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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 1569 Views
Saying that "things have jumped the shark" has jumped the shark Helene - 07/10/2010 04:01:49 PM 997 Views
"jumped" past tense. Joel - 07/10/2010 04:05:56 PM 863 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 932 Views
I know what it means, and think it applies here. Joel - 08/10/2010 08:25:49 AM 886 Views
Yes, I'm already bored of that expression. *NM* snoopcester - 07/10/2010 04:06:57 PM 370 Views
I like that he did this Camilla - 07/10/2010 04:20:05 PM 932 Views
Fair enough; just seems a little repetitive to me. Joel - 08/10/2010 01:35:40 PM 958 Views
Uh. I don't think so. Nate - 07/10/2010 04:24:06 PM 888 Views
Joel - 08/10/2010 01:36:33 PM 849 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 864 Views
Meh. Joel - 08/10/2010 01:38:06 PM 893 Views
How old are your atlases? Gher - 08/10/2010 04:22:23 PM 879 Views
xkcd is a tool now? Joel - 08/10/2010 04:23:58 PM 891 Views
Well it's their comic BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:28:55 PM 900 Views
Yes, but it's my right to decide whether it amuses me. Joel - 08/10/2010 05:41:54 PM 1376 Views
Pah to you Floffe - 07/10/2010 04:46:16 PM 977 Views
Hehe Camilla - 07/10/2010 07:14:47 PM 884 Views
I envy Tor Floffe - 07/10/2010 07:48:45 PM 941 Views
You think doing research for an xkcd strip is a BAD thing? Darth_Katie - 07/10/2010 05:58:43 PM 932 Views
I suppose work consists of what a body is obliged to do. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:00:43 PM 882 Views
XKCD jumped the shark a long time ago. Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 06:40:54 PM 1043 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 392 Views
Sounds like you're as mad as a wet hatter. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 08:22:54 PM 406 Views
Don't you throw your farberisms at me! *NM* Helene - 08/10/2010 07:44:05 AM 410 Views
This time I agree with Helene; it's the Point of No Return. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:02:23 PM 905 Views
I've found about 3 xkcd's mildly humorous... Wulf`gar - 07/10/2010 06:43:56 PM 1037 Views
Same *NM* ironclad - 07/10/2010 07:20:34 PM 397 Views
agreed ßelals Girl - 07/10/2010 08:46:03 PM 902 Views
Because Dinosaur Comics is unqualifiedly hilarious. My God, woman! *NM* Ghavrel - 07/10/2010 11:26:56 PM 392 Views
They suck ßelals Girl - 08/10/2010 03:39:52 AM 912 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 898 Views
I often find them funny, but there's a lot of metahumor. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:35:03 PM 888 Views
Randall does research for his comics all the time. Dreaded Anomaly - 07/10/2010 10:55:28 PM 867 Views
It's true. Clover - 08/10/2010 01:23:07 AM 890 Views
The first version was based on guesses where he couldn't find official info *NM* Floffe - 08/10/2010 06:04:45 AM 420 Views
And that's cool, it's just not necessarily FUNNY. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:36:57 PM 905 Views
I guess I like neat comics about as well as LOL comics. Clover - 08/10/2010 07:05:58 PM 915 Views
Ultimately, I do, too, I'm just not sure "comic" is the right word. Joel - 08/10/2010 07:59:39 PM 913 Views
Guess it depends how hard you wanna work for your funny. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:39:05 PM 837 Views
I don't understand your insistence that all comics be funny. Dreaded Anomaly - 17/10/2010 05:12:50 AM 803 Views
Actually sad to see that Gaia Online didn't make it... eucatastrophe - 08/10/2010 03:33:26 AM 1052 Views
It did Floffe - 08/10/2010 06:08:06 AM 929 Views
Fixed that for you. eucatastrophe - 08/10/2010 01:56:43 PM 987 Views
'SOK, I think I still have a higher "Oops quotient" for this thread. Joel - 08/10/2010 02:40:16 PM 964 Views
I like it BlackAdder - 08/10/2010 05:25:23 PM 920 Views
SEE?! This is what I was talking about in my other response to you. Joel - 08/10/2010 05:42:51 PM 984 Views
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