tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8360428332026161721..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 701: Everything We Hate about xkcd, in one simple comicCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67733041376790550592010-02-17T14:49:43.305-08:002010-02-17T14:49:43.305-08:00This comic was "eh", but you're maki...This comic was "eh", but you're making some erroneous readings. He's arguing that chart making and graphs should only be made when they're funny AND scientific. (And of course, we don't have to assume that this character represents Randall, or even his full sentiments).<br /><br />Now, of course, the problem is that prior graphs Randall has put up are neither funny nor particularly well researched or illuminated. Google search ones come to mind.ArekExcelsiorhttp://arekexcelsior2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89665940235479237642010-02-16T11:01:25.428-08:002010-02-16T11:01:25.428-08:00I agree with most of what you said. But with all d...I agree with most of what you said. But with all due respect, this:<br /><br />"because any girl who gets this letter is going to break up with him anyway, and then kill<br />themselves."<br /><br />is unacceptable. If you know you're talking about a girl, she's going to kill HERself. I'm down with using "their" when gender is unknown, but you wouldn't say "she's going to kill themselves", would you?Marianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62308154383385579292010-02-16T09:49:09.323-08:002010-02-16T09:49:09.323-08:00Anon, link fails with "invalid db value"...Anon, link fails with "invalid db value" for me. http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=1777#comic works, however.<br /><br />(I memorised pi to 35 decimal places as a kid. Now I'm an actual scientist I find this faintly embarrassing. SBMC GET OUT OF MY HEAD)godescalchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283013508067370035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75296589831997721092010-02-16T02:35:42.674-08:002010-02-16T02:35:42.674-08:00@anon 2:32: nice.@anon 2:32: nice.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-62660653877542208142010-02-16T02:32:45.395-08:002010-02-16T02:32:45.395-08:00The difference between Randall and a real scientis...The difference between Randall and a real scientist: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comic&id=1777#comicAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71832148728534222452010-02-15T13:18:23.917-08:002010-02-15T13:18:23.917-08:00This comic wasn't great, but the critique of i...This comic wasn't great, but the critique of it as just dumb-fuckery.<br /><br />The whole paragraph starting with "Also, this is fucking insulting to scientists" is just flat-out dumb. An asinine reading of the comic. <br /><br />I know Randal frequently (frequently!) doesn't write clearly enough to be understood, but this was not one of those times. Nowhere does he imply that scientists can't be cute and funny. And he certainly does not imply that graphs can't be cute and funny.<br /><br />No. He says "Do I make graphs because they are cute and funny? Or am I a scientist?"<br /><br />To break it down: should I make a cute and funny graph representing our relationship (leaving aside the real data), or should I be a scientist plot the actual data, which says our relationship has gone down hill?<br /><br />So, leving aside your inability to comprehend a for-once fairly understandable couple of sentences, you appear to be left with only one critique in your "critique:" the letter writing sucked.<br /><br />Well, maybe it did. But if you're going to get into a blind rage over this comic, you should be able to give a better reason than "the letter writing sucked."Sam Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53065926873332689342010-02-15T11:46:58.201-08:002010-02-15T11:46:58.201-08:00I like monday's. It amuses me.
(Whenever xkcd...I like monday's. It amuses me.<br /><br />(Whenever xkcd amuses me now I think of xckd sucks and think "surely Carl cannot dislike this one, what is there to complain about?" Usually, however, he finds something, or if he doesn't, someone else here will.)godescalchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283013508067370035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57952114181863585572010-02-15T11:28:33.661-08:002010-02-15T11:28:33.661-08:00Shitty fucking "comic" is fucking shitty...Shitty fucking "comic" is fucking shitty.<br />I fucking hated this one so much.<br />I fucking click on the new one for Monday, and now I'm raging.<br /><br />Utter shit followed by a fucking POSTER.<br /><br />Here's my Valentine's Day card to Randall:<br /><br />Jesus fucking shit juice get a fucking job you fucking hack. Stop projecting your shitty feelings onto a shitty, faceless stick figure of yourself as if you're fucking special for being a nerd who doesn't actually know anything about the fields you find interesting.<br /><br />You spend your fucking life browsing the internet and when you find an interesting Wikipeida article you make a comic around the fucking term, insert your faceless (because you can't come to terms with your own fucking identity in real life) shit figure, and then mention the wikipedia term in the alt text to get people to look it up.<br /><br />You're unoriginal, uncreative, and a fucking attention whore. You have feelings that you don't understand and can't cope with in a normal manner so you throw them into shitty fucking comics. That's not creativity - that's mental illness.<br /><br />You're out of college and you're still doing nothing with your life and you are not a master of the shit you studied. You can't segue that into a fucking webcomic and have anyone believe that's the path you fucking chose. You had grandiose expectations for yourself (because you're so fucking full of yourself) and when you failed to meet those expectations you decided to try and take a more "creative" route to save face. Yet you won't even fucking show your face because you're so ashamed of and disappointed in yourself for being a complete failure at what you originally set out to do.<br /><br />STOP MAKING SHITTY COMICS YOU PIECE OF SHIT.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203531687288672477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18261591762544062652010-02-15T11:06:41.222-08:002010-02-15T11:06:41.222-08:00I'm just a little bit tired of so much ranting...I'm just a little bit tired of so much ranting. XKCD has gone downhill over time, but ranting so hard about it every day. Geez, it's almost impressive. <br />And it gets more annoying than XKCD itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55012318077847971372010-02-15T08:37:33.536-08:002010-02-15T08:37:33.536-08:00The current comic, like many recently, leaves me t...The current comic, like many recently, leaves me thinking "yes, that is accurate." I'd go so far as to say that XKCD was my favorite comic like that, but http://thisisindexed.com/ is actually very amusing a lot of the time, so XKCD doesn't even get that.