tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8329953099017239739..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Guest Post: Why XKCD Is PretentiousCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6488030063470980682010-09-07T19:12:35.920-07:002010-09-07T19:12:35.920-07:00what! i create something. I created this BLOG. com...what! i create something. I created this BLOG. come on.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40763334910235074822010-09-06T18:10:15.727-07:002010-09-06T18:10:15.727-07:00The quotes thing has always bothered me as well.
...The quotes thing has always bothered me as well. <br /><br />This essay makes a lot of sense when you realize all he has said is that his fans only agree with him because they are like minded. That's not much of an insult or complaint, this essay seems like more of a loud way of saying "I DISAGREE!".<br /><br />(Enjoy my extra period outside the quotations?)<br /><br />I hope you don't honestly think this entire website isn't pretentious? All you do is complain about a person's creations and feel smugly superior about it, at least he creates something.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03277949310269133476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67032326832747933002010-04-24T09:58:18.509-07:002010-04-24T09:58:18.509-07:00I do find it hilarious that there is a huge commun...I do find it hilarious that there is a huge community dedicated to pointing out the flaws of a webcomic that otherwise doesn't impact their lives in the slightest, and one of the flaws they point out is obsession with irrelevant complaints.FeepingCreaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949875328488880491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83073106431688559742010-04-13T20:05:11.033-07:002010-04-13T20:05:11.033-07:00the best part is their defense against accusations...the best part is their defense against accusations of pretentious groupthink is that they don't think that they individually are better than anyone else--they used to think that but then they joined the Best Community On Earth which is full of supergenii. (they will call them genii.)rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78738575923566061122010-04-13T19:17:52.249-07:002010-04-13T19:17:52.249-07:00XKCD fans annoy me because they have the "coo...XKCD fans annoy me because they have the "cool geek" thing going on, where they do all the group think and meaningless reinforcing of each other that most people do, but then they also go on about how smart they are and how much better they know than other people. Honestly, just choose one. Most people choose the first. I chose the second, and I can at least think independently as I do it. And I have no friends. You want friends? Number 1 is waiting for you. But combining pretentiousness with group think is just gross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12428291598269252022010-04-12T11:48:41.762-07:002010-04-12T11:48:41.762-07:00we are all the same hivemind
there is no individua...we are all the same hivemind<br />there is no individual but the collective community<br /><br />not like this was one guy who doesn't post very frequentlyR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73182458052148506002010-04-12T09:09:44.322-07:002010-04-12T09:09:44.322-07:00You guys are all nitpickers nitpicking a nitpicker...You guys are all nitpickers nitpicking a nitpicker for being a nitpicker. Go figure. <br /><br />How many times have people complained about a character hovering above their chair or having their head disconnected? Yet you rail on xkcd for railing on small inconsistencies in other things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28681266864282987042010-04-11T20:41:21.299-07:002010-04-11T20:41:21.299-07:00furaffinity annoys me yet again
i thought the exc...furaffinity annoys me yet again<br /><br />i thought the excerpts were clever before i found out they were taken -and edited slightly- from existing stripsR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42344196015050201112010-04-11T20:28:11.473-07:002010-04-11T20:28:11.473-07:00An artist from furry community wraps this xkcd phe...An artist from furry community wraps this xkcd phenomenon in one strip. May be because he's not brainy enough to understand whatever happens in it:<br /><br />http://www.furaffinity.net/full/3134463/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8423922193445203352010-04-11T13:00:22.689-07:002010-04-11T13:00:22.689-07:00...because you can totally tell a person's cha......because you can totally tell a person's characteristics through a blog post<br /><br />lol @ anon 12-37s thinly disguized fanboyismTimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-48393425064216399782010-04-11T07:46:56.788-07:002010-04-11T07:46:56.788-07:00...because you can totally tell a person's cha......because you can totally tell a person's characteristics through a stick figure webcomic.<br /><br />Person #1 said that he's a good person to talk to, right? To really understand a person, you need to, oh, i don't know, contact him in any way, dumbass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23987551909730249422010-04-11T07:27:51.463-07:002010-04-11T07:27:51.463-07:00I actually agree with him about the punctuation.
