[2013-Sep-30] Hyper-fecund mega-nerds

[Astrogirl]

Hyper-fecund mega-nerds
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3130

I learned a new word. Fecund. Zach is too leet to say fertile.

[blueguy76]

Shouldn't that be "too bad"?

[Astrogirl]

Nope.

10 Ave Zach, sinner!

[PastaPappa]

You made a typo. First bubble: "It's to bad..." s/b "It's too bad..." Grammar Nazi's unite!

[ZeonMagna]

But I thought 'to bad' is a verb. Like in spanish the verb: 'malar'

[Blue Cheese Weasel]

It works like this:

Imagine a dial like an old-school voltmeter, with a wobbly needle. Let's call it a "good-ometer".

On the left side is "Bad" and on the right side is "Good". When turned off, the needle points straight up.

When applied to the problem of "Stupid people breeding more than smart people", the "good-ometer" needle moves toward the left, i.e. toward bad, i.e. "to bad".

The speaker in the first panel is simply reading off the good-ometer held in her right hand, clipped by the bottom of the frame.

[gyeats]

The "to" was an ironic choice, since the character was discussing the stupidity of other people without considering her own short-sightedness.

There. I used my English degree today. I can relax.

[P1h3r1e3d13]

You made a typo. First bubble: "It's to bad..." s/b "It's too bad..." Grammar Nazi's unite!

Oh dear lord. Did you apostrophize “Grammar Nazis?”

[underdetermined]

Oh, good. I thought I would be the only one to complain about the 'to'/'too' mistake.

[Amonymous]

IT'S TO BAD

[Astrogirl]

You made a typo. First bubble: "It's to bad..." s/b "It's too bad..." Grammar Nazi's unite!

Oh dear lord. Did you apostrophize “Grammar Nazis?”

You made a typo. First bubble: "It's to bad..." s/b "It's too bad..." Grammar Nazi's unite!

I didn't make any typo, Zach did. Go tell him in the Zach Hotline: http://www.smbc-comics.com/smbcforum/vi ... ch+hotline Which he probably won't read, either.

/edit: Ah no, don't do anything, he already knows and is fed up with being informed: https://twitter.com/ZachWeiner/status/3 ... 1250998272

[Liriodendron_fagotti]

I learned a new word. Fecund. Zach is too leet to say fertile.

We use it all the time in ecology classes.

The fecundity of this population of Homo sapiens is low, likely a result of increased time spent at computers compared with other populations.

[GUTCHUCKER]

And here I thought he did it on purpose. Trolling is a art, after all.

[Omega]

I thought it was to illustrate the character's stupidity?

[Gramma-tastic]

Dear Zach, please don't give into the Grammar-istas. Revert to the original! Change it back to 'to'! I thought it was a subtle and hilarious way of making your point.