tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8528875789599324515..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 870: False AdvertisingCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82982885318650239752011-03-23T13:36:23.635-07:002011-03-23T13:36:23.635-07:00I just can't believe you are doing all this se...I just can't believe you are doing all this seriously.<br /><br />You are complaining that a web site you stumbled upon a while ago is not any more up to your standard. As if you were now entitled by right to read an excellent joke every 3 days. If you don't like it any more, don't read it. If you think it has become a waste of time, don't waste an order of magnitude more time complaining that it is a waste of time. Just remove xkcd from your bookmarks. You will live happier and longer.<br /><br />I just love it. I agree with some but not all of your complaints. It doesn't really matter.<br /><br />(and no, I have no idea whether Randall's rate is actually one joke every 3 days).<br /><br />Florian FischerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30502195433585675562011-03-16T07:06:50.518-07:002011-03-16T07:06:50.518-07:00Hah! So I wanted to see it with my own eyes and go...Hah! So I wanted to see it with my own eyes and googled up http://www.google.com/search?q=%22up+to%22+%22or+more%22 and sure enough, all the first page was crap like "Save up to $1000 a year or more" except one result: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UpToOrMore<br /><br />Waow, I should start my own webcomic about this stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3230006904838654022011-03-12T13:48:51.627-08:002011-03-12T13:48:51.627-08:00I thought that was the joke: He wants to make high...I thought that was the joke: He wants to make highschool math and advertising retardedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-68424177839992455982011-03-11T13:18:36.734-08:002011-03-11T13:18:36.734-08:00@Professor Nombars
It may not matter from a stric...@Professor Nombars<br /><br />It may not matter from a strictly mathematical standpoint, but not having your independent variable on the x-axis is, as Randall would say, mathematically annoying.Megan's Milk Buttonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10441879526397886712011-03-11T08:36:57.529-08:002011-03-11T08:36:57.529-08:00Dull and sad, all of you. It's a fucking comic...Dull and sad, all of you. It's a fucking comic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73453031092472338192011-03-11T06:06:01.086-08:002011-03-11T06:06:01.086-08:00I think 169 was meant as a dis to jokes like that ...I think 169 was meant as a dis to jokes like that in general. Like that one where someone asks if you know what something means, and then says, "Can you spell it?" Then you spell the word and they're like, "Ha! It's 'I-T'!" <br /><br />I've heard that one at least twice, so I can appreciate 169.cptnoremachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265383595176504467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39554572782232530632011-03-10T21:02:56.520-08:002011-03-10T21:02:56.520-08:00Hey, at least today Randy admits he's an assho...Hey, at least today Randy admits he's an asshole.Ernestonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79580456742781234432011-03-10T19:41:48.430-08:002011-03-10T19:41:48.430-08:00apparently not in this case.apparently not in this case.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42424763908189926612011-03-10T19:32:06.944-08:002011-03-10T19:32:06.944-08:00I think I know my own life, Ned.I think I know my own life, Ned./b/http://4chan.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-25440481049516453792011-03-10T19:27:22.080-08:002011-03-10T19:27:22.080-08:00Good review/rant.Good review/rant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33974171752405230922011-03-10T19:22:33.073-08:002011-03-10T19:22:33.073-08:00no you haven't.no you haven't.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2738533890717690932011-03-10T19:21:33.848-08:002011-03-10T19:21:33.848-08:00I don't understand your beef with 169. I'v...I don't understand your beef with 169. I've heard that joke told "seriously" several times./b/http://4chan.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24805190012104561342011-03-10T18:44:22.860-08:002011-03-10T18:44:22.860-08:00@Anon 631: Randall is trying to communicate that g...@Anon 631: Randall is trying to communicate that given a fixed endowment with no income, every dollar spent reduces your "savings" [ie: remaining endowment] by exactly that much. <br /><br />Buuuuut, as anyone who has ever drawn a salary knows, "income" is pretty cool.<br /><br />For da trolls: I'd even say your savings can increase... exponentially as you spend! ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86792841779125218292011-03-10T18:31:30.581-08:002011-03-10T18:31:30.581-08:00Shouldn't the graph be a flat line, as flat as...Shouldn't the graph be a flat line, as flat as the discount? What fucking message is that graph trying to convey? The more I spend, the less I save, what sort of imbecility is this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38090124328017902842011-03-10T17:22:52.032-08:002011-03-10T17:22:52.032-08:00I'm probably not the first to point this out, ...I'm probably not the first to point this out, but in panel three the slope shouldn't be negative, unless Randall is trying to be really meta by proving himself wrong in his own comic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7522225799028895102011-03-10T16:35:40.859-08:002011-03-10T16:35:40.859-08:00Nice job on this one. This comic annoyed me bad e...Nice job on this one. This comic annoyed me bad enough to want to make my own xkcd blog. BTW I do not read xkcd, but I can't fucking spend 2 minutes on facebook without some jerk posting some terrible and lame xkcd comic. Your blog is doing more for people like me than you can imagine.fattittymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3013964389463537242011-03-10T13:12:05.818-08:002011-03-10T13:12:05.818-08:00"5 times the price difference up to $5" ..."5 times the price difference up to $5" is Min(5(price difference), $5) surelyAnn Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6950559081645875912011-03-10T13:02:36.935-08:002011-03-10T13:02:36.935-08:00It's the law in some states.
