I fucking, fucking hate this man, his webcomic and his fucking FIOC jokes.
FUCK.
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Anonymous2008-04-21 16:24
Hello, and welcome to ``Let's analyse Munroe's Jokes!!''.
Let's look at the panels left to right, up to down.
The first panel depicts two figures mounting a computer (And Asus Eee PC) in a hamster ball; humour comes from the fact that they are both adult, but, surprise!, they are amused by a hamster ball! How quaint.
The second panel utilises a typical Munroe motif, the acronyms. We are informed that TCO, the total cost of ownership, of a cat is approximately one thousand dollars a year.
The third panel is another attempt at achieving an amusing effect: One figure states that he has already written AI scripts for obstacle avoidance and blogging. Note that the Author compares the importance of blogging with that of avoiding obstacles. Humorous.
The fourth panel shows the already functional robot, "making friends: with an automatic vacuum cleaner. Notice the onomatopoeias that imitate mechanical noises.