Author Topic: XKCD thread (Read 22032 times)

Scurvy!Dreams · « **Reply #35 on:** September 10, 2009, 10:20:36 PM »

Okay, sometimes I get annoyed when he goes for the really obscure reference comic. But occasionally it is totally worth it when you're in on the joke:

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #36 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:43:47 AM »

Quote from: Scurvy!Dreams on September 10, 2009, 10:20:36 PM

Okay, sometimes I get annoyed when he goes for the really obscure reference comic. But occasionally it is totally worth it when you're in on the joke:

I completely agree with this. But the example you cited was one that I'm not in on.

glaurung · « **Reply #37 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:47:46 AM »

Yeah I'm not really in on this one either. Still one of my favorite web comics though.

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #38 on:** September 11, 2009, 03:36:29 AM »

Isn't it just that loads of people want to voice their opinion on the internet, but frankly no-one gives a damn?

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #39 on:** September 11, 2009, 04:04:08 AM »

Is it a reference to John Locke?

jasc15 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:24:02 AM »

Yea, today's was totally over my head.

Genowyn · « **Reply #41 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:28:32 AM »

It's a reference to Ender's Game (or I guess the Ender series in general, but I've only read EG).

skydivingninja · « **Reply #42 on:** September 11, 2009, 08:18:18 AM »

Its a reference to Ender's Game. Orson Scott Card thought that in the future, blogs would be taken seriously. Not at the rate we're going. I love that book so much. And this webcomic.

Another Ender reference.

jasc15 · « **Reply #43 on:** September 11, 2009, 08:48:20 AM »

^^ I didnt get that reference either, but i could still see some humor since it wasn't central to the joke.

Sigz · « **Reply #44 on:** September 11, 2009, 10:46:33 AM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on September 11, 2009, 08:18:18 AM

Its a reference to Ender's Game. Orson Scott Card thought that in the future, blogs would be taken seriously. Not at the rate we're going. I love that book so much. And this webcomic.

*snip*
Another Ender reference.

Scurvy!Dreams · « **Reply #45 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:52:59 PM »

Yeah, it's Ender's Game. And a pretty minor plot point of the original book.

ariich · « **Reply #46 on:** September 11, 2009, 04:13:32 PM »

Haven't seen about half the ones posted in this thread, some great stuff

My favourite recent one, just because it completely applies to me:

Hyperplex · « **Reply #47 on:** September 11, 2009, 06:36:01 PM »

It's the geek in me, but I fucking love this one:

jasc15 · « **Reply #48 on:** October 08, 2009, 10:57:37 AM »

Logical Nightmare · « **Reply #49 on:** October 09, 2009, 09:35:29 AM »

I discovered xkcd a week ago or so. I read five of them... then spent hours reading through them all. It's kind of my new religion.

Hyperplex · « **Reply #50 on:** October 09, 2009, 09:46:02 AM »

Have to post today's.

MetalJunkie · « **Reply #51 on:** October 10, 2009, 01:36:24 AM »

Quote from: Hyperplex on October 09, 2009, 09:46:02 AM

Have to post today's.

The alternate text for that is every bit as scary as the comic itself.

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I'm teaching every 8-year-old relative to say this, and every 14-year-old to do the same thing with Toy Story. Also, Pokemon hit the US over a decade ago and kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year.

faemir · « **Reply #52 on:** October 10, 2009, 03:41:38 AM »

Quote from: Guitarded on October 10, 2009, 01:36:24 AM

Quote from: Hyperplex on October 09, 2009, 09:46:02 AM
Have to post today's.

The alternate text for that is every bit as scary as the comic itself.

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I'm teaching every 8-year-old relative to say this, and every 14-year-old to do the same thing with Toy Story. Also, Pokemon hit the US over a decade ago and kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year.

I was really scared by this

I was born only a few months before aladdin, but pokemon and 9/11 and toy story is just too scary.

kári · « **Reply #53 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:54:29 AM »

How are you scared? To me, 2001 seems like ages ago.

Crow · « **Reply #54 on:** October 10, 2009, 08:06:09 AM »

This is me:
https://xkcd.com/245/
Both the comic and the mouseover text.

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #55 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:06:00 PM »

Quote from: Parama on October 10, 2009, 08:06:09 AM

This is me:
https://xkcd.com/245/
Both the comic and the mouseover text.

Haha, same for me

.

glaurung · « **Reply #56 on:** October 10, 2009, 12:18:01 PM »

Quote from: TheVoxyn on October 10, 2009, 12:06:00 PM

Quote from: Parama on October 10, 2009, 08:06:09 AM
This is me:
https://xkcd.com/245/
Both the comic and the mouseover text.
Haha, same for me .

Me too. I do it on any tiled floor.

rumborak · « **Reply #57 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:02:28 PM »

Quote from: jasc15 on October 08, 2009, 10:57:37 AM

I wonder how many people even get this.

rumborak

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #58 on:** October 10, 2009, 08:11:41 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on October 10, 2009, 07:02:28 PM

Quote from: jasc15 on October 08, 2009, 10:57:37 AM

I wonder how many people even get this.

rumborak

That's what's so great about xkcd...when I get the jokes. I can be amused while feeling like I'm in an elite group all at the same time.

This is hilarious, and only .01% of the population knows enough about the subject matter to agree with me!

kári · « **Reply #59 on:** October 11, 2009, 06:15:36 AM »

XJDenton · « **Reply #60 on:** October 11, 2009, 07:40:53 AM »

Quote from: faemir on October 10, 2009, 03:41:38 AM

Quote from: Guitarded on October 10, 2009, 01:36:24 AM
Quote from: Hyperplex on October 09, 2009, 09:46:02 AM
Have to post today's.

The alternate text for that is every bit as scary as the comic itself.

Quote
I'm teaching every 8-year-old relative to say this, and every 14-year-old to do the same thing with Toy Story. Also, Pokemon hit the US over a decade ago and kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year.

I was really scared by this I was born only a few months before aladdin, but pokemon and 9/11 and toy story is just too scary.

Back to the future part 2 is only 6 years away from being set in the past.

kári · « **Reply #61 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:07:58 AM »

Valdor · « **Reply #62 on:** October 11, 2009, 09:43:53 AM »

The last one truly gives some sense of perspective...

XKCD has been my favorite web comic since The Perry Bible Fellowship died. It always pays off to pause and think in order to get the joke!

jasc15 · « **Reply #63 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:28:40 AM »

Quote from: rumborak on October 10, 2009, 07:02:28 PM

Quote from: jasc15 on October 08, 2009, 10:57:37 AM
*snip*

I wonder how many people even get this.

rumborak

Coincidentally, someone here at work was talking about RPN the day this particular image was posted.

faemir · « **Reply #64 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:00:20 PM »

https://www.chromeextensions.org/other/xkcdalt/

for all users of google chrome who read xkcd

ehra · « **Reply #65 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:11:40 PM »

I'm now ridiculously close to switching back to Chrome.

faemir · « **Reply #66 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:15:49 PM »

Quote from: ehra on October 12, 2009, 01:11:40 PM

I'm now ridiculously close to switching back to Chrome.

I'm using it now that it has flashblock and adblock

ariich · « **Reply #67 on:** October 18, 2009, 02:46:15 PM »

This weeks made me laugh

https://xkcd.com/650/

EDIT: With the hover-caption of course.

emindead · « **Reply #68 on:** October 18, 2009, 05:31:37 PM »

jasc15 · « **Reply #69 on:** October 18, 2009, 05:38:26 PM »

News: DreamTheaterForums is a place for people who just don't have the time for music anymore.

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