Comments on: xkcd http://www.tangents.us/2008/12/05/xkcd-3/ Webcomic Reviews, Rants, Stories, and more Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tangent http://www.tangents.us/2008/12/05/xkcd-3/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tangent Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:23:56 +0000 http://www.tangents.us/2008/12/05/xkcd-3/#comment-23 You have a point there. I wonder though how many people will want to identify with being a passive-aggressive individual who tries to take advantage of someone else because of their own fears. This is why I believe the stick figures de-personify the situation and allow readers to distance themselves from the comic. Fortunately, I learned how to laugh at myself, so when I see a former philosophy of mine (and one that is quite seductive for the inherently lazy) lampooned and revealed for what it was... I laughed along with Munroe. ^^ You have a point there. I wonder though how many people will want to identify with being a passive-aggressive individual who tries to take advantage of someone else because of their own fears. This is why I believe the stick figures de-personify the situation and allow readers to distance themselves from the comic.

Fortunately, I learned how to laugh at myself, so when I see a former philosophy of mine (and one that is quite seductive for the inherently lazy) lampooned and revealed for what it was… I laughed along with Munroe. ^^

]]> By: Ineluki http://www.tangents.us/2008/12/05/xkcd-3/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Ineluki Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:24:21 +0000 http://www.tangents.us/2008/12/05/xkcd-3/#comment-22 You know, there are people who say that the reduction to stick figures can increase identification potential. I'm not sure what the general impact here is. Of course, this is something where most people would rather distance themselves than identify with the mistakes made. I think there is a meta-joke hidden in this particular strip. Munroe might very well be aware of this situation and laugh about all the readers that will read it and distance themselves, while the opposite would be more appropriate. You know, there are people who say that the reduction to stick figures can increase identification potential.
I’m not sure what the general impact here is.
Of course, this is something where most people would rather distance themselves than identify with the mistakes made.
I think there is a meta-joke hidden in this particular strip. Munroe might very well be aware of this situation and laugh about all the readers that will read it and distance themselves, while the opposite would be more appropriate.

]]>