tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post5896225316746101187..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 743: Smugly SuperiorCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40656693691407545812010-06-08T22:58:58.280-07:002010-06-08T22:58:58.280-07:00For all the failings of this specific comic, at le...For all the failings of this specific comic, at least it did lend itself to an excellent goatkcd <br />(NSFW, obviously) http://www.goatkcd.com/743/jogiffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71880406347415786312010-05-30T20:51:12.622-07:002010-05-30T20:51:12.622-07:00oh, well if TVTropes said it, i guess i HAVE to li...oh, well if TVTropes said it, i guess i HAVE to listen to it. dang.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70289258278035783802010-05-30T09:48:32.079-07:002010-05-30T09:48:32.079-07:00FUCK YOUR TV TROPES!<b>FUCK YOUR TV TROPES!</b>Mr. Lostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728949584810294355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76816055164117128012010-05-30T09:45:46.849-07:002010-05-30T09:45:46.849-07:00http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MST3KMa...http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MST3KMantrajjofearthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250847775250370512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2724594386306023072010-05-28T13:58:24.284-07:002010-05-28T13:58:24.284-07:00Weekend Update, keep in mind, was a HUGE influence...Weekend Update, keep in mind, was a HUGE influence on the daily show. <br /><br />Nothing was funny in the 80s, and so I'll agr.ee that what Al Franken contributed wasn't good either. I'm mostly talking about more recently.<br /><br />Have you read any of the books you are talking about? They are most assuredly NOT just attacking people (though their titles are, but their titles are parodies of ann coulter, rush limbaugh, etc. even the cover design of Lies was a parody of Bill O'Reilly's books).Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36676382418647560492010-05-27T09:23:26.473-07:002010-05-27T09:23:26.473-07:00"Al Franken haters: What have you read or see..."Al Franken haters: What have you read or seen of his? He hasn't been that funny in the past few years because he was trying to win an election and be taken seriously, but he wrote lots of great old SNL skits and some very funny books."<br /><br />1) His best-known work on SNL is as Stuart Smalley and Weekend Update. While Weekend Update may often be hilarious, it's mostly reading news stories in an amusing order and setting up for special guests. Stuart Smalley is low-brow humor that relies on a stupid catch phrase.<br /><br />2) He is known as a writer of TV & Movies. His biggest projects were Coneheads ('83) and Stuart Saves his Family ('95). Both of these were terrible, TERRIBLE movies, Coneheads even more so because it took a great and funny SNL sketch (Coneheads) and made it shit.<br /><br />3) His entire career is based on either a) hanging on the coattails of SNL or b) picking political fights.<br /><br />4) It's one thing to express a political opinion, but it's something else entirely to only attack those with whom you disagree. Franken's political career has always been the latter, attacking Rush Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Fox News. While I have no particular love for any of those, it's not intellectually challenging to make fun of other people. What is intellectually challenging is developing your own political philosophy, explaining why you would best represent others, and positively contributing to political ideology.<br /><br />5) His ability to write funny books barely surpasses that of my 2-year-old daughter (she can't type).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78592939696584404602010-05-27T09:19:56.975-07:002010-05-27T09:19:56.975-07:00This site is stupidThis site is stupidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39052774305364654192010-05-27T05:46:03.743-07:002010-05-27T05:46:03.743-07:00I love how much people can over-analyse such a shi...I love how much people can over-analyse such a shitty comic.<br /><br />Hey guys, maybe the lowered quality of Stickman's dialogue in panel 3 indicates that, in fact, panel three is a dream sequence from BeardMan's point of view- him imagining how great it's going to be when his friend comes crying back years from now, complaining about Facebook or whatever. Man, he'll have such a good comeback ready.