22 July 2010

Successful blogging

I guess this is why my blog is not too successful.
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  1. Michael23 Jul 2010, 03:17:00

    This has been probably the only XKCD I've never figured out, maybe you can help me? I can't quite get through the multiple layers of sarcasm.

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  2. Takis Konstantopoulos24 Jul 2010, 14:05:00

    To tell you the truth, I didn't think hard about the meaning of it. I just, instinctively, found it funny.

    First, because of the phrase "building a relationship with the readers". It's kind of hilarious.

    Second, because the person from the audience seems to be wanting to appear sophisticated by saying "I love content". It's just a generic phrase...

    Perhaps the sarcasm lies in that the speaker wants to address the relationship with readers rather than something more essential.

    For me, it also has a deeper meaning: I worked for a university department that cared more about relationships with students rather than content (actual teaching, teaching by actually explaining, teaching how to think), to the extent that teaching was equivalent to vocational teaching and learning to learning by rote.

    You see the analogy, I hope...

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