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I Am Not Good with Boomerangs

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  • Metalteeth9, on 07/04/2008, -26/+113Just like XKCD comics on dig, they always come back.

    *I do like the comics on dig though.
    • ahmedb07, on 07/04/2008, -3/+163its digg....i let it go the first time as a spelling error, but then you misspelled it again...so you must not know.
      • tian2992, on 07/04/2008, -32/+5http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6595/nfs3aml8.j ...

        This is your final warning, next time you'll be riding with me.
      • tas08, on 07/04/2008, -6/+53Good call ahmedb07. Consider yourself dug.
      • muniak, on 07/04/2008, -8/+38"It's" has an apostrophe; just thought you should know.
      • occasus, on 07/04/2008, -2/+24The semicolon is the most pretentious character known to man.
      • megostylez, on 07/04/2008, -4/+7Actually its very easy to use; it allows for 2 independent clauses to be near which can help a reader more quickly recognize their relation. Not as if we cant do without the semicolon or anything...
      • rationalist, on 07/04/2008, -4/+5William F. Buckley, Jr. > semicolon
      • s3rgi0, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3However, "Just thought you should know" is not an independent clause.
    • Metalteeth9, on 07/04/2008, -3/+38Wow....how the hell did I do that.
      • IG64, on 07/04/2008, -0/+49Maybe you had a secret irrational desire to be first, and you were typing like a bomb was about to go off.
      • ModernGeek, on 07/04/2008, -0/+19Maybe some sort of lame spell checker that changes digg to dig by itself. Like Microsoft® Word® AutoCorrect™.
      • Puppetfunk, on 07/04/2008, -10/+2Or perhaps the Built in Firefox spell checker?
      • DaHuuuuuudge, on 07/04/2008, -2/+16The Firefox spell checker doesn't change your words by itself.
    • Greengoo, on 07/04/2008, -3/+36What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?

      --A stick
    • zooplibob, on 07/04/2008, -3/+5I like comics on Digg too, but not if they are just dugg up without even viewing them. This one wasn't that good at all, yet it makes the top page.
  • victor22, on 07/04/2008, -60/+20XKCD!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!! LAWL!!!
    • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -12/+16Not only did I bury your comment, I also reported it as offensive. Offensive to my eyes.
      Please stop that.
    • celkin, on 07/04/2008, -3/+7WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ??
    • mickstephenson, on 07/04/2008, -2/+21Looks like a normal digg comment to an xkcd comic to me.
    • allthosemoments, on 07/04/2008, -5/+3Agreed, I lol'd and dugg the comment.
  • The0, on 07/04/2008, -21/+4Wow, this makes me glad my boomerangs never come back :-/
  • wallryan, on 07/04/2008, -6/+38they are getting here quicker and quicker every time
    • civilizedevil, on 07/04/2008, -10/+14Thats because everyone automatically diggs this unfunny crap instead of reading it first.
      • luet, on 07/04/2008, -3/+8I love how hypocritical these negative comments are about xkcd. most just bury BECAUSE it's xkcd
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9I actually found it pretty funny..... now I'm hurt :'(
      • auto98, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Not the worst though - the worst are those arses that digg to bookmark so they can read it later - ***** ***** with a coating of bollocks
      • shakin, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1@auto98

        Why do you think it is your duty to force people to use Digg the way in which you want them to? Maybe your gripe should be with the Digg developers who haven't added a bookmark option despite the fact that people have been digging as a bookmarking mechanism for years.
    • negativenancy, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1My god, are they... evolving?!
  • BestJaxx, on 07/04/2008, -6/+20And how many other submissions of this comic are there today?
    • Subspace, on 07/04/2008, -4/+3must be a monday, wednesday, or friday...
  • Lane, on 07/04/2008, -1/+141Why is it that the girl seems to always be a floating heavenly being?...
    • MechanicalZack, on 07/04/2008, -15/+0Because they're all boomerang's, actually.
      It's a conspiracy.
    • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -1/+81Because he's a math geek? :P
    • flxfxp, on 07/04/2008, -1/+31Python user
    • aceslick911, on 07/04/2008, -0/+15import gravity
      • admdrew, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Well, she's floating, so...
        #import gravity
    • MozzieTS, on 07/04/2008, -4/+4because he has never actually touched a woman so he has no idea otherwise.
    • onerythym, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4cuz that bitch is Fly!
    • Frozenfuryblade, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Aren't all girls floating heavenly beings?
  • MechanicalZack, on 07/04/2008, -15/+8I love it.
    I think that this one has more of the XKCD charm then the last few.
  • supermanly, on 07/04/2008, -5/+53Impressive

