Why do you hate xkcd

I would like to know why everyone hates xkcd so much.  The comics are clever, funny, and fresh, the author isn't trying to make a funny comic just to get rich, and the author has alot of neat ideas like mapping every IP address, mapping the internet, and Geohashing, among other stuff.

So those are my reasons why I like xkcd.  I don't see what all the nerd rage is about.  Please reply with good valid points of why you hate xkcd instead of the typical troll fest that /prog/ is.

I hate all the people who read xkcd for the sole reason of feeling smug that they get the references. It used to be a webcomic meant to humor the curious, but now it's just a self-referential shitfest geared to satiate the "haha only nerds like me would get this comic" crowd.

And Randall is a bastard and wholly responsible for taking it in that direction.