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In Bad Taste?
2009-01-07, 2:28 AM #1
Like many of the people here, I am a fan of xkcd.com, the web comic.
This week's xkcd - Keynote while I found it very clever I couldnt help be feel that it pushed the limits of bad taste. Just wondering if others feel the same way.

It's ironic, because I am no fan of Apple computers.
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2009-01-07, 3:27 AM #2
I have no freaking clue what that is about
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2009-01-07, 3:34 AM #3
Steve Jobs is really thin because he has nutrition problems due to hormone imbalance and people were worried about his health / that he was going to die or that his cancer had come back.
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2009-01-07, 10:09 AM #4
Wow, Im clearly in the minority. :psyduck:
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2009-01-07, 10:16 AM #5
I didn't know about Jobs condition but I gathered what they were saying.. yeah it's kinda in bad taste but I laughed
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2009-01-07, 12:43 PM #6
It's in moderately bad taste, but no more so than your average internet discussion of the news

That said, I didn't laugh
2009-01-07, 12:46 PM #7
I read Cyanide and Happiness every day, so this didn't really move the needle.
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2009-01-07, 12:47 PM #8
The tooltip punchline redeems it.
2009-01-07, 12:48 PM #9
Not in bad taste, but not funny either.
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2009-01-07, 12:50 PM #10
Not in bad taste at all, neither is it funny.

Steve Jobs having menopause is funny, however.
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2009-01-07, 1:09 PM #11
Didn't understand it.

Now I do it's not really funny but not that bad either.
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2009-01-07, 1:12 PM #12
I think it's funny because it's ironic, it seems that apple tries to create small thin devices, now so is the CEO.. how is it that not funny? :(
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2009-01-07, 1:13 PM #13
It's a little funny. I didn't laugh out loud, but it got a smile from me.
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2009-01-07, 1:28 PM #14
It was a "heh" laugh. xkcd has lost a lot of its pizazz.
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2009-01-07, 1:40 PM #15
XKCD can be pretty hit and miss. The one before that is absolute classic XKCD gold. This one, however; well, you just have to realize that the guy who draws them really, really, really hates apples.
2009-01-07, 3:31 PM #16
I love XKCD, but it's been a lot more miss than hit lately. I went back through the past 40 comics or so and was really surprised by how much less funny it is.
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2009-01-07, 10:31 PM #17
Originally posted by JM:
XKCD can be pretty hit and miss. The one before that is absolute classic XKCD gold. This one, however; well, you just have to realize that the guy who draws them really, really, really hates apples.


So much so he infuses them with tin... :XD:
2009-01-07, 10:40 PM #18
Not in bad taste because the real reason Jobs lost so much weight is because of pancreatic cancer. :XD:
2009-01-08, 12:12 AM #19
Why did the cancer victim cross the road?

He was hoping to get hit by a truck.
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2009-01-08, 10:28 AM #20
Pushed the limits of bad taste?
You must be new to the internet good sir.
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2009-01-08, 10:44 AM #21
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
It's a little funny. I didn't laugh out loud, but it got a smile from me.


Same here. And the tool tip got a bigger smile.

But it's not in bad taste at all.
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2009-01-08, 2:52 PM #22
The Macrumors live feed got hacked by 4chan. At 9:34 AM, "STEVE JOBS JUST DIED" hahah

Later it was "Steve Jobs is GAY HOLY S*** COCKS"

And by "hacked" I mean "logged into the admin control panel that had no password." :XD:
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2009-01-08, 4:40 PM #23
I don't think that it's in bad taste since reportedly he's on the road to recovery now.

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