tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8389210643754189988..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 695: In Bad SpiritsCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10330302182873723352010-10-07T18:39:08.506-07:002010-10-07T18:39:08.506-07:00your trolling is not more compelling because you w...your trolling is not more compelling because you wrote it like it was a bad high school poemrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12043036754567948192010-10-07T05:43:48.473-07:002010-10-07T05:43:48.473-07:00Oh, geez. Don't you have anything better to do...Oh, geez. Don't you have anything better to do than sit around, criticizing other people's works? contribute something positive to the internet, people! Just because you don't like others work, you add to the hate machine that has trapped so many people, leaving them lonely in a city full of people. <br /><br />I may not be able to convey my frustration accurately enough, but I hope you get the jist of it- we don't need more hateful trolls or flamers, and pretentious ones at that.Genehttp://nonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8909922883158087782010-02-22T23:41:31.907-08:002010-02-22T23:41:31.907-08:00http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2008/11/comic-506-it...<a href="http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2008/11/comic-506-its-all-in-name-of-science.html" rel="nofollow">http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2008/11/comic-506-its-all-in-name-of-science.html</a>, etc<br /><br />i would say xkcd was good more often if it were good more often.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73476122180388663512010-02-15T16:17:32.611-08:002010-02-15T16:17:32.611-08:00"You know, it really ruins your credibility a..."You know, it really ruins your credibility as a critic if you refuse to acknowledge the good things about what you're criticizing. You might want to consider that maybe, just maybe, the story wasn't meant to be taken literally."<br /><br />Um. Could you please explain how this story could be interpreted as not literally?<br /><br />"I'm quick that way, and I guess that's fun if you (apparently) have nothing valuable of your own to contribute to the world."<br /><br />Everyone here has their own hobbies and projects and things they work on.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91031922178165685552010-02-15T13:08:02.434-08:002010-02-15T13:08:02.434-08:00Balance is for dipshits, and that's assuming t...Balance is for dipshits, and that's assuming there even IS a good thing about this comic.(He used color, yay?)Mr. Lostmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06728949584810294355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47756402841340389782010-02-09T19:45:46.138-08:002010-02-09T19:45:46.138-08:00You know, it really ruins your credibility as a cr...You know, it really ruins your credibility as a critic if you refuse to acknowledge the good things about what you're criticizing. You might want to consider that maybe, just maybe, the story wasn't meant to be taken literally.<br /><br /> And yes, I know this blog is dedicated to singlemindedly criticizing XKCD. I'm quick that way, and I guess that's fun if you (apparently) have nothing valuable of your own to contribute to the world. Nonetheless, I occasionally feel compelled to make a futile stand against cheap, knee-jerk cynicism. There's plenty of that in the world already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61193614334881057432010-02-02T17:18:20.861-08:002010-02-02T17:18:20.861-08:00it works for Randall!it works for Randall!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55835254891014966252010-02-02T17:06:42.380-08:002010-02-02T17:06:42.380-08:00You mean, we should... continue doing the shit we ...You mean, we should... continue doing the shit we do all the time?rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89716606584326949382010-02-02T17:02:56.314-08:002010-02-02T17:02:56.314-08:00"This isn't math, this is statistics!&quo..."This isn't math, this is statistics!"<br />LOLOLOL That is so right and so wrong at the same time.<br />Rob, you and carl ought to focus more on criticism like eric's instead of... whatever your last comment was.Aaronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77560871379657517572010-02-02T14:09:54.911-08:002010-02-02T14:09:54.911-08:00I-I actually googled that to check if I was right
...I-I actually googled that to check if I was right<br />(I haven't actually seen it)R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26816266636613152782010-02-02T14:03:28.305-08:002010-02-02T14:03:28.305-08:00R, i have never seen Mystery Space Theater. Myster...R, i have never seen Mystery Space Theater. Mystery Science Theater, on the other hand, was pretty great.<br /><br />my lord you guys wrote a lot on this comic.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38124242079389660382010-02-02T12:18:44.456-08:002010-02-02T12:18:44.456-08:00eric: That is basically my theory! I'm glad yo...eric: That is basically my theory! I'm glad you have also come to that conclusion.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70026680366760238112010-02-02T12:15:59.233-08:002010-02-02T12:15:59.233-08:00i just realized why i used to like xkcd and why i ...i just realized why i used to like xkcd and why i now hate it... and pardon me if this is obvious or already discussed (im not a regular here)<br /><br />basically, in the "good old days" of the comic, it just seemed like another lonely voice sending messages in a bottle to the world and i really liked that and felt kinship with that.