Topic: Explain XKCD to me (Read 34963 times)

JD · « **on:** 19 Aug 2009, 01:03 »

I think its a bit silly this exists

kemon · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 01:15 »

yes, but also hliarious.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 08:13 »

http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/

RobbieOC · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 15:15 »

He's right, though. It does suck if you don't get the jokes.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 16:13 »

I guess.

When there's jokes to be had.

est · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Aug 2009, 18:46 »

Someone please make explainxkcdhate.com for me. I took a look at that xkcdsucks blog and have to wonder why the fuck you would bother making an entire blog just to criticise (sometimes at length) something as inoffensive as xkcd.

Spluff · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 01:08 »

Explaining Least I Could Do:

The joke is that he is like a child but still manages to spew misogyny from every orifice.

Hat · « **Reply #7 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 10:10 »

Quote from: est on 19 Aug 2009, 18:46

Someone please make explainxkcdhate.com for me. I took a look at that xkcdsucks blog and have to wonder why the fuck you would bother making an entire blog just to criticise (sometimes at length) something as inoffensive as xkcd.

Look I can't just bold quote parts of this to make it say "Why the fuck would you bother making a blog" because of the syntax but everyone just pretend I did that, ok?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #8 on:** 20 Aug 2009, 18:12 »

Quote from: est on 19 Aug 2009, 18:46

Someone please make explainxkcdhate.com for me. I took a look at that xkcdsucks blog and have to wonder why the fuck you would bother making an entire blog just to criticise (sometimes at length) something as inoffensive as xkcd.

I guess you could argue that xkcd is not entirely inoffensive.

The dude who started that blog is an actual fan of the early xkcd strips. The blog was originally called 'xkcd needs improving' or something (though the URL was still sucks). Now it's just kind of his hobby.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 05:02 »

It even says on every page of the blog "[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic." Perhaps they're aware of it and maybe you should look on the site more or ask them yourself?

Be My Head · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 14:16 »

I got the joke about the derivative, and I've never taken a calculus class in my life...

Nodaisho · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 14:40 »

Me too. Well, at least I think I do, on the basic derivatives are part of calculus level.

est · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Aug 2009, 18:30 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 20 Aug 2009, 18:12

The dude who started that blog is an actual fan of the early xkcd strips. The blog was originally called 'xkcd needs improving' or something (though the URL was still sucks). Now it's just kind of his hobby.

Quote from: Ã¶de on 21 Aug 2009, 05:02

It even says on every page of the blog "[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic." Perhaps they're aware of it and maybe you should look on the site more or ask them yourself?

I already figured out both of these things in about two seconds due to having functioning eyes. I still don't understand why the fuck they would bother. But then again I don't understand why a lot of people do a whole bunch of stupid shit.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 00:21 »

Because it might be enjoyable for them to do such a thing?

est · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 Aug 2009, 02:54 »

I guessssss

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #15 on:** 23 Aug 2009, 09:34 »

Quote from: Spluff on 20 Aug 2009, 01:08

Explaining Least I Could Do:

The joke is that he is like a child but still manages to spew misogyny from every orifice.

The most complete explanation of LICD is found in this Overcompensating comic.

As far as xkcd goes, sometimes it's funny, and sometimes it's not. It's a lot like most comics out there in that respect.

Jimor · « **Reply #16 on:** 23 Aug 2009, 15:17 »

To me, the way xkcd will try on just about any joke or scenerio makes it akin to improv, kinda like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". The consistency isn't there like a crafted, unified routine, but the willingness to throw just about anything to see if it sticks leads to some absolute classics. I don't find every strip to be funny and/or profound, but the batting average is high enough to keep me coming back.

jeph · « **Reply #17 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 10:15 »

Quote from: est on 21 Aug 2009, 18:30

Quote from: KharBevNor on 20 Aug 2009, 18:12
The dude who started that blog is an actual fan of the early xkcd strips. The blog was originally called 'xkcd needs improving' or something (though the URL was still sucks). Now it's just kind of his hobby.

Quote from: Ã¶de on 21 Aug 2009, 05:02
It even says on every page of the blog "[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic." Perhaps they're aware of it and maybe you should look on the site more or ask them yourself?

