Zeta Channel Rules • FAQ • Search • advertise
General Statistics
Total Posts: 276946
Total Topics: 4690
Online Today: 25
Online Ever: 127, on March 13, 2007, 12:56:10 PM
Users Online
Totals
Users: 7
Guests: 13
Total: 20
Index
» Comics » [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures
 Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7
Norq Reply #20 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted February 07, 2007, 12:57:45 AM
Mistress Strawberry Shortcake
Naughty Moderator
Renown: +18/-0
Offline Offline

Posts: 4,055

I'm a weasel.
I've already started plans for turning my bedroom at my parent's house into a fort.  Mwahaha!  Spring break, here we come!
Logged
I'm a little temptress
Short and stout.

I *leaf* my Boy.
12595_mr._tester.png
icicole Reply #21 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted February 07, 2007, 05:47:44 AM
Renown: +22/-0
Offline Offline

Posts: 899
Logged
Jabba: "I blame Europe for this, for shipping 300-400 years worth of religious nuts over to America. "
S*S: "That was the DEAL, asshole. You get the largest landmass with the best resources and the destiny of the modern age, and we get to offload our religious zea lots."
Ramsus Reply #22 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted February 07, 2007, 10:54:45 AM
Renown: +5/-0
Offline Offline

Posts: 646
This comic is fantastic, although it confuses my wife, I'm busting a gut laughing and when she asks what's so funny I say somthing like "he forrier transformed his cat!" or "sudo make me a sandwich!"  It makes me realize what a nerd I am.
Logged
phobos Reply #23 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 10:21:05 AM
Renown: +58/-2
Offline Offline

Posts: 2,742
Oh God. I don't think I've laughed so hysterically at anything in years.
Logged
Jar-Jar, you're a genius!

Wii: 0349 5934 4001 0024
12595_mr._tester.png
Lady Malchav Reply #24 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 01:02:35 PM
Renown: +39/-1
Online Online

Posts: 3,382
I love how if you've never read the book, you'd just be plain confused there.
Logged
http://agloria.myminicity.com
-"There's a time and a place for everything, and I believe it's called fanfiction." -Joss Whedon-
Why all this fuss about canon - and, indeed, continuity - in a show about a man who changes history for a living? -Steven Moffat-
machiavelli33 Reply #25 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 01:07:27 PM
Game Master
Renown: +48/-4
Offline Offline

Posts: 3,197

Not your typical chinaman.
Oh man I've read the book and I still dont' get it.

Somebody please explain it to me so I can stop feeling like a loser.
Logged
"Wasn't until years later we found out what fag -really- meant."
"-You're- a fag."
"No no...a fag's a cigarette...remember?"
"-You're- a cigarette."
8833_mr._gm.png
Tamsin Reply #26 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 01:13:08 PM
Administrator
Renown: +32/-1
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,914

Snarky hedgehog
When Ender was trying to get his team to win the zer-gee little training battles, he struck upon the idea of telling them to think of the other team's gate as being below them. Then they would 'fall' towards it. Since their brains were better at the idea of falling at something than whooshing through zero-gee, they did well. The other team was taken unawares because they were still thinking of themselves as fighting 'flying' foes, not 'falling' foes. Manipulating personal perception for victory and all that junk.
Logged
For further information, consult your pineal gland.
Barefoot Tea-mistress
machiavelli33 Reply #27 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 02:25:51 PM
Game Master
Renown: +48/-4
Offline Offline

Posts: 3,197

Not your typical chinaman.
Ohhhhhh.

The enemy gate is "down."

Oook.
Logged
"Wasn't until years later we found out what fag -really- meant."
"-You're- a fag."
"No no...a fag's a cigarette...remember?"
"-You're- a cigarette."
8833_mr._gm.png
Tamsin Reply #28 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 02:28:03 PM
Administrator
Renown: +32/-1
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,914

Snarky hedgehog
Any more jokes you wish me to kill by explanation?  Heart
Logged
For further information, consult your pineal gland.
Barefoot Tea-mistress
machiavelli33 Reply #29 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 02:30:31 PM
Game Master
Renown: +48/-4
Offline Offline

Posts: 3,197

Not your typical chinaman.
Where do babies come from?
Logged
"Wasn't until years later we found out what fag -really- meant."
"-You're- a fag."
"No no...a fag's a cigarette...remember?"
"-You're- a cigarette."
8833_mr._gm.png
Tamsin Reply #30 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 03:12:34 PM
Administrator
Renown: +32/-1
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,914

Snarky hedgehog
*tries so hard to restrain self, but fails*

Your mom.
Logged
For further information, consult your pineal gland.
Barefoot Tea-mistress
machiavelli33 Reply #31 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 28, 2007, 03:33:44 PM
Game Master
Renown: +48/-4
Offline Offline

Posts: 3,197

Not your typical chinaman.
YAYYYYYY

oh god
Logged
"Wasn't until years later we found out what fag -really- meant."
"-You're- a fag."
"No no...a fag's a cigarette...remember?"
"-You're- a cigarette."
8833_mr._gm.png
Anumati Reply #32 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 01:03:49 AM
Administrator
Renown: +44/-1
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,796

This is where I say something clever.
Quote from: Tamsin on March 28, 2007, 01:13:08 PM
When Ender was trying to get his team to win the zer-gee little training battles, he struck upon the idea of telling them to think of the other team's gate as being below them. Then they would 'fall' towards it. Since their brains were better at the idea of falling at something than whooshing through zero-gee, they did well. The other team was taken unawares because they were still thinking of themselves as fighting 'flying' foes, not 'falling' foes. Manipulating personal perception for victory and all that junk.

Actually, there's another layer of meaning to that "The enemy's gate is down" as well. All of Ender's battle school training is warm up for an interplanetary war, and the gates represent the enemy planet. Ender is so fucking smart he manages to intuit that. It's a nice bit of depth. (no pun intended.)
Logged
Yes is the word to everything.

Go listen to my sister's band.
12595_mr._tester.png
S*S Reply #33 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 09:12:38 AM
Game Master
Renown: +182/-69
Offline Offline

Posts: 5,942
But how does that make "The enemy gate is down" into a joke/double entendre?
Logged
...It's JOHNNY. Jeepers, how hard do you think it is to distract him?  It's like, more difficult to distract a kitten. -Majestrix
Most [political] problems are the product of complex conditions. They require trade-offs and policy expertise. They are not solvable through the mere assertion of sterling character.
What are good/neutral things about me?/Bad things about me?
8833_mr._gm.png
K Reply #34 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 10:11:33 AM
Renown: +81/-12
Offline Offline

Posts: 4,010
There was a system crash, so the enemy's gate is down...
Logged

"Kittens are so awesome. You know what's worse then kittens? TERMINATOR 3." - S*S
S*S Reply #35 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 11:15:23 AM
Game Master
Renown: +182/-69
Offline Offline

Posts: 5,942
Quote from: Krieg on March 29, 2007, 10:11:33 AM
There was a system crash, so the enemy's gate is down...

Yeah, but, how is the enemies gate as representative of the enemies planet down?

Unless system means... solar system, or something?
Logged
...It's JOHNNY. Jeepers, how hard do you think it is to distract him?  It's like, more difficult to distract a kitten. -Majestrix
Most [political] problems are the product of complex conditions. They require trade-offs and policy expertise. They are not solvable through the mere assertion of sterling character.
What are good/neutral things about me?/Bad things about me?
8833_mr._gm.png
da chicken Reply #36 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 04:15:04 PM
Renown: +133/-15
Offline Offline

Posts: 5,902

It's a joke. Laugh.
God, S*S, it has to do with goose feathers.  What the fuck, mate?
Logged
"Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit." -- Oscar Wilde

"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -- Carl Sagan
89649_mr._bugfinder.png12595_mr._tester.png
Aleric Reply #37 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 29, 2007, 05:31:32 PM
Game Master
Renown: +31/-0
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,025

I hunger.
Quote from: S*S on March 29, 2007, 11:15:23 AM
Quote from: Krieg on March 29, 2007, 10:11:33 AM
There was a system crash, so the enemy's gate is down...

Yeah, but, how is the enemies gate as representative of the enemies planet down?

Unless system means... solar system, or something?

There was a system crash - computer system controlling the battle room, hence the gate being "down..." down as in... no longer working.

Given that Ender had his troops think of the enemy's gate as being below them, the gate would be "down" as in the direction.

If you still don't get it, I'm not sure you ever will.


If you were talking about what Anumati meant by her bringing up the double meaning, all she was saying was that Ender was thinking of the enemy gate in the battle room as being the final objective, which he viewed as the enemy planet.  in the long run that part doesn't really have anything to do with the joke.
Last Edit: March 29, 2007, 05:34:11 PM by Karasuman Logged
Skull and bones, posin' like a mannequin
In Moloch's Grove, such a bohemian
8833_mr._gm.png
S*S Reply #38 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 30, 2007, 12:42:11 AM
Game Master
Renown: +182/-69
Offline Offline

Posts: 5,942
I do get the initial pun, I thought Anumati was saying that there was another one there. Eh, neverminds  Aww
Logged
...It's JOHNNY. Jeepers, how hard do you think it is to distract him?  It's like, more difficult to distract a kitten. -Majestrix
Most [political] problems are the product of complex conditions. They require trade-offs and policy expertise. They are not solvable through the mere assertion of sterling character.
What are good/neutral things about me?/Bad things about me?
8833_mr._gm.png
Anumati Reply #39 in [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures — Posted March 30, 2007, 07:30:34 PM
Administrator
Renown: +44/-1
Offline Offline

Posts: 1,796

This is where I say something clever.
Sorry should have been more clear I was just commenting on the book not the joke in the comic.
Logged
Yes is the word to everything.

Go listen to my sister's band.
12595_mr._tester.png
Index
» Comics » [XKCD] Humor with Stick Figures
 Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7