Worst webcomic?

Ganelon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:30 pm **Posts:** 555

I think this may very well be the first time I've ever said TL;DR to a webcomic.

Look at this page. For those of you that don't want to spend 5 minutes reading the text, there is no joke. It's a statement on how marketing sets up unrealistic expectations and predictably fails to deliver. The comic toys with the idea of setting incredibly low expectations to remove disappointment, as well as improve satisfaction in the unlikely event of success. The last panel is exactly what one would expect: the customer being disappointed.

What joke could possibly be worth this many words?

Snarf · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:36 pm

Ganelon wrote:

I think this may very well be the first time I've ever said TL;DR to a webcomic.

Look at this page. For those of you that don't want to spend 5 minutes reading the text, there is no joke. It's a statement on how marketing sets up unrealistic expectations and predictably fails to deliver. The comic toys with the idea of setting incredibly low expectations to remove disappointment, as well as improve satisfaction in the unlikely event of success. The last panel is exactly what one would expect: the customer being disappointed.

What joke could possibly be worth this many words?

OW You made brain my damage!

Batbro · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:01 pm

I once made an attempt at tl;dr'ing this comic. The results are meh at best.

Original comic.

Fix'd version:

90% of the words and panels are entirely unnecessary. They were just an excuse for him to whine and lob insults at the mean old bullies who used to pick on him.

Torizo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:30 pm

Oh god I saw the original and wanted to destroy something.

Plasma · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:58 pm

Subnormality isn't bad, in the sense that if you're bored you can actually read it without RAGING, but even then it's not any good either. It's like RaineDog in that sense.

Superior Bacon · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:31 pm

When I said Subnormality isn't bad, I don't mean it's good. It's mediocre, if you skip the verbose ones.

Also, in the sports one, is the weird bald guy supposed to be a homo or something? Why is all his text PANK?

Batbro · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:41 pm

Bacon wrote:

When I said Subnormality isn't bad, I don't mean it's good. It's mediocre, if you skip the verbose ones.

Also, in the sports one, is the weird bald guy supposed to be a homo or something? Why is all his text PANK?

Yet another flaw of Subnormality, he's oftentimes very unclear with his jokes.

Look at the title of the comic again a little more carefully, though. He's supposed to be a physical manifestation of the character's brain. Which doesn't really make a lot of sense if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. Why would a person DISAGREE with his own brain? Shouldn't the brain enjoy hockey as much as he does? The premise is paper thin and the payoff is very little.

Plasma · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:01 pm

I'm pretty sure having a big heading saying "What if your brain was a boy" counts as clear enough. Let alone having the boy highlighted right beside that heading, as well as being dressed in thick wrinkly PANK and having a lightbulb on his clothes.

Batbro wrote:

Look at the title of the comic again a little more carefully, though. He's supposed to be a physical manifestation of the character's brain. Which doesn't really make a lot of sense if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. Why would a person DISAGREE with his own brain? Shouldn't the brain enjoy hockey as much as he does? The premise is paper thin and the payoff is very little.

To argue that a brain shouldn't be used as a symbol of a person's intellect only is really nitpicking, in the very same sense as complaining about the phrase "follow your heart" making no sense.

I mean, until people start actually believing that your heart is where your emotions are. *cough*ex-girlfriend's-parents*ahem*

Diet Chaos · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:57 am

I read a few of the strips, and thought, "Eh, there's not that many words."
-click-
"OH DAISIES WHAT IS THIS."

Plasma · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:12 am

Okay, I know I already made my point about XKCD in general before, but

WHAT?! THE?! HELL?!!
I DID NOT EVEN KNOW IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BE THIS CREEPED OUT!

I mean, if a comic like Eegra or Nerdroid did it, it'd be understandable, since they're notably surreal comics. But Xkcd isnt! At all! Those people are meant to represent actual humans! That little man down there shouting "baby" is actually meant to be a newborn baby! It... it... it... AAAAAAH!

Mond · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:20 am

Plasma wrote:

I mean, if a comic like Eegra or Nerdroid did it, it'd be understandable, since they're notably surreal comics. But Xkcd isnt! At all!

Uh. Yes, it is. Not all the time, but often enough.
I don't know why you complain about this one, but not about the one with the radioactive Carl Sagan or the guy who wants an USB port implanted in his arm, for example.

hotb · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:30 am

Plasma wrote:

I mean, if a comic like Eegra did it, the baby would be a penis.

Trygve · **Joined:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:57 am **Posts:** 14015

Head of The Brothel wrote:

Plasma wrote:

I mean, if a comic like Eegra did it, the baby would be a penis in an booty.

Decker · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:32 am

I lol'd at that comic

9u9 I guess I'm just a pop flyin' person

hotb · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:33 am

Not not Trygve wrote:

Head of The Brothel wrote:

Plasma wrote:

I mean, if a comic like Eegra did it, the baby would be a penis in an booty.

No that's KC Green.

AWKWARD ZOMBIE

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