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Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos's investigations into some of the most potent psychiatric drugs on the market began when other doctors started calling for help.
Could she see a child on an antipsychotic drug who had developed a potentially lethal condition that can end in a diabetic coma?
Another child on an antipsychotic was now experiencing uncontrollable twitching and muscle spasms. Still another had returned to her psychiatrist a year after starting a similar drug, 50 pounds heavier and almost unrecognizable.
In a sign of what experts are calling an unprecedented spree in the prescribing of mood-altering pills, drugs once reserved for the floridly psychotic are now being given to children still in diapers.
According to Panagiotopoulos, a pediatric endocrinologist at BC Children's Hospital, so-called "second-generation" antipsychotics, or SGAs, are being prescribed to two- and three-year-olds for aggression. Doctors have become so used to seeing side effects in children on these drugs — including sudden and massive weight gain and diabetes — that they no longer bother reporting them to Health Canada.
"A lot of parents come to me as a specialist and say, 'No one ever told me about the side effects, and I didn't think to ask,' " said Panagiotopoulos, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia. "They can't understand why their kid went from drinking water, to seven litres of Coke every week."
There appears to be no limit to how much we're willing to allow doctors to medicate our apparent psychological angst. Last year, more than 74 million prescriptions worth $2.6 billion were filled for psychiatric drugs in Canada — more than 203,000 prescriptions a day, and up from 58 million prescriptions in total in 2008, according to data compiled by prescription drug research firm IMS Brogan for Postmedia News.
The growing embrace of medications to treat "broken" minds is a triumph of drug company marketing, experts say, the selling of new diagnoses and overzealous prescribing of pills for conditions for which they have never been approved.
Many of the drugs have been marketed as more effective and safer than the opiates, barbiturates and benzodiazepines of the past. But emerging research shows that many of the newer drugs are no more effective than the ones they unseated, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Carlat writes in his book, Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry — A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis. What's more, "even our newer drugs' supposed advantage — fewer side effects — is being called into question," he said.
Many antidepressants are said to work by fixing "chemical imbalances" in the brain. But no consistent chemical abnormality has ever been found in the brains of patients with mental disorders, said Dr. Joel Paris, professor and past chair of the department of psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal.
Use of some of the heaviest-hitting psychotropic drugs — so called "atypical," or second-generation antipsychotics — is increasing dramatically. One drug alone, paliperidone, increased in use nearly 30-fold between 2008 and 2012, according to IMS Brogan. Prescriptions for another, ziprasidone, increased 700 per cent.
Antidepressants, meanwhile, have become so popular, they fit "so neatly into every day life", that 11 per cent of the U.S. adult population now takes them, Dr. Allen Frances, professor emeritus at Duke University writes in his new book, Saving Normal. In 2002, six per cent of Canadians were on antidepressants.
Increasingly, people are on not just one drug, but multiple pills, including pills to chase the side effects of the drugs the doctor started with, writes Carlat, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.
Furthermore, the bulk of the prescribing is being done not by psychiatrists, but by family doctors, often with little training in their use beyond what drug sales reps have told them.
"Pharma did the math," Frances writes. "There are only 40,000 psychiatrists in the United States (and about 4,100 in Canada) but about ten times as many PCPS (primary care physicians). Why not recruit PCPs to write prescriptions for psychiatric drugs?"
The message to doctors, he said, was "loud, clear and heavily promoted — psychiatric disorders are often missed and easy to treat with a magic pill … Who needs a psychiatrist when the medicine is so safe and easy to use?"
But Paris, of McGill, said even psychiatrists are turning away from psychological theories and treatments and embracing drug therapy. "They want to be like other doctors," he said. "They want to make diagnoses and write prescriptions." Psychotherapy is harder to learn, he said. It also doesn't pay as well. Increasingly psychiatrists are performing what Carlat, of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston calls the "15-minute med check," sending patients off with a pill "and a few words of encouragement."
Nothing is more astounding, Frances and other say, than the growth in the use of antipsychotics once reserved for obvious psychosis and full-blown mania.
Second-generation antipsychotics are increasingly being prescribed to children for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, "conduct" disorders, "frustration intolerance" and even poor sleep. The drugs can cause side effects such as elevated blood fats and abnormal blood sugar levels. As of Dec. 12, 2012, Health Canada had received 17 fatal reports in children related to SGAs, and, despite guidelines to doctors, experts say the risks to children are going largely unmonitored. Only one of the drugs, aripiprazole, or Abilify, has been approved for use in children, and only then for schizophrenia in teens aged 15 to 17.
At UBC, Panagiotopoulos's research has shown that children exposed to second-generation antipsychotics have three times the risk of developing pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes compared to children never treated with the drugs; more than double the risk of becoming overweight or obese; and 30 times the risk of metabolic syndrome — a cluster of health problems that increases the risk of heart attack and stroke later in life.
No one knows what the long-term effects might be on a child's developing brain. Still, prescriptions for the drugs to children under 14 increased 10-fold in B.C. alone between 1997 and 2007. Across Canada, from 2005 to 2009, antipsychotic drug prescriptions for children and youth increased 114 per cent. Surveys suggest that 12 per cent of all prescriptions are for children aged eight and under.
The drugs — which are being used for symptoms and diagnoses in children that have never been studied — can cause potentially irreversible movement disorders if untreated, such as uncontrollable spasms and tremors, involuntary movements of the jaw and tongue, puckering of the face, and frowning. In older adults, the drugs have been linked with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Another rare but life-threatening side effect, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, or NMS, is fatal in about 10 per cent of cases, said David Gardner, a professor of psychiatry and pharmacy at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Even one extra case of fatal NMS is unacceptable, Gardner said, when the drugs are used simply to calm a distracted child down.
In the United States, drug companies have been fined billions for promoting antipsychotics for unapproved uses. "The whole drug industry depends on off-label use," said psychotherapist Gary Greenberg. "It appears the fine is just the cost of doing business."
Panagiotopoulos said antipsychotics can be lifesaving in cases of severe aggression and behaviour problems. But there are concerns the drugs have become the default for desperate parents struggling to get help in a seriously frayed and under-resourced mental health system.
But the concerns don't stop with antipsychotics: Last year in Canada, nearly 43 million prescriptions were filled for anti-depressants. Prozac-like drugs and other antidepressants have proven effective for moderate and severe depression. But Frances said the mother lode of prescribing is to the so-called worried well.
Last week, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issued new guidelines for screening for depression that recommend doctors stop routinely screening people with no obvious symptoms because of the potential harms, including diagnosing depression where none exists and putting people on drugs they don't need.
Studies have shown that, for mild depression, the difference between antidepressants and placebo is so small it's sometimes non-existent.
"The response rate for placebo in mildly disordered people is at least 50 per cent," Frances said in an interview. "The perfect patient for a drug company is someone who's not too sick to start with, because they'll get better on their own."
For moderate or severe conditions, the drugs are "remarkably more helpful," he said.
All the major drug categories — antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers such as lithium — have "radically changed for the positive people's lives," added Dr. Roger McIntyre, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology at the University of Toronto.
Out of 100 people treated, 30 to 50 per cent benefit, he said. "I think that's not bad, given how complicated these illnesses are."
Susan Prins, of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., said that, when prescribing any drug, doctors are expected to make decisions "based on well-documented, comprehensive clinical assessments."
"In the event that concerns are identified, the college holds physicians accountable for those decisions," she said in an email.
Paris, of McGill, said doctors should stop all contact with the drug industry and refuse to attend industry-sponsored "continuing medical education" events.
True mental illness is devastating for those who live with it, Frances said. "Drugs used well," he writes in Saving Normal, are "a godsend for the patients helped."
But, "It's a ridiculous marketing ploy that every problem in life is a chemical imbalance," he said in an interview.
"Of course everything is mediated through the brain. But that doesn't mean the treatment for it is a pill."


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Nexia Home (formerly Schalge LiNK) has been my go-to system for home automation for quite some time. I first checked it out quite a while ago, and more recently, Georgia got to test the setup for herself. While the Nexia system gave us an indoor camera (both wired and wireless), thermostat, lamp module and door locks -- it was still lacking in the sensor department. All that has changed now however as Nexia has recently released both a door/window sensor and an indoor motion sensor. Both of these really add some great versatility to the whole setup, and with the addition of an outdoor wireless camera, Nexia is staying on top of their game.
