Am I the only person who finds XKCD tries too hard?
I have no love for it.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 14:07,
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A few people don't like it, because it's pretentious/smug.
Personally I like it, but I think I am also both of those things.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 11 Oct 2013, 14:13,
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I'm not sure you could accuse it of either
Pretty sure that if you're seeing pretentiousness or smugness there, then you brought that to the party all on your own.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 14:18,
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I am not sure if I think it is pretentious
I think it is great that people are getting exposed to some interesting concepts - but it seems like the kind of output you would create if you were tasked with trying to amuse smart people with your amazing wikipedia mining skills every other weekday.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 14:23,
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The one thing I ever liked was the use of alt text on every comic.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 14:21,
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I also think this
but it's not as bad as The fucking Oatmeal
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 15:09,
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It's at least worth the time it takes to read. [NSFW]
but the GoatKCD parody site (which is identical to xkcd except for the final panel being replaced by a line drawing of goatse) is often funner than the original.
For example. Start at today's (which doesn't really work), and work backwards. I think you'll agree it has a surprising hit-ratio.
goatkcd.com/1276/sfw
(NSFW for line drawing of goatse)
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Marn, Fri 11 Oct 2013, 16:09,
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Oh dear
That's rather hilarious.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 11 Oct 2013, 18:50,
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