tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post3266732130371164696..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 762: Sudo Make Me an AnalogyCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84854884281198015822010-08-31T21:19:12.474-07:002010-08-31T21:19:12.474-07:00"This comic sucks, just like Shakespeare.&quo..."This comic sucks, just like Shakespeare."<br />...<br />Nice work, xkcdsucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32118442328377460672010-08-06T20:00:24.612-07:002010-08-06T20:00:24.612-07:00man i love tom the dancing bug. But of course, tha...man i love tom the dancing bug. But of course, that comic is better, because it's not just "here's a funny conversation you could have", it's all about the portion of your brain that allows you to create analogies and compare very different ideas.<br /><br />Not Ruben Bolling's finest work, but at least it's trying a little harder. And, you know, has art.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88428364080031501482010-08-06T10:42:42.922-07:002010-08-06T10:42:42.922-07:00http://gocomics.typepad.com/tomthedancingbugblog/2...http://gocomics.typepad.com/tomthedancingbugblog/2010/08/an-old-charley-the-australopithecine-comic.html<br /><br />Ha. Charley the Australopithicene's understanding of analogies is LIKE Randall's understanding of similes.Sepianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56489725711576244952010-08-04T00:33:53.518-07:002010-08-04T00:33:53.518-07:00The point of comics isn't to make it as realis...The point of comics isn't to make it as realistic as possible, that just defeats the purpose of it. Carl fails to acknowledge this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60721012117791982872010-07-25T23:10:20.410-07:002010-07-25T23:10:20.410-07:00I have to agree with some of the above, I frequent...I have to agree with some of the above, I frequently have conversations like that with friends and family. Sure, not everyone talks that way, but people do, and to them it is funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38318359805005975722010-07-10T12:26:35.516-07:002010-07-10T12:26:35.516-07:00People can too be that clever in real life. My fam...People can too be that clever in real life. My family does it all the time around the dinner table. Moreover Shakespeare was not alone in his many layers of wit, nearly every writer from that time period wrote that way, and many people talked that way too. so there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9300631335361744332010-07-08T21:34:42.480-07:002010-07-08T21:34:42.480-07:00@BLANDcorporatio
Oh, I see what you did thar...@BLANDcorporatio<br /><br />Oh, I see what you did thar...Molorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37643229682405255072010-07-08T19:41:57.971-07:002010-07-08T19:41:57.971-07:00Your mom is Rob's penis problem. BAM. I said i...Your mom is Rob's penis problem. BAM. I said it.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7608302633975311552010-07-08T17:08:24.599-07:002010-07-08T17:08:24.599-07:00Rob no one cares about your penis problems.Rob no one cares about your penis problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-87148522793138093402010-07-08T16:56:49.178-07:002010-07-08T16:56:49.178-07:00But is it possible to get 15 consecutive posts not...But is it possible to get 15 consecutive posts not mentioning Twilight on a Twilight forum? That's the real challenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72714634811832908692010-07-08T14:53:47.411-07:002010-07-08T14:53:47.411-07:00Clarification for my post above, the bottom was gi...Clarification for my post above, the bottom was giving an example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42895595652490629342010-07-08T14:52:59.876-07:002010-07-08T14:52:59.876-07:00@Ves
There is such a thing as taking an argument ...@Ves<br /><br />There is such a thing as taking an argument to far. I do believe that was anon's point.<br /><br />"WHO's incredibly insecure about his own creative abilities and feel the need to lash out at others to make himself look better? <br /><br />YOU are! YOU are!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72796216702882522472010-07-08T14:48:32.403-07:002010-07-08T14:48:32.403-07:00@Ryan: You get 10 posts to generate 15+ posts, wit...@Ryan: You get 10 posts to generate 15+ posts, with the additional stipulation that the first post can only mention Twilight as a portion of the actual post. But I mean, it's not exactly like "Omfg, Twilight is soooo good!" would get many responses on its own. Go ahead and try it somewhere.<br /><br />@Persons Apolis: Oh gods, the art. At least he visibly improves over 300 comics. The parts where everyone talks while the shot indicates a closed mouths is really getting to me for some reason. Oh, I think your third link is off by 1. But what do I know except angst? Or something. [And whatever DID happen to that blonde chick that worked at the coffee shop?]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22983710700627291312010-07-08T14:13:18.939-07:002010-07-08T14:13:18.939-07:00The website that last anon linked to with the horr...The website that last anon linked to with the horribly incorrect definitions of "metaphor" and "simile" is not only hideous but, if you scroll all the way down, seems to have been written by a delusional crackpot:<br /><br />"This website is dedicated to the proposal that the metaphorical relationships drawn between any two disciplines are, in fact, universal, being isomorphic mathematical derivations of the Unified Field Theory. Further, that this symmetric aspect of metaphor is extrapolatable both linearly and laterally, thus may be harnessed to mathematically predict missing knowledge and invention in all other disciplines: an interdisciplinary Rosetta stone of universal scope."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751155871476182971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73893616645329637532010-07-08T13:47:48.571-07:002010-07-08T13:47:48.571-07:00Huh. I suspect we will only know the TRUE MEANING ...Huh. I suspect we will only know the TRUE MEANING of this doubtless vital message in DA FUTCHA.<br /><br />Carry on as you were, folks.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71344537527570718932010-07-08T13:45:02.072-07:002010-07-08T13:45:02.072-07:00LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
