Comments on: Not-So-Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, xkcd

By: Ae7flux

Ae7flux — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:52:21 +0000

Why is there a gap in the data? I smell a cover up. It’s Valintinesgate*(tm) I tell you. Sheeple** etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum.

*(tm)
**Gawd, I detest that word.

By: ND

ND — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:03:52 +0000

Always do a mouse over on xkcd strips and you’ll get the bonus punchline.

By: AbuMaia

AbuMaia — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:09:14 +0000

St. Valentine was accidentally?

By: riki

riki — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:59:01 +0000

I guess it wasn’t such a happy day for Saint Valentine either. Wasn’t he beaten to death and his cut off?

By: AbuMaia

AbuMaia — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:29:42 +0000

Yeah, not all Valentines Days are happy, that’s why they’re sometimes called “SADs,” Singles Awareness Days.

By: Christopher Petroni

Christopher Petroni — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:33:13 +0000

That should be “alt” text. Stupid phone.

By: Christopher Petroni

Christopher Petroni — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:31:37 +0000

Can’t read the although text on my phone! Guess I’m waiting until I get home. I won’t be doing so alone, thankfully.

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:20:01 +0000

This explains why Isaac Newton died a virgin.

By: Luis

Luis — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:20:01 +0000

Fortunately, and hopefully, good scientists are also ready to retract their mistakes. Happy Valentine to everybody!

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:20:53 +0000

I call bad science. How do you quantify feelings? Besides that, feelings come and go–they’re unreliable. Oops, I’m not in love with you anymore. Oh wait, yes I am. No, guess not. Agh, can’t live without you! Love is not just about feelings–it is also an act of will and commitment (which also can’t be quantified either so I’m not letting xkcd off the hook that easy).
(/tongue-in-cheek)

By: Jewel

Jewel — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:17:27 +0000

I saw that one this morning. Made me laugh. I do *heart* xkcd.

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:45:59 +0000

Gotta love his quirky sense of humour. And yes, you really must read the alt text to really get it.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:43:31 +0000

“not all VDs are happy”

Hmmm, “Valentines Day” was not the first thing I thought when I saw that abbreviation. And no, they’re generally not happy.