I already figured out both of these things in about two seconds due to having functioning eyes. I still don't understand why the fuck they would bother. But then again I don't understand why a lot of people do a whole bunch of stupid shit.

some people seem to actively enjoy being hateful, and seek out things they dislike for this reason.

personally, if I don't like a comic I just don't read it, like a normal human being

Zingoleb · « **Reply #18 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 10:19 »

Something about the term "normal human being" always makes me smirk.

No offense, Yeph.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #19 on:** 24 Aug 2009, 13:35 »

Quote from: jeph on 24 Aug 2009, 10:15

some people seem to actively enjoy being hateful, and seek out things they dislike for this reason.

personally, if I don't like a comic I just don't read it, like a normal human being

Ah, but you see, you're not an attention whore. At least, I assume that you're not an attention whore.

Emaline · « **Reply #20 on:** 01 Sep 2009, 20:31 »

I don't know, he does have a webcomic.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Sep 2009, 04:55 »

And, as we just discovered today, a rather sexy voice.

Carl-E · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Dec 2009, 14:30 »

I find a lot of XKCD funnier if you know the math/science/engineering behnd them. Unfortunately, I do. i know that if I didn't, a lot of the strips would just be a "Huh?" experience.

The rest is human nature, and that's pretty funny anyway...

~~Schmorgluck~~ · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 Dec 2009, 10:01 »

Most of the time, I get the tech and science jokes, especially when they are about computer science. And when I don't, at least I know I'm about to learn something.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #24 on:** 31 Dec 2009, 19:51 »

Basically looked at that site and read through some of that guy's stuff and what I get from it that if he doesn't think a joke written in a strip is 100% completely original and funny, he's going to get hopping mad about it and go on a rant about how its the worst thing ever, making him one of those people that most can safely ignore.

There was a link somewhere about psychological conditions and how they affect people on the internet, or how people are otherwise normal until they're online, or I guess about how there are people who are such sociopaths that there only contact with the outside world is through the internet, wish I could remember where i read it... I'm going to feel stupid if it posted posted around here somewhere.

Anyway I was going to make a point about how writers aren't perfect and when you're on a schedule sometimes a joke is gonna miss. Jay Leno isn't funny every night and how many dozens of writers work for him? But I'm not going to go into a rage about how he is the worst comedian on television because of it. This guy got pissed at a comic because it didn't properly show the height of Darth Vader. Not to mention I think he was reading the joke wrong anyway. Whatever, lending more thinking time to an asshole just makes me one for wasting it.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #25 on:** 05 Jan 2010, 13:15 »

[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic."

I'm pretty certain you're taking it more seriously than the (multiple) people that write the blog.

nichidani · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 Jan 2010, 07:59 »

some people like laughing at tech jokes. i like laughing at tech jokes. some people do not like laughing at tech jokes. that is the way of life.

kemon · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 Jan 2010, 23:30 »

/agree schmorgluck

very rarely have i needed to google it after reading xkcd but every time i learned something relevant to my interests. if you're not interested in the topics that are pretty clearly set forth on the site, then you're probably going to miss the humor/point of it.

lyra · « **Reply #28 on:** 01 Feb 2010, 01:26 »

I never understood the Summer Glau ones until after I watched Dollhouse >.<

DarkAvenger · « **Reply #29 on:** 01 Feb 2010, 02:09 »

Serenity (or to a lesser extent, yet before Serenity, Firefly) is what you'll want to watch to understand the Summer Glau comics.

lyra · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Feb 2010, 23:39 »

Ooo Nathan Fillion!!! <3

Prince of Space · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 Feb 2010, 16:40 »

Essentially, the logic 'If you don't like it , don't read it' could be applied to the 'hate' blogs as well... edit: Not tryin' to be a jerk.

Also, not all 'hate' blogs are for humiliation or to hurt feelings. Sometimes it's just fun to make fun(and to read about it). Especially when mistakes are made(and even when they aren't). If you're a mst3k fan or a spoof lover, you probably understand this. Some of the people who made the movies/shows being made fun of certainly thought they were making something great. But wasn't it fun when someone came along and started making a mockery of it? It wasn't to hurt feelings. It was to make the people who agreed (and possibly didn't)laugh.

est · « **Reply #32 on:** 19 Feb 2010, 04:44 »

I thought that the point of MST3K was that the movies they used were B-grade shit. I've seen some of the Rifftracks stuff lately and it's pretty amusing because the movies they choose are usually fucking horrible.

