tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post2307142128414232983..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 755: Purity RevistedCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46215608703299892352010-06-24T18:45:11.897-07:002010-06-24T18:45:11.897-07:00Wow...sje's a horrible person everywhere. Not ...Wow...sje's a horrible person everywhere. Not just on the XKCD forums.<br /><br />Why do I use those forums? <br /><br />HALP MEMarbasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33644507360570843672010-06-24T16:42:25.943-07:002010-06-24T16:42:25.943-07:00good thing you came here, thengood thing you came here, thenrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55777900533076332692010-06-24T16:36:00.044-07:002010-06-24T16:36:00.044-07:00I thought it was called literary criticism.I thought it was called literary criticism.Alsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3578338202289671522010-06-24T15:54:10.478-07:002010-06-24T15:54:10.478-07:00it's called "sociology"it's called "sociology"rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69835168729135164062010-06-24T11:27:55.123-07:002010-06-24T11:27:55.123-07:00But then how are we supposed to learn about how ev...But then how are we supposed to learn about how every aspect of society is completely misogynist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7656802889214894702010-06-23T16:47:36.171-07:002010-06-23T16:47:36.171-07:00also sometimes interdisciplinary studies are compl...also sometimes interdisciplinary studies are completely unnecessary. "women's studies," for instance, is utterly superfluous when there already exists sociology. a new field is simply not necessary there.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76805145274462919812010-06-23T16:18:31.708-07:002010-06-23T16:18:31.708-07:00I guess I've just never been exposed to the la...I guess I've just never been exposed to the lamer side of interdisciplinary things. I've seen things like philosophy of science or the biology and sociology of AIDS and such. really interesting things.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66070774902476373552010-06-23T10:38:13.900-07:002010-06-23T10:38:13.900-07:00A comment about interdisciplinary studies:
Ther...A comment about interdisciplinary studies: <br /><br />There isn't anything inherently wrong with it at face value. In fact, your reasoning that knowledge exists outside arbitrary divisions of fields of study is sound. It's the same reasoning that has led to a rise in interdisciplinary studies in academia. <br /><br />The problem is that a lot of administrators that like the idea of interdisciplinary studies have taken it a little too far. It's like the emphasis has become reorganizing the way we solve problems, rather than ACTUALLY solving problems.<br /><br />It's frustrating for many in academia. Especially because the the people pushing interdisciplinary studies sometimes aren't really experts in either field. <br /><br />A professor once told me: "While there is value in finding ways to connect different fields of study, there's just as much value as exploring one specific thing in depth. Maybe more. So I don't understand this recent fetishism of interdisciplinary studies."<br /><br />Basically, interdisciplinary studies sounds fancy when you only skim the surface of what various fields are trying to accomplish. Perhaps this is why it is attractive to administrators and laypeople. <br /><br />But the value of going into depth in something can't be ignored. For interdisciplinary studies to achieve its potential, the infrastructure of academia would have to be one where someone can spend his or her life going in depth on a topic that lies between the arbitrary divisions of academia. While that has happened, in general that goal seems to have been lost, and all interdisciplinary studies has become is a superficial way to appeal to administration for funding.<br /><br />Thus the motivation behind xkcd's unfunny comic.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5853805764401496422010-06-23T08:24:19.996-07:002010-06-23T08:24:19.996-07:00I'll let you know if any more pop up I guess. ...I'll let you know if any more pop up I guess. maybe I can convince Carl to make a hall of fame sidebearrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45348900026208088962010-06-23T07:32:06.434-07:002010-06-23T07:32:06.434-07:00Rob: well yeah, the FAQ doesn't count, it too...Rob: well yeah, the FAQ doesn't count, it took over a year to break 200. I was just thinking of ones that got that high in a few days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55282697052986403912010-06-23T01:18:54.634-07:002010-06-23T01:18:54.634-07:00O Hai, I'm a bit late to the party, but I for ...O Hai, I'm a bit late to the party, but I for one found this XKCD to be moderately amusing.<br /><br />Being involved in university politics, I can totally relate to the portrayed absurdity that interdisciplinary projects can achieve. E.g. we had one program involving Linear Algebra and Sports where on one week students would do some endurance training and the other week they had to solve matrix equations. Such interdisciplinary projects are often proposed to elicit additional funding from the (usually ignorant) authorities.<br /><br />So Yeah, that's where the humor stems from in this one. The rest of the criticism still holds true. That is all :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22465990564599139192010-06-23T00:24:09.228-07:002010-06-23T00:24:09.228-07:00@7:10 James while John had had had had had had had...@7:10 James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76863421823979829522010-06-22T19:28:24.553-07:002010-06-22T19:28:24.553-07:00Seriously guys, I NEED TO FIND MY SHOES. This is ...Seriously guys, I NEED TO FIND MY SHOES. This is not a joke. Where did you put them<br /><br />Love always,<br />George W. BushGeorgeyBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-167336024454136742010-06-22T19:13:26.055-07:002010-06-22T19:13:26.055-07:00I mean, it's almost as bad as those idiots who...I mean, it's almost as bad as those idiots who think the "ghoti" joke is clever or, even worse, a valid argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79918446321490655822010-06-22T19:10:11.405-07:002010-06-22T19:10:11.405-07:00@Ravenzomg
