tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post96106101386308558..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 714: Porn for Nerd WomenCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50345451293406098932010-12-22T21:57:12.085-08:002010-12-22T21:57:12.085-08:00http://myfvrt.blogspot.com/2010/12/nicolle-and-san...http://myfvrt.blogspot.com/2010/12/nicolle-and-sandy-rotic-kissing.htmllowlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487469611482832466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52826114826317096692010-05-18T13:38:42.665-07:002010-05-18T13:38:42.665-07:00Meh, it's just, "Hey, I've heard abou...Meh, it's just, "Hey, I've heard about this book for the first time! And guess what? It sucks!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75868985414715491332010-03-18T15:30:26.156-07:002010-03-18T15:30:26.156-07:00Spelling-wise, there's a difference, altho the...Spelling-wise, there's a difference, altho the Queen's English is being pulled increasingly towards Yanqui perversions ("anathematize" rather than "anathematise", "sulfur" rather than "sulphur"). But it's more the use and choice of words - hard to define (except for obvious things, like use of fag, trunk, &c), but whenever I read British rather than north american blogs I notice the difference immediately. The difference is less once you compare journalists and academics, though.<br /><br />Also, "aboot" comes from Scotland! And I hear it from Newfies all the time. My point about Quebecois & Arcadian was that the francophones are very obviously Not Americans. After that, one starts noticing the smaller differences, like anglophone Canadians vs. Americans, or the Scottish tinge that marks out Newfoundlanders.godescalchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283013508067370035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26133613194320207542010-03-18T15:28:27.379-07:002010-03-18T15:28:27.379-07:00I live in Ontario and have heard "aboot"...I live in Ontario and have heard "aboot" zero times in my life, outside of jokes and stuff.ScottMcTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025470618255517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31143752484395240932010-03-18T15:04:18.956-07:002010-03-18T15:04:18.956-07:00Speaking for Canadian accents, it varies more than...Speaking for Canadian accents, it varies more than just Quebecois, Acadian, Rest of Canada. Ontario is the home of "Aboot," for instance.<br /><br />Hell, even here within Alberta there's variance. Edmontonians pronounce Calgary "Kal-gree," while Calgarians pronounce it "Cal-Gary."<br /><br />Text-wise, we are between US and British spellings, with a closer bent to Brit. How do I know this? I'm an editor, biznitches!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580228790308651175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82886969849831852762010-03-18T14:40:59.176-07:002010-03-18T14:40:59.176-07:00Verbally I can't tell the difference, but in t...Verbally I can't tell the difference, but in text I figure we're at least somewhere in between the US and England.ScottMcTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025470618255517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-18324377511676469662010-03-18T14:13:40.172-07:002010-03-18T14:13:40.172-07:00'also, Canadian, asshole'
To be fair, if ...'also, Canadian, asshole'<br /><br />To be fair, if you've not lived west of the Atlantic, all North American types sound more or less the same. I've lived in Canada for a year and I still can't always distinguish Canucks from Yanks (except the Quebecois and Arcadians, obviously).<br /><br />'if you're still reading this comment, why?'<br /><br />Good question. Boredom and displacement activity!godescalchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283013508067370035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-87665793506122959992010-03-18T12:26:14.998-07:002010-03-18T12:26:14.998-07:00http://xkcd.com/672
As horrible as it is, that ze...http://xkcd.com/672<br /><br />As horrible as it is, that zero statistic you state should be a one. I'ven't the time to go and correct you on 18, which you at least admit to be an estimateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19096354268640203332010-03-18T01:30:03.045-07:002010-03-18T01:30:03.045-07:00This one week I got extremely bored and joined a d...This one week I got extremely bored and joined a dating site with various accounts in different locations and of different genders, and then varied my attempts (or lack thereof) to emulate the styles of speech. Or text, I suppose.<br />One guy noticed that a supposed English chick was American (which he wasn't supposed to - also, Canadian, asshole), but failed that she was a he (which he was supposed to). Maybe I'm just really, really bad at sounding like a Brit, but he continued to believe I was being facetious when I said something to the effect of "nah, what you're really noticing is that I'm a dude. You see, men and women have slight differences in their speech centers etc etc."