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9965894248543000692010-05-27T01:01:38.245-07:002010-05-27T01:01:38.245-07:00I really think this is one of the worst xkcd comic...I really think this is one of the worst xkcd comics either in a long time or ever. I know there are some that are worse, but this would be right under them. The only thing missing is Megan and how she deserves to be bitchraped.Jhawhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575594581271214023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71662186019413704382010-05-26T15:54:08.783-07:002010-05-26T15:54:08.783-07:00I was talking about how NTs feel about autism, not...I was talking about how NTs feel about autism, not people with autism themselves. The fact that you're arguing against a common argument which I didn't even hint at (since I agree with your response to it) suggests to me that you've done a bit of web browsing on the subject so I doubt there would really be anything I could say to you that you haven't read and rolled your eyes at before. The fact that you didn't actually address what I said despite responding directly to me is somewhat perplexing to say the least, but it may suggest that it was naiive of me to try and convince you of anything.<br /><br />The point is that there are such things as stigma and the fact that well-meaning people can prevent others from enjoying a better quality of life and at least a bit more independence by trying to keep them safe. Self-esteem issues and what you believe you're capable of will also affect your quality of life. These are not actually symptoms of autism, they're environmental effects caused by how neuruotypicals treats autistics.<br /><br />One day people may look back on the current model and snigger and say it wasn't very good, too. Science is about never being totally satisfied by the answers that we have in our own time, after all. It's not about thinking we have all the answers we need already.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956523944174094273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89575997444113880432010-05-26T14:29:06.192-07:002010-05-26T14:29:06.192-07:00This comment thread is moribund by now, but here&#...This comment thread is moribund by now, but here's a quote from Zadie Smith that I think applies very well to xkcd's characters in general, and to this comic especially:<br />"And so there is no real way to be good in Greene, there are simply a million ways to be more or less bad."<br /><br />Of course, I mean it far less endearingly about Randall Munroe than Smith did about Graham Greene.Sir Thopashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11869863348712966218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60767426001228733972010-05-26T13:07:01.367-07:002010-05-26T13:07:01.367-07:00I assumed it was a matter of "Now because it ...I assumed it was a matter of "Now because it involves you, you care" sort of message.<br /><br />Of course then 745 and ruined my day (I have a dyslexic friend) so this one can go die in a hole too.<br /><br />:3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77892161837566284902010-05-26T07:56:53.539-07:002010-05-26T07:56:53.539-07:00I don't there's suppose to be a connection...I don't there's suppose to be a connection between FB and OSS, it's just about the divide between people who prefer using software etc that works quickly and conveniently vs people who are concerned with things like OSS, net neutrality, and other nerdy crap... and then when the former find out what's happening to all their personal info- what they allowed to happen, by not caring about who they gave it to- the "smug superiority" of the latter comes out swinging.<br /><br />I don't think either side is supposed to be especially sympathetic, because el beardo is obviously a dickUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16253684247955812719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80279586933012175312010-05-26T07:33:43.225-07:002010-05-26T07:33:43.225-07:00So? It's possible that people with mental reta...So? It's possible that people with mental retardation (which is commonly comorbid with autism, incidentally) prefer that to being normal, but is it controversial to say that being neurotypical is preferable to being retarded? Not really.<br /><br />The homosexuality example isn't really germane - it's true that it was once in the DSM-IV, but the empiricism and rigor of the current model is such that it's not really fair to compare those antiquated "psychoses" with the ones we know of now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12656856046705923292010-05-26T06:33:59.483-07:002010-05-26T06:33:59.483-07:00Heh. My initials are MLK but I don't get the r...Heh. My initials are MLK but I don't get the reference ^^<br /><br />Key-word-disorder-anom, please note that homosexuality was once medically labelled a 'disorder' as well. I don't mean to imply any relation between homosexuality and autism, but the point is just because it's called a mental disorder today means that people will always think that way about it. Many of the ways homosexuality used to impair one's quality of life lessened overall as mainstream society's negative attitudes towards them gradually lessened. So in many ways it may be preferable to be neurotypical, but at the end of the day that may be because that's what the majority thinks and they act accordingly.