tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1737111844623545731..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Book Review: "Overcompensating: A Dangerous Obsession" by Jeffrey RowlandCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84423773221475185492010-09-02T17:31:53.608-07:002010-09-02T17:31:53.608-07:00Ann - I got the xkcd book because Alexis Ohanian t...Ann - I got the xkcd book because Alexis Ohanian thought it would be neat to give it to me, as a way of showing that he and his group don't get upset by my existence. I think it worked; I think it made them pretty cool folks. It even got <a href="http://twitter.com/kn0thing/status/5054444854" rel="nofollow">twittered.</a>Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88880426109576486302010-08-31T18:18:24.149-07:002010-08-31T18:18:24.149-07:00@Carl: Bank robbers ask for the money, too.
I rea...@Carl: Bank robbers ask for the money, too.<br /><br />I read the archives once so I know that this was not your motive, but I was trying to explain that in order for you to get swag, you are obligated to publish a review; so whether he comes here for reviews or not, they'z gonna happen because you like the swag. I'm just saying if you're getting swag because you hate something, I support that right. Very much so.<br /><br />@Ann: Presumably to try to convert him? His review wasn't less than luke-warm if I remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14530205333751577612010-08-31T18:15:13.635-07:002010-08-31T18:15:13.635-07:00Carl: While your review did not inspire me to go o...Carl: While your review did not inspire me to go out and buy the book, it DID inspire me to go and read the Online Comic, which I had never heard of before. 1 more reader isn't nearly as good as 1 more customer, but it's better than nothing, right? Hopefully Jeffery will forgive you.Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47591003375588415802010-08-31T16:51:52.408-07:002010-08-31T16:51:52.408-07:00they were really eager to comply for some reasonthey were really eager to comply for some reasonR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43755155651107601292010-08-31T16:49:56.327-07:002010-08-31T16:49:56.327-07:00he used his other one
randall@xkcd.comhe used his other one<br />randall@xkcd.comR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76130701144730921922010-08-31T16:47:44.395-07:002010-08-31T16:47:44.395-07:00Why did Breadpig give you a copy of the xkcd book,...Why did Breadpig give you a copy of the xkcd book, anyway? I mean presumably your email involved the fact that you run a site called, y'know, XKCDSucks.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50204091708595942102010-08-31T16:30:01.932-07:002010-08-31T16:30:01.932-07:00there is a chart at the bottom that unnecessarily ...there is a chart at the bottom that unnecessarily quantifies the plot.<br /><br /><br /><br />Ann: Dang, I forgot I had that bar. I guess I should update it, yeah.<br /><br />Raven: That's not why I started the blog - I didn't get a free anything until I got the xkcd book last year, about 18 months into blogging (or so). But it is quite the perk! And it's sort of like stealing, except that I ask for thing and people give them to me. So it's more like getting a present.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80043853518355685852010-08-31T16:27:25.675-07:002010-08-31T16:27:25.675-07:00And also he makes the comic anywhere between 5 and...And also he makes the comic anywhere between 5 and 50 years from now.<br /><br /><br />Ugh. Imagine 50 more years of xkcd...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13165808953168041002010-08-31T16:00:23.291-07:002010-08-31T16:00:23.291-07:00also richard stallman and corey doctorow were ther...also richard stallman and corey doctorow were thereUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84643091996373385892010-08-31T15:59:14.654-07:002010-08-31T15:59:14.654-07:00while mister hat sells tickets and beret guy tells...while mister hat sells tickets and beret guy tells us to seize the day<br /><br />the whole scene is accompanied by music from pianocat<br /><br /><em>this is xkcd</em>UndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28312032221826896782010-08-31T13:47:29.856-07:002010-08-31T13:47:29.856-07:00Nathan Fillon (Mal from Firefly) in a boxing match...Nathan Fillon (Mal from Firefly) in a boxing match against giant velociraptor in a ball pit while Megan masturbates with a Carl Sagan shaped vibrator.Timofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43806631674169139172010-08-31T12:26:59.395-07:002010-08-31T12:26:59.395-07:00randall in a boxing match against a velociraptor
