garbage garbage everywhere
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Thanks to Alec, and much to Gabe’s chagrin, I can’t stop thinking in limerick form. Also, I must clarify that by “new york” I don’t mean the whole state, I’m making a sweeping generalization that mostly stems from the frustration of living in my neighborhood, which is basically an open landfill. And for some fucking reason, they double bag everything here, and even a cup of coffee comes with a bag and two napkins. which leads to tons of plastic bags kickin’ it in the trees. bleh.
oh yeah, this weeks haters are actually pleading to Vice to stop running Fart Party. But they love the dude sitting across from me on the Subway the other day. But who doesn’t?
April 9th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Silly lady, don’t you know those plastic bag trees are native to New York City? We grow them special. That’s why they are always giving you so many bags, they grow right on the trees!
April 9th, 2008 at 9:52 am
they fill up with rain water and then explode on people randomly.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
do chicken bones grow on trees here too?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
It must be satisfying to be able to inadvertently cause that much anger in people with cartoons! (re Vice)
April 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Come, on, the person asking for Fart Party to be discontinued (and it seems like only one person btw) is calling for Achewood??? I’m sorry, but I really dont think that webcomic is very funny at all and regardless, its like apples and oranges. And what the fuck is up with all this Garfield minus Garfield business? THIS was making its rounds on the web years ago. Its so old I blogged about it on MYSPACE for christsakes. GarfieldminusGarfield is a rip-off. So THERE!
April 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
This makes me miss home… in an odd sort of way?
April 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
This isn’t really a comic, so I feel a little uncomfortable solving this problem, but here goes:
You could organize a community street cleaning team (more information can be found at http://www.ehow.com/how_2138111_organize-community-cleanup.html) and you and your chums can spend many a glorious afternoon cleaning your community (steps 4 & 5) and enjoying your new clean community (step 6).
Please note: I not only addressed your concern, but also fixed New York. A good day’s work!
April 9th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I think your comic is hilarious and great. Don’t let the haters get you down.
I do wish you wouldn’t use the word “gay” synonymously with “lame” or “bad” though. (I realize that here it’s in a slightly more meaningful context than it usually is, but still I was reminded. And it’s still derogatory here.) Seriously. You’re too cool for that.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Ha, just like the white trash trailer park i lived in when i was little,
People just don’t give two shits about how thier community looks.
Next time, just dont take the bags or bring your own cloth bags.
Some places will even give you a discount for using your own bags so a poor comic writer/ waitress could use that extra 10 cents per item.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I assume you’re also watching that Vice documentary about that plastic island in the pacific.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
April 9th, 2008 at 11:46 am
M- telling me not to say “gay” is fucking gay. you know what else is gay? having your panties in a bunch. It’s just a word, get over it.
james- I do have my own bags, and when I can help it, and I decline bags when I can. But when you do that here, they look at your like you’re crazy and you have to say it 3 times before they understand that you’re serious and you don’t need a million fucking bags to carry home some toilet paper. This is in select parts of the city though, some places are “greener” than others. I’m just used to a heavy/constant dose of greenery coming from Northern California.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
If New York had alleys, like Chicago, all that trash would be where it belongs (piled on top of the homeless on Lower Wacker).
April 9th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
wait- trash belongs piled up on top of homeless people? man, I’ve said some mean shit before, but that’s kinda fucked up. And apparently you’ve never been to New York because we have alleys all over the place.
April 9th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
M… good for you for saying something… yeah language really can be oppressive. I’ve been reading Fart Party forever and I love it, and I know that political correctness isn’t like, the driving force of Fart Party humour, (nor should it be- ugggh) but I totally agree that the way that expression gets used gives me a sinking feeling in my gut. If I was gay, I’d think Julia was a douche. Sorry, Julia…
April 9th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Maybe Chicago has horrible homeless like San Francisco, but we New Yorkers like our generally genial homeless, and we take offense at the idea of piling them under garbage, screw-you-very-much. We’d rather take the mink-coat wearing, scowling assholes from the Trump district and pile our garbage on them. Garbage on top of Garbage, you know.
