tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post2900162436563192129..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 751: He's Got IssuesCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11096868676935042622010-10-29T07:44:49.756-07:002010-10-29T07:44:49.756-07:00Speak for yourself, asshole!Speak for yourself, asshole!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27839778670693659472010-06-17T13:24:12.966-07:002010-06-17T13:24:12.966-07:00why does a site like this exist just to slag off a...why does a site like this exist just to slag off another geeky comic site, 3 times a week, surely you have better things to do! surely this take a lot of effort, stop wasting your life, go play some games, get rinsed, see some friends, do coke,just stop being so petty. i like xkcd, its hit and miss but dont spend my entire life bitching about it. just seems a bit creepy to meUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587127569124451275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16208874006977899582010-06-16T23:27:23.389-07:002010-06-16T23:27:23.389-07:00Whoah, thanks for the Nobody Scores link, I always...Whoah, thanks for the Nobody Scores link, I always loved that webcomic anyway, so making fun of XKCD doesn't especially make me like it more, it's just great to see that long hiatus finally ended.Ambivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58928122323213866822010-06-13T13:49:58.536-07:002010-06-13T13:49:58.536-07:00@Anon 4:35
Carl seemed to think it was funny consi...@Anon 4:35<br />Carl seemed to think it was funny considering he made a joke about the same subject matter and never actually criticized the idea or even the execution, not even the art style. So it's fine if SMBC uses an unfunny, unoriginal idea, it's perfectly fine but if xkcd does it, it's ripping off SMBC but he isn't and neither is SMBC.<br />As to your other comment. I guess you thought of this as repeating an old, tired joke and I thought of it as being more of two similar but still unique variations on the classic theme of children with more knowledge then adults are comfortable with. So to me it would be like Colbert only being allowed to talk about bears, politics and fox news once every two years. <br /><br />To me, SMBC is less pretentious and has better artwork but just because you work harder at something doesn't mean it can't be stupid. <br />I would like to point out that Carl never said anything about the actual comic, other then to defend it. It's like just before posting he didn't like it, and stumbled on a smbc comic and thought that was more interesting.xkcdsucks(sucksoffSMBC)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60863356952603487812010-06-12T15:47:58.395-07:002010-06-12T15:47:58.395-07:00Anon 12:40,
As far as we can tell, it's either...Anon 12:40,<br />As far as we can tell, it's either:<br />1: Randall thinks that <i>the very concept</i> of a plot twist, no matter WHAT the context is or what it's related to, is inherently entertaining! Ditto for storm chasing.<br />2: As XKCDexplained said, it's basically an indie film summarised into five panels.<br />3: Randall made this comic for the SOLE purpose of laughing at how his fanbase think ANYTHING is good, no matter how unfunny or nonsensical it is; especially if it involes a panel that's artistically great for XKCD, despite that in any other webcomic it would be rconsidered ubbish!Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729823782513370643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-4113704844796575622010-06-12T15:07:11.455-07:002010-06-12T15:07:11.455-07:00It's a shame that it was tagged to the end of ...It's a shame that it was tagged to the end of soodo ecksdee randumb crapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17580850622138497222010-06-12T14:39:41.017-07:002010-06-12T14:39:41.017-07:00The last panel of the new comic was one of the mos...The last panel of the new comic was one of the most dynamic XKCD panels in recent memory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1046739982141754122010-06-12T12:40:17.128-07:002010-06-12T12:40:17.128-07:00752 makes no sense. Someone please xplain it to me...752 makes no sense. Someone please xplain it to me.<br /><br />(PS: I've become converted. Thank you, xkcdsucks.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19674765917343377552010-06-12T12:34:24.209-07:002010-06-12T12:34:24.209-07:00Calvin and Hobbes is about a child.