<br />And all of this leaves me with one question - if you're still reading this comment, why?ScottMcTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025470618255517817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28063502066691510242010-03-17T23:27:45.847-07:002010-03-17T23:27:45.847-07:00perhaps it is because Randall is a lousy writer. T...perhaps it is because Randall is a lousy writer. That said, I'd be curious whether, given jus the text of this, someone thought it was written by a man or woman. Of course it is said by a female character (this is clear from the words themselves) but not a female author. I wonder.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43635822348246685922010-03-17T19:34:31.358-07:002010-03-17T19:34:31.358-07:00*delurks*
One observation I haven't seen come...*delurks*<br /><br />One observation I haven't seen come up yet (which means it's either just me or it's so trivial compared to the other flaws that no one else bothered) is that the comic doesn't come across as having a female voice. If you showed me the punchline or alt-text without context and ask me to guess whether it was written by a man or a woman, I would pick a man without hesitation. Just one more way this comic fails to deliver its message, I guess.CuddleToadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38630549580457379692010-03-17T17:28:10.940-07:002010-03-17T17:28:10.940-07:00'Nate: "Women's lives revolve around ...'Nate: "Women's lives revolve around housework" is exactly the same level of stereotype as "black people love fried chicken" or "Jews are tight with money". Prove to me how it's a harmless stereotype.'<br /><br />Plz to note that Porn for Women was created by a woman to amuse other women. Your argument is primarily with the ladies who you think should stop laughing at it <i>for their own good</i>.<br /><br />Also if you told off a Jew for making a stingy-Jew joke I'd think you were a jerk and should lighten up. Similarly for the fried chicken thing, although that's the first I've heard of that stereotype, so can't really comment.<br /><br />Also, anonything, use a name.godescalchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283013508067370035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27586275381585615642010-03-17T16:02:52.829-07:002010-03-17T16:02:52.829-07:00"Yes there is some minor peak in the graph th..."Yes there is some minor peak in the graph that isn't in the data, but Randall is by far no perfectionist when it comes to drawing. We all know that. So what?"<br /><br />I'm sorry, when you run a comic about MATH that features graphs as bad drawn as those, that IS a problem.<br /><br />CAPTCHA: nulabous. All these cuddlefish make a nulabous display of cuddlefishery.Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-72350035518939326982010-03-17T16:00:22.192-07:002010-03-17T16:00:22.192-07:00@ Anon 2:18
Anon 2:45 and 2:57 pretty much summed...@ Anon 2:18<br /><br />Anon 2:45 and 2:57 pretty much summed it up for me. As I said, it's more making fun of the fact that men don't help out their wives much rather than "Women only think about housework." In fact, there's another one of those books I hear called "Porn for Brides" with pictures of a guy helping out with wedding planning, making invitations, and so on. Again, the joke is "Men are really lazy and don't help plan weddings." Unless you're insinuating all married women's lives revolve around their wedding? That would be a bit silly.<br /><br />@ Sarah<br /><br /><i>I mean, gay male porn clearly doesn't promote viewing women as objects. I think most modern feminists realize that (a) sex is sexy, (b) most porn is really exploitative, (c) some porn isn't.</i><br /><br />Well again, it depends on the specific type of feminism, there's a lot of them out there. I've been to one extremely militant feminist blog that said things like every time a woman has sex, even if it's consensual, it's subjugation of women and therefore wrong. Obviously they'd rage against porn, but like I said, they're the extreme.<br /><br />I think someone actually asked them specifically about gay porn and if it was okay since there were no women. I can't remember the response the blogger gave though.<br /><br />Either way, outside of gay porn, I think you'd be hard-pressed to argue that there's porn out there that doesn't objectify women. I mean, that is kind of the point of porn, to reduce people to wanking material.Natenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-42249177214081253772010-03-17T15:57:33.211-07:002010-03-17T15:57:33.211-07:00dies irae, dies illa
solvet saeclum in favilla
