tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post4271503746139918862..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 658: SEXcruciating!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23572836501707371542009-12-23T20:41:46.817-08:002009-12-23T20:41:46.817-08:00at least he didn't make "Reverse Polish S...at least he didn't make "Reverse Polish Sausage" be a comic about backwards polish guys' dicks, hm?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13686605099021577592009-12-21T17:05:30.929-08:002009-12-21T17:05:30.929-08:00Hey, at least it's better than the Reverse Pol...Hey, at least it's better than the Reverse Polish Sausage Joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72193790593475059602009-11-10T17:32:52.784-08:002009-11-10T17:32:52.784-08:00it does, a little. But doesn't it still seem o...it does, a little. But doesn't it still seem odd?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63969757488753051402009-11-10T15:25:05.636-08:002009-11-10T15:25:05.636-08:00From the previous post:
[[PS here is something int...From the previous post:<br />[[PS here is something interesting - looks like xkcd is now overtly objectifying women for profit. I wasn't expecting that.]]<br /><br />One of the charities you can donate to is Women For Women International which helps victims of wars. If that makes you feel any better...Jeff Liptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699464691843236282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84349652281914603282009-11-10T01:29:06.822-08:002009-11-10T01:29:06.822-08:00epic pwn ftw manutaust
you really showed that car...epic pwn ftw manutaust<br /><br />you really showed that carl what an epic fail he was<br /><br />that was winInterpretedhttp://rationalwiki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27914304699034271042009-11-09T22:54:26.820-08:002009-11-09T22:54:26.820-08:00rob, of explaining your ideas, to be saying "...rob, of explaining your ideas, to be saying "language" is to be of doing to say "i am not of the smart" thus it is not to be don't say.<br /><br />to be understood? is yes.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52574598171625754732009-11-09T22:51:33.596-08:002009-11-09T22:51:33.596-08:00That isn't an actual response. Please to be tr...That isn't an actual response. Please to be trying again.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55258172403148804562009-11-09T22:27:35.560-08:002009-11-09T22:27:35.560-08:00See, when one speaks like you Rob, there are two p...See, when one speaks like you Rob, there are two possibilities : <br /><br />- He belongs to the xkcdsucks beloved members, in which case he is just showing a sharp and distinguished sense of humor.<br /><br />- He doesn't like xkcdsuckx, and thus he's just trolling dumbass cuddlefish.<br /><br />Oh, and the english-speaking stuff is cool, in fact.Manutaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34913062572536099442009-11-09T17:44:45.570-08:002009-11-09T17:44:45.570-08:00I don't have a blog, nor am I an affiliate wit...I don't have a blog, nor am I an affiliate with any particular blog. Maybe your next guess will be better.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89976788745103132472009-11-09T15:53:36.593-08:002009-11-09T15:53:36.593-08:00Fuck, are people abusing the word 'astroturf&#...Fuck, are people abusing the word 'astroturf' now? THAT IS NOT WHAT ASTROTURFING IS.<br /><br />Manutard: You should really learn to read. Like, seriously. Errors that you make when speaking a foreign language are your fault. You can't just expect people to accommodate your stupidity. You can't just make stupid assumptions based on your complete inability to read basic words and phrases and then act like they were somehow completely reasonable. You fucked up.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9554444972122168492009-11-09T14:16:47.056-08:002009-11-09T14:16:47.056-08:00Anonymous/Sam/Person 1: stop astroturfing for your...Anonymous/Sam/Person 1: stop astroturfing for your crummy blog. The first time you posted about it, it was obvious that it was your own blog, but who cared? The tenth time? It allowed me to come out and say, without guilt: nothing on xkcdexplained was remotely well-written or funny. Go away.Sam Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51856529142005347442009-11-09T13:43:16.297-08:002009-11-09T13:43:16.297-08:00also, the end said "A thousands thanks to Alo...also, the end said "A thousands thanks to Aloria for doing all this." You can understand why it might be frustrating to argue about this with you, if you make your points after only a cursory glance at the post you are critiquing.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40656347789014618052009-11-09T12:11:10.370-08:002009-11-09T12:11:10.370-08:00See, the discussion was almost decent until you sp...See, the discussion was almost decent until you spoke. Yes, I apparently missed it. It wasn't all big and flashy, and as I said, I quickly read through the article, stopping most notably at the Youtube videos.Manutaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31263199935997460802009-11-09T11:27:42.780-08:002009-11-09T11:27:42.780-08:00Reading comprehension needs work. At the very begi...Reading comprehension needs work. <i>At the very beginning of the blog post</i>: "Here it is! <b><i>==>Aloria's<== HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU HAVE MISSED THIS???</i></b> thrilling tale of being at the NYC party for the xkcd book. All your questions are answered....below!"