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What are some webcomics that smart people would enjoy?

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What are some webcomics that smart people would enjoy?
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>>93284422
We don't know, no such thing exists.
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Can smart people truly enjoy humor? Or are they doomed to over-analyze every ounce of it?

Think about that the next time you wash your hands boy
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>>93284422
Certainly not xkcd. Maybe his earlier comics, but now he waters down the science into just pop science and references. That way you can pat yourself on the back for being oh so smart.
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>>93284422
Nedroid
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>>93284422
I do the same thing but with quantum chromodynamics.
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When would "magnetohydrodynamic" even come up in conversation?
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>>93284651
>over analyze
Pretty sure every retard and their mother (who is also a retard) bitches about smart people """over analyzing""" everything. Jokes hit you how they hit you. Don't judge.
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>>93284856
>damn her pussy is so magnetohydrodynamic!
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>>93284492
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>>93284651
You're confusing smart people with autistic people.
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>>93284651
>over-analyzing jokes
>smart
>not what every reddit kiddie does to display his euphoric intellect
smart people are usually sad people and should appreciate a gud laff even more
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>>93284856
He was a NASA scientist at one point, so probably a lot.
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>>93284422
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is like XKCD but NOT written by a pretentious piece of garbage. Wiener at least TRIES to draw, and he explores a lot of interesting sci-fi and existential concepts. He also does some pretty funny relationship and general humor, too.

I hate XKCD so fucking much
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>>93285074
Why do people hate XKCD?
I've never got around to reading a lot of the comics, just know they aren't good for whatever reason.
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>>93285017

They're engineers, and NASA is spun off from military. It would have an acronym if it was used ever.
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>>93284422
>Achewood
/lit/ would like this, the dialogue is rad and unique for each character.
Once it picks up, it's a comic about some dudes, and they have issues to deal with, but they deal with them like men.
Start with The Great Outdoor Fight arc.

>SMBC
Starts off as The Far Side as a cartoon with a caption, but slowly evolves into taking concepts to illogical, absurd extremes.

>Hark! A Vagrant
Not really smart, but you need to be pretty knowledgable about literature to understand the jokes.

>Dinosaur Comics
Lots of reading. OP probably considers that 'smart'
Hit or miss. Also, Ryan North I'm told isn't that great of a dude.

>Pictures for Sad Children
Gone from the internet. Download it from somewhere, but the alt-texts are lost forever. About depression and stuff. Personally, gives me a weird, out of body feeling.

>A Softer World
1-4 pictures with words over them, so you can be pretentious and feel cultured, because let's face it, that's what you wanted from this, isn't it?
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>>93285221
>Why do people hate XKCD?
Because it's popular.
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>>93285074
I'll get a lot of good use out of this one.
If I didn't forget about this completely the second after I saved it
>>93285221
He's a smug fedora douche who makes stick figures.
Why do you think he pisses people off?
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>>93285320

I legitimately believe that Achewood should be considered one of the greatest popular works since 2000. Almost certainly the best comic since 2000. His return was incredibly on point, and I was sad to see Onstad go again.

It really it incredible. The great outdoor fight is one of those storylines I read and just feel impressed by how good it was. I wish we would put it on essential comics lists here.
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>>93285524
I was never able to get into even after forcing myself to read 50 pages, is this ironic?
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>>93285584

Not for me. I'm not gonna go and call smart or anything or try to add pretense here. I truly love Achewood, no irony.

Did you get to the Three Cats though? Once Roast Beef and Ray get introduced Onstad's skill for giving unique voices to characters grows immensely.
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>>93285221
XKCD is what happens when a smart dude writes self-insert.

seriously, go back and re-read the strips. Cueball lives an interesting life with fun problems to work on, and he get to complain to people who understand, sympathize and play along. He's the webcomic version of some indie romantic comedy. All of his comments are witty and insightful, but not threatening or strong enough to show any spine, or any genuine interest in other people. XKCD is what every fedora-tippin' beta thinks he sounds like.
>pic related

Tell me that's not a robot's fantasy right there.


Don't get me wrong. Munroe does a good job with infographics and his what-if blog. But XKCD is the dream diary of a guy who doesn't understand he has to change his habits to accommodate other people.
XKCD is the product of a guy who 'proves' other people's taste are inferior to his, and constantly brings it up.
XKCD is what happens when a guy that thinks that feelings besides his own are illogical gets into writing.
XKCD is made by the guy who believes it's ok he wasn't popular in school, because nerds get all the money, women and power as soon as they graduate.


Fun Fact: Randall Munroe the Robot9000 script, which is used for the /r9k/ board. How fitting.
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>>93285584
Really, start with The Great Outdoor Fight.

>>93285524
I'm inclined to agree, if only for the dialogue and it's representation of masculinity. Lot of stuff talks about chicks talking, but Achewood shows how dudes interact.
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>>93285072
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>>93286383
>how poor failures act
ftfy, only man children who would love a syndicated 'Ow, My Balls!' TV show like it.
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>>93286198
What really grinds my gears about his stuff is that he doesn't even try to draw. If he did, I could easily dismiss him as another intellectual pansy ejaculating his half-baked opinions across the internet's awaiting bosom.

But by representing his opinions as something elemental by drawing only stick figures, he's charmed a generation of pseudo-intellectuals into believing he has a genuine voice that somehow holds primacy over all logic and good taste. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but his garbage comics are VERY popular, to the point where they have a bot on reddit that will follow up posts with a "relevant xkcd".