April 9th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
oh, and I hope no one calls me a “fag” or “homo” for expressing this opinion. Not because those words are derogatory (which they are) but because it wouldn’t be funny.
April 9th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
(I’m loving that the whole LIMERICK part of this post is being completely ignored…
April 9th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
so do you live in the new york equivalent of san francisco’s east of south vaness area around foodsco rainbow ish trash land?
oh and i always like when you use the word gay in a manner that insinuates lame etc i think its kindof the perfect context people should grow a sense of humour especially if they’re going to read ” vulgar” comics
April 9th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
It was a joke, meant to imply that Chicago mistreats its homeless. My apologies.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Dude, I’ve only just stumbled across your comics, and I spent an entire evening reading them from the start. My eyes bloody hurt now, but it was worth it. Christ, you remind me so much of a friend of mine (with the unashamed use of the ‘f’ and ‘g’ words), with a bit of me mixed in (the loner, geeky type, with exceedingly good taste in most things)….but it’s all good I tell you!!
If you ever come to the UK, or if you have, I dunno? The rubbish here is just as bad. People live in houses made of plastic bags. It’s true, I saw it on Grand Designs.
April 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
julia, I have an e-crush on you
marry me
April 9th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Ya know, it makes you appear less intelligent to always use the words “gay” and “fag.” It’s obvious that you’re not homophobic, so is it so necessary to have to use the words in such a derogatory way?
April 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
As I’ve recently learned from experience, irony does not work in comments.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
jesusfuckingchrist, this whole thread is fucking gay. It’s supposed to be about New York and all it’s garbage, not your semantic hangups and weird internet proposals. fucking hell, I’m about ready to throw in the fucking towel here. (ps- SF matt! you read this? how the fuck are you? how is flaming horse? you still living in the mission? email me you fucking faggot turd!)
April 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
don’t throw in the towel! you must wade through the morons like myself because who the hell are we going to laugh at (with) in our boring doldrums of days? fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag fag
April 9th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
love the limerick… sorry about the scenery.
April 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Welcome to NY CITY!
April 9th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Fuck the dipshits on Vice that have nothing better to do than to find everything wrong with everything good in this world. Fart Party rules.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Concerning the “gay” comments,
I can’t help but agree with “M” and “bsmzrw7i” and “… Says”.
You say, “It’s just a word, get over it”, but it is a word that, when used as an insult, is hurtful.
This shouldn’t be a whole online discussion, it should be a gradual realization of the differences between the 7 bad words and the slew of hurtful words and phrases that exist. You don’t need to be defensive about any of this, but hopefully it brings your attention to being careful with words (which are the most powerful things we have), and actually caring about people as a whole and as one. You will need to get used to being more caring and careful with your audience, since your audience is now growing very rapidly, it appears. This is just a financial/life recommendation.
I have been with you since I first found your paper comic 2+ years ago in a Boston, MA comic shop. NOW is the time to not alienate anyone.
Delete this if you want, but please hear what I am saying to you.
I used the word “faggot” all the time throughout my life to describe someone who annoyed me. But the day I said it in front of a “gay” friend, and saw the look on his face, it changed everything.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Oh plastic bags, you give us so many things. Bag trees, bagmata, garbage . . . and occasionally the odd plastic bag animal attached to a subway vent.
Limericks are great, and spring is a whorish tease.
ALSO if you don’t like using the word gay/fag, then YOU don’t use it. Stop pestering people, douchemonkeys.
Pestering people is lamesauce.
April 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Wow, lots of garbage! To see more garbage, just look at the jerkrats that are hating on Fart Party at Vice. Keep on keeping on. Also, glad you got your wallet back!
April 10th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I’m surprised no one has made an american beauty-esque comment about the beauty of plastic bags blowing in the wind…
I would, but I fuckin hate that movie.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I would never use the word “gay” as a synonym for (what is it — stupid, prissy, oversensitive, precious, wimpy?), because it would be offensive and hurtful to many people, be they LGBT individuals or caring straights. I just wouldn’t do that.
But it’s funny when you do.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Hey Julia,
Now that you’ve grown an audience by talking the way you talk, stop talking that way so you won’t offend them.