<br /><br />Moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84075825796039215732009-11-09T10:44:33.984-08:002009-11-09T10:44:33.984-08:00I just ran randomly into the article by browsing t...I just ran randomly into the article by browsing this site, and quickly read it. There was a paragraph that said "Then, I asked the question 'Are you going to show some respect to your female readers at last ?'" or something like that (to which Randall answered "I tried, but they kicked me out of their TGIF parties" ), and assuming you were the guru of the site (which I had sufficient clues to think was true), I quickly linked to you Carl.Manutaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2452397445740637672009-11-09T10:24:27.533-08:002009-11-09T10:24:27.533-08:00How you could learn that someone from this site we...How you could learn that someone from this site went to the xkcd book party, but think that the person who did, aloria - a four foot tall tiny little gnome of a girl (no offense) - was me - a seven foot tall 98 year old man - I truly cannot fathom. Perhaps you could explain.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15944945393850424742009-11-09T09:12:22.956-08:002009-11-09T09:12:22.956-08:00Hey, you're right! Someone from this site went...Hey, you're right! <i><a href="http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2009/09/xkcd-book-party-i-came-i-saw-i-asked.html" rel="nofollow">Someone</a></i> from this site went to the book release party. How you came to the conclusion that it was Carl in particular that went is quite beyond me, as it was made very clear in this blog who exactly went. Methinks someone isn't doing their research before attempting to make an argument?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13142922411191688852009-11-09T08:50:09.842-08:002009-11-09T08:50:09.842-08:00Then who's asked the question about cartoon va...Then who's asked the question about cartoon vaginas ? Excuse me if I'm wrong, but at least someone from this site did.<br /><br />Again, this is why I dislike your ways and manners more and more : you just can't find anything more to say insults and irrevocable truths. This is enough to make somebody unlikeable. I don't like you. You probably don't care, and there's no discussion about it; so, that being said, I propose we end this argument here.Manutaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33817709339846113172009-11-08T22:41:05.869-08:002009-11-08T22:41:05.869-08:00man: I have decided you are a troll. Because you m...man: I have decided you are a troll. Because you make too many dumb mistakes to actually mean what you claim: Mr. R. Munroe has not been silent about this site in the least, and I did not attend the book release party.<br /><br />GOOD TRY THOUGH.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27864717559444633772009-11-08T22:21:06.878-08:002009-11-08T22:21:06.878-08:00You know what else looks like stalking by your def...You know what else looks like stalking by your definition? Here, let me make a list.<br /><br />-being a critic of anything. You even go to advance screenings just so you can write about whether you liked something or not! <br />-writing a fan site. Hunting down every bit of information you can find about someone, compiling bits of trivia about them--that's just a step away from a dossier!<br />-being a regular on an artist's forums. You have a whole community devoted to intelligence gathering about that artist!<br />-being a fan of an artist's work, whether or not you ever communicate with them. You are sitting there reading things that they produced, learning things about them--personal things! And they don't know about you, and they certainly don't care about your existence. The feeling is not mutual.<br /><br />But people like throwing that word around casually, as if 'stalking' is something that you can just casually do. Its casual use regarding things like Facebook is probably at least partially to do with it. Somehow it's come into the heads of people that 'stalking' just means 'caring about/talking about something (especially if that something is a famous person.'<br /><br />That is not stalking. Stalking is harassment. Stalking is sending threatening emails and creepy letters. Stalking is the sort of thing that makes a person in fear for their safety and the safety of their friends. Stalking is a criminal offense and jeopardizes the health of the victim, both psychological and, in some cases, physical.<br /><br />We are writing snarky reviews of a webcomic, and someone who was in the area attended an event that was open to the public hosted by Randall Munroe.<br /><br />If you honestly can't tell the difference, you should probably seek help. You are a danger to yourself and others.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65093016913796861602009-11-08T21:42:33.915-08:002009-11-08T21:42:33.915-08:00That was easy. I never defended myself from critic...That was easy. I never defended myself from criticizing this site, because as you said, I obviously do. But M. Munroe, since the appearance of this site, almost never alluded to xkcdsucks. He continued writing his comic (whether you like them or not), remained silent about what was going on her.<br /><br />On the other hand, you, I mean Carl here, kept on criticizing xkcd, and even attended the book launching party. If that doesn't look like stalking ... See, I don't think good words help in any way : Carl doesn't construct anything by just shitting upon xkcd. He just destroys things. And this is what makes this site irrelevant from its beginning.