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I don't understand your insistence that all comics be funny. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 17/10/2010 05:12:50 AM
It's a comic by a nerd for nerds, which warrants some intellectual activity from time to time. Sorry that doesn't gibe with the little preconceived box in which you've decided to place any media that presents itself as a comic. :rolleyes:

Hey, I don't mind intellectual activity, or nerd comics for nerds; there's a reason I still read it, and OotS etc. But at a certain point (usually when footnotes appear) it's not so much a joke as it is a mental exercise. Which, once again, is fine, it's just not necessarily funny.


Comics are an entertainment medium like anything else. You wouldn't make a similar statement about TV, movies, books, etc. Don't pigeonhole the medium just because newspapers put them on "the funny pages."
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I Think xkcd May Just Have Jumped the Shark. Joel - 07/10/2010 03:40:05 PM 1566 Views
Saying that "things have jumped the shark" has jumped the shark Helene - 07/10/2010 04:01:49 PM 995 Views
"jumped" past tense. Joel - 07/10/2010 04:05:56 PM 862 Views
If you are seriously going to attempt to make a discussion out of it, I think you don't know what Helene - 07/10/2010 04:50:27 PM 930 Views
I know what it means, and think it applies here. Joel - 08/10/2010 08:25:49 AM 885 Views
Yes, I'm already bored of that expression. *NM* snoopcester - 07/10/2010 04:06:57 PM 368 Views
I like that he did this Camilla - 07/10/2010 04:20:05 PM 929 Views
Fair enough; just seems a little repetitive to me. Joel - 08/10/2010 01:35:40 PM 955 Views
Uh. I don't think so. Nate - 07/10/2010 04:24:06 PM 885 Views
Joel - 08/10/2010 01:36:33 PM 847 Views
Nah. It's an update to an extremely popular comic. The internet's changed, so it's reasonable. Gher - 07/10/2010 04:43:01 PM 862 Views
Meh. Joel - 08/10/2010 01:38:06 PM 891 Views
How old are your atlases? Gher - 08/10/2010 04:22:23 PM 877 Views
xkcd is a tool now? Joel - 08/10/2010 04:23:58 PM 888 Views
Well it's their comic BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:28:55 PM 898 Views
Yes, but it's my right to decide whether it amuses me. Joel - 08/10/2010 05:41:54 PM 1374 Views
Pah to you Floffe - 07/10/2010 04:46:16 PM 976 Views
Hehe Camilla - 07/10/2010 07:14:47 PM 882 Views
I envy Tor Floffe - 07/10/2010 07:48:45 PM 938 Views
You think doing research for an xkcd strip is a BAD thing? Darth_Katie - 07/10/2010 05:58:43 PM 930 Views
I suppose work consists of what a body is obliged to do. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:00:43 PM 879 Views
XKCD jumped the shark a long time ago. Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 06:40:54 PM 1041 Views
You can't recover from jumping the shark. That's what it means, it's the beginning of the end. *NM* Helene - 07/10/2010 07:04:55 PM 390 Views
Sounds like you're as mad as a wet hatter. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 08:22:54 PM 404 Views
Don't you throw your farberisms at me! *NM* Helene - 08/10/2010 07:44:05 AM 408 Views
This time I agree with Helene; it's the Point of No Return. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:02:23 PM 902 Views
I've found about 3 xkcd's mildly humorous... Wulf`gar - 07/10/2010 06:43:56 PM 1035 Views
Same *NM* ironclad - 07/10/2010 07:20:34 PM 395 Views
agreed ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 08:46:03 PM 899 Views
Because Dinosaur Comics is unqualifiedly hilarious. My God, woman! *NM* Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 11:26:56 PM 391 Views
They suck ßelals Girl - 08/10/2010 03:39:52 AM 909 Views
Obviously you are insane. *NM* Ghavrel - 08/10/2010 05:13:16 AM 413 Views
+1, I usually find about 1 in 4 to be even vaguely funny Isaac - 08/10/2010 12:20:10 AM 897 Views
I often find them funny, but there's a lot of metahumor. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:35:03 PM 886 Views
Randall does research for his comics all the time. Dreaded Anomaly - 07/10/2010 10:55:28 PM 865 Views
It's true. Clover - 08/10/2010 01:23:07 AM 888 Views
The first version was based on guesses where he couldn't find official info *NM* Floffe - 08/10/2010 06:04:45 AM 419 Views
And that's cool, it's just not necessarily FUNNY. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:36:57 PM 903 Views
I guess I like neat comics about as well as LOL comics. Clover - 08/10/2010 07:05:58 PM 913 Views
Ultimately, I do, too, I'm just not sure "comic" is the right word. Joel - 08/10/2010 07:59:39 PM 912 Views
Guess it depends how hard you wanna work for your funny. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:39:05 PM 835 Views
I don't understand your insistence that all comics be funny. Dreaded Anomaly - 17/10/2010 05:12:50 AM 801 Views
Actually sad to see that Gaia Online didn't make it... eucatastrophe - 08/10/2010 03:33:26 AM 1050 Views
It did Floffe - 08/10/2010 06:08:06 AM 926 Views
Fixed that for you. eucatastrophe - 08/10/2010 01:56:43 PM 985 Views
'SOK, I think I still have a higher "Oops quotient" for this thread. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:40:16 PM 962 Views
I like it BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:25:23 PM 918 Views
SEE?! This is what I was talking about in my other response to you. Joel - 08/10/2010 05:42:51 PM 982 Views
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