tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post3978867023040041830..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 688: There Is No Title For My Post About Comic 688Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12445926298822545612010-10-16T10:50:46.676-07:002010-10-16T10:50:46.676-07:00your comics suck worse than xkcd lolyour comics suck worse than xkcd lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57631490671282500952010-01-17T22:14:45.868-08:002010-01-17T22:14:45.868-08:00That's what I love about this and xkcd could b...That's what I love about this and xkcd could be better, you won't see cuddlefish make an actually funny strip from a mediocre xkcd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12230110876253144262010-01-17T00:50:58.372-08:002010-01-17T00:50:58.372-08:00Also Way Walker, what will those pesky spies think...Also Way Walker, what will those pesky spies think of next? Especially working together, although I guess Black Hat guy and his girlfriend are xkcd's version of them, although not as funny, because they talk instead of just simply outwit one anotherCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49374772440997245052010-01-17T00:18:58.554-08:002010-01-17T00:18:58.554-08:00Haha, excellent edit Way Walker.Haha, excellent edit Way Walker.Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29149207351386441142010-01-16T23:52:11.683-08:002010-01-16T23:52:11.683-08:00Way Walker your edit is much better given that I a...Way Walker your edit is much better given that I actually laughed at the last panel.<br /><br />CAPTCHA: torism. It's like tourism in China.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82068923539110727272010-01-16T22:30:36.899-08:002010-01-16T22:30:36.899-08:00Well Way Walker, at the very least your comment ga...Well Way Walker, at the very least your comment gave me a reason to post as, usually, xkcd in itself is not enough for me to make an extravagent postCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20427596113927474482010-01-16T20:28:53.651-08:002010-01-16T20:28:53.651-08:00Automatic sprinklers can be heat activated. No sm...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_sprinkler" rel="nofollow">Automatic sprinklers can be heat activated.</a> No smoke required.Way Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82214415094895520832010-01-16T20:07:28.616-08:002010-01-16T20:07:28.616-08:00Also, matches make smoke. Lighters don't so mu...Also, matches make smoke. Lighters don't so much.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45704979711444583032010-01-16T19:47:26.556-08:002010-01-16T19:47:26.556-08:00Shouldn't be that hard to get a robot to strik...Shouldn't be that hard to get a robot to strike a wooden match; it's just dragging it across the box fast enough. It doesn't require a whole lot of finesse.aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66278599266363217032010-01-16T19:43:56.955-08:002010-01-16T19:43:56.955-08:00Am I the only one bothered by the whole "mat...Am I the only one bothered by the whole "match-matchbox" thing? It would require relatively sophisticated robotics to get a robot to both hold match and box and then strike it successfully, I would imagine (although I don't know much about robotics). Why not just use a lighter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80818827459300642642010-01-16T18:52:01.651-08:002010-01-16T18:52:01.651-08:00Cam: That's why I chose that line. Think of i...Cam: That's why I chose that line. Think of it as a good natured jab in the ribs.<br /><br />689: What I dislike most is that it's a joke made by practically anyone who's ever shown any interest in any robotics competition. It's kind of funny in the moment (and can get participants to think outside the box), but, played straight in a comic, it's just ego stroking. If you're going to do a joke like that, <a href="http://imgur.com/1TWvs.png" title="We've actually resolved our differences." rel="nofollow">at least give it some kind of twist</a>.Way Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13584279195586500622010-01-16T17:10:31.347-08:002010-01-16T17:10:31.347-08:00FIRST comic flaws:
1. Waaay too obscure (in line ...FIRST comic flaws:<br />1. Waaay too obscure (in line with the dumbing down of xkcd, is aimed primarily at high school students)<br />2. Telegraphs the lame punchline in the first panel<br />3. As I said, punchline is lame<br />4. Punchline is also obscure<br />5. Alt-text unfunny<br /><br />It's actually a bit amazing. The comic has all of the elements necessary for a joke (setup, punchline, mayhem, etc.) but somehow manages to be unfunny. It's kind of like a naked singularity, where a singularity is a joke and mass is laughs.Leonardhttp://overratedfilms.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28578529624666050202010-01-16T09:05:46.114-08:002010-01-16T09:05:46.114-08:00If you "use" percentages by immediately ...If you "use" percentages by immediately converting them into decimals and then ignoring the % sign, I'm not sure what's going on here.