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This. The author may be smart, but the comics aren't. They are just a pretentious vehicle for
Randall to show the world how smart and excentric he is, while containing little to no actual humor (which is pretty stupid for a web
comic). His followers like the damn thing because getting the ``jokes'' and references makes them feel as if they're as smart and excentric as the author, and thus special, instead of just misfits (which is what they probably if they have to cling to a unfunny webcomic to have a sense of self-worth).