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He also apparently thinks Munroe is a reverse misogynist. There's got to be a proper word for that...

Misandrist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandrist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry

There is also some internal debate about if he is in fact an anti-semite or perhaps just insensitive to cultural issues in general:

http://xkcdexplained.tumblr.com/post/227070875/a-man-wearing... http://xkcdexplained.tumblr.com/post/226266899/the-trick-her...

So, the trolling here extends to trying to imply that the guy's racist?

Nicely done, I guess. I figure this one will ping up to 150+ with this crowd.

You guys assume a lot about Randall. Jew-hat? Seriously? Why not a generic black hat?

The second explanation has the benefit in that "blackhats" are generally considered bad guys (descending from the old Hollywood western tradition of bad guys wearing black hats and good guys wearing black hats).

You seem to like taking the worst possible interpretation of Randall possible.

And what do the neutral guys wear? Black hats?

I do wonder what leaps in logic get you from a stick figure's black hat to "Hasidic Jew’s black hat".

Not only did those two posts forget the funny, they might actually create trouble for the xkcd (politically correct activist + google search + no understanding of humor or satire = pain in the ass). Stupider things have happened.

Okay, so you could ignore the obvious resemblance to the Hasidic Jew Hat (http://bit.ly/29cFxJ), I suppose. But then what about "Brown Thighs? = Eww." What is wrong with brown thighs?

At some point I have to question if they guy is doing it subtly on purpose or just completely oblivious, and neither is good.

P.S. We didn't "forget the funny." We went searching for it, and these descriptions are what we came up with.

My interpretation of that joke was scatological. Though, I don't know if that says more about me than Randall.

The hat also resembles all manner of Safari hats and is pretty close to a stick figure representation of the black hat conference.

Ok, you went searching for the funny and never found it. Look, even in satire, implying someone is a racist is bad (I really hope this is satire and the "At some point" sentence is not actually serious).

As for the eww, check the forum http://bit.ly/4rD9cU for an explanation.

"Even in satire, implying someone is a racist is bad".

This bodes ill for The Producers, doesn't it?

Goodwin by indirection it is :)

I suppose the exception would be people who are admitted racists.

"The hat also resembles all manner of Safari hats"

Or porkpie hats, or fedoras.

If that's part of the "satire" then congratulations, you officially don't know when to stop. If it isn't then congratulations, you're an absolute moron.

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