tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7723348787689257846..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 801: FUCK YOU, RANDALLCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70726181778829272372011-01-04T19:33:10.234-08:002011-01-04T19:33:10.234-08:00wtf is this shit? All I see is a fucktard who is p...wtf is this shit? All I see is a fucktard who is pissed because he can't understand xkcd sucks. So, instead of admitting he doesn't know something, he throws a tantrum like this, and hates on an awesome thing. Fail.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52386862167546600282010-11-30T17:51:20.961-08:002010-11-30T17:51:20.961-08:00wtf is this shit? All I see is a bunch of fucktard...wtf is this shit? All I see is a bunch of fucktards who are pissed because they can't understand xkcd. So, instead of admitting they don't know something, they throw a trollfest like this, and hate on an awesome thing. Fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60878911082330670512010-10-10T11:36:15.527-07:002010-10-10T11:36:15.527-07:00... sorry, that was meant to be a middle finger. ...... sorry, that was meant to be a middle finger. Just to clarify...<br /><br />-SamSam Patchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11065898945551607172010-10-10T11:35:25.552-07:002010-10-10T11:35:25.552-07:00Mmm. Of course. I agree, this one sucked. Why m...Mmm. Of course. I agree, this one sucked. Why make it personal?<br /><br />While we're making it personal:<br /><br /><br /> /"\<br /> |\./|<br /> | |<br /> | |<br /> |>~<|<br /> | |<br /> /'\| |/'\..<br /> /~\| | | | \<br /> | =[@]= | | \<br /> | | | | | \<br /> | ~ ~ ~ ~ |` )<br /> | /<br /> \ /<br /> \ /<br /> \ _____ /<br /> |--//''`\--|<br /> | (( +==)) |<br /> |--\_|_//--|<br /><br />Cheers,<br />SamSam Patchhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&feature=fvstnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10043314914988981352010-10-10T03:00:07.286-07:002010-10-10T03:00:07.286-07:00A red herring is a kipper cooked in a certain way ...A red herring is a kipper cooked in a certain way that makes it turn red. Some dude once made a metaphor about such a kipper being used to train hunting dogs by dangling it behind a horse and (get this) people started to assume that was a real practice! Seriously, it wasn't really. The people were dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-36974654407164997642010-10-09T08:19:24.752-07:002010-10-09T08:19:24.752-07:00Well, I was stretching further than I needed to an...Well, I was stretching further than I needed to anyways -- the word Corporate in "Corporate whore" retains the meaning "belonging to the Corporation [hyperbolically]". Fun fact though.<br /><br />Captcha: Redip. I hate people that do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74298378994196943032010-10-09T02:43:10.577-07:002010-10-09T02:43:10.577-07:00Actually "red herring" is a mishearing* ...Actually "red herring" is a mishearing* of "read herring", which refers to Dolcemi's 1667 play "Il Torado", or, more specifically, the 1860 translation into English thereof by John Buke. While it isn't really a detective story - they didn't have detective story in the 1660s, remember - there is some rudimentary attempt at misleading the characters/audience as to the true identity of - well, that would be spoiling it, wouldn't it? But one of the (hideously obvious to a modern viewer, if a shocking twist to the Victorians) fake clues is a herring with the name "BEN" scraped into the scales.<br /><br />*in much the same way as 'a nadder' became 'an adder'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56855162131323073162010-10-08T22:14:14.668-07:002010-10-08T22:14:14.668-07:00The stark color of the proverbial red herring make...The stark color of the proverbial red herring makes it stand out, attracting attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22066269666664610552010-10-08T20:39:55.556-07:002010-10-08T20:39:55.556-07:00Corporate: Belonging to Corporations. "Randal...Corporate: Belonging to Corporations. "Randall is a Corporate Whore [[the whore who has sold himself to Corporate America]]". I don't even know how that phrase got started, but the meaning of "Red" does not at all affect the phrase "Red Herring", does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77309508883688413932010-10-08T20:31:00.239-07:002010-10-08T20:31:00.239-07:00.... You guys do know what the word "corpora....... You guys do know what the word "corporate" means, right?Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837322808525126354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45904047841798520412010-10-08T18:54:11.722-07:002010-10-08T18:54:11.722-07:00You really can't escape xkcd no matter how har...You really can't escape xkcd no matter how hard you try. Even if I never visited the site, a good example is the other day on a forum I go to where someone posted a thread about why no one takes time travelers seriously. It was a picture of someone telling people in the 1950s about people putting up their breakfasts on Twitter and Facebook and having others comment on it.<br /><br />And then someone posted that fucking "You're about to have an idea for a time machine!" comic.<br /><br />I responded by posting the edited version "You're about to have an idea for the funniest comic ever, Randall!"<br /><br />I was glad to see that people found the edited version to be much funnier than Randall's.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67131927326362606262010-10-08T17:31:15.652-07:002010-10-08T17:31:15.652-07:00"[...] believing Randy to be a corporate whor..."<i>[...] believing Randy to be a corporate whore. I don't even have anything against XKCD anymore, it's mostly the image he's projecting.</i>"<br /><br />I've enough against XKCD without that. Like, shitty illustrated throwaway memes and references. I.e. 80% of all recent XKCD "comics".<br /><br />"<i>And I never was a cuddlefish, really.</i>"<br /><br />You, by definition, are one as soon as you post here as anon. (See in the Frequently Asked Awesome Questions to the left.)<br /><br />"<i>[...], at first, I thought the usual brunette stick figure was a hip guy with long hair.</i>"<br /><br />An interesting take.<br /><br />"<i>Not that there's anything wrong with that.</i>"<br /><br />I would think so!<br /><br /><br />Anyone else got the impression I'm writing so much I could as well take over the blog?Evlnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83183886899565057372010-10-08T16:27:43.419-07:002010-10-08T16:27:43.419-07:00Evln:
I guess I never really wanted to be recogni...Evln:<br /><br />I guess I never really wanted to be recognized by you people. :P<br /><br />And I never was a cuddlefish, really. I only know of xkcd because I kept seeing it in people's forum signatures plus I liked that "Someone is wrong on the Internet" one, so I decided to see what the big deal was. After seeing the "professions by purity" one, the horrid art*, and the earlier strips which actually showed potential, I decided the comic needed to join my list of "SHIT THAT IS EXTREMELY POPULAR YET COMPLETELY TERRIBLE; I DO NOT HATE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE POPULAR NOR BECAUSE THEY ARE AWFUL, BUT RATHER BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH AND I CANNOT AVOID THEM NO MATTER WHERE I GO SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO HATE THEM SO DON'T SAY 'WELL JUST DON'T WATCH/READ THEM IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM'". It is accompanied by post-cancellation Family Guy and Jersey Shore.<br /><br />*Fun Fact: The 2 art details that really pissed me off and inspired me to see if I was alone in disliking the strip were the ugly ass chairs and the fact that, at first, I thought the usual brunette stick figure was a hip guy with long hair. (You see, I thought the strip had a recurring cast: Baldie, Long-haired Guy, Blonde, and some people with hats.) Needless to say, I was confused when some awkward nerd romance was going on between Baldie and Long-haired Guy.<br /><br />Not that there's anything wrong with that.Anonymousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70195126028976472142010-10-08T16:22:41.078-07:002010-10-08T16:22:41.078-07:00New comic is annoying. I would be interested in le...New comic is annoying. I would be interested in learning about the actual reason an airplane's wing works. However, classrooms have a finite amount of time. They cannot handle every long digression suggested by a student. Teachers cannot derail the entire lecture just because one student is ahead of the class. So to say that it's <i>wrong</i> for the teacher to recognize the true complexity of the picture, but also pragmatically realize that she can't simply ignore every other student in favor of some inquisitive guy, is tremendously egotistical. "Pander to me, educational system! Fuck everyone who doesn't immediately grasp everything!"