tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post5183346651207293200..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 700: Goddamn BatmanCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32895650013610799152010-12-07T06:10:22.410-08:002010-12-07T06:10:22.410-08:00Wow. I never knew Munroe had this many fans.Wow. I never knew Munroe had this many fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74965084361024511762010-03-03T01:45:02.407-08:002010-03-03T01:45:02.407-08:00hi, Carl here, site creator, long time reader, lon...hi, Carl here, site creator, long time reader, long time writer. Can I give you the answer "because I have fun with it" and be done? Or do I have to explain more? OK, you were nice, so I'll give you a second one: "because it forces me to keep writing on a regular basis, helping me become a better writer. included in that skill set is the ability to put abstract ideas into words, a skill useful to all but one which I particularly desire to have."<br /><br />is that ok? or do I need better reasons?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58996005985820420252010-02-17T17:31:51.423-08:002010-02-17T17:31:51.423-08:00I have a question for the site creator. Why would ...I have a question for the site creator. Why would you create a website for something you hate? I mean, a LOT of people hate a lot of things but why would you make an entire website about it?Joehttp://www.joeread.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48611195372431917862010-02-17T15:27:22.106-08:002010-02-17T15:27:22.106-08:00In sheer drawing capability, I think Tim from CTRL...In sheer drawing capability, I think Tim from CTRL-ALT-DEL would've been able to pull the graphical quality off a lot better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44541018388870954262010-02-12T21:45:59.649-08:002010-02-12T21:45:59.649-08:00This comic came out the day after this video. This...This comic came out the day after this video. This guy is one of the most-subscribed on youtube. In the video he makes a joke about breaking out on one side of his face, and calls himself the "Harvey Dent of acne." The DAY AFTER this video is posted, XKCD posts a comic using the same joke.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxRovPdfFHUUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490590927969804013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16454536772201926962010-02-12T21:28:45.397-08:002010-02-12T21:28:45.397-08:00I don't believe you do.
Though w/r/t your &qu...I don't believe you do.<br /><br />Though w/r/t your "part of the joke is how contrived it is," I have covered that elsewhere in this thread, I believe. Randy doesn't do that. He is just badly contrived. The contrivance is just terrible, never funny.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74567304286553958422010-02-12T21:27:05.258-08:002010-02-12T21:27:05.258-08:00I believe itI believe itAaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73676631998962465062010-02-12T20:58:13.590-08:002010-02-12T20:58:13.590-08:00Everything I do is intentional, darling.Everything I do is intentional, darling.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36350033609839684392010-02-12T20:54:05.419-08:002010-02-12T20:54:05.419-08:00Re Rob's first comment.
Are you being intenti...Re Rob's first comment. <br />Are you being intentionally dramatic?<br />You must really really HATE comics like The Far Side I guess... is that true? <br />Also<br />You ever read Pearls Before Swine? You know those pun strips he does occasionally? Although the pun itself is entertaining, the real joke is the setup the cartoonist had to come up with in order make the pun work. The fact that it is so absurdly contrived is part of the joke.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46984496308573542782010-02-12T17:03:56.756-08:002010-02-12T17:03:56.756-08:00I find Randall's quirky relationship comics sm...I find Randall's quirky relationship comics smug and irritating, but what's the deal with the quirky breakup comics. First 698 and now this. It's like he somehow managed to combine smugness ("I used science, so I'm OBJECTIVELY CORRECT!") with emo whininess. It's gone beyond annoying to downright depressing. It's gotten so bad, I almost wish he would go back to his only sorta-bad comics like 648 or 634.Leonardhttp://overratedfilms.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37186647489082404632010-02-12T14:06:40.375-08:002010-02-12T14:06:40.375-08:00The point is that he IS a heartless bastard who...The point is that he IS a heartless bastard who's cold enough to break up with a girl after considering that he's less happy than he was when they first started dating. Look at the first panel, the line marked with a "heart" ends before he even met her.<br /><br />That said, no matter how many little nuances there are to notice, it's still not funny... The punchline comes in 4 pieces and none of them seem to be the point at which the "oh I get it haha" clicks. The absurdity of the situation is instead presented in the second to last panel, where he actually considers the results a convincing reason to end the relationship... But that isn't the punchline. There may have been a way to make this joke work... but this certainly wasn't it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54139043524624292552010-02-12T12:17:35.751-08:002010-02-12T12:17:35.751-08:00Yeah, I think Randy thinks "calling it" ...Yeah, I think Randy thinks "calling it" is just pointing out what it lands as. So if it landed heads someone would shout out "HEADS!"<br /><br />...or something. I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19930754603170938642010-02-12T12:00:15.861-08:002010-02-12T12:00:15.861-08:00No one else commented on the dialog in the fourth ...No one else commented on the dialog in the fourth panel?<br /><br />"Ok, call it. Heads she gets the -"<br /><br />Who's supposed to call it? He's already telling that what will happen if it's heads.Sam Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75972165392218562172010-02-12T11:41:11.705-08:002010-02-12T11:41:11.705-08:00700: Best one since the woodpecker.
