# Could someone explain this cryptic webcomic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836 "2011-05-13T22:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/1 "2011-05-13T22:45:06Z")
I fucking hate webcomics. Stupid, cryptic, pretentious, dry, hipster webcomics. And it’s because of stuff like [this.](http://troublebrewing.hoppress.com/files/2011/05/stone_anni_beer2.png) I don’t get the joke. I’m obviously an uncool bonehead with no sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/2 "2011-05-13T22:47:41Z")
Well that’s quite the sweeping generalization. But yeah, I don’t know what the joke is. Sometimes webcomics just aren’t funny. Although that comic looks like it directed just at beer makers. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/3 "2011-05-13T22:51:52Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I fucking hate webcomics. Stupid, cryptic, pretentious, dry, hipster webcomics. And it’s because of stuff like [this.](http://troublebrewing.hoppress.com/files/2011/05/stone_anni_beer2.png) > > I don’t get the joke. I’m obviously an uncool bonehead with no sense of humor. Or it’s just a shitty comics. Most things are shitty. A few things are really good. Webcomics are no different from anything else in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/4 "2011-05-13T22:53:08Z")
The first thing you have to know is that the comic is for beer geeks. That said, you next need to know that [Stone Brewing](http://www.stonebrew.com/home.asp) (Hallowed Be Their Name!) make some of the hoppiest beers in existence. [Arrogant Bastard](http://www.stonebrew.com/arrogantbastard/) will peel your taste buds off. So the comic says…ah, you can figure it out from here. I thought it was funny enough to print a copy for the refrigerator door. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/5 "2011-05-13T22:58:52Z")
You know what it reminds me of are those commercials where people are trying to decide whether to have soft or hard shell tacos, and the little girl says, “why can’t we have both?” and they all cheer and lift her over their heads. But I doubt that’s what’s being referenced. So in other words, I have no idea, nor nothing else to contribute to the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/6 "2011-05-14T00:29:25Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > You know what it reminds me of are those commercials where people are trying to decide whether to have soft or hard shell tacos, and the little girl says, “why can’t we have both?” and they all cheer and lift her over their heads. > > But I doubt that’s what’s being referenced. So in other words, I have no idea, nor nothing else to contribute to the thread. No, I really suspect it is a parody of that commercial. Add that to **silenus** ’ explanation of Stone Brewing Company making mouth-raspingly hoppy beers, and you get that comic. And yeah, as a microbrew drinker and homebrewer, I got the joke of the comic. Edit: Plus if you go to the base URL, it’s a brewing blog. So it was intended for a very specific audience, nothing “hipster” about it. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/7 "2011-05-14T00:52:16Z")
Ok Ok, I stand corrected, this was an in-joke for beer people and I don’t feel the resentment towards it that I did before. Nevertheless, I still generally hate webcomics (this one isn’t really a “webcomic” as I doubt it is serial.) Every XKCD I have had the misfortune of viewing, I found about as funny as a kick in the nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/8 "2011-05-14T01:13:25Z")
I don’t drink beer, and saw it as a kind of ‘duh’ comic. I presumed they were being ‘duh’ because they were already drunk on their own product. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/9 "2011-05-14T03:05:25Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Nevertheless, I still generally hate webcomics. If you’re interested, I’m pretty sure I can change your mind about that. All the best comics these days are on the internet. All the worst comics, too, but that’s the internet for you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/10 "2011-05-14T03:27:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The first thing you have to know is that the comic is for beer geeks. That said, you next need to know that [Stone Brewing](http://www.stonebrew.com/home.asp) (Hallowed Be Their Name!) make some of the hoppiest beers in existence. [Arrogant Bastard](http://www.stonebrew.com/arrogantbastard/) will peel your taste buds off. So the comic says…ah, you can figure it out from here. > I thought it was funny enough to print a copy for the refrigerator door. Thus continuing to prove one of the maxims of humor: The fewer people who get a joke, the funnier it will be for those few people. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/11 "2011-05-14T03:32:26Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Thus continuing to prove one of the maxims of humor: The fewer people who get a joke, the funnier it will be for those few people. My jokes must be _hilarious_ then. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/12 "2011-05-14T15:48:30Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Or it’s just a shitty comics. Most things are shitty. A few things are really good. Webcomics are no different from anything else in this regard. [Sturgeon’s Law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law), friends. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/13 "2011-05-14T16:06:33Z")
Few people know this, but Theodore Sturgeon had a lot of laws. Most of the other ones weren’t very good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/14 "2011-05-14T17:06:00Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Nevertheless, I still generally hate webcomics You are probably already aware of _Oglaf_, as it has a devoted following here on the Dope, but if not then you should check it out. It is usually NSFW: [http://oglaf.com/cumsprite/](http://oglaf.com/cumsprite/) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/15 "2011-05-14T17:15:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Few people know this, but Theodore Sturgeon had a lot of laws. Most of the other ones weren’t very good, though. Yeah, I’d say probably only one out of 10 was any good. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/16 "2011-05-15T00:16:59Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > …Every XKCD I have had the misfortune of viewing, I found about as funny as a kick in the nuts. So kicking you in the nuts is hilarious, then? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/17 "2011-05-15T05:08:23Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I fucking hate webcomics. Stupid, cryptic, pretentious, dry, hipster webcomics. And it’s because of stuff like [this.](http://troublebrewing.hoppress.com/files/2011/05/stone_anni_beer2.png) > > I don’t get the joke. I’m obviously an uncool bonehead with no sense of humor. What’s inteesting in this is your reaction, which I think bears close examination. By you, of course. You are expressing anger and dismissiveness towards what you perceive to be “hip”. Then you follow that by disparaging yourself as the party with the problem. I was going to go further, but then I thought I shouldn’t I just wanted to point this out with an entirely friendly and well-meant suggestion that you take a much closer look for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/18 "2011-05-15T05:20:32Z")
All of the things I find to be most funny are generally things that _nobody_ else - at least not anyone smart - ever laughs at. I’ve long since learned that my own sense of humor is seriously out of alignment with the majority of other people. One of my favorite comedies, maybe my number one favorite, is _Freddy Got Fingered,_ which everyone else I know despises. With the exception of my mom, who thought it was hilarious when we watched it together. She and I usually laugh at the same stuff. I love the British _Office._ I can’t stand the American one. Almost everyone else I ever talk to feels the exact opposite. I loved _Extras,_ and I seem to be the only person who could take it. Even my girlfriend, who shares my intense love for the British Office and hatred of the American, had trouble with _Extras._ I loved _Me Myself and Irene._ This film was widely panned and seems to be universally despised. I thought the film adaptation of _Breakfast of Champions_ was fantastic. Everyone else seems to loathe it. I haven’t seen a webcomic yet that I like…most of them revolve seem to around geek humor, which I am totally out of touch with. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/19 "2011-05-15T05:44:10Z")
You might enjoy [this.](http://somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/20 "2011-05-15T05:55:15Z")
You might like [Digger](http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=3), by Ursula Vernon[sup]1[/sup]. Quirky humour, not geeky, no in-jokes. Sadly, it has wrapped up as of March, but there’s several hundred pages so it should keep you busy for a bit. [sup]1[/sup]Ursula is also responsible for the [LOL WUT pear](http://www.redwombatstudio.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=423). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836.md?page=2)