tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1497848729044240192..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: 10 best xkcd comics 201-400Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11851637104639483432010-10-02T15:12:11.414-07:002010-10-02T15:12:11.414-07:00231 and 252 do something that Randall seems to hav...231 and 252 do something that Randall seems to have forgotten how to do effectively: they couple a graph with an eloquent visual representation of the graph's data. The graphs on their own would not be funny at all, but I especially like the "graph as escalator" thing. Nice visual pun.ThePirateKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855894192400453985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69292824510110110242010-04-14T10:00:15.364-07:002010-04-14T10:00:15.364-07:00NECROPOSTIN' GRAWR!
My personal favourite is ...NECROPOSTIN' GRAWR!<br /><br />My personal favourite is 303. But then, I'm reeeeeeeeeally biased, being a programmer myself >.>Reidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85043346413075734272010-01-04T11:43:00.264-08:002010-01-04T11:43:00.264-08:00Regarding 236: I'm actually surprised you like...Regarding 236: I'm actually surprised you like this one, I would have thought that at one point or another anyone who has ever bought condoms or KY or whatever at a supermarket has thought about what might be funny to buy with it (as the comic points out: produce being one of the most obvious things). This is the main reason I take issue with the recent one about "Physicists don't like working in frictionless vacuums" joke, I feel like everyone who has ever taken physics has thought of that at some point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91765228325905561692010-01-04T10:44:32.422-08:002010-01-04T10:44:32.422-08:00I did like it, I just didn't like it enough. I...I did like it, I just didn't like it enough. In the end I went "well, it is just another graph, and even though I think it's very true, maybe not everyone does." the more i think about it the less I like it though, so I am going to stop thinking about it.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17613141777530302082010-01-04T02:33:05.213-08:002010-01-04T02:33:05.213-08:00I'm curious as to why you cut 231. What didn&#...I'm curious as to why you cut 231. What didn't you like about it, Carl?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65286271058888927672010-01-03T19:57:25.966-08:002010-01-03T19:57:25.966-08:00I went and added a note to my description of 335. ...I went and added a note to my description of 335. <br /><br />Fred: I think part of why I liked the girl-reading-outside-at-night comic is that there's a part of me that thinks she is reading outside entirely to make a quirky guy like Randall/Main Character notice her. So, she wants to seem quiet and interesting etc, but she can't just sit at home, she has to make sure he <i>knows</i> that she is all of those things. See also: How excitedly she answers his question in Panel 5. Because she was hoping to be asked it all along. Anyway, it just makes it that much better when their relationship ends immediately.<br /><br />When I write it out like that it seems like quite a stretch, so maybe I imagined most of that stuff about her character, but that's what I think.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89937449163798371652010-01-03T18:10:47.375-08:002010-01-03T18:10:47.375-08:00fuckin sheepl all of ufuckin sheepl all of uInterpretedhttp://rationalwiki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77643863552743316532010-01-03T13:44:32.090-08:002010-01-03T13:44:32.090-08:00Based on ALTF's latest comment, I assume it wo...Based on ALTF's latest comment, I assume it worked for a time canvassing for an NGO like Greenpeace, and then got fired for failing to meet quota, and was subsequentially bitter about it and did some half-assed research by googling "greenpeace sucks" and read some bitter ex-workers who are also conspiracy theorists make up numbers about where the money really goes. Naturally it believed this without question or a flicker of doubt.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20370087365640666292010-01-03T12:03:29.792-08:002010-01-03T12:03:29.792-08:00I did not realize how infuriating a single word co...I did not realize how infuriating a single word could be until ALTF's innit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80923159380093977112010-01-03T07:18:33.008-08:002010-01-03T07:18:33.008-08:00I think I like this Aquarians person. Assuming he...I think I like this Aquarians person. Assuming her latest comment wasn't just a weak troll, she's either a crazy libertarian who's really cynical about charity (but at the same time insists that, left to their own devices, corporations do more good than harm) or she's so leftist she's too cynical to think even charities do any good for the world and thinks the single most enlightened humanitarian act is to bitch about how much white people suck on the Internet. Both of which are adorable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70792815921330119852010-01-03T03:25:32.970-08:002010-01-03T03:25:32.970-08:00Agree with the hate for the mattress one. The lowe...Agree with the hate for the mattress one. The lower arm is a real problem that anyone who cuddles with their loved one for the first time discovers, but the overall thing is just ugh. And a sad sign for things to come. While the one about 304 has some nice art and the overall joke is funny, the contrived setup of a girl walking the street reading with a flashlight really annoys me. Was there nothing else he could think of? She's sitting at the bus stop reading with a flashlight? Who goes for a nighttime stroll around the block to read a book?<br /><br />I'd say my favorites from this bunch are the bobcat one, because that's simply perfect, the Janeane Garofalo one, because I like the way it's not just "AWESOME IDEA #32:" but leads it in with a neat note from the editor (alas! If only that bit about the editor was true), and then piles on absurdity upon absurdity, and the youtube one, because it's a funny observation that immediately rings true for everyone, presented in a funny way with nice art.<br /><br />A lot of the other ones seem worse now than they did at the time, no doubt that's bias due to having hated the new XKCD for so long and hanging around here too much, but they seem to lack the punch they had before. <br />The cat captions one is still okay, I guess. The Wikipedia one is also okay if the whole concept of XKCD + Wikipedia didn't leave such a bad taste in my mouth. <br />The girls suck at math one makes a great point and presents it well, but Randy's white knighting just pisses me off.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52234683043814149842010-01-02T21:44:26.979-08:002010-01-02T21:44:26.979-08:00Sometimes I like to eat bangers and mash. Other ti...Sometimes I like to eat bangers and mash. Other times I do not.Noodle Buddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74109531747757207022010-01-02T21:43:17.380-08:002010-01-02T21:43:17.380-08:00Yay! Carl's back.
