tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post915896360422557158..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: xkcdsucks contest! finally!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45750324249368910832010-05-01T09:15:39.999-07:002010-05-01T09:15:39.999-07:00Just an obnoxious (and probably ignorant) jab, mos...Just an obnoxious (and probably ignorant) jab, most likely. It's the internet, what can you expect.Frogwarriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42202799548908735282010-03-03T08:36:16.203-08:002010-03-03T08:36:16.203-08:00"If you're both these things, then either..."If you're both these things, then either you're in a shitty school or you're an idiot. Fuck, it's almost as bad as being a biology major and a creationist."<br /><br />historical incongruities of the bible?<br />atrocities committed by religion?<br />or is it an obnoxious jab at theismR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67880108981410258862010-02-23T06:04:28.983-08:002010-02-23T06:04:28.983-08:00My entry:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii238...My entry:<br />http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii238/ymersvennson/xkcd2.jpgjphttp://www.lifeingraphs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-83765429671944715192010-02-22T19:47:40.855-08:002010-02-22T19:47:40.855-08:00"As a History major and a Christian"
If..."As a History major and a Christian"<br /><br />If you're both these things, then either you're in a shitty school or you're an idiot. Fuck, it's almost as bad as being a biology major and a creationist.El Duderinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24719222181727326662010-02-21T17:06:29.396-08:002010-02-21T17:06:29.396-08:00Apologize to Malethoth's boyfriend!Apologize to Malethoth's boyfriend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80778578637317712802010-02-21T15:13:59.894-08:002010-02-21T15:13:59.894-08:00Nate,
you completely misread his statements, but ...Nate,<br /><br />you completely misread his statements, but its ok, we all are biased on certain things.<br /><br />Now you just need to recognize that you did this, and were cool.AdamTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305647775929921791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21252427007825541192010-02-21T11:30:02.080-08:002010-02-21T11:30:02.080-08:00Scott, you're a Canuck too? Sweet, join the e...Scott, you're a Canuck too? Sweet, join the exclusive Canadian members of xkcdsucks with myself and... whoever else on here will admit they're from the Great White NorthCamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388252234713990053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43455832706612024682010-02-21T09:56:41.613-08:002010-02-21T09:56:41.613-08:00"I know enough to not do business with them. ..."I know enough to not do business with them. Keep dreamin' and wishin' fer the money you will ne'er receive. *chortle*"<br /><br />Man, I'm still waiting for that stupid PIN letter Google is supposed to send me. And they won't give me any money before I receive it.Timofeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478844501804517520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35297350866595618702010-02-21T09:26:09.308-08:002010-02-21T09:26:09.308-08:00even the nonsensical "I believe the truth alw...<i>even the nonsensical "I believe the truth always lies halfway between the most extreme claims."</i><br /><br />He doesn't say that, you dumb fucker.<br /><br /><i>Truth, if it is to be found at all, lies somewhere in a dialectical space between a statement and its antithesis. Better to push at the boundaries of such a space than potter about in the middle. </i><br /><br />"Somewhere in a dialectical space between a statement and its antithesis" doesn't mean "exactly halfway between two opposites", and only Randall painfully trying to twist the statement into a shitty joke would think so.<br /><br /><i>Still, if his theory was as solid as he believes it to be, we should see huge numbers of fanatics of every religion, not just a couple.</i><br /><br />Unless you personally don't happen to live in a region filled with fanatics. Stay parochial, bro.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-16272275403885722102010-02-21T05:08:54.859-08:002010-02-21T05:08:54.859-08:00guys Waywalker wins the argument for dropping a re...guys Waywalker wins the argument for dropping a reference to a 90's song.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-89087694165482726732010-02-21T04:16:59.288-08:002010-02-21T04:16:59.288-08:00Also what he said in the generalizations article w...Also what he said in the generalizations article wasn't that at all you stupid Nate you.<br />I do enjoy punching people with his thoughts on music in the face though.ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58884576410831572712010-02-21T04:12:36.517-08:002010-02-21T04:12:36.517-08:00Although to be fair about the extrovert article, h...Although to be fair about the extrovert article, he doesn't appear to be criticizing every outgoing, sociable person, so much as people with 200 apparent "friends" who all get equal time and indiscriminate intimacy.<br />It may be true that he doesn't draw any distinction (otherwise it's possible he's merely using the word extrovert incorrectly), but at worst that's a delusion about the state of humanity, rather than stupid judgment. That is to say, incorrect principles, not poor reasoning.ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-60215650968563658512010-02-21T03:21:27.275-08:002010-02-21T03:21:27.275-08:00Oh no my last name isn't really McTony oh no.