I hate Randall Munroe. I really do. I'd like to twist his head right off his pencil neck.
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>>93286519
That's not true.
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>>93284422
>the entire sun is magic
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>>93284820

Very Kafkaesque
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>>93285320
Hark! A Vagrant is most certainly for smart people
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>>93286539
>they have a bot on reddit that will follow up posts with a "relevant xkcd"

this explains a lot.
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>>93286891
She doesn't update it anymore, though.
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>>93286947
Yeah, she's writing children's books or something now
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>>93284422
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>>93284651
You're like a writer for a show where a character has super-intelligence and they speak in nonstop technical terms or obscure poetic language.
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>>93284820
My favorite one
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>>93284422
How did you know that I am smart?
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>>93287055
>don't mind me, just pirating this fire
Okay I chuckled.
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>>93285074
>Reddit: The comic
No thanks
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>>93284987
There's probably quite a bit of overlap there
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>>93287013
I loathe this kind of shit. Nothing screams hack writing to me more than tired intelligence cliches.
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>>93288568
Not really, autistic people tend to be in the lower end of IQ wth some notable exceptions.
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>>93285221
/sci/ like xkcd
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>>93287055
This one's actually decent tho
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>>93284422
Perry Bible Fellowship
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>>93288568
Nnnnnnnnot really. Autism rarely entails increased intelligence, that's one of those rare gift savant types of things. I guess you could say that autistic people and stereotypical socially awkward smart people have some common social traits, but you still wouldn't call the autistic people intelligent by association.
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Smart people don't stoop to webcomics for humor
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>>93290514
>Smart people don't stoop to webcomics
ftfy
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>>93285453
Is triple gold good or bad?
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>>93286539
>they have a bot on reddit that will follow up posts with a "relevant xkcd".

I am not ok with that
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>>93284651
If your joke is so bad only the brain-dead people can enjoy it, it's your fault, not smart people's.
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dont really know about web comics but "graphic novels" were incredibly good when i felt like i needed something with a bit more weight
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>>93284651
If a joke can be over-analyzed, it's probably not as funny as it could be.
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>>93285320
>Pictures for Sad Children
I remember reading this once and it was good, but if we're being honest its best use was for reaction image material.
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>>93284422
Is it autism to immediately go "So it's something to do with magnetism and liquid, right"?
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>>93291306
No, that's just knowing rudimentary Greek.
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>>93291306
No, that's having a high school education.
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>>93291324
Woohoo!
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>>93291335
>getting educated in high-school
>not skipping all classes *except* gym and smoking out the back of the bus-shelter with the art teachers
psh, autism.
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>>93285320
>>93285524
>>93285751
>>93286383
My people!

Achewood will always be the pinnacle of character writing in webcomics.
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>>93287144
Nedroid is the best.
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>>93284651
>Can smart people truly enjoy humor? Or are they doomed to over-analyze every ounce of it?

RL smart people don't over-analyze things. That's a dumb thing to do.
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>>93291306
moving magnetic liquids/flow systems, yes
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>>93284651
Smart people would recognize it's not usually worth the time. Taste is mostly subjective at the ends of the day so there's little point in over-analyzing something unless that's a way to derive some personal enjoyment.
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>>93286198
Are you aware that the comic you posted is trashing and deconstructing the mindset it's presenting?

In fact, you actually managed to disprove your own point.
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>>93285221
It gets preachy sometimes and there's nothing more calculated to turn people off than telling them they either agree with you or are morons by definition.

Plus he unironically supported Hillary and the relevant strip was hilariously cringe-worthy.
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>>93286539
>Getting this angry over nothing
Calm down, retard
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>>93284422
what's wrong with Magnetohydrodynamic? It's a perfectly understandable word
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>>93284842
eh...chromodynamics is kinda a shitty name ment to play on the colour wheel but it doesn't really work well as an analogy. So I agree that it's a shitty naming but it's easy to say.
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well, I'm going to watch the new episode of Genius. Hopefully they finally have something about Solvay. Been a disappointment so far
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Xd
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>>93288568
They struggle with communication. Low functioning autistism basically renders the afflicted mute. This doesn't mean they're stupid, it just means they're trapped in their own head and doomed to be forced to watch Barney their whole life.
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>>93288761
That's because the IQ test relies on the individuals taking it to have developed communication skills. This hurts the autism.
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>>93284795
This
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>>93292932
Welp. I looked up this guy's picture and then read this comic.

That pretty much killed years of mild xkcd enjoyment for me.
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>>93292932
Does he really not understand the difference between an Enlightenment principle and the legal codification thereof?
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>>93293362
Don't you know that United States is the entire world and the Constitution is the only moral guidance you can ever need?

I dedicated my entire life to Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
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>>93286198
wathever, cats are as good as children
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>>93292932

but this isn't wrong.

i mean xkcd still sucks but this isn't wrong.
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>>93286198
>XKCD is what happens when a smart dude writes self-insert.
xkcd iss what happens when a person who thinks too higly of himself doesnt understand the meaning of strawman
oh, he will acuse other people of strawman but then everything in his comic is a strawman and he is completely unaware of it
>beer is bitter, i dont like beer, everyone must be pretending to like beer all the time, im not insecure about it you are
>people who dont think like me are stupid
>people who call others stupid for not agreeing with them are stupid
>look at this thing i read about on wikipedia, im really smart
>even tho im only educated in one thing, wich is what being a proffessional mean, i only posses above average knowledge in a single thing but i know more about everything than you do because i make a stick figure webcomic wich is both a sign of status and parody of webcomics at the same time
>my math degree means im an all knowing being please dont ask me any hard questions or hold me under scrutiny
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>>93292932

>be in HS
>be in English class
>autistic kid who constantly brings up his favorite cartoons/vidya in reference to anything, will start pointless arguments over them and john steinbeck books, etc.
>will talk and talk and talk and basically waste time in class
>nothing is done about it
>all of us finally have enough when he literally screeches for 5 minutes straight on why the teacher's taste in literature is shit because she won't teach his favorite manga
>all of us complain to the teacher about it
>teacher tries to talk to kid's parents about it
>apparently they flipped the fuck out and got the teacher suspended for "infringing on our son's freedom of speech"
>kid basically got free reign whenever after that

Same to the extremely left/right-wing kids. they'd scream about fucking nothing, allow for no opinions other than their own, get their parents to wipe their asses for them, etc.

