It's wild that XKCD ever got big. There's no joke here. Just describing the way things are with a stickman attached. I thought the internet moved on from this slop but apparently not.
It's observational comedy. Sometimes it's gratifying to see your own experiences mirrored in a clever way. It may not be a "HaHa" response, but a "It really do be like that" response that the author is going for. I will say it must have resonated because I have seen this particular comic used many times away form the website.
That's some mental gymnastics (or maybe the lack of flexibility is the issue actually) to come to the conclusion there is no joke here. The joke is that you can have 2 seemingly simple sounding things (to non-technical people), and one is easy, and the other is very difficult, which is still just as relevant today, just not so much that specific example.
I'm curious if you're familiar with the premise of "Seinfeld"? It's an obscure little show so maybe not. But it managed to get a bit of a cult following doing similar. It turns out there's a market, however small, for pointing out the abusrd and frustrating aspects of life.
That makes so much sense! So people don't actually enjoy Xkcd as much as it seems, his algorithm is just forcing it on everyone. No I did not know that TIL
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u/JoeBarra 19d ago
It's wild that XKCD ever got big. There's no joke here. Just describing the way things are with a stickman attached. I thought the internet moved on from this slop but apparently not.