In my state if s...It's the law in some states.<br /><br />In my state if something has a mislabeled price, they are credited the price <i>difference</i> plus 5 times the price <i>difference</i> up to $5.<br /><br />So $120.00 and they charge you $120.50, the give you back $0.50 + Max(5($0.50), $5) = $3.00 AFTER you pay them the $120.50.<br /><br />Priced $120.00 but charged $130.00 you get $15.00 back.Capnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579086866920911055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11537441849604475262011-03-10T12:47:39.760-08:002011-03-10T12:47:39.760-08:00GEICO's ad say "up to 15% or more", ...GEICO's ad say "up to 15% or more", according to Wikipedia: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GEICO_advertising_campaignsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47992365676493137692011-03-10T12:40:20.236-08:002011-03-10T12:40:20.236-08:00@Ravenz: Most grocery stores have a policy that if...@Ravenz: Most grocery stores have a policy that if something is mis-priced they will either give it to you free (up to 10 dollars in value) or 10 dollars off. At a Safeway around here, I went through the register and something came up wrong. An old lady behind me piped up and said "He gets those free right?" Cashier replied "Only if he asks for it." I'd never have known otherwise.<br /><br />There are policies put in place here that can save you money, why WOULDN'T you try to use them? I don't know if it's just a store policy, or law, or what. But if all you need to do is ask for it, they are hoping that your ignorance of policy, or your unwillingness to appear rude/embarrass yourself is going to stop you from doing it. Better to look the fool by asking for free stuff than to play the fool by paying money you didn't have to.Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6298584792285448452011-03-10T12:28:47.551-08:002011-03-10T12:28:47.551-08:00xkcsucks is being talked about here:
http://langua...xkcsucks is being talked about here:<br />http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3020<br /><br />as always, languagehat provides engaging and intelligent commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58291543284243266702011-03-10T12:18:52.976-08:002011-03-10T12:18:52.976-08:00@rhb
None of your examples show that we are in ac...@rhb<br /><br />None of your examples show that we are in actuality inundated in advertisements with that kind of wording, just that they exist and that you were able to disprove an absolutist statement. Bravo?<br /><br /><i>738,000,000 results</i><br /><br />Sounds like a lot of false positives ...<br /><br /><i>We invite you to sign <b>up to</b> get your own Patriot Action Home Page and then .... Your generous contribution of any amount $1, $10, $20, $50, $100 <b>or more</b> ... </i><br /><br />yep ...<br /><br />Let's see what your own Oracle of Pascal (... you see this is funny because Delphi is a programming language based off of Pascal which was ... you know what ... never mind) <a href="http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/02/04/trochee-chart/" rel="nofollow">has to say on this</a><br /><br />Google is just pulling search results out of their collective hive-mind ass you say? If only he would of figured that out 300 or so comics ago ...<br /><br /><i>suggest you learn to use Google.</i><br /><br />Try searching this: +"up to" +"or more"<br /><br />Now try searching this:" +"up to" +% +"or more"<br /><br />Notice a difference? Yeah, me neither.<br /><br />Rocks and glass houses and all that ...Capnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12579086866920911055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10102406979898382972011-03-10T12:01:43.024-08:002011-03-10T12:01:43.024-08:00more like strictly MORONIC amiritemore like strictly MORONIC amiriteAnn Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41421374866850154542011-03-10T11:45:55.627-08:002011-03-10T11:45:55.627-08:00@ Megan Milk Button
In strictly mathematical term...@ Megan Milk Button<br /><br />In strictly mathematical terms, it doesn't matter which variable is a function of the other. If the function y=f(x) is strictly monotonic (which is the case here), there f is invertible and there is a function x=g(y).Professor Nombarsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78729892124006734322011-03-10T11:19:59.650-08:002011-03-10T11:19:59.650-08:00we call them rhb
ZINGwe call them rhb<br /><br />ZINGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com