You’re welcome,
-Mr. Paradox
April 10th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Just curious if there’s a particular reason to use the word gay? I feel like all my friends who use it are mostly trying to show off their non-pc-credentials, which seems pretty silly. Not sure of the need to use a word that has been used to put down so many people when there are so many other fine vulgarities to choose from.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
i had dream once where the word “turd insurgent” came up. this comment page has a lot of turd insurgents.
April 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
this gay shit is RETARDED. We’re all getting GYPPED out of a real discussion about the content of the limerick. I love the plastic bag trees. There like apple trees except you can carry stuff in the fruit! Handy!
April 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I’m bi, and I have more than a few gay friends, and I didn’t even notice the use of the word gay in the comic until it was mentioned in the comments. What’s more harmful: using gay in a light-hearted context to be synonymous with lame, or creating a whole lot of fear around the term and its proper usage?
I don’t know, perhaps the world needs to get a sense of humour. Fucking fags.
The comic was beautiful. I laughed, I cried, I learned to appreciate the greenery just outside my window.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
the only thing I’m going to say is that I use the word “gay” by default. It’s a era sensitive term and I’m going to keep on using it however I fucking feel like it. pick your battles with someone who gives a shit. END OF THREAD, please don’t post anything more about it.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:43 am
http://longstrethslimericks.blogspot.com/2008/04/julia-wertz.html
April 11th, 2008 at 11:16 am
yeah they give me “are you fucking stupid look” when i say i have my own bags like ive done something wrong
unless i go to Whole Foods where its actually “cool” to care, whatever that means
and seriously, when did this venture into gay shit?
April 11th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Maybe better:
I set out one spring day
Looking for somewhere to play
But soon I was drowning in trash
From my toes to my ‘stache
This limerick it is fucking gay
April 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
the definitive quash to ‘fag’ arguments is that language is an agreed upon social system for communication, and in normal use the words gay faggot etc can be used to mean NUMEROUS things. people say the semantic closeness of an insult to a group is bad but fuck them, teach resilience before engineering comfort through nagging. i KILL people who try to argue about this.
April 11th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
‘agreed-upon’ meaning that all words are flexible and change through continuous use,
and ‘fag’ is such an efficient and satisfying insult mouth sound that its stupid to try and nag it out of use.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:52 am
FUCKING STOP IT!!!
April 12th, 2008 at 6:52 am
unless it’s in limerick form, that one from american death fat was pretty funny
April 12th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I love when you lose it.
April 12th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
if i was more of a creeper- i’d say ‘julia i love you’
but since i’m not, i’ll just say ‘you win at life.’
April 12th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Holy Fucking Quetzalcoatl, why is everyone in here so damn serious? Don’t you guys have some Oprah to watch or something?
April 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Fart Party dot org is the bomb
Thanks to Julia Wertz (and her mom)
But if you love to waste time
With foul language that rhymes
Check out LimerickDB dot com
April 16th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
well. i wrote you a while ago about taking a job in SF or in BK. i went w/ SF. from your photo today i feel pretty good about the decision.
April 20th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
AAAAH! I love Julia’s crass humor… but no one, not even her, would ever find this acceptable language if it referred to ANY other group! Being gay is not a joke, and it’s not lame. It’s fucking awesome. Now, if Julia saw two guys sucking dick and said,”dude, thats gay,” that wouldn’t be derogatory, just an honest observation. That actually IS gay.
Gay people have the right to say stuff bothers them! Especially when we are in the ultimate thick of our civil rights movement. Gay people sill don’t have equal protection or all civil rights! Everything is not fine and dandy, or physically safe. That is reality, not PC.
May 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am
I love this one. I take pictures of shit people leave on my street in Los Angeles. Just on my block I’m constantly seeing tires, furniture, female mannequins, chocolate cake, corn on the cob with a stick through it, and chicken bones. I can understand being poor (a little too much, sometimes), but I’ll never understand not having some pride in where you live and picking up after yourself. It can be really depressing.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Why not use ‘cunt’ instead?
It should be made to work in all lingual situations!
More offense = more fun!