    Submitted 12:02 A.M. EST
  • TheRunes, on 07/04/2008, -15/+58Digg needs a comic section, or at least an XKCD section.
    • iofthestorm, on 07/04/2008, -2/+32What part of All » Entertainment » Comics & Animation do you not understand? Sheesh, learn to read...
      • mistermaster, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2The category is way too broad. However, creating lots of subcategories will needlessly complicate things, so we should start with only two subcategories. Applying Huffman-encoding we end up with "XKCD" and "Others"
  • tian2992, on 07/04/2008, -3/+109I believe that thanks to the Recommendation Engine this will get Front Paged in Record Time.
    • keviniskool, on 07/04/2008, -0/+29Less than 2 hours. Congratulations everyone.
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -0/+28I'd like to thank the diggcademy, and all you diggers out there who stuck to your guns. You're the real winners... *tears*
      • celkin, on 07/04/2008, -0/+10Psh, I just dugg an xkcd from two weeks in the future!

        It's about hammers.
  • minigamer1896, on 07/04/2008, -11/+6Heh, try reading it from bottom left to top right and top left to bottom right. They turn out almost funnier than the original.

    Alt text: Bonus strip: just read the rightmost panels straight down.
    • shortyjacobs, on 07/04/2008, -1/+45I prefer to go:
      bottom left to top left
      down one
      all the way to the right.
      • Puffles, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Hahaha! Clever!
      • bosssmiley, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7Truly you have mastered the xkcd way.
      • WallnutBoy, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4But your method is flawed. There are six boomerangs in the final panel (by your method), when he only throws five when following your method.
  • kinseyincanada, on 07/04/2008, -20/+4please for the love of god digg me!
  • mooseontheloose, on 07/04/2008, -7/+197I'm digging this just so I'm more compatible with people who like xkcd
  • leighlee, on 07/04/2008, -4/+37Eh, he's better off with out a floating girlfriend...Anyway, he has a new pet shark!
  • lgadling, on 07/04/2008, -12/+40I miss the geeky math-related xkcd comics.
    • nazsco, on 07/04/2008, -3/+5agreed. this one and the one about discovery crap were crap.

      and this on digg sucks too. xkcd is already ready daily by everyone here. no need to submit
  • blademanx, on 07/04/2008, -3/+10Maybe if he throws it again, the classhole will show up.
  • CryTekEmployee, on 07/04/2008, -32/+9America owns England.
    • ModernGeek, on 07/04/2008, -2/+15Lets see how many Americans can digg you up, while the rest of the world diggs you down.
    • stabbingkittens, on 07/04/2008, -5/+3Good work mate, you're a ***** imbecile.
  • xlent, on 07/04/2008, -2/+11diagonal ftw!
    • HumanGlitch, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6Horde FTW!
    • PatrickFisher, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I don't know why you haven't been dugg up more. Every way I connected one edge to another in a diagonal fashion, the comic was funnier than the original.
    • jjuanchow, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0yay! its better in BOTH diagonals!!!
  • FaithclubDotNet, on 07/04/2008, -8/+2I didn't know how to read the comic at first. I see 4 panels on the left, and then 3 boomerangs coming back on the right. I thought he threw 4 boomerangs, and then they all came back at the same time.
    • tk0680, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Try reading it row by row, each row being a new attempt at mastering the boomerang.

