April 23, 2024

XKCD Web Comic #1083: Writing Styles (described)

A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.

 

What-of.xkcd.com This week's queston: What if the glass were really half empty?

This week's queston: What if the glass were really half empty?-Drawing of a stick figure wearing a beret sitting at a table across from another stick figure with shoulder length dark hair. On the table is a glass with water in it up to the halfway point.

 

 

 

 

 

If You Post:

You Sound Like:

“Ron Paul is the only candidate who offers us a real choice!”

A teenager

“its getting l8 so ill b here 4 prob 2 more hrs tops”

A senator

 

Caption

The internet has wound up in kind of a weird place.

Hover text: I liked the idea, suggested by h00k on bash.org, of a Twitter bot that messages prominent politicians to tell them when they’ve unnecessarily used sms-speak abbreviations despite having plenty of characters left.

 

Warning: This comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

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