<br /><br />but now he knows that people are reading, that people are paying attention, he is AWARE of us so he's writing FOR US, instead of just writing for himself.erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535359785128709787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-4953526869535155672010-02-02T11:50:42.453-08:002010-02-02T11:50:42.453-08:00Having a fictional character whine makes you an em...Having a fictional character whine makes you an emo fag?R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31803849243565211792010-02-02T10:53:15.738-08:002010-02-02T10:53:15.738-08:00Fantasio: yeah, as much as I like making fun of Ra...Fantasio: yeah, as much as I like making fun of Randall, #23 is making fun of the types of people who wear those "do I LOOK like a people person?" etc. shirts. This was back when he had sarcasm.<br /><br />"The "n" thing is wrong and is making this blog look like it's occupied by people who want to make any petty attack on the comic that they can, rather than focusing on its real, glaring problems."<br /><br />No, the "n" thing is a basic fucking thing in statistics. He could have used literally any other letter. It would have been fine except he's clearly trying to make it look like he's doing Real Statistics with a Real Frequency Distribution, and it's clear based on the fact that he doesn't know that a ratio is not a percentage or that he doesn't know what "n" is that Randall does not actually know anything about statistics. It is symptomatic of the fact that Randy doesn't actually do any research on his source material, except for occasionally reading the first few paragraphs of the Wiki article. He evidently didn't even do that on this one.<br /><br />"But you are quite a few more, aren't you? This site is only visited by 14-15 ISPs each day. I expect that most have several accounts, eh?"<br /><br />I like this particular deluded attack. "I don't like this blog that I managed to find pretty easily, that Randall Munroe knows a good deal about, and which i<br /><br />"Anyway, regarding n, n can be a variable for anything. I can call that b, c, d, e, f if I define that b, c and so on. I can even define a=1/0, even though if I am not wrong it serves no purposes at all. That is the first thing anyone is allowed to do in mathematics: to define shit themselves. I do admit that common ways to refer to the same thing is convenient, such as rho for density, or c for celeritas the speed of light in vacuo but always assuming that so-and-so variable MUST mean so-and-so thing is not very good, and worse if you say that n is used 'wrongly.'" <br /><br />This isn't math. This is statistics. Or rather, it's trying to be. He has patently demonstrated that he has no idea how to do statistics, and is mostly just trying to look knowledgeable to his credulous fanbase.<br /><br />Just as if he were to use a lowercase sigma to refer to the percentage while doing statistics, or the lowercase pi, he would be rightly called out for using the wrong symbols for the field, so too he is being called out for using the wrong symbols here. When you are pretending to be in a field, you use their notation. He did not do so. (He also did his math wrong and didn't display it in a meaningful fashion. Math!)rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-22648031550743779602010-02-02T10:12:35.304-08:002010-02-02T10:12:35.304-08:00Dude I think he was making fun of all that shit in...Dude I think he was making fun of all that shit in #23... and saying that the true sadness lies in the fact that a good portion of those shirts exist.<br /><br />Strip tennis made me laugh as an idea, but I'm still too pissed about the Spirit one to talk about 696...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8485726639640421742010-02-02T09:40:34.937-08:002010-02-02T09:40:34.937-08:00Did we need another proof that Randall is your pro...Did we need another proof that Randall is your prototypal emo-fag ?<br /><br />Randall is so emo. He certainly created emo-ness, in fact.<br /><br />Remember this horrible one, my personally most hated xkcd ever ? I mean, this one : http://xkcd.org/23/ <---If this is not emo-shit, then what's emo-shit ?!?<br /><br />For once, the art is not so bad indeed. And in fact, the idea of a sentient Rover was quite good. In the end, I would have enjoyed this comic if it were ONE up to SEVERAL THOUSANDS that were made of whining. <br /><br />But Randall has exploded its quota of whining since years. Pah ! Emo-fag...<br /><br />(for those who wonders, my personal favourite is this one : http://xkcd.org/19/ I still laugh each time I see it. Maybe it's because I was so much into Funkadelic a few decades ago).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33166180157602628792010-02-02T08:43:37.119-08:002010-02-02T08:43:37.119-08:00Tl;dr
Okay, I am a fan of XKCD; I'm also a fa...Tl;dr<br /><br />Okay, I am a fan of XKCD; I'm also a fan of XKCDsucks... I am not generally a fan of a lot of the people on either website, but whatever (I've actually never been on the forums over there, because I enjoy having braincells, and don't want to kill them all off.)<br /><br />But, I have to say this:<br />I know the art sucks. BUT, he can't change it now; it's one of the defining characteristics of XKCD. Yes, he can put more effort into, say, connecting heads to bodies and making proportions better (infants should not be up to adults chests,) but he does, at this point, need to stay with stick figures. Art should evolve throughout the course of a comic-- take Questionable Content, for example. The art is constantly changing and getting better. BUT, no matter how much the art changes, Jeph can't begin drawing in the style of PBF or SMBC or the like; it's too drastic a change and too much of a deviation.<br />In the same vein, Randall HAS to continue with stick figures. Complain about how you can't tell characters apart, sure-- he could put different hats or hairstyles to differentiate-- but he can't start drawing legitimate people or the fandom will implode. "This isn't XKCD! I liked it for the simplicity of the art and the focus on the jokes! Randall's a sell out! He probably doesn't even like science!" (Save, of course, the rabid fans who will insist his new drawings are on par with fucking Da Vinci and THE BEST ART EVAR.)