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	<title>Comments for Kris Straub</title>
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	<description>humor scientist</description>
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		<title>Comment on Help me identify this short horror film by vergerherring</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2011/08/14/help-me-identify-this-short-horror-film/#comment-2176</link>
		<dc:creator>vergerherring</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The film is called Harvey  </description>
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		<title>Comment on My thoughts on memes, distilled by YouMyDachshund</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/23/my-thoughts-on-memes-distilled/#comment-2006</link>
		<dc:creator>YouMyDachshund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see memes as a simple format of expression with an implied theme that is part of is construction, like a haiku, or a sonnet, or a three panel comic. They are fun and easy to do, which is great, as it makes them accessible, but yes there is also a lot of unfunny stuff put out there - but that happens with any form of expression.  
 
We&#039;re in the internet age, where memes populate quickly in a many-nation culture, with no filters on their availability to you, so it seems sensible that you will come across a lot of unfunny. But over the course of history, how many novels have been written that haven&#039;t been worth the read, and they&#039;ve been filtered down by editors, investors, and retailers...any format of expression can be disappointing in its entirety if its unfiltered for quality. 
 
I can understand another issue that people might have with memes, and that is their very accessibility (and you seem to be alluding to it here). The degree of difficulty is not very high, and for anyone that works hard at creative expression, it can be frustrating to see how little effort it can take to be appreciated sometimes. 
 
Its sad in a lot of ways, but when it comes to comedy, degree of difficulty is always just a value adder, not the product itself. How many times do you hear fans of shows like 30 Rock and Community talk about how cleverly those shows are written (which is certainly true), and that they can&#039;t understand why there aren&#039;t more viewers. I like both of those shows, but the things I&#039;ve most laughed at in the last five years have been a Jackass movie and a webpage with a collection of humorously graffitied street signs. Yes, I&#039;m ashamed of both, but I&#039;m laughing now just remembering them. 
 
For that matter, &quot;wwhy shrek is piss? why shrek is piss? #italiano&quot;.  Why is that such an excellent question? 
 
In summary, I guess if you keep coming across memes and other things that annoy you, you should improve your filter because when it comes to creative efforts, unfiltered anything will be mostly shit. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see memes as a simple format of expression with an implied theme that is part of is construction, like a haiku, or a sonnet, or a three panel comic. They are fun and easy to do, which is great, as it makes them accessible, but yes there is also a lot of unfunny stuff put out there &#8211; but that happens with any form of expression.  </p>
<p>We&#039;re in the internet age, where memes populate quickly in a many-nation culture, with no filters on their availability to you, so it seems sensible that you will come across a lot of unfunny. But over the course of history, how many novels have been written that haven&#039;t been worth the read, and they&#039;ve been filtered down by editors, investors, and retailers&#8230;any format of expression can be disappointing in its entirety if its unfiltered for quality. </p>
<p>I can understand another issue that people might have with memes, and that is their very accessibility (and you seem to be alluding to it here). The degree of difficulty is not very high, and for anyone that works hard at creative expression, it can be frustrating to see how little effort it can take to be appreciated sometimes. </p>
<p>Its sad in a lot of ways, but when it comes to comedy, degree of difficulty is always just a value adder, not the product itself. How many times do you hear fans of shows like 30 Rock and Community talk about how cleverly those shows are written (which is certainly true), and that they can&#039;t understand why there aren&#039;t more viewers. I like both of those shows, but the things I&#039;ve most laughed at in the last five years have been a Jackass movie and a webpage with a collection of humorously graffitied street signs. Yes, I&#039;m ashamed of both, but I&#039;m laughing now just remembering them. </p>
<p>For that matter, &quot;wwhy shrek is piss? why shrek is piss? #italiano&quot;.  Why is that such an excellent question? </p>
<p>In summary, I guess if you keep coming across memes and other things that annoy you, you should improve your filter because when it comes to creative efforts, unfiltered anything will be mostly shit.</p>
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		<title>Comment on My thoughts on memes, distilled by Bobulus</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/23/my-thoughts-on-memes-distilled/#comment-2005</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobulus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you and I are using different definitions of &#039;meme&#039;, then, Kris. 
 
If we&#039;re talking about, say, those reaction comics that you just mentioned in Chainsawsuit, those are a meme, and, yeah, a very stale one at that. But I wouldn&#039;t, for example,  just call sticking the word &#039;bacon&#039; into another joke a meme. I&#039;m...not sure what you&#039;d call that. 
 