<br /><br />And, of course, the alt-text is worse. "Parents should inculcate inquisitiveness and alertness in their children" is more or less fine; "Parents should coach their children so they can trip up their teachers and reveal the inadequacies of the school system" is just dickery.Femalethothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37846049261740937632010-10-08T16:09:58.923-07:002010-10-08T16:09:58.923-07:00Evln: I believe we can both agree the site is 90% ...Evln: I believe we can both agree the site is 90% believing Randy to be a corporate whore. I don't even have anything against XKCD anymore, it's mostly the image he's projecting. <br /><br />When you try to order the new poster, the default is the "Poster Pack" for $5 extra which includes the older map of the internet as well as the newer one. So if you want JUST the new map, you have to recognize that this isn't what you're buying and switch it. Sort of like his "Radiohead style" thing.<br /><br />Anonymouse: This site is blowing my mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61337857270666881242010-10-08T15:53:40.224-07:002010-10-08T15:53:40.224-07:00Hey, 3.11! When is a curtain not a curtain? When i...Hey, 3.11! When is a curtain not a curtain? When it's your face!<br /><br />It's funny because it's a joke.<br /><br />(Like your face.)3.53noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3053763283629360872010-10-08T15:52:31.341-07:002010-10-08T15:52:31.341-07:00"I've posted under various names because ..."<i>I've posted under various names because I cannot think of what to stick with</i>"<br /><br />See, that's why <i>you</i> really are still a cuddlefish. Of what use is your name if we can't recognize you the next time you don't like your current one any more.<br /><br />Anon 3:11: Cool story bro.Evlnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58243615242408813582010-10-08T15:11:20.790-07:002010-10-08T15:11:20.790-07:00I really liked this comic. Its a comic. I really d...I really liked this comic. Its a comic. I really don't care about any of your points--humour wasn't made to be analysed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6756652092532401002010-10-08T13:37:38.803-07:002010-10-08T13:37:38.803-07:00@Evln: I know. I don't really know why I do th...@Evln: I know. I don't really know why I do that. I guess I wasn't sure what to put when I first posted (sometime ago; I've posted under various names because I cannot think of what to stick with), so I put in a random website (I believe it was a blog post about this guy I knew who was accused of something with his own students), but then it sort of became like a couch gag of sorts. It's also something mildly amusing for me to do each time I post.<br /><br />I think I might stick with http://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/ to try and help get it back as the most viewed ytmnd before the site becomes even deader.Anonymousehttp://blueballfixed.ytmnd.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-69759593027305561782010-10-08T12:03:14.638-07:002010-10-08T12:03:14.638-07:00Timofei: What I have against it is that it is the ...Timofei: What I have against it is that it is the direct cause for the following Wikipedia charlie-fuck:<br /><br />"The dot-ME top level domain replaced the dot-YU (Yugoslavia) domain previously used by Serbia and Montenegro. In addition to declaring .me independent of .yu."<br /><br />You think I'm joking, but I'm not.Ernestonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18867114792224659532010-10-08T10:38:35.464-07:002010-10-08T10:38:35.464-07:00BTW you forgot to mention that actually 60% of thi...BTW you forgot to mention that actually 60% of this site is about taking offence how ugly and/or fat some people are.Evlnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70702735341500701652010-10-08T10:32:52.213-07:002010-10-08T10:32:52.213-07:00"This site is 20% spam, 20% trolls, 40% unjus..."<i>This site is 20% spam, 20% trolls, 40% unjustified and poorly formatted anger, and 10% critique. Naturally Rob is the remaining 10% of this site.</i>"<br /><br />Did I say anything contrary to that?Evlnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75831492530887027122010-10-08T09:29:10.480-07:002010-10-08T09:29:10.480-07:00Oh, sorry, I suppose that is "linked to"...Oh, sorry, I suppose that is "linked to" now. RIP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61132408153174385982010-10-08T09:26:12.684-07:002010-10-08T09:26:12.684-07:00Spam? Do you see the crap Carl links to? This site...Spam? Do you see the crap Carl links to? This site is 20% spam, 20% trolls, 40% unjustified and poorly formatted anger, and 10% critique. Naturally Rob is the remaining 10% of this site. By mass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11811633618849053752010-10-08T09:18:51.035-07:002010-10-08T09:18:51.035-07:00ITT: Repression per proxy.
"Also, it makes h...<b>ITT: Repression per proxy.</b><br /><br />"<i>Also, it makes him look like more of a Regular.</i>"<br /><br />Idk, maybe if they would link to their website or profile or something. Even though your point is valid, these links effectively are spam.Evlnnoreply@blogger.com