XKCD: It's more than a comic

No, just slightly dents it.

I'm not talking badly about him. I must've been the only person who actually listened when told, "if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say anything at all." :P

I'm not talking badly about Munroe. I was just saying, I have mixed feelings about today's strip. *shrugs*

edited 26th Jun '09 8:33:05 AM by BobbyG

@lee: I do think he meant that alt text in an ironic way...

Faw: Maybe, but it still reminds me of some of my own past bad behavior.

My favorite thing to do on the internet is to draw judgmental comics about people who aren't there.

This comic really made me uncomfortable.

"A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." I think #600 covers all four nicely. Well, ok, maybe language is stretching.

Hey cool, you have a Guild Wars avatar.

I used to play :) I figured the skillname complemented the nickname

I like the latest, because I also don't like people who complain about social degeneration, and talk about it as if they're not a part of the human race themselves.

I didn't like this one. I'm not sure what it was, I just didn't find it that amusing.

I found the alt text amusing, but the comic itself smells of Author Tract. No offense to either side of the debate, but I wanted a laugh, not an editorial.

edited 29th Jun '09 1:07:20 PM by Eriksson

Yeah, that's probably it. Reminds me of the DRM comics.

Never watched Idiocracy but the premise always bothered me. Am I the only one who's heard of the Flynn effect?

edited 29th Jun '09 1:25:05 PM by Oscredwin

I've heard of it, but I don't put much stock in IQ tests either way.

Idiocracy is hilarious, so who cares if the premise doesn't really make sense?

People who don't like others using it as a look into the future.

Commenting on the sad state of education, I believe Plato is one of the first recorded examples. Making this Trope older than... err, I'm new here; I have no idea how this works.

I wish you people would link to the comics.

Bam.

Thank you. Cute comic, although I kind of wish it had name-checked the Flynn effect or something else that people could Google.

Don't worry, Great Lich, I don't understand those "Older Than X" things and I was here back before the Great Crash.

Back in my day we had The Oldest Ones In The Book, and we liked it!

Wait...this is a reference to a film called Idiocracy?

No wonder I'm not getting it.

I didn't like it. It's another one of those "film uses bad science to make a statement about contemporary life" screeds.

Hey, I hear that Lemuel Gulliver never talked to talking horses. And don't give me any sci-fi\\fantasy crap, Gullivers Travels was clearly in the style of science fiction of the time, the extending of travelouges to impossible lands.

Actually, us talking about the Flynn Effect are doing that. The comic doesn't.