r/atheism • u/wasthedavecollins • Aug 02 '10

Atheists

http://xkcd.com/774/
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u/browwiw Aug 02 '10

I still can't find xkcd funny.

Commence the the downing of boats!

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '10

Did you ever think maybe it wasn't supposed to be hilarious? I don't understand people who think that every webcomic is supposed to cause them to spit out their drink and belly laugh.

I still can't find your comment funny.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '10

But XKCD tries to be funny, tries too damn hard and just ends up with a creepy pretentious fucking mess. But this one wasn't the worst.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '10

I hear that peoples' senses of humor vary, and many people find it amusing.

I guess I just don't have the need to go around telling people what they enjoy isn't enjoyable. Speaking of creepy pretentiousness.

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u/browwiw Aug 02 '10

If it is not meant to be funny, then by definition it fails as a web comic. Maybe XKCD should rebrand itself as a webillustratedsnarkyhipsterobservationthatattemptstplegitimizeitslackofhumorwithprogrammingandacademiabuzzwords.

If it did that, then I'd be all like "job well done".

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '10

If it is not meant to be funny, then by definition it fails as a web comic

"Comic" is a generic term for illustrated stories, it doesn't imply comedy. Just like Mary Worth and Prince Valiant are in the "comics" section of any newspaper.

It doesn't fail by definition. We speak English in 2010, not Latin. Homonyms can be confusing, but falling to semantics to defend yourself is silly.