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Hi, long time lurker first time commenter:
This was the first xkcd in ages that I hated. I know the title is "jealousy" but to me it's a big "screw you". It irked me on so many levels I just had to...well, leave a blog comment.
Posted by: Hadyn | May 07, 2008 at 04:57 PM
I knew a Megan like that, except her name was Kim.
Posted by: Mad Monk | May 07, 2008 at 05:05 PM
@Haydn: I didn't take it all that seriously, and thought it was funny, but I totally see your point.
Posted by: Wil | May 07, 2008 at 05:06 PM
Don't know why there's a prohibition about ever experiencing it again, unless it's a self-imposed one. Strange.
Posted by: John Kusters | May 07, 2008 at 05:20 PM
Ooooh, that's a good one. Complicated. I like that.
Posted by: Will Hindmarch | May 07, 2008 at 05:27 PM
I'm just happy it didn't end with a "your mother" joke.
Posted by: Alan | May 07, 2008 at 05:51 PM
I loved this one too! so much that i used the image as a screensaver...
Posted by: Starr01 | May 07, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Nice one - lots of layers. Each time I read it I get a different taste of the back story and the feelings of the narrator. Like Will said, complicated.
(OT: Dude, Will Hindmarch *totally* posted in your blog!!)
Posted by: Mystral721 | May 07, 2008 at 06:40 PM
Hadyn,
Well since she's married, maybe this will be his last "Megan" comic strip and you won't have to suffer any more of them.
I liked it myself.
Posted by: Egaeus | May 07, 2008 at 07:01 PM
I think this is my favourite xkcd of all time, even though it's more narrative than ‘toon. I felt, for some reason, compelled to read it out to my wife last night when I saw it (though not through bitterness, you understand).
Posted by: Mo | May 08, 2008 at 01:03 AM
I liked it but there were other Megan episodes I liked much better.
But hey, you *do* know every xkcd strip has an ALT text, do you? ;)
Posted by: himdel | May 08, 2008 at 03:46 AM
It made me a little sad. Steve Eley of escapepod.org very strongly stated that he found it very cruel (http://twitter.com/SFEley/statuses/805757628). One person replied to Eley saying they had been sad all day after reading it.
I think it's amazing that this one-panel comic, in a few words, wrenched such emotions out of people. You might not like the theme or the result, but you have to admire the genius.
Posted by: HokieGeek | May 08, 2008 at 05:02 AM
I certainly appreciated this XKCD strip a lot more than some of the more obscure ones. If I have to look up something on Wikipedia to get the joke, it's probably not worth it :)
Posted by: JadeEJF | May 08, 2008 at 09:03 AM
I could take the comic as bittersweet were it not for the line "I hope it stings a little", to me that seems like the author is trying to twist the knife a bit too much.
@JadeEJF : a lot of xkcd strips remind me of Joker's advice to Harley - "if you have to explain the joke then it isn't funny!".
Posted by: MikeN | May 09, 2008 at 04:14 AM
Bitter and heart felt. I can totally relate to the emotions and definitely one of the flip sides to humor. Anger.
Great find and post Wil.
Posted by: CrioKnight | May 11, 2008 at 06:38 AM