2015-03-22

XKCD Isn't Funny - #1501 - Mysteries

 At the bottom left: the mystery of why, when I know I needed to be asleep an hour ago, I decide it's a good idea to read through every wikipedia article in the categories, 'Out of place artifacts', 'Earth Mysteries', 'Anomalous weather', and 'List of people who disappeared mysteriously'.

I'm disappointed that "Your fetish" wasn't on the "Weird as hell" side.

This is one that I just honestly don't see the humor in it. It's kinda neat to see a list of mysterious events, I guess, but there's not really a joke here UNTIL...

....you get to the alt-text! Like, seriously, mouse over the comic, it is worth reading (if a little wordy for an alt-text). It's kinda self deprecating, which is a nice change of pace, and it's, y'know, a joke. However, it also really takes away from the comic. It's nice to know that Randy's literally just giving us a folddown of his Wikipedia experience of the night. I've said before that certain comics look like they were written after hitting the "random" button on Wikipedia a few times for inspiration, and now we know why.

In conclusion, seriously, @theneedledrop, only 5/10 for Strangers To Ourselves? I mean, it's no Jenny Death, but it's still at least a 7/10, dammit.

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