tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post5900068370457564887..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 602: Broken Social LifeCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16350746290577846202009-08-30T22:25:59.402-07:002009-08-30T22:25:59.402-07:00Spelling: a life skill.Spelling: a life skill.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46477155515302832992009-08-29T00:18:34.688-07:002009-08-29T00:18:34.688-07:00Yah this is totaly just nerds being awkward, it...Yah this is totaly just nerds being awkward, it's not at all say preffering math to the inane bable that is gossip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10512388741654370662009-06-30T05:52:59.566-07:002009-06-30T05:52:59.566-07:00@Ann Apolis:
So very, very wrong.@Ann Apolis:<br /><br />So very, very wrong.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61122585063555889982009-06-30T00:30:52.670-07:002009-06-30T00:30:52.670-07:00@The_P: is it Flight of the Conchords?@The_P: is it <i>Flight of the Conchords</i>?Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9255367107351459872009-06-29T22:49:54.323-07:002009-06-29T22:49:54.323-07:00i don't know what you are talking about, I wro...i don't know what you are talking about, I wrote this sentence in my URL bar and copied it in here just fine.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11164253528357497392009-06-29T22:44:10.912-07:002009-06-29T22:44:10.912-07:00xkcdsuckscommentboxsucks.blogspot.comxkcdsuckscommentboxsucks.blogspot.comCuddlefish Primenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12473192579472308922009-06-29T19:06:11.539-07:002009-06-29T19:06:11.539-07:00Also, @WMH:
You gave it away too soon, and too ea...Also, @WMH:<br /><br />You gave it away too soon, and too easily. You are a comedic slut, turning over your secrets at the drop of a hat for a bit of notoriety. You are a magician who reveals his secrets; a prostitute who kisses and tells. You have no honor, and thus, you do not deserve my respect. It is a miracle that I am even willing to openly mock you, for the recognition of your very existence galls me. Count yourself among the worthy few who escape my wrath through virtue of their insignificance.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77813058699867849042009-06-29T19:03:53.895-07:002009-06-29T19:03:53.895-07:00@thomas:
Especially when I drop the beat and do m...@thomas:<br /><br />Especially when I drop the beat and do my <i>a capellas</i><br /><br />(P.S. - Everyone who doesn't get that reference is a fuckin' noob (except Amanda, who is immune from my scorn))David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90253699549945351692009-06-29T18:40:34.311-07:002009-06-29T18:40:34.311-07:00Don't Stop The Beat (but do Let The Beat Drop)...Don't Stop The Beat (but do Let The Beat Drop)thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123852112758346209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34571370226832632462009-06-29T17:23:50.012-07:002009-06-29T17:23:50.012-07:00@ Anon 5:18 PM
You didn't get it.@ Anon 5:18 PM<br /><br />You didn't get it.jglchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017375649006769250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36076192705940343162009-06-29T17:23:11.865-07:002009-06-29T17:23:11.865-07:00Don't Believe the HypeDon't Believe the Hypejglchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13017375649006769250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70325029164717037792009-06-29T17:18:11.625-07:002009-06-29T17:18:11.625-07:00"If anyone can, please meet me in the Fora (u..."If anyone can, please meet me in the Fora (username: Mathstar)"<br />Your name doesn't come up in a search and there are 62 pages of "M" users. You'll have to do better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29897595057264252522009-06-29T17:05:52.778-07:002009-06-29T17:05:52.778-07:00Don't Explain the JokeDon't Explain the JokeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16215791333668592002009-06-29T16:54:31.714-07:002009-06-29T16:54:31.714-07:00I am a parody.I am a parody.William Monty Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61850890003448674352009-06-29T16:53:30.627-07:002009-06-29T16:53:30.627-07:00hahahahahahahahahahahhaha
WMH, sir, you have brig...hahahahahahahahahahahhaha<br /><br />WMH, sir, you have brightened my entire day.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21168456770218281282009-06-29T16:46:31.518-07:002009-06-29T16:46:31.518-07:00Ooh, I apologise. My advanced verbiage is too elab...Ooh, I apologise. My advanced verbiage is too elaborate for you primitives to comphrehend.<br />If anyone can, please meet me in the Fora (username: Mathstar)<br /><br />-William M. Hughes<br />IQ 124William Monty Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88786097406820440532009-06-29T16:42:36.561-07:002009-06-29T16:42:36.561-07:00haw haw haw
I hope you're satifised with your ...haw haw haw<br />I hope you're satifised with your feeble lives at insulting an honourable man! And a talented one at that. xkcd is one of the most hilarious "comics" I have ever had the fortune to lay my eyes on. It is pure, undiluted "awesomesauce". Carl (if that IS your real name, coward!), your thinly veiled attempts to cloak your own jealousy is laughable. You hide behind poorly worded and ridiculous criticisms to make you feel better about yourself. xkcd has not gotten worse, you have simply grown bitter.<br />Don't try to hide it, don't try to "flame" me. I am much, much smarter than all of you and I mock your futile attempts at fabricating a false aura of intellect. Randall is too.<br /><br />Please, re-evaluate your own lives and perhaps grow something called a "sense of humour." Also, look into getting a "life" also.<br /><br />-William M. Hughes<br />IQ 124<br /><br />PS. if anyone has the courage to leave this pit of spite and decadence and enter the Respectable xkcd Fora, you'll know where to find me so we can discuss matters in a civil matter. If you philistines are capable of such a feat.William Monty Hughesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9741284924231958942009-06-29T15:37:22.662-07:002009-06-29T15:37:22.662-07:00Funnily enough, "The XKCDsucks Experience&quo...Funnily enough, "The XKCDsucks Experience" is the name of my forthcoming live album. Available with bonus tracks on iTunes, 12th July onwards!Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2041010020563558932009-06-29T15:18:42.071-07:002009-06-29T15:18:42.071-07:00a terrible comment box is part of the xkcdsucks ex...a terrible comment box is part of the xkcdsucks experienceformatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64955658758807388602009-06-29T15:11:21.303-07:002009-06-29T15:11:21.303-07:00You're right, Anon, I should have zoomed in th...You're right, Anon, I should have zoomed in the frame a little more so the white background would be less exposed. But still, I used 30 seconds in Photoshop, so my point remains: Why can't Randall at the very fucking least make the frames a little interesting to look at? Just <i>a little?</i><br /><br />The art is the very least of my complaints with xkcd. But I think it's justified to call him out on it.<br /><br />@John<br />I disagree. The reason I call him lazy is because Randall <i>has</i> used framing, perspective and all that good comic jazz before, even when it didn't add anything to the joke. Just check 294, 295 or 304 for example. Not just lazy writing and lazy editing, but lazy art.<br /><br />Lazy everything.Wilhelmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55997316525327361332009-06-29T14:48:47.185-07:002009-06-29T14:48:47.185-07:00Anon 1:27
"Lo, the Lord did rain down gifts u...Anon 1:27<br />"Lo, the Lord did rain down gifts upon..." Oops, sorry about that.<br /><br />Tomical<br /><br />That's cool. I just don't like the more objective sounding "lazy" to be used when you just don't like the style.<br /><br />Wilhelm<br /><br />Sorry, I typed up a response but a glitch caused me to refresh, and I don't feel like typing it again, but I'll say this much. If I had to criticize your drawing, I'd say I don't like how it's 3D, yet there are no boundaries. They're all in some sort of limbo. Randall's boundary-less 2D doesn't make me feel unsettled like yours does. Either way, you version does not change my experience of the joke so I feel it adds no value.<br /><br />Carl,<br />Could you get a better comment box? Pajiba.com has a particularly nice one with preview and everything. It's the fuckin' bees's knees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54794114725069122602009-06-29T14:41:43.355-07:002009-06-29T14:41:43.355-07:00I think I laughed harder than I should have at tha...I think I laughed harder than I should have at that different version, Wilhelm.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I really don't think it's that Randall's lazy in this instance. Well, he definitely is with his writing, editing, etc. But I just don't think he has any conception of things like framing, placement, consistency, etc. Look at that one frame of a zoomed in cherry in that arc welding comic as a perfect example.<br /><br />Randall is not an actual artist. He's got some skills at drawing, but that's it. He's not some great webcomic artist that should be doing better than he is.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12555617420843076902009-06-29T14:30:54.781-07:002009-06-29T14:30:54.781-07:00"Looking at some of the older comics(well, th..."Looking at some of the older comics(well, the graph paper sketches), it is clear that Randall has considerably more talent than he displays in most comics. And we see colors and interesting things, sometimes. Now, if he has this talent, but decided to make xkcd look the way it does to save time, then it would be lazy.<br /><br />But, if he made the decision for any other reason, I don't feel that it can be called lazy, as I don't think that term or its opposite could ever apply in that case."<br /><br />Then what if I don't call it lazy? What if I just call the art bad? Because it's bad. Floating heads, floating bodies, shrinking chairs and disappearing cups.Tomicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05242578250991447381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17337747970847294582009-06-29T14:08:30.334-07:002009-06-29T14:08:30.334-07:00Anon 1:27, look at this.
#602
Original
My version...Anon 1:27, look at this.<br /><br />#602<br /><a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/overstimulated.png" rel="nofollow">Original</a><br /><a href="http://imgur.com/vRwD0.png" rel="nofollow">My version</a><br /><br />Look at the way my stick figures are distributed; instead of looking like they're in a single file line waiting to be served, you instantly realize you're looking at some sort of party.<br /><br />Wouldn't you agree that my version in no way compromises xkcd's style? Then why doesn't it look awkward like Randall's? Oh that's right, it's because Randall's a lazy hack.Wilhelmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23666051407249596892009-06-29T14:07:04.099-07:002009-06-29T14:07:04.099-07:00Not shading - could be stylistic, but debatable
Le...Not shading - could be stylistic, but debatable<br />Leaving characters off screen - come on, in 603 "leaving" that character off screen could be used to show that the character is practically gone already. It can be used to comedic effect.<br />Making mistakes - I'll give ya that one, though I feel Tomical disagrees with the style of the comic, and the mistakes don't really have anything to do with the style<br /><br />Your post is like a distilled post by Carl. You got some things right, but so much of it is choices and personal preference. What you call "leaving" I call "placing". So, you say he did something wrong, I say it's a choice. It's fine if you don't like that he "leaves" characters off screen, but don't act like it is an objective mistake.<br /><br />The same applies to calling the art lazy(unless he made the choice because he didn't want to work hard). Lazy implies he did something straight up wrong, but I feel it is just a personal preference, a stylistic choice that he made. For all we know, he could've taken a very long time and made distinct choices to have xkcd look the way it does today. Or maybe he's lazy, who knows?<br /><br />But, if anyone(especially Carl), wants to criticize xkcd, ya gotta get as objective as possible and stay fresh. Blasting the art for being "lazy" is parading personal preference as objectivity(except in that one specisl case), and since it never changes, a blog that only criticizes that would soon become as repetitive as Carl thinks xkcd is.<br /><br /><br /><br />Honestly, I think Carl should create a repeat offenders list and just check off which ones the comic uses each post and display that. Then, write anything else. that is unique to that comic. If he gets to the point where he can't find anything except the checkboxes, it's time to shut it down. But, that probably wouldn't be as much fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com