tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7722619192085592183..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 781: You Have it All BackwardsCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51932438615876427252010-09-26T03:44:08.136-07:002010-09-26T03:44:08.136-07:00Ummmm... backward is correct. Backwards is accepta...Ummmm... backward is correct. Backwards is acceptable as well in this case, but backward is both adverb and adjective, while backwards is only an adverb. Way to fail. You lack any wit/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32143384567999353822010-08-24T02:18:33.467-07:002010-08-24T02:18:33.467-07:00Carl you ignorant pedant! Your (incorrect) asserti...Carl you ignorant pedant! Your (incorrect) assertion that "backward" is wrong makes you just as bad as Randall and his pedantic followers. I have no choice but to hate you now. Sorry, old friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1751328713583012402010-08-24T00:39:48.887-07:002010-08-24T00:39:48.887-07:00As somebody mentioned above, when "a half mil...<i>As somebody mentioned above, when "a half mile past the big field" features in your directions, there's a very good chance that your GPS will steer you into "Deliverance" territory. </i><br /><br />No. No there isn't.Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82355973638032537792010-08-23T17:44:20.509-07:002010-08-23T17:44:20.509-07:00"it sounds like a pretty cool condition reall..."it sounds like a pretty cool condition really- I sorta wish I had it for a week or so."<br /><br />Yea, now try having it for your whole life.<br /><br />STILL THINK SINESTHESIA IS COOL?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90155060664505153282010-08-23T16:46:48.884-07:002010-08-23T16:46:48.884-07:00Here is what happens in real life, worst case scen...Here is what happens in real life, worst case scenario:<br /><br />"I don't really know how to get there. Can you tell me your address?"<br /><br />"Sure, it's ________. Do you want directions?"<br /><br />"No, I'll use my GPS / mapquest / whatever"<br /><br />"Oh, okay, you and your technology"<br /><br />FIN<br /><br />also<br />http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7900/74964665.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50791039803393040212010-08-23T16:37:21.264-07:002010-08-23T16:37:21.264-07:00I'm a little envious of the people who think t...I'm a little envious of the people who think the GPS conversation has never happened between two real, live humans. <br /><br />I thought the strip was a decent idea ruined by too much exposition and a viewpoint character who comes off as an asshole, but then I got to the alt text. Dear god, that alt text.<br /><br />No only does it try to belabor the already strained joke, it actually invalidates the fucking premise without subverting it. As somebody mentioned above, when "a half mile past the big field" features in your directions, there's a very good chance that your GPS will steer you into "Deliverance" territory.Matt Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41619462010406016802010-08-23T15:35:29.909-07:002010-08-23T15:35:29.909-07:00"I don't think he was fishing for GOOMHba..."I don't think he was fishing for GOOMHbahs either - a lot of humor is funny simply because the audience knows what is being talked about."<br /><br />Oh <i>fuck <b>You</b></i>.<br /><br />I didn;t get ravenzomg's comic- yeah it is a three- but is there much beyond the comic aside from "I'm special"?<br /><br />I mean it as a genuine question.<br /><br />Also, how do you diagnose synthsesia? don't most people associate colours or textures to noncoloured nontextured concepts? i.e. crunchy bass- or is it a strictly colour->concept thing?<br /><br />it sounds like a pretty cool condition really- I sorta wish I had it for a week or so.Fucklefishhttp://www.sex.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3972000304202511712010-08-23T12:55:10.214-07:002010-08-23T12:55:10.214-07:00i don't think that's possible but ok
and ...i don't think that's possible but ok<br /><br />and anon, i do not discriminate. i am a friend to all things (that do not create or worship crappy webcomics.)R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48018158757701818962010-08-23T12:46:55.128-07:002010-08-23T12:46:55.128-07:00KISR? More like PRFRMCNNILNGSONR!KISR? More like PRFRMCNNILNGSONR!Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40424215076998360972010-08-23T12:43:18.660-07:002010-08-23T12:43:18.660-07:00KISR? I hardly know her!KISR? I hardly know her!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11181734231714312072010-08-23T12:11:42.032-07:002010-08-23T12:11:42.032-07:00Latest comic would have been far superior as a sin...Latest comic would have been far superior as a single panel.