We need more words for the proliferation of an idea in a rapidly evolving fashion, I think. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you and I are using different definitions of &#039;meme&#039;, then, Kris. </p>
<p>If we&#039;re talking about, say, those reaction comics that you just mentioned in Chainsawsuit, those are a meme, and, yeah, a very stale one at that. But I wouldn&#039;t, for example,  just call sticking the word &#039;bacon&#039; into another joke a meme. I&#039;m&#8230;not sure what you&#039;d call that. </p>
<p>We need more words for the proliferation of an idea in a rapidly evolving fashion, I think.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A Refactoring Approach to Kickstarter by Zaidyer</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/17/a-refactoring-approach-to-kickstarter/#comment-1965</link>
		<dc:creator>Zaidyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe it&#039;s just me and my cautious, negative outlook, but I&#039;d say Checkpoint made a point earlier this week on PATV... The success of big projects like Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, and even Order of the Stick are most likely creating a Kickstarter bubble.
 
I think if this bubble bursts, your initial estimate for the Scott and Kris Show will become more or less the norm. And what happens then? I certainly wouldn&#039;t want to see you take a fall on this one, Kris!
 

 
Or maybe nothing will happen! But I can&#039;t help but be suspicious.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe it&#8217;s just me and my cautious, negative outlook, but I&#8217;d say Checkpoint made a point earlier this week on PATV&#8230; The success of big projects like Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, and even Order of the Stick are most likely creating a Kickstarter bubble.</p>
<p>I think if this bubble bursts, your initial estimate for the Scott and Kris Show will become more or less the norm. And what happens then? I certainly wouldn&#8217;t want to see you take a fall on this one, Kris!</p>
<p>Or maybe nothing will happen! But I can&#8217;t help but be suspicious.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A Refactoring Approach to Kickstarter by krisstraub</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/17/a-refactoring-approach-to-kickstarter/#comment-1963</link>
		<dc:creator>krisstraub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There will be more to come, but rest assured there is/was slow movement on several fronts. I know there&#039;s outtakes and stuff that we can deliver before the DVD comes out. I really appreciate your help with the series. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There will be more to come, but rest assured there is/was slow movement on several fronts. I know there&#8217;s outtakes and stuff that we can deliver before the DVD comes out. I really appreciate your help with the series.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A Refactoring Approach to Kickstarter by ashleywr</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/17/a-refactoring-approach-to-kickstarter/#comment-1962</link>
		<dc:creator>ashleywr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The only thing that really disappointed me with the Kickstarter for the show is that we really only got like, 2 or 3 videos, and a few screenshots of behind the scenes stuff. I guess there was only like 200-300 people who that would go for, but it would have been great to get more. I think that&#039;s the issue with Kickstarter. It&#039;s easy to promise things and forget about/not be able to fully commit to them. 
 
That said, I fucking loved the show, and want more, and will be continuing to buy things you make. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only thing that really disappointed me with the Kickstarter for the show is that we really only got like, 2 or 3 videos, and a few screenshots of behind the scenes stuff. I guess there was only like 200-300 people who that would go for, but it would have been great to get more. I think that&#039;s the issue with Kickstarter. It&#039;s easy to promise things and forget about/not be able to fully commit to them. </p>
<p>That said, I fucking loved the show, and want more, and will be continuing to buy things you make.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Blamimation Episode 8 is up! by HexColor</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/02/21/blamimation-episode-8-is-up/#comment-1941</link>
		<dc:creator>HexColor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I could not stop laughing at Kitchen Challenge. 
 
Chef Gordon Ramsey should take a cue from this episode and rhyme every time he appears on television.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I could not stop laughing at Kitchen Challenge. </p>
<p>Chef Gordon Ramsey should take a cue from this episode and rhyme every time he appears on television.</p>
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		<title>Comment on A Guide to My Next Two Weeks by Mookowicz</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/03/30/a-guide-to-my-next-two-weeks/#comment-1937</link>
		<dc:creator>Mookowicz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw you at Symphony of Legends. Nice going, Kris! A great bridge between gaming and symphony audiences. Great to see you down under. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw you at Symphony of Legends. Nice going, Kris! A great bridge between gaming and symphony audiences. Great to see you down under.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Scott and Kris Show &#8211; Ties by davidgraey</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2012/04/03/scott-and-kris-show-ties/#comment-1930</link>
		<dc:creator>davidgraey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May I be the first to deliberately set down my drink, stand up from my chair and begin the slow clap for the finale the brought this great nation to its knees! 
What a beautiful climax. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May I be the first to deliberately set down my drink, stand up from my chair and begin the slow clap for the finale the brought this great nation to its knees!<br />
What a beautiful climax.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Regarding Candle Cove by Hehaw7</title>
		<link>http://krisstraub.com/2010/11/27/regarding-candle-cove/#comment-1907</link>
		<dc:creator>Hehaw7</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of the reason for its success comes from the mystery of the author.  No one to deny or prove the story, so maybe it was a good thing you didn&#039;t copyright your name under it. 
It took me awhile to even find this page. 
Awesome job though. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of the reason for its success comes from the mystery of the author.  No one to deny or prove the story, so maybe it was a good thing you didn&#039;t copyright your name under it.<br />
It took me awhile to even find this page.<br />
Awesome job though.</p>
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