Prince of Space · « **Reply #33 on:** 19 Feb 2010, 20:52 »

Quote from: est on 19 Feb 2010, 04:44

I thought that the point of MST3K was that the movies they used were B-grade shit. I've seen some of the Rifftracks stuff lately and it's pretty amusing because the movies they choose are usually fucking horrible.

A lot of people *like* those movies (both mst3k and Rifftrax, though you'd have to be a real oldie to have seen many of the original mst3k ones in theaters). Pertaining to RiffTrax, I know a lot of people who loved Top Gun, the Batman movies (tim burton's), Harry Potter, Star Wars, Alien, (you can bet your hinder that they'll do Avatar), etc. The movies don't have to be bad to be made fun of. And they shouldn't have to be.

To be fair, their styles are very different. However, the XKCDsucks blog and RiffTrax have two very important things in common: neither of the groups take themselves seriously and both want to make someone laugh.

Johnny C · « **Reply #34 on:** 21 Feb 2010, 16:17 »

There's a rich tradition of websites like this, you know.

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #35 on:** 24 Feb 2010, 13:25 »

xkcd is only funny if you're a math/science/interweb geek, really.

some strips confuse me because i'm not down with physics so much and only like stats when it comes to math.

EvolPenguin · « **Reply #36 on:** 20 Mar 2010, 11:46 »

I personally enjoy xkcd, however this website always makes me laugh: http://www.isxkcdshittytoday.com/

bubba2match · « **Reply #37 on:** 30 Mar 2010, 15:55 »

Explanations... allowing outsiders to be entertained.
Connecting the world, while sacrificing the sacred bond between the poor tech losers of the world.
I feel both joy and misery.
I think I'll go back to reading my comics now.

whitnelson · « **Reply #38 on:** 22 Jul 2010, 09:52 »

Gezus, hating on this comic is a freakin' cottage industry. Then again, hating on anything is.

May you never do something awesome which decrease in awesomenesss.

drmike · « **Reply #39 on:** 25 Jul 2010, 16:50 »

Now why can;t someone create a Explain Wapsi Square one?

LTK · « **Reply #40 on:** 30 Jul 2010, 00:38 »

Quotespam. That's clever.

jackmort · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Oct 2010, 14:41 »

If I don't get a joke on XKCD I look it up, and then I've learned
so it's win win really

est · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Oct 2010, 19:56 »

Quote from: LTK on 30 Jul 2010, 00:38

Quotespam. That's clever.

That is the first thing I thought, too. It's a lot more innocuous than the other forms of forum spam. A+ for effort, but also A+ for annoyance.

est · « **Reply #43 on:** 29 Oct 2010, 19:59 »

Was also kind of sophisticated if it was automated, because it picked up that Khar & I were only talking, then that Jamie had posted photos she'd taken, and also that we were talking about music in the MF thread & suggested another band after the quotespam. Nice.

I bet that in a few years we'll have spambots that are so sophisticated that we don't pick up on them at first. That is at once both exciting and troubling.

est · « **Reply #44 on:** 29 Oct 2010, 20:05 »

I've got $50 on the first autonomous AI starting its own marketing firm.

LTK · « **Reply #45 on:** 30 Oct 2010, 04:13 »

Even more cunning is a spambot recreating an old, long-forgotten thread with exactly the same title and message. The discussion then starts all over again. It fooled me once.

shengokai · « **Reply #46 on:** 22 Nov 2010, 11:58 »

who is this Megan person that people keeps referencing on these blogs?

Algernon · « **Reply #47 on:** 23 Nov 2010, 05:49 »

Supposedly she's the main female character. You know, the one with the hair. And arms. And...uh...

Yeah, they all just look the same because of the artwork.

Or maybe XKCDworld only has one girl and it's secretly a post-apocalyptic love story about a dude trying to woo the elusive "Megan" with his super-cool and very thorough knowledge of mathematics and theoretical physics and such in order to repopulate the planet. For science!

Jace · « **Reply #48 on:** 26 Nov 2010, 02:54 »

I think Megan is the woman the writer is in love with and she broke his heart or something?

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