Today's XKCD

[thebitterguy]

I take issue with the placement of Bananas and Oranges.

BTW, does everyone think I dislike this one too?

Comments

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I don't know about your opinion of that comic.

I know I disagree with the fruit placement though.

[thebitterguy]

Some of it is right on, but his orange hate is something to consider.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

The pomegranates and pineapples need to be switched.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

A better question might perhaps be if there are any online comics you do like...? You are, after all, The Bitter Guy, and your seething sarcasm for all but the highest-quality literature is well-documented.

As for today's XKCD, I'm assuming he's thinking of those really-hard-to-peel and slightly bitter oranges? You know, the smaller ones with the thin skin?

[thebitterguy]

I like all online comics. Every single one.

Except for Something Positive.

[lab-brat.livejournal.com]

according to people here:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/xkcd_rss/94624.html
it's based on something in the NY Magazine.

I agree with the above comment in that I disagree with most of the fruit placement.

[thebitterguy]

I mean, he completely neglects limes! Jesus!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

He obviously has some sort of weird issue with citrus, and therefore he is not to be trusted.

[thebitterguy]

Scurvy will take care of him.

[optimussven.livejournal.com]

i totally disagree simply because I love grapefruit.

[shara.livejournal.com]

Yah, fuck the haters. Grapefruit rules!

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I like grapefruit pop...

[troy-duffy.livejournal.com]

Mmm...Fresca... which I cannot drink anymore because grapefruit interferes with my chloresterol medicine.

Not even citrus fruit, specifically grapefruit.

And that proves to me that grapefruit are evil - the only fruit on that chart that wants to kill me by making my medicine fail.

[thebitterguy]

Ah, man. Fresca or death? Is such a life worth living?

[thebitterguy]

Did you ever try Coconut soda? I'm just curious.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Only the super-sweet stuff from Jamaica.

[thebitterguy]

Is there another kind? I always see it at the roti shop.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I imagine there may be less crazy sweet stuff somewhere...

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I dislike the art style.

[thebitterguy]

Well, it is primarily stick figures.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

yes, but they're ugly stick figures.

[brand-of-amber.livejournal.com]

Fucking peaches are not that easy, nor that tasty.

Everything else is 105% accurate.

[thebitterguy]

Dude, the most work for eating a peach is removing the stem.

It's all flesh, down to the pit.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

The pit gets in the way though. Much more so than with say apples.

[thebitterguy]

I've never had to spit out a peach bit, but I've had unwanted apple seeds in my mouth.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I can't even conceive of how you eat fruit.

[thebitterguy]

Just like I eat everything else: Enthusiastically.

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

Green apples aren't easy. They always feel like they'll break my teeth.

I agree wholeheartedly with his placement of peaches. The perfect fruit.

[thebitterguy]

True. I generally get red varieties.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

I do question why green apples place higher than red apples in the "taste" category. That would depend entirely on the breed of apple - there's no such breed as "red" or "green".

Really, the whole chart is subjective, with the possible exception of the relative ease (or lack thereof) of preparing a pineapple.

[thebitterguy]

The taste is fairly subjective, but ease of use seems pretty straightforward.

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

That is not how my chart would look. Nowhere near.

[thebitterguy]

Would you be closer in terms of 'ease of consumption' and vary in taste, or would it be different on both axis?

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

Right, ease would more or less be the same, it's my different tastes that would drive the difference.