tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1272002412842874414..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: other stuffCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14828368964831844082009-08-21T05:09:04.753-07:002009-08-21T05:09:04.753-07:00Yes.
Although I'm not quite sure what you'...Yes.<br /><br />Although I'm not quite sure what you're referring to as 'culture' here.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1548846358712657772009-08-21T04:58:13.299-07:002009-08-21T04:58:13.299-07:00so your problem is not that the joke or the execut...so your problem is not that the joke or the execution is bad, but the fact that it contains a reference to culture you don't like and is therefore somehow arbitrarily of less value than it would be if it didn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30992793268234457152009-08-21T04:30:17.584-07:002009-08-21T04:30:17.584-07:00I will clarify my previous statement: I am not opp...I will clarify my previous statement: I am not opposed to the pun used in this comic. In fact, it is quite an enjoyable pun. A comic based around said pun would be a good thing, and this xkcd in fact almost pulls it off quite well.<br /><br />What I am opposed to is that he took a good pun and decided to shoehorn in the <a href="http://encyclopediadramatica.com/CSI#Horatio_Gallery" rel="nofollow">CSI meme</a> for absolutely no reason, thereby lowering the joke to one made by /b/tards everywhere.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82974762243734356102009-08-21T02:50:54.979-07:002009-08-21T02:50:54.979-07:00"Willy Monty Hughes IQ 224 -> WMH_IQ224 no..."Willy Monty Hughes IQ 224 -> WMH_IQ224 not WHM_IQ224."<br /><br />"Today, a random moron "informed" me that I had made a typographical error during the creation of this particular twitter account. Part 1/2.<br />5:19 PM Jul 30th from web"<br /><br />"This is not the case. "WHM" was never intended as an acronym of my true name. The true symbolism of these three assorted letters... Part 2/3<br />5:21 PM Jul 30th from web "<br /><br />"...Should be obvious to anyone possessing a single semi-functioning neurone. Must I explain myself to you? Plebians! Part 3/3<br />5:22 PM Jul 30th from web "<br /><br />lrn2readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68740674137867548642009-08-21T00:28:49.283-07:002009-08-21T00:28:49.283-07:00I got the CSI thing but what the hell does it have...I got the CSI thing but what the hell does it have to do with anythingAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35094727368420909722009-08-21T00:18:12.664-07:002009-08-21T00:18:12.664-07:00this one was actually pretty good, although i full...this one was actually pretty good, although i fully expect whoever does it to just stretch "INTERNET MEME RANDALL YOU HACK" over a couple of paragraphs anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65951290448670122002009-08-20T23:56:36.349-07:002009-08-20T23:56:36.349-07:00I thought today's was okay. I didn't know ...I thought today's was okay. I didn't know it was a CSI referene and I didn't know CSI references are a meme, so all I got out of it was a pun, and I'm kind of a sucker for bad puns. I didn't think it was great, primarily because I don't give a fuck about calculus, but it wasn't bad.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48414702418370718162009-08-20T23:40:31.788-07:002009-08-20T23:40:31.788-07:00Great, just what we needed. Another internet meme....Great, just what we needed. Another internet meme. Haven't seen one of those in a while.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40057683468316539332009-08-20T23:27:57.180-07:002009-08-20T23:27:57.180-07:00How is it that someone with an IQ of 224 can't...How is it that someone with an IQ of 224 can't get the order of names in his name correct?<br /><br />Willy Monty Hughes IQ 224 -> WMH_IQ224 not WHM_IQ224.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45049340754813546352009-08-20T23:07:19.004-07:002009-08-20T23:07:19.004-07:00"Wow, now Randall's stealing jokes from t..."Wow, now Randall's stealing jokes from the posters that math department professors have at my Uni."<br /><br />I'm pretty sure it's a ref to CSI: Miami, BUT that reference itself has become sort of a meme, so it could just be a reference to the reference.<br /><br />In other words, the comic was okay. Not hilarious, but decentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24189010285060759962009-08-20T23:03:19.401-07:002009-08-20T23:03:19.401-07:00Wow, now Randall's stealing jokes from the pos...Wow, now Randall's stealing jokes from the posters that math department professors have at my Uni.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63694589340095599212009-08-20T22:27:02.506-07:002009-08-20T22:27:02.506-07:00Newton and Liebniz totally sounds like a comedy do...Newton and Liebniz totally sounds like a comedy double act from the 1950s. Liebniz would be all "hey, Newton, I made us a cake!" and then Newton would go "you fool! you used gunpowder instead of flour!" and then Liebniz would make an "oops!" face to camera before it panned to an outside shot of the house blowing up.