tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post7787793931772909244..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 693: Suspension of BeliefCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19750301338845295092010-01-31T17:57:47.646-08:002010-01-31T17:57:47.646-08:00@Justin
You're welcome? Though, I wasn't ...@Justin<br /><br />You're welcome? Though, I wasn't targeting you. I was targeting some guy that had no idea what this comic meant.Rioghasarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829791073406327695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3674249526465780272010-01-29T02:54:51.319-08:002010-01-29T02:54:51.319-08:00Ugh...you really don't get it.
It's funny...Ugh...you really don't get it.<br /><br />It's funny because of what happens if you think about it for longer than the novel itself requires. Its like the Narinia probe one a little while back. You really don't like to think about it, do you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5591517098336879642010-01-28T21:10:10.307-08:002010-01-28T21:10:10.307-08:00Randall is LATE!Randall is LATE!John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59235721059513885242010-01-28T19:35:17.642-08:002010-01-28T19:35:17.642-08:00The fact that it is a tired, boring, unoriginal, u...The fact that it is a tired, boring, unoriginal, unfunny piece of shit is something that's wrong with the comic. You area fucktard for not understanding that, you shit-eating testicle farmer. nobody gives a shit about your supposedly interesting or insightful comments, because they are neither. You area faceless mass of self-serving shit who believes disagreeing with the majority of a given group makes you cool, and for that your a pretentious ass-stain of the underpants of existence. Die in a fire, you cock-guzzling thundercunt.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51709630169260662162010-01-28T19:23:56.417-08:002010-01-28T19:23:56.417-08:00Thanks for explaining that, Rioghasarig. I'm n...Thanks for explaining that, Rioghasarig. I'm not exactly what you call "target audience" so obviously I didn't understand the comic.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290443909160461334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47742917712062540792010-01-28T17:56:28.311-08:002010-01-28T17:56:28.311-08:00Also, the latest comic is about how one day linux ...Also, the latest comic is about how one day linux will overtake windows as the most popular OS. And Linux doesn't get viruses.* So viruses will be a thing of the past. It'd be an interesting spectacle to see someone cleaning Win32 viruses just like it'd be interesting to see someone with one of those gigantic cell phones from the 80's/90's.Rioghasarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829791073406327695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57877078210267150382010-01-28T17:43:40.445-08:002010-01-28T17:43:40.445-08:00I might be more forgiving of this post if you hadn...I might be more forgiving of this post if you hadn't done the "Randall always does the same joke. Here is another, very tenuously related comic that falls under this broad title I just made up to describe these two comics." thing before. <br /><br />(Randomly click any post ever made in this blog to see an example) <br /><br />No but really. What was wrong with the joke other than "Similar jokes have been told before." Is that one fact alone enough to ruin a joke? Especially with such a broad definition of "similar". I mean, there are plenty Yo Momma jokes that are funny, even though Yo Momma jokes have been done to death. In fact, I'm sure you could take any joke from any of your favorite webcomics and find similar jokes elsewhere. <br /><br />I just don't think you did very well critiquing this comic. I mean, you didn't state any problems with the comic itself. So...yeah.Rioghasarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16829791073406327695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73752278812783410702010-01-28T16:22:41.588-08:002010-01-28T16:22:41.588-08:00Rob, your comment made me think of the scene in th...Rob, <a href="http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2010/01/comic-693-suspension-of-belief.html?showComment=1264719010007#c6855986179415270326" rel="nofollow">your comment</a> made me think of the scene in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_Relief" rel="nofollow">this episode of The Office</a>, where Andy says how he's not insightful enough to be a movie critic, and says "I could be a food critic. 'These muffins are bad.'" ...File that one under Random Fleeting Thoughts, Volume 7.