tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post410215275322646884..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: You're Just Jealous, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Shut the Fuck UpCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47230008340977053152011-01-09T18:27:34.039-08:002011-01-09T18:27:34.039-08:00Ray William Johnson's YouTube channel sucks as...Ray William Johnson's YouTube channel sucks as well, but he still gets 4 million views on every one of his videos at least.<br />Conclusion: People are retards.Steven Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513036075770646681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62317756294719418072010-11-10T10:21:39.068-08:002010-11-10T10:21:39.068-08:00Y'know...
Fuck.
Shit.
I cannot even put int...Y'know...<br /><br />Fuck.<br /><br />Shit.<br /><br />I cannot even put into words how happy this blog makes me.<br /><br />From now on, anytime I see an assburger knee-jerk "argument" like the ones you're tearing up, I'm just going to copy-and-paste your blog posts (linking back to the original, of course!), except erasing XKCD with whatever they're bitching about. They won't know the difference, and anyone with higher intelligence than a turnip will pump their fists to the heavens and shout in triumph and adulation of your... something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-4692726533289436592010-10-03T16:04:32.623-07:002010-10-03T16:04:32.623-07:00jealous works just fine. it also is a prettier wor...jealous works just fine. it also is a prettier word.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82615345442445668552010-09-25T19:49:38.117-07:002010-09-25T19:49:38.117-07:00Technically, isn't it envious? Just putting it...Technically, isn't it envious? Just putting it out there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05106326445326843636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70580476139271662732010-07-16T15:25:07.620-07:002010-07-16T15:25:07.620-07:00"you're the only one who cares so much th..."you're the only one who cares so much that you needed to make a blog" - not true! The good people at <a href="http://xkcdexplained.com/" rel="nofollow">xkcdexplained</a> have done so as well! <br /><br />other than that, i think I don't need to respond to someone who says "I know you wrote a logical, reasoned response to this argument elsewhere on your website, but I don't feel like reading it." maybe you should read it!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75807861828276242012010-07-15T18:53:39.817-07:002010-07-15T18:53:39.817-07:00Dude you are a tool. So what if XKCD is a little ...Dude you are a tool. So what if XKCD is a little hit and miss... you're the only one who cares so much that you needed to make a blog about how much you hate his comics. I agree, some of them aren't funny.... so what? chill out.... if you don't like XKCD then go make your own webcomic... no i didn't read your article about how or why you don't have your own cause i don't care. Theres no reason to bag on other peoples webcomics especially one the occasionally has a very funny one.<br /><br />Bottom line; Chill out dude and stop bagging on Randy or whatever because in the end hes a smart guy and really funny at that.<br /><br />PS: it sounds like you have some personal vendetta against him for some reason. Claiming that you like other webcomics doesn't make your point any more valid. So shut the fuck up and quit bitching about an insignificant webcomic and STOP READING IT YOU FUCKING TOOL.alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71213931704984739612010-06-28T21:08:12.239-07:002010-06-28T21:08:12.239-07:00i create lots of things thanksi create lots of things thanksrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45782719436726391652010-06-28T10:04:38.743-07:002010-06-28T10:04:38.743-07:00This blog is somewhat amusing but mostly sad. You ...This blog is somewhat amusing but mostly sad. You are using your dislike of someone's actual art/hobby/entertainment to try to make yourself more than a useless waste of blood and tissue. If you hate XKCD so much, why don't you simply apply all the energy that goes into maintaining this pointless blog into actually creating something yourself, i.e. something you believe is a better webcomic. Vitriol for the sake of vitriol doesn't serve anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24964244666436974942010-03-31T14:55:07.273-07:002010-03-31T14:55:07.273-07:00I think if Dinosaur Comics ever loved xkcd enough ...I think if Dinosaur Comics ever loved xkcd enough to let Randall Munroe do a guest comic, I would probably have a heart attack and die right on the spot from the OUTRAGE and SURPRISE.<br /><br />wait, do I count as someone I admire? Because I've said tons of nice things about xkcd. It's a good comic, it's just had a 400 comic or so dry spell. But at heart it's a good thing.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89546164331550599242010-03-27T17:52:19.972-07:002010-03-27T17:52:19.972-07:00I wonder what would happen if one of the people yo...I wonder what would happen if one of the people you admire say something good about xkcd xDAngular Circleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08228694133495513715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7599342693802822892010-03-24T15:18:03.323-07:002010-03-24T15:18:03.323-07:00personaly i enjor xkcd and was outraged when I saw...personaly i enjor xkcd and was outraged when I saw this webstie but.. after look at his logic I have to agree with most of his claims... I still however am an avid xkcd reader!jakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80794531692001348142010-02-01T03:16:29.200-08:002010-02-01T03:16:29.200-08:00I prefer this image myself.I prefer <a href="http://img.whirltools.com/i/125828sss.jpg" rel="nofollow">this image</a> myself.