Honestly, if this comic offends you, i just assume you're like the aformentioned "MR. MY FAVORITE MOESHIT MANGA IS EQUIVALENT TO WAR AND PEACE AND IF YOU DISAGREE YOU'RE A PLEB REEEEEEE"
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>>93292612

>supporting Hillary
>cringeworthy

It's not the rest of the world's fault you decided to hold an election between a Republican and the annoying orange.

>>93285221

Because it's popular. Also, because said author isn't right wing. Considering the dude's a scientist AND a webcomic writer, you'd think that'd be a given.

>>93285276

Engineers are scientists. Unless you subscribe to the BBT of thought where geologists and engineers aren't considered real scientists, but for some reason psychologists are.

I doubt command would ever have to use magnetohydrodynamic in a sentence. They'd probably just tell their officers 'the item works/does not work'.
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>>93293655
My favourite anime is better than war and piece. War and Peace is Citizen Kane tiers of moving by its own momentum. War and Peace is so well known and wanked that even were you to have grievances with it they would be discarded because that sort of thing is 'not done'. It's like insulting a famous artist despite plenty of them sucking.
Truly good pieces never reach popularity singularity. They inspire just enough integrity in their consumers that they remain fallible.
>I don't like X thing, it's retarded
>stop being a hipster
Anything at that level is no longer judged by its own virtue but by social merits
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>>93293655
I once supported your right to make these statements but then saw the light thanks to this post. Clearly your opinions are too annoying for everyone else to suffer through and therefore your right to express them must be revoked.

Because I said so.
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>>93293568
this guy gets it
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>>93293670
>It's not the rest of the world's fault you decided to hold an election between a Republican and the annoying orange.

Anyone who celebrated Hillary as anything more desirable than the lesser of two evils is beyond deluded. That's the issue I was getting at.
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>>93293732
Everything you said is correct in principle but I highly doubt your favourite anime specifically is better than War and Peace.
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>>93285276
>It would have an acronym if it was used ever.
It's "MHD". I'll admit though, I've only ever heard it being used before the context of theoretical fusion reactors (especially those being used as spacecraft thrusters). Maybe once or twice in ball lightning explanations as well?

>>93285221
>Why do people hate XKCD?
I've seen mostly a combination of two points:

>1: The Art is lazy/terrible
What is Art? Some comics have meticulous and detailed backgrounds that naturally attract the eye with their beauty, like KSBD and SSSS. Eye candy, if you will. Many focus on realism, hoping to thusly make the readers connect more with the characters. Others take a more stylized approach, seeking to wow readers with their creativity. And a few deliberately take a more simplistic approach—not just to make it easier to draw, but to make it *easier to read* as well.

xkcd is simply taking the last approach to its logical extreme. The visual component of his medium exists only to transmit the necessary information to the reader.
>"There is a person here. He is sitting on a chair/reading a book. There is another person over there. She is walking towards/attracting the attention of the first."
Munroe isn't trying to wow the audience with his artistic skills, deep characterization, or detailed setting. It doesn't even matter if the generic stick figure in one comic is the same person as the identical generic stick figure in the next. Think of it as the visual analog to plaintext: as long as it isn't difficult to read, it's sufficient.
Since the primary audience is used to tables of numbers, graphs, and diagrams, often frowning upon extraneous formatting that does nothing to improve clarity.

>2: It's pretentious or pandering
This one is a lot more subjective. In the end, if you just don't like the author's philosophy, humor, or interests, then his work just isn't for you. And nobody really likes to see other people liking what they themselves don't like.
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>>93293815
I don't know, how do you feel about Serial Experiments Lain
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>>93293838
>And nobody really likes to see other people liking what they themselves don't like.
That's a pretty generalistic statement. I'm not particularly bothered by people liking Dora the Explorer orTwo and a Half Men. I'm only annoyed if people act like I'm supposed to enjoy something that I don't.
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>>93293568
You seem butthurt.
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>>93285322
Kill yourself, immediately.
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>>93293670
>engineers are scientists. Unless you subscribe to the BBT of thought where geologists and engineers aren't considered real scientists, but for some reason psychologists are.
The distinction is clearly one of research and methodology over application and practicality.

Engineer is to physicist as social worker is to psychologist.
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>>93293838
>>93293958
>>93293982
Is the Monroe Internet Defense Force supposed to be a hot new meme or what?
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>>93293732
>War and Peace is so well known and wanked that even were you to have grievances with it they would be discarded because that sort of thing is 'not done'.
I'm Russian and the original of War And Peace is sometimes unbearable to read because real life people do not construct sentences like that, nor did they back then. Also lots of tautologisms. It's brushed off as "an author's language", however.
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>>93293990
That's not accurate. You can get a doctorate in both physics and engineering. They're two distinct fields. One is an application of the other, yes, but the study of each field is deep in its own way.
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>>93293732
>plenty of them sucking.
That's subjective.
>Truly good pieces never reach popularity singularity.
That's subjective. Who can guarantee that?
>They inspire just enough integrity in their consumers that they remain fallible.
That's subjective. Who can guarantee that?
Yeah, next time try to make better points than subjective opinions.
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>>93293670
>Engineers are scientists
Hahaha.
No.
Engineers are glorified mechanics who are good at math.
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>>93294041
So what you're saying is that I was entirely accurate but that you don't like the implication?
As you say, they are two fields, something I never disputed. As I said, one is research and science, the other is problem solving and application.
You can pursue social-work and psychology separately as well. Does that mean anything?
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>>93290434
That... that's not...
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>>93294059
Your perspective of my proposition is subjective. Can you logically approach the implication of my argument without warrants?
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>>93294083
There is no doctorate in social work. There is no master's degree in social work.