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42350836298612169102010-01-16T09:02:27.862-08:002010-01-16T09:02:27.862-08:00Or maybe he avoids that by not being thick.Or maybe he avoids that by not being thick.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42856407982924654922010-01-16T07:25:05.404-08:002010-01-16T07:25:05.404-08:00I hope you're converting those percentages to ...I hope you're converting those percentages to decimals before you calculate anything, because otherwise you might be making some serious errors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28962806189556903682010-01-16T04:00:07.368-08:002010-01-16T04:00:07.368-08:00As far as the fraction/percent thing goes, anyone ...<i>As far as the fraction/percent thing goes, anyone who uses percentages isn't really doing it right anyway... They're more or less useless for any real calculations.</i><br /><br />Ah, that's good to know. Now I can stop looking at interest rates on savings accounts and calculating what kind of money I'd be getting, because now I know percentages are useless in REAL calculations, so there'd be no point in figuring it out.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43670679383531886022010-01-15T19:59:19.208-08:002010-01-15T19:59:19.208-08:00First:
688- Wasn't there already a comic about...First:<br />688- Wasn't there already a comic about how Randy <a href="http://xkcd.com/289/" rel="nofollow">can't stop counting things...</a>. <br />And Second:<br />689- Randy was mocking the effort people put into robotics contests, but the comic right before this was about how great it was that he went into detail on so many things? Fail sandwich.Sam Westnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88049621955845247662010-01-15T16:29:44.395-08:002010-01-15T16:29:44.395-08:00First, curse you, Carl, for giving me **ANOTHER** ...First, curse you, Carl, for giving me **ANOTHER** time-suck. Abstruse Goose is MUCH funnier, if more arcane, than xkcd. I've read the first 100 and I like the author's sense of humor and humility.<br /><br />Second, re 689: I thought it was a riff on Junkyard Wars (not knowing about FIRST) and couldn't figure out what the task was supposed to be, or what was going on in the last panel.<br /><br />Total lose for me.<br /><br />Now that I know it's about one of the robitics competitions, meh. It seems he's mocking the effort that goes into one of the real contraptions. So no improvement for knowing what FIRST is.Jeff Liptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699464691843236282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22353532808774668212010-01-15T13:40:33.708-08:002010-01-15T13:40:33.708-08:00Monty is the real thing biotch deal wif it *does t...Monty is the real thing biotch deal wif it *does the fyad dance*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89280675008416236782010-01-15T12:38:16.481-08:002010-01-15T12:38:16.481-08:00William Monty Hughes, I hope you're being sarc...William Monty Hughes, I hope you're being sarcastic/satiric/sardonic/etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27615424062072995702010-01-15T12:08:43.257-08:002010-01-15T12:08:43.257-08:00As far as the fraction/percent thing goes, anyone ...As far as the fraction/percent thing goes, anyone who uses percentages isn't really doing it right anyway... They're more or less useless for any real calculations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34231187536020804282010-01-15T10:51:41.580-08:002010-01-15T10:51:41.580-08:00The best example of a self-referential pie chart i...The best example of a self-referential pie chart is this little slice of genius: <br /><br />http://graphjam.com/2008/09/18/song-chart-memes-pie-i-have-eaten/ <br /><br />Randall doesn't get points for originality here, but it's nice to spread the meme, I guess.LPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15249012016265002082010-01-15T10:36:06.780-08:002010-01-15T10:36:06.780-08:00This is low even for xkcd.
Normally, I would expec...This is low even for xkcd.<br />Normally, I would expect something trite like "the first law of FIRST robotics", juxtaposing the competition and Asimov.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86153423640939105102010-01-15T10:22:57.298-08:002010-01-15T10:22:57.298-08:00Well I realise that, but this one. I don't kn...Well I realise that, but this one. I don't know it just makes me feel bad for reading it, especially the whole he's going back to get his GED statement. It felt, I don't know, I just didn't feel right after reading it (for whatever reason)Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59487849270398633782010-01-15T10:09:04.222-08:002010-01-15T10:09:04.222-08:00@Cam: I think the "We Get It" explanatio...@Cam: I think the "We Get It" explanation by them might've been the least veiled bashing they've ever done, but I've always had the general impression even with their earlier posts that the tone is pretty anti-xkcd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com