tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post2483379090943917969..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 605: Why You Shouldn't Marry RandallCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85615380558094361262009-07-09T10:06:13.175-07:002009-07-09T10:06:13.175-07:00THIS is how you do a "my hobby" comic<a href="http://www.savagechickens.com/2009/07/calling-in-sick.html" rel="nofollow">THIS is how you do a "my hobby" comic</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40580037436788000452009-07-07T20:21:58.106-07:002009-07-07T20:21:58.106-07:00I know I'm probably giving him way too much cr...I know I'm probably giving him way too much credit, but it felt like he was making fun of himself here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91135267848736965052009-07-07T18:56:17.288-07:002009-07-07T18:56:17.288-07:00No it's not!No it's not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74105478594409108102009-07-07T17:08:08.588-07:002009-07-07T17:08:08.588-07:00Hey. I just wanted to make the point that, what wi...Hey. I just wanted to make the point that, what with all this ballyhoo about "You can't trend from two points!" we're ignoring that Faceless Man <i>has</i> (and is probably willfully ignoring) thousands of additional points. If we're going by day, assuming the bride is 20 years old, we have <i>over seven thousand</i> data points at which she wasn't married. So that's interesting?John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25262280006887204742009-07-06T14:10:41.907-07:002009-07-06T14:10:41.907-07:00"I'm So Alone" is unfortunately not ..."I'm So Alone" is unfortunately not the name of any track on my upcoming album. We're upbeat! Jazzy! Cheerful!...<br /><br />...so, so alone...Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11732773543512662322009-07-06T12:19:10.923-07:002009-07-06T12:19:10.923-07:00It would be true, though. I could be outside enjoy...It would be true, though. I could be outside enjoying a social life, instead I am posting on a blog dedicated to practice collective critique/flaming against a comic some dude draws<br /><br /><br />I'm so alonePerson #1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66618149007673680092009-07-06T11:12:38.594-07:002009-07-06T11:12:38.594-07:00guys can we make "... and I'm so alone&qu...guys can we make "... and I'm so alone" another meme on this blog<br /><br />like just type whatever you have to say<br /><br />... and I'm so alone.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27741807126959550922009-07-06T10:20:42.175-07:002009-07-06T10:20:42.175-07:00Today's isn't funny at all. Ha ha, he refe...Today's isn't funny at all. Ha ha, he referenced something outdated. k?<br /><br />Plus, I didn't run to people screaming a bunch of contextless references after playing portal. I did reference it, but I didn't literally shout random quotes in people facesperson #1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23861504953243494522009-07-06T10:18:55.276-07:002009-07-06T10:18:55.276-07:00Lol, look what I started.
What does Ann Apolis...Lol, look what I started.<br /><br />What does Ann Apolis' gender have to do with anything, Fred?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82770129228008494982009-07-06T09:24:34.316-07:002009-07-06T09:24:34.316-07:00That Garfield comic is stupid because Jim Davis di...That Garfield comic is stupid because Jim Davis did throw off the shackles and do something unexpected once. And after showing he could, he went right back to regular Garfield.<br /><br />Also there's nothing wrong with outdated quoting. Everyone doesn't discover everything at the same time. If you get to act like an idiot after noticing something in 2009, you can't hate the person who acts the same way in 2013, because all you can say is "they're acting just like me, only removed from the socially accepting environment that stopped me from realizing how stupid I, and everyone around me, were being."anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83038709878968117162009-07-06T09:24:15.817-07:002009-07-06T09:24:15.817-07:00this is why we can't have nice things.this is why we can't have nice things.formatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48935703254373052302009-07-06T09:19:44.753-07:002009-07-06T09:19:44.753-07:00Everyone feels that way, Rob. The first step is to...Everyone feels that way, Rob. The first step is to accept that.<br /><br />And the second step is to accept that <i>it ain't ever gonna happen</i>.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32660468129641814042009-07-06T09:17:33.222-07:002009-07-06T09:17:33.222-07:00I know I only ever say anything because I want to ...I know I only ever say anything because I want to have sex with Ann Apolis.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54199381843263655172009-07-06T08:59:42.252-07:002009-07-06T08:59:42.252-07:00Christ.Christ.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49039503972160813232009-07-06T08:35:42.618-07:002009-07-06T08:35:42.618-07:00Wow, really? "You just say that because you w...Wow, really? "You just say that because you want to have sex with her"? Even disregarding what gender Ann actually is, is that really the best thing you could come up with?