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- AmyVernon, on 01/02/2009, -19/+753So glad I'm not the only one.
- seledoux, on 01/02/2009, -14/+519i know you're reading this..
- InfinitySnatch, on 01/02/2009, -32/+482I do the same thing except I yell out MOrTAAAL KOMBAAAATTT
- cl2yp71c, on 01/02/2009, -17/+439I used to do that when I was 12 years old.
Not much has changed. - JFitzpatrick, on 01/02/2009, -8/+326Calling out "I know your listening." is for rank amateurs.
Shooting through closed doors and announcing "Take that." in a matter of fact tone, is where it's at. - RBobby, on 01/02/2009, -51/+246Holy *****. An XKCD comic that's actually funny.
- luet, on 01/02/2009, -11/+158why the hell is he being buried, that's genius
- WhatPeriod, on 01/02/2009, -5/+146http://isxkcdfunnytoday.com
- seanc6610, on 01/02/2009, -1/+125how the ***** did she know?!
- ani625, on 01/02/2009, -43/+159http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_Wager
Pascal's Wager - is a suggestion posed by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should "wager" as though God exists, because so living has potentially everything to gain, and in theory nothing to lose.
nothing to lose? YEAH RIGHT!! - Neworab, on 01/02/2009, -3/+118*Spits coffee everywhere"
*****! HE KNOWS!
SCATTER! SCAAATTER!!
GET THE HELL OUT! EVERYONE GET THE HELL OUT! - telepwn, on 01/02/2009, -0/+99must be the little r
- inactive, on 01/02/2009, -1/+98My listening what?
- Epitaph, on 01/02/2009, -12/+108You miss the point of ani's last comment entirely. The loss is not the unavailability of certain sins... at all. The loss is the self, which is disposed of for a cardboard cutout of your favorite person: Jesus Christ. At least, that's the idea. I mean, if everyone were "Christian", or "Christ-like", then the world would be a beautiful place, right? I mean, who doesn't love Jesus? I'm atheist and I love Jesus. He was (hypothetically) a great guy. Unfortunately, imitation is not replication and arises from different motives.
You have brilliantly exemplified one of the great Christian fallacies: life without God is immoral and corrupt. Let me first say: I am atheist and I don't think anyone you talk to would consider me immoral. Having questionable judgement? Sure. But I am (without blowing my own horn) a moral person. That means I do what I believe is the right thing to do at all times (whether or not anyone, real or imaginary, is looking). I do this in the hope that others will follow my lead. You (and many other christians), on the other hand, only act in a way because you're afraid of punishment. I need no threat to keep me on the straight and narrow; I only need faith in the goodness of man.
These ARE NOT "temporary benefits"; they are universal ones. There are restrictions on what a moral person can do, such as lying or stealing.
Let's look at your life:
If you believe in God, fine. I don't care, because it keeps people sane, happy, and moral.
If you don't believe in God, /great/, because you've unshackled your mind.
If you grew up in an atheist household and then found God after reading the bible and coming to your own decision that God exists (which would never happen), then I have immensely more respect for you than the average christian.
As far as Pascal's wager is concerned... www.wikipedia.org. You're obviously missing something. Pascal's wager is a defense against God. It's basically a statement with many logical flaws, which is used by the lucid Christian just before they lose their faith. It goes something like: "Well, if God exists, then I go to heaven. If he doesn't, then I just rot anyway. So, even though I don't actually believe, I'm going to say I do anyway... just in case ;)". The problem is... this is retarded and NOT a reason to endorse an entire set of arcane beliefs.
Your mistake was calling me immoral. You're immoral, because you only, "in God's name", fake the niceties that I strive to proliferate. You are selfish. Your statement suggests that the only reason you act at all is for your own gratification: "What can I get out of this? Money? Heaven?".
I pray for your soul. - ELG83, on 01/02/2009, -2/+80Dont worry...i dugg them back up
- tmyprod, on 01/02/2009, -2/+75That's weird, I do something similar. When I'm out patrolling the evil fortress or evil military base (henching isn't the most stable line of work) I will randomly spin around just in case there are any Sam Fischer or Solid Snake types about.
- xxMorrissey, on 01/02/2009, -3/+76When I was a kid I used to say, "Hello, ghost, having a good time watching me?"
Because then if there really was a ghost there I just blew his mind. - dronesixtyten, on 01/02/2009, -8/+71I thought panel two was some guy playing an arcade game... with headphones.
- Mtbeaver, on 01/02/2009, -1/+59The Trueman Show is to blame for that in my case...