Are you one of the people that visits x...@Ravenzomg<br />Are you one of the people that visits xkcd.. maybe not on a daily basis, but reads every update?<br /><br />I'm curious, but how many webcomics does the average person here 'follow' - i.e. read every update of? And how many do they follow entirely because said webcomic sucks?<br /><br />I mean, there's an awful lot of bad webcomics out there. In fact, all webcomics with the exception of basically Achewood, SMBC and a couple that no longer update would fall under this category. Why is xkcd so special?<br /><br />If Randall ran ads like SMBC did, he'd be laughing all the way to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54724983020270149842010-06-22T19:10:06.388-07:002010-06-22T19:10:06.388-07:00Fuck BuffaloX8, no sane anglophone would ever make...Fuck BuffaloX8, no sane anglophone would ever make a sentence that awkward except for the sake of not having any other words, it doesn't count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53500927121152818952010-06-22T19:07:54.463-07:002010-06-22T19:07:54.463-07:00Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Bu...Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34507118497139703772010-06-22T19:07:30.304-07:002010-06-22T19:07:30.304-07:00comic threads*comic threads*rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11436110235614898262010-06-22T19:07:09.972-07:002010-06-22T19:07:09.972-07:00the FAQs don't count, I assume. I think we got...the FAQs don't count, I assume. I think we got a few others on comment threads, also.<br /><br />I feel like WMH also caused at least onershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16708959482220864162010-06-22T19:05:41.390-07:002010-06-22T19:05:41.390-07:00T_A (twice), the shitstorm about whether or not gi...T_A (twice), the shitstorm about whether or not giving Randall a book is a dick move, 631, Ryan Learn, Rob's "no one is forcing you" rant, Rob's subjectivity v. objectivity rant, any more?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1049189317553828362010-06-22T19:01:20.212-07:002010-06-22T19:01:20.212-07:00a good number of them actually.a good number of them actually.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21105997236617298242010-06-22T18:58:30.208-07:002010-06-22T18:58:30.208-07:00Wait a minute, how many 2 page comment wars have w...Wait a minute, how many 2 page comment wars have we actually had? I thought we only had 2 or 3.Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23161733799539120312010-06-22T18:10:59.990-07:002010-06-22T18:10:59.990-07:00Yadda yadda yadda... seriously, are we going to ha...Yadda yadda yadda... seriously, are we going to have a grammar war? Cause, frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.<br /><br />Now, where I was? Oh, yes, that comment I was going to post but didn't do so cause I was not in the mood. I'm not, still, but only for thorough analysis of trite webcomics. So, quick comments.<br /><br />As I said before, I don't think this comic here is about "pure" science being better than "impure" science(even though we know Randall is quite the science Shiite himself), or even about interdisciplinary courses being all bullshit, but about "interdisciplinary" having ascended to this cool buzzword status. He makes a joke exaggerating that, and that joke is bad. No, really, it is. I still keep wondering what the psychology student is supposed to contribute to, but, anyway, that could be a medical student and it'd be the same.<br /><br />New comic? Meh. Trite. And let me just say, that politician looks AWFUL. So awful it needs to be said in all caps. FUCKEN AWFUL.<br /><br />Hugs and all that,<br /><br />Mole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56946568024562242862010-06-22T18:08:04.994-07:002010-06-22T18:08:04.994-07:00Alexa, the Web Information Company, estimates that...<a href="http://www.alexa.com/" rel="nofollow">Alexa, the Web Information Company</a>, estimates that about 1 in 1000 global internet users view XKCD on a daily basis [1354th overall reach]. <a href="http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=r&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=2y&u=xkcd.com&&u=penny-arcade.com&u=questionablecontent.net&" rel="nofollow">This saddens me</a>. Although, the sites he must overcome to reach the top 3 [Google.com//Facebook.com//Youtube.com]] are mostly <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/751/" rel="nofollow">pornographic</a>, lesser known <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/743/" rel="nofollow">Social Networking sites</a>, <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/715/" rel="nofollow">variations of google</a>, and of course <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/739/" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>. Does that shed any light on his comics?<br /><br />Although it's hardly a mystery, "based on internet averages, xkcd.com is visited more frequently by males who are in the age range 18-24, have no children and browse this site from school".<br /><br />##Oh, and I'm going to go ahead and put it out there that Randall probably thought "giving a greater voice [...] social web is so popular" was an appositive adjectival phrase for "News Reporters"...for some reason. The whole mass is clearly an awkward noun clause, but what in XKCD isn't [awkward]?<br /><br />Also, anyone accidentally end up over at <a href="http://www.kxcd.com/" rel="nofollow">kxcd.com</a> because of a typo? 'CAUSE JESUS IS MY BEST FRIEND! ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! haha.... brilliant. I hope they get lots of spillover traffic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82972080332783083762010-06-22T17:33:45.194-07:002010-06-22T17:33:45.194-07:00also: REMEMBER THE ASS TURDS. i say they all pale ...also: REMEMBER THE ASS TURDS. i say they all pale in comparison to that oneCarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.com