tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post4167615802178380492..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 712: No shit, dumbfuck!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-389392783674055262010-03-17T07:14:39.225-07:002010-03-17T07:14:39.225-07:00Of course, the Hijinks Ensue joke is better (and a...Of course, the Hijinks Ensue joke is better (and actually rather subpar for Joel). It actually has a reason to link LotR and the song, uses a current pop culture reference rather than a year old song, has a moderately amusing setup and some decent artwork. And I think it's the artwork in the final frame hat actually saves it.Neilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43961260377774355512010-03-15T00:05:26.256-07:002010-03-15T00:05:26.256-07:00No anon, to that one sentence you made, no, it'...No anon, to that one sentence you made, no, it's not an obvious joke, at all. It isn't an obvious joke because how many people in this world do you suppose would consider making note of everything that isn't LOTR that mentions rings being a joke?ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74590262462004966112010-03-14T14:35:41.299-07:002010-03-14T14:35:41.299-07:00As others have said, the Gollum joke isn't qui...As others have said, the Gollum joke isn't quite the same thing. However, it does come from the same place of "OMG, I was just listening to Beyonce and her song totally reminded me of LOTR because they both have RINGS, AMIRITE?"<br /><br />It's such an obvious joke that I'm surprised it hasn't been made a hundred times by now. <br /><br />As for the singles website one, that'd be more effective as "my hobby: Changing my IP address to fool advertisers", then having the ad feature blonde porn stars from an unlikely location. A bonus would be some self-awareness about how lame the trick really is, but I don't think Randall actually is that aware. <br /><br />After all, he thought of the "girlfriend" comic. <br /><br />- Dr. Dugong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33982163473457388732010-03-13T17:37:41.059-08:002010-03-13T17:37:41.059-08:00Thirded. Great job again, Way.Thirded. Great job again, Way.Ambivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61668008822490526442010-03-13T14:42:43.347-08:002010-03-13T14:42:43.347-08:00Agree ^Agree ^TheMesosadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24463443838394001152010-03-12T21:27:42.252-08:002010-03-12T21:27:42.252-08:00Way Walker: kudos, that edit is much funnier (as i...Way Walker: kudos, that edit is much funnier (as in, it's actually funny now) than Randy's.<br /><br /><br />Constructive criticism about xkcd:<br />1) Randy should move it to a picto-blog format.<br />2) Randy needs an editor.<br />3) That editor should be Way Walker.Keepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63869271049384826002010-03-12T21:06:11.085-08:002010-03-12T21:06:11.085-08:00Just noticed one thing about the Sauron comic: It ...Just noticed one thing about the Sauron comic: It can't make sense unless you really want it to. I am considering the Single Ladies ref is useless beyond fan service.<br /><br />Situation 1 - Don't know anything about LoTR: So, Sauron know some people and should get a ring what?<br /><br />Situation 2 - Know just enought about LoTR (movies, maybe original book trilogy): Why would they even be TALKING to Sauron on the first place? He has the ring already, what is he getting from the music!?<br /><br />Situation 3 - Know Silmarillion, maybe even other Tolkien works (whom this comic should target): Why the hell would he get the idea from the music? He had already made the rings before being cast out by the elves! What he is getting from the music!?<br /><br />So, in the end, this comic uniformly fails to all possible target audiences. Unless stupid people happen to be Randall's target.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2288239717650816372010-03-12T17:32:13.281-08:002010-03-12T17:32:13.281-08:00Mal, worry not, I won't do any praising for ar...Mal, worry not, I won't do any praising for art in this comic. For a reason quite simple: it's not praisable!<br /><br />Look at that first panel. The most praisable thing there is the space station and it's... mediocre. The background? It really bothers me, for a reason as simple as the Earth abruptly ends on the blackness of space. I can almost see the pixels! Seriously, those white blurry things? Should be clouds, they shouldn't look like that!<br /><br />Now, in regards to the joke... it's... ugh. First of all, would advertisers really care if their ads are detecting IPs from Earth's low orbit? For all I know, they care as much as to create ads that suddenly change from "chat with these girls which we swear are from your town, but have names no girl in your coutry would have!" to "you are the REAL 1,000,000th visitor" while I was looking. Which means no, they don't care.