tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post3229284515775688249..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 606: Being AnnoyingCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26940992568108033192009-09-12T21:13:11.078-07:002009-09-12T21:13:11.078-07:00Carl said: "In xkcd world, people look the sa...Carl said: "In xkcd world, people look the same 5 years into the future as they do now."<br /><br />This is a prime example of the kind of inane criticisms found scattered throughout this blog.<br /><br />FFS, I look pretty much the same now as I did five years ago, and whatever differences there are sure as hell wouldn't be noticeable if I were rendered in stick figure form.<br /><br />What, do you think that five years later he should have a fucking walking stick? Or maybe they should all be wearing space-age bubblesuits?<br /><br />It's not just that you over think things when trying to criticise this strip - it's that you over think things in a stupidly misguided way.<br /><br />For example, carping over the fact that Portal came out in late 2007. Yes, this means that for the character to be quoting from it in early 2013, he probably played it five years and a few months after the release date. OMG! But he said five years! THAT IS NOT EXACTLY FIVE YEARS! RANDALL FAIL!!! Derrrrrrrrrrrrr!<br /><br />Oh wait... I just saw this comment from Carl:<br /><br />"I dunno - how hard is it to add 2007 to 5, and get 2012 as the correct result? I thought he liked math."<br /><br />Ahahahaha. You idiot. If he was playing it at any time before October 2012, it would mean he was playing it LESS than five years after the release date.<br /><br />Here, let me explain: if he was playing it in mid January 2013, and the game was released on October 9, 2007, that would mean the game had been out for almost FIVE years and 3.5 months. (ie. A little under 3 months of 2007 + 2008 + 2009 + 2010 + 2011 + 2012 + half a month of 2013 = 5 years + just under 3.5 months)<br /><br />The fact that you just went: duhhhh, 2007 + 5 = 2012 shows how inept you are at grasping even simple concepts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63909919282976662472009-07-15T16:17:06.342-07:002009-07-15T16:17:06.342-07:00yeah we basically read all of them, so we can crit...yeah we basically read all of them, so we can criticize them. qed.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29358439473144424402009-07-15T08:18:03.451-07:002009-07-15T08:18:03.451-07:00man, for people who hate xkcd, you sure do seem to...man, for people who hate xkcd, you sure do seem to read a lot of itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88923240177805950992009-07-14T21:08:02.171-07:002009-07-14T21:08:02.171-07:00Myk wrote:
Who cares?Myk wrote:<br /><br />Who cares?Myknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10390488809969805782009-07-13T23:27:51.417-07:002009-07-13T23:27:51.417-07:00100th comment
BOOYAH100th comment<br />BOOYAHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62426844832466335002009-07-11T18:05:55.626-07:002009-07-11T18:05:55.626-07:00Seems like you might be reading way too into it.Seems like you might be reading way too into it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5961080455029523642009-07-10T20:41:30.369-07:002009-07-10T20:41:30.369-07:00the whole portals thing was around in 2006.
just ...the whole portals thing was around in 2006. <br />just not the commercial game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15482454836245127152009-07-09T22:35:36.623-07:002009-07-09T22:35:36.623-07:00you guys i am so late to this party
Fernie, I fee...you guys i am so late to this party<br /><br />Fernie, I feel like your usage of the name "Fernie" is an insult to my friend who goes by the same nickname. These are my feelings.<br /><br />Jay, your name rhymes more with "gay" than anyone else's name here! OH WHAT NOW BEEEEYOTCHHHH (napoleon i got yo back)<br /><br />CAPTCHA: puckingAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37973628032404695192009-07-09T19:34:26.477-07:002009-07-09T19:34:26.477-07:00I wonder if it's regional.I wonder if it's regional.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13670158072263943322009-07-09T17:58:27.107-07:002009-07-09T17:58:27.107-07:00"People don't use concision? Huh. I had n..."People don't use concision? Huh. I had no idea."<br /><br />http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=concision&word2=conciseness<br /><br />I guess I'm wrong.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052511078880647148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68194803392686964512009-07-09T14:58:18.318-07:002009-07-09T14:58:18.318-07:00There is absolutely nothing ironic about that. No...There is absolutely nothing ironic about that. Not even Alanis-ironic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23292895211829619242009-07-09T14:45:05.795-07:002009-07-09T14:45:05.795-07:00@Adam/Rob "@Rob: I was all ready to tell you ...@Adam/Rob "@Rob: I was all ready to tell you it's "conciseness," but "concision" is also a word! What do you know. (Obscure forms of common words, apparently.)<br /><br />How fitting it is that Rob used "concision", which is a more concise way of saying "conciseness", and what really makes this funny to me is that he favors shorter worked of fiction.<br /><br />OH THE IRONY!Mike G.http://myapokalips.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15916385132590665002009-07-09T12:38:14.406-07:002009-07-09T12:38:14.406-07:00Novel, n.
