tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1372417265367632799..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 447: Too Old For This ShitCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32461088914808514812010-12-20T15:46:44.553-08:002010-12-20T15:46:44.553-08:00Blah, I know I'm way way way too late but I HA...Blah, I know I'm way way way too late but I HAVE to say I think the joke here is actually playing on xkcd's art style -- you don't realize the guy is thirteen until the very end cuz there's no indication.<br /><br />Um, that's my two cents.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just easily amused, but there you go.Really latenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7913169238125642852009-03-27T16:09:00.000-07:002009-03-27T16:09:00.000-07:00READ THE ALT TEXT. Not that hard to get if you rea...READ THE ALT TEXT. Not that hard to get if you read the entire comic!Glarfugusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13000898856711857742009-01-16T23:04:00.000-08:002009-01-16T23:04:00.000-08:00Sorry for a late comment on this entry, just disco...Sorry for a late comment on this entry, just discovered this blog. <BR/><BR/>Don't know if you've heard this interpretation before... When I first read this one, I assumed that it was about the odd excuses kids try to use to get out of doing math. (I guess I didn't read the alt text!) Kind of like that strip with Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" claming to be a math atheist. Looks like I might be wrong, but I think I'll stick with my version, makes it slightly more amusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18045463150209640792008-09-22T21:36:00.000-07:002008-09-22T21:36:00.000-07:00It's said that a research mathematician will do hi...It's said that a research mathematician will do his best work when he's young (say, less than 30). This only really applies to the real geniuses who'll do something ground-breaking. <BR/><BR/>I think that's what Randall is making a joke of in this strip. It's not all that funny though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54203340569855833712008-07-14T17:52:00.000-07:002008-07-14T17:52:00.000-07:00Ah. Yeah I guess I misunderstood. I still like my ...Ah. Yeah I guess I misunderstood. I still like my response though, so let's pretend we both planned it that way.<BR/><BR/>TO EVERYONE: If you use a name of some kind, you don't have to explain which comments are yours! But I guess it's not a big deal.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26222914505302564212008-07-13T22:35:00.000-07:002008-07-13T22:35:00.000-07:00Hi, I left the original comment. And that's not a...Hi, I left the original comment. And that's not a defense of the comic, but a mockery of it, although I guess you have to know some zen to get the joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60708051820907276542008-07-12T11:09:00.000-07:002008-07-12T11:09:00.000-07:00I didn't see good will hunting. Can you go into mo...I didn't see good will hunting. Can you go into more detail? (or can someone else who has seen the movie confirm or deny this?)Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63426477548837314232008-07-12T10:35:00.000-07:002008-07-12T10:35:00.000-07:00I'd swear to God this was ripped straight from Goo...I'd swear to God this was ripped straight from Good Will hunting. It doesn't say anything about apples, or Fields Medals, or girls though.<BR/><BR/>I may be wrong.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125254316133156881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17270665119542454622008-07-11T17:57:00.000-07:002008-07-11T17:57:00.000-07:00Locutus - While some are not meant to be funny, I ...Locutus - While some are not meant to be funny, I think this one was. The way the character on the left says "You're thirteen" at the end has the feel of a punchline to me.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps one reason I don't like xkcd is that it can't decide what it's trying to be - a long-story type comic, a bunch of one-panel gags, a collection of computer science jokes, or something else.<BR/><BR/>Anon - I think you are on to something. Of course, for this comic to make sense in that light you have to assume that the guy on the left <I>did</I> some awesome math at a young age ("It doesn't come easy like it once did"). Maybe. Maybe he's supposed to be one of those genius young mathematicians. Who knows. I still don't think it's that funny.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55122441423104136572008-07-11T17:37:00.000-07:002008-07-11T17:37:00.000-07:00I thought it might be a reference to mathematician...I thought it might be a reference to mathematicians from past centuries. I'm by no means a math history expert, but I vaguely remember hearing lectures about various mathematicians from centuries ago who made amazing mathematical discoveries before they hit 18 or 20. Some of them (or most, I have no idea) were attending university at 11-12.<BR/><BR/>I'd go and double check, but I'm too lazy and can't for the life of me remember any names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1829196789611413592008-07-11T07:51:00.000-07:002008-07-11T07:51:00.000-07:00While I didn't really "get" this one either, I can...While I didn't really "get" this one either, I can say this in general: You shouldn't be upset when xkcd doesn't have a joke. Forget what "comic" is supposed to mean. "Comic" is simply the classification that these drawings best fall under. They aren't all funny. They aren't all meant to be funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42057121825783688662008-07-11T06:55:00.000-07:002008-07-11T06:55:00.000-07:00Then the pupil said, "no wait, that's bullshit. It...Then the pupil said, "no wait, that's bullshit. It's supposed to be a <I>comic</I>. It's a web<I>comic</I>. 'Comic' means 'funny.'<BR/><BR/>Then it was the master who was enlightened. And the pupil said, "What now, bitch?"Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14693184776114596972008-07-10T22:51:00.000-07:002008-07-10T22:51:00.000-07:00A pupil once asked the master to explain an xkcd c...A pupil once asked the master to explain an xkcd comic, to which the master responsed "there is no joke". Then the pupil was enlightened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com