      ... Or am I being stupid and missing a joke from you on this?
  • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/04/2008, -10/+2Wow, that was so random at the end it just made it awesome.
  • handheldchimp, on 07/04/2008, -22/+170Im lost. Was that supposed to be funny?
    • LimeParrot, on 07/04/2008, -4/+48Yeah I didn't find it amusing either. xkcd is usually great but it does miss every once in a while.
    • Skooma714, on 07/04/2008, -12/+32No, it's xkcd.
    • HumanGlitch, on 07/04/2008, -15/+2no, but ur face is funny.
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 07/04/2008, -4/+18Due to the amount of diggs you are getting, is it a bad sign if I thought that it was hilarious?
    • AmICoolNow, on 07/04/2008, -11/+2The comic was ***** funny. I think the amount of "XKCD SUCKS!" comments is a clear indication of the decline of intelligent users on digg.
      • tk0680, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Decline!? When was Digg intelligent?
      • Synyk, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3humor and intelligence don't always go hand in hand buddy.
    • dstz, on 07/04/2008, -0/+14Not been funny since the guy got laid. Will be funny again soon enough.
    • FearLess77, on 07/04/2008, -4/+1read the subcaption
      • nazsco, on 07/04/2008, -2/+12this time, makes the comic even worse.
      • FearLess77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1its because you are stupid, but thats ok.
    • iSinned, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3I only thought it was slightly funny when I read it diagonally.
    • eskizo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1the bonus strip is funny!
  • jenel, on 07/04/2008, -12/+1I have sex too!
  • tzilla12, on 07/04/2008, -5/+39i was gonna try to say something cool about this so i could get a bunch of diggs and feel good about myself but i really didn't like it. I might be missing a hidden unix joke or something. o well.
    • pigducksheep, on 07/04/2008, -0/+16wait what?? oh well better digg this comment..
  • roflomg, on 07/04/2008, -19/+9damn xkcd is never ever funny....buried!
  • tehjarvis, on 07/04/2008, -10/+48Well, that was lame.
  • philrenaud, on 07/04/2008, -10/+20Man, he's right. Sharkarangs are *****.
  • suprdaddy, on 07/04/2008, -11/+6What the *****?
  • pigducksheep, on 07/04/2008, -4/+14I hate it when i throw a boomerang and i get a shark back.
  • AZRoboto, on 07/04/2008, -16/+105This. Isn't. FUNNY!
    • Brotodeau, on 07/04/2008, -3/+26it's funny because it's XKCD... just like ***** is intelligent because it's in the New Yorker...
    • altosaxon, on 07/04/2008, -5/+5It is funny because it is nonsense and because many people are not good with boomerangs....
    • celkin, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5Dugg for Robot Chicken reference
    • Fearles910, on 07/04/2008, -5/+2This. Is. XKCD!
  • feh1325, on 07/04/2008, -1/+14i can't count the number of black dots between the boxes
    • allthosemoments, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2Dugg for optical illusion reference, woot!
  • Inohavehalos, on 07/04/2008, -3/+32:00 am for me
  • EvilCan, on 07/04/2008, -7/+20I don't understand how this is funny. So bad stuff happens to him when he throws a boomerang...?

    Then again, I don't think I've ever laughed out loud at any xkcd comic, so maybe the whole series is just over my head.
  • wildfire, on 07/04/2008, -2/+35I threw a boomerang once. It never came back. Fin.
  • branndon, on 07/04/2008, -11/+1How do they keep coming up with such funny material? I never visit their site unless it's linked from digg, but every time I like it!
    • aerovolce, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4Well congratulations, you've read all their latest comics!
  • TetaBonita, on 07/04/2008, -16/+73xkcd is becoming a bit overrated.
  • Fatcheeseguy, on 07/04/2008, -6/+15I would have stopped at row 1.
  • Prototek, on 07/04/2008, -8/+17This isn't funny. Throw boomerang... non sequitur.
  • Saladas, on 07/04/2008, -8/+1Wow, how many profit they made from Digg?
  • visionaryIX, on 07/04/2008, -9/+11I realise this is probably the digg equivalent of suicide, but is it it just me or is xkcd never even remotely funny?
    • ThugThrasher, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4Is it never funny? No, you're wrong. You probably just don't get some of the jokes
      On the other hand, is it ALWAYS funny? No, unless I'm missing some of the jokes.
  • xDynaBlade, on 07/04/2008, -2/+59I'm a shark. I'm a shark. Suck my diiiiiiiiiiick I'm a shark.

    That's all I could think when I saw the shark.
  • Annas890, on 07/04/2008, -11/+4People are always complaining about XKCD making it on digg, but it does so because they comics are genuinely good. So stop the complaining. If you don't like them, just bury the submission and then get on with your life.