No matter if you already have a Nexia system or you're just starting out, adding the new devices to your setup couldn't be simpler. I won't dive into setting up the entire system since we've been down that road already, but we'll check out how adding the new sensors makes the Nexia system even more awesome.
You will obviously need to choose where you want to use your new sensors before you get going. Depending on your system you may have more than one door, window or room that you want to monitor. If you're already using a camera or lamp module inside, you can create scenes that will record video or turn on your lights when the corresponding sensor is triggered. Any time something is triggered, you can also choose to receive an email or SMS. There are a load of combinations and triggers with which to setup your Nexia system. I've wasted hours tweaking my scenes to get them just right, but I still find myself rearranging them constantly.
From UPS drop-off to "up and running" was only about 15 minutes for the new sensors (setting up a new system is a much longer task). For the motion sensor you just need to pop off the outer cover and install the battery. From there, enroll the sensor with your bridge using the provided instructions. Once it's enrolled it will show in your dashboard and it's ready for mounting using the included double sided tape or screws.
The door/window sensor works in the same manner -- tap the button to enroll the sensor, wait for it to be accepted then find a door or window you want to monitor and install both parts of the sensor. Done and done.
For my setup I chose to use the door/window sensor on my patio door and the motion sensor in my foyer. I setup a scene through my Nexia dashboard so that when the motion sensor is triggered my lamp module turns on and my camera records for two minutes. I also get a text message sent to my phone letting me know that my scene was triggered. This is all setup for late-night hours so I don't get constant triggers all day long.
The patio door sensor is just a great way to let me know if my patio door is opened without my knowledge when I'm away. I'm sure it will come in handy when my daughter starts romping around a bit more as well.
Of course all of this can be viewed and controlled from your iPhone with the free Nexia app. The app lets you see the status of your sensors, activate your door lock, view your camera, turn on your lamp modules, setup scenes and much more. The patio door sensor is just a great way to let me know if my patio door is opened without my knowledge when I'm away. I'm sure it will come in handy when my daughter starts romping around a bit more as well.
The new outdoor wireless camera is also a welcome addition to the Nexia line. It's simple to hook up providing you have a good mounting spot outside (or inside depending on your needs). You'll just need to make sure you have somewhere to plug it in and also that it's within range of your home wifi. Too far away and you obviously won't have a working camera. Again, setup for this is as simple as enrolling it with your bridge and getting it mounted.
The camera works great in the daytime and also has a low-light feature for night viewing. There is a built-in motion sensor, however it currently is disabled but is said to be working with a firmware update in the coming weeks.
The door and window sensor is available for $49.99 while the motion sensor will run you $69.99.
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First off, The Zero Defex will play this Thursday night (July 21, 2011) at the Beachland Tavern 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44110. We're headlining. Before us you'll see Marky Ray and 100,000 Leagues Under My Nutsack. I can't get those MySpace pages to load on my computer. But maybe you can.
Next up, the folks at Dogen Sangha Los Angeles have uploaded yet another video from the interviews they taped with me last year. It's about time:
If you can't see that, go to http://youtu.be/SYRNr8Y-hpA
When I say it's about time, it really is about time. The interviewer asked me to explain my understanding of time, so I did.
What I'm saying in this video is my caveman interpretation of Dogen's 有時 (uji) or "Being Time." Here is Gudo Nishijima's translation and commentary on Uji. Here is Kazuaki Tanahashi's translation. And here is an exhaustive comparison of several different translations of Uji. Phew!
Watching this video for the very first time last night (I never watched it after it was taped), I realize I sound like I'm contradicting myself. First I say that there's no way we can undo what we've done in the past. And then I say that the past may be changeable.
I was trying to squeeze a huge number of concepts into something that could be edited into a short video. I'm not suggesting at the end of the video that it actually is possible to go back and change your past. It's not. This is why you have to act very carefully here and now. Nothing you do in this moment can be undone later on.
At the same time, we assume that the past is a solid unchanging single thing. But I suspect it isn't. And whether it is or it isn't doesn't matter much. In practical real world terms, the past is constantly changing. All we have to refer to when speaking of the past is our memories and our incomplete physical records of events (documents, photos, video tapes, etc.). These documents don't record the past in its entirety. And our impressions gleaned from viewing them are not at all the same as the impressions of the people who were there at the event.
For example, here's a video of Zero Defex playing our song Two Minute Hate at The Dale, a bar in Akron, sometime in early 1983. This isn't the best example. But on parts of the video this was excerpted from, The Dale looks positively huge. This is because it's dark in the club and one tends to assume the camera must be somewhere in the middle of the place. In fact the camera person was backed up against the front wall of the place. She was as far away from the band as she could possibly get. Which means she was about seven feet away from us.
My memories of the place are somewhat different from this video. And yet my memories of the place have now been changed by seeing the video, which I had not seen at all before 2005. So it's hard to say what's real. The actual event is gone. Are my memories correct? Or is the mechanically preserved image correct? It's hard to say. The camera saw a perspective of what happened that I could not see at the time. It's in front of the band, whereas I was over to the extreme right of the screen (I don't appear on camera at all in this clip). The camera was not playing bass at the time either.
Dogen believed that being and time were the same thing. We are not entities who exist within time. We are time itself. This view of what we are is radically different from the view we are used to.
Dogen also believed that all of time is contained in this single moment. The entire past and the entire future are right here.
And yet our experience of time is one of being cut off from all other moments of time and all other places in space except where we are right now.
In conclusion, TIME IS WEIRD. So don't take it for granted that it's exactly the way you think it is.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Comic 933: Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer
[Comic title: tattoo; alt text: I calculate that the electrons in radiation therapy hit you at 99.8% of the speed of light, and the beam used in a 90-second gamma ray therapy session could, if fired with less precision, kill a horse (they did not let me test this).]
I guess Randy is trying to make cancer sound badass or something? Jesus Christ. Is this supposed to be funny? Are we supposed to laugh at this description of radiation therapy? Or are we supposed to be like 'DUDE SO INTENSE I WANT CANCER NOW?' What the fuck is the goddamn point of this festering shit pile?
I wasn't actually expecting Randy to make so damn many cancer comics. Maybe one every now and then. But this much? I'm left with the conclusion that Randy has decided to make xkcd a cancer webcomic.
This isn't unprecedented. In fact, Mom's Cancer, a webcomic which was expressly about someone's mother's cancer, was created in 2004. There have been some other internet projects which are basically documenting a disease. It's the sort of thing I'm quite confident Randy has come across before. And these projects are often touching and insightful looks at terminal or chronic illnesses.
I don't know why Randy has made this decision, or if these are the only two cancer comics he'll make ever again (but, I mean, come on). It could be that he is cynically hoping to generate a larger audience by trolling for sympathy. Maybe he thinks that this project is putting a new spin on it somehow, or otherwise that it is a legitimately interesting place for him to take his (and I use the word loosely here) art.
What I do know is that if this is Randy's idea of an interesting take on the subject, we are in for a shitty, shitty ride.
There are two ways this can go. Either he eventually alienates his readership, causing them to quietly file out while he keeps making comics where Megan is declaring that "I HAVE DISCOVERED HOW TO LIVE FOREVER" because cancer cells are immortal, or XKCD fanboys just suddenly become cancer enthusiasts. The XKCD store will be full of t-shirts that say "man, fuck cancer," with the word "seriously" on the back, or shirts and prints which bear the dot pattern that Megan has on her chest. Prints of the terrible infographics he produces like the lanes comic, and the forthcoming Map of Cancer. There will be astrological and geographical puns about Cancer and the tropic thereof.
Either way, sanctimonious fanboys will continue to berate us for having the gall to dislike xkcd while Randy has something bad going on in his life.
On an unrelated note: does anyone else get the impression that Randy actually thinks barbed wire tattoos are hardcore?
