tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post4262180952901080281..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 739: MaladyCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28728586115669856732010-08-01T18:22:36.375-07:002010-08-01T18:22:36.375-07:00I thought I read wikipedia a lot but apparently I ...I thought I read wikipedia a lot but apparently I do not read it enough. Check the FAQ or Rob's Rants for more on your second part.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15296890341438155702010-07-14T19:59:09.048-07:002010-07-14T19:59:09.048-07:00because it's fun to make fun of. why the fuck ...because it's fun to make fun of. why the fuck are you so stupid?rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35475804003233583002010-07-09T11:05:32.691-07:002010-07-09T11:05:32.691-07:00I have noticed portmanteau a *lot* while reading W...I have noticed portmanteau a *lot* while reading Wikipedia. I've also noticed neologism from time to time. Not sure about malapropism.<br /><br />Anyway, I thought this was funny, mainly because I read Wikipedia a great deal and I have noticed the interesting phenomenon that although Wikipedia articles all have different authors (and many authors), the style tends to be the same. Also, Wikipedia tends to have articles about obscure or highly contrived ideas. Therefore, I think this comic is a good parody of Wikipedia. And funny.<br /><br />Also, all of you kind of annoy me. Why do those of you who dislike xkcd continue to read it? Why not just ignore it like you ignore the other 99.95% of the Internet that isn't worth consuming?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34678532825940632382010-05-18T14:58:25.525-07:002010-05-18T14:58:25.525-07:00Except substituting malapropism for neologism is n...Except substituting malapropism for neologism is not itself a malapropism because the words don't sound similar. So maybe 'neomanteau' never fucking comes into it at all. Maybe Randall's original description of malamanteau contains enough self-referential and 'meta' humour without this after-the-fact neomanteau bullshit rationalisation. Sometimes a cigar is just a fucking cigar, folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10069909513845613852010-05-16T23:40:13.499-07:002010-05-16T23:40:13.499-07:00I agree that XKCD can be weak at points, but with ...I agree that XKCD can be weak at points, but with this one it seems very clear that a lot of people simply didn't understand the depth of the joke. Your explanation Carl, for example, completely misses the meta humor which was explained very well by Emily and Anom 5:28 a couple posts above me. Understanding the meta humor makes the comic (at least to me) humorous on top of just being a fun thing to think about.<br /><br />It would be nice to see you at least admit that you missed the joke this time, although I am guessing you will subsequently insist that XKCD sucks because its jokes are too smart for its audience.Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58504950932153640772010-05-16T19:23:24.225-07:002010-05-16T19:23:24.225-07:00After seeing Randall's latest shirt offering, ...After seeing Randall's latest shirt offering, I can well believe that he doesn't enjoy coming up with designs for them and just submits any old thing when his shop admin nags him enough. My suggestion is that he should follow the example of other webcomic artists and make an effort to come up with shirts that might have appeal outside his rabid fandom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78195296414105579152010-05-16T12:48:40.253-07:002010-05-16T12:48:40.253-07:00It's two shirts about naked people and how the...It's two shirts about naked people and how the shirt is preventing them from being naked. They are both self referential.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83840534417474653502010-05-15T04:38:10.265-07:002010-05-15T04:38:10.265-07:00I didn't get the comic either.
But to the si...I didn't get the comic either. <br /><br />But to the similar shirts thing. It's just two shirts about naked people. Not sure what to say to that.Rioghasarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829791073406327695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51019976954020851012010-05-14T22:30:07.734-07:002010-05-14T22:30:07.734-07:00sex and math together at last -- 250 results.
