[kibwen]

It works far more of the time than people give it credit for. There are a lot of good XKCDs, but that one is by far the worst one ever made, as far as being a damaging meme goes.

[hnfong]

It's survival bias. You'd never see the confusion from would-have-failed standards-wannabes that xkcd927 helped prevent.

[mturmon]

"xkcd 927 Considered Harmful" ?

[nickagliano]

Fantastic comment