tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post3157591273862004024..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 726: Pilot LightCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66916087649882961442010-04-15T20:24:23.902-07:002010-04-15T20:24:23.902-07:00"Firstly, how on Earth is a guy simply able t..."Firstly, how on Earth is a guy simply able to "lie" TV companies and make them believe you're a doctor in economics?"<br /><br />Sometimes they don't have to. I give you the BBC:<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4774429.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90051043115401231802010-04-15T19:11:37.643-07:002010-04-15T19:11:37.643-07:00"The comic is mirthful, but to be funny, pane..."The comic is mirthful, but to be funny, panel 5 should be a long shot of the plane crashing into the ground and bursting into flames."<br /><br />Or, dare I say it...9/11?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73859755456123470162010-04-15T12:41:59.942-07:002010-04-15T12:41:59.942-07:00@12:35
I didn't say it was fact. I was saying...@12:35<br /><br />I didn't say it was fact. I was saying what ken was saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20714187716039011212010-04-15T12:37:33.410-07:002010-04-15T12:37:33.410-07:00@Ken I don't think you understand what a joke ...@Ken I don't think you understand what a joke is. It isn't necessarily a punchline contained within one panel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8142086688936373492010-04-15T12:35:07.991-07:002010-04-15T12:35:07.991-07:00@11:49 anon
opinion stated as fact.
try again.@11:49 anon<br /><br />opinion stated as fact.<br /><br />try again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65978944444710328452010-04-15T11:49:43.197-07:002010-04-15T11:49:43.197-07:00but its not really clever. thats what ken was gett...but its not really clever. thats what ken was getting at.<br /><br />try again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25892667997020070772010-04-15T11:34:06.088-07:002010-04-15T11:34:06.088-07:00@Ken
Oh, come on, of course it's geeky. It...@Ken<br /><br />Oh, come on, of course it's geeky. It's a nerdy comic strip written by and for nerds and there's nothing wrong with that. As long as it's clever, I'm fine with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2699374847642424732010-04-15T11:32:11.785-07:002010-04-15T11:32:11.785-07:00Pi pikachupi chuuu?Pi pikachupi chuuu?Pikachunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74192386973449640272010-04-15T10:59:35.874-07:002010-04-15T10:59:35.874-07:00sagesagesagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20043020964481298632010-04-15T10:09:37.139-07:002010-04-15T10:09:37.139-07:00BTW, 726 was decent. Another alternate ending, as...BTW, 726 was decent. Another alternate ending, as long as people are suggesting them, would be to have forced her to work the beverage cart.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71948187151406535672010-04-15T10:08:24.170-07:002010-04-15T10:08:24.170-07:00"The payoff is that it actually worked"
..."The payoff is that it actually worked"<br /><br />Except this comic strip is a universe where what is geekiest, works best. There's no surprise... AT ALL... that it works. No dissonance between what you expect at the end of panel 3, and what you see in panel 4. Which results in there being no joke.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70534534923211406742010-04-15T10:01:41.976-07:002010-04-15T10:01:41.976-07:00To those commenting on the backslash, yeah the com...To those commenting on the backslash, yeah the comic is boring, and yes I hear people do this, though not necessarily in newscasts. It's annoying, but I don't see anything funny about it.<br /><br />@Sven: thanks for clearing that up.<br /><br />@Fernie: "Firstly, how on Earth is a guy simply able to 'lie' TV companies and make them believe you're a doctor in economics?"<br /><br />Would it matter? The economists the news companies (TV and print) seem to find are always wrong about -- and always surprised by -- everything that happens. It's therefore not all that unbelieveable.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38826659193397035712010-04-15T07:05:13.509-07:002010-04-15T07:05:13.509-07:00"Of course, that would make it into a artisti..."Of course, that would make it into a artistically-unambitious Perry Bible Fellowship, but the only potential comedy I see in this story is black."<br /><br />I sort of agree. I think xkcd made me absolutely jaded and sick of that "idealistic", starry-eyed<br />childish wonder Randall tries to preach. It seriously gets on my nerves, because it looks too forced and fake.<br /><br />Captcha: surelatt. Sure, Latt.