tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post6536108426777229113..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 738: Incisive ComedyCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56679994063044460182010-05-16T20:43:07.532-07:002010-05-16T20:43:07.532-07:00http://www.optipess.com/2009/03/27/operative-decis...http://www.optipess.com/2009/03/27/operative-decision/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67427811997615973412010-05-14T10:30:58.467-07:002010-05-14T10:30:58.467-07:00I love when you fucktards are all like 'OMG IF...I love when you fucktards are all like 'OMG IF THIS DOESN'T GET POSTED YOU CENSORRRRRR' as if the comment threads aren't full of stupid shit by people who criticize every possible aspect.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14188852231940218342010-05-14T09:33:07.244-07:002010-05-14T09:33:07.244-07:00"But, as usual when Randall tries to rip off ..."But, as usual when Randall tries to rip off SMBC"<br /><br />But he didn't? You suggested that it would "make a better SMBC" and then accuse Randall of ripping it off. FAIL.<br /><br />(And if this doesn't get posted, I accuse you of accepting only your own "cuddlefish" for criticism.)admannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13089400948868628272010-05-12T22:58:05.509-07:002010-05-12T22:58:05.509-07:00I think "Incision" is proof that Randall...I think "Incision" is proof that Randall is now writing comics with goatkcd specifically in mind.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657761507799153787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69711834514263750972010-05-12T15:17:53.614-07:002010-05-12T15:17:53.614-07:00I dunno... if you ask me, it seems like Randall ju...I dunno... if you ask me, it seems like Randall just wanted to test the waters of his fanbase... he's likely noticed by now (as I'm sure everyone else has) that his fanbase loves to edit wikipedia articles to incorporate mention to XKCD... <br /><br />Anywhoo, I figure Randall purposely just made up a word with the intention of seeing if and how quickly he could get others to make a wikipedia article about it (and see if the artivle would stick).<br /><br />He really could have made up any word for a non-existant article, and the fan reaction would have been the same.<br /><br />Like I said, I'm sure he fully expected this reaction, and in fact anticipated it. His comments on the Wikipedia talk page are just him pretending to not have expected this (i.e., him trying to seem like the good guy in this situation).<br /><br />Anywhoo, sorry for the long post... :(, feel free to openly reject this theory, but to me it seems pretty valid.<br /><br />-Dan (the new guy!!)Dan (the new guy!)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6400980892753986502010-05-12T14:13:24.988-07:002010-05-12T14:13:24.988-07:00There is nothing to indicate that 'Wikipedia&#...There is nothing to indicate that 'Wikipedia' being a portmanteau is the joke. If anything, the joke is just that Wikipedia uses lots of fancy-sounding jargon. That's it. Randall didn't add any sort of deeper meaning, and if he tried to, then he failed, because there is absolutely nothing to connect the name of Wikipedia with any sort of perceived irony about its policy toward neologisms. <br /><br />You would have to assume a lot about the line "Ever notice how Wikipedia has a few words it <i>really</i> likes?" to get that meaning from it.Lester Roquefortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15173955916660708672010-05-12T13:27:16.198-07:002010-05-12T13:27:16.198-07:00What? So how would that be funny? Aside from the f...What? So how would that be funny? Aside from the fact htat it doesn't ban neologisms, their "neologism" page actually links to different pages on neologisms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68243349609995567332010-05-12T13:12:37.748-07:002010-05-12T13:12:37.748-07:00Taken from the XKCD discussion site-
"No, th...Taken from the XKCD discussion site-<br /><br />"No, the actual joke is that "Wikipedia," although no one remembers due to its prominence, was originally a neologism made of a portmanteau of "wiki," a general term for websites that could be edited without review by a relatively large group of people (like a class, or a company, or, in this case, the planet), and "encyclopedia," a compendium of information (and if you didn't already know that, I weep for you), yet it bans neologisms, many of which are portmanteaux."<br /><br />Clearly only a very very very select few are going to get the joke, but it's clever. Personally, I'm indifferent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91016559835738644872010-05-12T13:01:57.054-07:002010-05-12T13:01:57.054-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:XKCDhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:XKCDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27831498611109739612010-05-12T12:29:19.618-07:002010-05-12T12:29:19.618-07:00Oh snap. From Randall's Wikipedia talk page:
W...Oh snap. From Randall's Wikipedia talk page:<br /><i>We would appreciate it if you put a stop to this nonsense. I love your comic, Randall, but you're basically commanding an army of fans akin to 4chan. The article didn't exist when you made the comic, and now your fans are flooding in to try and get it created and re-created. ALI nom nom 13:58, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br /><br /> Eh... I'm not sure we can really compare those disparate groups of fans. Jclemens (talk) 16:45, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br /><br /> Right. One group consists of socially-stunted children who get excited about hearing words and memes that they can use to garner attention and praise from their peers, and act as a nuisance to Wikipedia in general. The other is 4chan. 90.219.166.214 (talk) 17:16, 12 May 2010 (UTC) </i><br /><br />Ohhh snap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65669693193039368922010-05-12T12:08:45.026-07:002010-05-12T12:08:45.026-07:00Nice apology, you wanker Randall. Your drooling mo...Nice apology, you wanker Randall. Your drooling moronic excuses for fans who (A) thought the evil wiki police deleted an actual article and (B) whined and complained even after this fact had been pointed out in language a 3 year old could understand and your apology for wasting admins time involves precisely thirteen words before you launch into a vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about harmless voulunteers who have to deal with bullshit you do nothing to stop.<br /><br />I'm glad you had a giggle over how fucking retarded your fanbase is, oh wait you're laughing with them aren't you. Not that you'll ever read this Randy boy, but I'm channeling WMH and enjoy addressing you directly on this beelzeblag.<br /><br />I used to think this blog was too harsh and perhaps the book (which your pussy arse pretended not to read) went too far but after that charming comment you can go fuck yourself Randall. I hope Carl slams the shit out of you in his next pictoblag for this doucebaggery, you smug pompous narcissistic condescending arsehole.Nonanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49628440968391174142010-05-12T09:38:17.524-07:002010-05-12T09:38:17.524-07:00It seems to be back. Wiki doesn't generally ge...It seems to be back. Wiki doesn't generally get rid of flames (sorry, that was a flame). Still though, wow. The talk page is stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67172181216296901352010-05-12T09:14:43.799-07:002010-05-12T09:14:43.799-07:00Somebody deleted my "Yes Randall, you do stil...Somebody deleted my "Yes Randall, you do still have power over a legion of mindless fanboys, no matter how many bad comics you put out. I don't know what else you could have expected. Anyway I know you have better things to do like add a shirt to the xkcd store." :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47156607675782576412010-05-12T08:38:12.224-07:002010-05-12T08:38:12.224-07:00also AUUUUGGGHHH that talk page makes Baby Jesus c...also AUUUUGGGHHH that talk page makes Baby Jesus cry.harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68299529614554445062010-05-12T08:34:50.140-07:002010-05-12T08:34:50.140-07:00Anon 1:20, I'm golf clapping for you right now...Anon 1:20, I'm golf clapping for you right now.harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49309982950938874732010-05-12T08:23:43.123-07:002010-05-12T08:23:43.123-07:00Man, what was that "carefully documenting eve...Man, what was that "carefully documenting every public mention of Wikipedia" line all about? Randall or not, that's some real douchebaggery.Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28947178826826805472010-05-12T08:10:06.965-07:002010-05-12T08:10:06.965-07:00"Thank you so much. I was genuinely not expec..."Thank you so much. I was genuinely not expecting to wake up to this; I figured someone would probably try to make the article, someone else would delete and protect it, and that would be the end of it—Wikipedia has gotten pretty good at handling that kind of potential abuse. I had no idea I'd wake up to this cavalcade of hilarious opinionating, but it's definitely brightened my morning.<br /><br />Yes, I made up the word (although I didn't Google it until moments before the comic went up; like many nonsense words, it did have one use in a discussion thread somewhere). No, it shouldn't be an article. Yes, a clarifying article would be helpful. No, you shouldn't be helpful in this situation, because it's not your job.