1220-1222: So Bad it's Meta

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1220 - Randall is being meta by pointing out how much he hates meta-ness. It would be good if it was actually funny. But no. D

1221 - Ugh, it's not that I don't understand the references here. It's just not even funny when you do. It's not even anything. This comic has no right to exist. It's wasting precious pixels on my screen. F-

1222 - I think I understand what he's getting at (Randall, get out of my head!) But it seems so needlessly negative, and yes, smug. Randall presents a problem, but offers no solution. How the mighty have fallen, since 267. D-

Bingo time!

Oh boy, we haven't done this in a while. It would be a most special thread for this inaugural bingo. So let's have a look at the 2-page obnoxiousness-fest that is the thread for 1221.

B1 (I signed up just to say...) - This square comes courtesy of new user A42, who made this post:

"I made an account here just to say, EEEEEEEEEE, Randall referenced A Wrinkle In Time!"

...which also counts as a B2 and a B3.

I2 (Language/grammar) - We had a long and pointless flame-war about the dot that appears after an abbreviation like Mrs. (yes, really!) It was m_dow who fired the first shot.

N3 (Get out of my head, Randall!): Yes, it is.

G4 (Off-topic argument) - that argument about grammar was indeed off-topic.

O5 (Explaining the joke): Too many examples to link to. But for a comic like this, it was inevitable.

See you next week with more bingo.

xkcdsucks vs xkcd-sucks meta-review

By popular demand* here is the definitive unbiased comparison between xkcd's leading hate-blogs.

xkcdsucks (A.K.A. "No-hypen")

The lead 'reviewer' on this blog can't even be bothered to pump out shitty one-line reviews once a week, leaving the comment threads to wither and die. Once a comment thread turns 2 weeks old, that's it. It can't be posted in anymore. It's clear that people only prefer it out of habit, and failing to update their bookmarks.

F-

xkcd-sucks (A.K.A. "Hypen")

Updated every week with content from yours truly. I may even do other features, like Forum-watch and Bingo if there's demand for it. Best of all, if I stop posting for any reason (although really there's not much chance of that happening), the comment threads will work indefinitely.

A++++

*One guy requested it, and I think he was joking