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956523944174094273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82179199635162145262010-05-25T23:48:24.189-07:002010-05-25T23:48:24.189-07:00I can't wait for autistic MLK and Malcolm XI can't wait for autistic MLK and Malcolm XR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31254680317221283182010-05-25T23:21:45.826-07:002010-05-25T23:21:45.826-07:00Autism is a complex disorder with a variety of sym...Autism is a complex disorder with a variety of symptoms and manifestations. It's not the same as "shy people who are nerds" or "intelligent people with no social skills".<br /><br />It's a -disorder- which means that by definition it impairs one's quality of life,and, again by definition, it's preferable to be neurotypical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16443123128027511622010-05-25T22:28:11.351-07:002010-05-25T22:28:11.351-07:00I still don't understand this comic ;_;I still don't understand this comic ;_;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83033993088979789152010-05-25T21:39:56.265-07:002010-05-25T21:39:56.265-07:00wow, people got really mean in this comment thread...wow, people got really mean in this comment thread. Alas. if only xkcd hadn't opted to call someone autistic, we wouldn't have had to yell about autism for a while.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25222497122517831362010-05-25T21:29:01.426-07:002010-05-25T21:29:01.426-07:00apparently socially stunted retards love to talk a...apparently socially stunted retards love to talk about themselves.<br /><br />that's basically all this comment thread has taught me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54083031518422391662010-05-25T20:35:56.051-07:002010-05-25T20:35:56.051-07:00Okay, one last thing, here's the story related...Okay, one last thing, here's the story related to the pictures I linked earlier:<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122017757<br /><br />I'm not trying to be annoying or anything but I hope this makes the previous link clearer. And yes, I am the anon who said that Blacks and autistic people had certain things in common in regard to their treatment by society.<br /><br />I really am sorry and I will stop reading this discussion and everything now, so you will not have to worry about me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35645469017085907882010-05-25T20:29:02.261-07:002010-05-25T20:29:02.261-07:00"Yeah cos I remember when autistic people wer..."Yeah cos I remember when autistic people were treated like sub-human chattle, enslaved, thrown into beyond-awful living conditions, lacking any suggestion of respect or even basic acknowledgement as human beings, subject to beatings and torture and on one to raise an eyebrow at the thought.Yeah... "<br /><br />Yeah, so do I, along with other people labeled mentally ill. Remember- autism was originally considered a form of schizophrenia, whatever that means.<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122058404<br /><br />I know you're trying to be sarcastic and biting about offensive I'm being, but that's actually another similarity. Even today autistic people are involuntarily committed to institutions, where they can be forcibly given anti-psychotics (which cause permanent brain damage). "Noncompliant" people in psych wards can also get beat up, dragged into a "quiet room," and strapped down, where some of them die under restraint. "Noncompliant" can mean "Keeps sitting in a corner rocking and talking to himself when we want him to go get lunch." This is an improvement over the past depicted in the pictures I linked, but it's still not acceptable in any way.<br /><br />And now I WILL shut up, mostly just because this is not easy to talk about. I'm sorry if I bothered anyone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22593597329623276422010-05-25T19:51:19.587-07:002010-05-25T19:51:19.587-07:00Keep, you're not too far off the mark there ac...Keep, you're not too far off the mark there actually. While each story is not strictly identical, there are plenty of parallels. Personally I feel empathy for the homosexual community in a similar way. Might elaborate on this later.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956523944174094273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60887817655773870252010-05-25T18:43:34.830-07:002010-05-25T18:43:34.830-07:00I will use a captcha to describe this discussion.
...I will use a captcha to describe this discussion.<br /><br />It's a big fat steaming load of buisl.Jimbobbowilly (Max William Gore)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77675430211592139342010-05-25T18:14:41.493-07:002010-05-25T18:14:41.493-07:00I still have several aspie slaves, so Keep, who...I still have several aspie slaves, so Keep, who's the real moron?ScattMcDongynoreply@blogger.com