I think rather that you do not like the implication that I believe both engineering and science are both fields of equal value and difficulty.
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>>93293848
not that anon but it's one of the greats, good taste
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>>93284422
Assigned Male.
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>>93294124
>Can you logically approach the implication of my argument without warrants?
Can you?
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>>93294129
I never asserted they were defined by value or difficulty. I simply explained why one is considered scientific and the other wasn't.
I don't know whether that was a freudian slip on your part but judging by
>both engineering and science
You seem to agree with me and you're just being pedantic about things because OTHER people who suggest engineering isn't a science will degrade its value and complexity. I haven't done either of those things. You're either projecting your 'value' of science or you're projecting concerns about the respectability of engineering.
I'm not saying you're an idiot because you didn't study physics, slow down.
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>>93293838
>xkcd is simply taking the last approach to its logical extreme. The visual component of his medium exists only to transmit the necessary information to the reader.
>>"There is a person here. He is sitting on a chair/reading a book. There is another person over there. She is walking towards/attracting the attention of the first."
>Munroe isn't trying to wow the audience with his artistic skills, deep characterization, or detailed setting. It doesn't even matter if the generic stick figure in one comic is the same person as the identical generic stick figure in the next. Think of it as the visual analog to plaintext: as long as it isn't difficult to read, it's sufficient.

>The visual component of his medium exists only to transmit the necessary information to the reader.
>The visual component of his medium exists only to reinforce his self-effusive, intellectually-pious hipsterdom.

fix'd. go to bed Randall, no one likes you.

>>93293838
see
>>93293568
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>>93293838
>xkcd is simply taking the last approach to its logical extreme. The visual component of his medium exists only to transmit the necessary information to the reader.
"comics" where art doesn't contribute anything to the presentation is the most baffling thing in the universe.
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>>93284651
no,I have an iq of 146 for what its worth i'm considered smart by society ,but I still launch at typically low brow things like blue humor, humor is subjective
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>>93294199
No. That's my point.

Logic and reason are tools to find the most sensible relationship between two things. Be it one state (current) and another state (goal) or one idea and another.
Any objectivity that they might denote is localised to the relationship in question as it was based on warrants unique to the relationship and the observer. Neither of us will ever be capable of objectively assessing entertainment media. Why on earth would you question the validity of my opinion based on how objective it is when that criteria is as relevant to the subject as how large my house is.
Naturally I have an agenda. I stated it pretty clearly actually.

If you would like an 'objective' opinion first provide me with operational criteria of 'what makes a good piece of media' without inserting personal bias
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>>93290526
>Smart people don't stoop
FTFY
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>>93294229 here
jfc >>93294203 you're a cocksucker. You speak with the disenchanted sophistry of an 18th century aristocrat in the court of Louis XVI before the teeming hordes brought the monarchy (both practically and figuratively) to it's knees.
^My impression of you, you pretentious fucking faggot. GO TO BED RANDALL
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>>93294329
>>93294519 same guy, again, kill yourself
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>>93288505
>Reddit: the X

This literally means nothing other than "i dont like it." Use your words retard
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>>93294203
Oh I don't think engineering is a science, it's just that you sound like a twerp who thinks science is somehow on a higher or more pristine/difficult step than engineering when they're both equally deep, just different.
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Just because it's dumb, doesn't mean you can't enjoy it
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>>93294556
What about this post (my first on the topic):
>>93293990
says that? I mean really?
>why aren't they sciences
>because
>fuck you twerp who cares if they aren't sciences
Yeah I shit talked you but that's because you rambled on about stupid shit using my post as a spring board. If you didn't think it was science why bother with
>b-but you can get a doctorate with either
Face it, you overacted like a retard after misreading both the intent of my post and the content. Get fucked.
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>>93294013
Not those anons, but what is the Monroe Internet Defense?
I think I got a general idea of what it is, but an actual explanation would be very welcome.
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>>93294519
That's a very creative way of saying you're frustrated. I wasn't the guy you were responding to before but sure, 18th century aristocrat is better than dead-end wagie, thanks for the promotion.
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>>93294065
I don't see how this makes them inferior in any way.
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>>93294922
I don't see the post where that was initially implied. Can you perhaps show me it?
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>>93290434
So much this. t. smart person
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>>93294945
the dismissive and smug attitude of the post that I am replying to indicates that said poster believes that things that are not scientists are inherently inferior to scientists.
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>>93293259
>IQ test relies on the individuals taking it to have developed communication skills
You literally have never taken an IQ test in your entire life.
Protip: they don't look like high school math tests
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>>93293259
It's almost as if a generalized indicator of intelligence will show that you are less intelligent if you are godawful at one of the components of intelligence that it tests.
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>>93293259
IQ tests are about symbol relation and logical elimination, there's really nothing to do with communicating you fucking idiot.
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>>93293990

Engineers have all four of those as important attributes.

Have you seen the standard for an electrical engineering course? Creating a theory, data gathering, experimental methodology and scientific evaluation of method are standard sections required for a project and it's accompanying report.
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>>93284422
>webcomics that smart people would enjoy

I feel like a lot of the responders don't really understand how smart people think, and so just pick stuff that "looks smart" to them. Unfortunately, most of their choices would have a lot of smart people cursing at their monitors out of frustration.

So, what do smart people actually like?

They like to have their brains stimulated. They like having a lot of details to learn about a setting. They like half-finished puzzles and enigmas (unless they're plot holes; puzzles without a solution infuriate them). They like not being able to predict the plot with meta-analysis (i.e. tropes). They like reveals that shed a new light on *everything* that came before.

And sometimes, they like stuff that's so obviously over-the-top and not meant to be taken seriously, it allows them to disable their subconscious "serious mode" for a while, and just enjoy the ride the way everyone else does for a change.

