# Please tell me why XKCD is so great

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-xkcd-is-so-great/611452>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 1, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-xkcd-is-so-great/611452 "2012-02-01T19:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-xkcd-is-so-great/611452/41 "2012-02-05T14:21:11Z")

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> [@amanset](#):
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> But is that really enough?
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> I feel I am the target market. I have a degree in Pure Mathematics. I have a postgraduate degree in Software Engineering. I read comics. I could geek if not for my country but for at least county-level competition. I far, far more often than not _understand_ XKCD.
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> But I just don’t find it funny. I recognise it, shrug my shoulders and move on. Just recognising what is being referred to isn’t enough to be funny.

Comedy is highly highly subjective. If you really want I could pick a comic I particulay like and break down why it works, but that isn’t going to make you think it’s funny. It either works for you or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t, that’s ok. Nothing is funny to everyone.

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**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-xkcd-is-so-great/611452/42 "2012-02-05T15:13:05Z")

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I’m not a huge fan. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s very funny, but more often it’s neither.

But my complaint isn’t the same as OP’s. The jokes themselves often weren’t that great to begin with, and even if they might have been with the right delivery, he tends to way overwork them. And they’re normally surrounded by really awkward clumsy dialog.

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