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30860407378237865702010-02-01T02:35:18.025-08:002010-02-01T02:35:18.025-08:00I am so late to this party! But I just wanted to ...I am so late to this party! But I just wanted to point out--because no one else has, and possibly because no one else is a loser like me--this little bit of a comment by that idiot who listed a bunch of non-reasons as to why xkcdsucks sucks:<br /><br />4. Not every break in pattern is a mistake, sometimes it's a gift to those who obsess over patterns. Such mistakes are <b>humerus.</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.afternoonespresso.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/i-find-this-humerus1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Humerus, indeed.</a>Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10757880194333083662010-01-19T00:23:23.998-08:002010-01-19T00:23:23.998-08:00On the "cute" thingy..*sarcasmOn the "cute" thingy..*sarcasmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7767748089270233562010-01-03T13:15:56.470-08:002010-01-03T13:15:56.470-08:00hahahahahahahaharshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11855578300620422382010-01-03T07:11:28.423-08:002010-01-03T07:11:28.423-08:00I, too, like the hierarchy of quality this kind of...I, too, like the hierarchy of quality this kind of argument implies: cuddlefish<xkcdsucks<xkcd<Mind of Mencia, for one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62994606043748021332010-01-02T21:43:46.811-08:002010-01-02T21:43:46.811-08:00rob is not cute, he is gross.rob is not cute, he is gross.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88174906789270765812010-01-02T17:36:24.514-08:002010-01-02T17:36:24.514-08:00(ps I am glad you think I am cute, are you cute to...(ps I am glad you think I am cute, are you cute too? please send pictures)rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69952969841858276622010-01-02T17:30:16.162-08:002010-01-02T17:30:16.162-08:00cuddlefish is not a pejorative.cuddlefish is not a pejorative.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7017433316262580232010-01-02T17:28:59.629-08:002010-01-02T17:28:59.629-08:00Aren't you just adorable? Please do continue u...Aren't you just adorable? Please do continue using your delightfully insulting term 'cuddlefish,' it displays your astounding wit so perfectly! Oh, and you've mastered the decidedly difficult art of phrasing things in a condescendingly simple tone to demean those who disagree with you? That's wonderful! You're such a big boy troll, you lovable rapscallion you.<br /><br />Keep up the good work! And remember: everyone whose opinion differs from yours... is absolutely and verifiably wrong! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43012102935710956172009-12-31T10:48:10.334-08:002009-12-31T10:48:10.334-08:00"The scientific method consists of coming up ..."The scientific method consists of coming up with hypotheses and then testing them. I think I'm doing okay so far."<br /><br />The way you test them is by trying to invalidate them. It's easy to construct tests which will support your theory, even if it's wrong. The way to prove yourself right is by trying to prove yourself wrong. See also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias" rel="nofollow">confirmation bias</a>.<br /><br />"At least, it is so with me, and I don't see any reason why it should not be the same way with you. Admittedly, all you have to do to counter that is to deny it, but I'd like you to answer this categorically: do you identify with the authors of the other webcomics you cite as much as you identify with Munroe?"<br /><br />Yes; in almost all cases, more so. Joey Comeau in particular; Ryan North to a slightly lesser degree; John Allison still considerably. It has been a very long time since Munroe has put out a comic I identified with. Mostly he puts out comics that alienate me. Even when I liked XKCD, I never found myself fantasizing that Randall was just like me. He wrote comics I enjoyed that were very occasionally about something I identified with. In contrast, most other webcomics I enjoy, I identify with the author strongly.<br /><br />As people, I identify with any of the artists I mentioned a great deal more than with Randall, especially having met all of them but John Allison.<br /><br />"I'm not saying you hate him and/or his work for this reason alone. All I'm saying is that this probably makes it a little sweeter for you when you make what you think is a particularly telling point: the fact that you're putting one over on someone who should be no better than you are."<br /><br />Nicely backpedaled! But no, that is not it. Indeed, the fact that Randall is vaguely similar to me only makes me the sadder that he is so much of a talentless hack. I withhold a lot of acid because I legitimately pity him for the terrible comic he has produced. He didn't set out to be a talentless hack, but he managed to strike a chord with the drooling fanboys and he never received any criticism and his comic slowly devolved into a bunch of memes, references, and terrible setups for weak puns.