tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post9038284512141792659..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 855: More Like Zombie-Com (Because It's Old, Get It?)Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71805401090226918502011-02-03T22:32:43.411-08:002011-02-03T22:32:43.411-08:00Rinnon: so you're saying his memes have depth?...Rinnon: so you're saying his memes have depth? LONG LIVE RANDYrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-667910947913828802011-02-03T22:15:59.739-08:002011-02-03T22:15:59.739-08:00@ThePirateKing: Even in its time it wasn't a b...@ThePirateKing: Even in its time it wasn't a big deal. I think I saw it in or around 2001. It was a joke in my circle of friends for maybe a month tops. Then we all forgot about it. It really didn't have any staying power. Randy is REALLY digging deep in the barrel of Internet memes now.Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-9968518687754770642011-02-03T22:05:38.583-08:002011-02-03T22:05:38.583-08:00also LOL 30 MINUTES GET A LYFE LOOSERalso LOL 30 MINUTES GET A LYFE LOOSERrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16511617730092019282011-02-03T22:00:51.899-08:002011-02-03T22:00:51.899-08:00there's an email address in my blogger profile...there's an email address in my blogger profile. please send it with all your HTML formatting intact, I'm lazy.<br /><br />also sorry to the dude who said he was going to write one for 855, I forgot because I wanted to write a one-sentence review. it got a bit longer because, well, what's a review without a Megan joke in it? but that's what happened here.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23675435769608330552011-02-03T21:58:27.593-08:002011-02-03T21:58:27.593-08:00Rob: I took about 30 minutes to write a review of ...Rob: I took about 30 minutes to write a review of 856; I just haven't gotten around to making pretty pictures so people don't skim past the text yet.<br /><br />Where do I send it to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15657406339107569102011-02-03T21:55:17.303-08:002011-02-03T21:55:17.303-08:00I felt left out because I had absolutely no idea w...I felt left out because I had absolutely no idea what Zombocom was. So I searched wiki but wiki didn't know. Encyclopedia Dramatica knew, but... it's Encyclopedia Dramatica. <br /><br />So here's what it is (or was): http://www.aboutus.org/Zombo.com. An ancient, ancient meme. Obviously Randall's joke was that it was really old, but honestly, it's almost too old to even joke about how old it is. And too stupid and irrelevant. <br /><br /><a href="http://zombo.com/" rel="nofollow">The site itself</a> is down due to bandwidth consumption... I wonder why that could be?ThePirateKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855894192400453985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43123207214710783242011-02-03T21:23:00.355-08:002011-02-03T21:23:00.355-08:00To be fair: if you compare the writing in xkcd 849...To be fair: if you compare the writing in xkcd 849 to almost all the recent comics before and after it, then it looks positively brilliant.<br /><br />And... I confess, I liked the pun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51682531788529401662011-02-03T21:22:34.356-08:002011-02-03T21:22:34.356-08:00Words* cannot describe how much I hate the latest ...Words* cannot describe how much I hate the latest xkcd.<br /><br />*Not even words awkwardly floating** above the previous panel.<br /><br />**And stop this asterisk shit, Randy.***<br /><br />***Fuck you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67303171670217177412011-02-03T20:48:47.401-08:002011-02-03T20:48:47.401-08:00I kind of think the writing award was being ironic...I kind of think the writing award was being ironic, because there are multiple other comics in different categories (meaning the judges were aware of them) that have much MUCH better writing than any of the others. So... the comic about best writing is poorly written? I don't know. Maybe the judges just have absolutely no clue what they're doing.Alsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47307587688721337952011-02-03T20:36:55.841-08:002011-02-03T20:36:55.841-08:00I wish Carl would write something about the zomboc...I wish Carl would write something about the zombocom one on his webcomics.me. :( His recent reviews of #851 - #853 were pretty funny.Dominique M.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10958910002525831279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52402446197395486102011-02-03T19:09:55.797-08:002011-02-03T19:09:55.797-08:00i don't know man
there's this one webcomic...i don't know man<br />there's this one webcomic which is just a macro photograph of a dick, and every day it's a different part of the dick, and there's a little word bubble saying 'I'M A DICK :)))' every day<br />that one's pretty awesomershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70839297053954838382011-02-03T19:07:56.275-08:002011-02-03T19:07:56.275-08:00the webcomic list awards are hilarious