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Rob, I think you're missing the point with this one. You're forgetting that Randall's fiancee has cancer. Read it again with that in mind and it'll make more sense.ReplyDelete
I was going to post this in the previous post's thread in response to that final forumite's comment, so fuck you rob for posting on time for once in your fat miserable life.ReplyDelete
People who lack even the slightest bit of knowledge about fiscal policy (or even worse, know only the slightest bit) and comment on economic matters are the most idiotic group of piece-of-shit assholes to ever stride the earth. Yes, assface, that's exactly how inflation works.
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM
As long as Randall doesn't start posting goatse he won't be alienating readership. It's hard to do that with a webcomic that doesn't have a plot and takes five seconds three times a week to read.ReplyDelete
Also randall wouldn't think barbed wire is hardcore unless there's a faggy linux joke involvedReplyDelete
@7:50 Anon:ReplyDelete
You do realize this blog is made up pretty much entirely of alienated XKCD readers, right?
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 8:44 PM
Something like this?
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Bro, he's dealing with cancer in his family atm, give him a fucking break.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Actually, despite normally facepalming three times a week upon typing those 8 (sometimes 4) characters into the awesomebar, I thought this was pretty good.ReplyDelete
Good enough for it to be a really, tremendously shitty SMBC.
- Colonel WitsterAugust 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM
"Maybe he thinks that this project is putting a new spin on it somehow, or otherwise that it is a legitimately interesting place for him to take his (and I use the word loosely here) art."ReplyDelete
I think you left an "f" off the start of the final word there.
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 11:32 PM
The true story behind the comic is probably his girlfriend going "hey, check out my awesome tattoo" and him going "haha you're so brave and sexy it's too bad about your allergy to all forms of intimate contact from anybody except Dr. Henry" while thinking "I can use this concept. Oh, the things I will do with this concept."ReplyDelete
hey, farts can be funnyReplyDelete
It's gonna be like xkcd 684, except he'll be saying MY GIRLFRIEND WHO HAS CANCER.ReplyDelete
Also, I feel we are closer than ever to being able to literally describe xkcd as "the cancer that is killing the internet".
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:58 AM
Six dots on her chest? The only possible explanation is that Megan is a dog and she was spayed too early.ReplyDelete
(And that Randy, in denial, has made up an elaborate cancer story to explain the extra four.)
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 1:27 AM
This strip shows what a self-centred asshole Randall really is. At no stage during any episode-of-serious-shit have I suddenly decided that everyone else should be unhappy and put their whimsy in the context of whatever it is I am going through.ReplyDelete
Indeed, one great part of growing up is that serious problems don't trigger the "OMG crisis everyone stop!" - they may induce strong emotions but you deal with them carefully and calmly. Randy, of course, has not grown up. And this strip is either an extremely cynical way of milking his audience or an expression of his reinforcing his child-like behaviour.
Let me put it bluntly, Randall, you stupid fuck: 1 in 3 people get cancer. Almost everyone by his late 20s will know someone in their extended family or circle of friends and colleagues who has endured non-trivial cancer. It's not like cancer is a single specific disease: it's an umbrella term to describe shit going wrong at a cellular level and that wrongness spreading.
It is difficult to make general statements about cancer, except perhaps that ignorant, emotional laymen tend to view cancer almost religiously as some sort of demon. Randall's recent writing exposes him for what he is: an ignorant, emotional layman. Like "government" to a libertardian or "businessman" to a pinko, the word "cancer" is a trigger for the simple.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 1:42 AM
That disembodied head with a blank face against a black background is really fucking creepy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 3:14 AM
It's like it's killing the parts of her that are holding her back from going beyond the normal and turn into a superhero or some shit. But actually it's just going to kill parts that make her back to our level. She's below us, guys. Look down.ReplyDelete
If anything Anon 9:02, Randall needs xkcd sucks more than ever. We are the only constant in his life right now.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 4:00 AM
When my grandad was dieing I was working in a call centre. I was working whilst he was in hospital and then when it got so serious that they knew there was nothing more they could do, I took a few days off work to visit him and get my mind straight.ReplyDelete
I feel like what Randall's doing would be like me going into work every day and during every call somehow manageing to awkwardly mention that currently a relative of mine was going through cancer. I could force the issue into the calls, but it'd be awkward, out of place, not really relevant and I don't think it would help in any way.
I can understand cancer being on his mind but putting it in his comics isn't helping him and it's certainly not making me want to read XKCD: Cancer stories.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 4:13 AM
I fucked a cancer once.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 4:23 AM
What bothers me isn't the cancer (it's no taboo) or that it's juvenile to whine to everyone in the universe about your drab, depressing life (it's a webcomic evolved from some kid doodling in his notebooks). What bothers me is the sanctimonious "educational" attitude posing as a sense of wonder.ReplyDelete
I just learned something about cancer and I'm going to share it with all you jerks who, like me, couldn't have known anything about cancer twelve minutes ago. Oh, thank you!
And fuck cancer? Seriously? Oh, I thought cancer was fun! My mistake.
This is how you deal with cancer, though:
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Speaking as someone who has recovered from cancer, I just want to say that Randall is an idiot.ReplyDelete
It's not relevant that I recovered from cancer, but I thought I'd follow Randall's example and mention it anyway.
Here's a fun game: Try to guess what the next cancer comic will be.ReplyDelete
I'm thinking a crappy Google trend graph for the phrase "My [x] has cancer."
Then he'll have several values for x that go from serious to cuh-razy:
Wife, mother, best friend, colon, pet dog, teddy bear, half-eaten sandwich, cancer, Linux partition
Hilarity ensues, forumites nerdgasm
Google hits for "Fuck [disease]".ReplyDelete
Cause we must know which disease is the sexiest.
- That's what sheAugust 4, 2011 at 6:20 AM
Probably a drawing of Megan's vagina in the first frame, and the next three frames just have the word "CANCER" in them, and the last one says, "CANCER, BITCHES." And to make them look more emo, the words will be in white and the background will be black.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 6:26 AM
@Timofei "Fuck me" gives 41.6 million. It turns out I am a very sexy disease.ReplyDelete
Assholery and stupidness aside, I HATE that "glaring close-up" panel. I get seriously puzzled wondering if Randall truly thinks that the faceless characters are an "awesome trademark of awesome", or if he realises how awfully ugly they can look but realises that, if he starts drawing faces now, a lot of fans will be way too shocked.ReplyDelete
On second thought, if Randall drew even the most simplistic smiley-face on one of his characters, the sycophantic fans would go nuts with "THATS AWESOME RANDALL IS A REAL ARTIST".
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 7:40 AM
I saw a cancer the other day.ReplyDelete
Horrible creatures, I avoid them whenever I can.
Oh, Randall, your comics tug at the very essence of my soul!ReplyDelete
Hey Rob can I send in a guest review of the latest Penny Arcade comic because I felt it read just like a shitty XKCD? The one about Mass Effect 3? I'll pretend like it's another one of Randall's "gurlz r tough gaiz!" abortions in the review. That's, like, satire man. Maybe it'll be funny!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM
You really think that comic is a statement about women?
One day, I was in some local hipster clothing store that had a line of zodiac-themed shirts for babies that said "scorpio baby" or "libra baby", etc. One of them didn't seem to be selling very well...ReplyDelete
[hint: there is a zodiac sign called CANCER omg did u ever think about that??? the zodiac hates Randy.]
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@Anon 8:57ReplyDelete
no, but it seems churned out and XKCD-quality. Panel 2 and 3 are both "Are you a bimbo?" "No, I will beat you up!" And that's the punchline. It reads like yet another one of Randal's comics in which the superior female stick figure belittles or outsmarts or turns out to be more sensible than her male stick figure companion. Yet another one of Randall's comics about how funny female-on-male abuse is. Okay, except PA's was female-on-female, but still.
Well, now that I rethink it, I guess it's a statement on the perception of BLOND women. Since that's literally what the comic is about; people perceiving blond femshep as stupid and unfit to be the official femshep. And making an unfunny comic about how blond women can be intelligent, tough individuals seems like something Randall would do.