rand...sex and math together at last -- 250 results.<br />randall is so lonely -- 148 results.<br />math related suicide -- 117 results.<br />neologism portmanteau -- 92 results.<br />tyrannosaurus sex -- 72 results.<br /><br />Am I making a point? Well, all of the above would make for interesting band names. Also, this could pass for another pictureless xkcd comic. ...Well, there would probably be a graph for some reason.<br /><br />Captcha: seeks. I thought it wasn't supposed to be dictionariable?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25064670735396356822010-05-14T10:24:54.024-07:002010-05-14T10:24:54.024-07:00I think I've figured it out! "Malamanteau...I think I've figured it out! "Malamanteau" is a combination of a malapropism and a portmanteau because it was meant to be "neomanteau" (neologism + portmanteau) but "malapropism" was accidentally substituted for "neologism"(this substitution being a malapropism). (Of course, I assume Randall did this all deliberately, so it's not really a malapropism either.)Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19100357288666995992010-05-14T05:28:56.029-07:002010-05-14T05:28:56.029-07:00A malapropism occurs when someone uses a word in p...A malapropism occurs when someone uses a word in place of another word that sounds similar, but has a different meaning. For example, to say "weary" (tired) when you mean "wary" (cautious), and vice versa.<br /><br />A portmanteau is a word that is created when two words (along with their meanings) are combined. For example, the offspring of a lion and a tiger is called a "liger" - the two words and meanings are merged. Likewise, a "grapple" is an apple that tastes like a grape.<br /><br />So a "malamanteau" would be a portmanteau itself - a combination of "malapropism" and "portmanteau," but since a malapropism involves the substitution of one word for another with a different meaning, and a portmanteau involves combining two words and meanings into the same word, a malamanteau is some kind of spawn of the two.<br /><br />A "neologism" is just a new word.<br /><br />Language Log, which appears in the mouseover text, is a language and linguistics blog. They gave a shoutout to the xkcd comic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22722268506073551782010-05-14T00:41:09.302-07:002010-05-14T00:41:09.302-07:00You can search for more than one word at a time, a...You can search for more than one word at a time, anon...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69594146876703228322010-05-13T17:53:34.808-07:002010-05-13T17:53:34.808-07:00A search for neologism gives 1,406 results. Portma...A search for neologism gives 1,406 results. Portmanteau results in 2,023. The maximum number of articles that could contain both is the lesser, 1,406. That is not a large amount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30422881469963979722010-05-13T17:46:49.832-07:002010-05-13T17:46:49.832-07:00If you search wikipedia for "neologism portma...If you search wikipedia for "neologism portmanteau" you get 92 entries. (I suppose you could consider that "millions.")<br /><br />If you search wikipedia for "piranha gun" you get 193 entries.<br /><br />WHERE'S MY XKCD ABOUT PIRANHA GUNS?Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31056308245998013992010-05-13T17:02:39.226-07:002010-05-13T17:02:39.226-07:00Well, if you search Wikipedia for "neologism&...Well, if you search Wikipedia for "neologism" and "portmanteau" you get about a million entries that mention both :)<br /><br />metrosexual, petrocurrency, vingle, prequel, rockumentary, portmanteau, etc.etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25825092162275294022010-05-13T16:00:08.086-07:002010-05-13T16:00:08.086-07:00@Sepia: really? Jesus that's depressing. I don...@Sepia: really? Jesus that's depressing. I don't know IPA off by heart, but it's Wikipedia, man, it takes like three seconds to look it up! Shouldn't they be all over that, anyway? "Look! Nerdy language! Lots of symbols! Stuff that normal folk don't necessarily understand!"<br /><br />And 'REAL' DICTIONARIES USE IPA TOO, you CRETIN! AAAAAH!<br /><br />Sepia, you are responsible for me finally snapping. When I go postal and blow up the next Internet cafe I pass, the State will hold you fully responsible.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18991339305853758992010-05-13T15:52:18.527-07:002010-05-13T15:52:18.527-07:00From the talk page:
"I think the people who w...From the talk page:<br />"I think the people who were so bitter and mean are just jealous because being bitter and mean isn't nearly as popular as being funny."<br /><br />And I think people become terrorists because they just HATE FREEDOM!<br /><br />So wait, does this person believe that as one of the enlightened ones who aren't bitter and mean, they are thus funny and popular? Careful there, commenter - you're not following procedure here. You're not supposed to imply popularity could be a positive thing.<br /><br />You're supposed to imply that wanting popularity is a worthless, shallow attitude - thus suppressing and hiding the fact that you wished you could have had it in high school.Ambivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12588240976824795432010-05-13T15:22:59.560-07:002010-05-13T15:22:59.560-07:00@Anon 2:46 - That's the creepiest thing ever.@Anon 2:46 - That's the creepiest thing ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84456616700775356662010-05-13T15:20:32.107-07:002010-05-13T15:20:32.107-07:00Aahhg, my eyes! stop linking back to 631! I'd ...Aahhg, my eyes! stop linking back to 631! I'd rather forget, but you keep reminding me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63430882171539826862010-05-13T14:46:07.698-07:002010-05-13T14:46:07.698-07:00I liked this Reddit comment:
"I've said ...I liked this Reddit comment: <br />"I've said it before and I'll say it here again.<br /><br />RANDALL MUNROE is an anagram of LOL, U R A NERD, MAN"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68083677535562108482010-05-13T14:41:05.856-07:002010-05-13T14:41:05.856-07:00We're fighting a losing battle, guys. In a wee...We're fighting a losing battle, guys. In a week, there'll probably be a malamawhateverthefuck page on Wikipedia and cuddlefish will be amazed at how their idol once again shaped internet history.<br /><br />I bet this is how General Lee felt at the end of the US Civil War.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35221144276258161612010-05-13T14:09:15.388-07:002010-05-13T14:09:15.388-07:00I just looked at the xkcd forums. Thankfully, a d...I just looked at the xkcd forums. Thankfully, a decent number of people are speaking out against xkcd related vandalism, but there's a fair amount of Wikipedia bashing too. I saw this gem:<br /><br />"A related failing with Wikipedia is that it wants to also be where people go learn how to pronounce words, but for Pete's sake are people really expected to understand stuff like /ˌsuːpərˌkælɪˌfrædʒəlˌɪstɪkˌɛkspiːˌælɪˈdoʊʃəs/? I'm sure that there are valid reasons for using jibberish but the average person is just left scratching their head. Most smart people just go to a real dictionary site since they will get their answer faster rather than expending effort learning Wiki-jibberish. Most programmers look at this jibberish and figure that they've accidently read data past the end of the string."<br /><br />xkcd is a comic for smart people? OK, I don't know how to convert all of the IPA characters into sounds; there's a learning curve. But at least I've heard of the IPA (not "wiki-jibberish"). If there's an alternative way to to convey pronunciation unambigously that doesn't involve learning the IPA, I'd like to hear it. I've never seen a dictionary that didn't use some weird characters to indicate the pronunciation.Sepianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40683646577322990242010-05-13T13:31:24.515-07:002010-05-13T13:31:24.515-07:00"152,000 results in Google
Notability is now..."152,000 results in Google<br /><br />Notability is now well established, shall we make this the article, make a new article or what? This talk page is a core part of the phenomenon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.1.127.29 (talk) 20:10, 13 May 2010 (UTC)"<br /><br />Absolutely desperate to wedge xkcd into Wikipedia aren't they?<br /><br />xkcdsucks should get organised and coin the word "xkcdisacomicforsociallystuntedchildren" to enter WIkipedia under the same criteria.wayne-marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971738080505094837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67563885134897800672010-05-13T13:24:45.448-07:002010-05-13T13:24:45.448-07:00yep, you pretty much just hit the nail on the fuck...yep, you pretty much just hit the nail on the fucking head<br /><br />also:<br /><br />http://www.isxkcdshittytoday.com/<br /><br />is it? lets find outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31183109388260104292010-05-13T13:08:44.833-07:002010-05-13T13:08:44.833-07:00so basically randall is socially retarded.
aka ap...so basically randall is socially retarded.<br /><br />aka apsie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com