...I actually agree with him about the punctuation. <br /><br />It doesn't matter for periods and commas but it can totally change the meaning of the quote when you're using a question mark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8584892010944125062010-04-11T00:37:35.817-07:002010-04-11T00:37:35.817-07:00i don't have time to read through everyone'...i don't have time to read through everyone's bitching about randall monroe and his take on grammar and life in general. some people enjoy what he has to say, because even though he does it through stick figures and simple text, he fucking writes it anyway. this is a site of sad, pathetic losers who bitch about someone who probably writes this comic in his spare time and then gets paid to make shirts and travel around and talk about it. way to fight the man, you sad, sad losers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66379816183763948572010-04-09T10:31:06.437-07:002010-04-09T10:31:06.437-07:00Anon 2:39 - opinions can be stated without being i...Anon 2:39 - opinions can be stated without being inclusive and pretentious like Randall. In fact, I bet you'd find that if you gave a legitimate reason for why you liked an xkcd (or even the whole comic) many of the regulars here would be just fine with it. Contrast this with the rampant intolerance on the xkcd forums.AKA Tha Schusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818056339262802919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43982634939100271802010-04-09T08:07:30.253-07:002010-04-09T08:07:30.253-07:00"English grammar dictates that you always put..."English grammar dictates that you always put the period at the end of the sentence in quotes, like if you're ending a sentence with the word 'cat.'"<br /><br />American style dictates that you always put the period at the end of the sentence in quotes, like if you're ending a sentence with the word 'cat.'"<br /><br />FTFY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13482210799682529352010-04-09T02:39:22.929-07:002010-04-09T02:39:22.929-07:00And here you are, bitching about a web comic like ...And here you are, bitching about a web comic like it mattered whether it's good or not. I even spotted one, who - in his great wisdom - knew what is decent comic material and what is not. All in all it seems a bit ironic that you lot criticise Randall and his fans for feeling superior and being petty.<br /><br />But hey, if you rant together long enough about the Word of God (ie. XKCD SUCKS)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76060352392885464412010-04-08T21:56:32.728-07:002010-04-08T21:56:32.728-07:00At this point I am just not super troubled by &quo...At this point I am just not super troubled by "literally" having a connotative meaning as "some generic intensifier".<br /><br />This is on the level of <i>Non Sequitur</i>'s Obviousman comics, which are also awful.<br /><br />Did you know that in certain semantic contexts, "bad" can mean "good"? What a crazy world we live in.<br /><br />The punchline is actually kind of funny, I thought.Femalethothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-364584152577387262010-04-08T21:24:34.858-07:002010-04-08T21:24:34.858-07:00Honestly though I am bothered by the literally thi...Honestly though I am bothered by the literally thing, not because it's a big deal, but simply by how perplexing and absurd it is. Pretty much 100% of people who use the word know what literally actually does mean, yet most of us frequently use it just about as incorrectly as it is possible to use a word.<br />It is to the point where when I mean literally, but it goes somewhere where it could be simply emphasis, I end up making myself use 'legitimately' (IE: "The first time I played FFVII, Safer Sephiroth was one of the very few instances I was legitimately awed by a game." - literally could be mistaken to just mean 'very' here.)ScottMcTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025470618255517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5577774384452710222010-04-08T21:20:17.812-07:002010-04-08T21:20:17.812-07:00I wanted to like 725. I really did. I hate it wh...I wanted to like 725. I really did. I hate it when people use the word "literally" when they are clearly speaking figuratively. But 725 was so bad. Who was who? I can't tell if the comic only contained 4 distinct "characters" (keeping in mind only two of the say anything of substance) or perhaps as many as 7 different characters (with 4 or 5 of them being basically scenery, poorly drawn scenery). <br /><br />Also, it looks like every single person in the comic has been decapitated. I think it's part of Randall's "style" now. <br /><br />It's too bad, because the punchline is actually kind of good (as is the alt-text). But any chance of a laugh is crushed by Randall's incompetent execution.Leonardhttp://overratedfilms.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58294167753147649912010-04-08T21:16:54.836-07:002010-04-08T21:16:54.836-07:00How I Met Your Mother had a bit where Ted Mosby ha...How I Met Your Mother had a bit where Ted Mosby had a pet peeve about literally/figuratively. Then again, I don't think Randall has ever shown an affinity for that show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14095650786800331542010-04-08T21:14:04.484-07:002010-04-08T21:14:04.484-07:00Somehow I feel as though todays comic was inspired...Somehow I feel as though todays comic was inspired by this blog post.ScottMcTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025470618255517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37899558891563465342010-04-08T21:03:30.478-07:002010-04-08T21:03:30.478-07:00And speaking of pretentious comics...725...ugh...And speaking of pretentious comics...725...ugh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1014218354830447092010-04-08T20:20:00.723-07:002010-04-08T20:20:00.723-07:00everybody in the DJ, tits!everybody in the DJ, tits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-4764132739246648122010-04-08T20:17:35.800-07:002010-04-08T20:17:35.800-07:00@Professional Mole
"Then he proceeds to just...@Professional Mole<br /><br />"Then he proceeds to justify it. As if he's actually right, and the convention is wrong."<br /><br />That's my point. Randall at does not justify it. He makes fun of himself for acting this way. The Meyer-Briggs point was just Randall saying his readers think like this too. He never says, "My readers agree and therefor convention is wrong."<br />There are no examples of pretentious behaviour given in the article.Schmidtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47375063494801804312010-04-08T19:47:45.213-07:002010-04-08T19:47:45.213-07:00But Mole, having a pig-headed opinion isn't pr...But Mole, having a pig-headed opinion isn't <em>pretentious</em>.<br />It's stubborn, it's petty, it's childish, sure I agree on all those counts, but it's not pretentious.<br /><br /><br />Now if Randy went into bullshitty but superficially relevant digressions, or acted as though archly referencing well-known theories and ideas was enough to prove his point for him, or spoke in a needlessly abstruse way, or put on affectations and mannerisms that only tried to draw people's attention, or used technical words or expressions in a loud way but that clashed with their recognised definitions, then I'd call him pretentious too.<br /><br />But I don't see he did any of that.Keepnoreply@blogger.com