tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1744380005963387752..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Placeholder: Comic 782Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62684249542387888282010-08-30T21:24:29.949-07:002010-08-30T21:24:29.949-07:00Undercover... just saw you replied. I wasn't ...Undercover... just saw you replied. I wasn't trying to be insulting- but again, if you happen to come back to this one:<br />Points 1 and 2: the problem is it's just not incoherent. Yes, probably no-one's ever spoken like that, but it's a pop culture joke and the characters clearly aren't like normal people. The point is, you don't need to have seen previous examples of 'buried over' because there's nothing difficult about it. The earth is in layers- bury one thing, then bury something else over it. Maybe 'on top of' would be clearer- but I can't see much room for doubt.<br />3: that's the joke. Presumably it was an indian burial ground- but they didn't care about that. But under that burial ground... was an ancient indian burial ground! <br />Anyway, I think it's fairly funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27569640656607754492010-08-30T21:06:53.571-07:002010-08-30T21:06:53.571-07:00God, this fucking asshat (Randall "I can'...God, this fucking asshat (Randall "I can't laid by my right fucking hand" Munroe) is just such a lazy douche.I want to punch Randall in his fucking shriveled ballsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24606952540637650952010-08-26T08:23:15.248-07:002010-08-26T08:23:15.248-07:00And Carl's laziness. Can't forget that pa...And Carl's laziness. Can't forget that part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33294517205347171192010-08-26T02:53:55.390-07:002010-08-26T02:53:55.390-07:00this isn't really a placeholder is it
it will...this isn't really a placeholder is it<br /><br />it will remain forever as a testament to aloria's drunken commitment to xkcd sucksSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47865629365941153392010-08-25T22:45:44.428-07:002010-08-25T22:45:44.428-07:00Making *puppets* out of peoples bones?! What the ...Making *puppets* out of peoples bones?! What the fuck is WRONG with Randy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38908959043548826972010-08-24T19:19:44.866-07:002010-08-24T19:19:44.866-07:00Aloria wrote:
>> Maybe I am supposed to. Suc...Aloria wrote:<br />>> Maybe I am supposed to. Suck a panda's dick.<br /><br />Don't you mean to get rid of the first period and uncapitalize the "S"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64420624560160332182010-08-24T12:23:27.809-07:002010-08-24T12:23:27.809-07:00@Anon 7:32
"Do you remember how in Scooby Do...@Anon 7:32<br /><br />"Do you remember how in Scooby Doo it always seemed absurd that some kind of innocuous activity would bring about the wrath of an ancient evil?<br /><br />Well, this one is taking that innocent jaunt of some "meddling kids" and completely turning it around. "<br /><br />You have never watched an episode of Scooby Doo.Tylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42755151267074103792010-08-24T11:05:33.234-07:002010-08-24T11:05:33.234-07:00R @ 4:51: Same reaction to Simon's post: I w...R @ 4:51: Same reaction to Simon's post: I was going to post a comment like your edit when I got to the bottom, but you beat me to it. That picture needs to go up in the placeholder...now. Aloria!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41969766856812613202010-08-24T10:01:35.590-07:002010-08-24T10:01:35.590-07:00@anon7:50
1: way to read between the lines champ ...@anon7:50<br /><br />1: <em>way to read between the lines champ</em> i am sure randall could make something good if he had an editor (or even bothered to edit himself) my point though was that randall has produced enough incoherent bullshit that the simplest explanation for this comic is that it is more incoherent bullshit rather than some misunderstood work of genius<br /><br />i believe randall is capable of making something good but i am not going to give him the benefit of the doubt in a situation like this one<br /><br />as for the five minute thing i might just be old fashioned but when your primary source of income is a webcomic that you make three times a week it seems fitting that you should probably put a bit more thought into making sure your jokes are delivered well (also see: stand up comics who tend to refine their jokes over the course of weeks or months <em>many of whom are actually funny</em>)<br /><br />2: my reading skills are fine thanks for your concern but maybe you (like randall) do not understand the concept of natural sounding dialogue <em>nobody would ever phrase that statement the way the character does</em> it is not a matter of the definition of "over" as human speech tends to favor ease of communication over technical correctness and the concept of something being <em>buried over</em> something else is just awkward<br /><br />"yeah i buried the bodies over an ancient indian burial ground" <em>makes no