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Randall Munroe Interviewed: Answers In Comic Form (time.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the read-all-about-it dept.

requerdanos writes: Randall Munroe, the former NASA roboticist and author of the web comic xkcd, spoke with Time magazine after the release of his latest book, Thing Explainer. Sort of. Time asked questions, and Randall's answers were in the form of seven comics that he drew in response. Obligatory xkcd.

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  1. I know why he did this... by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... if he didn't do it this way one could say his responses would have been Comic Sans...

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    1. Re:I know why he did this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      I found some sunglasses and a "YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" lying over here- I think they must be yours.

    2. Re:I know why he did this... by freeze128 · · Score: 1

      Well, put them on and start the opening credit sequence.

    3. Re: I know why he did this... by phantomfive · · Score: 1

      They're mine you STUPID FUCK

      Yeah. I could tell that by the lighthearted tone you have in your writing.

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    4. Re:I know why he did this... by laurencetux · · Score: 1

      you mean this??

      http://instantrimshot.com/inde...

      Thankyou i will be here all week

      TRY THE SALMON

  2. A Request for Randall by Minupla · · Score: 1

    My wife and I want to see you do a reddit AMA with all your answers in comic form too!

    Tnx!
    Min

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    1. Re: A Request for Randall by Cederic · · Score: 1

      I think you'll find bestiality is at least as unacceptable both societally and in law.

  3. Those answers drove me crazy. by dotancohen · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was no alt-text to be found!

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    1. Re: Those answers drove me crazy. by mattcoz · · Score: 1

      I kept thinking there must have been something wrong with my browser, had to check the source to make sure.

    2. Re:Those answers drove me crazy. by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 2

      There was no alt-text to be found!

      yeah I went through enabling scripts trying to figure out why it wasn't working myself.

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  4. About this VERY instant, 52 years ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    One Lee Harvey Oswald was getting his firing position ready.

  5. Bill Gates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    I like his recent one with Bill Gates.

    http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot

    It lightly makes fun of us how 'the internet' is always trying to fix things. When execution is sometimes MUCH better than speculation.

  6. Ask Slashdot. by maestroX · · Score: 2

    I'd like to have an ask Randall topic in Slashdot without comics.
    Obviously this guy is extremely funny and we'd all like to know how he fooled Nasa in this Robotics thing.

  7. Parallel by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Back in the early 80s, I was a HUGE fan of this little known alternative rock band from Ireland. It seemed like they were continually churning out amazing albums - Boy, October, War, The Joshua Tree... And, as usually happens with really talented groups, gradually more and more people found out about them. Yet even as their popularity grew, it seemed their music was losing something - I'd hear it and still enjoy it, but instead of "wow that's amazing" it was more "yeah that's more or less enjoyable".

    Then, in the late 1980s, Time put U2 on the cover. It seemed like, after that, they changed. I can't blame them - it's likely just about impossible to not let fame go to your head - but they turned into just another group whose new albums had one or two decent songs and ten pieces of forgettable filler.

    That's how I've felt about xkcd for some time now. Earlier it was consistently great; but more recently it generally doesn't seem to make me laugh or think. I doubt it's because Randall has become well known... but I do think xkcd has probably run its course.

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    1. Re:Parallel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      "Other people like what I like so I don't think it's as cool anymore. Because I like liking things that other people don't like so much."

    2. Re:Parallel by goarilla · · Score: 1

      Have you ever considered that maybe it felt better before because you were part of a more select group of fans.
      It was your shared secret and now it's just part of the mainstream.

    3. Re:Parallel by DutchUncle · · Score: 2

      One, he's said a lot of what he had to say; two, some of what he had to say was based on his experiences at the time, and some of those experiences are by nature time-limited. Nobody stays the same.

    4. Re:Parallel by einsteinbutthole · · Score: 1

      this analogy doesn't work because U2 always sucked.

  8. Re: Randall munroe is a piece of shit by jgfenix · · Score: 1

    No, can you point out what are you talking abot?

  9. Re:Obligatory XKCD by Phreakiture · · Score: 1

    No resistance. Never happens in the real world.

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  10. Re:I love XKCD by HuguesT · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but let's see you do it :-)

  11. Also an interview in WSJ this week by dangle · · Score: 1

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/ra...

    Never thought of him as being so mainstream...

    1. Re:Also an interview in WSJ this week by Cederic · · Score: 1

      Very large online following, regularly quoted (in comic form) and actively promoting a new book. Half of it will be his PR team doing their job.

  12. Re:Obligatory XKCD by ClickOnThis · · Score: 1

    What, you've never heard of a superconducting snake?

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