tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post2190320812046919688..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 669: SucksCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34613346435783549792010-05-16T15:29:31.184-07:002010-05-16T15:29:31.184-07:00Not reading the rest of the comments.
However... ...Not reading the rest of the comments.<br /><br />However... moron.<br />The origin of the joke is that physics, chemistry, and biology professors often would mention the Ideal Gas Law, or the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, and other such laws that were just used to proof... even though they were impossible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68287806794362468882010-03-10T11:26:02.073-08:002010-03-10T11:26:02.073-08:00I think this comic was kinda decent, perhaps becau...I think this comic was kinda decent, perhaps because it brings back memories of the endless discussions in physics class about why we could make the approximation that there were no air or friction. Besides, I don't think the laptop would be sucked out from the chamber because of its weight...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46118113786184047552010-01-09T21:34:14.140-08:002010-01-09T21:34:14.140-08:00clearly people like xkcd. I'm just saying they...clearly people like xkcd. I'm just saying they're <i>wrong.</i>Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37599650545027677152010-01-08T07:46:08.802-08:002010-01-08T07:46:08.802-08:00Um. Like, do you seriously, legitimately believe t...Um. Like, do you seriously, legitimately believe that success on the internet has a correlation with talent or quality? Really? You're not a joke? You actually think that?<br /><br />Of course. It's really simple. Someone has a talent to make things that people like. They make those things, and people become interested in them. If the author didn't have the talent to make interesting things, people wouldn't be interested in them. It's in the definition. Considering that Alexa's traffic rank for xkcd.com is 1,401, I'd say that indicates that Randall does a good job at making things that interest people.<br /><br />I don't see any problems with this comic that keep it from being funny and entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37797986162708122942009-12-21T16:28:26.344-08:002009-12-21T16:28:26.344-08:00Actually, you can tell the girl from the other xkc...Actually, you can tell the girl from the other xkcd girls because her hair is longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51120312292178851392009-12-10T17:22:36.426-08:002009-12-10T17:22:36.426-08:00"Have you looked at most of your forums full ..."Have you looked at most of your forums full of people "improving" XKCD comics? they're little more than cheap, unfunny shots at Randall. You think you can do better? Prove it."<br /><br />Those people don't even post here.<br /><br />captcha: VOKINGR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62104246582952791012009-12-10T17:10:29.673-08:002009-12-10T17:10:29.673-08:00I submit everything I have ever written as evidenc...I submit everything I have ever written as evidence.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14346722964400014532009-12-10T17:02:26.463-08:002009-12-10T17:02:26.463-08:00Have you looked at most of your forums full of peo...Have you looked at most of your forums full of people "improving" XKCD comics? they're little more than cheap, unfunny shots at Randall. You think you can do better? Prove it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73274856442541078382009-12-09T16:14:01.164-08:002009-12-09T16:14:01.164-08:00Um. Like, do you seriously, legitimately believe t...Um. Like, do you seriously, legitimately believe that success on the internet has a correlation with talent or quality? Really? You're not a joke? You actually think that?rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67476558978899853622009-12-09T16:08:57.387-08:002009-12-09T16:08:57.387-08:00Gotta love how everyone on here is criticizing the...Gotta love how everyone on here is criticizing the comic so much, yet is completely unable to come up with a comic that would get anywhere near the same reader base? Seriously, not every comic he writes is going to be the best of all time, and not everyone is going to like all the comics. Just appreciate that he's still writing and drawing them for the people who actually enjoy them, and are not jealous of what he's accomplished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44003188596910427752009-12-08T15:25:45.539-08:002009-12-08T15:25:45.539-08:00WHAT IS THIS REPEAT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER A...WHAT IS THIS REPEAT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN DAY? WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS GOD DAMNaloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19144269784141299232009-12-08T15:25:00.136-08:002009-12-08T15:25:00.136-08:00I find it funny how much you complain about the dr...I find it funny how much you complain about the drawing of XKCD yet say how much you love dinosaur comics, a comic that is literally a different joke to an identical (or nearly identical) background. A background which appears to have been assembled in a few minutes with MS paint. Especially considering that details important to the joke are always explained. Does it really matter who specifically that girl is? Or that it's the same guy in the hat? It's the same joke regardless. Maybe if you didn't hate every XKCD before you even go on the website to read it you could enjoy a few of them. Probably not because your profession and enjoyment seem to come from sucking the humor out of everything Randall draws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47757080684422061772009-12-06T14:08:17.552-08:002009-12-06T14:08:17.552-08:00Keep telling yourself that.Keep telling yourself that.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91334285073616051552009-12-06T11:31:08.841-08:002009-12-06T11:31:08.841-08:00OH ROB YOU'RE JUST TOO DAMN WITTY FOR ME. Sure...OH ROB YOU'RE JUST TOO DAMN WITTY FOR ME. Surely changing what I said to match your own opinions is both clever and hilarious!