<br /><br />And as for the PS, yes, I feel more concerned, because I like xkcd a lot, but I objectively reckon this site isn't full of good intentions and intelligence. If this was Dregorkakensucks, I probably wouldn't care a lot, although I'd for sure say to myself "Wow, that's annoying, the guy here just hitting another site." But I'm pretty sure there would also be concerned dregorkaken fans to come to this site so you can have your little private meme about them. I don't hate memes in general, but the cuddlefish is particularly untasty, and the way Carl always present himself as a meme machine (between other qualities) is also a significant part of why his statements are unsignificant to me.Manutaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63669599225844696642009-11-08T20:50:49.571-08:002009-11-08T20:50:49.571-08:00Everyone bashing XKCD sucks:
What I find most iro...Everyone bashing XKCD sucks:<br /><br />What I find most ironic of the basis of all arguments is that they all lead back to "Why don't you let it be?" We are, you're not.<br /><br />People like Manutaust, anonymous haters, and others, the reason why none of your arguments work is because this site is not malicious. We don't flame and spam the XKCD topics. We don't send Randall letter-bombs. Hell, the most real thing this blog has done to Randall was write him a book. It was even in good taste!<br /><br />So tell me, what's worse, a site that minds it's own business operating in it's own domain, or you, a person who comes to our site, makes badly constructed arguments, tells us to kill ourselves and leaves?<br /><br />Long story short, we're not the haters. You on the other hand, are. So until you find a point that hasn't been repeated dozens of times, you can get the hell off this blog.<br /><br />(P.S. I understand the nature of your criticism, it's just that you don't know what you're criticizing. It's not that you dislike the criticism, it's that you can't handle the thought that something that you like possibly sucks. Put simply, if this site were Dregorkraken sucks, you wouldn't give a hoot in hell.)TheMesosadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46614224474793564752009-11-08T20:23:49.604-08:002009-11-08T20:23:49.604-08:00Stefan you are a true American hero and also I am ...Stefan you are a true American hero and also I am hopped up on cough syrup and pain medication.<br /><br />As for cuddlefish: <a href="http://lol.i.trollyou.com/" rel="nofollow">LOL I TROLL YOU</a><br /><br />That last panel is how I envision every single cuddlefish on this site. I encourage all of you to do the same. Stefan - it will make your cheap laughs EVEN BETTER.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16810617942693789352009-11-08T19:45:57.238-08:002009-11-08T19:45:57.238-08:00Hey you know what?
I like this site.
I'm an ...Hey you know what?<br /><br />I like this site.<br /><br />I'm an intermittent reader of xkcd because it lost its edge a bit and in my opinion no longer merits following it regularly. I found it on Tuesday because I was skimming through the recent comics, checked out the forum a bit and saw someone bashing it. Since it was a slow day, I decided at the very worst it was good for some cheap laughs.<br /><br />Instead, I found salient points explaining what seem to me to be legitimate criticisms of Mr. Munroe's comic. These criticisms were perhaps not particularly well organized, but it's a blog and you have to accept some limitations of the medium. The disorganization isn't anything that basic reading comprehension and the willingness to actually read the comics couldn't solve, so I don't mind it.<br /><br />Of course, my opinion of the critics here rose the next day, when Mr. Munroe posted the example of mediocrity that is the subject of this post. It's not an original thought, the pun makes me groan (and I usually like bad puns), and the execution left me cold. It came off like the comic was written by the person destined for the couch, and the alt-text seemed like him fantasizing.<br /><br />Fortunately, I was able to find cheap laughs anyway, in the form of xkcd fans who come over here. It's seriously downright hilarious that they don't see that every criticism they make can at the very least be said about them, and more, as this site pretends to be nothing other than what it is. Of course, their points are weak anyway.<br /><br />To illustrate this, I'll end on one of the "criticisms" leveled at this site...<br /><br />All you Cuddlefish, you're all OUTSIDE THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC!!!1!1<br /><br />(Of course, as this site has a much smaller target demographic, specifically those who have become disenfranchised with xkcd, it's actually true, unlike when they say it, as xkcd's target demographic is much larger and almost by definition includes anybody who would actually criticize it in detail).<br /><br />I know: tl;dr. I never did get good at that "brevity" thing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824996956200556744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26642979729179338912009-11-08T18:59:24.739-08:002009-11-08T18:59:24.739-08:00Carl, your blog is famous!<a href="http://www.awkwardzombie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=138701#138701" rel="nofollow">Carl, your blog is famous!</a>Mr. Lostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728949584810294355noreply@blogger.com