A short story padded.
-- Ambrose BierceNovel, n.<br />A short story padded.<br />-- Ambrose BierceWay Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29811524169195349102009-07-09T12:25:34.247-07:002009-07-09T12:25:34.247-07:00Rob: I dub thee Sir Concision.Rob: I dub thee Sir Concision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65038654377758303372009-07-09T12:19:42.962-07:002009-07-09T12:19:42.962-07:00Just try to avoid circoncision.Just try to avoid circoncision.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69917283465545479382009-07-09T12:12:49.474-07:002009-07-09T12:12:49.474-07:00I was going to go for "concisity".I was going to go for "concisity".Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1493192233398430022009-07-09T11:34:10.832-07:002009-07-09T11:34:10.832-07:00People don't use concision? Huh. I had no idea...People don't use concision? Huh. I had no idea.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38672798688761355912009-07-09T11:29:31.317-07:002009-07-09T11:29:31.317-07:00@Rob: I was all ready to tell you it's "c...@Rob: I was all ready to tell you it's "conciseness," but "concision" is also a word! What do you know. (Obscure forms of common words, apparently.)<br /><br />@Anonymoose: "Releasing Portal was like putting out a 30 min motion picture with the best actors and plot, and calling that a movie."<br /><br />I'd watch it. I'd buy it if it were that good.<br /><br />I bought the Orange Box for TF2 and I've gotten 100+ hours of enjoyment out of that. As an added bonus, I also got ~3 hours of fun out of Portal. It was great.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052511078880647148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67526006296147787902009-07-09T11:13:03.443-07:002009-07-09T11:13:03.443-07:00Yes. I pretty much exclusively write short fiction...Yes. I pretty much exclusively write short fiction etc. Concision is a good thing.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73871362411048653322009-07-09T10:54:43.575-07:002009-07-09T10:54:43.575-07:00I rather like the recent trend towards keeping gam...I rather like the recent trend towards keeping games shorter and more concise. 60 hours of game is no fun when 55 of them are filler. Braid and Portal were both exactly the right length.<br /><br />Similarly, short films can be much more satisfying than feature-length movies. A lot of stories really only need half an hour to be told and don't need to be dragged out to 2+ hours (I am looking at you Steven Spielberg!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73187979069557031932009-07-09T10:50:03.600-07:002009-07-09T10:50:03.600-07:00Incidentally, a short film still counts as a movie...Incidentally, a short film still counts as a movie. Perhaps you were thinking of "feature film?"<br /><br />CAPTCHA: unwhigrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79109399018280685062009-07-09T09:58:26.969-07:002009-07-09T09:58:26.969-07:00Releasing Portal was like putting out a 30 min mot...<i> Releasing Portal was like putting out a 30 min motion picture with the best actors and plot, and calling that a movie.</i><br /><br />Or putting out a fifty-page work of written fiction with incredible plot and characters and themes and calling it a short story.<br /><br />First of all, there IS no generally accepted length for a single-player game, the way movies are typically between 90 and 180 minutes long. Six to eight hours for a game is reasonable--but so is thirty to fifty, depending on the genre. So is two to four. There isn't a magic number that makes a game become full-length.<br />Second, there simply is no intrinsic virtue in a game being long OR a game being hard. Portal was short and easy but very, very good. I haven't checked, but I would be <i>extremely</i> surprised if there wasn't an extensive modding community that's used the SDK to build tons of new Portal levels.<br /><br />Third, Portal never even purported to be as long as most current generation games--it costs $20, and if you got the Orange Box and count everything in it as one game it averaged out to $10 or $12 there. $6 now that the Orange Box is ridiculously cheap. So, at the VERY least, nobody ripped you off by charging you fifty or sixty bucks for a mere four hours of entertainment.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37219184192130109712009-07-09T09:44:52.520-07:002009-07-09T09:44:52.520-07:005 years from 2004 is 2009. 5 years from that is 20...5 years from 2004 is 2009. 5 years from that is 2014. 2013, Randy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51321887858314398412009-07-09T09:34:41.248-07:002009-07-09T09:34:41.248-07:00Releasing Portal was like putting out a 30 min mot...Releasing Portal was like putting out a 30 min motion picture with the best actors and plot, and calling that a movie.Anonymoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73434568222228469642009-07-09T09:29:04.242-07:002009-07-09T09:29:04.242-07:00FRandCarlFRandCarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com