▲ 712 ▼ xkcd #3172: Fifteen Years (imgs.xkcd.com) submitted 11 months ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3172: Fifteen Years Title text: "Want to feel old?" "Yes." Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3172/ explainxkcd for #3172
[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 161 points 11 months ago (7 children) I'm not crying, you're crying! Shut up! permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 87 points 11 months ago I'm crying, and I'm not ashamed of it. I have a para-social relationship with an Internet cartoonist and his life partner, that part I'm kinda ashamed of, but the tears are genuine happiness, and have I really been following him for over 15 years? There's some sadness in those tears, but they're covered by the happy ones permalink fedilink source parent [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 32 points 11 months ago (3 children) Back in my day, webcomics weren't all fuzzy like reading through tears! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (2 children) Same! Who's responsible for this degradation in image quality?! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think we might be getting old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago Nah, I'm gonna blame JPEG permalink fedilink source parent [–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) XKCD has a few of these tear jerkers that rank as some of my favorite all time strips permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago For all the popularity they have for their comedic and science strips, they also put out some really good emotional ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 87 points 11 months ago I'm crying, and I'm not ashamed of it. I have a para-social relationship with an Internet cartoonist and his life partner, that part I'm kinda ashamed of, but the tears are genuine happiness, and have I really been following him for over 15 years? There's some sadness in those tears, but they're covered by the happy ones permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 32 points 11 months ago (3 children) Back in my day, webcomics weren't all fuzzy like reading through tears! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (2 children) Same! Who's responsible for this degradation in image quality?! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think we might be getting old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago Nah, I'm gonna blame JPEG permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (2 children) Same! Who's responsible for this degradation in image quality?! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think we might be getting old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago Nah, I'm gonna blame JPEG permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I think we might be getting old. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago Nah, I'm gonna blame JPEG permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago Nah, I'm gonna blame JPEG permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) XKCD has a few of these tear jerkers that rank as some of my favorite all time strips permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago For all the popularity they have for their comedic and science strips, they also put out some really good emotional ones. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago For all the popularity they have for their comedic and science strips, they also put out some really good emotional ones. permalink fedilink source parent