701: Steaming ...700: Best one since the woodpecker.<br />701: Steaming pile of crap. I take that back. It's so diarrheal that it can't even form into a pile.<br /><br />Are the authors of xkcdexplained turning into haters? I don't read it unless someone else directs me there, but there's a more sarcastic tone in the newer posts.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290443909160461334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-92161835155309664432010-02-12T11:21:17.278-08:002010-02-12T11:21:17.278-08:00The xkcdexplained for 701 is amazingThe xkcdexplained for 701 is amazingAdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052511078880647148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83617863952597115372010-02-12T11:11:16.806-08:002010-02-12T11:11:16.806-08:001. At first I thought the answer to the second-to-...1. At first I thought the answer to the second-to-last panel (comic 701) was "Yep, I draw pseudo-science stuff because I think it's funny". That actually made the comic not suck, or at least less.<br /><br />2. Consider that potentially any Anon could be female.<br /><br />3. Yeah, well, about Anon 5:55's comment... I guess the comic would somehow make more sense to "men of science" then.<br /><br />- Anon 11:11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23044204917640564472010-02-12T10:57:24.871-08:002010-02-12T10:57:24.871-08:00eh looks like it was still editted out :(eh looks like it was still editted out :(Keepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83770308557971204792010-02-12T10:56:40.533-08:002010-02-12T10:56:40.533-08:00WAIT.
stickman narrator of 701: you . you total p...WAIT.<br /><br />stickman narrator of 701: you . you total prick! are you serious!?<br /><br />you are <em>engaged</em>. it is <em>valentine's day</em>.<br /><br />i don't care how little you think of the holiday, you gotta know that 'valentine's day break-up' is short for 'heartless prick who never really cared in the first place'.<br /><br />so breaking up on valentine's day? to your FIANCEE? and in a fucking VALENTINE'S DAY CARD!?<br />(actually, hell you can't even pretend you don't acknowledge the holiday, since you got a bloody card.)<br /><br /><br />you heartless little ballbag.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />* * * *<br /><br />in a funny horrible way, i am reveling in the fancy that 701's narrator represents randy's own thoughts because of how it inadvertantly reveals him as the massive sack i've been denouncing above.<br /><br /><br />edit: c!nt gets editted out if i put in the u? huh.Keepnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63143964685519364542010-02-12T10:31:35.868-08:002010-02-12T10:31:35.868-08:00Fuck #700. When the punchline of a comic has to be...Fuck #700. When the punchline of a comic has to be explained to you because the art is too shitty to make it self-evident, it's a bad comic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39041391049062624202010-02-12T08:41:38.826-08:002010-02-12T08:41:38.826-08:00>> Dr Skullhumper, then you shouldn't re...>> <i>Dr Skullhumper, then you shouldn't read the comic.</i><br /><br />Thumper. <i>Thumper.</i> If I had a hollowed-out skull for every time that's happened to me, I'd have some nice Halloween decorations next year.<br /><br />Yes, I'll go back in time and warn myself not to read xkcd #701. <i>This makes sense.</i>Dr. Skullthumperhttp://chrislesiw.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68331313400514254232010-02-12T08:04:06.338-08:002010-02-12T08:04:06.338-08:00701 is horrible because Randall is trying to prove...701 is horrible because Randall is trying to prove that the reason why his comics aren't always the best is because he is a SCIENTIST and SCIENTISTS focus on SCIENCE, not writing. This was the only comic in months that made me scream at my monitor "RANDALL MUNROE YOU FUCKING HACK". Really? A Valentines day comic where for once he tries to argue that he doesn't make "cute" and "funny" webcomics (he doesn't), but his way of arguing is that he is good at science, not humour? Randall, maybe you should just stop making fucking comics if this is really your point of view. I know it isn't, though, so instead, why don't you stop dwelling on the past? This comic can't possibly be about a relationship Randall has recently had; we would've seen proof of this in his comics. sakjfgasjfasd<br /><br />and on top of all of this, his fucking graphs. I'm no scientist but RANDALL is certainly no scientist.Matt Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214060464480353146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55609066489756894122010-02-12T07:49:47.684-08:002010-02-12T07:49:47.684-08:00Oh, yes, the broken heart was "pretty clever&...Oh, yes, the broken heart was "pretty clever", indeed. SEE HOW HE USED THAT JAGGED DESCENDENT LINE AS IF IT WAS A CRACK ON THE HEART? AWES0M3!<br /><br />...Seriously, this is one of those XKCDs that keep me stalled in one nitpick. This time, it's the graph on the first panel.<br /><br />What is the horizontal axis supposed to be? I'm assuming it's time, and I'm not even gonna try to guess the scale... but is it StickRandall's life, or it starts on another point of his life? And why is there a gap on the Love line before he met this other person? How could he love her before meeting her? What the heck is that supposed to mean?!<br /><br />Also, StickRandall's pose in the fourth panel. It's simply confusing. And, again, why does his arm touch the chair and his back doesn't? What's the point of making your stick figures float over surfaces so the lines don't overlap if they'll overlap anyway?!<br /><br />All in all, worst awkward break up comic ever seen. Even "Brontosaurus" was better, and we all know it surely wasn't good...Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29471508278145241942010-02-12T06:57:49.322-08:002010-02-12T06:57:49.322-08:00RANDALL IS SO CLEVER AND WITTY LOOK AT HOW HE USES...RANDALL IS SO CLEVER AND WITTY LOOK AT HOW HE USES GRAPHS AND SCIENCE JARGON TO DESCRIBE LOVE HE IS THE COOLEST PERSON EVER AND HE REALLY CONNECTS WITH ME BECAUSE I AM ALSO A NERD WHO HAS TRIED TO LOVE SOMEBODY<br /><br />/wrists<br /><br />Fucking hack.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69896733543959682542010-02-12T06:40:00.660-08:002010-02-12T06:40:00.660-08:00Anon 5:55
Aaaahahaha, stick-dick.Anon 5:55<br /><br />Aaaahahaha, stick-dick.AdamTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305647775929921791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80816368860438202332010-02-12T06:00:26.578-08:002010-02-12T06:00:26.578-08:00So from the graphs included in #701 we can infer t...So from the graphs included in #701 we can infer that Randall is a goddamn tool. Trust me Randall, I don't need you to reiterate how alone you are, I was able to deduce that from all of your whiny, pandering, god-awful excuses for comics.Hauptjaegerhttp://www.ncsu.edunoreply@blogger.com