He has a thing for pioneering feminism in his little stick-figure comic, and doing it poorly. See the recent one about the zombie scientist, and the Porn For Women comic.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Looks like you just posted your review right there.ReplyDelete
I thinks this one suffered from context. If it came out of nowhere, it might have been funny, but we already were thinking "cancer Cancer CANCER Cancer CANCER Cancer cancer" so it just isn't that impactful. Also, he should remove the last panel. The black panel is the punchline.ReplyDelete
It's kind of "A Softer World"-esque without the last panel, albeit a bit wordy.
I have to disagree with Fernie, in that I think the facelessness, for once, might actually be a positive in the closeup in this one.
Funky, did you read the journal thing Tycho puts up? The comic was a reaction to stuff like this, where people bizarrely complain that having the default female Shepard be blonde demeans her character, because that would make her a bimbo.ReplyDelete
I don't think the comic is about feminism, it is just about the absurdity of that point of view.
- Randall's fiancee has cancerAugust 4, 2011 at 11:04 AM
Finance a nerd hell as a C scar?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM
I am undergoing chemo and this latest comic is making me want to give up.ReplyDelete
(Not that I actually have to do much beyond turn up. Chemo is like pregnancy: its tiresome but mostly you just rest and let things take their course.)
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM
And now, my impression of nearly everybody that posts here:ReplyDelete
Waaahhhhhhh! I'm being forced to read this comic! Waaahhhhhhh!There is nothing else for me to do on the internet but read this thing that I hate so mucH! I'm a loser and I have no liiiiiiiefffeee Mooommmeeeeee it huuuurrrrttttsss wwaaaaahhhahahahahahaaaaaaaa!
Thank you. And fuck you too.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM
@11:33: Because you're dying of cancer I won't point out the missed apostrophe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM
11:33 poor troll, 2.5/10. Did your career guidance counsellor never tell you to tailor the material to the destination?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Also: If a comic on the internet is making you want to give up chemo, you really need to re-examine your priorities in life. And maybe join a therapy group on the side. And definitely grow the hell up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:39 AM
11:34, I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over the childish whining emanating from the rest of this site. Now if you'll excuse me, I have an actual life I need to go back to, while you all stay here and gripe endlessly about some meaningless webcomic that nobody is forcing you to read. Guess which of us has their heads on straight, Skeezix.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM
@11:34: The "I came here to complain about people complaining" whine is addressed in one of the rants top-left, I believe.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM
11:36, I am going to stab you through the heart.ReplyDelete
(Please feel free to take that response seriously too, in the manner befitting aspie cuddlefish. Let the hate flow through you.)
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Everything posted since 11:04 has been by Anonymous and is therefore of no value and not worth reading.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM
This comment doesn't add anything of value to this page, instead adding to the pointless Anonymous drabble.ReplyDelete
- COCKFAGGOTAugust 4, 2011 at 12:46 PM
This comment, on the other hand, is clearly more meaningful than the last few.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM
The depressing thing is that I would actually be happy if Randall were suffering over Megan's cancer, but I know he's just producing this shit for attention and profit.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Shut up 12:54ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:55 PM
No YOU shut up!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM
You are now aware that you almost certainly have a common ancestor less than 20 generations ago with your partner.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Shut up 12:56ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:58 PM
No YOU shut up!ReplyDelete
- Eff GregAugust 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Cockfaggot, are you available?ReplyDelete
haha 12:56 as if anyone here has a partnerReplyDelete
remember we are all too devoted to reading each xkcd comic a thousand times to spot minor flaws
- COCKFAGGOTAugust 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM
What are your terms, Eff Greg?ReplyDelete
- Eff GregAugust 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Non-stop oral sex, please.ReplyDelete
- COCKFAGGOTAugust 4, 2011 at 1:46 PM
And your consideration?ReplyDelete
- Eff GregAugust 4, 2011 at 2:11 PM
Never mind. I'm going to go for someone who doesn't ask so many questions.ReplyDelete
I'm just going to point out, though it's obvious to most. All the posts from 11:33 to 12:58 are by the same person. Look at the timestamps.ReplyDelete
Also, I liked 933.
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Don't call me Also.ReplyDelete
It was obvious to me, Jon.ReplyDelete
C'mon guys, noone likes these stupid name gags.ReplyDelete
- EveryoneAugust 4, 2011 at 4:12 PM
You're right AnnReplyDelete
It's true, Mrs. Apolis, they are hilarious.ReplyDelete
I hope everyone who reads xkcd and enjoys it gets cancer and dies.ReplyDelete
There, that ought to keep the dipshits busy.
- Cancers Love to F...August 4, 2011 at 8:07 PM
Because someone had to make this joke.ReplyDelete
- someoneAugust 4, 2011 at 8:10 PM
Fuck you cancer, you beat me to itReplyDelete
Ms. Apolis**, clearly.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Pardon the lateness: http://oi53.tinypic.com/2daljma.jpgReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 10:22 PM
Shut up 10:03.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 10:23 PM
No YOU shut up!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Is this where I preen smugly because I use Opera and somebody mentioned browsers? I think so.ReplyDelete
Nobody mentioned browsers, 10:37.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:22 PM
xkcd mentioned browsers. You know, the centerpiece of this entire Godforsaken blog. I love it and I love this blog I am so confused.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 11:48 PM
934: Did you notice the subtle gag that the stick figures are indistinguishable because they are featureless stick figures lololol? On a more serious note, though, following is an incomplete list of things that are not done in browser: file management, watching films, editing videos, playing games, all the Office things like text documents and graphs, computer security... oh yeah, and DRAWING FRIGGING WEBCOMICS! Seriously, how do you fuck THAT up?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:37 AM
@anon 11:48ReplyDelete
Watching Films: Hulu, Crackle, Netflix, etc
Playing Games: Millions of Flash games, java games runescape
office things: google docs
need I go on?
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:43 AM
>file managementReplyDelete
Okay, you can't do this in a browser, for pretty good reason. Unless you've got a Chromebook, but that's an exception that exists since with a Chromebook you've only got a browser.
>watching films
You can watch films on YouTube now! Watching films you already own/have copies of on your file system, no, you probably want to do that with a proper media player.
>editing videos
You can, to an extent, also do this on Youtube- cutting and pasting together clips, anyway. There's also that ridiculous/annoying 'xtranormal' thing people like to use. Certainly nothing as sophisticated as actual video editing software, though.
>playing games
Sure you can, unless you only count things like GTA and Modern Warfare as 'games', there's plenty of games you can play in the browser and entire archives (like kongregate) dedicated to the concept.
>all the Office things like text documents and graphs
Google Docs is pretty great stuff and is quite capable nowadays. It's largely sufficient for doing most things with- although I'm not a huge fan of leaving my private documents with Google.
>computer security
If you do everything through a browser you don't really need it. Antivirus software and firewalls largely exist to protect you from the 'running attachments you get in emails' kind of computer security threats. Although browsers have vulnerabilities now and will likely continue to have vulnerabilities in the future, people are far more likely to be tricked into running something in native code.
>oh yeah, and DRAWING FRIGGING WEBCOMICS!
Heard of oekaki?
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:59 AM
Okay, I'll grant you all that, but what I meant by the webcomics thing was that Randy obviously doesn't do his own webcomic exclusively in-browser (and I can't imagine that many others actually do), which makes me wonder how he arrived at the conclusion featured in this latest comic.ReplyDelete
>Watching Films: Hulu, Crackle, Netflix, etcReplyDelete
What are these things? Do they work anywhere outside of the USA?
>Playing Games: Millions of Flash games, java games runescape
If these are your examples, you're not making a good case for yourself.
>Heard of oekaki?
No. I don't know a single webcomic drawn using only a browser. Except for those terrible "rage comics" people make.
- SilverSurferAugust 5, 2011 at 3:18 AM
Another xkcd comic that written a few years before may have been topical.ReplyDelete
Also the point he makes is not true in any way and not funny either.
(Alt Text) That's his idea of fun?!?
maybe next week randy'll make a joke about kanye west
Check this out if you want a laugh:ReplyDelete
Let me watch this is a good place for movies. I think it works outside of America, too, since a lot of comments on the videos aren't in English. Or maybe everyone there is just very cultured.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 6:10 AM
The best part was the link to 383. I didn't realise Randall had driven a woman to suicide.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 8:38 AM
Dudes, I don't know about Macs but Windows bases its interface on Internet Explorer and has been doing so for a very long time. Just because you don't specifically open up your browser to do things doesn't mean you're not using a browser.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM
8:38 -ReplyDelete
Please reconsider what the word 'browser' means.