sense</em> and neither does the dialogue here<br /><br />3: "implied backstory" is equivalent to "context" which i argue <em>is</em> necessary in most forms of comedy as the audience needs to know enough about the characters or situation to understand the source of the humor (even subversive jokes require context to mislead audience expectations)<br /><br />the problem here is that nothing is mentioned about where they actually dug the bones up from in the first place so when she mentions <em>indian bones</em> around an <em>indian burial ground</em> my gut reaction is "where were you expecting them to be"<br /><br />we do not know how she knows that they were indian bones in the first place so the logical assumption is that she was already aware of the fact that there was an indian burial ground there<br /><br />you are right in saying that not all people are equally intelligent <em>some of us actually stop to think about why people might phrase things in certain ways</em> and those of us who do are the ones that understand exactly why this comic is awful<br /><br />but i mean hey it was still a decent attempt at being insultingUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33946839217148562592010-08-24T09:49:37.794-07:002010-08-24T09:49:37.794-07:00Also, it needs a "dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUN"...Also, it needs a "dun dun DUUUUUUUUUUUUN" after the last line, but that's hard to do in print form.Alsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7590670894908545782010-08-24T08:58:32.814-07:002010-08-24T08:58:32.814-07:00Didn't mind this one. With a little tidying a...Didn't mind this one. With a little tidying and it works - it wouldn't be out of place in a sketch show. It wouldn't be one of the great hits of the episode but it wouldn't be a miss, it got a grin out of me.<br /><br />So cut down the intro to:<br />Rob! Rob! [The running pose and repeated name here shows that something is up, no need to tell us she looks terrified...]<br />What's wrong?<br /><br />Remove the bit about puppets, too much detail that doens't add anythign - as has been mentioned.<br /><br />If it were a tv sketch, a slight pause before "anchient indian burial ground", a longer pause, then the shock and omg.<br /><br />It could be the nerdy tv tropes readerness but as I said I don't mind this one. More emotive art wouldn't hurt and maybe a blank beat panel before the OMG. Timeing is key here (as with most jokes)Chri5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42339509408332778402010-08-24T08:20:04.732-07:002010-08-24T08:20:04.732-07:00"As for people not agreeing: not all people a..."As for people not agreeing: not all people are equally intelligent or pay equal attention"<br /><br />Actually, I'll just add- while that's true, it's not the main point. People interpret things differently. Not agreeing is OK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74309829318574542192010-08-24T08:02:20.819-07:002010-08-24T08:02:20.819-07:00The posts themselves? Some amusing lines from time...The posts themselves? Some amusing lines from time to time. I don't think that's ever been the point.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74305457539047093952010-08-24T07:52:36.155-07:002010-08-24T07:52:36.155-07:00"he won't have time to think up things th..."he won't have time to think up things that are funny every single posting - might the same logic apply to xkcdsucks? "<br /><br />I'd have to say no, because I don't think xkcd sucks has ever been funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19105120134924586922010-08-24T07:50:08.998-07:002010-08-24T07:50:08.998-07:00Hey, this xkcd is pretty good. Undercover's a...Hey, this xkcd is pretty good. Undercover's arguments:<br />1. It can't be good because you've already decided the author can't do good stuff? I dig your honesty, but that's not something that inspires confidence in your reviewing powers. Anyway, why do you have to spend more than five minutes thinking about something before it's funny?<br />2. Nothing difficult to understand in the dialogue. Is the word 'over' a tough one? As for people not agreeing: not all people are equally intelligent or pay equal attention. It works OKish even if you misread it, though.<br />3. Oh no! This joke, that takes five seconds to read, is lacking backstory! Every joke has backstory, right? (Answer: no)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80652160216255847912010-08-24T07:41:01.543-07:002010-08-24T07:41:01.543-07:00It's regularly posted whenever Carl (or whoeve...It's regularly posted whenever Carl (or whoever the guest poster is) fucking feels like it.<br /><br /><3aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10701028612383471812010-08-24T07:39:47.895-07:002010-08-24T07:39:47.895-07:00yeah, because xkcdsucks sure has a regular schedul...yeah, because xkcdsucks sure has a regular scheduleAnn Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-275739489677625472010-08-24T07:32:29.572-07:002010-08-24T07:32:29.572-07:00I dunno, I kind of liked this one.
