Xena_Sophia
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Anyone else on WP a fan of the XKCD serial comic? I think it's hilarious!
If everyone could post their favorite frames from XKCD on this thread that would be amazing!
Here is one of mine: 
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Inyanook
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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YES! 
This one could not have come at a better time for me:
And this is just awesome:
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I also like all the absurdly detailed graphs and diagrams he has occasionally. |
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yellowtamarin
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:02 am Post subject: |
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I love all the ones that aren't completely over my head! Here's a couple of faves:
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Inyanook
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| yellowtamarin wrote: | I love all the ones that aren't completely over my head! Here's a couple of faves:
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Oh, but how I love Black Hat.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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I have 10 bookmarks with XKCD comics, and more in my laptop... can't choose...
Let's go for this one. I actually printed it 
Comic
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zxy3cpn
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| Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 8:45 am Post subject: |
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I do like xkcd too, though haven't read it for a while. Some of my favourites are
Cat Proximity
Exploits of a Mom (which you'll understand if you know any SQL)
The Difference
Also, I just stumbled upon s/keyboard/leopard (which means "replace keyboard with leopard" if you're unfamiliar with pattern matching/substitution like with sed). |
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| yellowtamarin wrote: | | I love all the ones that aren't completely over my head! Here's a couple of faves |
Yeah, that's a good way to sum it up for me, too. I think I understand them better now than when I first started reading xkcd, but there are still some that I'm not geeky enough to get - or maybe just not smart enough.
A random one I liked:
It's not all geekiness, I like his comics about relationships, too, like this one:
I can identify with many of them, like this one:
I know people on WP have said Randall is not an Aspie and he's probably not - but he doesn't strike me as "normal", either. |
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kotshka
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I used to like this comic a lot more. Recently something like 80% of the strips are over my head, might as well be written in Finnish. Maybe I'm just progressively losing touch with what is current. I suppose that's likely enough.
For example, I was excited when I saw that this one was about cats, then stared at it for ten minutes before realizing I had no chance of understanding what he was talking about and going to read SMBC instead:
But anyway I still read it regularly and the ones I get are well worth waiting for. It's hard to choose favorites. I'll just post a couple and step aside.
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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| kotshka wrote: |
For example, I was excited when I saw that this one was about cats, then stared at it for ten minutes before realizing I had no chance of understanding what he was talking about and going to read SMBC instead:
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That's because the comic isn't actually about cats, it's about the cat code names for the OSX. I'm guessing the joke is that they're running out of cool cat names, I need to see the rollover text.
For those who say he isn't an aspie, what isn't aspish about him?
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Kzil
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I can't post any yet, but I love XKCD.
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Aspie_SE10
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure how to post XKCD comics but I have the t-shirt:
"STAND BACK I'M GOING TO TRY SCIENCE"
which I like to wear around religious people. |
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redrobin62
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| <-----Understands - but can't see the humour in - XKCD. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| redrobin62 wrote: | | <-----Understands - but can't see the humour in - XKCD. |
I know what you mean. But I get the impression that XKCD is mostly trying to be clever or sentimental, not funny. It doesn't usually make me laugh, but it often makes me interested in a certain topic, or thoughtful. That said, it is occasionally responsible for some of the funniest gags ever. "SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET" is an absolute classic. |
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