This doodle from Randall Munroe’s Drawings is a spin-off of the classic “Help I’m Trapped in a Fortune Cookie Factory” joke, and I thought it was damn funny. The subtle humor in some of his drawings is very well done. Another good one here. Found on the wonderful BoingBoing.
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Hilarious site. I went through and read the archive. Good find…it’s going in the Favorites:)
Alan Bellows said: “You remind me of dumb people.”
… That’s a classic (will be, anyway)… the best, funniest line/thing i’ve read in days… probably mostly because i wasn’t expecting it :D
About the article – i don’t get most of them either. Incidentaly, i hate math too… so it’s not really a wonder that i do not get them…
I thought it was really funny, but I would have liked the article a little more if it had explained who Randall Munroe is/was. (So I’m a little lazy and didn’t follow the links… the article was only 1 paragraph!)
And Alan, DF comeback!
That is the greatest site ever! Haha! This guy should be president–that’s what I think. His math/computer jokes are the best.
Could someone please explain the one that Alan has linked to?
This one: http://www.xkcd.com/blownapart_color.jpg
I have to admit I don’t get it at all. Is there a joke hidden in there?
I like the PI one, though.
@Circlehead: It’s a math joke, XKCD makes a lot of those. The 70 gets blown apart into its prime factors, 7, 5, and 2. If you multiply those factors together you get 70. :-D
(Yes, HiEv = nerd!)
Thanks for clearing that up.
I must say, though, that is THE least funny joke ever. I mean really, that is weak! I actually considered the explanation you gave, HiEv, but I thought it couldn’t be that lame! If figured there must be something more subtle going on.
I’ve checked out the site with all his cartoons and most of them are pretty good, a few made me laugh out loud. But, man, that one is bad.
(Circlehead = scandalized by unfunny joke!)
Circlehead said: “Thanks for clearing that up.I must say, though, that is THE least funny joke ever. I mean really, that is weak! I actually considered the explanation you gave, HiEv, but I thought it couldn’t be that lame! If figured there must be something more subtle going on.
I’ve checked out the site with all his cartoons and most of them are pretty good, a few made me laugh out loud. But, man, that one is bad.
(Circlehead = scandalized by unfunny joke!)”
I think you have to be into math to really find humor in a lot of the XKCD jokes.
The site got restructured, please note the new links for the universe factory joke and the Blown apart one.
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I’ve heard guys say an ugly fat girl is the most beautiful. I dissagree. Some like Letterman jokes. I don’t laugh at Dave Lettermans jokes.
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What a load of bull…. this is all meaningless. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the guy at the New Yorker pretends to understand the comic when really there is no meaning…. This is just another way that people like to pretend they are smart when really all they are good at is deception.//////////////////////////////////////
I thought it was funny. It’s not about math rather a cartoon.
ps: I am friends with many fat ugly girls as I am with sexy senuritas. People are people.
Most of it is nerd humor. If your non a nerd of some sort then you probably don’t grasp the concept of many of these comics. Just last night I was trying to explain a relatively simple comic (http://xkcd.com/627/) to my mother and it took her 10 minutes before she even understood the concept of a flow chart.
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What a load of bull…. this is all meaningless. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the guy at the New Yorker pretends to understand the comic when really there is no meaning…. This is just another way that people like to pretend they are smart when really all they are good at is deception.