XKCD - Page 3

Fifthfiend · 02-10-2008, 04:43 AM

Wait... you thought we were friends?

Oh man, that's a great one.

TDK · 02-10-2008, 12:42 PM

Personally, the relationship parts are some of my favorites because they are cute and most of it rings true and doesn't seem fake.

Like this'n and this'n.
I also love the ones where he has a big intelligent or romantic set-up, then makes a 'your mom' joke.

Aerozord · 02-10-2008, 01:28 PM

I would have assumed DFM loved this comic, as I imagine this is the kind of sick homocidal deviant cruelty he thinks of on a daily, oh who am I kidding, hourly basis

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HO HO HO

about the about comic, that one never made sense to me. Did he just get the joke wrong or something, I don't get it.

Mesden · 02-11-2008, 02:27 AM

Language is the third word in "The English Language." All the stuff about "gry" is disregarded for the purposes of the awful joke.

DFM · 02-11-2008, 03:07 AM

It is an awful joke, I will sympathize with the XCD guy that far.

Amake · 02-11-2008, 08:39 AM

I like xkcd. But I don't like its forums. It's full of people who live for sarcasm, math and language and have no idea what romance is. The kind of geeks who are so scared of the world they cling to logic, of all things, to avoid facing their insecurities. Normally I can ignore outside factors and enjoy comics in themselves, but thinking about the amount of people who gather around xkcd and get their neuroses validated by group consensus isn't funny.

(I know I can't have spelled all that right.)

Fifthfiend · 02-11-2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen

It's full of people who live for sarcasm, math and language and have no idea what romance is.

That's kind of sad.

...Not that we're a whole lot better hereabouts.

I'm gonna go ahead and say that contrary to a lot of other people I actually really enjoy the mushy lurvey Romance Comics crap in XKCD. Among other things it's inspiring to see someone trying to locate comedy at a point removed from the usual sources of bitterness, spite, hostility, hatred, and generalized loathing of other human beings.

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(I know I can't have spelled all that right.)

It's "consensus", but everything else was spot-on.

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about the about comic, that one never made sense to me. Did he just get the joke wrong or something, I don't get it.

He didn't get it wrong, as that is the actual version of the riddle that seems to make the internet circuit. But said version is pretty obviously a shittily constructed mish-mash of grammar with no real answer that only a total fucking moron would mistake as a "riddle".

It's possible to construct versions that actually work, but that sort of thing doesn't really appeal to the type of person who send stupid fucking forward-me mails; said subset of humanity inclines much more towards the "Knock knock" "Who's there?" "Uh... you're a faggot! HAW HAW I GOT YOU" school of comedic discipline.

Lord of Joshelplex · 02-13-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DFM

XKCD is the most unfunny and hopelessly pathetic nerd pandering I've ever had the misfortune to read outside of, perhaps, a hypothetical comic strip centered solely around internet memes and Holy Grail jokes.

I gotta agree with DFM on this one. I just dont get the humor. Admitedly, it may be because I HATE math, computers and love.

Professor Smarmiarty · 02-13-2008, 03:19 PM

Shit, I'm a science geek and we make science jokes all day in the department but I find XKCD terrible. The jokes just aren't that funny and are often predictable and stuff we've made before.

Fifthfiend · 02-14-2008, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Barrel-Hating Sycophant

Shit, I'm a science geek and we make science jokes all day in the department but I find XKCD terrible.

Yeah but I mean you hated H2G2, so who even knows with you?

02-10-2008, 04:43 AM	#21
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Mesden There is no Toph, only Melon Lord! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Inside of a box inside of a smaller box Posts: 4,310	Language is the third word in "The English Language." All the stuff about "gry" is disregarded for the purposes of the awful joke. __________________ I can tell you're lying.

02-11-2008, 03:07 AM	#25
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	It is an awful joke, I will sympathize with the XCD guy that far. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

02-11-2008, 08:39 AM	#26
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	I like xkcd. But I don't like its forums. It's full of people who live for sarcasm, math and language and have no idea what romance is. The kind of geeks who are so scared of the world they cling to logic, of all things, to avoid facing their insecurities. Normally I can ignore outside factors and enjoy comics in themselves, but thinking about the amount of people who gather around xkcd and get their neuroses validated by group consensus isn't funny. (I know I can't have spelled all that right.) __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 02-13-2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason: Fixed the typo, because I'm a language freak. :x

02-10-2008, 12:42 PM	#22
TDK Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reality Posts: 2,914	Personally, the relationship parts are some of my favorites because they are cute and most of it rings true and doesn't seem fake. Like this'n and this'n. I also love the ones where he has a big intelligent or romantic set-up, then makes a 'your mom' joke.

02-13-2008, 03:19 PM	#29
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Shit, I'm a science geek and we make science jokes all day in the department but I find XKCD terrible. The jokes just aren't that funny and are often predictable and stuff we've made before.