<br /><br />Also: Stop comparing this comic to Wall-E. It doesn't even make sense.<br />Wall-E was characterized through his actions and his facial(?) expressions. He didn't speak.<br />There's no real way to convey that through a comic, especially one about a real robot. Wall-E could do what he wanted because he was fictional; Randall had to work with what actually happened to Spirit. I mean, if someone here can show me a good way to characterize and personify Spirit like Wall-E was, through a single comic (Cam, I know you said a series of comics, and I agree with you there, but I believe there'd be too much bitching if Randall did a series of [unfunny] comics about an emo robot) then I will personally find and punch Randall in the face... twice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64991054740007983372010-02-02T08:12:17.975-08:002010-02-02T08:12:17.975-08:00My
Strip Game Name
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Game Name
went to the ...My <br />Strip Game Name<br />SLASH<br />Game Name <br /><br />went to the burning hells it seems. probably due to the brackets > and <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30512387931028777172010-02-02T08:10:11.923-08:002010-02-02T08:10:11.923-08:002:13 Anon here
Thanks R. for your answer. :)
I ha...2:13 Anon here<br />Thanks R. for your answer. :)<br /><br />I have no idea what positive thing I can say about Adam, so I rather not comment :)<br /><br />Anyway, regarding n, n can be a variable for anything. I can call that b, c, d, e, f if I define that b, c and so on. I can even define a=1/0, even though if I am not wrong it serves no purposes at all. That is the first thing anyone is allowed to do in mathematics: to define shit themselves. I do admit that common ways to refer to the same thing is convenient, such as rho for density, or c for celeritas the speed of light in vacuo but always assuming that so-and-so variable MUST mean so-and-so thing is not very good, and worse if you say that n is used 'wrongly.'<br /><br />What I would prefer attacking Randall for is publishing it first as / (Proof is in forums, messing up like that is very wrong indeed)<br /><br />Also, x*100% shows nothing, as it is multiplying by one, and can be skipped. <br /><br />Finally, the XKCD 'Strip Games' was pretty unfunny, but leads to arguments like this which are very funny :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86246230748691784892010-02-02T07:50:39.426-08:002010-02-02T07:50:39.426-08:00"It is like saying a turtle sucks because it ..."It is like saying a turtle sucks because it is so slow. Haha, well, maybe. But really pointless critique."<br /><br />Well, most still think the turtle's going strong.<br /><br />"Are you still expecting XKCD to be funny? Or do you derive pleasure from constantly attacking a possibly already unfunny comic? Repetition is so freaking fun, I wonder why I hate grinding."<br /><br />Ever laughed at a bad movie? Or watched Mystery Space Theatre?<br />It's almost like people can enjoy making fun of things. <i>Making fun</i>.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13267924855347175232010-02-02T05:22:04.893-08:002010-02-02T05:22:04.893-08:00@Anon 2:13
And you are criticizing a blog that in...@Anon 2:13<br /><br />And you are criticizing a blog that indeed does what you think is a waste of time...so...DUH!<br /><br />If you think this is a waste of time, why DO you spend your valuable time to tell us what a waste of time we all are you pompous prick.<br /><br />Now go stick your head in your ass like a good little b-tard that you are and<br /><br />GTFO!<br /><br />the endAdamTMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67381201668925871212010-02-02T02:31:09.070-08:002010-02-02T02:31:09.070-08:00David said...
Hey there, just to be clear on this...David said... <br />Hey there, just to be clear on this. I'm Anon 5:06 and 8:28<br /><br /><br />But you are quite a few more, aren't you? This site is only visited by 14-15 ISPs each day. I expect that most have several accounts, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73384732439641479332010-02-02T02:13:39.432-08:002010-02-02T02:13:39.432-08:00Somehow I find that this blog expects that XKCD is...Somehow I find that this blog expects that XKCD is supposed to be good.<br /><br />I'm not asking 'why the hell are you reading it?'<br /><br />Maybe I am, who cares. But let me get to my point: let's say an olympian sprinter, as an easy example Usain Bolt, runs really fast. That would be the XKCD-past. Then he gets slower. The question I am asking is obvious 'Why the hell are you STILL reading it? You are continually criticising every single thing, as if he needs it.<br /><br />It is like saying a turtle sucks because it is so slow. Haha, well, maybe. But really pointless critique.<br /><br />Are you still expecting XKCD to be funny? Or do you derive pleasure from constantly attacking a possibly already unfunny comic? Repetition is so freaking fun, I wonder why I hate grinding.<br /><br />Then again, there are sad people on Earth.<br /><br />On another note, I find the forum hilarious. Personally, I think Randall has not lost all of it, but anyway the forum is enough to make me stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89773848626616528282010-02-02T02:04:58.718-08:002010-02-02T02:04:58.718-08:00Probably not worth me typing anything as it will p...<i>Probably not worth me typing anything as it will provoke attacks by presumptuous dicks.</i><br /><br />please don't end your comments with shit like that. it's irritating, and completely pointless.<br /><br />not that i believe everyone needs to have some sort of epiphany for every comment, just don't be like "oh this was a waste of time and you just read it."Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.com