tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post244030116790484618..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 747: Nerds and "Nerds"Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67524596454934146902010-06-05T17:19:05.253-07:002010-06-05T17:19:05.253-07:00RE: Kurtz
Yeah, that's Kurtz. It's hard t...RE: Kurtz<br /><br />Yeah, that's Kurtz. It's hard to tell what to make of him. I don't think he's intentionally an asshole -- on most occasions -- but he certainly is, hm... pompous? Looks down on people. Even the ones he looks up to (Such as going from insulting the Garfield comic strip to basically copying the formula for himself, and then nutting himself over the fact that Jim Davis sent him an autograph because he likes PVP). Some would say he's earned this right (Which would be all of his apologists).<br /><br />PVP Makes Me Sad's author, and then the replacement author, and then the replacement's replacement (Me), have probably all given up on the entertaining pastime of critical PVP discussion for the simple reason of being unable to continue visiting PVPonline.com on a monthly, weekly, or haha daily basis. The strip sucks too much (Especially when you start picking apart the patterns to how and why it sucks) and it's boring, plus Kurtz is almost a reasonably nice guy if you look past how he doesn't understand certain basic principles of comedy, art, and human worth. Short version: I'm sure none of us read PVP anymore, nor do we want to. I'm largely content to wait for PVP's to die on its own time and terms; a natural heat death.<br /><br />RE: Kate Beaton<br /><br />I am excited for her!Jaihttp://pesawsayewdnd.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74991459445809821242010-06-05T07:33:25.540-07:002010-06-05T07:33:25.540-07:00http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=1777#...http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=1777#comic<br /><br />Randall is the left one in this beautifully renditioned SMBC comicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30812714290701189932010-06-05T00:19:03.965-07:002010-06-05T00:19:03.965-07:00I just wanted to say that I stopped reading Kurtz&...I just wanted to say that I stopped reading Kurtz's comic a long time ago because of his pompous self-righteousness. So, that was probably really there, what was seen in the Penny Arcade TV spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30034750049286077452010-06-03T18:56:39.740-07:002010-06-03T18:56:39.740-07:00I saw a comic about the fire hurricane a few days ...I saw a comic about the fire hurricane a few days before the new XKCD came out. Did anyone else see it?DOOMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72702808802684320072010-06-03T13:44:39.427-07:002010-06-03T13:44:39.427-07:00I wasn't aware that James Cameron had been ser...I wasn't aware that James Cameron had been seriously asked. That actually makes it worse for me. I thought it was kind of a funny non-sequitor to ask Michael Bay about catastrophes rather than boring scientists, rather than parody.Ensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22807608234991535202010-06-03T13:17:55.310-07:002010-06-03T13:17:55.310-07:00I like the idea of asking James Cameron about the ...I like the idea of asking James Cameron about the disaster. It's gives the impression of "our scientists are out of ideas and we need something totally batshit to maybe inspire them or at least piss them off until they come up with something". I'd have maybe asked Terry Gilliam or David Lynch, but I guess they wanted a plausible answer. <br /><br />Asking Michael Bay for possible results of the oil spill is just a predictable excuse to make the same joke about his movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48239381192553978392010-06-03T09:36:52.695-07:002010-06-03T09:36:52.695-07:00http://i50.tinypic.com/2501l4n.png
That works a L...http://i50.tinypic.com/2501l4n.png<br /><br />That works a LOT better.<br /><br />Although the last exchange still sounds a little absurd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72888526653011515182010-06-03T06:08:22.272-07:002010-06-03T06:08:22.272-07:00So randall parodies the government asking a movie ...So randall parodies the government asking a movie director about the oil disaster by having a news crew ask a movie director about the oil disaster.<br /><br />Can he at least put a little effort into his joke ideas? Like asking a squid since they're fucking experts when it comes to black liquids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-191103863559920102010-06-03T00:48:49.003-07:002010-06-03T00:48:49.003-07:00I quite liked the current one, but it just fizzles...I quite liked the current one, but it just fizzles out. But Ean's right - take just the first two panels, and turn Michael Bay's response into the alt-text, and it would have been much better. Short, snappy, and telling a proper - if somewhat recycled - joke.LeonardQuirmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65971654716581807982010-06-02T23:40:50.142-07:002010-06-02T23:40:50.142-07:00james cameron is an expert, how can you deny that ...james cameron is an expert, how can you deny that the man who directed <i>the terminator</i> and <i>aliens</i> is a leading expert on <i>totally rad shit</i><br /><br />plus i mean he knows all fucking KINDS of things about environments, <i>avatar</i> was like <i>an inconvenient truth</i> with kitty sexJohn Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11659187521994971752010-06-02T20:35:53.404-07:002010-06-02T20:35:53.404-07:00basically randall just retold this joke: http://ww...basically randall just retold this joke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSUuj98Rx0 (south park)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46352576092347476252010-06-02T20:32:06.927-07:002010-06-02T20:32:06.927-07:00"the Michael Bay one is inspired by the fact ..."the Michael Bay one is inspired by the fact that the US government actually called James Cameron in as an expert."<br /><br />God bless America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65131779224854828242010-06-02T19:44:23.500-07:002010-06-02T19:44:23.500-07:00the Michael Bay one is inspired by the fact that t...the Michael Bay one is inspired by the fact that the US government actually called James Cameron in as an expert. it would be funny if it were actually about James Cameron.