# xkcd: Randall Munroe finally running out of ideas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528 "2014-05-29T03:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/21 "2014-05-30T20:06:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Sir T-Cups** : > > It seems to be more on the Mitch Hedberg school of jokes where you jsut fire off one-liners instead of the Seinfeld school of comedy with observation and inferrance If he’s become less like Seinfeld, how is that a bad thing? “Like Seinfeld” means “unfunny”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/22 "2014-05-30T20:27:12Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > Wow, I disagree with you completely. Both of the ones you cited rely on gimmicks, rather than insight. I’m not sure what’s gimmicky about putting an astonishing amount of effort into a creating a story about a possible geological event on Earth in the far future, but whatever. Tastes differ. I like xkcd’s “normal” strips as well, but they’re basically insightful gags at best. I smile and almost immediately forget about them. xkcd’s best stuff (which includes the poster-style stuff like **gazpacho** mentioned) sticks with me well after the fact–it has enough meat to keep me thinking about it. Frankly, that’s my metric for evaluating the worth of just about any creative work. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/23 "2014-05-30T21:05:12Z")
I’ve always found xkcd to be hit and miss and it’s currently no different. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/24 "2014-05-31T00:56:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > If he’s become less like Seinfeld, how is that a bad thing? “Like Seinfeld” means “unfunny”. Not going to debate that here, but I will simply link you to [SeinfeldIsUnfunny](https://allthetropes.orain.org/wiki/Seinfeld_Is_Unfunny). ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/25 "2014-05-31T02:02:13Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Not going to debate that here, but I will simply link you to [SeinfeldIsUnfunny](https://allthetropes.orain.org/wiki/Seinfeld_Is_Unfunny). 'Ja miss the part where it says ‘Not to be confused with the opinion that Seinfeld wasn’t funny even when it was original’, because that is a key point. And Seinfeld has never, ever been funny. Seinfeld is aggressively, offensively, unfunny. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/26 "2014-05-31T02:43:37Z")
But this is brilliant: [http://www.xkcd.com/1370/](http://www.xkcd.com/1370/) And I also liked screenshot, urn, and exoplanet. Also, for everyone positing that he’s working on something big, [he finished it.](http://blog.xkcd.com/2014/03/12/what-if-i-wrote-a-book/) ---
**Author:** ![danhanegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@danhanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhanegan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/27 "2014-06-03T07:25:02Z")
I think Munroe is still a little burnt out from the massive “Time” project he finished last year. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528/28 "2014-06-03T10:32:27Z")
I just read through the last 5 of them or so, and I’ve enjoyed all of them and don’t see any decrease in quality from “the good ol days” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-randall-munroe-finally-running-out-of-ideas/689528.md?page=1)