    XKCD Rocks!
    • KingGorilla, on 07/04/2008, -2/+5If you were gonna comment about XKCD and say how it's funny at least do it under one of the funnier ones. This one was terrible
    • yacks, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2You do realize something loses its greatness when something is overdone or overplayed? XKCD has been overplayed.. If you think it's always so great, go ahead go to their site and read it every mon. wed. fri. But it's getting to a point where you drink this awesome glass of lemonade and think it is great.. so you drink it everyday. next thing you know there's nothing special about it anymore.
  • InfernoX, on 07/04/2008, -6/+27I get it! XKCD's purpose is to hint at the paradox of a comic that is not comedic!

    GENIUS!
  • Asidic, on 07/04/2008, -8/+15Dear submitter,
    Thank you so much for letting me know xkcd posted a new comic. I never would have known of its existence had you not submitted it on digg.

    Seriously though, why the hell are you submitting comics we all already have bookmarked/RSS'ed/notified in the first place?

    Edit: except for the people that don't like them.
    • altosaxon, on 07/04/2008, -2/+5You're just angry because you didn't get it in first.
      P.S. why has Digg become a competition?
  • CarStan, on 07/04/2008, -15/+9I haven't read ANY of the above comments yet, but i have to say:
    SHUT THE ***** UP ABOUT XKCD MAKING THE FP EVERYTIME, everyone trying to submit it first, makinng comments like this one complaining about the comments etc.
    WRITE ABOUT THE ***** COMIC!
    Was it funny/unfunny, clever/stupid,better-than-usual/worst.xkcd.ever etc.. Make a pun/wity comment about it. Talk about the topic matter.
    The only thing that really is unnerving about xkcd on the front page is the huge amount of utterly redundant comments.
    You can't change it, but PLEASE, try and make a more enjoyable experience out of it.
    • Melun91, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4Angry much?
    • stabbingkittens, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1The comic was ***** *****. Digg is infected with meme ***** that droll out the same repeated stupid ***** on the comment system, all the while maintaining an air of arrogant superiority, thinking their 16 year old minds will one day rule the world.

      I held the same belief at that age, although fortunately Digg and the like didn't exist then so I kept it to myself. This place is like a chidcare centre sometimes.
    • ryanonfire, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3I did read the comments above and yours was the only one to mention xkcd making the FP. Ironic much.
      • CarStan, on 07/04/2008, -3/+2Well, out of the first 7 un-buried comments, 6 were about the submission speed/Xkcd on Digg' but after that it's mostly about the current comic being unfunny. So yeah it seems to become better.
        'Guess my job here is Done'
        *riding away towards the sunset, having made the Digg comment section a better place*
  • CenturionMonkey, on 07/04/2008, -1/+13It's also.....an optical illusion. You should see black/grey spots in between the boxes.
  • Red1Delta, on 07/04/2008, -7/+1But your mom is.
  • freshgrease, on 07/04/2008, -12/+6Oh, God. Not another failure at humor I have to scroll to get to the good stuff on the FP. Can Digg please build in a feature that lets us block stories (for us) from being show via URL? I can understand, submitter, that you wag your tail anxiously in hopes to get the comic seconds after it releases so you can post it to a (uncaring) Digg, but for the love of all things not retarded....go outside and get some fresh air. Hell, go out and play 10-hour streaks of WoW like the good ol' days of your existence, but quit wasting my bandwidth and time for something repetitively stupid and uncomical. I get more laughs out of CNN and Hanady&Colms (sp?) than I do this *****. At least I can laugh at them for being douche bags, Nazis, and the summation of fail that is America's media.
    • rationalist, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Kittens in a barrel.
    • doktorrocket, on 07/04/2008, -0/+11) Install Firefox & Greasemonkey, if you haven't already

      2) http://www.outshine.com/blog/2007/10/greasemonkey- ...

      3) Add "XKCD" as a filtered keyword. You won't have to see it again.

      Personally, I think it's pretty lame that Digg hasn't added a bunch of URL/keyword filtering options yet, but at least other people have stepped up.
    • warkro, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1please bury and move on!
  • stabbingkittens, on 07/04/2008, -14/+21Buried for being ***** *****.
  • ThrstForKnwldge, on 07/04/2008, -9/+28Another unfunny xkcd comic? EVERYBODY DIGG NOW!
  • tyler2k, on 07/04/2008, -7/+5Interesting that the bonus strip was funnier than the actual comic
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