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83523358187028019652009-12-31T04:07:33.982-08:002009-12-31T04:07:33.982-08:00Actually, the reason I did not mention Comeau et a...Actually, the reason I did not mention Comeau et al was that I had never heard of them: searching for them now I see that they put out webcomics I do not enjoy. Not that my lack of enjoyment has anything to do with anything; it is merely the reason I did not know their names.<br /><br />The scientific method consists of coming up with hypotheses and then testing them. I think I'm doing okay so far.<br /><br />I that Munroe is exceptional among webcomic artists in the degree to which his comic is about experiences likely to be shared by you (and me). So much of it is about college, or school, or things the average educated person of Munroe's age has thought and done that the identification is much stronger. At least, it is so with me, and I don't see any reason why it should not be the same way with you. Admittedly, all you have to do to counter that is to deny it, but I'd like you to answer this categorically: do you identify with the authors of the other webcomics you cite as much as you identify with Munroe?<br /><br />I'm not saying you hate him and/or his work for this reason alone. All I'm saying is that this probably makes it a little sweeter for you when you make what you think is a particularly telling point: the fact that you're putting one over on someone who should be no better than you are.Andrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13267253127707833432009-12-30T13:53:33.678-08:002009-12-30T13:53:33.678-08:00That would make sense, if Gaiman and Pratchett wer...That would make sense, if Gaiman and Pratchett were the only people on my list. See also: Joey Comeau, Ryan North, John Allison, several other people (basically any webcomic that I follow) who are more talented than me that I think of as guys just like me, except that they have a collection of comics and a large fan following (relative to oh, say me). Or in some cases write music or fiction or whatever. Yet I do not find myself jealous of any of them, nor do I hate any of them for it. I admire their work and seek to learn from it.<br /><br />If you're going to posit theories, you should learn that the scientist does not seek to find cases where he is correct but where he is incorrect. Your hypothesis has innumerable cases of this. You knew this, of course, or you would have mentioned Comeau, North, Allison, et al. Instead you merely mentioned Gaiman and Pratchett.<br /><br />I am merely explaining in this post my hatred of XKCD--more specifically, I am explaining what it is not: and that "what it is not" is jealousy. What it is is "I hate it because it sucks." This post does not attempt to explain why I post on the site--that's another post entirely, which will probably be called "Don't You Have Anything Better To Do?" It is summed up as basically (a) XKCD is unavoidable anyway and (b) making fun of things is enjoyable (hence the term "making fun").<br /><br />It doesn't need to be uniquely enjoyable. Why do humans discuss anything? I go where the conversation is interesting. I started posting here when I liked XKCD. As I started, I started thinking critically about it. I found that it was indefensible. I stopped liking it; I kept posting.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21222916635468183422009-12-30T13:38:36.446-08:002009-12-30T13:38:36.446-08:00"There are many untalented but famous people:..."There are many untalented but famous people: do you post on all the sites devoted to pulling them down too?"<br /><br />No, because the people around me aren't constantly telling me how awesome Miley Cyrus or Dan Brown or Jessica Alba are; it's easy enough for me to avoid their work since I don't listen to top 40 radio or watch celebrity gossip TV shows; their fans aren't compelled to bring them up every time something tangentially related to their work is discussed. <br /><br />Now, back in '03 when Evanescence was really popular and I couldn't go a day without being asked if I liked them or hearing that god damned "Bring Me to Life" song or having someone tell me I looked like Amy Lee because I have black hair and wore skirts with boots, I bitched about them on the Internet, too. <br /><br />$42aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37278485429383904962009-12-30T13:26:33.342-08:002009-12-30T13:26:33.342-08:00Here's another hypothesis:
It's entirely...Here's another hypothesis: <br /><br />It's entirely possible that you are not jealous of Pratchett and Gaiman because you don't put them into the same "bucket" as you put yourself. *You* think of *them* as, well, superhuman. <br /><br />On the other hand, Munroe is in your head a guy just like you, except that he has a collection of comics and a large fan following (relative to oh, say you). You'll do anything you can to cut him down, so that you'll look slightly bigger to yourself.<br /><br />It's a hypothesis that seems to explain all the facts. Most notably, it explains your obsession, which is not really explained by your theory of "he's untalented and therefore I feel the need to pull him down". There are many untalented but famous people: do you post on all the sites devoted to pulling them down too?Andrenoreply@blogger.com