Generally, art and characterization are less important, but still appreciated. With that said, here are some of my suggestions:
>Schlock Mercenary (lighthearted humor disguises one of the best hard sci-fi settings I've seen in any medium)
>Kill Six Billion Demons (mix of gnostic and hindi mythology with too many influences to name, fabulously-detailed environments)
>Digger (well thought-out fantasy about a >xkcd (panders to STEM majors)
pragmatic coping with a surreal world)
>Problem Sleuth (whacky adventures through a zany world of boundless creativity, with a tons of 'nerdy' concepts in the mix)
>Stand Still, Stay Silent (scandinavian mysticism in a non-grimdark post-apocalyptic setting, beautiful environmemts)
>Unsounded (genuinely creative high-fantasy setting, makes use of the degital medium)
>xkcd (panders to STEM majors)
>Girl Genius (mad science *everywhere*)
>Gunnerkrigg Court (slow-burn fantasy/slice-of-life/coming-of-age plot with lots of unknowns)
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>>93295549
You're on the right track but I don't think 'smart' people actually enjoy xkcd. It doesn't really pander to the STEM crowd, it more panders to people who've read about STEM, would like to be in STEM, but either or too stupid or lacking the drive to actually be STEM. Even the way the comic reads it's like it's written by someone who READS about STEM subjects but never actually did anything in STEM.
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>>93285320
>Start with the Great Outdoor Fight arc
No. You have to read everything up to that to really appreciate it. Ray has to have to context for what he does, to make the GOF really great.
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>>93287144
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>>93292932
>>93293552
>The freedom of religion just means the government can't implement a religion, a cult can totally force you to warship their goat demon god
>The freedom of assembly just means the government can't make you disperse, it's totally OK for private people to crash your meeting
>Freedom of speech only meants that the government can't shut you up, private people can destroy you socially and economically
TL;DR: you are retarded

>>93293655
Also retarded, but for a different reason. Physically disrupting people's activities by yelling into their ear is not in any shape or form protected under "free speech". The moment that your right infringes on someone elses is where it stops. So don't shit on the first amendment just because some people don't know what it means.
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>>93285453
wouldn't the genie turn gold tho?

also, pls post the one with the man in the tv with the ptrodactyl. that one's great.
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>>93294172
How is this related to transgenders? This is the same if a girl who was fat/ugly as a kid would want their picture taken down for a boy they like.
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>>93291679
>over-analyze
Can also use for >>93285072
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>>93295549
>Schlock Mercenary
>hard sci-fi
it's dumb bullshit, anon
don't even pretend it's trying to be hard
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>>93296208
It's a photo of the child as a boy, who now believes they are a little girl.
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>>93286198
> XKCD is made by the guy who believes it's ok he wasn't popular in school
And you think that's wrong? If you were popular in school, what are YOU doing here?
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>>93285074
>>93285320
>SMBC
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Dobson
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>>93296884
l o l
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>>93293552
But it is wrong, we're not talking about first amendment here
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i'm smart
i like oglaf
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>>93284422
Well /co/mics of course
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>>93298178
and perry bible fellowship
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>>93296041
How can he even comprehend that number of socks?

He doesn't even wear socks
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>>93285074
wiener's autistic scientific materialism can get grating
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>>93296570
>it's dumb bullshit
Is that why it's got...
>Dyson spheres
>Mass-energy converters
>Fusion candles
>False-vacuum decay
>Matrioshka brains
>Kessler syndrome
>Centrifugal habitats
>Dark matter entities
>Naked singularities
>Newton's third law of motion

Schlock Mercenary is proof that sci-fi doesn't have to take itself seriously tobe "hard". It's all about knowing when it is and isn't okay to handwave something as "sufficiently advanced" or "an acceptable break from reality".

The well-thought-out "technobabble" helps.
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Existential Comics
Most of the jokes require so much knowledge of philosophy that he has to include a "didn't get the joke?" explanation along with his alt text, but once you get the jokes, they're pretty funny.
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>>93299105
Part 1:
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>>93294172
>girls can't crossdress as cowboys

Wow, what a sexist little brat.
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>>93299038
>schlock mercenary
inb4 that faggot who is still buttmad SM's creator didn't support his boyfriends porn comic getting spotlighted on a comic host that's been dead for 10 years now.
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>>93299271

Didn't support like "I am not posting links to your pron on my site" or didn't support like "fuck you for making this bullshit". Cause one is k and the other is less k.
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>>93299320
the comic in question is totally string B worthy but it was pretty much string A, they were loosely going for "mostly family friendly" in their selections and contested comic was mostly pg13 but was pretty much all sausage party humor with internet porn memes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opBjk2e8QFE
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>>93294595
sauce?
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>>93284422
Unsounded
Erfworld
maybe Vattu

not in a math / science sense, but they have more complex plots than the average webcomic

>>93285074
At least when Munroe makes an unfunny joke he doesn't drag it out over 20 panels and 3 paragraphs. SMBC has all the problems of xckd without the brevity.

>>93292602
>people criticizing stuff they don't understand
/co/ in a nutshell
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>>93284422
XKCD can be dumb and preachy at tjmes, but it's not as if it isn't enjoyable. What If is always fun, some comics can be funny. But most of the time, ones that express Randalls opinions are completely dumb.
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Actual smart people don't like 2deep4u pandering or pseudointellectual pretentious bullshit.

Read Gone with the Blastwave and Nedroid.
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>>93296136
>The freedom of religion just means the government can't implement a religion, a cult can totally force you to warship their goat demon god
That's kidnapping so no.
>The freedom of assembly just means the government can't make you disperse, it's totally OK for private people to crash your meeting
Actually yes. You can't protest on private property. That's why unions use picket lines when protesting WalMart or something. They remain on the sidewalk which is public property and thus protected
>Freedom of speech only meants that the government can't shut you up, private people can destroy you socially and economically
The government can't call you a dumbass faggot but I sure can.
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>>93299572
google the filename you dumb asshole
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>>93294172
I'm still not convinced this comic isn't an elaborate trolling. Its either that or the least self-aware person alive.
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>>93300031
>kidnapping
No, they just shun you, in a smaller city, for a poorer person this would mean worship the goat or starve.

