tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1631390269819309927..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 746: Stuck UpCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21807013149118289642010-10-31T23:41:32.579-07:002010-10-31T23:41:32.579-07:00I misread this comic as the woman saying "Thi...I misread this comic as the woman saying "This is a stickup!" and that actually made it a lot funnier.Wrinkledlion Xhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84145164521149464132010-09-26T17:27:46.553-07:002010-09-26T17:27:46.553-07:00good to knowgood to knowCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67445767353870287792010-09-21T20:47:20.785-07:002010-09-21T20:47:20.785-07:00i think this joke is pretty funnyi think this joke is pretty funnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86715749308923692362010-07-15T18:04:05.677-07:002010-07-15T18:04:05.677-07:00OOOOH IT JUST MAKES THE CUDDLEFISH SO MAAAAAADOOOOH IT JUST MAKES THE CUDDLEFISH SO MAAAAAADrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49989469672141981952010-07-15T06:13:49.437-07:002010-07-15T06:13:49.437-07:00I don't even know why the fuck you care so muc...I don't even know why the fuck you care so much to make this fucking idiotic blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83189608438916700802010-07-01T23:51:44.225-07:002010-07-01T23:51:44.225-07:00yes they areyes they arershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83791746793040535652010-07-01T09:21:45.064-07:002010-07-01T09:21:45.064-07:00Dude. Seriously. You need to calm down. It's j...Dude. Seriously. You need to calm down. It's just a gag, they're not meant to make senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3788905384002984672010-06-03T15:12:22.134-07:002010-06-03T15:12:22.134-07:00Listen guys, I read a book called Vincent and Viol...Listen guys, I read a book called Vincent and Viola (http://www.kaplanco.com/store/trans/productDetailForm.asp?CatID=6|CB1025|0&PID=11243) and I learned about Venn Diagrams from it. So I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028074581043379827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5131925644558970272010-06-03T11:06:31.193-07:002010-06-03T11:06:31.193-07:00wait, rob has been drinking that for years. it has...wait, rob has been drinking that for years. it has medicinal powers??Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39285215011590585232010-06-03T07:08:28.655-07:002010-06-03T07:08:28.655-07:00Rob, clearly as you're not a scientist your mi...Rob, clearly as you're not a scientist your mind has been tainted with the wishy washy talk of marketing directors and journalism students, who have problems getting dressed, let alone labelling graphs (This is how the trend of wearing a keffiya started).<br /><br />Clearly the solution is you must drink a distilled extract of randall monroe's urine, then and only then will you be raised above the inconsistencies and bad practice of non-scientific literature.<br /><br />It is unfortunate that this will do nothing for your corpulent bulk or tiny penis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62086175729793999472010-06-03T02:28:52.036-07:002010-06-03T02:28:52.036-07:00ten examples! it must be a universal law three tim...ten examples! it must be a universal law three times over!<br /><br />in case you were wondering, what you just did is called Confirmation Bias. it is what happens when someone only looks for data which confirms their hypothesis instead of which would refute it--like the ten links I just found you. you will note most of them are on education-related websites, so apparently someone's teachers disagreed with poor ickle Ves's maths teacher in high school. SCANDAL!rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22215590044272369922010-06-03T02:27:00.904-07:002010-06-03T02:27:00.904-07:00golly jeepers, you found three whole examples wher...golly jeepers, you found three whole examples where they put the label inside the circle. that's incredibly rare! because everyone knows if you've found <a href="http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/oxford/Oxford_Philosophy/0198610130.Venn-diagram.1.jpg" rel="nofollow">three</a> <a href="http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/media/png/Venndiagram.png" rel="nofollow">examples</a> of <a href="http://thewordnerds.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Word%20Nerds%20Venn%20Diagram%202.png" rel="nofollow">something</a> it's a <a href="http://experiencematters.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/venn_customerinsight_brandattributes.jpg" rel="nofollow">UNIVERSAL</a> <a href="http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book7/bk7i1/s3eg2.gif" rel="nofollow">LAW</a> and doing it <a href="http://www.kwiznet.com/images/questions/grade8/math/SetsAndRelations_RepresentIntersectionInVennDiagram2a.gif" rel="nofollow">any</a> <a href="http://opixia.com/EntEng/images/Venn%20Venture.JPG" rel="nofollow">other</a> <a href="http://connectedmath.msu.edu/teaching/images/venn_diagram.jpg" rel="nofollow">way</a> is <a href="http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/chf/images/elemfultonvenn.JPG" rel="nofollow">ALWAYS</a> <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/data/thumbnails/ZlatehtheGoatVennDiagram.pdf.00.jpg" rel="nofollow">WRONG</a>.<br /><br />come on. find me something that isn't a high school teacher which says "the labels always go inside the circles they are supposed to be labeling, and there are absolutely no exceptions and anyone who ever does it any other way is doing it wrong." because I just found you more than three examples of the labels outside the circles, so it must be even more than a universal law.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62306596026024669552010-06-03T01:58:31.848-07:002010-06-03T01:58:31.848-07:00Rob if you're going to be a dick (which I whol...Rob if you're going to be a dick (which I whole-heartedly endorse) try being an accurate dick.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Couturat_1914_and_Venn_assignments1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Couturat 1914</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.math.twsu.edu/history/Topics/arithmetic.html#venn" rel="nofollow">Witchita State University</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28A+union+B%29+intersect+C" rel="nofollow">Wolfram Alpha</a><br /><br />You may notice the clear separation of the universal set in the first two, and the presence of the labels inside the circles despite the absence of a universal set in the third.<br /><br />This whole conversation is mostly retarded; try not to raise the average retard level.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8235059464287038012010-06-03T00:54:58.472-07:002010-06-03T00:54:58.472-07:00you should probably only bother refuting points th...you should probably only bother refuting points that can be refuted anyway so it's okayrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68586567771177767272010-06-02T22:25:44.588-07:002010-06-02T22:25:44.588-07:00I was going to type a lengthy comment refuting you...I was going to type a lengthy comment refuting your points Rob. Half way through I started saying something about pie-graphs and got hungry so I stopped.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11028074581043379827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83846796300149956902010-06-02T22:22:40.589-07:002010-06-02T22:22:40.589-07:00actually i would say that one surefire way to hide...actually i would say that one surefire way to hide a tiny penis would be to put up a giant wall around you, so Rob is doing ok here.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85578697743118235322010-06-02T16:20:32.915-07:002010-06-02T16:20:32.915-07:00booooringbooooringrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35639699343567326652010-06-02T15:48:28.759-07:002010-06-02T15:48:28.759-07:00Rob I know what you're thinking but all these ...Rob I know what you're thinking but all these walls of text don't really hide the fact that you have a tiny penis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69236244855248858762010-06-02T13:55:54.745-07:002010-06-02T13:55:54.745-07:00oh sweet Jesus yes.