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23418820669012810822010-04-15T04:54:07.037-07:002010-04-15T04:54:07.037-07:00Maybe there ought to be two guards coming up to he...Maybe there ought to be two guards coming up to her asking her to come this way, she is worried, and it turns out the pilot is sick, she is hurried into the cockpit, and the co-pilot asks her to take off... she looks confused and bewildered, and says "But I don't know how to fly!"<br /><br />The co-pilot replies "Good lord! Only registered pilots can take that seat!"<br /><br />Next panel: "Not so funny now is it? We're sick of you people clicking on that seat."<br /><br />Whatever.Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52293468883895105462010-04-15T03:53:11.092-07:002010-04-15T03:53:11.092-07:00You would think that the seat would already be cal...You would think that the seat would already be called for (by the pilot), therefor not allowing you to select it....CheekyMonkeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25835079413301444322010-04-15T01:06:35.156-07:002010-04-15T01:06:35.156-07:00Randall having URI just seems so pretentious and f...Randall having URI just seems so pretentious and facetious to me.formatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6675232773950003342010-04-15T00:01:22.544-07:002010-04-15T00:01:22.544-07:00Ishmael's edit:
no. you put in ppd. badIshmael's edit:<br /><br />no. you put in ppd. badAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44009637918881934012010-04-14T23:14:32.847-07:002010-04-14T23:14:32.847-07:00yeah. i liked this one.yeah. i liked this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90655270726794198212010-04-14T22:48:26.166-07:002010-04-14T22:48:26.166-07:00Ken, don't be stupid. The payoff is that it ac...Ken, don't be stupid. The payoff is that it actually worked- and the ante is upped by showing that she's even piloting the plane. Without a panel showing the area being clicked on it would be unclear that she managed it by clicking a greyed out area (as opposed to, say, deciding against using the system and bribing a flight attendant instead.) Without a panel showing her actually in the cockpit it would be unclear that it worked and would look like she was just making a silly joke to herself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65847422588243834232010-04-14T20:32:09.174-07:002010-04-14T20:32:09.174-07:00It is definitely the third panel that needs to go....It is definitely the third panel that needs to go. (And maybe reverse 1 and 2.)<br /><br />Because as is... the setup is that she picks the pilot's area... and the payoff is that she picked the pilot's area. That isn't how jokes are supposed to work.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-372718571222770752010-04-14T15:05:42.666-07:002010-04-14T15:05:42.666-07:00I say get rid of first or third panel. I choose f...I say get rid of first or third panel. I choose first panel. <br /><br />Other than the repetition, I think it was good as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10507610952528655622010-04-14T14:53:23.234-07:002010-04-14T14:53:23.234-07:00726: funny. Carl's 'improvement': not ...726: funny. Carl's 'improvement': not funny. 727: not funny.<br /><br />If I ran this blog, it wouldn't be a blog, it'd be a Twitter account.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56046189582174279982010-04-14T14:44:28.175-07:002010-04-14T14:44:28.175-07:00Dear Plasma,
What's wrong with the plane bein...Dear Plasma,<br /><br />What's wrong with the plane being in the middle of acceleration during panel 4?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56756289822228075752010-04-14T14:11:47.598-07:002010-04-14T14:11:47.598-07:00On the matter of this comic, I did say before it w...On the matter of this comic, I did say before it was good, but I'd just like to say one more thing. Look at panel four. Either:<br /><br />1: Randall does not know what direction gravity goes in.<br />2: Randall does not know that you only get a backards force when accelerating, and not just when moving really fast.<br />3: Randall didn't fail secondary school physics and did work for NASA, and knows those two points. But ignored them anyway for the sake of the audience.<br />In other words:<br />Randal thinks his audience are morons.<br /><br />Also, 727 is the exact same joke as 725. Only with more fanbase pandering.<br />GG, next map.Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729823782513370643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91935839911273989702010-04-14T12:57:44.196-07:002010-04-14T12:57:44.196-07:00I don't even know what that guy is talking abo...I don't even know what that guy is talking about. The only time I've ever heard someone use the word "backslash" in a URL was for the joke which goes something like "OJ Simpson has a new website, found at www.\\esc"<br /><br />If I did hear someone describe a slash incorrectly I'd be annoyed too. If it was a phenomenon it would be worth commenting on, because a backslash is very much distinct from a forward slash and it's not like we don't have both on a keyboard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com