Do you remembe...I dunno, I kind of liked this one. <br />Do you remember how in Scooby Doo it always seemed absurd that some kind of innocuous activity would bring about the wrath of an ancient evil?<br /><br />Well, this one is taking that innocent jaunt of some "meddling kids" and completely turning it around. <br /><br />I mean, I didn't giggle or machine-gun laugh because of this comic, but I was mildly amused and continued on with my work that day - which I'm pretty sure is the reason most people consume internet comics. <br /><br />P.S. It's bad that Randall Munroe puts himself into a regular schedule; he won't have time to think up things that are funny every single posting - might the same logic apply to xkcdsucks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6469381401912606832010-08-24T07:28:56.117-07:002010-08-24T07:28:56.117-07:00Damn it, thumperward. Why'd you have to go and...Damn it, thumperward. Why'd you have to go and ruin the surprise like that?aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61907564426199320962010-08-24T07:28:39.101-07:002010-08-24T07:28:39.101-07:00Oh, alt text too. Make that five.Oh, alt text too. Make that five.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74969417976076364672010-08-24T07:27:18.445-07:002010-08-24T07:27:18.445-07:00Will your commentary on 783 just be the same parag...Will your commentary on 783 just be the same paragraph repeated four times, Aloria?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60996544167983608772010-08-24T07:20:33.336-07:002010-08-24T07:20:33.336-07:00Anon 6:58 (and everyone else bawwing:)
Dues. Chil...Anon 6:58 (and everyone else bawwing:)<br /><br />Dues. Chill. I agreed to post for comics 783, 784, and 785. I noticed that Carl didn't put anything up for 782 so I left a placeholder in case he was planning on doing so. <br /><br />I will post my commentary on 783 tonight. It will be longer than a paragraph. Feel free to bitch about how much you hate that one.aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82034594037953810252010-08-24T06:58:50.312-07:002010-08-24T06:58:50.312-07:00UndercoverCuddlefish, very nice analysis! +5 insi...UndercoverCuddlefish, very nice analysis! +5 insightful.<br /><br />Aloria, please copy/paste UndercoverCuddlefish's comment into your blog post if you're not gonna write more than two sentences. I don't wanna appear unappreciative, but geez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37202374427453107012010-08-24T06:42:34.070-07:002010-08-24T06:42:34.070-07:00ugh
i still refuse to agree that 782 has any rede...ugh<br /><br />i still refuse to agree that 782 has any redeeming features<br /><br />sure maybe there is something funny in there about the whole "we do not mind that we desecrated indian bones but we are scared because popular culture tells us that the place we got the bones from may have been haunted due to its location over an actual indian burial ground oooooooooh" but there are a few points that need to be addressed here<br /><br />first this reading gives randall the benefit of the doubt by assuming that he spent more than five minutes working on it or thinking about it which i am pretty sure did not happen<br /><br />second the dialogue is so fucking stupid that it is basically impossible that the guy would ever understand what the girl was actually saying without asking some sort of clarifying question but i guess the phrasing could be considered unambiguous if <em>all of your characters think exactly the same eh randy</em> seriously the fact that many people do not agree on what the punchline is is generally an indication that the comic is written poorly (it is)<br /><br />third even if the dialogue were more clear there is even more ambiguity regarding the whole situation because the place they got the bones from is left entirely vague (hence the popular reading that the indian burial ground is simply where they came from in the first place) it basically reads "remember that time we dug up those indian bones [that we apparently knew were indian bones probably because of the location since that is the only logical way we could tell] well it turns out they were <em>on top</em> of a [place where indian bones are typically found]" basically randall tried to get to the punchline with the smallest amount of thought possible so he did not bother implying a real backstory or any of the things that typically make jokes like these funny<br /><br />if randys actual intention was to poke fun at the divide between what these characters find morally acceptable and their pop culture based superstitions then he probably should have actually called attention to the fact that he was <em>making</em> a pop reference instead of just assuming that readers are not going to come to the (logical) conclusion that this comic is completely pointless and took about ten minutes of total work<br /><br />given his latest "masterpiece" it is pretty clear randall does not have any problems with over explaining a joke so why he would have left this somewhat complex idea so intentionally vague is a mystery to me <em>unless</em> he did not actually intend it to be read that way and the actual joke is something far less intelligent than you are giving him credit for<br /><br />whether or not you believe there is a good joke buried in there it is inarguable that randall butchered its communication<br /><br />now i am done talking about this piece of shit comic can we please move on to the newest abortionUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70308429967078665402010-08-24T06:32:48.438-07:002010-08-24T06:32:48.438-07:00aloriasucks.blogspot.comaloriasucks.blogspot.comTimofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.com