A Couple of Corrections for The Oatmeal’s Webcomic about the Tesla S

I don't really understand what you mean by derogatory. The author does complement the TheOatmeal guy quite a few times.

Do you mean that the author of the post should have been more polite about the solar roadway thing? I suppose there could be an argument for that.

But generally it seems like the blog post is requesting that some things be clarified slightly.

I will note that I had a bit of trouble determining if a certain part of the blog post was a quote or a response. (the part about measuring in light years seemed unclear to me.)

I don't think the post was that bad or negative?

It didn't think it was that great, but it seemed fairly inoffensive, and perhaps with something worth considering.

While I don't think it is important, it might be somewhat better if the comic had talked about the center of the sun instead of the surface, and I don't think it would have harmed the sound. "center of the sun" sounds at least as impressive as "surface of the sun" and has the name number of syllables, so I don't think there would be much aesthetic cost.

But then again, maybe the aesthetic cost would be enough to outweigh the benefits of technical accuracy about things other than the car.

Up to the oatmeal guy I guess.

But in any case I don't think a post correcting it is harmful or rude.