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Guys, did you know that Kindles are based on printed books, and have been for a very long time? Just because you don't specifically open up a printed book to read things doesn't mean you're not reading one.ReplyDelete
Yes it does. For it to be a printed book, it would have to be physically printed with ink.ReplyDelete
A kindle is just digital text.
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 11:57 AM
A Kindle is a method and apparatus for Amazon to pocket 65% of the sale price by offering a download rather than a combination of physical printers, promoters and distributors to get a little more.ReplyDelete
Also good luck holding two pages open at once; or scribbling an illustrative diagram in the margin; or reading in the bath; or picking up the material you just dropped...
- Anon10:31August 5, 2011 at 12:04 PM
Jesus Christ you guys are retarded. I was mocking 8:38's ridiculous claim. No-one actually thinks a Kindle is the same as a printed book.ReplyDelete
Idiots everywhere.
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM
12:04 wow you are so stupid, seriously.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 12:08 PM
12:05 = 8:38 = retardReplyDelete
8:38, are you confusing windows explorer with internet explorer?ReplyDelete
Because they are two different things.
"8:38, are you confusing windows explorer with internet explorer?ReplyDelete
Because they are two different things."
I don't know if they're still integrated, but there was a time when Windows Explorer was in fact built around Internet Explorer.
Windows explorer is somewhat browser-like, but it's not really 'integrated' with internet explorer. It's a file browser, similar to mac's "finder", I believe, just with a less retarded name.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 1:06 PM
XKCD Sucks Master List of Generalizations:ReplyDelete
- Everything Randall writes is an insincere ploy to expand his readership or force his opinions upon his readership.
- As "victims" of Randall's comic, former XKCD followers are entitled to revenge.
- XKCD Sucks followers are "survivors," and the last bastion of hope against Randall's onslaught of comics.
- Randall deserves nothing less than heartless mockery and complete hatred. Only a deluded fanatic would disagree.
- If you hate XKCD hard enough, you can change it.
This website is very silly, but I hope it fulfills a need in your lives. Without a webcomic to hate, you might turn to racism or homophobia. We should all thank Rob for his tireless work to prevent hate crimes. Blog on, troubled souls.
- That's what sheAugust 5, 2011 at 1:10 PM
I hate the term "homophobia." That implies that I'm frightened of fags.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Hey, fuck you. We are capable of being racist homophobes while simultaneously hating shitty webcomics.ReplyDelete
@ALT-F Oh, you think you're so clever that you've discovered my real name. Well, it's supposed to be obvious. It's just to put the stupider info-collecting bots off the track. I'm very cautious on the Internet.ReplyDelete
Fact: Xkcd has no black characters.ReplyDelete
Fact: Randall aims xkcd at the supposed "intellectual" people of the world.
Randall believes black people are intellectually inferior. He provides no characters for them to relate to (microfact: black people can only relate to black people), besides the obviously mentally crippled "black" hat man.
Therefore: Randall is a racist.
Fact: Many of Randall's comics deal with women's rights.
Fact: Randall often portrays men in a negative light.
Randall believes homosexual men are an atrocity (2 men is twice the negativity). While he puts women on a pedestal, the equally effeminate (fact) homosexual male is not mentioned at all. Comic 631 (considered the greatest xckd by fans and non-fans) not only does not show a penis, but does not show two strong and proud homosexuals engaging in sodomy.
Therefor: Randall is a homophobe.
This comment has been removed by the author.ReplyDelete
Another fact is I have no friends.ReplyDelete
Unfortunately we don't care.ReplyDelete
What about Morgan Freeman?ReplyDelete
He doesn't care either.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 3:10 PM
IN A STICK FIGURE COMICReplyDelete
@Gamer_2k4, ThePirateKingReplyDelete
Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer used to be integrated before Vista. After that they were kept separate for security reasons. It was one of the few things that Vista did right.
Still on any machine running XP, type a URL beginning with http:// in the address bar of Windows Explorer, and it transforms into, *dun dun DUNN* IE6.
And it's also a 'system folder' - what the hell's up with that? No Microsoft, Internet Explorer is not a system folder any more than my sofa is a room in my house.
My edit of 934, got the idea from a post in the 'fora'.ReplyDelete
@anon 1:06 - spoken like a true nigger faggot.ReplyDelete
- UndercoverCuddlefishAugust 5, 2011 at 6:46 PM
time for rant number 9: cut randall some slack his fiancée has cancer
also the name gag stampede is the only thing i have actually laughed at on this godforsaken site in months
Dude Rob is you let me submit a guest review of me pretending Penny Arcade is written by Randall, I promise to include lots of Megan jokes. It'll be great.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Rob, your critique is awful. I used to love coming here (even though I also love xkcd) because occasionally you had something useful or insightful to say about the webcomic. But recently your comentary has degraded to the point that what you have to say is nothing more than, to use your terms, a "festering shit pile". Your thoughts are moronic and offensive, possibly you have put even less effort into this than Randall does into his works, and the fact that you have slammed every single one of his cancer comics - which I think many of us found very touching - makes me hate your soul. Even your asinine attempts to rip off BTAF's antics don't amuse me anymore. Please stop doing this until you actually have something a little more than 3rd grade profanity to offer us.ReplyDelete
- suomynonAAugust 5, 2011 at 10:48 PM
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- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 1:59 AM
@10:00: "every single one of his cancer comics - which I think many of us found very touching"ReplyDelete
You are worse than people who find Himmler's speeches "touching" for having the courage to deal with the Jewish question.
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 3:17 AM
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR PARTNER TOO MANY X-RAYS TO CHECK THE DUCTS FOR MILK PRODUCTION RANDALL YOU STUPID FUCK.ReplyDelete
Also who wants to bet that Randall did use radioactive paint or some short wavelength emitting scientific device in weird sex play with Megan's breasts?
- SilverSurferAugust 6, 2011 at 3:43 AM
3:10, their faces are white. But yeah he hates noses thoughReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 3:48 AM
What xkcd 933 should have said according to RecoveringCancerPatient.ReplyDelete
That is all.
This comic's wording is suspiciously similar in style to A Softer World. I wonder if he's going for another "pastiche"-AKA-ripoff.ReplyDelete
- Hedgehog HimmlerAugust 6, 2011 at 6:14 AM
The gypsies ate my hedgehog.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 6:20 AM
3:48 I love you. This is going on the noticeboard over the printout the local cuddlefish always puts up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 6:26 AM
Megan is dating a man with a barbed wire tatoo. This is Randal's revenge (feel the wrath)ReplyDelete
- the name gag stampedeAugust 6, 2011 at 6:42 AM
Hey, fuck you UndercoverCuddlefish :( I have feelings tooReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Rob said:ReplyDelete
".....There will be astrological and geographical puns about Cancer and the tropic thereof....."
I can think of a wonderful pun on the "Delta Cancrids" myself though it be astronomical in origin.
@ Leahcim August 5, 1:11 PM,
Even the stupidest Hebrew-based Info-collecting bots would find you quick enough. The smarter ones would assume Leahcim is your real name - sounds Hebrew and all, yes?
ALT-F, I think you might be confusing terms there. Astronomy is what the stars tell us. Astrology is what we want the stars to tell us.ReplyDelete
- The starsAugust 6, 2011 at 9:03 AM
You all suck.ReplyDelete
- Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharAugust 6, 2011 at 9:04 AM
no uReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 9:06 AM
ALTF tastes deliciously anti-Semitic - not in the modern "I hate Israel" sense but in the good, old-fashioned "I am irrationally suspicious of Jews" way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 9:27 AM
@3:48: Where did you get the xkcd font? Also, lol.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 9:32 AM
@9:06 - Hebrew-based because it's written right to left, dude.ReplyDelete
Although given she's anti-Caucasoid she's probably anti-Semitic too, in a vague, ill-defined way.
