2418

Today I defer to the swift and righteous indignation of outraged reader clvf: 

xkcd is truly in the midst of a low point, what I am willing to argue is the absolute lowest point in the artist's career. While in this comic we are offered freedom from the utterly uncreative coronaposting and the mind-bogglingly unfunny "rules for my 1/x scale world" series, what we have in its place is an atrocity in its own right. Featured in this particular comic is an unholy coupling of terrible xkcd tropes: reusing material (see 2314) and "isn't it amazing that I, Randall, already know about this thing and you have to look it up?" These two tropes synergize in this instance, as we see that the reused material IS the high intellectual concept, person, place, or event that Randy had the honor of introducing us to. So now even if we thought Randall was a hero for enlightening us of the existence of carcinization the first time, now any such value is lost; we've already read the Wikipedia page. At least the "punchline" has changed? Now it's META!!!! Great. My god is this painful.

2417 

OK, it took me a while to figure this out, but Megan crushing the Golden Gate Bridge gave it away: this is about Randall's macrophilia.

 2416

Randall contrives to humblebrag even about his susceptibility to propaganda.

 2415

ha ha it's meta

2414 

How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

2413 

Randall doesn't actually care about pulsars*, he just wants the girl to talk to him.

*You can tell, because the beam of radiation is emitted slightly off the axis of rotation and not perpendicular to it

2412 

I also played Katamari Damacy

 2411

I too watched Powers of Ten on my field trip to the planetarium in 4th grade

 2410

If that is the way the winds are blowing, let no one say that Randall didn't also blow.

 2409

Come on, Reddit! We can do it!

2408 

Yikes this is misogynistic

 2405

Lots of people know The Great Gatsby enters the public domain this year, and lots of people know that support for Flash is finally being dropped, but only really smart people know both.

2406

I always enjoy these infohazard explanations that actively degrade your understanding of the topic.

2407

It's funny because there's no bread inside computers