Last night I stayed with my girlfriend at her parents' house, and I dreamt that I was having sex with someone, and I could push a button and my sexual partner changed through different people, and I flicked through until it was a fat old granny, and I was pumping away then I woke up and realised I'd ejaculated in my girlfriend's parents' guest bed.
I find XKCD unfunny.
>>171
That's not lame. I never found it that funny; I stopped reading quickly after I realised just how many strips were about breast milk and Megan, the only female ever depicted. It got weird fast.
>>171,172
Not to be that guy but I really think it was funnier a few years ago. Maybe The Big Bang Theory just ruined the whole "nerdy science joke lol so quirky" format for me but it seems like Randall really jumped the shark after he tried to do that Megan cancer story arc thing. But once every few months or so I'm reminded that it exists by a post like this and forced to go look through the new comics, hoping that maybe they stopped sucking and started being funny again and I am disappointed every time.
> The Big Bang Theory just ruined the whole "nerdy science joke lol so quirky"
I don't really see how. Most of the jokes have more to do with how socially inept they are. The whole "nerds" thing is just a backdrop (granted, an easy choice to make for the premise to be believable), and you don't have to "get" "nerdy science" at all. There's even barely any pop sci references, which is an achievement considering how much "nerdy humour" is about referencing things.
Conclusion: "nerdy science joke lol so quirky" probably ruined itself without any help from Friends v2.0.
>>172
I think I stopped reading before any of that even happened.
>>172,173
I really have no recollection of said strips. I heard something about them and that they were very personal, but I don't think I would be left prejudiced against xkcd after that. AFAIK, Megan is just a name for a generic female character. Large portion of his jokes are related to computers and space (be it science, engineering or "average user's problems"), and I find them entertaining. I haven't checked the site for a few weeks, but I like the last few comics. Plus Randall makes amusing diagrams like https://xkcd.com/1461/ or megaprojects like "Time" or "Lorenz". Sometimes his comic require a little extra explanation but mostly he does a good job keeping them simple.
[Lame confession?]: I usually take months-long break between checking various comics. The longest was Homestuck of MS Paint Adventures: I enjoyed Problem Sleuth (driven by user suggestions), so I was happy to see a comic about some homely kid and weird things that started happening to him. But a year without it (suggestion box was no more), I just felt completely left out. It seems that Homestuck is a great success for the author judging by lots of music, art and all sorts of crap for sale, but I just shrug.
TBBT played some classic science jokes and geek stereotypes well, but in just a few seasons it slumped from nerdy comedy into romantic comedy (catering to "target audience"?). One of the biggest problems is that characters are "Mary Sue of nerdom": they are scientists, programmers, gamers, comic fans, etc – all outstanding. Yet these ultranerds are inconsistent with their own biases, often contradicting themselves for the sake of making another joke (best example is Sheldon). Plus the time frame feels weird, apparently a few years have passed since season 1, our heroes are more mature and experienced now, but at the same time they look and act the same. I would have liked it if it was about perpetual (like Bart Simpson!) "young scientists" getting on with their peaceful lives with more old physics jokes.
>>177
A man earned himself his own antagonist. Now, that's a success.
>>171
everyone here feels this way i thought
my lame confession is that i think dinosaur comics is somewhat better (but still overuses jokes often)
>>171
The only person I know who actually likes XKCD is a pretentious pseudointellectual twat.