>private property
Nope, the "only government" excuse would mean that they will be completely justified in non-violently removing you from public property as well. They have as much right to be on that particular stretch of public sidewalk as you do since they aren't obligated to respect your right to assembly.

>calling someone a faggot
Nope, getting him fired, getting him shunned by his community, essentially making his options to either use his free* speech and starve in a ditch or shutting up.
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>>93293670
I like to distinguish between engineers and scientists because somehow mindset-wise I always find myself hating the engineers I meet, save for one engineering teacher in school. Meanwhile scientists often seem much more personable overall.

At least neither of them are economists, who are about a 10/90 split of "lol I know it's bullshit but it's a useful degree" coolguys and "Roger Douglas was right!" wankers.
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>>93300911

>No, they just shun you, in a smaller city, for a poorer person this would mean worship the goat or starve.

no it means you go found Rhode island

anyway this is why we have the courts and amendments, to figure out these insane details.
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>>93300963
What's there to figure out? The constitution is for fucking EVERYONE to follow, not just the government. Yet the libtards are pushing for social fascism where you either tote the PC line or suffer consequences.
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>>93300774

It certainly hasn't convinced me trannies shouldn't be committed to hospitals.
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>>93301210
I'm sorry you think "libtards" are the reason words have consequences in the real world.
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>>93301243
>commit a person who's condition doesn't make him dangerous and allows him to remain productive
What are you, a communist?
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>>93301351

It's for their own good, m8. They're sick and they need help.

What kind of fucked up person doesn't want to help sick people?
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>>93301351
Anon, do you think you're gonna get a logical argument from these retards?
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>>93284422
Doesn't the XKCD guy have a physics degree? Shouldn't he understand that "magnetohydrodynamic" just means "combined forces from electro magnetism and the properties of fluid matter"?

Long words are not necessarily hard words.
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>>93301351
>>93301455

t. /co/mblr
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>>93301493
>Already using the /co/mblr meme
This is just getting sad.
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>>93294595
Why is the statue's neck censored in the 5th panel?
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>>93301523

Whoa m8, don't get triggered, sorry
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>>93301543
>Calls the use of a used up meme sad
>Triggered
M8, tell me you have something original.
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>>93301351

You could argue that for a lot of people with his condition, they are a danger to themselves.
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>>93301563

>meme
>"insane people aren't insane!"
>not Tumblr
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>>93301627
>Now using Tumblr
Ah well, thought you would actually try. You can go back to your board, now.
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>>93301493
>>93301523
>>93301543
>>93301563
>>93301627
>>93301681
Just fuck already.
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>>93301714
First off, that's lewd.
Second, I'm not gonna fuck just any random anon from 4chan.
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>>93301742

That didn't really warrant a response, it was a joke anon. You'd know this if you weren't autistic.

Shouldn't you be in a safespace?
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>>93301540
tiddies
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>>93300911
>No, they just shun you, in a smaller city, for a poorer person this would mean worship the goat or starve.
You realize this does happen and it's perfectly fine right? The Salvation Army refuses to provide aid to gay people. There's nothing illegal in not helping someone. Also communal pressure/aid is part of how religion spreads anyway, how else is a crazy goat god supposed to get followers?

>Nope, the "only government" excuse would mean that they will be completely justified in non-violently removing you from public property as well. They have as much right to be on that particular stretch of public sidewalk as you do since they aren't obligated to respect your right to assembly.
I never worked retail or protested my employers so I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that protesting is a cause for firing, if not the company could also hire scabs and wait out your protests. Either way, they DO try to remove protests non-violently; I'm curious how you think you could remove a large protest non-violently in public when people are watching and any misstep could affect your companies image? There's a reason this stuff gets resolved quietly at a negotiating table

>Nope, getting him fired, getting him shunned by his community, essentially making his options to either use his free* speech and starve in a ditch or shutting up.

>Call someone a nigger
>Someone faggot overhears and tells my boss
>Boss is a pussy and fires me because he doesn't want the business to lose money if anyone boycotts it
>Blame the faggot instead of myself for making a stupid decision
Freedom means you are responsible for your own actions. Do people abuse freedoms? Yes, of course. But if you don't like someone you are totally free to not do something that might help them in anyway.

Personally, I agree that getting someone fired is generally a dick move and that anyone calling for a boycott because someone is "racist" is childish; but it is completely within their rights.
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>>93301742
I have a feeling you're a female
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>>93301705
The creator's a legitimate nut who doesn't understand what cognitive dissonance is.
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>>93301771
>>93301801
Did you autists think that post was serious?
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>>93301705
Everyone with a brain agrees that people effect the climate with emissions, it's just that some maintain that it's so little to be negligible. Still, worse case scenario of believing in climate change and being wrong is money "wasted" invested into green technologies, worst case scenario of it being right is a catastrophe. Seems like a simple decision.
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>>93301835

Yes

Because you're retarded
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>>93301831
Adams makes a living out of pissing liberals along with trumptards, although it's more usually the latter since conservatives are easier to mock.
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>>93301778
>my constitution is a shitty rag filled with loopholes that doesn't protect me worth dick and that the way I like it
OK, it's your funeral.
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>>93301872
I'm not the one who took a joke post seriously, my man
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>>93301866

The issue I keep coming back to is that a lot of the most vocal proponents of spending oodles of money on these technologies don't practice what they preach and in fact tend to have much larger carbon footprints than the average science denier.