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53965079759002504762010-01-28T15:12:03.810-08:002010-01-28T15:12:03.810-08:00Anon 2:39 - you are also not familiar with the old...Anon 2:39 - you are also not familiar with the olden days, when Amanda and I were more active and I would get drunk and amuse everyone. It was much funnier then. Or I was much drunker and it just seemed funnier. <br /><br />Either way, I am awesome.David Poorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173847419796847573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68559861794152703262010-01-28T14:50:10.007-08:002010-01-28T14:50:10.007-08:00Anon 12:23: We'll see what comes out this week...Anon 12:23: We'll see what comes out this weekend. I have a plane ride and I will be extra bored.<br /><br />Anon 2:39: It's like this. Have you ever been to a bad movie night? Most of the fun is in making fun of the movie as a group. You aren't necessarily making observations that are terribly funny on their own, but there is a combination of tone and context which makes it funny.<br /><br />Similarly, there is such a creature as a review which is funny. It's not saying anything which is by its nature funny--it's usually "this album is good" or "this movie is bad"--bit there's a matter of tone and word choice which makes people read it and go "that is funny!"rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11585267822692516882010-01-28T14:39:16.868-08:002010-01-28T14:39:16.868-08:00I have the hope that randall can make better comic...I have the hope that randall can make better comics if he wanted to, but now he just scribbles something down that might almost pass as 'mildly amusing.'<br /><br />Also, can you classify this blog as humor? What is... funny about it? All I see is people bitching about a declining webcomic. Wooo my stomach is cramping up with the laughter. Every post now is just xkcd sucks. I know how you guys say RAndall should drop xkcd, you guys should drop xkcd sucks. It's the same story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19412431833672257972010-01-28T12:23:15.743-08:002010-01-28T12:23:15.743-08:00As much as I'd like that I think you should ju...As much as I'd like that I think you should just do one at a time. Two at once would probably be too long for most people or one would get more attention than the other.<br /><br />The 'comics don't have to be funny' one is a good one, too. Especially because the given layout of XKCD DEMANDS it be humorous. No story and no REAL characters do not lend themselves well to serious works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14357496711538231482010-01-28T11:49:09.607-08:002010-01-28T11:49:09.607-08:00Maybe I will do a double-feature. I've wanted ...Maybe I will do a double-feature. I've wanted to to Objectivity In Art for a while but this whole "COMICS DON'T HAVE TO BE FUNNY" thing has got to stop. (Spoiler alert: they have to be funny when they are trying to be funny, which XKCD is about 95% of the time.)rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89510601120874206222010-01-28T11:40:51.821-08:002010-01-28T11:40:51.821-08:00OH NO! Don't put off the objectivity in art. I...OH NO! Don't put off the objectivity in art. I'm interested in reading how you argue for it because whenever I try to people usually roll their eyes.<br /><br />Of course they don't have any compelling reasons as to why it is 100% subjective, either, but they don't feel like they need to defend that point. They just state it like it is automatically true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2182308900553573752010-01-28T11:15:59.667-08:002010-01-28T11:15:59.667-08:00"Rob, I don't think Randall's point i..."Rob, I don't think Randall's point is that the real world will be incredibly boring, it's that having a formative experience that nobody else even thinks is possible would be a major curse in a lot of ways. As for the persistent picto blog criticism, who says that a comic has to be funny all the time? Or even most of the time?"<br /><br />Way to go, dick, now I'm going to have to put off my objectivity in art rant for next week.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29643481522262682262010-01-28T11:12:45.963-08:002010-01-28T11:12:45.963-08:00I was going to make some joke about Carl rehashing...I was going to make some joke about Carl rehashing the same observations in a satirical way that he mocks XKCD for doing the same but then I got bored and didn't...<br />So. How's everyone?Adamhttp://xkcdsucks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83336860051723382652010-01-28T10:02:59.159-08:002010-01-28T10:02:59.159-08:00http://pottersues.livejournal.com/602775.html#cuti...http://pottersues.livejournal.com/602775.html#cutid1<br /><br />saving this link for later, shit's gloriousJohn Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61560854004997022532010-01-28T05:33:02.885-08:002010-01-28T05:33:02.885-08:00I don't... understand. Is he saying that virus...I don't... understand. Is he saying that viruses don't exist anymore?Person #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-4105731202885583102010-01-28T02:22:49.571-08:002010-01-28T02:22:49.571-08:00Hopefully "Comics don't always have to be...Hopefully "Comics don't always have to be funny!" is a rant that Rob will tackle in the future.