tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post5835519153058482649..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 627: Megan, Who's Your Daddy?Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59999815575806098772009-08-31T23:57:53.322-07:002009-08-31T23:57:53.322-07:00you guys i totally missed the party, this was a co...you guys i totally missed the party, this was a completely shitty week when i was busy being busy<br /><br />TO SUM UP:<br /><br />I too felt like the Megan bit was a deliberate shoutout to xkcdsucks--don't we all feel so special?<br /><br />Also this reminds me a lot of a flow chart that already is hanging around many offices... basically it says the same sort of thing but is more general, like "did it work --> no --> kick it --> how about now" etc.<br /><br />And fernie, it's okay to be an asshole. You seem to forget often that you are on the Internet.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40454364967654149352009-08-28T11:05:32.594-07:002009-08-28T11:05:32.594-07:00I agree that Randall has had horribly lazily writt...I agree that Randall has had horribly lazily written "stilted" dialogue before ("stupid uterus", etc.). I just don't think this is one of those times. I don't know for sure what it is that makes you feel that the dialogue is stilted in any way, but here are my points:<br /><br />It's possible this is a difference between the way British people talk and the way American people talk (and I'm not saying I know this for sure), although I would say that in both cultures, people tend to do what Russell describes in that video, ie wait for their turn to talk without really listening to the other person.<br /><br />Furthermore, as someone with a hearing loss, I find it slightly easier to understand "Hey, it's your father" than to understand "Hey, it's dad". More syllables means you have a better chance of distinguishing the words.<br /><br />But, of course, who gives a shit that there really are people who speak this way, in supremely normal scenarios, without the flow of the conversation feeling stilted or weird at all? It's always gotta be RANDALL'S BEING A FUCKING LAZY JACKASS, even when he's not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22100721643639732362009-08-27T07:30:42.362-07:002009-08-27T07:30:42.362-07:00"But hey, maybe I'm just expecting too mu..."But hey, maybe I'm just expecting too much from xkcd."<br /><br />Corrected.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31091609184854408942009-08-27T03:45:09.740-07:002009-08-27T03:45:09.740-07:00I guess I subscribe to the Russell T. Davies viewp...I guess I subscribe to the Russell T. Davies viewpoint about writing dialogue (http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=1HWWVzfOvVc , 0:53 onwards).<br /><br />I didn't mean that NOBODY would talk like that, just that it's slightly lazy writing. But hey, maybe I'm just expecting too much from a webcomic.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11800923377881473412009-08-26T19:40:10.966-07:002009-08-26T19:40:10.966-07:00"I don't speak that way, so obviously nob..."I don't speak that way, so obviously nobody else does!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56826901107928939792009-08-26T13:34:00.378-07:002009-08-26T13:34:00.378-07:00I don't know where you're getting these mi...I don't know where you're getting these misconceptions that the entire world is unlikely to speak a certain way, but <i>you're wrong</i>. I've heard both of those things being said in quite average scenarios. I don't get how you come to the conclusion that it's "stilted dialogue"; it's perfectly normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73110298259817554032009-08-26T13:21:57.599-07:002009-08-26T13:21:57.599-07:00omg i just called megan and asked her for tech hel...omg i just called megan and asked her for tech help.<br />get out of my head, randillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83954767646922029292009-08-26T08:41:41.650-07:002009-08-26T08:41:41.650-07:00I'm sure that people might say it, it just see...I'm sure that people might say it, it just seems unlikely, in the same way that, although somebody might call his younger cousin "little cuz", he almost certainly wouldn't. He'd call him Leroy, or whatever his name is.<br /><br />It just seems like quite stilted dialogue, although that seems to be the norm for Randall these days.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36293075783747637012009-08-26T05:14:03.295-07:002009-08-26T05:14:03.295-07:00You're still wrong, Tim. Just because no one i...You're still wrong, Tim. Just because no one in your life seems to every say that, doesn't mean no one every says that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65733534698547483822009-08-26T01:03:00.598-07:002009-08-26T01:03:00.598-07:00@COVIZAPIBETEFOKY:
My thinking was more that nobo...@COVIZAPIBETEFOKY:<br /><br />My thinking was more that nobody would ever say "Hey Megan, it's your father", when they could just say "Hey Megan, it's Dad". Or, more likely, "Hey Megan, it's me".<br /><br />Chalk "Hey Megan, it's your father" up with "Happy wedding day, sis!!" in terms of bad writing.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27623388910242807252009-08-25T20:00:58.871-07:002009-08-25T20:00:58.871-07:00You are Randall. Megan is Randall. What is next?You are Randall. Megan is Randall. What is next?M. Luke Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324303120932927435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13730989583689749432009-08-25T18:20:18.802-07:002009-08-25T18:20:18.802-07:00http://www.holycrapaflowchart.com/
toodleshttp://www.holycrapaflowchart.com/<br /><br />toodlesaloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82784101157232791422009-08-25T17:24:27.747-07:002009-08-25T17:24:27.747-07:00To be fair, This is in relation to