XKCD is about...Calvin and Hobbes is about a child.<br /><br />XKCD is about adults who wish they were still children.<br /><br />One is cute, the other is slightly disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67732383513356778292010-06-12T12:26:13.584-07:002010-06-12T12:26:13.584-07:00Carl: have you not heard of exposure therapy? You ...Carl: have you not heard of exposure therapy? You say you are scared by sex and you will be ROLLING IN IT from female psychotherapists.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78070244482998373582010-06-12T12:12:38.107-07:002010-06-12T12:12:38.107-07:00wait, anon, saying i am creeped out by sex is supp...wait, anon, saying i am creeped out by sex is supposed to be how i get more of it? I don't follow.<br /><br />and come on! that C+H was exactly the same at the PBF! COME ON!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11580944316783955242010-06-12T11:54:59.066-07:002010-06-12T11:54:59.066-07:00@Ann Apolis: My apologies, I would never refer to ...@Ann Apolis: My apologies, I would never refer to Cyanide and Happiness as cute OR insightful *shudders* actually, I just try and stay as far away from it as I possibly canIannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-726200472765167362010-06-12T11:47:53.392-07:002010-06-12T11:47:53.392-07:00Like every time xkcd makes any mention of sex Carl...Like every time xkcd makes any mention of sex Carl freaks the fuck out and rants about how creepy Randal's being as if he thinks it'll get him mad pussy for being progressive and feministAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79154396001099516722010-06-12T11:24:05.556-07:002010-06-12T11:24:05.556-07:00"I find it funny how you guys accuse Randal o..."I find it funny how you guys accuse Randal of white-knighting and yet this blog is the worst pile of desparate male psuedo-feminism there's ever been."<br /><br />Evidence?R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35978803338286427802010-06-12T11:08:46.418-07:002010-06-12T11:08:46.418-07:00Timofei's edit is absolutely a million times w...Timofei's edit is absolutely a million times worse than the original, and that's saying a lot. The original just made me sit there for a moment thinking "oh wait what is this what?" and so on before deciding there was no joke. Timofei's "joke" caused me to throw my computer out the window, smash my TV with my keyboard, and then break things in the kitchen until I got tired and fell asleep.<br />Well ok it didn't do that but it did create a situation where I had to actually spend real mental effort to prevent myself from doing that, a situation that no XKCD ever has put me into.ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38628283267043832522010-06-12T10:53:25.539-07:002010-06-12T10:53:25.539-07:00@Ian: it took me a moment to realise what you mean...@Ian: it took me a moment to realise what you meant; I was going "<i>Cyanide & Happiness</i>? Insightful?"Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64016659376976286912010-06-12T10:29:30.329-07:002010-06-12T10:29:30.329-07:00I find it funny how you guys accuse Randal of whit...I find it funny how you guys accuse Randal of white-knighting and yet this blog is the worst pile of desparate male psuedo-feminism there's ever been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70271291062658466272010-06-12T09:22:33.626-07:002010-06-12T09:22:33.626-07:00Yes, but the C&H comics were insightful, cute ...Yes, but the C&H comics were insightful, cute and understandable. This xkcd is just "CARPE DIEM BITCHES, SNAKES IN A TORNADO LOLOLOLOL"Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1767644351651297522010-06-12T08:09:35.992-07:002010-06-12T08:09:35.992-07:00The art cripples the execution. Randall's styl...The art cripples the execution. Randall's style can work, but he tends to substitute nuances by telling you about them in the dialogue or caption whereas in another comic you'd just pick it up in the art. He also seems to be hesitant to rework or trash comics that go against his style, either over-explaining the subtleties or not explaining enough.<br /><br />Also ugliness is not a part of his style. It's a lack of effort. The stick figures are usually OK but when he tries to do more it's usually an eye-sore.<br /><br />You can't argue that bad/lazy art affects the comic's quality because that's silly.<br /><br />"As for Friday's comic, you are all hating on it because it contains no lulz. Well most of his comics don't."<br /><br />There is definitely an attempt at a joke in most though.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13481399415793592242010-06-12T07:58:58.495-07:002010-06-12T07:58:58.495-07:00Before I get started I just want to say I think th...Before I get started I just want to say I think this site is hilarious (I word I can't spell without Google). I hope the author means it tongue-in-cheek, as the subtitle suggests, because the main humor is that he is critiquing to an almost literary level a stick figure comic. That thought alone makes me smile.