tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7117916254909675634..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 649: Do Me Without A Condom*Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18076884134892552482009-11-27T13:05:24.124-08:002009-11-27T13:05:24.124-08:00I write better microfiction all the time, and at a...I write better microfiction all the time, and at a higher rate, at my blog. I could make a better comic but would rather wait until I had an artist to work with.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52905957260835751852009-11-25T09:58:29.794-08:002009-11-25T09:58:29.794-08:00hahaha, a whole blog for people jelious that they ...hahaha, a whole blog for people jelious that they cant understand basic humor. awesome. so anyone taking the piss make better comics?ahttp://www.youfail.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39145407023817632912009-10-25T08:13:36.058-07:002009-10-25T08:13:36.058-07:00the best part about anon 5:06 is he is clearly mis...the best part about anon 5:06 is he is clearly misinterpreting the striprshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15190246638281869442009-10-25T05:06:24.311-07:002009-10-25T05:06:24.311-07:00Hey guys, do you know you suck as much as xkcd? Le...Hey guys, do you know you suck as much as xkcd? Let me understand the stripe for you.<br />Randall did not wear a condom but his girlfriend's contraceptive wristband. He was kicked out after destroying a few $ks worth of RAM chips and processors.<br />Now his GF is wearing his anti-static band.<br />The punchline is that it is too late(no, actually there is no punchline)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38926051426522895562009-10-23T16:44:03.154-07:002009-10-23T16:44:03.154-07:00On the one hand, I'm curious what "divers...On the one hand, I'm curious what "diverse" means.<br />On the other, I probably don't want to know...Frogwarriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-85571036793526521792009-10-16T12:06:58.143-07:002009-10-16T12:06:58.143-07:00I love how Comic JK is a member of this community ...I love how Comic JK is a member of this community even though the 2 comics of his strip I saw both had excess dialoge/panels after the punchlinePerson #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49009570757675175722009-10-16T07:01:23.743-07:002009-10-16T07:01:23.743-07:00Chit: Except for the fact that Randall was clearly...Chit: Except for the fact that Randall was clearly not thinking of this, your interpretation makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE.<br /><br />The last lines as spoken by him make no sense at all. People interpreted this as meaning that he was wearing a condom while changing RAM, because everyone figured "hey, it's the punchline, so there's GOT to be something funny, right? ...right...?" and invented their own punchline, but ther's certainly no evidence of THAT anywhere.<br /><br />But if it were the GIRL saying "Wait... so what I was changing RAM the other day [and was wearing a wrist band] you thought... what...?" and the guy was like, "yeah! I THOUGHT that was weird" and then... well we're in a funnier place already. At that point maybe the geeksquad could have been shoe-horned in somehow.Sam Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38740601772472505742009-10-16T06:03:39.433-07:002009-10-16T06:03:39.433-07:00Not that I think the comic was great- the position...Not that I think the comic was great- the position swap kept me confused for a whole 5 minutes- but I got the impression it was the girl who got kicked out of geek squad for wearing a static bracelet which the geeks she worked with (and for) would have interpreted as using a contraceptive at the workplace...while having sex with noone... which is actually vaguely funny, if not for the fact that it took me 5 minutes to think of that...Chitrakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319699414833381953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24775089348123531172009-10-16T04:07:09.571-07:002009-10-16T04:07:09.571-07:00Urgh. The new strip. WHERE IS THE HUMOUR, Randall?...Urgh. The new strip. WHERE IS THE HUMOUR, Randall?... oh... yes, sure, mentioning dinosaurs is insta-funny.<br /><br />Mal summed it up well: "infinitely bland". No more, no less.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49104287550131287252009-10-15T23:41:45.048-07:002009-10-15T23:41:45.048-07:00sorry carl i forgot to credit you
fred: what?sorry carl i forgot to credit you<br /><br />fred: what?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62476516896599264372009-10-15T23:38:07.425-07:002009-10-15T23:38:07.425-07:00I hereby give all credit to Carl for "My Hobb...I hereby give all credit to Carl for "My Hobby: Being an Asshole". Also, White Knighting is a great idea, that's going in.<br /><br />I might turn this into a thing where you can pass a bunch of numbers or something in the URL and it'll automatically mark the squares you specified.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717170141815160544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16067738829994124132009-10-15T21:42:19.789-07:002009-10-15T21:42:19.789-07:00Aloria: I was the one who changed "girds"...Aloria: <b><i>I</i></b> was the one who changed "girds" to "girls"! it was me all along. It seemed like a typo.<br /><br />Fred: 1) "My Hobby: Being an Asshole" was TOTALLY MY IDEA FIRST. and 2) You should make a space for White Knighting (see, for example, <a href="http://xkcd.com/322/" rel="nofollow">322</a>)Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-92176870673084630712009-10-15T21:41:21.366-07:002009-10-15T21:41:21.366-07:00Hm, newest xkcd feels somewhat like the oldest one...Hm, newest xkcd feels somewhat like the oldest ones. And the dinosaur looks cool.Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-81042365229841560402009-10-15T21:17:27.591-07:002009-10-15T21:17:27.591-07:00At least the art on the dinosaur is pretty goodAt least the art on the dinosaur is pretty goodToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927263389394763247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90550861695620743692009-10-15T21:15:33.084-07:002009-10-15T21:15:33.084-07:00Also, is that woman-riding-a-sauropod sexual or WH...Also, is that woman-riding-a-sauropod sexual or WHAT? I mean, we're talking some serious Freudian imagery here. And this following a comic that implied the woman was on top...Lint of Deathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683235360544381944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63461629596936721882009-10-15T21:12:31.010-07:002009-10-15T21:12:31.010-07:00Get out of my head, Randall. Or at least stay in t...Get out of my head, Randall. Or at least stay in the funny parts!Lint of Deathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683235360544381944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80501484761678803782009-10-15T21:05:22.312-07:002009-10-15T21:05:22.312-07:00Today's XKCD is infinitely bland. At least the...Today's XKCD is infinitely bland. At least there's no post-punchline dialogue--though the alt-text is basically Randall indulging his habit of explicitly spelling out the joke in the title-text.<br /><br />Tepid romance, asymmetric relationships, fantasizing about dinosaurs, redundant title-text. Pretty typical.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16321780747096142282009-10-15T19:36:35.318-07:002009-10-15T19:36:35.318-07:00Yep, that looks like it, Fernie. And I agree.Yep, that looks like it, Fernie. And I agree.Lint of Deathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683235360544381944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30752927736118640222009-10-15T18:09:32.847-07:002009-10-15T18:09:32.847-07:00Actually, I might be wrong on this, but I don'...Actually, I might be wrong on this, but I don't think the comic treats the characters' positions as "left and right", but instead as "top and bottom", and the left/right thing only refers to who speaks first. It baffles me that Randall, who has been fully dedicated to drawing comics for YEARS, can fuck up such a basic element of comics.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27970782034494107082009-10-15T17:26:18.573-07:002009-10-15T17:26:18.573-07:00That's the primary reason I was so confused at...That's the primary reason I was so confused at the comic in regards to who's saying what (other than the position switch in the middle). I remember reading about a wristband (or some other strap-on going somewhere) as an alternative method to the pill. I couldn't understand what was going on because the male was actually the one with the wristband, something that makes no sense.Defiantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20167209976381949732009-10-15T15:58:14.043-07:002009-10-15T15:58:14.043-07:00@Fred - I'd recommend calling it 'Noodle I...@Fred - I'd recommend calling it 'Noodle Incident'John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76870444472334153642009-10-15T14:59:46.910-07:002009-10-15T14:59:46.910-07:00Thanks Ken, I'm gonna call it "scene miss...Thanks Ken, I'm gonna call it "scene missing".Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30888712217607359292009-10-15T12:06:05.792-07:002009-10-15T12:06:05.792-07:00Ken, you've got a good point with the Pill->...Ken, you've got a good point with the Pill->strap thing. They do make birth control patches, so the idea of a birth control wristband isn't completely out there. <br /><br />There is actually NuvaRing, which is just a plastic ring impregnated with hormones that hangs out up by the cervix. I've seen them and they look a lot like those plastic jelly bracelets that were trendy back when Avril Lavigne was popular. But I'm glad Randall didn't go THAT route.aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34580962636021557122009-10-15T11:59:10.384-07:002009-10-15T11:59:10.384-07:00If there is a succinct way to phrase it, the bingo...If there is a succinct way to phrase it, the bingo board needs a category of "let the audience imagine the wacky hijinks that Randall doesn't bother to come up with". Which this comic tries to have, except that there is clearly nothing wacky to imagine.<br /><br /><br />This comic would work slightly better, though still terrible, if the female (or bottom male, it's all cool) was the one wearing the strap. You'd have to lose the mention of the condom, and instead use the Pill, but I think that would be an improvement.<br /> <br />Worded correctly, pill-->strap could sound as logical as, say, gum-->patch for quitting smoking.<br /><br />And the alt-text cries out for a bad pun about "at least my computer didn't get a virus". And we would groan, but it would at least work.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90252199334436377832009-10-15T11:23:38.781-07:002009-10-15T11:23:38.781-07:00aloria this is a good post and i have a suspicion ...aloria this is a good post and i have a suspicion that those who dislike your posts might be <i>secretly gay</i> (they dislike girls because they are secretly gay)Napoleon In Ragshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431599369752601413noreply@blogger.com