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posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:34 am

Comments

Did my wife send this to you?

Comment by Wigand Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:40 am
Damnit, Rich — you keep saying that you will keep our identities confidential, and there you go posting a photo!

Comment by the Other Anonymous Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:42 am
Looks like Sunnyside in Ravenswood.

Comment by Northside Bunker Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:43 am
That is a microcosm of your audience Rich.

Comment by BandCamp Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:43 am
Seems like a perpertual motion machine to me.

Comment by Pat Collins Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:44 am
Keyboardius Pontificus Maximus.

Comment by Snidely Whiplash Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:46 am
That’s so many people!

Comment by Ahem Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:51 am
I am amending our tax returns for the last 6 years!!!!!

Comment by Fedup2 Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:54 am
Looks like the conversation Rod Blagojevich had with his wife last night while secretly reading capitol fax.

Comment by Speaking At Will Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:56 am
This is why I can never get any “work” done. If I could just figure out how to get paid for this.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:57 am
That’s how I feel every time Ghost posts!

;)

Comment by Kevin Fanning Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 11:59 am
How did that cartoonist draw me at my computer without my seeing him?

Comment by Fan of the Game Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:02 pm
BTW, the proper source is: http://xkcd.com/386/

Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:02 pm
THis is my favorite of his:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/stove_ownership.png

Comment by Frank Sobotka Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:09 pm
Hmmm, that looks vaguely familiar.

Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:16 pm
The internets is serious business!!!

Comment by Levois Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:20 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.

Comment by b-dogg Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:23 pm
b-dogg, what’s with the seriousness?

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:25 pm
LOL. My bad, those were just my thoughts after looking at the cartoon.

Comment by b-dogg Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:28 pm
:)

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:30 pm
south park already did it

Comment by Admiral Wumpus Akbar Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:36 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.

Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:41 pm
LOL. It’s funny because it’s true.

Comment by Squideshi Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 12:42 pm
Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?

Comment by Shelbyville Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:05 pm
Al Gores’ Spidy-Sense kikcks in.

Comment by playk8 Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:31 pm
==Are most bloggers and posters men? and why is that?==

Because we can’t find anybody to listen to us.

Comment by Vote Quimby! Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:38 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.

Comment by chic ster Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 1:56 pm
It’s a control thing.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:06 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.

Comment by doubtful Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:24 pm
I’m on the internet and I’m never wrong!

Comment by Smithers Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 2:24 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

Comment by Say WHAT? Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 3:59 pm
That certainly isn’t me in that cartoon. I weigh a heck of a lot more than that guy! : -)

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 4:12 pm
You all missed the obvious - That is Rich’s Automated “Bite Me” Robot.

Comment by A Citizen Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 4:25 pm
AA thought it was Hoffman.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 5:20 pm
xkcd is my favorite comic, and this is my favorite blog. Never thought I would have seen them together!

Comment by enginerd Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 7:05 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.

Comment by Gregor Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 9:46 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.

Comment by Mark Johnson Thursday, Sep 25, 08 @ 10:03 pm