<br /><br />"Looking forward to seeing your new place! What's the address? Actually, can I stop you there? I have a GPS and I just need the destination. Okay, right, but the GPS will tell me these directions. I just need to know your address. No, I really...<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />Okay, I have something to mail you; where should I send it?"<br /><br />BAM. Brevity is the soul of wit and all that. In the comic as Randall drew it, there's far too much buildup, the punchline is executed poorly, and the post-punchline sentences detract from the joke.<br /><br />KISR: Keep it simple, Randy.Gamer_2k4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53407952930400570472010-08-23T11:52:10.719-07:002010-08-23T11:52:10.719-07:00@Ravenzomg: I am not colourblind and it is indeed ...@Ravenzomg: I am not colourblind and it is indeed a 3 in that comic. I don't really know how the test works so I don't know if you should be able to see the 3 by inverting the colours. But you can read more about the test here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishihara_color_testAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2844125087671923362010-08-23T11:04:20.715-07:002010-08-23T11:04:20.715-07:00@GoneFishing - aside from you being a big hypocrit...@GoneFishing - aside from you being a big hypocrite (this is not about GPS, how dare you tell us to be on topic when you are not!) Carl is currently two comics behind. Shall we await him getting around to posting before we talk about how terrible the comic is, or would we do it in the most logical place (the most recent entry)?Corenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212091179352013947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1230669396332836332010-08-23T11:04:18.979-07:002010-08-23T11:04:18.979-07:00GIRL DIRECTIONS! GIRL DIRECTIONS! haha...
+1 Anon...GIRL DIRECTIONS! GIRL DIRECTIONS! haha...<br /><br />+1 Anon844. I didn't know my own address or phone number for months because I just knew how to get there/never called myself. Hell, I've had a friend who has lived at the same place for a solid decade now. I can tell you the street and what the house looks like, but the number? Fuck that, it's the big grey house on the left with a lawn chairs and the gnomes and the willow.<br /><br />@LostinSpace: Randall don't take shit from no one! Although yeah, thinking about it again [I'm not reading it again] he really does come off as an ass. People do not interrupt each other, but maybe he's used to people ceding to his Greatness [with a capital G].<br /><br />Randall; yet again superior to this race of untechnological men.<br /><br />Also, unrelated, I'm colourblind -- is the number actually 3 <a href="http://cowbirdsinlove.com/940" rel="nofollow">here</a>? I inverted the colours but still don't see anything, so is that the point? Damn my crippled X chromosomes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58617606690561697612010-08-23T08:49:21.666-07:002010-08-23T08:49:21.666-07:00@ScottMcTony
While the degree of difficulty in ge...@ScottMcTony<br /><br />While the degree of difficulty in getting the other person to stop giving you directions and just give you the address is definitely exaggerated in the comic, it still can be quite difficult to derail someone who is set on giving you directions. Also the stick figure in the comic is pretty rude- when I am not able to stop someone from giving me unwanted directions after one or two tries, I just give up and listen quietly until they are finished, and then get the address.LostInSpacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57420928930260536982010-08-23T08:47:19.387-07:002010-08-23T08:47:19.387-07:00Today, XKCD merged with Subnormality. Thousands cr...Today, XKCD merged with Subnormality. Thousands cried.Plasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729823782513370643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82128452285155232032010-08-23T08:44:32.301-07:002010-08-23T08:44:32.301-07:00Is anyone else getting the vibe that in the real v...Is anyone else getting the vibe that in the real version the other guy knew how to get there but <i>didn't actually know the address</i>, and that Randall either didn't catch that or wanted him to go look it up? This contradicts the last panel, but since that's the part that has Randall being "clever" it's easy to assume he just made that part up afterward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30794445455691551592010-08-23T08:40:26.643-07:002010-08-23T08:40:26.643-07:00I actually do find the sort of thing in the most r...I actually do find the sort of thing in the most recent comic annoying. I've never come across it with a GPS specifically, but I know some people [relatives] who seem to have a mental barrier that prevents them from answering a direct question. So I don't think the character was being a jerk - how was he supposed to react? I know the fallibility of spoken directions, especially given by people like the one on the other end of the phone. I don't think he was fishing for GOOMHbahs either - a lot of humor is funny simply because the audience knows what is being talked about. Randall's not doing a 'look-im-a-nerd-too' move here - lots of people have GPSs these days.