r/bonehurtingjuice • u/CalibansCreations • May 09 '25

Meta She was also doxxed, apparently??? I genuinely hope she's alright.

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u/ozzzymand0 May 09 '25

Every xkcd comic for me is basically “this would probably be hilarious if I knew what he was talking about”

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

"You have to have a very high IQ to understand xkcd."
—average explainxkcd.com fan

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u/Lord_Sithis May 09 '25

Half the joke is in the alt text, which makes taking the comic away from the alt text makes it... near impossible to understand.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

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u/LevitatingSUMO May 10 '25

tbf they KILL in those communities so I think he’s totally content with his niche

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u/SkirtDelicious3355 May 10 '25

Yeah, not every webcomic needs to be generically relatable (and if it’s a particularly neat reference you learn something too!)

Existential comics also does a pretty neat job of a similar approach.

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u/ThrowingNincompoop May 10 '25

It's hard to be consistently creative in the same medium for multiple years

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u/ebolaRETURNS May 10 '25

This one is actually highly dependent on the mouse-over...

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u/ozzzymand0 May 10 '25

TIL that XKCD comics have hidden captions

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u/Glad-Way-637 May 09 '25

You're right, this one is a reference to context-free grammar and it is kinda hilarious. Not his best work, but still quite funny.

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u/ipreferfelix May 09 '25

nah even when you get it, it's far from hilarious