<br /><br />Also what exactly is Randall doing that's new in the medium of webcomics? I would say "Making an unfunny comic with shitty art" but Sluggy Freelance has him on that by a good 8 years.<br /><br />Finally, innovative does not mean "good." There are plenty of terrible ideas that are innovative. Innovative just means it is something different and new. The Nintendo Power Glove was totally innovative but it sucked. Rob Liefeld's art was innovative but it was horrendous.<br /><br />I can admit xkcd may be innovative in the sense of "It was the first comic to really be about math and science" which, while I don't know if there's a way to verify that, could potentially be true that it is innovative. However, as I said before, innovative != good, and actually xkcd WAS good when it was that. Then it devolved into "Guys I know about internet memes" and "SEX amirite?" with a touch of "Creepy guys are really just nice people who are shy and women should go out with them." And none of those are innovative in the least; in fact, those are pretty standard in the webcomics world these days.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33147348284738952492010-01-27T22:48:00.612-08:002010-01-27T22:48:00.612-08:00Doing something new with a medium is innovative
R...<i>Doing something new with a medium is innovative</i><br /><br />Randall isn't being innovative. "What if I made something funny...but never told jokes?" isn't innovative, it's puerile. It's like the idea that, just as Dizzy Gillepsie finds the notes you don't play of supreme importance, so are the jokes Randall Munroe <i>doesn't tell.</i> Him, and Carlos Mencia, and Dane Cook. Seriously: Being an unfunny hack is somehow "innovative" now?John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25483230570287090392010-01-27T22:45:52.270-08:002010-01-27T22:45:52.270-08:00you know anon 9:40, maybe he's trying to be am...you know anon 9:40, maybe he's trying to be ambiguous and take digs at both partiesCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58721269307611316602010-01-27T22:36:02.805-08:002010-01-27T22:36:02.805-08:00A lot of people have said I missed the joke by say...A lot of people have said I missed the joke by saying that this comic is in essence about fantasy being unrealistic. So I'll elaborate.<br /><br />I didn't mean "in fantasy novels, people go on adventures that could never take place in the real world." I meant, "In fantasy novels, the author sometimes doesn't think of the real-world, post-story consequences that would happen if this story actually took place." Which I think we can all agree on. And which makes the stories unrealistic - perhaps you don't think that word is appropriate, but I mean that it doesn't take into account reality; it does not portray events as they might actually happen.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40560020935239599892010-01-27T22:35:13.107-08:002010-01-27T22:35:13.107-08:00Rob, I don't think Randall's point is that...Rob, I don't think Randall's point is that the real world will be incredibly boring, it's that having a formative experience that nobody else even thinks is possible would be a major curse in a lot of ways. As for the persistent picto blog criticism, who says that a comic has to be funny all the time? Or even most of the time? This is like getting bent out of shape at comic books that aren't geared for children or at newspapers that tell mock news instead of real news. Doing something new with a medium is innovative! And most of the reason that this blog sucks is posts like this, where Carl either misses the point of the comic completely or comes in with total non sequitor attacks like saying that a joke isn't any better than another joke with the same punchline but a slightly different setup. Mocking a harmless webcomic is fine, but making flaccid, limpwristed swats at somebody else's creation is a lot of assholishness without a lot of justifying value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50722577520978961982010-01-27T21:40:19.809-08:002010-01-27T21:40:19.809-08:00I can't figure out if wednesday's xkcd is ...I can't figure out if wednesday's xkcd is Randall mocking windows users or Randall mocking the people who jumped on the ubuntu/apple bandwagon just so they can mock windows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25689171934041491752010-01-27T20:03:10.590-08:002010-01-27T20:03:10.590-08:00I honestly thought this video from the Onion was a...I honestly thought <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/internet_archaeologists_find" rel="nofollow">this video</a> from the Onion was a waaay better blast-from-the-past piece of comedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com