Difference between revisions of "Talk:1423: Conversation"

Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 19: Line 19:
 
----
 
----
 
Regarding the comic, could what Megan does just be an "exit" out of the date? It seems to make sense that way —[[User:Artyer|Artyer]] ([[User talk:Artyer|talk]]) 16:21, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Regarding the comic, could what Megan does just be an "exit" out of the date? It seems to make sense that way —[[User:Artyer|Artyer]] ([[User talk:Artyer|talk]]) 16:21, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 +
----
 +
He also drank his entire glass of wine during her (relatively short) comment.
 +
 +
This might be a commentary on online dating, where these sorts of questions crop up frequently, and people tend to give self-referential/empty answers to them.
 +
--12:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Revision as of 16:25, 19 September 2014

I have tried to think of what I could put in here, but I can't think of anything. Awkward. 108.162.216.149 (talk) 09:24, 19 September 2014‎ (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


Oh god, she's me. Someone please help her! 141.101.93.206 09:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


By coincidence, on a Facebook Asperger syndrome group that I'm a member of, there was this bit of dialog, purportedly from a party someone had attended: A: So, what do you work at? B: I have an invalid pension. A. Ah, I see. What's wrong with you? B: I'm not capable of lying. --RenniePet (talk) 11:14, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

Surely no one would actually say "What's wrong with you?" in that situation, perhaps someone with Asperger syndrome wouldn't notice, but that's so rude. 141.101.106.107 11:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
Well, it was freely translated from Danish, and Danes are fairly blunt, without it necessarily being considered unfriendly. The original text:
Hørt ved et selskab:
- 'Nå, hvad laver du så til hverdag?'
- 'Jeg er førtidspensionist.'
- 'Okay, hvad fejler du?'
- 'Jeg er ærlig.'
--RenniePet (talk) 11:50, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

She took the candle with her...

I guess she felt it would have been too awkward to leave him there alone with the candle burning as a symbol of what could have been... --Mag748 (talk) 11:55, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


Regarding the comic, could what Megan does just be an "exit" out of the date? It seems to make sense that way —Artyer (talk) 16:21, 19 September 2014 (UTC)


He also drank his entire glass of wine during her (relatively short) comment.

This might be a commentary on online dating, where these sorts of questions crop up frequently, and people tend to give self-referential/empty answers to them. --12:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)