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_refugee_  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Have You Received Any Interesting Snail Mail Lately?

I get cranky about XKCD because I come from a background of people essentially circlejerking about XCKD. I would say, read the early stuff, if you have time, and want pseudo-insightful/intelligent comics. The problem with XKCD is because it's pseudo-insightful/intelligent a lot of people then use it as a marker of intelligence and insight, aka, "I read XKCD, I'm so great, if you know XKCD you're so great too, we're so smart because we read a comic that is ostensibly smart!"





veen  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

While I agree that the pseudointellectual vibe is definitely hanging around xkcd, I enjoy most of the comics. I don't think that what other people think should influence my enjoyment of the comic too much.

humanodon  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dude, chill.

veen  ·  3947 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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