thetaylordetroye: esmeweatherwax: hardensbeard: jlesleyfeezberg: XKCD IS STEALING JOKES woke up this morning to a bunch of people telling me that xkcd stole my joke looks like they were right totally fucking lame — i always knew this comic wasn’t funny but i had no idea randall was “crowdsourcing” his jokes. i use that shit in my standup and now people are going to think i’m quoting a dumb webcomic. thanks a ton you fucking dick. p.s. please help spread this around and if you know how to get it to mr. munroe, please do. i would really like to see this matter rectified! Not the first time something like this has happened. http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2009/09/comic-641-laughter-free.html This is shite, but hey, Easty retweeted it! I know him. Not to like put a damper on this or anything, but Fight Club is a pretty well-referenced movie, and the two images do not seem to connect (one’s about a book club, one’s about the movie). Yeah, I agree. The whole ‘first rule of fight club’ thing is a big part of pop culture. I’ve made a joke like that before. A lot of people have. Like how a lot of people make this joke. Even the author acknowledges this. Some things are just common. It’s just the whole ‘Simpsons did it’ thing all over again.

thetaylordetroye:

esmeweatherwax:

hardensbeard:

jlesleyfeezberg:

XKCD IS STEALING JOKES

woke up this morning to a bunch of people telling me that xkcd stole my joke

looks like they were right

totally fucking lame — i always knew this comic wasn’t funny but i had no idea randall was “crowdsourcing” his jokes. i use that shit in my standup and now people are going to think i’m quoting a dumb webcomic. thanks a ton you fucking dick.

p.s. please help spread this around and if you know how to get it to mr. munroe, please do. i would really like to see this matter rectified!

Not the first time something like this has happened.

http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2009/09/comic-641-laughter-free.html

This is shite, but hey, Easty retweeted it! I know him.

Not to like put a damper on this or anything, but Fight Club is a pretty well-referenced movie, and the two images do not seem to connect (one’s about a book club, one’s about the movie).

Yeah, I agree. The whole ‘first rule of fight club’ thing is a big part of pop culture. I’ve made a joke like that before. A lot of people have. Like how a lot of people make this joke. Even the author acknowledges this. Some things are just common. It’s just the whole ‘Simpsons did it’ thing all over again.