yay.Yay! Carl's back.<br /><br />yay.Pete Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153437374929803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57581822624462725892010-01-02T21:32:52.400-08:002010-01-02T21:32:52.400-08:00Anon 9:31: Mario has clearly taught us that you ca...Anon 9:31: Mario has clearly taught us that you can climb out of a series of tubes.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29397221216899529412010-01-02T21:31:23.568-08:002010-01-02T21:31:23.568-08:00The problem with 262 is that people can't come...The problem with 262 is that people can't come "from the internet." The internet is not something you can just climb out of. It's not a big truck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20563941765815282982010-01-02T21:00:09.114-08:002010-01-02T21:00:09.114-08:00Poore, I didn't understand that you were makin...Poore, I didn't understand that you were making a pun the second time :(<br />But then I rearead it.emmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37078527702526952512010-01-02T19:24:00.752-08:002010-01-02T19:24:00.752-08:00157 is fine. I gotta agree with the people who hat...157 is fine. I gotta agree with the people who hated that mattress one, not sure why, something about it's just ugh. Also, I HATE 254, it's so incredibly forced.<br /><br />Thought all the other ones on this list were good.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037127857062536971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18627133935906612452010-01-02T18:31:28.269-08:002010-01-02T18:31:28.269-08:00Yeah, I liked 157.Yeah, I liked 157.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37250184737027049302010-01-02T18:29:28.027-08:002010-01-02T18:29:28.027-08:00Actually, I really liked comic 157. It's not i...Actually, I really liked comic 157. It's not in the 201-400 range, but it's still really good. It took me a while to realize it was a parody of other webcomics who put up charcater art in lieu of legitimate comics, as well as a lampshading of the fact that his characters are only stick figures...Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048122307869030899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1433838577150914612010-01-02T16:41:35.704-08:002010-01-02T16:41:35.704-08:00Sorry for screwing up the end.Sorry for screwing up the end.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6698375566956874712010-01-02T15:01:48.220-08:002010-01-02T15:01:48.220-08:00286 is kind of a Funny Aneurysm Moment, since basi...286 is kind of a Funny Aneurysm Moment, since basically the next four hundred XKCDs are Randall doing exactly what the guy he mocked in 286 does, except he doesn't even bother to wait a couple decades for the memes to become retro.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7186691167393475822010-01-02T14:52:41.244-08:002010-01-02T14:52:41.244-08:00poore:
The exclamation points are part of the nam...poore:<br /><br />The exclamation points are part of the name, obviously. Butt the pun makes up for that.Capnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69151086862806278712010-01-02T14:52:17.818-08:002010-01-02T14:52:17.818-08:00Heh, reading through all those comics, I have a pr...Heh, reading through all those comics, I have a pretty good idea of which ones will be making the worst ten. Anyway.<br /><br />249 was already mentioned, but I really love it. I also really like 286 as well (and have occasionally fallen into that habit of thinking ashamedly).<br /><br />I kind of want to say 393, kind of...but it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Death should be the DM there, and speaking as a guy who's been under some sadistic DMs, if you want to kill a party in no time flat you can do it. Hell all he had to do was run Gary through Tomb of Horrors. He couldn't possibly remember EVERY trap right?Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-81000148078967056392010-01-02T14:48:29.910-08:002010-01-02T14:48:29.910-08:00Bangin' Bootylicious Bitches is a charity I ca...Bangin' Bootylicious Bitches is a charity I can definitely get behind.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42501275915238571232010-01-02T14:44:11.398-08:002010-01-02T14:44:11.398-08:00Aquarians:
Don't be such a pretentious twit b...Aquarians:<br /><br />Don't be such a pretentious twit by making uncited accusations. Just because you can make money by working for NGO's does not make it wrong to work and earn a salary from them.<br /><br />Also:<br /><br />Programs: 77% Fund Raising: 21% Administrative: 2% <br /><br />http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/animal-protection/american-society-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-in-new-york-ny-151<br /><br />But then again I bet you think the BBB is part of the phallic NWO and that it actually stands for Bangin' Bootylicious Bitches!!<br /><br />pre/peri/postmortem precipitous anilingus coitus and other unrisible permutations of dullardry.Capnnoreply@blogger.com