<br /><br />No, this isn't the best XKCD of all time. Nor is it some sort of abomination of humor. It's a fine joke you may or may not find funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60596418902791947002009-12-04T19:09:13.826-08:002009-12-04T19:09:13.826-08:00I, uh... don't have a defense for this one. I ...I, uh... don't have a defense for this one. I do like that commentary, though.<br /><br />"It's also funny that they murdered a person."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90625155677366831412009-12-04T09:55:33.291-08:002009-12-04T09:55:33.291-08:00dongsdongsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30518423092743586232009-12-04T01:59:27.878-08:002009-12-04T01:59:27.878-08:00Well that's a good point. You can't really...Well that's a good point. You can't really kill what's already dead.Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3755532453164704162009-12-04T01:34:58.583-08:002009-12-04T01:34:58.583-08:00yeah harrison and I are on the same wavelength her...yeah harrison and I are on the same wavelength here. The setup in itself is bad, what Rob was saying is true, Randy likes these to read out like a conversation, so given the shit the documentary people did just to get to the CEO and ask a retarded question like that, it seems appropriate in the situation to end with something like "security?". <br /><br />Granted, a good joke this does not make and the scenario was screwed to begin with, which is why what I really meant was that the PPD does not detract from the joke, because the joke was kind of gone to begin withCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62056933471942133852009-12-04T01:09:20.792-08:002009-12-04T01:09:20.792-08:00Rob, I think your points about how he has to force...Rob, I think your points about how he has to force set up into every comic are really good. VERY WELL. you may remain on my website, for a short time.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59502595369573723972009-12-04T00:57:51.159-08:002009-12-04T00:57:51.159-08:00Randall Munroe's humor is conversational. This...Randall Munroe's humor is conversational. This is why he does PPD--he wants it to read like a conversation. This is also why the setup tends to be so bad--you can tell that the conversation was engineered just for the pun. He is perfectly at home making quips and comments in conversation. He is evidently pretty terrible at setting up a joke and then delivering a punchline.<br /><br />Part of the reason we argue for Randall switching xkcd to an Illustrated Picto-Blog is that it would take the weight off the jokes. They could go from The Entire Reason For The Site Exists to Some Cute Drawings On The Side.<br /><br />I think his biggest problem is he needs to do the setup in essentially every joke. He is terrible at setup. His most successful comics have always been Black Hat Guy, and I think that's because he doesn't really need to do any setup. When a joke is coming from or even about a character, it's a little bit more than the sum of its parts.<br /><br />Basically he'd be better off if it were a long-run comic instead of each one being single-shot. Unfortunately to do that he'll need to actually draw something more than Fucking Stick Figures.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32154145310010179232009-12-04T00:38:40.442-08:002009-12-04T00:38:40.442-08:00@Fred: Really? My impression (and presumably CAM&#...@Fred: Really? My impression (and presumably CAM's) was that he was FREAKED THE FUCK OUT because these people were in his office, and were apparently batshit insane. I dunno, maybe it would help if Randall DREW SOME FUCKING FACES.harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71511056563377160392009-12-04T00:36:28.207-08:002009-12-04T00:36:28.207-08:00Yeah, I don't want anyone to get the impressio...Yeah, I don't want anyone to get the impression that I'm holding Randy up as a shining beacon of humor, I just think that these last few comics are a noticeable improvement on where xkcd was, say, six months ago.<br /><br />@Fred: Another thing about the Arrested Development examples is that they were both throwaway gags, and another joke came along five seconds later. Which makes me wonder -- are comics really the best medium for Randy? I mean, 671 is pretty damn bad, 665 and 663 were just stupid, 661's last panel made me want to strangle Randall and then sign him up for a writing class, 656 was silly but not actually that funny, and 652 was a decent concept ruined by lazy execution and Sarah Connor's mustache. But I can see all of them being tweaked to work pretty damn well in a show like Arrested Development, or even better something like Robot Chicken, where if one gag doesn't work there's another right there to replace it.<br /><br />I mean, think about it -- how many of us fell in love with this comic because we spent an hour going through the archives way back when? xkcd's way better when you don't have time to deconstruct the flaws in every comic. Maybe Randy should do something longer-form.harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66738688785129293122009-12-04T00:28:42.747-08:002009-12-04T00:28:42.747-08:00harrison: The nice part about those is that the jo...harrison: The nice part about those is that the joke isn't spelled out. The Obvious Homophone is suggested but never actually directly stated.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36167335140894464122009-12-04T00:27:43.757-08:002009-12-04T00:27:43.757-08:00Also I have to disagree with CAM, the PPD is awful...Also I have to disagree with CAM, the PPD is awful. All it does is kill the joke even further by showing how unfazed the guy is by this hilarious prank they just pulled on him.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12652378717038459882009-12-04T00:25:22.991-08:002009-12-04T00:25:22.991-08:00I agree, there's nothing wrong with pointing o...I agree, there's nothing wrong with pointing out obscene homophones, but at the least it has to be done by someone with a shred of some actual comedic talent. Like, say, the writers of Arrested Development.<br /><br />I can just imagine the scenario that went on earlier this week:<br /><br />"Hey best friend, what do you think of this comic?"<br />"Heh, it'd be awesome if someone went through all that trouble."<br />"Alright another winner!"Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.com