While I agree that Homestuck is awesome, I disagree with some of of the specifics you brought up. First, I agree that a lot of the comedic elements feel like Hussie just thought it up in the last second(and he probably did), but I have a bit more faith in his actual writing abilities. What I mean is that he certainly didn't plan out the whole story, but he planned out the major pillars of the plot early and anything new he adds to it is consitent with it. Secondly, I honestly don't know where did you get the impression that Hussie has a short attention span. While there are occasional brakes in the schedule(like the few months in 2013 spring, when he focused on developing the Homestuck adventure game) he basicaly works on Homestuck 24/7. He couldn't hold up such a frequent schedule otherwise. Thirdly... I find it a bit weird that you enjoy it more reading update-to-update than archive thrawling through it. This is just my personal oppinion, but I prefered reading through it in one huge archive binge, but that's just my prefference.
Agree with the above, you're kind of both misrepresenting Hussie and the extent to which his personality influences the plot. Also... it's not really that "LOL XD RANDOM", although it does have its moments...
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Its worth the weirdness
Take Andrew Hussies brain. Add one internet, a group of clowns, and blend until smooth. Serve three times a day in a 650 px x 450 px box
Homestuck is a long, unique, epic, with twisting plotslines that are either going nowhere fast or will cause the complete destruction of the universe, its a coin toss. Hussie has some truly unique and brilliant ideas (What if there was a caste system based on blood color?) and some other ideas that are... kinda weird and random (What if the president were actually two juggalos??) It becomes obvious by the second act that hes just throwing in whatever sounds cool to him at the moment, and coming up with ways to tie it all together.
Thats not a bad thing, mind. With the impressive update speed, and the extreme use of Four Lines All Waiting, I can say with confidence that Homestuck has something for everyone.
A lot of the elements may seem contrived, or implausible. Thats because they are. See, andrew hussie is really easily bored. The plot of Homestuck is in a race with Hussies short attention span, and when it fails to interest him, we get stuff like Troll Will Smith, and Hussie killing himself off and turning the comic into a parody of itself, written by the villian. Its easier to ignore, or even enjoy, the weird random parts when you're reading the comic as it updates: if you're archive trawling, they break immersion and distract from the story.
Wether theres enough good story to take on the monumental task of reading it is up to you. In my opinion, seeing into Hussies incredibly creative mind is definately worth the trouble of seeing it through Hussies increbly creative mind.