<br /><br />Apologies to all the editors who are trying to keep this discussion under control. I know you have better things to do (like carefully documenting every public mention of Wikipedia, even offhand ones, in the Wikipedia article). Also, just so you know, nobody used the word 'disambiguation' until you people showed up. <3 --Xkcd (talk) 14:53, 12 May 2010 (UTC)Randall"<br /><br />From the malamanteau discussion.<br /><br />If that actually is Randall he's a bigger douche than I thought. Fuck him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70080776323930153592010-05-12T05:38:55.805-07:002010-05-12T05:38:55.805-07:00The one good thing about this drawing (it's no...The one good thing about this drawing (it's not really a "comic," since that would imply the presence of comedy) is that there's at least an attempt to make a fresh observation on the subject of wikip. As angry as you are now, imagine your mental state if the punchline was "some articles on wikip are longer than other, more important articles! For instance, the xkcd article is longer than the one for Kristopher Straub, who is apparently so unnotable that his comics don't even <em>deserve</em> their own pages!"<br /><br />Actually, wait, I think that might've been funnier than this malapomato junk. Hmm.Simon Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656417618699122533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31817746539945326982010-05-12T05:18:39.961-07:002010-05-12T05:18:39.961-07:00I think today's comic is another good candidat...I think today's comic is another good candidate for the picto-blog.Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596345781746342408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91405656245651033422010-05-12T04:36:50.720-07:002010-05-12T04:36:50.720-07:00Leonard: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php...Leonard: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=malamanteau<br /><br />I have seen portmanteau a number of times, but like Lester pointed out, it's not exactly avoidable when dealing with portmanteaux. Malapropisms are only used when people misspeak, so I don't see how it could pop up very often on Wikipedia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44205133188135739482010-05-12T04:21:45.199-07:002010-05-12T04:21:45.199-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Malamanteauhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MalamanteauAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20136912187448886282010-05-12T02:33:43.466-07:002010-05-12T02:33:43.466-07:00I mean yeah, if you go to an article about a word ...I mean yeah, if you go to an article about a word that is a portmanteau, you're going to see the word portmanteau in its description. Until somebody comes up with a better, more concise way to describe a portmanteau word, you're going to see it described as a portmanteau.<br /><br />If there are lots of words that are portmanteaus, then you will see the word 'portmanteau' often. Is there something wrong with a word being used accurately and when it is called for?Lester Roquefortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48977410743107460292010-05-12T02:33:32.755-07:002010-05-12T02:33:32.755-07:00I have noticed "portmanteau" seeming to ...I have noticed "portmanteau" seeming to be a popular word... but only when I'm on TV Tropes, or looking up stuff about anime.Ambivaliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2364923156216991712010-05-12T02:19:22.778-07:002010-05-12T02:19:22.778-07:00First: WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A DICTIONARY.
Second: I ...First: WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A DICTIONARY. <br /><br />Second: I have never seen the word "malapropism" used anywhere on Wikipedia, and I used to be an active Wikipedia admin. I never noticed that Wikipedia has a few words it <i>really</i> likes either. What the fuck does that even mean?<br /><br />Third: Randall Munroe sucks.Timofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27554306183595412372010-05-12T01:57:27.847-07:002010-05-12T01:57:27.847-07:00I don't get what the joke is with 739. Malama...I don't get what the joke is with 739. Malamanteau isn't a real article, so it's the comedic equivalent of a straw man. "If wikipedia had this article that I just made up, that would be silly!". But it doesn't.<br /><br />Seriously, 739 contains so many elements of previous XKCDs (wikipedia, lazy single panel, lame "observational" humor) that it's like the haggis of XKCDs: all the leftover bits crammed into one disgusting, highly derivative package. The only way the unoriginality could be more complete is if the caption contained "my hobby" and maybe made some reference to having sex with quirky women ("My hobby: Making articles of neologisms on wikipedia in order to impress girls"). <br /><br />Seriously Randall, XKCD!=urbandictionary.Leonardhttp://overratedfilms.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com