...randall in a boxing match against a velociraptor<br /><br />hilarious<br /><br />captcha: blogromiR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37082085053337242412010-08-31T12:20:00.239-07:002010-08-31T12:20:00.239-07:00I know what tomorrow's comic will be about!<a href="http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/velociraptor-had-a-kickboxing-cousin" rel="nofollow">I know what tomorrow's comic will be about!</a>Simon Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656417618699122533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31532939180235520622010-08-31T12:17:52.302-07:002010-08-31T12:17:52.302-07:00Andrew WK rules. That is all.Andrew WK rules. That is all.SDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12569908679255348572010-08-31T10:37:20.155-07:002010-08-31T10:37:20.155-07:00suck a fat onesuck a fat oneR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31426822428555889222010-08-31T10:19:30.794-07:002010-08-31T10:19:30.794-07:00i'm the onei'm the oneNeonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42259061501372659122010-08-31T09:58:46.891-07:002010-08-31T09:58:46.891-07:00i hate onei hate oneUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58296655999732957422010-08-31T09:20:40.841-07:002010-08-31T09:20:40.841-07:00one would call it the hardcore punk movement but o...one would call it the hardcore punk movement but one doesn't want to for some reason<br /><br />maybe one is afraid of rejection<br /><br />someone hold oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35054556962102540102010-08-31T08:18:11.789-07:002010-08-31T08:18:11.789-07:00Andrew w k is the last of what one would call the ...Andrew w k is the last of what one would call the hardcore punk movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50669097131176402342010-08-31T07:32:19.853-07:002010-08-31T07:32:19.853-07:00Nah, he's not a juggalo, just a huge IRL troll...Nah, he's not a juggalo, just a huge IRL troll. Here's his GotJ performance on video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUOvnbCtnVQTimofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25534641964305779832010-08-31T06:58:38.120-07:002010-08-31T06:58:38.120-07:00@Fred: haha, and that is the first thing you wake ...@Fred: haha, and that is the first thing you wake up to; the "shuffling" of the woken figure in the last panel now looks like frightened shuddering. See, Randall's medium totally has the potential for medium-specific humour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44471157310049134282010-08-31T04:19:38.223-07:002010-08-31T04:19:38.223-07:00but he's a juggalobut he's a juggaloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32555555762807228972010-08-31T00:49:55.163-07:002010-08-31T00:49:55.163-07:00How come you've never heard of Andrew WK? He h...How come you've never heard of Andrew WK? He had a hit song "Party Hard". And also had a cameo in Aqua Teen Hunger Force. And got bottled at Gathering of the Juggalos way before Tila Tequila. And... I'm done here. OK, I'll admit he's not very famous.<br /><br />Though, while I don't know what he wrote in that introduction, but he seems like a pretty cool guy to me.Timofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76446932728841206332010-08-30T23:40:00.549-07:002010-08-30T23:40:00.549-07:00I recognize that color printing would seriously in...I recognize that color printing would seriously increase the cost of the book, but it's also true that it would increase the quality of the<br /><br /><br />it's like a cliffhangerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62189508824386690262010-08-30T23:11:02.328-07:002010-08-30T23:11:02.328-07:00This was discussed at the end of the last topic bu...This was discussed at the end of the last topic but nobody will read that now so I'll add it here:<br /><br />Raven, the fact that you can't see the expression of the full frontal nude beret man makes your edit all the more funny to me. It looks like he's just suddenly getting a seizure or something like that. Imagine someone enthousiastically talking to you and stopping mid-story to stand there right in front of you with a blank expression and arms at odd angles, and then continuing as if nothing had happened. That's basically what the comic looks to me now. Surreal. Accidentally surreal.Frednoreply@blogger.com