tes...dies irae, dies illa<br />solvet saeclum in favilla<br />teste David cum SibyllaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70414703155355944162010-03-17T15:14:55.655-07:002010-03-17T15:14:55.655-07:00"You realise the fact that Porn for Women is ..."You realise the fact that Porn for Women is a joke has no baring on the fact it perpetuates sexist stereotypes...? It has no baring on whether you can criticise it for employing and perpetuating those stereotypes... Considering that it doesn't have a baring on those things... the assertion that Randall doesn't realise that Porn for Women is supposed to be funny is pretty baseless."<br /><br />Bearing. Bearing. For the love of God, learn to differentiate between homonyms before you use them a thousand times.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8112236142330600322010-03-17T14:57:26.290-07:002010-03-17T14:57:26.290-07:00The joke of the book isn't "Women's l...The joke of the book isn't "Women's lives revolve around housework." The joke of the book is "Men don't do much housework." Still a stereotype, but not a particularly all-pervading, damaging one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39337366832480660552010-03-17T14:45:48.098-07:002010-03-17T14:45:48.098-07:00I think what Nate meant is that the book's not...I think what Nate meant is that the book's not making jokes based off of a stereotype so much as it's making fun of the stereotype and people who believe it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31730891057553999032010-03-17T14:43:48.223-07:002010-03-17T14:43:48.223-07:00Seriously I've never seen the fried chicken st...Seriously I've never seen the fried chicken stereotype ever shown in real life<br /><br />I've only ever seen it on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-8790245851537625602010-03-17T14:29:12.619-07:002010-03-17T14:29:12.619-07:00Everyone loves fried chicken...Everyone loves fried chicken...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59878630626339839042010-03-17T14:18:25.855-07:002010-03-17T14:18:25.855-07:00Nate: "Women's lives revolve around house...Nate: "Women's lives revolve around housework" is exactly the same level of stereotype as "black people love fried chicken" or "Jews are tight with money". Prove to me how it's a harmless stereotype.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-41017670459441911912010-03-17T14:12:41.247-07:002010-03-17T14:12:41.247-07:00Also, a Jay-Z reference coming so soon after a Bey...Also, a Jay-Z reference coming so soon after a Beyonce reference strikes me as improbably coincidental in a webcomic that rarely mentions music (or any of those other moronic liberal arts).AJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938669046296143081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63516840153373767092010-03-17T14:12:21.499-07:002010-03-17T14:12:21.499-07:00Yeah, these are some terribly-drawn graphs. What&#...Yeah, these are some terribly-drawn graphs. What's especially bad is, as somebody else pointed out, the 147 being pretty far away from where it should be on the final graph. Normally, that would be a small detail, but the fact is that when there are only a few points on the graph that are labeled, they should be labeled correctly. And actually, taking a closer look, 100, 133, and 142 are also pretty far off as well, although 147 is the only one that isn't between its two closest tens (140 and 150), being more at the 152 position.lesterroquefortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65093566651788129062010-03-17T14:10:56.017-07:002010-03-17T14:10:56.017-07:00It occurs to me that it's possible Randall was...It occurs to me that it's possible Randall wasn't even AIMING for accuracy in his graphs; maybe he fudged the data to imply certain conclusions. Like, "Oh, so many poor, lonely, quirky, 18 year old nerd girls w/ C-cups; don't despair! There's a legion of socially-maladjusted creeps on the xkcd forums that would be DELIGHTED to date you (while misrepresenting their IQs and penis sizes)".<br /><br />Also, yes, I agree, the drawings are terrible. I mean, c'mon Randall; just use some damn graph paper! You did it in the early comics (altho not for actual GRAPHS, if I remember correctly).<br /><br />captcha: redswor<br />google reports that 180,000 men have 9" redsworsAJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938669046296143081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17438319530047828112010-03-17T13:57:16.241-07:002010-03-17T13:57:16.241-07:00Well, see, when the entirety of this update's ...Well, see, when the <b>entirety of this update's content</b> is in the form of a graphical representation of Google search results, when he does a shoddy job representing the results it's kind of a problem.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.com