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 9:52 AM
@ Jon,ReplyDelete
No confusion. I want the stars to tell me my Delta of Venus is pretty - albeit with an astronomical level of cancroid-ness.
@ Anonymous 9:06 AM,
Like Anonymous 9:32 says.
@ Anonymous 9:32 AM,
It is not that I'm anti-Caucasoid, it's that I am against Europids - ostensibly because the word 'Europid' is so dorky.
This is the impression I'm getting of anon1000, also my gift to Rob on this the glorious anniversary of his partial mummification.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Shut up Ravenzomg.ReplyDelete
She's back!ReplyDelete
But is it the same Ravenzomg? We may never know.
@Anon 9:27ReplyDelete
Here it is. Glad I could help.
- Joey BadgerAugust 6, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Cancer Mushroom MushroomReplyDelete
Jon Levi: Different profile. So technically I could be an imposter. And by "technically" I mean "the profile dates back to July 2011 and the real Raven is probably long gone except for registered ventures into IRC".ReplyDelete
the real raven was fatterReplyDelete
The real Raven was also far worse at putting together sentences that weren't full of homophonic [spell-check suggests: homophobic] errors.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 11:56 PM
There needs to be a way to change all comments listed as Anonymous to have the display name of ALTF.ReplyDelete
@11:56: 4 is the display name index, so you can achieve what you want by hitting ALT-F4. I've already done that for this post so you don't have to.ReplyDelete
I miss IRC...
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 7:34 AM
africa has niggersReplyDelete
china has it's chinkies
all the word join hands with me
and tug on my dinky
oy oy oy
europe has it's wankers
america it's cunts
Rob is a fatty
and ALTF a dunce
all the world join hands with me
and tug on my dinky
oy oy oy
PS. Rob you are bare fat and you well need a diet.
PPPPPPPPPPS. ALTF i still wunt 2 ride your bottom like a thorpe park attraction.
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPS. Rob get some milk while you are out. you fat shit
"Jon Levi: Different profile. So technically I could be an imposter. And by "technically" I mean "the profile dates back to July 2011 and the real Raven is probably long gone except for registered ventures into IRC".ReplyDelete
FWIW, the original profile of Ravenzomg is re-enabled, though it's not publicly accessible right now.
Her email address account is closed, though, so...who knows.
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Why the collective obsession with the whereabouts of Ravenzomg? Was she the blog bike or something?ReplyDelete
- Non-nonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Shut up, Raven was twice the person you'll ever be, anonymous.ReplyDelete
becuz she waz fatty rite???
"It's" means "it is," you dumb shit.
I feel sorry for people who do not possess the capacity for satire and mockery. Go read some fucking Voltaire. But then again I imagine the brainwashed of the Church thought Voltaire was a "sad soul" and a "childish whiner."ReplyDelete
(With apologies to Voltaire and the Church.)
- not ALTFAugust 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM
fuck off you altf wannabeReplyDelete
Why the collective obsession with the whereabouts of Ravenzomg? Was she the blog bike or something?ReplyDelete
Well, *I* care because she was one half of the writing team of XKCD SUCKS, the other (and arguably better) xkcd hate blog. Now I have to write all the reviews myself.
Can't speak for the others.
the collective obsession with Raven amounts to the fact that as far as prolific posters on xkcdsucks go, she was much more tolerable than ALTF.ReplyDelete
Which isn't really much of an accomplishment, but still.
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Obviously, anyone with tits on the internet will be coveted by the virginal blog regulars.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 12:29 PM
The importance of the towel can be understood. In order to grasp the thin air only after washing your hands, please try to imagine every single time reaching for the towel. Initially embarrassed for your lack of towel. I understand that lack. Life without a rack next to the vanity top is truly frustrating experience.ReplyDelete
Accessibility is a feature of modern society. When we need it desperately, where is the ubiquitous towel? That is; if we need to dry our hands after washing them, it should not escape us. These racks are to have access to the towel, that is their main feature. Spend a day without the rack, and you are connected; you may not understand otherwise when it comes to discomfort and dissatisfaction.
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Buzz @ 9:25-ReplyDelete
Why does everyone think that the level of English is the most accurate indication of someone's intelligence?
On the Internet making a grammar error makes you some sort of retard, and everyone likes to go round correcting every mistake they see, because that they will be seen a geniuses.
You think people who use text speak on facebook walls are idiots? If you actually had any non idiot friends you'd know a lot of intelligent, educated people, use text speak.
From my experience those who type properly with caps and punctuation are mostly pseudointellectual drop outs, artistic liberals etc.
On the other hand being bad at math is totally cool. "I'm so terrible at math can't even add lol", when mathematical ability correlates pretty strongly with intelligence.
- RavenNeverExistedAugust 7, 2011 at 1:07 PM
@Anonymouse 8:11, If this place were Cheers, Raven would be Coach Ernie, which is to say mildly interesting while on the main show, but now dead.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Jesus Christ.ReplyDelete
Get a freaking life.
This really just validates 111's claim, but to be fair I never claimed to possess one of these "lives" everyone keeps talking about.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 1:45 PM
If you use text speak on Facebook while at they keyboard nobody will ever love you. They might have sex with you, they might even marry you if they get you pregnant, but they will never truly love you.ReplyDelete
Captcha: dedening. The process your soul goes through once you start typing text speak on any interface that isn't a phone's number pad.
actually the correct plural would be geniusi you philistine
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 3:50 PM
@12:50: Spoken like someone who envies those with a better grasp of language.ReplyDelete
FWIW (loltxtspk), the most eloquent writer of English I know is my mathematics PhD supervisor. The man is a seamless polyglot, always willing to expend the effort to make himself clear to peers and underlings. I try to follow his example.
How does that fit into your prejudice?
xkcd Forums Bingo is back! Now appearing weekly on Hyphen.ReplyDelete
I like that he thinks the phrase "artistic liberals" is on the same level as "pseudointellectual dropouts." Not sure what's meant to be insulting there.ReplyDelete
I always love when people try to defend their poor grasp of the English language as if it's not desirable to be able to accurately express ideas--as if the communication of concepts will happen regardless, so fluency is at best superfluous. Most of them seem to think that it's actually undesirable. Like language isn't a remarkable thing and a vitally important element of humanity, but is rather just some tool that they use only reluctantly--and God forbid they learn how to use it effectively.
So they continue to perpetuate a world where people can't be bothered to communicate effectively, and then they get offended when people are unable to correctly interpret the barely-coherent sentences they hamfistedly string together, never once considering that maybe it's their own damn fault.
Just to be a pedantic ass:ReplyDelete
... Most of them seem to think that it's actually undesirable, like language isn't a remarkable ...
But yeah, I don't see how mathematical proficiency is any better than linguistic proficiency in determining someone's overall intelligence.
- AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 5:51 PM
I dropped out of pseudointellectualism and have never regretted it.ReplyDelete
"if this is Randy's idea of an interesting take on the subject, we are in for a shitty, shitty ride."ReplyDelete
I don't see why you're complaining... you apparently like that shitty ride enough as to take it about three times a week. Am I wrong?
- not ALTFAugust 7, 2011 at 6:11 PM
It's less enjoying the shitty ride as it more enjoying throwing rocks at the people who enjoy the shitty ride.ReplyDelete
Also Megdall slash fics.
- not ALTFAugust 7, 2011 at 6:15 PM
also that 'it' doesn't have an 'is' on it, so it's defective and it's going back to the shopReplyDelete
- Raven about nothingAugust 7, 2011 at 6:22 PM
Hi Norton, you must be new here.ReplyDelete
"I don't see why you're complaining... you apparently like that shitty ride enough as to take it about three times a week. Am I wrong? "ReplyDelete
you're kind of contradicting yourself here. you say you don't see why I'm complaining, and then you say why I am complaining: because I enjoy it.
I typed http://example.com into Windows Explorer in XP... and it opened a new tab in Chrome.ReplyDelete
Actually, I think the contradiction is in the fact of spending your time and energies in something which, for you, sucks. Not in my comment.ReplyDelete
If you enjoy it, again, I don't see why you're complaining. And yes, I only found this site recently. Am I missing something?
because I enjoy complaining about it, you fucking moron.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 9, 2011 at 2:06 AM
Norton, like the antivirus product, is the cure attempt that kills the patient.ReplyDelete
It's nice to know that your zealous determination to hate xkcd, and your twisting around of each installment to suit your preconceived notion that they all suck, has not been affected by a little thing like the author's fiancée going through a horrific disease.ReplyDelete
Enjoy the circlejerk in the comments.
They do all suck though. An author's work should be criticized on its own merits, not the merits of its author.ReplyDelete
plenty of people whose lives suck produce shitty art. am I supposed to like it because of that?ReplyDelete
A fucking moron. Really.ReplyDelete
Well, that's a nice way to handle critique. I wonder what kind of words would you deserve from the xkcd guy or his followers if they reacted the same way you do.
it's not my fault you're mind-numbingly stupid, NortonReplyDelete
Yes, insulting in circles is another great way to argue, I'm amazed at the depth of your words. Also, you can keep doing it on and on...ReplyDelete
Uh, I think at least 189 people must have radically missed the joke on this one. He's making fun of people who get tattoos and think that they're 'hardcore', because all they are is ink.ReplyDelete


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Students from the high school played the victims.
More than 150 emergency personnel participated at the scene of a mock airplane crash drill Saturday at Pewamo-Westphalia Jr./Sr. High School.
Local residents bundled up in blankets and sat on bleachers in the parking lot to watch as students from the high school, who played the victims, were rescued, triaged and "transported." Another set of students playing the same crash victims were at Sparrow Ionia Hospital, where hospital personnel then picked up their care.
Participating were fire and rescue departments from Berlin-Orange, Fowler (Dallas Township), Ionia, Pewamo/Lyons Township, Portland, St. Johns and Westphalia Township; ambulance personnel from Charlotte EMS, Clinton Area Ambulance Service, Life EMS and Portland Ambulance; and Ionia County Emergency Management.
After that section of the drill, firefighters worked in teams to put out fires outside and inside the plane and remove dummy victims "trapped" inside.
The drill was staged with the assistance of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) mobile trainer, a 50-foot-long device that creates a number of realistic aircraft fire scenarios for local disaster exercises. The ARFF trainer was provided by Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek.
The aircraft disaster drill was the first Phil Gensterblum recalls in his 24 years with the City of Portland Ambulance Service. Gensterblum, who is director of the service, organized Saturday's exercise.
"There were some issues that came up, but that's why we do trainings like this," he said. "Overall, I was pleased. It went really well."


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Finally the weather is warming. The sweet smell of spring is in the air. For that we should be glad.
But to be out and about in the city of Butler and its neighborhoods and business areas is to see an eyesore of litter everywhere.
Our city officials want to start fining residents for tall grass and weeds and, during the winter, for failing to shovel snow from sidewalks.
That said, I am not opposed entirely to the city wanting to fine people who have their properties in such conditions. However, this city government does nothing about the litter that lies everywhere.
Near the City Building, which houses the offices of the mayor and members of the city council who propose these fines, are properties with litter, lying untouched on a daily and yearly basis.
Also, little is done about broken and cracked sidewalks, and there are streets that remain unrepaired for years.
Where are our taxes going?
The city talks about revitalization plans and projects. OK, revitalize. However, clean up and fix the areas that are the government's responsibility to maintain.
Our government people must see to it that roads, streets, sidewalks and curbing are maintained in a timely way. Years shouldn't pass before they're fixed.
It is my opinion that this municipality is mismanaging the citizens' tax dollars and is putting money into lesser projects that could wait until infrastructure that's badly in need of fixing is repaired.
Main Street constantly is littered with trash. Why haven't the mayor and city council fined those businesses where litter remains?
Business owners should send their employees out daily, or hire someone to clean up the litter.
Many sidewalks in the Main Street business district are cracked and have holes that are dangerous to pedestrians.
Why no fines?
It's a disgrace to see how Butler in many ways has deteriorated to such deplorable conditions.
We have a drug problem and there are the lazy folks who take no pride in their properties, the city and its overall appearance.
Butler needs to attract sober citizens with strong ethics and morals. When that happens, improvements will start happening.
I appeal to Butler residents to work together on the city's behalf. Until we all start working together, nothing will get done.
A clean city is a delight to live in.


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Photos: Explosions rock marathon finish line
Photos: Explosions rock marathon finish line
A Boston police officer wheeled an injured boy down Boylston Street as medical workers carried an injured runner.
People ran away from explosions on Boylston Street, near the Boston Marathon finish line.
A man walked away from the scene of the explosions, his clothing ripped.
Two people were on the sidewalk as Boston police cleared Copley Square.
President Obama spoke about the attacks from Washington, D.C.
The window of Marathon Sports on Boylston Street was shattered.
The blasts happened on Boylston Street, where crowds gathered near the marathon's finish line.
The area around the finish line was evacuated.
Justine Franco of Montpelier, Vt., held a sign near Copley Square looking for her missing friend who was running her first Boston Marathon.
A man carried an American flag near Kenmore Square.
Police officers with their guns drawn reacted to the second blast down the street.
A second explosion occurred seconds after the first.
Katherine Swierk (left) hugged her aunt Terry Days (center) and friend Jocelyn Cacio near Copley Square.
Runners gathered near Kenmore Square.
Two officials ran away from the first explosion on Boylston Street.
A runner (center) reunited with loved ones near Copley Square.
Cell phone service was disrupted in the area.
A State Police officer inspected a suspicious package on Stuart Street.
Two women walked away from the scene of the explosions.
Debris littered the area near the finish line.
Many injured were taken by stretcher to area hospitals.
A marathon volunteer helped a runner who was knocked to the ground.
Marathon volunteers at the scene.
Emergency personnel at the scene.
Boston Police struggled to remove barricades to reach victims.
A marathon runner walked through traffic at Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue.


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- Gameplay: The basic mechanic of combat in Wizard 101 is elegant. Your spells cost Power Points. The more powerful the spell, the more Power Points it consumes. You build up Power Points at the rate of 1 per turn. However, buffing and debuffing spells cost zero Power Points. So the game revolves around casting buffs and debuffs to build up Power Points, and then choosing an appropriate damage spell. There is some beautiful tension involved, and getting the right mix of buff/debuff spells and damage spells of appropriate cost is a lot of fun.
Basic gameplay is turn based, with up to four players on each side. Other people can join your battles, and other monsters will also join (if there are more players than monsters).
- Graphics: The graphics in Wizard 101 are crisp, clean, cartoony, and colorful. It's a kids game, so it's not cutting edge graphics, but the art style more than makes up for it. Gear looks nice, and the monsters and card animations are very well done. I'm a big fan of the art style of this game, but your mileage may vary. In particular, the word "realism" has no place here.
- Polish: Wizard 101 is nicely polished. It's stable and there were very few bugs when I played it.
- Character Creation: The character creation system is a series of Ultima-style questions. I kept getting Fire mage, even when I was trying for something different. I'm not sure what that says about me. The naming system is also cool. You choose a first name, and two parts of a last name. My character in beta was a Fire/Myth (primary school/secondary school) mage named Richard Sunweaver. After the wipe, I made a Death/Balance mage named Valerian Ravencaller. I liked the character creation system and naming system a lot.
- Communication: I never thought I'd see the day when I missed Barrens Chat. Because Wizard 101 is aimed at kids (have to Protect The Children™), it's somewhat hard to communicate with people. Nintendo does very much the same thing in their multi-player games. There's no guilds, no parties. Most communication is done through a menu system which I found awkward to use. As well, since all the barriers are so obviously aimed at protecting young kids, as an adult I found myself uneasy at the thought of approaching people for help with tough battles. There's no general chat channel, where you can send requests for help out into the void.
The closest WoW analogy to this is doing quests with the opposite faction. If you're Alliance, and you come across a Horde working on the same quest, sometimes the two of you will work together to complete it. You can't talk to each other, so there's this odd dance of gestures and inferring meaning (and the dance takes on extra weight on a PvP server). That's what playing with strangers in Wizard 101 feels like.
I'm a quiet player, but I like seeing guild chat or general chat scroll by. Wizard 101 just felt very lonely to me, even though I was surrounded by other players.
Obviously, this may not matter to you if you play with friends, or it may even be a positive if you have young children you are concerned about.
Wizard 101 is a great game. It has many good qualities, and is worth trying out even for the jaded adult gamer, just to see the basic gameplay. It is a children's game, so it is cute. It isn't amazingly deep and doesn't have many sub-games like crafting or raiding or PvP (though there are some arcade games and an arena where you can duel). But Wizard 101 focuses on its core gameplay, and that core is executed cleanly and polished to a shine.


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The El Dorado Wildcats continued their home floor dominance Tuesday night en route to their 11th victory of the season in a 49-36 victory over the visiting Wellington Crusaders.
The El Dorado Wildcats continued their home floor dominance Tuesday night en route to their 11th victory of the season in a 49-36 victory over the visiting Wellington Crusaders.
"We started the game pretty well tonight and went through our normal lapses that we have to continue to work on in our consistency and concentration," said El Dorado head coach Gary Melcher.
The Wildcats jumped out to a 16-9 first quarter lead over the Iron Dukes behind 14 points from point guard Travis House.
"We were disappointed with our game at Andale and how we came out and our focus from the start of this game was to come out strong and I believe that was a big part of our success in the outcome of the game," said guard Travis House.
House finished with a game high 18 points with two three pointers meanwhile going 2-4 from the line.
Both teams went point for point in the second scoring 10 a piece and El Dorado led 26-19 at halftime.
"You can find shots in a game and sometimes the shots you find end up going in, but were they good shots for that particular possession. At times we have been careless and lose our concentration and ideally we have to threaten opposing defenses at the basket. Sometimes we are not a threat at the basket and settle for some shots," said Melcher.
The closest Wellington would come was with 5 minutes left in the third and El Dorado led 28-22, but the Wildcats would go on to outscored the Crusaders 11-7 in the frame to take a 37-26 lead into the fourth.
The fourth quarter was owned on both boards by El Dorado big man Jared Haury who closed out the game with 17 points for the Wildcats.
"Coach Melcher said to work hard and get the rebounds and the offense will come and that is what happened," said forward Jared Haury.
El Dorado was without senior Collin Just who suffered a sprained ankle in practice and Haury was able to pick up the slack in his absence.
The Wildcats won the fourth quarter, outscoring Wellington 12-10 in the fourth for their 11th victory of the season.
Aaron Riffel finished with 6 points, Sam Haines and Trevor Crain each had 4 points in the victory.
"We need to work on our offensive flow and be more fluid and we just need to remember that our last game at McPherson was a different game and we didn't have Coach Melcher. I think this game will be a lot better," said Haury.
El Dorado now squares off with McPherson Friday at homecoming.
"We need to work on our consistency. There were times where we played real well and times where we played badly. We need to limit our mistakes, every possession will be crucial against McPherson. We need to play our game and hope for the best," said House.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011 - Raunchy Sex Duo with Martin Mourek and Artuf Lafek
Martin Mourek and Artuf Lafek entertain us in this Raunchy Sex Duo. Martin is a great looking guy, and we first see him working in his office. The water cooler is empty and he calls for a replacement bottle. It turns out that Artur is the guy who delivers the new one. He insists on payment immediately and as Martin doesn't seem inclined to pay Artur decides that he will take payment in kind. after inducing Martin to his knees he drops his coveralls and reveal a nice stiff dick, which he shoves into Martin's mouth. Martin starts to suck on the dick as Artur fucks it into his face. Artur then pulls Martin onto the table and gets him naked, apart from his shirt and tie, puts restraints on him, and then continues to fuck his face. Next Artur has Martin chained to an overhead pole and goes down on him, taking his big dick in his mouth for a while before turning him around and opening his ass with a couple of finger. Ripping the shirt asunder, to get a bet look at what he is doing Artur then puts a ball-gag in Martin's mouth and also ties one of his legs in the air and as his hole is now spread and easily available shoves his dick deep inside. He fucks him nice and hard in that position. then they change positions so that Martin is still tied, but in doggy position on the table and Artur plows his ass some more, later turning him over into missionary position where he fucks some more, until Martin can't hold back and shoot his load as he is being fucked. Artur is also ready to blow and moves up to Martin's face and shoot his load in his mouth. Martin then takes Artur's dick in his mouth again, to suck off the last of the cum.
Danek Carka and Jan Motyka came into the studio for a Broke Czech Boys shoot and boy did we get a great shoot. In the interview Danek told us that he had actually done something in the past, with a friend after they were drunk, but he insisted that the friend was the one who made the first move. In this shoot after Danek demonstrates his singing ability the guys start the business with a kiss and then Jan pulls his jeans down and Danek gets to work, sucking on his cock. Amidst some laughter, at what they are doing, Danek continues to suck and wank Jan, not entirely succeeding in getting him fully hard. However Jan has no such problem with Danek, as he starts to suck him. Danek is very rapidly rock hard and his dick is throbbing in Jan's mouth. The guys then move to a 69 with Danek on top, and he soon stretches down and starts to rim Jan's hole. Next Danek is instructed to fuck Jan, which he proceeds to do. Jan certainly feels that thick dick in his ass and, at first, he is very tentative about it. But after a change of position, which sees Jan sitting on Danek's dick things seem to be much easier for him as he rides the dick. Another change, to doggy and Jan is pushing back and forth on Danek's dick, before he lays flat on his belly, with Danek of top, and able to get his dick real deep in Jan's ass. Finally we come to the pop shots, anad Jan is first, dumping his cum in Danek's mouth. Danek then reciprocates squirting his load all over Jan's face, who then sucks the dick clean. This was a very good scene, with the guys being prepared to try everything, and succeeding very well indeed.
Michal Adamus is aged 18 and lives in Louny. He is a motor mechanic who enjoys cars, football and fitness. Michal looks very good in this stills shoot. Not the tallest of guys, at only 5'5", but he certainly isn't short in the dick department, with a big fat schlong hanging between his legs. It makes very good wood and looks great as it stands proud from his body. Michal also has a very nice ass, and a little smattering of hair in the butt crack. All in all he looks very good indeed.
Rado Zuska is aged 30 and lives in Melnik, and Olda Stocek is from Marianske Lazne and is aged 21. Two new models with great bodies, we took them on location to the lake for this video shoot. The guys walk to the lake and shuck down their shorts and slip into the lake, where they starting frolicing about, splashing each other and generally ducking and playing. Then Olda leaves the lake and starts to walk up into the woods, followed by Rado. They find a nice spot where the sun is shining through the trees. Olda lays a towel on the ground and reclines on it, with Rado standing against a tree, his chest glistening in the sun. The guys then start to wank themselves, all the time looking at each other as they do it, and before long they are both hard. Rado then turns around and bends over, with his ass close to Olda's face, so he gets a very good view of Rado's ass and its tight hole.
The Olda pulls his legs up, and Rado holds the legs in the air, reaching over and taking a very good look as Olda's ass as well. Then the guys stand up, facing each other and start wanking again before they have a big wank off to see who can shoot their load first. Rado wins, and spurts a nice load. Then Olda lets his go too. Finally, once they are dressed Rado needs to take a piss before they leave. This is an excellent video, with two great looking guys, very well filmed.


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The Smyrna High School boys junior varsity basketball team is 5-0 in the first few weeks of the season.
Coming off wins against Cape Henlopen, Seaford and Sussex Central, the JV team defeated CR Friday 61-45. They were led by Greg Duggans with 18 points, Donte Ritchie with 15 points and Charlie Taylor with 10 points, 3 assists, and 5 steals.
With a record of 4-0, the Eagles played Tuesday against fellow unbeaten team Sussex tech. The Eagles were down at the half 20-18 after a sluggish start. Smyrna picked it up in the second half for the win beating Sussex Tech 51-32 and improving to 5-0 on the season.
The Eagles were led by Latrelle Lee who had 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. Ritchie added 12 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Jameir Sudler had a strong defensive effort with 5 rebounds and 5 steals.
Next up for the Eagles will be a home game against Lake Forest on Thursday, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m.