I’m a big xkcd fan, but I feel like it hasn’t really been that clever/interesting/funny in years. Will I be impressed with one of this year’s comics, to the degree that I question my controversial assertion that it’s degraded?

(No offense to people who still enjoy xkcd, which seems to be everyone besides me! I think you should keep enjoying them; don’t let me steal your happiness.)

The last truly classic xkcd I can think of is https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2501:_Average_Familiarity, from Aug 2021. Unless I’m forgetting some big ones, this market would’ve resolved NO for 2022 and 2023.

In the comments I put a detailed description of why I didn’t think a particular recent xkcd was very funny.

General policy for my markets: In the rare event of a conflict between my resolution criteria and the agreed-upon common-sense spirit of the market, I may resolve it according to the market's spirit or N/A, probably after discussion.