<br /><br />To be topical, he should have added Begg-Smith near Higgs-Boson.Chris S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8071704173237059662010-02-15T05:57:02.931-08:002010-02-15T05:57:02.931-08:00The current comic is mildly amusing, but what'...The current comic is mildly amusing, but what's the punchline? I honestly can't tell if this is supposed to be a comedic comic or a picto-blog post. It feels like it's trying to be both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41422051591055470112010-02-15T00:27:00.546-08:002010-02-15T00:27:00.546-08:00What the hell are you talking about?What the hell are you talking about?Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-88726151202691811682010-02-14T20:19:42.258-08:002010-02-14T20:19:42.258-08:00Thanks for being a jerk, fred. Listen, I hated thi...Thanks for being a jerk, fred. Listen, I hated this comic as much as everyone else. I know Randall fails miserably at writing dialogue. All I was trying to say was that he probably wasn't aiming at realistic dialogue this time, because hewas trying to sound a bit more poetic and emo. That doesn't mean this wasn't a piece of shit, I was just saying that one thing and you misinterpreted it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37794926053746450342010-02-14T11:33:15.463-08:002010-02-14T11:33:15.463-08:00I'm extremely annoyed by the fact that this po...I'm extremely annoyed by the fact that this post has no title. I keep wanting to click something that isn't there. Fix it, dammit!Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86605785975446097772010-02-14T07:04:02.102-08:002010-02-14T07:04:02.102-08:00Also, this comic hinges on the idea that a scienti...Also, this comic hinges on the idea that a scientist would be unaware of his own feelings until he sits down and charts them.<br /><br />That's fucking stupid.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71089267420579062522010-02-14T06:52:26.340-08:002010-02-14T06:52:26.340-08:00So is the third panel an aside, or part of the le...So is the third panel an aside, or part of the letter? If only Randall had an editor to point out when he fails to convey simple things.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355247506999860518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34107536523568731022010-02-14T06:25:58.234-08:002010-02-14T06:25:58.234-08:00I love you P, will you be my Valentine?I love you P, will you be my Valentine?Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55919534343668408952010-02-14T06:03:30.000-08:002010-02-14T06:03:30.000-08:00"It's funny cus you've never had, or ..."It's funny cus you've never had, or never will have a valentine, so you're taking your anger out on the internet. This shows that you have small balls, and can only talk about people using electricity..."<br /><br />um I kinda doubt Randall reads the comments here, if you want to talk to him you might have better luck on the XKCD forums.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75605574914650908562010-02-13T23:26:39.416-08:002010-02-13T23:26:39.416-08:00Oh yeah, go Taust!Oh yeah, go Taust!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31683160540961907662010-02-13T23:22:17.635-08:002010-02-13T23:22:17.635-08:00It's funny cus you've never had, or never ...It's funny cus you've never had, or never will have a valentine, so you're taking your anger out on the internet. This shows that you have small balls, and can only talk about people using electricity...<br /><br />Lol pwnedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52452892704970141302010-02-13T19:54:29.499-08:002010-02-13T19:54:29.499-08:00Science: it sells t-shirts to middle schoolers, bi...Science: it sells t-shirts to middle schoolers, bitches!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37507300164270979032010-02-13T18:47:06.282-08:002010-02-13T18:47:06.282-08:00I might. It's something I end up having to exp...I might. It's something I end up having to explain a lot.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11290700884636000362010-02-13T18:40:43.822-08:002010-02-13T18:40:43.822-08:00"Fernie I think, um. I don't think "..."Fernie I think, um. I don't think "cute" is the closest word to "coote" in the English language. Just saying."<br /><br />Eh, indeed. I just felt it was ridiculous enough to work.<br /><br />Rob, what do you think about tackling that "realism" issue (or have you ALREADY tackled it and I'm looking like a tool)? Sounds like an interesting premise.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7185957562337905022010-02-13T17:40:39.360-08:002010-02-13T17:40:39.360-08:00I'm with Skullthumper on this one. Rabid rant...I'm with Skullthumper on this one. Rabid rants over trivial things stopped being hilarious to me when I was 16. Where was the SOUL, man? I wanna know that you loathed this comic as much as I do, but...it just felt forced. <br /><br />Taust - I'm not the kind of guy who will jump on someone for grammatical mistakes, but your little reply in French? You are an absolute tool. Hur hur hur, we're dumb Americans. I got it. Drive on, Turbo.<br /><br />Oh, by the way - obwohl unser Schulsystem fürchtbar ist, können wir noch eigentlich andere Sprachen verstehen. Verpiss dich.Hauptjaegerhttp://www.ncsu.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67110125672502506842010-02-13T17:38:12.698-08:002010-02-13T17:38:12.698-08:00The text is dispassionate but passable. Not stilte...The text is dispassionate but passable. Not stilted at all, although it is split into different chunks across the panels, so I can see why that would be confusing for you.<br /><br />Second to last panel does not imply that scientists cannot be cute or funny. Half the joke is how completely anal the guy is. It's not a joke if that's normal scientist behaviour. Similarly, the final panel is funny /by contrast/ to the silly one in the first panel. Nothing implies graphs are inherently unfunny. In fact, the presence of one that's meant to be cute and funny implies the exact opposite, so you just essentially wasted about a paragraph violently shitting your brains out of your arse, when you could have been getting on with your life. Could've baked a cake or shoplifted some crayons in the time it took you to write that.<br /><br />XKCD sucks. Yes. But you're a much bigger tit than Randy. Bring back the regular guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com