I don't know what it is about internet nerds and their lack of funny-ness, but it's rampant among them. Some web comics are pretty good, xkcd and Perry Bible being some of them, but you notice that those guys are actually artists, aka putting in more than half an hour into a single comic.
Look at the comic above. Considering I haven't seen any of these in many years, I am technically "out of the loop", but even if I have missed a lot of reoccurring jokes or themes, technically this comic should be funny on it's own without the reader knowing previous references. That's why in the newspaper, if a comic has a story about a cat running away (i don't know) on Monday, On Tuesday the continuation of that comic will have a small recap.
But going back to why these aren't funny. Look at this. Tell me if you understand what's going on. From what I can tell, it's a guy throwing people into the sky one by one. Okay, so I do understand it, but that doesn't mean it's not stupid. That's one reason why this is not funny: the author is using sprites to communicate something, but it doesn't work. There are no facial expressions, it's just slightly edited face in every panel. Going back to xkcd, that guy has minimalist artwork, but he makes details clear. He doesn't draw faces on his characters, but he can show emotions.
I don't think this is an issue of me "not getting it". I think the comic is stupid, and that's why I'm not reading it.
