Do your parents even know you have a webcomic?

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:46 pm

AOL could stand for Australia OnLine...but the point's negligible, as I'm sticking with Netspace.

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:35 pm

No, they most definitely do not. Especially Michelle's parents.

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:12 pm

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:06 pm

legostargalactica wrote:When my comic got popular and I mentioned it to my parents my father wanted to know if we could use that popularity for him to sell fish over the internet...

I don't know why but this made me spray mountain dew on the monitor screen.

My parents know. Neither of them read it, but they know.

I actually WANT my Mom to read it. She would, too, if I ever got off the computer.

My dad...well, right now not in a million years. Maybe when he grows beyond the mental age of twelve. I am not as much mad at him as I am weirded out. Trust me. You don't want to know.

CW

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:53 pm

christwriter wrote:I am not as much mad at him as I am weirded out. Trust me. You don't want to know.

Oh, but we do.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:04 pm

Tim wrote:
Toxic wrote:
Teammayhem wrote:AOL Mexico (oh, the irony...)
What the hell?
America OnLine Mexico.

Though, technically, it's North America, so it's still correct. Kinda.

But Mexico is latin america, so it would have to be LAOL.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:20 pm

I'm 99.99999% certain my mother doesn't know, though she does have my AIM screen name and could find my site quite easily. My dad... don't know, don't care. He did find War's site once, though, through googling War's name. Probably wanted to make sure he wasn't a convicted sex offender or something, I'm sure...

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:33 pm

Teammayhem wrote:
Tim wrote:
Toxic wrote: What the hell?
America OnLine Mexico.

Though, technically, it's North America, so it's still correct. Kinda.
But Mexico is latin america, so it would have to be LAOL.

That is so awesomely close to being LOL.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:37 pm

Cope wrote:
Teammayhem wrote:
Tim wrote: America OnLine Mexico.

Though, technically, it's North America, so it's still correct. Kinda.
But Mexico is latin america, so it would have to be LAOL.
That is so awesomely close to being LOL.

Well, AOL is a joke...

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:07 pm

Teammayhem wrote:
Tim wrote:
Toxic wrote: What the hell?
America OnLine Mexico.

Though, technically, it's North America, so it's still correct. Kinda.
But Mexico is latin america, so it would have to be LAOL.

I'm not sure why the creators of AOL would put the word 'America' in it, as it would make international distribution awkward. Ditto with Legally Blonde 2.

Psychoticdesires · Post by **Psychoticdesires** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:22 pm

my dad and step mom know about it but my real mom does not. If she saw it she would freak and would think I was turning into a satanist or something.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:32 pm

Subhuman wrote:
christwriter wrote:I am not as much mad at him as I am weirded out. Trust me. You don't want to know.
Oh, but we do.

Well. He's a Republican. Well, so am I, but he's REPUBLICAN. Think Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, John Birch Socioty mailing list...he once tried to talk me and my brother into spending summer at Republi--I mean, American Government and civi--no, I mean Republican Camp.

So anyway I sent him an ironic story I had heard, about the Supreme Court Ruling that local government can use iminent domain to take privet property away from one privet owner and give it to another owner (read: Corperation) as long as the new owner will use it to generate more tax dollars, and how a guy is using it to take the privet property away from one of the judges who ruled in the majority so he can build a hotel dedicated to the loss of property rights in America. I thought it would be funny. Heck, I thought it was funny, because I think that was a Bad Thing To Do.

He sent me back an email saying "That's my girl. Stay Vigiulant and Special. I love you. Daddy".

I still cannot figure out what the heck THAT means.

CW

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:36 am

Not at the moment...I'll probably show it to them eventually...if only to prove all the time I spend on the computer isn't entirely wasted. I'll probably wait until I have a good archive before I start showing the comic around to people I know in real life though.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:04 am

legostargalactica wrote:When my comic got popular and I mentioned it to my parents my father wanted to know if we could use that popularity for him to sell fish over the internet...

christwriter wrote:I don't know why but this made me spray mountain dew on the monitor screen.

I would have had a similar reaction, if I'd been drinking anyway.

I think my mom knows about my comic, because she saw me working on the webpage and asked what I was doing, and I said, "Webcomic".

Muffo11 · Post by **Muffo11** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:49 pm

I've told my Mom and Step dad, but its as if they didn't know... My real Dad has no idea of how old I am, that I'm alive, that he need to answer his ****ing phone for once, that I have a comic.
8)

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:53 pm

I think they generate most of my traffic, truth be told.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:06 pm

christwriter wrote: He sent me back an email saying "That's my girl. Stay Vigiulant and Special. I love you. Daddy".

I still cannot figure out what the heck THAT means.

CW

Maybe he's proud of you for being able to see the humor in it? Well, -I- thought it was funny, anyway. Sure got the point across too, I actually find myself hoping the tools on the SCOTUS actually do get evicted by their own ruling.

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:27 pm

My parents know. My mother doesn't really get it, but reads it faithfully everytime there's an update.

Which, you know, would be really sweet, except that she asks me to explain what's going on in the current strip, unintentionally sapping my confidence . . .

*sighs*

Stinkywigfiddle · Post by **Stinkywigfiddle** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:37 pm

Yes. And my mom is offended. Oops.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:49 pm

stinkywigfiddle wrote:Yes. And my mom is offended. Oops.

If she only knew about the IRC... damn, then you'd be in hot water.

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Do your parents even know you have a webcomic?

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