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22452211830277708522009-08-20T22:21:21.898-07:002009-08-20T22:21:21.898-07:00can all four of the robs ride off into battle toge...can all four of the robs ride off into battle together plzrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2626256032794919382009-08-20T22:02:51.901-07:002009-08-20T22:02:51.901-07:00very funnyvery funnyRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12012882207339118372009-08-20T22:01:50.265-07:002009-08-20T22:01:50.265-07:00CorrectCorrectRobhttp://rob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16283315278410024782009-08-20T21:43:47.972-07:002009-08-20T21:43:47.972-07:00The sunglasses and the Alt-text are a reference to...The sunglasses and the Alt-text are a reference to CSI:Miami. At the beginning of every episode, David Caruso usually makes a bad pun about the case while putting on his sunglasses. Immediately afterward, the show's theme starts with the "YEEEEEAAAAHHHH!" (I believe the song is Won't Get Fooled Again for Miami, right? I don't watch the show. I just know the joke.)Different Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5558556941703124682009-08-20T21:40:12.599-07:002009-08-20T21:40:12.599-07:00what is with the fucking sunglasseswhat is with the fucking sunglassesrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73736875738483487522009-08-20T21:22:55.132-07:002009-08-20T21:22:55.132-07:00Newton was angry and never published anything lol....Newton was angry and never published anything lol. Also, I liked the pun, and he didn't explain it afterwards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15866680408641543342009-08-20T21:20:11.890-07:002009-08-20T21:20:11.890-07:00Aside from some rather minor nitpicking about the ...Aside from some rather minor nitpicking about the dates (Newtwon did later claim to have invented calculus in 1666, but he didn't claim <i>in 1666</i> to have invented it; he didn't actually publish the dang thing until the mid-90s, nearly a decade after Leibniz's first publication featuring calculus showed up), I thought this was a fairly harmless and marginally entertaining joke. Perhaps I have a certain weakness for Caruso-isms.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53630309517295290822009-08-20T16:16:02.585-07:002009-08-20T16:16:02.585-07:00"Specially in a geek forum."
Yes, those..."Specially in a geek forum."<br /><br />Yes, those aspie brains are firing at lightning speed! When they're not laughing at epic failz they are totally <i>blowing their own minds</i>.<br /><br />Here's a question:<br />Can a forumite have a thought so big even he cannot comprehend it?Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980842100786408132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8681934257062418452009-08-20T15:44:11.920-07:002009-08-20T15:44:11.920-07:00Note the cavalier attitude towards the whole thing...Note the cavalier attitude towards the whole thing, by the way. "Eh, I have deep psychological issues and I'm quasi-suicidal, but yu know, you live with it. Ain't I brave and interesting?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18044013534003401182009-08-20T15:42:19.658-07:002009-08-20T15:42:19.658-07:00I could be wrong, but I'm 99% sure that last p...I could be wrong, but I'm 99% sure that last person thought "Wow, life is scary, I wonder what it's like to be dead" a couple of times, and then called that an existentialist crisis. Also the whole "survival instincts saved me from jumping to my death" thing is more likely than not a complete fabrication to come across as quirky and interesting. <br /><br />"Hey, I have a fear of heights, but everyone has a fear of heights, so that doesn't make me interesting. And I know I am interesting, so I bet it's not really a fear of heights but actually survival instincts preventing me from killing myself because I thought about death once and now I'm a closet-suicidal."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72819369814531703952009-08-20T14:50:44.918-07:002009-08-20T14:50:44.918-07:00he is referencing this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...he is referencing this:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Dread<br /><br />and apparently not really understanding it at allrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33345626612656906452009-08-20T14:35:24.796-07:002009-08-20T14:35:24.796-07:00no i think he's making it more like "bein...no i think he's making it more like "being quasi-suicidal makes me an existentialist"Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-81497510387476950202009-08-20T14:33:14.242-07:002009-08-20T14:33:14.242-07:00haha. I have to admire the kid for having read the...haha. I have to admire the kid for having read the Wikipedia article on Kierkegaard or whatever and then decided that that existentialism was basically just a fancy term for the fear of heightsrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.com