there are awesome times, and ...oh sweet Jesus yes.<br /><br />there are awesome times, and then there are the "omg I used to respect you" dumbasses. not going to lie, excepting the occasions like Ryan Learn where the stupidity is so great and so remarkable that we're still talking about them months after they have fled to cry about how some horrible monster disagreed with them on the internet, this is my favorite thing that happens on here. it has redeemed many a dull conversation.<br /><br />not that this one is dull! far from it. that just makes this one even better. so thank you, pseudonymous troll, for making a hilarious conversation even more hilarious.<br /><br />back to mocking dumbass pedants!<br /><br />here is what the latest anon wrote: "The convetion for Venn Diagrams is to put the label inside the set <b>This is to avoid confusion with other sets and the global set.</b>"<br /><br />well look at that! you've answered your own complaint. convention exists (if it actually exists here, an idea towards which none of you fucks have advanced anything more than 'my high school maths teacher' as evidence) to ensure clear communication and no confusion, etc etc. you will note that <i>there is no fucking confusion.</i> it is perfectly clear what was intended.<br /><br />it's the equivalent of insisting that a haiku has to have a syllable pattern of 5/7/5, that any haiku without that pattern is a bad haiku. your evidence? "that is what my teacher told me!"<br /><br />despite evidence to the contrary I'm pretty sure you fucks actually have a brain. perhaps you should try engaging it occasionally?rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25051854525066354252010-06-02T11:28:05.049-07:002010-06-02T11:28:05.049-07:00It's spelled meant.It's spelled meant.ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38578892597259293112010-06-02T08:10:24.128-07:002010-06-02T08:10:24.128-07:00ScottMcfagnugget- The convetion for Venn Diagrams ...ScottMcfagnugget- The convetion for <b>Venn Diagrams</b> is to put the label <i>inside the set</i> This is to avoid confusion with other sets and the global set.<br />It's a diagram convention, similar to that of labelling axes correctly on charts, and so on.<br /><br />Not doing these things is bad practice, and while in some cases like here, it's clear what's ment, but if your ment to be a paragon of science then getting stuff like that wrong is pretty dire.<br /><br />As webcomics aren't used to communicate information to the sciences unambiguously and and consistently, there is no real convention with how things go- compare and contrast penny arcade with mspaint adventures- neither is 'wrong'.<br /><br />However- if you put charts into a webcomic, and label them against convention, your chart is wrong; even if the webcomic isn't.<br /><br />follow?<br /><br />Capchca- monessir- Would you like to see our wine list, monessir?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20094977126110227432010-06-02T07:38:12.654-07:002010-06-02T07:38:12.654-07:00As for why it doesn't matter obviously
i mean ...As for why it doesn't matter obviously<br />i mean you're mainly saying rob's a fat cunt and i can't object to thatscotters!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36133624287216913392010-06-02T07:37:41.144-07:002010-06-02T07:37:41.144-07:004:29, rob's a fat, self-hating atheist for wha...4:29, rob's a fat, self-hating atheist for what it's worth.Rob (WHAT A COINCIDENCE)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39961030789484860032010-06-02T07:30:48.732-07:002010-06-02T07:30:48.732-07:00See: What Rob said a few posts ago about common no...See: What Rob said a few posts ago about common nomenclature.<br />Now, imagine that it was conventional for the vast majority of comics to include the comic title in the image. Now, imagine Randall put xkcd titles, well, where they are. Is he 'wrong'?scottmcfagnuggetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77603405337644904142010-06-02T04:29:14.643-07:002010-06-02T04:29:14.643-07:00Rob, I used to respect you, but this discussion ha...Rob, I used to respect you, but this discussion has trashed that respect.<br /><br />You're a huge prick here, seriously. What happened to calm discussion to iron out differences?<br /><br />for the record, I sort of get what Ves is saying.<br /><br />The point isn't that the diagram labelling is unclear, it's that the convention is wrong.<br /><br />And for randall, somone who plays on a reputation of being "educated sientist" this is a schoolboy howler. It's on par with not labelling axes correctly (which I think he has done before).<br /><br />I can see you're saying it's a silly complaint to make, and maybe it is, because it's still relitively clear what's going on, but what effort would it have been to put the words "nerd" and "geek" inside the regions they define? And as before, it's a fairly small complaint about a generally shitty comic, but it irks me to see a comic "dedicated to math.. etc" manages to get basic conventions wrong.<br /><br />But that's not what I'm commenting to say.<br /><br />What I'm commenting to say is that you;ve been a capslock riding troll fiend in this comment thread and I sincerely hope that wild dogs bite off your nipples.Rob, seriously, fuck uphttp://www.meatspin.comnoreply@blogger.com