as the "throwaway/standalone" discussion, I call them throwaway panels not because of the quality of the jokes, but because a newspaper can choose to "throw away" the top row of panels for space limitations. They are throwaway panels that contain a standalone joke, so that people who are getting the chopped down version of the comic can still understand it and not go "Hey, it seems like there should be more panels to explain the setup."Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7137230432558681772010-01-01T20:47:57.434-08:002010-01-01T20:47:57.434-08:00I think the problem, Mal, is that "beauty is ...I think the problem, Mal, is that "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" and while I may not see the jokes as "throwaway" you do, but that is where the basis of most of my argument (that I made while drunk, let us not forget) was that <i>I</i> did not believe that Bill Amend made "throwaway jokes" in his strips. Do I understand why you call them standalones and throwaways? I completely understand, the problem herein lies with our differences in taste (but in truth the Mastercard/Visa joke was pretty bad) and as far as I'm concerned, calling a joke "weak" is not the same as saying "I did not like this joke." as people make weak jokes all the time (usually in a sequence) either for breaking the ice, warming people up, or what have you.<br /><br />Well, I'm done and I will take this as my heads up that if I ever read stuff that I can argue whilst drunk, I should nip it in the bud and just wait to sober up before talkingCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2335086992474970612010-01-01T19:28:46.570-08:002010-01-01T19:28:46.570-08:00"...what does sadism have to do with watching..."...what does sadism have to do with watching yourself beat off?"<br />Nothing. Watching yourself beat off while *choking yourself*? Everything.<br /><br />@Nate: Fernie answered exactly the way I was going to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-92084371125091595172010-01-01T19:23:03.072-08:002010-01-01T19:23:03.072-08:00Did anyone else think the mirror was some kind of ...Did anyone else think the mirror was some kind of portal or something?Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037127857062536971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70615519937506304412010-01-01T19:10:01.718-08:002010-01-01T19:10:01.718-08:00whatever the case the reason the mirror is there i...whatever the case the reason the mirror is there isn't clear hence it was poorly implemented.<br /><br />pretty much like the whole comic itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90477417091036074722010-01-01T18:54:15.558-08:002010-01-01T18:54:15.558-08:00Nate, honestly, it's pretty silly to suggest t...Nate, honestly, it's pretty silly to suggest that one would only want to watch himself wanking if he's gay or bi. That would mean, also, that only would only wank in the first place if he's gay or bi. I mean, a guy wanking A GUY, eww, gay.<br /><br />Besides, even without a mirror you ARE watching yourself as you do it, unless you close your eyes for the OH NOES A PENIS wontlookImstraightwontlookImstraight<br /><br />Oh, shit, we're turning into the xkcd forums.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53216712002735706172010-01-01T18:35:49.287-08:002010-01-01T18:35:49.287-08:00How is watching yourself a turn-on unless you'...How is watching yourself a turn-on unless you're gay or bi? I mean I'm straight...so why would I want to watch myself jerking off? I don't get off on seeing dudes. And last I checked Vader isn't gay, since he had, y'know, a wife.<br /><br />Unless Vader is bi, but I really can't think of any evidence at all that would support this theory. Again, I'm pretty sure the mirror is supposed to be there to imply Vader needs to see himself to use the Force choke on himself, which is disproved by Yoda in Empire, meaning the mirror is entirely pointless.<br /><br />I think the "sadism" that was mentioned is probably "Vader enjoys seeing others undergo harm, so he would want to see himself in a mirror being harmed because that would turn him on." Except he'd be looking at HIMSELF, so that'd be masochism, not sadism, and Vader isn't a masochist so it still would make no sense.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23392074221056053482010-01-01T18:30:18.447-08:002010-01-01T18:30:18.447-08:00new one. Is the guy taking off his goggles in the ...new one. Is the guy taking off his goggles in the third panel o_O?dragon2041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10539938292428211992010-01-01T17:41:56.409-08:002010-01-01T17:41:56.409-08:00And the other half will be IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...And the other half will be IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65294286992739061852010-01-01T17:28:23.880-08:002010-01-01T17:28:23.880-08:00In the future, like, half the world will be under ...In the future, like, half the world will be under water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44559437056835539292010-01-01T17:21:03.055-08:002010-01-01T17:21:03.055-08:00Considering Darth Vader is a sadist, it should be ...<i>Considering Darth Vader is a sadist, it should be obvious to anyone, fan or otherwise, that he'd enjoy watching himself.</i><br /><br />...what does sadism have to do with watching yourself beat off?John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76006278932631180402010-01-01T16:23:38.075-08:002010-01-01T16:23:38.075-08:00"A fair number of people enjoy videotaping th..."A fair number of people enjoy videotaping themselves, or lubricating themselves with hot butter as well. Why wasn't there a videocamera or a tub of butter au bain-marie in the comic?<br /><br />In other words, why add such a meaningless detail ("Also Vader is part of the demographic likes to watch himself jerk off"!) in such an otherwise minimalist strip?"<br /><br />It's a common turn-on. Everyone I know enjoys watching their self. It's just an addition to the joke... Considering Darth Vader is a sadist, it should be obvious to anyone, fan or otherwise, that he'd enjoy watching himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5775409350662977002010-01-01T15:09:26.013-08:002010-01-01T15:09:26.013-08:00I did say it was a weak joke.