- BusynessStudent, on 01/02/2009, -5/+57I like to talk to strangers. I like to go up to people I don't know and just start conversations with them, just start a conversation. Try it. But the way I do it, don't start the conversation in the beginning, just start it in the middle. Try it. Just go up to somebody you don't know and and just go, 'Well how do you think I felt?' - Louis CK
- StrangeFamous, on 01/02/2009, -1/+51I think this is a good representation of all of humanity. We like to act like we're all "normal" and "civilized" when in public, but when we all go back to the safety of our own homes, we let our true, crazy selves loose. We talk to ourselves, make faces in the mirror and say the goofiest things imaginable to crack ourselves up. After all, life is too short to take everything so seriously.
When we leave the door in the morning, we all put on our public mask, and we hold it all in while we interact with each other. Ideally, we then take that mask off after the day is over. Those of us who are stuck in that mask are the ones who end up losing control of themselves, i.e. SERENITY NOW - INSANITY LATER.
Maybe if we all loosened up and got a little crazier we'd be less stressed out as a culture. - inactive, on 01/02/2009, -0/+49You're doing it wrong the room's not empty
- ElJif, on 01/02/2009, -1/+49I sometimes give the finger to imaginary spy cameras...
- DeathJux, on 01/02/2009, -1/+48LIES
- S4MF1SHER, on 01/02/2009, -1/+46that's fine, but by the time you've spun around, I've already killed you.
- dronesixtyten, on 01/02/2009, -0/+44It would be better if you said something deeply personal about your audio-surveillance crew such as, "Bill's wife, Carol, Yeah she's ***** Mark."
- mattlohkamp, on 01/02/2009, -0/+44the problem is that belief just in case you're wrong isn't real belief. it's self-preservation - and giving into your survival instinct by superficially following the rules of religion does not count as faith in god..
- kerunt, on 01/02/2009, -0/+44You're incorrect. I typed this in notepad, and then copy-pasted it into the comment box using the mouse. Score!
- Sublex, on 01/02/2009, -0/+42But he'd be 18, 076 years old by 20012.
- DeathJux, on 01/02/2009, -2/+44That dude is such an *****.
- Epitaph, on 01/02/2009, -3/+44dugg, because you're being buried for the wrong reason
- stereoa, on 01/02/2009, -0/+41TEST YOUR MIGHT
- Duffalpha, on 01/02/2009, -1/+39I will follow you into..... bury battle?
- terracottapai, on 01/02/2009, -0/+37I used to do drugs.
I still do drugs but I used to, too. - scorpyon, on 01/02/2009, -7/+43I know I will be buried.
- LordSturm, on 01/02/2009, -2/+36It says YES... :\
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xkcd requires a little intelligence to appreciate sometimes, but it's generally great.
As for this one, it's not funny because I already thought of it, only try doing it on the phone after the other party hangs up, you can catch those people who eavesdrop and wait for you to put the receiver down. :P - BradOFarrell, on 01/02/2009, -0/+34Make eye contact with suspicious button on the teddy bear.
- CptGreencoat, on 01/02/2009, -2/+36There is no need for anyone to ever read that blog.
- wdw25, on 01/02/2009, -7/+39The same reason MrBabyMan sucks off stallions until he has tripled his weight in horse semen. It's the way it has been for a very long time and people don't like change.
- mattlohkamp, on 01/02/2009, -4/+35have you heard from god lately? if so, could you tell him to stop being a dick and start returning my calls? thanks.
- PathDaemon, on 01/02/2009, -1/+32Yeah, I think I watched The *Truman* Show too early. I was looking for cameras for several years.
- Gsicht, on 01/02/2009, -0/+30Thanks, now the theme song is playing in my head.
- inactive, on 01/02/2009, -1/+31"If you don't have God, you may decide the money is worth screwing over people. If you do have God, you can't go through with it."
I'm nominating this as the dumbest thing I've read today. - Egroh08, on 01/02/2009, -1/+30Dugg because I thought this same thing when I saw this XKCD.
- handheldchimp, on 01/02/2009, -4/+29I know you're typing in the comment box...
- dty2010, on 01/02/2009, -0/+24Sorry about that, but in my defense, you were listening.
- Dragular, on 01/02/2009, -0/+24So you're saying we're never going to survive unless we get a little crazy?
- superal1394, on 01/02/2009, -10/+33First XKCD and Digg comment that has made me lol in a long time. In the same night. Something must be horribly wrong with the universe. I need to get to my command center.
*logs out* - ConfusedCartman, on 01/02/2009, -29/+51Why does everyone rip on xkcd? I find it to be funny most of the time.
- sabach, on 01/02/2009, -0/+22That was an elegantly schizo comment.
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