<br /><br />The original post.<br /><br />Yes SMBC did do a similar comic first, but not the same comic. The joke is different, the subject matter is the same. The joke in SMBC is basically that the father is completely ignorant of things that go on in the world. It can easily taken in two ways. <br />First way, The father sits down to explain sex to his son and quickly discovers that he doesn't know that much. That is a very old joke, going back to pre-internet days. <br />Second way, in my opinion the funnier one, the father sits down, then asks the son to show him about sex. Not positive but I think that's a pretty old joke too.<br />Either way the humor is about the father not knowing less about sex than his kid. In contrast XKCD's joke is about the father not knowing what his kid knows about sex. There might be added humor in the innocence of the kid. I'm undecided as to whether that adds anything for me. <br /><br />As for Friday's comic, you are all hating on it because it contains no lulz. Well most of his comics don't. That's not the point. Is it deep and meaningful? No. That's not the point either, or if it is Mr. Monroe has indeed failed as miserably as you have accused him. I feel the point is to be cute though. Think of Calvin and Hobbes. There were plenty of comics that had no punchline, most notably the last one. It speaks to a longing for a simpler, happier life.<br />I'm not going to pick apart the art as minimalistic. I'm not going to give a panel by panel breakdown of the meaning and execution of the comic. IT'S FUCKING STICK FIGURES. <br />I will make one quick point. It is similar, though not the same(definitely not the same as 167 or 163, if anything it's closer to the lighthouse comic) as some of the older comics, but it has different elements and a different course of events that portrays the same theme and ends at the same conclusion. Sounds like half of the literary world. Well at least like Vonegut(spelling?) and Becket(spelling?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846607288783872093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83406221383619086102010-06-12T07:55:12.584-07:002010-06-12T07:55:12.584-07:00who hasn't thought of that hangman pun at one ...who hasn't thought of that hangman pun at one point?R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40695639900834067212010-06-12T07:52:09.737-07:002010-06-12T07:52:09.737-07:00I'd... actually agree with the Generic Voice d...I'd... actually agree with the Generic Voice dudes, Carl really does love jumping he gun with comparing two comics together and claiming one's ripping off the other, just because they've got the same premises.<br /><br />Well no, I'd <i>normally</i> agree, but in this case I think Carl just completely missed the joke in the SMBC one (that kids see so much stuff online that kids teach parents about sex instead). But my point still stands, Carl does it too much.<br /><br /><br />I think the worst instance was when he said a Happiness And Cyanide comic was ripping off a Perry Bible Fellowship comic because they both had a joke, completely different jokes, involving a pun on "hangman".Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729823782513370643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8914411089086177222010-06-12T04:35:54.774-07:002010-06-12T04:35:54.774-07:00Same poster as above.
"To be fair so would e...Same poster as above.<br /><br />"To be fair so would everybody else too."<br /><br />I hate this attitude. Just because YOU can't come up with anything original does not mean that everyone shares that disability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20131893658276735922010-06-12T04:34:53.338-07:002010-06-12T04:34:53.338-07:00"HOLY SHIT XKCD has ripped off SMBC, ONLY SMB..."HOLY SHIT XKCD has ripped off SMBC, ONLY SMBC COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF SOMETHING AS DEEPLY INSIGHTFUL AND ORIGINAL AS PORTRAYING CHILDREN AS MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT SEX THEN WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, AND THEN MADE A FUNNY COMIC ABOUT.<br /><br />Seriously, it's an incredibility common idea in humor hardly unique to SMBC and it hasn't really got that much in common beyond that, and frankly if two years wasn't long enough to repeat the SAME BASIC IDEA, then the author of SMBC would have run out of ideas long ago. To be fair so would everybody else too."<br /><br />Yeah you're right, it's an "incredibly common idea in humor hardly unique to SMBC."<br /><br />That's why it sucks so hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8168645933445406842010-06-12T01:50:38.535-07:002010-06-12T01:50:38.535-07:00Some food for thought: There are roughly four tim...Some food for thought: There are roughly four times as many chickens on this planet as humans, and yet any two random chickens will be, on average, as genetically close as first cousins. <br /><br />craaaaaaaaaaaaaazyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com