XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time

Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by Steve0 on Thursday October 29, 2009 @02:32PM (#910540)

Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process. Mark Twain

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by tptacek on Thursday October 29, 2009 @03:13PM (#910634)

The author of this blog is trying to kill the frog.

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by KirinDave on Thursday October 29, 2009 @02:35PM (#910546)

The only valid response: http://xkcdexplained.tumblr.com/post/226264418/a-man-is-alon...

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by rjshade on Thursday October 29, 2009 @02:48PM (#910574)

A second valid response would be to correctly attribute the quote to E.B. White: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._B._White

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by decklin on Thursday October 29, 2009 @02:51PM (#910585)

You should do this one: http://xkcd.com/33/

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by jpwagner on Thursday October 29, 2009 @04:41PM (#910853)

"the androgynous figure has arbitrarily promised not to make humor out of referring to itself any longer. given the assumption that the 'blank stare' is funny, the promise has been broken and regret sets in."

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by NathanKP on Thursday October 29, 2009 @06:24PM (#911055)

I agree. To my way of thinking if someone doesn't understand XKCD and laugh at it the first time they see it they aren't going to find it funny after an explanation.

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Re:XKCD Explained, One Strip at a Time by billswift on Thursday October 29, 2009 @07:13PM (#911126)

The explanation of a joke can be a joke itself - witness several of the "explanations". While I like XKCD, they aren't ALL successful either.

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