tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post4971910229113365098..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 735: Natural DisasterCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2851316220649703472010-05-07T13:25:27.462-07:002010-05-07T13:25:27.462-07:00I really don't know what the fuck is up with t...I really don't know what the fuck is up with those yogurt characters' motivations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31416807302923237062010-05-07T12:25:09.067-07:002010-05-07T12:25:09.067-07:00I have never seen a food product with an expiratio...I have never seen a food product with an expiration date that doesn't include the year. But then he doesn't even need to have done that, since the "joke," such as it is, is "this item is so old it predates our current calendar system." The alt text is more of a joke than the strip is. <br /><br />Also, an unopened yogurt shouldn't have stink lines coming out of it, no matter how old it is.<br /><br />I wrote my own XKCD-style dialogue for this strip based on the premise of ambiguous expiration dates, that may not suck less but at least makes more sense:<br /><br />A: Gross! I just found a yogurt in your fridge with the expiration date 12/5/08. <br />B: For all you know that yogurt is still good until 2108.<br />A: The only thing more expired than this yogurt is a Y2K joke.<br />B: And how do you know Bryan Adams wasn't singing about the summer of 2069?<br /><br />And then the alt text would read "KILL ME NOW"Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41239678508093127192010-05-07T11:17:50.737-07:002010-05-07T11:17:50.737-07:00artist at a drawing board, drawing a bluetooth hea...artist at a drawing board, drawing a bluetooth headset causes awkward situations strip<br />friend : when was that joke written?<br />randall: May 4th<br />friend: were they using the gregorian or julian calendar that year?<br />randall: it might still be good!Chris S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66843936779964152132010-05-07T11:15:15.806-07:002010-05-07T11:15:15.806-07:00Oh no Randall has dashed my hopes and dreams I don...Oh no Randall has dashed my hopes and dreams I don't know how I can go on now.scottmctonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57207222050133578062010-05-07T09:46:50.260-07:002010-05-07T09:46:50.260-07:00Re: the stick figures changing their minds,
That ...Re: the stick figures changing their minds,<br /><br />That part does make sense to me. The guy sitting down relents to say "Okay, I'll throw it out," then<br />the complainer says "no, it might still be good!" with heavy sarcasm now that his point has been made.<br /><br />Doesn't really make it any funnier, though.Ambivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33355529024188202542010-05-07T08:52:41.699-07:002010-05-07T08:52:41.699-07:00#736 - Best one in a long time!! I kept expecting...#736 - Best one in a long time!! I kept expecting him to take a good idea nad mangle it like RanDULL always does but he didn't and the alt-text even made it better. I even had an honest GOOMH moment because I've had people look at me with their bluetooth on and I can't tell who they're talking to: me, their spouse or the phone.<br /><br />#737 - Did I mention how much I liked #736?Saint Cadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1427767644056059412010-05-07T07:53:32.150-07:002010-05-07T07:53:32.150-07:00737 was just pointless, meaningless. Boring.737 was just pointless, meaningless. Boring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13902573245554924352010-05-07T06:35:42.814-07:002010-05-07T06:35:42.814-07:00wow
that was bad
-alt text explaining the joke
-p...wow<br /><br />that was bad<br />-alt text explaining the joke<br />-post punchline dialoge<br />-conversational humor (that even then wouldn't be funny)<br />-garfield-style humorPerson #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58693810232775006342010-05-07T06:26:03.151-07:002010-05-07T06:26:03.151-07:00737 is like a little ball of everything xkcdsucks ...737 is like a little ball of everything xkcdsucks complains about. When I saw those stick figure heads and read the title text, I thought Randall was trolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14308684194698407412010-05-07T06:14:04.565-07:002010-05-07T06:14:04.565-07:00also why does the guy sitting down offer to throw ...also why does the guy sitting down offer to throw it out when the other guy is the one complaining/already has it in hand? Surely not just so the yogurt hater could say "NO IT STILL MIGHT BE GOOD." surely not.