tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7628961128934298082..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 840: Seriously LAMECarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58943652943853942412010-12-31T18:18:04.972-08:002010-12-31T18:18:04.972-08:00Holy shit! 841 is actually kind of funny.Holy shit! 841 is actually kind of funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16161608359879857592010-12-31T13:22:00.434-08:002010-12-31T13:22:00.434-08:00841 was just too damn long. Anyone seeing the comi...841 was just too damn long. Anyone seeing the comic will just skim the panels for keywords and jump to the last bit. And even the zinger takes too long to deliver. Try saying the sentence out loud: "I'll tell you later - you wouldn't appreciate the punchline over this 12kbps cell phone codec".<br /><br />Seriously, who the fuck says something like that? Prose should be economical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78758131785101831602010-12-31T11:36:40.463-08:002010-12-31T11:36:40.463-08:00Goatkcd 841 would've been perfect had "No...Goatkcd 841 would've been perfect had "No, this is a joke:" been in the panel before last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73847669057899608282010-12-31T10:59:32.254-08:002010-12-31T10:59:32.254-08:00Rob will know he's got a follower if the next ...Rob will know he's got a follower if the next xkcd involves a beer with the brand name of "Subjunctive."Marion Diabolitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012658941527646301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44675912650079841322010-12-31T09:02:37.113-08:002010-12-31T09:02:37.113-08:00841 made me laugh. Randy actually sat down, and wr...841 made me laugh. Randy actually sat down, and wrote out a joke. He told that joke, then stopped writing dialog in the comic. This might be the first single-joke no-awkard-after-joke-dialog comic he's written in years. And the joke made me laugh!<br /><br />I guess if you write hundreds of forced comics, one of them might be funny after all. Did Randy just brute force humor?<br /><br />On second thought, the set up is a bit too wordy, but i'm just gonna enjoy this funny joke and pretend they were all this funny.Semicolonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20163799299036735782010-12-31T05:47:31.292-08:002010-12-31T05:47:31.292-08:00I'll say it for the last time before leaping t...I'll say it for the last time before leaping to 841: the problem with 840 being a simple and silly(fuck it, I'm nog gonna apologize for the unintended pun!) joke is that xkcd is not the place for such silly things. XKCD is a comic that grew in fame for featuring stick figure comics with hard science elements, most obscure to most people. It has then built a fanbase that boasts about having higher than average IQ and mocks its detractors for not getting the jokes(most of the time, falsely; we get the jokes, they just aren't funny). Not to mention all the times I see xkcd mentioned in my Twtiter timeline with the word "genius" dangerously close to it.<br /><br />Then Randall makes a joke worthy of a 3-year-old kid, and somewhy the fans still praise it as Randall's greatest accomplishment, instead of recognizing this undermines their self-given reputation of ingenuity(not that it wasn't already undermined by Randall's constant pandering to high schoolers). A pun that's not only stupid, but makes no sense, and should have been scrapped while it was still a sketch(does Randall even make sketches, though? Tricky question...)<br /><br />Are there brilliant things that are incredibly simple? Why, yes! Are all things simple brilliant? Fucking no, or else every hand turkey ever made would be a fucking work of art of the highest quality!<br /><br />...let's get to 841.<br /><br />Firstly, it's verbose. It almost reminds me of Subnormality, what with Randall filling almost every white space in the panel with speech. And that for a punchline that isn't really worth it. So, audiophiles care too much about audio quality, amirite? But fear not, Randall is to defend the poor and oppressed non-audiophiles!<br /><br />I wonder some things, thouch... such as whether this conversation is made out of snippets from some forum discussion Randall had(minus the witty retorts, that's just Randall's esprit de l'escalier). I wonder how could Randall permit himself to put the girl in the "bad side" of the discussion in this comic. And I wonder why did the girl hang up in the last panel, when it'd make more sense for the guy to hang up right after his punchline. But, then again, the hang up itself is PPD.<br /><br />To be honest, the punchline is clever. I just don't care about the subject. At all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76393642539162960582010-12-31T02:12:51.412-08:002010-12-31T02:12:51.412-08:00Marion Delgado: that can actually be open to debat...Marion Delgado: that can actually be open to debate. Of all the alternatives that you suggested, the others would either be too weak or overdone. For example, a household use would have removed the "short and sweet" from the comic, as well as the current event would have been overdoing it. Using a current event would also have removed attention from the main element of the simple joke.<br /><br />after all, as Frank Lloyd Wright wrote, “Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art”.<br /><br />to put it simply... the simplicity of the comic highlights its brilliance.<br /><br /><br />now, 841... terribad.Jonathan Devonshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28183044133495677472010-12-31T00:47:45.262-08:002010-12-31T00:47:45.262-08:00anonymous 1:55 is right about the order. That'...anonymous 1:55 is right about the order. That's impossible to dispute.<br /><br />Everyone else is right about the "punchline" - if Silly Putty's motto had been "Touch me!" then it would have been perfect. But it wasn't (it was "Nothing Else is Silly Putty!") the current punchline is weak though not impossibly so.<br /><br />Alternatives:<br /><br />some current event: "Oh my God, we're officially in a double dip recession!"<br /><br />A household use for the putty: "You still need to put me in that gap in the bathroom window."<br /><br />A distortion of the motto: "Nothing here is silly, buddy!"<br /><br />It also could have blown a hole in the wall when bounced against it.<br /><br />However, the "it has a bad punchline" argument is weaker than the order argument. This should be a psychological test of some kind.