<br /><br />The alt-text is another variant, with the oddness factor being that your mom's basement has its own IP prefix. Also, another weak jab at the nerd stereotype.<br /><br />Now, a way this comic could be a bit funnier with that same text: put those "girls" in spacesuits. Imagine: the expectation is that those phony ads will be unchanged, but it turns out the advertisers are smarter and changed the ads just to mess back with the stickman. Subversion: it's not that good as humor, but I think it'd be better than this.<br /><br />That's all, for now. Mole out.Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57791721599303043262010-03-12T15:56:34.532-08:002010-03-12T15:56:34.532-08:00I think a better comic would have involved a busin...I think a better comic would have involved a business traveler who is surprised to see that, whichever, area he is in, the same set of local singles follows him around. Maybe a joke about Axe could be incorporated too.<br /><br />I know that everyone else has probably noticed this, but it's possible to infer Randall's love life from the comics. He was dumped shortly before Valentine's Day, hooked up with someone (possibly a D&D partner) a few days before 708, and is now single, looking for women in both bars and the internet (possibly nursing a feeling of regret for not proposing to his ex while he had the chance). Also, Randall may be attracted to a blonde friend of his (notice how the female astronaut is blonde, a departure from the default "generic brunette" female character that Randall usually uses). <br /><br />I wouldn't have noticed this pattern, but really, two "single ladies" comics in a row? Randall must be feeling really lonely.Leonardhttp://overratedfilms.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10888146552176456472010-03-12T14:21:37.784-08:002010-03-12T14:21:37.784-08:00way, much betterway, much betterPerson #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39705639012205050822010-03-12T13:33:18.305-08:002010-03-12T13:33:18.305-08:00How about if there was no hacking?
Also, 713 remi...How about if <a href="http://imgur.com/fbM3k.png" rel="nofollow">there was no hacking</a>?<br /><br />Also, 713 reminds me of what I cannot, thanks to Carl, unsee in 672.Way Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1271706431162932882010-03-12T13:16:24.032-08:002010-03-12T13:16:24.032-08:00I agree one panel, or two (different) silent panel...I agree one panel, or two (different) silent panels then the punchline. And it works better if the guy hasn't done any hacking at all.<br /><br />Maybe it would have been better as a 2001 themed joke. Two silent establishing frames, the ship, then the interior with Dave. then HAL says,"Dave, meet hot young singles in orbit around Saturn."<br /><br />...And that's why I don't write a webcomic.Sbootynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59208070900670015062010-03-12T10:00:51.732-08:002010-03-12T10:00:51.732-08:00The comic would have been better if panel 1 and pa...The comic would have been better if panel 1 and panel 2 had no dialog. Or maybe if panel 1 had no dialog and panel 2 was moved to the end and showed 2 dudes getting excited, with some dialog about how they didn't know there were girls in LOE.qwantzsuckersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7040160519019645032010-03-12T09:49:47.279-08:002010-03-12T09:49:47.279-08:00Yeah, the advertisers algorithms aren't that g...Yeah, the advertisers algorithms aren't that good. Isn't that funny.<br /><br />They don't need to add Low Earth Orbit into their database. They've already got plenty of locations where it's obvious that the girls in the ads are bogus. I was in Peru recently, and it was amazing how many of the "hot local girls" were blondes with names like Ashley or Brittany.Sepianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90354753116395735142010-03-12T08:51:58.949-08:002010-03-12T08:51:58.949-08:00713 is fucking TERRIBLE. The guy's comment in...713 is fucking TERRIBLE. The guy's comment in the second panel doesn't even make sense. "To mess with advertisers?" You really think they give a shit. "How the hell is this one IP address, out of millions, in Low Earth Orbit? God, now our ad TOTALLY doesn't work!" No, they don't give a shit, because its a goddamn script. The dialog maeks no sense, it's fucking FILLER. You wanted to do this joke that badly, huh? It coulda been done in one panel. That way, I wouldn't have to waste my time reading two extraneous panels to get to the lame joke. Jesus H. Maxwell Christ on a crutch this pisses me OFFFFFF ARRRRGGGGRABBLEFRAGGLE!!!Hauptjaegerhttp://www.ncsu.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13236244897258979012010-03-12T08:27:23.826-08:002010-03-12T08:27:23.826-08:00R U SRS CARL?!