That's not really the point of that comic though.
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>>93301901

Jokes are funny. You're not even the funny kind of retarded. This exchange is boring.
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>>93301954
It's okay, anon. There's no need to be upset.
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>>93301891
You can see things however you want, but it won't stop other people from seeing it differently.

Word of advice, take a look through the events that have happened through American history. Being woke isn't taking a side in this identity politic cancer, it's seeing through the bullshit that both sides try to hide behind.
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>>93296156
>wouldn't the genie turn gold tho?

Whats the color of the background?
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>>93301351
>multiple times more likley to kill themselves
>self harm
>self medicate
>more likley to engage in riskey behavior that ends with an appalling transmission rate of STDs
>inb4 straights do that too
not at the rates trannies do and not at the detriment of themselves
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>>93302099

Anon, acknowledging facts is oppressive

Stop oppressing beautiful freaks
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>>93292932
Xkcd would be five times better with faces.
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>>93299615
>At least when Munroe makes an unfunny joke he doesn't drag it out over 20 panels and 3 paragraphs. SMBC has all the problems of xckd without the brevity.

That's a fair criticism. Far worse than the sloppy art, Wiener's instincts for comic layouts are lacking or non-existent. However, he does a lot of one-panel jokes too so it doesn't apply to the entirety of SMBC.

I still like his humor, generally speaking.
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>>93301430
Really though, there's a limit to what people can do. Let Darwin sort out the self-destructive in our midst, there are starving kids in africa who could've eaten those doctors.

>>93302292
>meme face xkcd
Oh god yes, please do more anon.
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>>93302292
I was thinking of redrawing some of his comics with bad art, to see if they still have the same power to bewitch dumb people if they look like Chris-chan drew them, but I'm not set up to draw properly right now
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>>93296041
The twist: part of his lifestyle includes never throwing out socks.
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>>93297182
>and etc.
God I hate him.
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>>93292792
What does ease of speaking the name have to do with it?
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>>93293838
>1: The Art is lazy/terrible

>What is Art?
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>>93302000
>Being woke isn't taking a side in this identity politic cancer

But this is not what [my friends on tumblr/the cheeto twitter man] told me
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>>93297182
What is that pink flag supposed to represent? Gay argentinians?
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>>93299105
I understand the math here but I'm not sure if there is really supposed to be a joke other than "he proved him wrong mathematically and got killed for it"
if that is all there is i don't really know why i had to understand math to "get it"
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>>93294556
dude just stop
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>>93285320
> but the alt-texts are lost forever
Why would you tell people they existed then? You're a monster.
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>>93294172
I want to go one day on /co/ without seeing this comic
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>>93302426
Putting troll face on hat guy
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>>93305876
Well, I know that Pythagoreans went insane when they found out the irrational numbers
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>>93297182
Whats this mental illness were people find great evil were there is non
and in the thing that they love no less
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>>93305876
There's a story that when Pythagoras was disproven about his beliefs in irrational numbers not existing he killed the person who told him that. The comic is referencing that but I don't think it does a very good job of making it funny.
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Achewood, indubitably. Even when it's stupid as hell it's funny.
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>>93301705
Fixed for accuracy
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>>93284422
>>93284795

Yeah XKCD is for pompous people who like to pretend their smart just to feel superior and smug and hide their massive intellectual insecurities. It's not for actually intelligent people. And Randall's proven time and time again he has no independent thought on any subject he goes with his cultural nerd group on every opinion he has.

That's not smart.
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>>93286198

Everything you said is true, but I just want to comment on the example you posted. It's hilarious that he writes this shit in this comic and then turns around and shits on PUA too. That's how clueless the guy is. Because PUA actually explains why this idea doesn't work and how one should approach women, but Randall completely dismisses the point before he hears it because feminists who he pays attention don't like PUA. Contrary to what >>93292602 insists, he can't be saying that mindset is bad because he rejects the literal answer to getting out of that mindset in another comic.


It's another indicator of a man with a distinct inability to think for himself. He's of the kind of intelligence that can remember and repeat what someone else said but can never really say anything themselves.
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2/4
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3/4
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>>93309401
4/4
This is the logical conclusion to all intelligent comics
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>>93285072
Questionable content has probably the best meta story associated with it

the author stabs himself in the hand not once, but twice over the course of the comic
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>>93309434
What was the second one?
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>>93309367
>>93309379
>>93309401
>>93309414
But that wasn't a comic. It was a series of independent images.
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Ah, but you see, they all can fit on a single screen with the background html and text as a border. We are the comic. T.resident smartass
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>>93286198
Rant aside, this is the most spergy and creepy comic I've seen in some time.
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>>93285320
>Hark! A Vagrant
I think the best way of describing it is dumb jokes about smart things (mostly literature and history). It's way funnier if you get the references, but many are funny even without it. The best are probably the redrawn/captioned book covers. (pic related)

Also, fun fact, her pony design was used in an early episode of adventure time.

>A Softer World
It's made to look artsy, and sometimes gets pseudo-intellectual, but generally it was pretty funny.

And Overqualified is a series of job application cover letters that the same author wrote, and they're worth reading as well. Imo the best are Myspace and HBO.
http://www.asofterworld.com/oqarchive.php
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>>93305876
The joke references the story of one of Pythagoras' students, who proved him wrong mathematically and got killed for it.

Also, those "3 noble truths" from the beginning are real, including don't eat beans.
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>>93309285
>and shits on PUA too. That's how clueless the guy is. Because PUA actually explains
Glad all 300 pounds of you could join us from 2010.

PUA "philosophy" is porn for desperate autists that panders to the lowest-hanging fruit(s) with no social skills,(and no self-awareness). There's nothing "redpilled" about PUA, shit is A1 autistic.

>>93286198
Everything this faggot said was conciliatory and false.
>>93293568
>>93294229
this and this is the straight dope.
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>>93309886

>Glad all 300 pounds of you could join us from 2010.