<br /><br />Terrible comic on all fronts from the uglier than usual stick figures to the dialog to the actual "joke" itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11841547090396333552010-05-07T05:20:02.553-07:002010-05-07T05:20:02.553-07:00Wait, why does the guy who's complaining about...Wait, why does the guy who's complaining about the age suddenly change his mind? Is there supposed to be some kind of reverse-psychology thing going on? Did Randall actually <em>eat</em> some expired yoghurt today and hallucinate that this comic was a good idea? At least I know I'm not hallucinating, because otherwise I'd be laughing.Simon Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656417618699122533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37251622051816613402010-05-07T05:12:22.208-07:002010-05-07T05:12:22.208-07:00I wish it was phenomenal, because then it wouldn&#...I wish it was phenomenal, because then it wouldn't last very long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46650889554971886872010-05-07T04:58:51.763-07:002010-05-07T04:58:51.763-07:00oh, and @anon 12.52: you have to not live in the U...oh, and @anon 12.52: you have to not live in the US for this one. Expiration date: May 12th? It's a clear reference to the death of Labour Party leader John Smith of a heart attack on May 12th 1994. He's basically saying, "is the Labour Party still good?". And because it's May 7th and the hung parliament means Gordon Brown is still PM, Third Panel Guy says, "yes, it is". But satirically: the yoghurt (the party) is still rotten to the core, no matter how much they reason that it isn't!<br /><br />****, "Phenomenal" - EbertAnn Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45785368411167896352010-05-07T04:56:38.089-07:002010-05-07T04:56:38.089-07:00I'd like to note that the alt-text for 737 is ...I'd like to note that the alt-text for 737 is just a repetition of the joke in the strip.Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51999180341995865732010-05-07T01:55:52.464-07:002010-05-07T01:55:52.464-07:00I'll take your cheap 90's sitcom material ...I'll take your cheap 90's sitcom material and raise you a cheap 80's Garfield strip:<br /><br />http://garfield.nfshost.com/1987/01/01/<br /><br />Go out in a blaze of Dadaist glory Randall, there is still timeAmbivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53173098900256874592010-05-07T00:52:02.661-07:002010-05-07T00:52:02.661-07:00Then again, I do not live in the U.S. so I am not ...Then again, I do not live in the U.S. so I am not the target audience for these 'jokes'. Disregard everything I said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31118227984189358032010-05-07T00:49:04.840-07:002010-05-07T00:49:04.840-07:00I've never seen a perishable product with an e...I've never seen a perishable product with an expiration date that did not include the year, just like I have never heard a news anchor or television presenter use the term backslash when a forward slash was intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5781247465817421722010-05-07T00:39:17.548-07:002010-05-07T00:39:17.548-07:00Holy crap this yogurt shit is cheap 90s sitcom mat...Holy crap this yogurt shit is cheap 90s sitcom material to begin with, but then it goes and presents the joke so badly that it is actually even less funny than it should be.<br /><br />When I first got to the final panel I thought it was supposed to be a flashforward to some insane future where people masturbate their irradiated rectangular penises while wondering whether they have passed the expiration date.<br /><br />"What happens then?" I wondered. "Can they purchase a fresh penis or have they flouted their only opportunity to reproduce within the window period mandated by their fascist government?"<br /><br />I didn't know, but I dreaded the xkcd fanfic which may have presented theories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13992669524890007602010-05-07T00:11:20.661-07:002010-05-07T00:11:20.661-07:00son, you haven't emailed me shit. I can't ...son, you haven't emailed me shit. I can't post a review that I don't have.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84990984357177344412010-05-06T22:37:45.131-07:002010-05-06T22:37:45.131-07:00guys i just wanted to say
it's rob's faul...guys i just wanted to say<br /><br />it's rob's fault entirely my post for wednesday's comic isn't up yet. fuck that guy amirite?harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1678809030846279082010-05-06T22:24:55.800-07:002010-05-06T22:24:55.800-07:00No, that is not kindergarten for anyone.No, that is not kindergarten for anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91339543275851986522010-05-06T22:00:40.958-07:002010-05-06T22:00:40.958-07:00"We need to cool and solidify the surface lay..."We need to cool and solidify the surface layer" = super kindergarten.<br /><br />Believe it or not, it was for some of us. This is is still a horrible comic though. I don't see why Carl likes it.<br /><br />I actually like the two that came after this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76869183241771201842010-05-06T21:45:11.821-07:002010-05-06T21:45:11.821-07:00Well, I guess it was too much to ask for a whole w...Well, I guess it was too much to ask for a whole week of non-suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46189191830245032552010-05-06T21:12:44.508-07:002010-05-06T21:12:44.508-07:00MOST RECENT COMIC: My ability to smell was removed...MOST RECENT COMIC: My ability to smell was removed, that is why I have a hole in my head.Jimbobbowilly (Max William Gore)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51979681594511143952010-05-06T21:05:57.782-07:002010-05-06T21:05:57.782-07:00Well, he's, um, he's doing something diffe...Well, he's, um, he's doing something different with his art. The lines are fatter, and wobblier. And, um, hrm.<br /><br />Let's just kind of go back and imagine that we're still on 735, but with "As a child, I knew this day would come" instead of the actual caption.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579891188375202441noreply@blogger.com