I thought it was cl...I did say it was a weak joke.<br /><br />I thought it was clear that I wasn't raging because of the <i>existence</i> of the throwaway panels, but because of <i>how awful their content was.</i> My bad.<br /><br />And it IS a standalone joke and they ARE throwaway panels, and I kept saying that because YOU kept saying Amend didn't use either.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23861556604255574072010-01-01T15:04:58.154-08:002010-01-01T15:04:58.154-08:00"You kept saying that it was a standalone jok..."You kept saying that it was a standalone joke and that they are throwaway panels."<br /><br />Because that is the case.<br /><br />Okay, using my masterful MS Paint skills, I have rearranged the panels from Femalethoth's scan to the format that they were arranged in the paper the day they were run. I'm also not 100% sure how to link it directly so I'll just have to make do, sorry.<br /><br />http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/kaemmerite/foxtrota.jpg<br /><br />In this arrangement, you can easily see how the first two panels of the comic are a throwaway joke that have nothing to do with the rest of the setup (the joke is that he is "charging" something and then tries to decide which card to "charge" it with). It is its own separate joke and is easily, easily removed without any harm to the rest of the comic.<br /><br />Like so:<br /><br />http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/kaemmerite/foxtrotb.jpg<br /><br />This is how papers with less free space for their comics would run it (they'd use a different font than TNR but I used that as an example of how it would appear). As you can see, the top row of panels is removed, the joke still makes sense, and no harm has been done.<br /><br />Whether Amend always did this or not? I don't know. My paper didn't carry FoxTrot until like two years ago so I missed a large chunk of the comic's history, as opposed to Calvin and Hobbes which ran for a good portion. I also have the three volume hardcover Calvin collection so I can more easily reference Watterson's work, since I have no FoxTrot books to look at.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25571233865678925102010-01-01T14:58:27.931-08:002010-01-01T14:58:27.931-08:00aloria is going to be donating like $1000 to wikip...aloria is going to be donating like $1000 to wikipedia by the end of this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42257244723977144692010-01-01T13:57:24.221-08:002010-01-01T13:57:24.221-08:00In light of today's comic, Rule of Cool, Randy...In light of today's comic, Rule of Cool, Randy, Rule of Cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74597898073938114062010-01-01T13:07:40.887-08:002010-01-01T13:07:40.887-08:00Mal if all you were saying was that the standalone...Mal if all you were saying was that the standalone for the Physics comic was lame, then why didn't you just say that? You said "CONS: Argh blargh throwaway panels RAGE"<br /><br />You also said "What the **** those panels about charging and credit cards aren't throwaway panels?<br /><br />To me, they really feel like throwaway panels. A weak, standalone joke." so you never stated anywhere that you thought that it was a lame joke. You kept saying that it was a standalone joke and that they are throwaway panels.<br /><br />In short your inability to just say you didn't like the joke led to several unnecessary comments, good jobCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73604016894268383782010-01-01T11:52:12.251-08:002010-01-01T11:52:12.251-08:00let's suppose you write comics for a living.
l...let's suppose you write comics for a living.<br />let's suppose one day you need an idea for a comic soon and nothing is coming.<br />let's suppose in your searching for a topic you hit on a star wars joke.<br /><br />that's right, a star wars joke.<br /><br />seriously.<br /><br />not an especially good one either. just another to throw on the pile.<br /><br />a fucking star wars joke.<br /><br />would you decide "hey that's pretty good lemme draw that now and upload it"?<br /><br />or would you maintain some grasp on your sanity and decide "no i am not an utter HACK and a pathetic EXCUSE of a comic. i can do better."<br /><br /><br />if you chose option b then you (this is a fact) have better taste than randy. <br /><br /><br /><br />airplane food.<br /><br />mothers-in-law.<br /><br />star wars.Keepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6289742268684206842010-01-01T11:44:43.865-08:002010-01-01T11:44:43.865-08:00I'm looking through my copy of I'm Flying ...I'm looking through my copy of <i>I'm Flying Jack</i>, and it seems that most of them could at least be cut. Though there are a few that at least are extensions of the rest of the comic, rather than totally standalone. IDK.<br /><br />Anyway those first three panels of the Foxtrot I posted are <i>hella lame</i> is thep oint.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29105612894149578092010-01-01T11:38:07.849-08:002010-01-01T11:38:07.849-08:00As near as I can tell Mal (now that I'm sober)...As near as I can tell Mal (now that I'm sober), both Amend and Watterson were using the "standard format" allowed, I can't tell for sure since I'm not a syndicate runner or a paper editor so I have no idea.<br /><br />ANY WAYS, from looking through my Foxtrot collection Amend stopped his 4 row Sundays in late 1999 when he switched the size of his published books and he could no longer fit 4 rows into the smaller book and he had to go to the 2 row system he uses now. This could be for syndicate reasons as well, but I don't have his phone number so I can't just call him up and ask (as much as I would like to)<br /><br />and as I final note, I would like to point out that not all of Amend's 4 row Sundays had "standalone jokes" as flipping through my copy of <i>I'm Flying Jack... I Mean, Roger</i> I can count 6 out of 10 Sundays where there is no standalone joke and the first 2 panels are part of the established punchline at the end.Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64217967943064699922010-01-01T11:23:16.959-08:002010-01-01T11:23:16.959-08:00Yeah, because it's totally unreasonable to exp...Yeah, because it's totally unreasonable to expect a guy whose art style takes all of about 5 minutes to produce to take an extra minute or so to make sure the <i>guy the whole strip revolves around</i> doesn't look like a weird midget.<br /><br />That's like saying it's okay to forget to wipe your ass because you're producing shit, after all. <br /><br />$2aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.com