"Knowing ...To be fair, This is in relation to<br /><br />"Knowing how to do everything in every -program-"<br /><br />So I forgive him for leaving out things like checking plugs.<br /><br />Mum gives me alot of "omg how do i facebook"... I had never used facebook in my life so this chart would have applied<br /><br />Captcha: Intdo, sounds like the smart way of executing things from a shellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36679332147583404662009-08-25T12:37:07.605-07:002009-08-25T12:37:07.605-07:00TotallyIrrelevantGuy's comment is somehow bett...TotallyIrrelevantGuy's comment is somehow better than the xkcd comic.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658641232170030818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12751638757209814812009-08-25T11:29:56.214-07:002009-08-25T11:29:56.214-07:00http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9dgwi...http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9dgwi/tech_support_cheat_sheet<br /><br />Friends, we have a proggit to downvoteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63887200502375339672009-08-25T09:59:24.166-07:002009-08-25T09:59:24.166-07:00Maybe there could've been a step like "Is...Maybe there could've been a step like "Isolate the problem by checking the functionality of component parts" or something like that.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31380451009585704142009-08-25T09:30:59.363-07:002009-08-25T09:30:59.363-07:00Eh, this is basically exactly my experience being ...Eh, this is basically exactly my experience being the 'computer person' at home, except the 'problem' is usually so basic I don't even get to the Google step. There really are plenty of people who don't think to poke around in the menu options for some reason, or are too scared to or something. Past problems have included:<br /><br />How to get the text of a Word document into an e-mail(Copy/Paste)<br />"Everything suddenly disappeared when I was typing"(Edit/Undo)<br />The screensaver came on<br /><br />That's right, my mother will scream for me to drop what I'm doing and 'fix the computer' before she even does as much problem-solving as moving the mouse.<br /><br />Anyways, the "poke around" premise is solid, at least in my experience. The execution could've been better, maybe with boxes like "See if everything's plugged in" or "Look in the Recycle Bin"Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11440090596336776852009-08-25T05:01:55.678-07:002009-08-25T05:01:55.678-07:00I have it on good authority* that Google are a tad...I have it on good authority* that Google are a tad narked about it.<br /><br />*half-rememberAnn Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40226920204727710212009-08-25T04:07:34.338-07:002009-08-25T04:07:34.338-07:00Would have been much better without the creepy ref...Would have been much better without the creepy reference to "Megan" in the alt-text. I sometimes feel like I'm reading what will one day become evidence as a stalker's papertrail when I'm reading XKCD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23718903038698443632009-08-24T20:59:14.873-07:002009-08-24T20:59:14.873-07:00"Google" as a verb doesn't bother me..."Google" as a verb doesn't bother me at all. The word itself was created as a brand name; why should we get all crotchety about a word that only even came into existence a few years ago?John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28002252491009646812009-08-24T19:47:33.969-07:002009-08-24T19:47:33.969-07:00No.<a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/google" rel="nofollow">No.</a>rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45370909442197566452009-08-24T19:46:12.961-07:002009-08-24T19:46:12.961-07:00Never heard about that Lifehacker. Thanks for your...Never heard about that Lifehacker. Thanks for your introduction, I have a new entry on my list of Websites I WON'T Check Out Further.<br /><br />I hate that snob attitude from the "tech-savvy". Hate it, hate it, hate it. Mostly because I am fairly "tech-savvy" and I've been asked for help by relatives, relatives of relatives and relatives of relatives of relatives; and even when I don't feel like doing it, at least I *understand* their problems. Meanwhile, those "passive-aggressive" "help" sites often don't cover up the cases when, for example, I'm having some problem with Linux, I go on Google to search for an answer, and get pages and pages of other problems that are only MARGINALLY related to mine. No matter how I try, I can never be specific enough. How's THAT for the magic of Google, huh? Gonna make me a snarky website about that?<br /><br />Also, not that I want to go on linguistic picking again, but is anyone else bothered about the use of "Google" as a verb?Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52282604746752564552009-08-24T19:06:24.720-07:002009-08-24T19:06:24.720-07:00god damn it, Lifehacker.god damn it, Lifehacker.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11490252425431135402009-08-24T19:05:05.377-07:002009-08-24T19:05:05.377-07:00That Lifehacker place has an article on Let Me Goo...That Lifehacker place has an article on Let Me Google That For you and they're basically like "While somebody watches the LMGTFY animation, maybe they will learn HOW to Google things properly, like, crap about search strings and keywords. Mumble mumble teach a man to fish, we're assholes."John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1012327883383215072009-08-24T18:49:19.473-07:002009-08-24T18:49:19.473-07:00http://lifehacker.com/5344702/tech-support-cheat-s...http://lifehacker.com/5344702/tech-support-cheat-sheet-reveals-the-secrets-of-troubleshooting<br /><br />ARGH! That's disgusting.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580228790308651175noreply@blogger.com