1): Don't make a few comics and then log on here and say "I'm new! Look at my comics and tell me what you think!" Everybody hates that shit.

2): Threatening to bitchslap the other forum users if they don't go and look at your lame-assed comics will make you an instant pariah, or worse, cause a large red robot with a boner the size of Wyoming to knock on your door. "Avon calling". *RAARRR!*

3): Just make comics. If people like them, they'll tell you.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

Why can't you just ignore those posts? Are they really that irritable?

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Lots of people think anonymity brings them at a higher level of power... I just think it makes them larger dickheads than they really are in person. :-D

For people who allow themselves to be irritated, yes. I just laugh at those posts without saying I'm doing it, like the bastard I am.

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"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

Actually, the posts are irritating. The people are irritable.

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Get it right!

I've seen a lot of places on line where the newbies who draw attention to themselves get hazed. This is why I lurk for a few days, and then just wade into the conversations without drawing attention to myself. Works every time.

Besides, this place is full of smartasses... it doesn't take much exploration of the threads to figure that out. When dealing with smartasses, the last thing you want to do is put on a display like Gnu Guy... or crabby when he first showed up.

That's really the heart of it. Have some respect for the group of people you're joining by observing them and learning a bit about them. Figure out the rules of the game that's being played before you go trying to get people to play by your rules.

That applies to any social group. The people who come in wearing an "I lack social skills" badge make everyone a little uncomfortable. That's why everyone tries to distance themselves as much as possible.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

Why can't you just skip doing something that you've been told in plain English just gets on everybody's tits? I mean... doesn't that make more sense?

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

Often "look at my strips and tell me if you like them" is code for "look at my strips and tell me I'm a god damn riot". Usually, you're not. Even those of us who have had plenty of practice and read plenty of other people's strips still have to work to be funny, and quite frequently we fail at it. The chances that you are the most hilarious thing we've seen this year are low. If you are, take it on the road. Comedy clubs will actually pay you.

What really bugs me, to be honest, is the presumption that some guy who just walked in off the street and has only made 6 comics is somehow deserving of a peer review from people who each have several dozen strips under their belts and have never said so much as "do you all think I suck ass?" Because they understand something very important, not just here but in all aspects of life: it's not about you. It's about what you do. Write funny comics, and the praise will surely follow. Enter some of the contests we run; part of the reason we have them is to give recognition to people who have exercised the art of humor on this site.

"We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do." -- Olin Miller

I don't know who Olin Miller is, but I think I've found a quote for my profile.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

quote:

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That's really the heart of it. Have some respect for the group of people you're joining by observing them and learning a bit about them. Figure out the rules of the game that's being played before you go trying to get people to play by your rules.

That applies to any social group. The people who come in wearing an "I lack social skills" badge make everyone a little uncomfortable. That's why everyone tries to distance themselves as much as possible.

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PS - Please.

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Get off my back!

Okay, you have to be masquerading... who is it? Gabe? Obi? crabby?

Fuck, you already admited it in the other thread!

FUCK. That's what I've been doing wrong in life. And I thought that badge so complimented my eyes. Probably why I got laid off too. Sunvabitch. Thanks for telling me NOW.

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"Fascist Clay was my most favorite totalitarian boxer!" - Indie Rock Pete from Diesel Sweeties

I don't care two Willie Nelsons what any of you think about my comics. You can't live with a smelly, farty bastard for 18 years, bathe him for 17, help him cry himself to sleep for the last five (ever since he saw Mr. Holland's Opus), and still care what people think of you, your boy, or your desire to kill your boy.

God, I hate him.

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He was always slow in school.

HAHAHAHAHA!

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Wait a minute...

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'a gnu tribute']

can somebody show me how to make these gnu jokes funny? i can't work it out.

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I LIVE!

That's 'cause they're not supposed to be funny, Einstein.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

It's like we're at a party having a nice conversation about ape felching and some dolt bursts forth wearing a lampshade on his head and going "look at me look at me am I funny?" And of course everyone is like, "shut up, boorite."

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What others say about boorite!

apejuice, u ever heard of hairytongue?

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Who knows what fear lurks in the hearts of men? MIKE BOBSICO KNOWS! And if you give him a decent tip when he delivers your mail , he might tell you.

ps, the shellsuit guy was damn good, deserves to win

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Who knows what fear lurks in the hearts of men? MIKE BOBSICO KNOWS! And if you give him a decent tip when he delivers your mail , he might tell you.

And then we bust out the Jagermeister and get shitfaced and jump in our friend's '72 Buick Golfmaster and look for a fairway to make rooster tails in.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Then we blame it on the newbie.

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What others say about boorite!

BTW, my post is really irritable.

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What others say about boorite!

So're my bowels.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent