i am assuming this stick person is writing a post on a blog, since that is where most debate takes place on the internet. the wonderful thing about the internet as a medium of communication and debate is that it can never get physical. PEOPLE CAN START TO YELL, but that is all they can do. we constantly hear how the writing skills of kids and people in society in general today are deteriorating, the rise of blogs in recent years may be creating a space where writing skills can be improved. that being said, even if you are able to write well, and form a solid argument, the person that you disagree (or agree) with or who stimulated you to write the post may not read your comments, so your post may go unread by the person that you want most to read it. in looking at the cartoon i am reminded as well of a comment i heard from a print journalist who was critical of blogs saying the information contained in some of them is often “wrong.” it didn’t take much thinking on my part to bring up Jayson Blair, the NYT journalist who fabricated entire stories and was let go for it. So there are two tracks going on here in this cartoon, the idea of blogs as a medium of debate and that of whether or not what we read on blogs is factual.
==Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?==
They all think they are right and the world would be much better if it would do as they say. The girls just read and laugh, cause when we get home, we know who is in charge. LOL
- Louis G. Atsaves - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 4:12 pm:
That certainly isn’t me in that cartoon. I weigh a heck of a lot more than that guy! : -)
- Wigand - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:40 am:
Did my wife send this to you?
- the Other Anonymous - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:42 am:
Damnit, Rich — you keep saying that you will keep our identities confidential, and there you go posting a photo!
- Northside Bunker - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:43 am:
Looks like Sunnyside in Ravenswood.
- BandCamp - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:43 am:
That is a microcosm of your audience Rich.
- Pat Collins - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:44 am:
Seems like a perpertual motion machine to me.
- Snidely Whiplash - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:46 am:
Keyboardius Pontificus Maximus.
- Ahem - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:51 am:
That’s so many people!
- Fedup2 - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:54 am:
I am amending our tax returns for the last 6 years!!!!!
- Speaking At Will - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:56 am:
Looks like the conversation Rod Blagojevich had with his wife last night while secretly reading capitol fax.
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:57 am:
This is why I can never get any “work” done. If I could just figure out how to get paid for this.
- Kevin Fanning - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:59 am:
That’s how I feel every time Ghost posts!
;)
- Fan of the Game - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:02 pm:
How did that cartoonist draw me at my computer without my seeing him?
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:02 pm:
BTW, the proper source is: http://xkcd.com/386/
- Frank Sobotka - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:09 pm:
THis is my favorite of his:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/stove_ownership.png
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:16 pm:
Hmmm, that looks vaguely familiar.
- Levois - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:20 pm:
The internets is serious business!!!
- b-dogg - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:23 pm:
i am assuming this stick person is writing a post on a blog, since that is where most debate takes place on the internet. the wonderful thing about the internet as a medium of communication and debate is that it can never get physical. PEOPLE CAN START TO YELL, but that is all they can do. we constantly hear how the writing skills of kids and people in society in general today are deteriorating, the rise of blogs in recent years may be creating a space where writing skills can be improved. that being said, even if you are able to write well, and form a solid argument, the person that you disagree (or agree) with or who stimulated you to write the post may not read your comments, so your post may go unread by the person that you want most to read it. in looking at the cartoon i am reminded as well of a comment i heard from a print journalist who was critical of blogs saying the information contained in some of them is often “wrong.” it didn’t take much thinking on my part to bring up Jayson Blair, the NYT journalist who fabricated entire stories and was let go for it. So there are two tracks going on here in this cartoon, the idea of blogs as a medium of debate and that of whether or not what we read on blogs is factual.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:25 pm:
b-dogg, what’s with the seriousness?
- b-dogg - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:28 pm:
LOL. My bad, those were just my thoughts after looking at the cartoon.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:30 pm:
:)
- Admiral Wumpus Akbar - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:36 pm:
south park already did it
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:41 pm:
Gov. Rod Blagojevich issues an executive order declaring that all factual errors on the internet be fixed by close of business on September 30, 2008.
That’s the end of THAT chapter.
- Squideshi - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:42 pm:
LOL. It’s funny because it’s true.
- Shelbyville - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:05 pm:
Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?
- playk8 - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:31 pm:
Al Gores’ Spidy-Sense kikcks in.
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:38 pm:
==Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?==
Because we can’t find anybody to listen to us.
- chic ster - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:56 pm:
Shelbyville - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:05 pm:
Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?
I was wondering the same thing! I know my husband is glued to his PC most evenings.
- Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:06 pm:
It’s a control thing.
- doubtful - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:24 pm:
I’ve always likened arguing on the internet to playing tennis with a brick wall. No matter how good you are, the brick wall always wins.
And no, that has never stopped me from arguing on the internet.
- Smithers - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:24 pm:
I’m on the internet and I’m never wrong!
- Say WHAT? - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 3:59 pm:
==Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?==
They all think they are right and the world would be much better if it would do as they say. The girls just read and laugh, cause when we get home, we know who is in charge. LOL
- Louis G. Atsaves - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 4:12 pm:
That certainly isn’t me in that cartoon. I weigh a heck of a lot more than that guy! : -)
- A Citizen - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 4:25 pm:
You all missed the obvious - That is Rich’s Automated “Bite Me” Robot.
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 5:20 pm:
AA thought it was Hoffman.
- enginerd - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 7:05 pm:
xkcd is my favorite comic, and this is my favorite blog. Never thought I would have seen them together!
- Gregor - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 9:46 pm:
We could re-caption that comic to make it be Rod feverishly writing his own press releases. Or re-writing to “do right” AV’s.
- Mark Johnson - Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 10:03 pm:
Rich…..
Glad to see we have the same sense of humour. I laughed out loud at this one and I’m not one to do that often.