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5994059641178777142010-06-02T19:38:47.819-07:002010-06-02T19:38:47.819-07:00I actually liked the Michael Bay one. It kind of ...I actually liked the Michael Bay one. It kind of feels like Mr. Munroe let his imagination go (but without sex, which is an instant plus), and then framed it in some weird shenanigans. Said shenanigans are mildly implausible, but more plausible and infinitely funnier than, say, 746.Alsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-238413648741117202010-06-02T19:34:20.307-07:002010-06-02T19:34:20.307-07:00People were buying Obama coins, Obama collector pl...People were buying Obama coins, Obama collector plates, and Obama Chia heads. Hanging a poster would be the *least* strange thing they did.<br /><br />Hanging the president's photo is common in municipal buildings, so maybe that translates to some doing it in home offices, which might lead someone to assume a Brit would have a picture of the Queen? Yeah I don't know. It wouldn't shock me if someone did it, but no I wouldn't expect it to be standard behavior.<br /><br />As for the latest xkcd, I wasn't inspired to hate it. So that's something.Amarsirhttp://www.simunomics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6459137529970935242010-06-02T19:13:55.917-07:002010-06-02T19:13:55.917-07:00The new comic would be great if it stopped at pane...The new comic would be great if it stopped at panel 2.<br /><br />I have never seen more post-punchline dialogue.Eannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2215808574106768232010-06-02T18:38:41.590-07:002010-06-02T18:38:41.590-07:00People were weeping with joy and dancing in the st...People were weeping with joy and dancing in the streets. There were parades. It wouldn't surprise me, regardless of oddity, if people got worked up enough to put those sorts of posters up if they were inspired enough to go on riots of joy through the streets.Veshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095687089196127511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67193108925761207812010-06-02T18:15:28.651-07:002010-06-02T18:15:28.651-07:00@Ann: To his credit, it is from a different source...@Ann: To his credit, it is from a different source. All the same, thank you for quoting my light profanity and fury at an XKCD comic that, amongst other things, managed to give a conflicting definition. I suppose "Not Language" is still related to "Language", mind you. <br /><br />I have a picture of John Cleese -- is that patriotic? I don't particularly like any of the Royalty except for Liz, and she's already all over my money. Reagan was pretty bad-ass, though, and if I were an American, I would totally put up a portrait of that glorious god-president.<br /><br />For the record, I enjoyed the latest hurricane comic. If he cut out the first two panels, it would've been pretty hilarious. But hey, it gets better as you read -- how long has it been since that happened?<br /><br />Captcha: Lusing. It is what Lusers are constantly doing when they fail at using computers; it is also the process by which one increases the brightness or sheen of a fibrous rug. Look it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35762624773957637852010-06-02T17:56:16.151-07:002010-06-02T17:56:16.151-07:00man i don't think people really decorated the ...man i don't think people really decorated the interiors of their houses with HOPE AND CHANGE posters, did they?<br /><br />weird if they didJohn Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10539585255314093532010-06-02T17:21:15.787-07:002010-06-02T17:21:15.787-07:00Actually, a friend of mine's father has a pict...Actually, a friend of mine's father has a picture of the Bush family on his wall (odd, but whatever). <br />And I'd bet money there were tons of those red-white-and-blue Obama posters up on people's walls after the 2008 election. <br />Neither of those things change the fact that putting pictures of a president (past or current) on one's wall is a really weird thing to do. Hell, our citizens will do things as bizarre as flying the confederate flag, but they don't put pictures up. America by and large doesn't subscribe to that particular flavor of nationalism.Veshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095687089196127511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24621766221836391912010-06-02T16:58:41.415-07:002010-06-02T16:58:41.415-07:00you will get pictures of Presidents on the wall in...<i>you will get pictures of Presidents on the wall in America.</i><br /><br />where the fuck in america to people put pictures of presidents on the wall<br /><br />like i can only imagine some grotesque parody of a republican framing a portrait of reagan<br /><br />i mean okay MAYBE some people might have washington crossing the delaware or something<br /><br />but whatJohn Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47012841313357605662010-06-02T16:37:47.481-07:002010-06-02T16:37:47.481-07:00Mr Carl or whatever, is it possible that you just ...Mr Carl or whatever, is it possible that you just care too much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75136767397422798762010-06-02T15:38:31.744-07:002010-06-02T15:38:31.744-07:00but how are we supposed to know she's british ...but how are we supposed to know she's british otherwiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68406620303895893592010-06-02T15:22:01.957-07:002010-06-02T15:22:01.957-07:00On the PVP TV thing, it struck me as odd that '...On the PVP TV thing, it struck me as odd that 'Erika' had a portrait of the Queen up on the wall. As a brit I don't think many people are that patriotic in the same way that you will get pictures of Presidents on the wall in America. Just struck me as odd that someone would put that up on their office wall.Makuusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51550320887838460272010-06-02T14:39:55.139-07:002010-06-02T14:39:55.139-07:00Carl:
I loved your explanation of Faux-nerdiness....Carl:<br /><br />I loved your explanation of Faux-nerdiness. That was the most eloquent I've seen that put in a long time. Kudos. =D<br /><br />I would however like to say I would have substituted being "perceived to be smart" instead of "pretending to be smart".Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.com