<br /><br />I don't wish to disparage anyone on the autism spectrum, but if Randall's representative, perhaps sequencing jokes is simply one of those things autistic/Asperger's people aren't prone to do well.Marion Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09493068399042656060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17124553147593777032010-12-31T00:32:48.687-08:002010-12-31T00:32:48.687-08:00So I guess what he's trying to say, in the mid...So I guess what he's trying to say, in the midst of that wild swing between Xbox games and FLAC files and living room sound systems (which are apparently all equivalent regardless of which side of that argument you are on), is that base information is more important than aesthetics. It's a compelling argument. In fact, I don't think I'll bother listening to Prokofiev anymore. I'll just read the music sheets.Discus Masternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48128352191185367512010-12-31T00:30:14.311-08:002010-12-31T00:30:14.311-08:00Making fun of audiophiles is good enough, but Rand...Making fun of audiophiles is good enough, but Randall's missed the train entirely. Virtual Dynamics Judge~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79455227470976682332010-12-30T23:51:49.065-08:002010-12-30T23:51:49.065-08:00This is the best write up since Carl left by far. ...This is the best write up since Carl left by far. I laughed twice and I appreciate that. Is Rob finally coming into his own? Will this prove to be just a fluke? Find out next week on xkcd Sucks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21680127770513160942010-12-30T23:26:47.486-08:002010-12-30T23:26:47.486-08:00Like a number of commenters here I also liked this...Like a number of commenters here I also liked this comic and laughed out loud at it. It's a simple but unexpected subversion.<br /><br />And yes "don't touch me" is a serious thing for putty to say. Putty that is usually silly and touchable. Simple, no?<br /><br />Though apparently jokes that are simple are for CHILDREN ONLY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41828632074637413842010-12-30T22:36:13.049-08:002010-12-30T22:36:13.049-08:00Mole, that is just because you are a necromancer. ...Mole, that is just because you are a necromancer. Which is strictly better than liking it while it's dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60191663131257131482010-12-30T22:34:11.558-08:002010-12-30T22:34:11.558-08:00...who said Webcomics.me is dead? I'm sure I d......who said Webcomics.me is dead? I'm sure I didn't stop writing weekly there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59510775521846379272010-12-30T22:34:02.289-08:002010-12-30T22:34:02.289-08:00I actually kind of like the joke in 841 but that s...I actually kind of like the joke in 841 but that setup was way too long. As such, I can't say I liked it, but I thought it sucked less than a lot of the more recent ones. Cutting out the second panel would improve the comic fairly well. Wouldn't make it great, but it'd be better than it is now.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79143285202975258392010-12-30T21:36:52.655-08:002010-12-30T21:36:52.655-08:00The joke in 841 is that listening to anything with...The joke in 841 is that listening to anything with really poor sound quality is not a big deal. The additional joke is that people who act like elitists over operating systems are justified and people who act like elitists over audio equipment are not, and there is a very important reason for this distinction and Randall does not know what it is or acknowledge it.<br /><br />The bonus joke is that Randall despises what he makes a living doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26356515657958447362010-12-30T21:20:08.408-08:002010-12-30T21:20:08.408-08:00Let's just ignore #841 and pretend it never ex...Let's just ignore #841 and pretend it never existed, mmk? Or alternately, pretend these two Void Creatures are quirky characters we've come to love over the previous 840 comics, and this is just [Void Creature 1] being [Void Creature 1] to [Void Creature 2]'s dismay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63267186244117189472010-12-30T21:19:37.161-08:002010-12-30T21:19:37.161-08:00841: That was a really long setup for a really med...841: That was a really long setup for a really mediocre joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58411530246952757612010-12-30T21:05:16.428-08:002010-12-30T21:05:16.428-08:00With Redux and webcomics.me both gone, I am beginn...With Redux and webcomics.me both gone, I am beginning to suspect that maybe that really wasn't the Redux guy trolling around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9790521683202148622010-12-30T21:02:56.184-08:002010-12-30T21:02:56.184-08:00Well...#841 was the dumbest thing I ever read.Well...#841 was the dumbest thing I ever read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11451295643532815032010-12-30T20:43:12.602-08:002010-12-30T20:43:12.602-08:00Is webcomics.me officially gone and dead now?Is webcomics.me officially gone and dead now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38907438134680226092010-12-30T19:32:03.007-08:002010-12-30T19:32:03.007-08:002:10 There's nothing wrong with finding amusem...2:10 There's nothing wrong with finding amusement in simple things. People are idiots for accolading simple jokes though, especially when there's nothing in the presentation of the simple joke that would have taken any actual work or adds any interest, extra especially when the joke is simple enough to be the type of thing that a pre-teen would easily come up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2860324872570533852010-12-30T16:51:14.353-08:002010-12-30T16:51:14.353-08:00Two people just posted a link to 840 on Facebook w...Two people just posted a link to 840 on Facebook within 15 minutes of each other. And no way they knew each other did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11043526369578581302010-12-30T16:37:55.611-08:002010-12-30T16:37:55.611-08:00@Rob on Dec 30 12:00 am
Hey hey HEY now. Don'...@Rob on Dec 30 12:00 am<br /><br />Hey hey HEY now. Don't get ahead of yourself. I said I hated THIS post. But you can never hope to match the awfulness of Randy's 836. You might as well give up trying to live up to Randy. Just because you strike gold once doesn't mean you have any talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24649504960108148342010-12-30T14:10:06.925-08:002010-12-30T14:10:06.925-08:00So now people are idiots for laughing at simple jo...So now people are idiots for laughing at simple jokes? Really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com