>PUA "philosophy" is porn for desperate autists that panders to the lowest-hanging fruit(s) with no social skills,(and no self-awareness). There's nothing "redpilled" about PUA, shit is A1 autistic.

It's actually about finding self-confidence and working on your personal flaws and issues so that you'll be a better prospective partner and how to show that confidence. But you don't know shit obviously because you've never seen an example yourself, first hand, just like Randall Munroe you're letting second-hand feminists on Buzzfeed think for you.
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>>93296644

>HONK
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>>93310068
>But you don't know shit obviously because you've never seen an example yourself, first hand
I guess you're the expert on hands famo
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>>93299038
the material science he uses to justify all that bullshit is totally dumb and fake which means it's not hard science, idiot
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>>93298297
>Beartato I went to the store today and you won't BELIEVE what I found!
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>>93302469
How could you redraw it with 'bad art'? How do you get much worse than literal stick figures with no faces?
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>>93307797
Dobson has a vendetta against comic/tabletop stores after some dnd players glared at him when he burst into their shop after hours asking about video games.
Thus specialty stores and hobbyists that aren't mainstream must be purged
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>>93310411
By putting forth effort and fucking up.
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The best ones have multi layer jokes
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>>93310658
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>>93295549
Is this really what smart people like? Glad I'm not smart because I'm not the biggest sci-fi/fantasy person.
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>>93309548
left hand was stab one; right hand stab two
pic related should be the context
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>>93310967
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>>93310967
Then what's the first hand stab? this one is the only one I've heard of.
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>>93310967
Wait, did he seriously stab himself because someone called him sexist? Or am I being meme'd on?
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>>93311074
first was in 2006: http://qcjeph.livejournal.com/62135.html
I think pic related is from then
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>>93292820
Ok I really need some context for this
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>>93311110
According to Poe's Law, you can never know for sure with those retards.
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>>93311110
>>93311647
I believe he really did stab his hand - no reason to suspect JJ of lying, he's pretty open about this. Exactly why, he never said as far as I know, only he did publish the idiot's tweet/tumblr/whatever next to his stab report, and it's still there. And there's no doubt there are seriously deranged and dangerous people out there, I've had first and second hand experience of online/IRL psychos that should be in institutions (Bremen and Brussels for what it's worth).
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>>93284651
Yes, Einstein enjoyed Chaplin and Steven Hawkins has participated in parodies of himself.
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>>93294065
>engineers
>good at math
lmao @ you're life
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>>93284422
>webcomics
N/A.
>real comics
Golden/Silver Age DC.
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>>93311647
>Poe's Law
care to enlighten me dear scholar.
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>>93285074
On a pretentiousness scale XKCD is a 9 and SMBC is an 8.
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>>93290434
This.

t. 150+ IQ
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>>93284422
>take the navier stokes equations
>add two electromagnetic terms
>you solved those equations numerically before, you'll solve them numerically now
>in some cases, the electromagnetic damping actually makes the equations well-behaved
OOOOHHH, SO UNAPPROACHABLE
There are much, much more complicated areas of physics: renormalization, fermion superfluidity, the entirety of QCD.
Magnetohydrodynamics is just a long word. Perfect for intimidating people who don't know anything about physics, not so much for actual physics graduates. Which goes to show you who the readership of XKCD is.
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>>93312351
>Poe's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
> Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture that states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers or viewers as a sincere expression of the parodied views.
> The original statement of the adage, by Nathan Poe, was:[1]
>Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.
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>>93285320
Chris Houlihan's Room?
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>>93312428
I personally hate signal processing the most
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>>93302099
There are reasons for the higher tranny suicide rate beyond being mentally ill, and you still haven't responsed to the fact that nearly all psychological organizations disagree with you.
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>>93312534

>nearly all psychological organizations disagree with you

In regards to what?
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>>93285074
There was a time when literally every two out of three SMBCs weren't I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE YOU GUYS CHECK OUT THIS JARGON I KNOW BIG WORDS.

I miss those days so much.
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>>93301351
>commit a person who's condition doesn't make him dangerous and allows him to remain productive

So, I have this condition, /co/. I think I was born with one arm too many. Now, there are a lot of people with two arms... most people, in fact. But that doesn't invalidate my belief that I should only have one. I am one armed man living a lie, and I would like to see a doctor to cut off my arm. But, y'know, I don't actually want my arm to heal back normally. That way, I'd be a two armed dude who cut off his arm, not a one armed man. So, I think I need lots of drugs and additional surgeries to trick my body into accepting its new nature as a one armed man.

Agree with me or you're a unibrachiaphobe. It's a word I made up that means you're afraid of people with one arm. Why you would be afraid of me, I'm not sure... but, hey, everyone else is using that root, so I'm going too as well.

Also, I can't afford this, so I think the government should pay for my surgery and treatments and literally nobody should be allowed to look at me funny for chopping off my arm and waving my stump around.
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>>93314142
>appropriating crippled culture
WOW I CAN'T EVEN SHITLORD
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>>93301866
Didn't Al Gore basically say parts of the world would be under water right now according to the models he used?
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>>93292820
Pastel Defender Heliotrope and both it and its creator are exactly as batshit as this image would lead you to believe. Reitz was probably one of the Internet's first lolcows.
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>>93314195
meant for >>93311511
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>>93301540

>They're called boobs, Ed.
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>>93298178
begone
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Not necessarily for "smart" people, st some webbies I enjoy.

Order of the Stick
Erfworld
Grrlpower
Sandra and Woo (Seeoahtlahmakaskay is cool)
Gaia
Leftover Soup
Comedity
Finders Keepers
Oglaf
Flaky Pastry
Looking for Group
Spying With Lana
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>>93309434
>Questionable content has probably the best meta story associated with it
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