<br /><br />So I actually kind of liked the most recent comic (barring the alt-text, which was a little too monotonous given the last panel). It's not hilarious, but it's respectable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8392851120561783832010-08-23T08:29:45.327-07:002010-08-23T08:29:45.327-07:00@scottmctony randalls audience is full of self dia...@scottmctony randalls audience is full of self diagnosed aspies with a technology fetish so i do not doubt that they sympathize with the character in this strip<br /><br />or more concisely: "agreement chuckles"UndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53737471657035228402010-08-23T08:25:07.805-07:002010-08-23T08:25:07.805-07:00@anon6:26 all i needed to know was that randy has ...@anon6:26 all i needed to know was that randy has a gps and he is having difficulty getting a street address to some place<br /><br />the rest was just filling in the blanks based mostly on (a) and (b) above which are central tenets of randalls personalityUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39978838221641860382010-08-23T08:24:31.716-07:002010-08-23T08:24:31.716-07:00I like how a huge number of people on the xkcd for...I like how a huge number of people on the xkcd forum are saying stuff like "Yeah I know how this feels" or "this happens all the time it is so infuriating."<br /><br />No. This has never happened to you, or me, or very nearly anyone. This has probably never happened to Randall.<br /><br />Although I find myself concerned. People are outright lying about experiences in order to create a false GOOMHR now? watScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62495037687947532742010-08-23T08:24:07.894-07:002010-08-23T08:24:07.894-07:00Re: The Indian Bones comic
I'm a pretty hardc...Re: The Indian Bones comic<br /><br />I'm a pretty hardcore Xkcd hater*, but I didn't mind that comic as much as I could have. It seemed to be a 'stupid people are stupid' comic like C&H does every now and then. It wasn't quite good enough to be funny though, because I don't know any implicit doom that comes with digging up an Indian burial ground. Maybe if they were actively fighting off ancestral spirits or something at the time it would have been funnier, but I don't see why the location is important - it could have been some other aspect of what they did ("You know how we made puppets out of the bones?" "Yeah?" "We defiled a grave, man!" "Oh crap, really?")<br /><br />*I even go so far as to intentionally capitalize it wrong occasionally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16206495916227220332010-08-23T08:17:25.087-07:002010-08-23T08:17:25.087-07:00@professional mole it seems that my prediction was...@professional mole it seems that my prediction was a pretty good one but i definitely did not see the reference to snail mail coming (i assume it was also used in a condescending way like "fine you do not understand that my technology makes me better than you are so i am going to subtly mock you by asking for your mailing address because <em>nobody sends mail like that any more</em> so the only thing your address is useful for is preventing me from having to actually listen to you when you give me directions to your house <em>also i do not care about you grandma</em> i am randall fucking munroe and i am famous on the internet")<br /><br />obviously i doubt randall was quite that honest in the comic but i have a feeling that this is the gist of itUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24641774101326580422010-08-23T08:10:11.194-07:002010-08-23T08:10:11.194-07:00I know of a case where some guys called an ambulan...I know of a case where some guys called an ambulance for a one of their friends. The emergency central kept asking for the address but the guy on the phone didn't stop giving crude directions^^. He was drunk though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90764045273699434532010-08-23T07:44:01.945-07:002010-08-23T07:44:01.945-07:00Haha, thank you for reminding me about the time Ra...Haha, thank you for reminding me about the time Randall totally ripped off Penny Arcade, Sepia. That was hilarious.Frednoreply@blogger.com