POST SOMETHING ALREADY!R U SRS CARL?!<br /><br />POST SOMETHING ALREADY!Pete Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153437374929803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39072127811190504392010-03-12T07:57:54.716-08:002010-03-12T07:57:54.716-08:00http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1672
I don&...http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1672<br /><br />I don't get the joke, if there even is one. I suppose the bit about solving the problem of being too handsome by raising your own standards is all right. But the pants? Perhaps pants are a running joke, but no way am I reading 1671 (!) other more-or-less-identical comics to find out.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm tired of this now so I'm not going to do any more reviews. I don't have Carl's mighty, bile-dripping stamina.<br /><br />Any others that get posted are just imitations. Though why anyone would want to imitate this I don't know. I barely even want to post this myself.DINOSAUR COMICS SUCKSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51693568057666911162010-03-12T06:25:03.667-08:002010-03-12T06:25:03.667-08:00Carl why are you trying to make our country commun...Carl why are you trying to make our country communist behind our backs? Isn't it a big enough slap in the face that you're a dirty ni-muslim foreigner? Why do you have to go and ruin everything else that makes our country great along with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86080437600512238322010-03-12T05:52:30.604-08:002010-03-12T05:52:30.604-08:00Even if Randall is comparing marriage to Sauron (w...Even if Randall is comparing marriage to Sauron (which I don't believe he's doing, anyway) it's still a crappy joke. Comic strips and sitcoms have been joking about how marriage sucks for decades.Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596345781746342408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59475330941445425192010-03-12T05:46:56.708-08:002010-03-12T05:46:56.708-08:00Sauron is *supposed* to look hideous so I don'...<i>Sauron is *supposed* to look hideous so I don't see how you can all complain about that.</i><br /><br />It's not hideous in the way a horrifying creature, well-drawn, would be... it's hideous in a badly-drawn way. It looks like turd and should never have been committed to stick figure form. It has a terribly-drawn Zoidberg mouth, and the semi-detailed head doesn't look good with the standard stick figure body. It's uggo. It is something that should not exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70411056445240312592010-03-12T05:43:23.952-08:002010-03-12T05:43:23.952-08:00whine whine bitch whinewhine whine bitch whineA different Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77576969364002648062010-03-12T05:10:15.348-08:002010-03-12T05:10:15.348-08:00couldn't you post just be replaced with "...couldn't you post just be replaced with "whine whine bitch whine"?Person #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51315796603353015402010-03-12T05:07:51.342-08:002010-03-12T05:07:51.342-08:00couldn't this blog just be replaced with "...couldn't this blog just be replaced with "whine whine bitch whine" in big bold letters?<br />you don't like a comic, whoop de dooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79661332025815488992010-03-12T05:00:09.694-08:002010-03-12T05:00:09.694-08:00The linked comic is fucking terrible.The linked comic is fucking terrible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50838406175644525002010-03-12T04:02:52.320-08:002010-03-12T04:02:52.320-08:00Sauron is *supposed* to look hideous so I don'...Sauron is *supposed* to look hideous so I don't see how you can all complain about that.Elros Tar-Minyaturnoreply@blogger.com