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title: Coinstar; alt-text: "Plus they take like 9%."
I figured out a way for this to be funny... imagine Randall trying to explain this joke to someone.
"Can you imagine if some kid put chocolate coins in one of those Coinstar machines?"
"Heh, yeah."
"It would be all like WHIRRRRRRRR BZZZT KERCHUNK TSHHHHHHCLIKCLCIKCLCIKCLCIKC GRING POP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"
"Yeah, okay, I get it."
"And all the chocolate that got stuck in the machine would be like the 9% commission the machine takes."
"*Sigh* Just go make your stupid comic, dear."
"Oh Man! That would make a wiked sweet comic, this guy would walk up to the machine and it would be all like WHIRRR..."
"SHUT UP!"
I will grant that, thanks to my new tactic of imagining Randall trying to explain the joke, I was able to laugh at this comic.
I have no idea what Coinstar machines are, and can't be arsed to look it up, so I don't even know what this comic is about.
ReplyDeleteCoinstar machines allow you to dump in loose change and be provided with money in a more useful form, saving you having to roll it yourself, they charge a percentage of the amount that is deposited for this service.
ReplyDeleteThough looking at the website it looks like if you spend the money you get (in the form of a gift card) at certain venues/brands they waive the service fee.
OOOOHHH
ReplyDeleteNow I understand their purpose! Thank you so much!
My favourite use of Coinstar is that you can take loose change and get a eGift card which can be used for many children's online games... this means that a child who is like 10 can safely drop their piggy bank money into the machine and then turn the code in for a hat for their virtual pet or whatever... without having to divulge personal information or beg mommy for a credit card.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite use of Coinstar is that you can take loose change and get a eGift card which can be used for many children's online games... this means that a child who is like 10 can safely drop their piggy bank money into the machine and then turn the code in for a hat for their virtual pet or whatever... without having to divulge personal information or beg mommy for a credit card.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite use of Coinstar is that you can take loose change and get a eGift card which can be used for many children's online games... this means that a child who is like 10 can safely drop their piggy bank money into the machine and then turn the code in for a hat for their virtual pet or whatever... without having to divulge personal information or beg mommy for a credit card.
ReplyDeleteWhat's funny is that Randall is actually rather good at drawing sound effects. It's a shame he can't use them so well.
ReplyDeleteI hope I'm not the only one completely disturbed by Randall's "stick men draped in people clothes" style in 996. I understand that the joke only works if you can see them wearing clothes, but that doesn't make it work.
ReplyDeleteI just can't understand the point of this comic. Okay, okay. It's obvious enough that Randall went to the doctor with Megan yesterday, so we all know the inspiration. But what's the joke here?
No, stop typing your response. There's a tradition that showing a man her breasts earns a woman a string of beads... during Mardis Gras. It's not Mardis Gras. It's not Mardis Gras for another 2 months. You wouldn't do a Halloween comic in Augus- well, maybe he would. Who knows.
Sorry, but I want to go back and mention the stupid first box again. Loo, we get it. Cancer. It's sad, but it adds nothing to this comic at all. In a comic that's already about twice as wordy as it needs to be, this is just more useless information crammed in for the sake of... I don't even know why. Clearly this isn't something that actually happened, so it's not for accuracy's sake. Maybe it's there so that fans can say it's not nice to criticize the comic.
I hate this comic's pacing. All this comic really needs to be is:
"You're looking great! Remove your top so I can check how the incision is healing."
"Sorry Doc, you know the rules."
Then the doctor pulls out some beads and she takes off her top. Also, the comic is published during Mardis Gras to establish context. That's all you really need (also I would change the doctor's awkward dialogue, but I'm just talking pacing).
As it stands now, it's just atrocious. NEITHER line of dialogue is necessary in the last panel, and the third panel actually makes me angry. "This is so ridiculous"? Of course it is, it's a joke in a comic strip. The cartoonists' goal here should be to make the reader think that, not to hamfistedly establish that the joke is funny before you tell it. Imagine a conversation like this:
"Wow man, what happened to you?"
"I broke my wrist and fractured my hip. I'm about to say something facetious, by the way. You should see the other guy."
Alright, that's all I have to say. I'm going to go have nightmares about Megan opening her coat to reveal some kind of wormhole now.
Also this turned out really long. You can use it as a guest review if you want.
WTF? How the hell does randall expect people to know what this stupid obscure "coinstar" is?
ReplyDeleteAnd even if we did know, it's still not funny.
well thats because you guys arent even taking time to think, and are taking some one suffering from cancer from an assholes point of view, if you actually want to know what the comic is really about got to explainxkcd.com or look up explain xkcd on google for what they actually mean. and yes i do admit that some of them arent that funny but others are amazing plus hes not even professional so please stop with all your shit talk.
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