...Oh no my last name isn't really McTony oh no.<br />So guys I live at 101 Dalt Hicks Way Markham Ontario if anyone does want to come kick my ass for anything I've said here.<br />There, I have redeemed myself.ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24727665507423687712010-02-21T03:00:10.382-08:002010-02-21T03:00:10.382-08:00"Prizes: Prizes are contingent on google actu..."Prizes: Prizes are contingent on google actually sending me the money it owes me."<br /><br />Wow! You rally are a tool. And you said I knew nothing about Google Adsense. I know enough to not do business with them. Keep dreamin' and wishin' fer the money you will ne'er receive. *chortle*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20720460325129391612010-02-21T02:53:36.670-08:002010-02-21T02:53:36.670-08:00@ Anon 7:16
Hmm. Okay, true. Especially since t...@ Anon 7:16<br /><br />Hmm. Okay, true. Especially since the fanatical religious folks tend to spout off nonsense that they think justifies their fanaticism. I still find it difficult to believe there could be fanatics of certain religions, but you are right, so I'll admit defeat on this.<br /><br />Still, if his theory was as solid as he believes it to be, we should see huge numbers of fanatics of every religion, not just a couple.<br /><br />Anyway I've been following more links of this guy and the more I read the more idiotic he is. Crap like <a href="http://plover.net/~bonds/extroversion.html" rel="nofollow">"Extroverts are mentally ill and afraid of real friendship"</a> to <a href="http://plover.net/~bonds/handles.html" rel="nofollow">"People who use pseudonyms online are cowardly and if you don't use your real name then your comments are stupid and worthless!"</a> and even the nonsensical <a href="http://plover.net/~bonds/generalisation.html" rel="nofollow">"I believe the truth always lies halfway between the most extreme claims."</a><br /><br />Blah. Seriously this guy doesn't know shit about dick.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29250209005199162542010-02-20T22:49:03.193-08:002010-02-20T22:49:03.193-08:00Mal:
"Dear Lord, Way Walker, he's not say...Mal:<br />"Dear Lord, Way Walker, he's not saying that LotR is intrinsically worse because it's immature."<br /><br />There may be a simple misunderstanding here. To be clear, I didn't mean to suggest that Bond saying it was "kids' stuff" (a wording I quoted from Bond because it's more likely neutral than "immature" and something he actually called LotR) implied it was intrinsically worse, but that it was intrinsically worse for an adult audience. Since I think there's only a disagreement if we both understood the latter, I'll assume that for the rest of this post.<br /><br />"Your selective reading is rapidly growing so obvious that it's unbearable."<br /><br />That was my first post on this. Where else do you accuse me of selective reading? Or was it so rapid that one post did it?<br /><br />Anyway, how was my reading here selective? The part you quoted is even part of what I was thinking of when I wrote, "Perhaps it's just his style, but I get the feeling that he's assuming that this sort of 'kids' stuff' ought to be beneath adult tastes." It's no great leap to say that the phrasing of, "But let's not pretend the result is anything other than kid's stuff," suggests it's not appropriate for adult/mature reading.<br /><br />This is especially the case when you take the choice of language elsewhere into account. Earlier, "immature" is paralleled with "cowardly" and is obviously meant as a pejorative. "Emasculated" certainly has negative connotations, and "preadolescent" and "presexual" do not just suggest that sexuality is absent but that it would be included post-adolescence (and, in context, for an adult/mature audience). Other phrasings he uses to describe things associated with children (e.g. "simplistic Sunday-school" and "as a child... I too wanted to believe I was reading a serious adult book... But then I read some more books") are usually meant negatively and suggest that something that is for children/immature readers is not for adult/mature readers. It's not explicit (which is why I said it may just be his style) but most of what he wrote suggests that "kids' stuff" is something that ought to be left behind when entering adulthood, something that separates the boys from the men, as it were.<br /><br />He may just be using accurate phrases with inaccurate connotations (I used to use drugs.... I still do, but I used to, too. -- Mitch Hedberg).