Owen: I don't get the joke.
Victor: I think the one on the right is supposed to be Obama and the one on the left is the author. This is the worst thing I've seen in my life. Or all day.
Owen: I still don't get it. Why the fuck would he ask that? Yeah, this comic is always really stupid and nerdy. And the guy makes a living off of it. Stupid.
Victor: I think the specificity of what he's actually saying waters down the absurdity--which I think is supposed to be the operative thing in cartoon. He's trying to do too much. Physics major. You know that Scoot Adams used to write "Dilbert will be the number one syndicated comic strip in America" or something to that effect like a hundred times a day until it came true? He's really big on self-actualization through daily affirmations. Anyway, this cartoon sucks.
Owen: Who is Scoot Adams? Oh according to Lee and Tal, John Roberts and Obama screwed up the inauguration because Roberts used long sentences and Obama was nervous. So this dude is saying that if it had been him he would have started talking about how it's cool to be a woman. This is kind of like "Garfield Minus Garfield." It's more like a cry for help than a web comic.
Victor: Scoot Adams is Scott Adams' little brother.
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John Roberts, the judge not Owen's dad, screwed up Obama's oath because he learned wrongly at law school that you can't split verb infinitives in English, as you can't do it in Latin, because the infinitive in Latin is one word, (e.g. ambulare, to walk). Steven Pinker the rockstar neuro-scientist who the greater John Roberts, MD got me into in high school, explains all this much better and funnier, here:
"Oaf of Office"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/22pinker.html?scp=6&sq=Steven%20Pinker&st=cse
So, Roberts thought, you can't say "I swear that I will EXECUTE FAITHFULLY THE OFFICE of President of the United States." (You've gotta have "execute the office" together).
P.S. "Execute Faithfully" is a creepy pair of words.
Wait, so you're saying that joke makes sense?
No, the joke is terrible.
I just wanted to give you that Pinker column, cuz it's way better and funnier than that comic.
That joke is hysterical! If you don't get it, it's not because it was a bad joke. It's because you are both an idiot and not very knowledgeable about current affairs.
I get it. Like most xkcd comics, though, it just isn't funny at all.
actually, the joke makes complete sense. its just an exaggeration of Justice Roberts mistake during the presidential inauguration. with the twist of xkcd, which you would only understand if you actually read all of it. also, you would have to be an intellectual to understand it, so its not surprising that you all don't understand it.
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