i mean loo...the webcomic list awards are hilarious<br /><br />i mean look at the nominees for that category<br /><br />xkcd is unabashedly awful but save for smbc the rest of those are even worse<br /><br />bug is okay i guess<br /><br />my point is that webcomics in general are pretty fucking terribleUndercoverCuddlefishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-86079135890740256952011-02-03T18:50:35.612-08:002011-02-03T18:50:35.612-08:00fuck yesfuck yesrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30347541040846206992011-02-03T18:49:58.543-08:002011-02-03T18:49:58.543-08:00We could call it "the XS Awards" and see...We could call it "the XS Awards" and see if anyone catches on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39828112704307394172011-02-03T18:26:25.902-08:002011-02-03T18:26:25.902-08:00that would be fun! I could post a thread accepting...that would be fun! I could post a thread accepting votes and nominations and then completely ignore it and just post the comics that I likershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3858025703501258392011-02-03T18:25:04.349-08:002011-02-03T18:25:04.349-08:00The only vote that went my way was "gag-a-day...The only vote that went my way was "gag-a-day". I demand a re-vote, or else that we create our own esteemed awards ceremony!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82727180735070822322011-02-03T17:27:36.553-08:002011-02-03T17:27:36.553-08:00So what was Zombocom anyway?So what was Zombocom anyway?Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723658300598891997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61444651574780532872011-02-03T16:46:56.779-08:002011-02-03T16:46:56.779-08:00@gyq514: The good news is, even if you HAVE heard ...@gyq514: The good news is, even if you HAVE heard of Zombocom, it's still a shitty comic, so you didn't miss anything.<br /><br />Professional Mole: Maybe... they're being sarcastic? I hope? The comic they listed for xkcd was terribly written. I mean, I like puns, but the setup to that one could have been SO much better.Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6782960569716739842011-02-03T16:27:34.886-08:002011-02-03T16:27:34.886-08:00So, I just got word of this "Webcomic List Aw...So, I just got word of this "Webcomic List Awards" thing. Decided to check it out.<br /><br />Guess who won the award for Best Writing? Well, it's obvious, since I'm posting here, but...<br /><br /><a href="http://2010.thewebcomiclistawards.com/index.php/Welcome/awards/1" rel="nofollow">XKCD actually won that</a><br /><br />What. Nuff said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49332065810001408832011-02-03T16:09:32.463-08:002011-02-03T16:09:32.463-08:00Honestly, I had high hopes for this one. I was ex...Honestly, I had high hopes for this one. I was expecting kind of a late-90's centric joke, which would have appealed to me because I was into 'net communited before such things had mainstream popularity ... but I've never heard of Zombocom, so naturally the joke fell flat for me.gyq514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51031994188681200632011-02-03T15:16:30.558-08:002011-02-03T15:16:30.558-08:00...I actually thought this was pretty @#!*% funn......I actually thought this was pretty @#!*% funny.<br />Then again, given that the past year and a half of comics have sucked balls, it's possible I've just readjusted my humor threshold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33855408068338562232011-02-03T15:11:05.867-08:002011-02-03T15:11:05.867-08:00@Jasper, that's a fair justification for assoc...@Jasper, that's a fair justification for associating them w/ the Appalachians. Also, it's nice having an Appalachian-associated band which isn't strictly bluegrass (or country), but more just straight-up rock.gyq514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40307841616669972912011-02-03T15:01:02.830-08:002011-02-03T15:01:02.830-08:00what
it's like that mockery of a man munroe i...what<br /><br />it's like that mockery of a man munroe is only capable of making a joke by pointing its rotting finger at something actually entertaining and saying "isn't that good? love me as your prophet, for I point you towards sites better than mine"<br /><br />this is ridiculous<br /><br />this is beyond ridiculous<br /><br />I'm so weakened by that display of idiocy that i don't even have any strength to press shift<br /><br />i'm just stunned<br /><br />that's the lowest point for me, and we're talking about xkcd, so that's saying something<br /><br />wowwww.google.comhttp://www.google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2137212989297395962011-02-03T14:50:35.978-08:002011-02-03T14:50:35.978-08:00Avetts are from the piedmont region indeed (right ...Avetts are from the piedmont region indeed (right outside of Charlotte), but they're way bigger a couple hours west, mainly because this region's where most of the bluegrass scene is located.Jasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723658300598891997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41304496943632155332011-02-03T14:07:13.504-08:002011-02-03T14:07:13.504-08:00(cont.) I don't want to be terribly contentiou...(cont.) I don't want to be terribly contentious so I thought I would just clarify. First, I could be wrong, but my understanding is that they are from the piedmont (foothills) region. And as a clarification, I'm just saying that <i>if</i> I were from the piedmont (which, as it happens, I am) and went up to some true mountain-folk and told them I hail from the Appalachians, they'd label me a poser at best.gyq514noreply@blogger.com