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64143797304552197122009-07-06T07:16:18.892-07:002009-07-06T07:16:18.892-07:00Anon 4:46, no one cares about your pent up sexual ...Anon 4:46, no one cares about your pent up sexual frustrations reading Ann's posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8809766170545085212009-07-06T04:46:45.478-07:002009-07-06T04:46:45.478-07:00Ann, nobody cares what books you have or haven'...Ann, nobody cares what books you have or haven't read, or what words you know the meaning of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3367594424249072182009-07-06T04:36:25.974-07:002009-07-06T04:36:25.974-07:00It is, in fact, a comic about the fact that quotin...It is, in fact, a comic about the fact that <i>quoting old memes is not funny</i>. Consider Carl's mind blown at this extraordinary doublethink*.<br /><br />*and yes, that is a <i>textbook</i> example of doublethink. Seriously. "Holding two contradictory opinions at the same time". It's in the frickin' book. I've read it. Honest.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41984517835301594882009-07-06T00:24:44.008-07:002009-07-06T00:24:44.008-07:00Gotta admit, the alt-text was pretty funny in a we...Gotta admit, the alt-text was pretty funny in a weird surreal way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78030764895821134832009-07-06T00:16:47.921-07:002009-07-06T00:16:47.921-07:00I think he was again going for a "get out of ...I think he was again going for a "get out of my head". Because intentionally bad extrapolations is an extremely common activity on campus (along with describing something as "infinitely better" if it's the difference between 0 and X, instead of saying "X better"). I didn't find it funny because I always want to dropkick those people. Except when I do it. But when I do it I'm funny, I hope.<br /><br />I agree that the math is getting easier and that it's probably just because he's out of school.<br /><br />The new one reminds me of a University roommate who discovered Austin Powers in 2004, and quoted the first couple extensively. So while I hate memes and excessive quoting, I do agree that outdated quoting is a special form of evil.Ensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1729400212249173232009-07-05T22:05:50.206-07:002009-07-05T22:05:50.206-07:00So Randall's problem with the guy at the end o...So Randall's problem with the guy at the end of 606 is <i>not</i> that running around shouting memes is unfunny and annoying, but rather that Portal is old now, and if the guy wants to be nerd-cool he should be regurgitating phrases from newer games instead?<br /><br />Okay, just checking.<br /><br />Anyway, I generally buy/play older games for similar reasons as the guy in the comic, so I admit I sort of chuckled at the GOOMH-ness of it. Still not a <i>great</i> comic, but not one of the worst either.Cuddlefish Primenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58452990209959765692009-07-05T21:50:04.711-07:002009-07-05T21:50:04.711-07:00@Ken: Of course you can extrapolate from two numbe...@Ken: Of course you can extrapolate from two numbers. It just has to be linear. Obviously, I can get any quadratic series at all out of it -- but you could just as easily say it's impossible to extrapolate from three points, because what if it's cubic? And so forth. <br /><br />Obviously, I'm nit-picking, but it seems to me that the central absurdity is that he's misusing the data set.<br /><br />On the other hand, I suppose March-June temperature data would work reasonably well and be a full data set.<br /><br />On a lighter note, I once insisted that I could get home using a map of the Museum of Science and Industry because I could extrapolate.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456796465979923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52081647117886177962009-07-05T21:12:48.777-07:002009-07-05T21:12:48.777-07:00Today's comic would have made a much better My...Today's comic would have made a much better My Hobby comic. As it stands, there are about three extraneous panels.Ramseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25533135717455826622009-07-05T19:47:31.471-07:002009-07-05T19:47:31.471-07:00I've been inspired to make this:
http://img40...I've been inspired to make this:<br /><br />http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8117/xkcdfail.png<br /><br />someone send it to Randall!lordsonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12314802724747540072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55902132467472831012009-07-05T19:33:15.155-07:002009-07-05T19:33:15.155-07:00You can't extrapolate from two numbers. Perio...You can't extrapolate from two numbers. Period. Because you could just as easily say the numbers are going 0,1,4,9,16... or 0,1,0,-1,0... or any other of inifinite options. <br /><br />This comic might have been funny if Randall had actually spent enough time thinking about it to come up with three intervals that imply a trend that isn't actually there. But no. He went with a joke that works with literally anything that has a first time. It's lazy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.com