<br /><br /><br />Rob:<br />Yes, yes I did.Way Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26187070960241224612010-02-20T19:49:31.372-08:002010-02-20T19:49:31.372-08:00He isn't saying it's worse because it'...He isn't saying it's worse because it's immature, but he is writing a crappy rant that focuses less on one of the bigger issues of the series and more on a tiny issue that in the context of the series doesn't matter. Like Way Walker said, there are multiple instances of bromances in the series, which makes sense, taking into account the fact that it's the story of an all-male fellowship traveling across a continent to save tha wurld. It's a criticism directed at people who delude themselves that Lord of the Rings is some mature, adult book, but it's still a stupid criticism. <br /><br />Your blah blah blah is so blah blah blah that blah blah blah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-84015011866697897722010-02-20T19:35:14.923-08:002010-02-20T19:35:14.923-08:00Dear Lord, Way Walker, he's not saying that Lo...Dear Lord, Way Walker, he's not saying that LotR is intrinsically worse because it's immature.<br /><br />"Which is not to say that a writer <i>must</i> engage the issues of his day, or that <i>Lord of the Rings</i> does not succeed within its own fairly limited parameters. But let's not pretend the result is anything other than kids' stuff. "<br /><br />Your selective reading is rapidly growing so obvious that it's unbearable.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-10670988553218343062010-02-20T19:21:15.952-08:002010-02-20T19:21:15.952-08:00waywalker did you just quote Closing Timewaywalker did you just quote Closing Timershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-71988768253537728522010-02-20T19:16:27.256-08:002010-02-20T19:16:27.256-08:00"I still maintain that there can't be fan..."I still maintain that there can't be fanatical Buddhists. I'm sure maybe someone who is smarter than me will come along to correct me, but I thought one of the major things about Budddhism was trying to rid oneself of desire." <br /><br />Two of the most famous quotes from the Gospels are "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also" and "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you". Islamic tradition, if not the Qur'an itself, pretty much explicitly forbids attacking innocents and cowardly warfare. Just because a religion condemns something does not mean people of that religion will not do it and claim that their religion justifies it. Somebody more familiar with East/South Asian culture/history could probably confirm it but I'm confident that there were Buddhist extremists at some point in history if there aren't now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19066079678009136062010-02-20T19:12:42.318-08:002010-02-20T19:12:42.318-08:00You guys are talking about http://plover.net/~bond...You guys are talking about <a href="http://plover.net/~bonds/tolkien1.html" rel="nofollow">http://plover.net/~bonds/tolkien1.html</a>, right? He talks about the stark moral climate at the end of the third paragraph and the beginning of the fourth. He talks about love and sexuality in the end of the fourth and the whole of the fifth. Just glancing at the paragraphs it would appear that he spends more words on sex than morality.<br /><br />And if we're going to say that he talks about love as well as sexuality, then I'd point out that I enjoyed what I call the love stories in LotR: Sam and Frodo, Merry and Pippin, Legolas and Gimli. The bromances, so to speak. And, as far as that goes, there's at least one point I agree with him on: you have to contort it pretty bad to find sexuality there.<br /><br />Perhaps it's just his style, but I get the feeling that he's assuming that this sort of "kids' stuff" ought to be beneath adult tastes. That enjoyment of such a thing is a mark of immaturity or that such enjoyment should, at best, be recognized as a sort of (temporary) regression. I say that it's no regression for a mature adult to enjoy a plain Coke or a simple lemonade instead of a more adult Jack and Coke or complex wine.