I have come from an ALTERNAT...LADIES AND GENTLEMEN<br /><br />I have come from an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE where Carl is not a fat useless monster<br /><br />to say<br /><br />http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=46<br />http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=132<br />http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=324<br /><br />unfortunately I now must return<br /><br />AWAYMinnie Apolishttp://www.uwb.edu/mnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27978492287321004462010-07-08T13:16:28.191-07:002010-07-08T13:16:28.191-07:00Anon @9:45/9:47
You found?/created? the one page ...Anon @9:45/9:47<br /><br />You found?/created? the one page on the internet that supports your bizzare definition of simile. I googled simile and "simile dictionary" and EVERY definition I found specifies that "unlike" things are being compared in a simile. <br /><br />"Cow are like buffalo"<br />"Indigo is like blue"<br />"Motorcycles are like bicycles"<br /><br />These are all literal comparisons; sure, there's an important difference between the items being compared, but there are even more similarities. Items being literally compared don't have to be "equal"; being "approximately the same" still makes for literal comparisons, not similes. Otherwise, the only valid literal comparisons would be: "cows are like cows".<br /><br />Your link on the other hand, has a very high standard for what is "unlike"; it insists that 99 is not "like" 100. Yes, 99 doesn't equal 100, but if I say I spent "like 100 dollars" on something, everybody reasonable will understand that I spent something around 90-110. It also seems to suggest a distinction between similes and metaphors is that metaphors should be taken literally!!! And then there's the weird "if it needs further explanation, it's probably a simile; if it makes instant sense, it's most likely a metaphor". I don't see how "cotton candy clouds" makes instant sense, but "clouds like cotton candy" requires further explanation; the simile formation actually seems to require less explanation in this example.Sepianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79879167552440101802010-07-08T12:33:22.841-07:002010-07-08T12:33:22.841-07:00Fuck, Randall, you're amateur.
I can't wa...Fuck, Randall, you're amateur.<br /><br />I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings. More crappy art? More crappy dialogue? A reheated observation about minor trivia that not even real nerds are interested in? Whatever happens, you can bet that somewhere around the world at least a few hundred pseudo-intellectual posers will print it out and tape it to their cube wall to show their co-workers how clever they are.<br /><br />I really wish this whole 'geek chic' fad would die now; it's getting stale. Get the hipsters on to cowboys or bikers or some shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5084692119153571702010-07-08T12:30:03.417-07:002010-07-08T12:30:03.417-07:00OMG Anon 12:21 I know old 4chan memes too! GOOMHOMG Anon 12:21 I know old 4chan memes too! GOOMHVeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095687089196127511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24827239034473335342010-07-08T12:21:43.153-07:002010-07-08T12:21:43.153-07:00Guys the internet is serious business.Guys the internet is serious business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38158151419242028882010-07-08T12:07:01.769-07:002010-07-08T12:07:01.769-07:00Randall "fixed" the comic by switching &...Randall "fixed" the comic by switching "eight" to "six" and "H:" to "J:". Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90104940124451990182010-07-08T12:01:54.812-07:002010-07-08T12:01:54.812-07:00anon, you are an idiot. your arguments can be easi...anon, you are an idiot. your arguments can be easily applied to you. all you do is have to change "YOU are" to "I am." There.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46416731397880118852010-07-08T11:59:08.380-07:002010-07-08T11:59:08.380-07:00you are not defined by your interests.you are not defined by your interests.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85920963081431751602010-07-08T11:55:48.608-07:002010-07-08T11:55:48.608-07:00WHO's incredibly insecure about his own creati...WHO's incredibly insecure about his own creative abilities and feel the need to lash out at others to make himself look better? <br /><br />YOU are! YOU are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82239876140239501262010-07-08T10:10:27.919-07:002010-07-08T10:10:27.919-07:00irt Ves 7:12:
Nah, I can do worse than that. But ...irt Ves 7:12:<br /><br />Nah, I can do worse than that. But for now-<br /><br />irt Anonymous 9:47<br /><br />Interest in sciencey stuff does not one a geek make. The likes of Khayyám, Goethe (and later Feynmann) were not geeks. <br /><br />Also, I think you got troll'd by SK there.<br /><br />irt aloria 9:56:<br /><br />Or are you Mole's sockpuppet?BLANDCorporationoreply@blogger.com