<br /><br />To me, the main theme of LotR is similar to Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay. I wouldn't call that kids' stuff except in the sense that the poem could also be enjoyed by a younger audience. They're different, though. I'd say that Frost is saying something better has passed away while what I get from Tolkien is just a difference, that "every new beginning is some other beginning's end" It was passing the torch to the age of men, who showed the shades of grey that were otherwise missing from LotR. From simple good to complex good. It's sad as if one had to start enjoying coffee and stop enjoying chocolate milk when entering adulthood (I enjoy both).Way Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21991669396658671062010-02-20T17:42:10.602-08:002010-02-20T17:42:10.602-08:00'I still maintain there can't be fanatical...'I still maintain there can't be fanatical Buddhists. ... If you are fanatical about something that kind of means you have desire and thus would make them not a very good Buddhist.'<br /><br />A lot of Christians would argue that the fanatics aren't very good Christians. You can agree or disagree (personally I am not a fan of Christianity or religion at all) but the fact remains, there are plenty of fanatics who self-identify as Buddhists.<br /><br />'I have read it. I covered this in my last comment. He said very clearly that LOTR is only immature and childish because of a lack of sex.'<br /><br />But did you reread it? He spents less than a paragraph and a half talking about sex. That's one of his major criticisms, yes, but he spends more time word-for-word talking about LOTR's stark moral climate. He isn't just criticising the lack of love and sex, he's criticizing the lack of anything adult at all.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037127857062536971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-21679662120589311612010-02-20T16:58:09.868-08:002010-02-20T16:58:09.868-08:00He also mentions love. Seriously, it's pretty ...He also mentions <i>love</i>. Seriously, it's pretty obnoxious that you're trying to be so ridiculously selective about his article on LotR. "No, all the other stuff he talks about doesn't matter. Remember that sentence about the Wagner? He thinks there's absolutely nothing to adulthood but sex. NOTHING. Everything else is a red herring, according to Bond."John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44140336342348852062010-02-20T16:20:08.936-08:002010-02-20T16:20:08.936-08:00Where do you live?
The US. So I guess what you a...<i>Where do you live?</i><br /><br />The US. So I guess what you are implying is, that there are fanatical Hinduists but I don't see them because I live here? Okay, I can accept that. At any rate, they're certainly nowhere near as vocal as fanatical Christians (who are trying to rip our country's Constitution to shreds) or fanatical Muslims (who like blowing shit up).<br /><br />I still maintain there can't be fanatical Buddhists. I'm sure maybe someone who is smarter than me will come along to correct me, but I thought one of the major things about Buddhism was trying to rid oneself of desire. If you are fanatical about something that kind of means you have desire and thus would make them not a very good Buddhist.<br /><br /><i>You misread the article. Read it again.</i><br /><br />I have read it. I covered this in my last comment. He said very clearly that LOTR is only immature and childish because of a lack of sex. He says, and I quote, I'll even add the italics he had in the original sentence, "But entering the world of love and adult sexuality -- <i>that's</i> real white-hot terror, <i>that's</i> what separates the men from the boys."<br /><br />I don't know how that could be any clearer. He directly states "Sex is what makes something adult." The only way to think that his sentence has any other meaning is if you're the kind of person who looks for hidden meanings in EVERYTHING.<br /><br />"Man I sure would like a turkey sandwich."<br />"And by turkey sandwich, are you making a comment on the condition of human society?"<br /><br /><i>Not really.</i><br /><br />Oh I didn't know he did that one. I'd seen it linked to before on this site. I was more kind of making a joke, but I admit it was a shitty joke.<br /><br />Also man I love Stuff White People Like. It's a shame he doesn't update more often.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2692854754294881222010-02-20T15:25:24.077-08:002010-02-20T15:25:24.077-08:00Re not having a television: BO!Re not having a television: <a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/26/28-not-having-a-tv/" rel="nofollow">BO!</a>Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.com