modern conversation
Monday, May 4th, 2009I wrote a long, personal history story that kinda goes with this comic but is more about technology/my family history, which you can read at The Grange Hall, thanks to the lovely Kristen Buckley
ps I wrote this comic awhile ago, hence some oddly timed references
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May 4th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
My cousin learned to type on Mavis Beacon when she was in high school (late 90s) and she always referred to it as “Mavis Beavis,” which I found (and to this day still find) hilarious.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
As an IT professional, I can relate; though most “heavy” users of technology, myself included, have developed strategies to manage the situation. (Well, I actually have a disconnected seaside cottage for vacation purposes, but that’s a different story.) The things I’m talkin about is voluntarily restricting our access to the modern communication technologies to those that we feel comfortable with, so we won’t be overwhelmed.
I pretend to be an “old-school” computer nerd, and thus have excluded myself from social networking altogether (well, I have a last.fm account, but that’s it pretty much). And I’ve given myself a permit to not answer any calls or txts to my personal cell phone if I feel like it; I just press the mute button. It’s partly a matter of personal style, but mainly it is to keep the information flow manageable. I read the txts and e-mails eventually, of course. And I use IRC, which is usually the quickest way to contact me. But I try not to commit myself to any scenario which would require me to be immediately available and able to reply, at least outside my work hours.
Others have different strategies, of course, and that’s fine. If someone I need to communicate with uses a set of technologies that does not overlap with mine at all, they can find me and talk to me in person, or use postal mail or whatever. I use the technologies I use exactly because I find them convenient, and thus I won’t submit to inconveniencing myself because of communication technology.
Sorry, long comment.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
jeeeeesus, get your own blog so I dont have to sit here blowing crumbs out of my keyboard while pretending to read that.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
What did Tapio say in his comment? All I saw was blah, blah, blah.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
…Ive IM’ed/Twittered while on the phone with people.
To them, nonetheless.
It throws them off in the conversation. Especially when you throw in a “Yo Dawg I heard you like…” into the mix.
Good times.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
christ almighty! i come here to look at th funny pictures not to read fucking essays!
BTW earlier a watched an episode of Friends in which Pheobe finished a musical performance with “if you wanna recieve e-mails about my upcoming performances, then give me some money so i can buy a computer!”
very Julia-esque.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
The only technology advance I truly appreciate is … caller ID.
May 4th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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Except for my computer, I am a luddite. Ya’ll are nuttier than a squirrel turd.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Hey dude - do you usually go to APE? Just wonderin!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Your family story struck a chord in me. My childhood was very different, but many of the same feelings were there.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
too orange?
May 5th, 2009 at 2:02 am
what movie did we all end up not actually going to see back in early 2008 where this comic ostensibly takes place?
May 5th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Ah Julia, my daughter will IM me from the computer next to me, as well.
And I won’t write an essay about it either.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:45 am
HA HA! I actually text messaged my friend Abby just this past weekend while she stood 5 feet away to pretty much say this bar sucks i wanna go. Everyone else gave us weird looks when the conversation went from “I love this song”, to “LET’S GO!” within a matter of seconds.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I just read the article linked to at the top of the page, at The Grange Hall. This cartoon makes a lot more sense if you read it.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
aaand, just skyped to friend sitting 3 ft. away.
May 6th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Great story on “The Grange Hall”. You write very well, I hope you do more.
One question:
“….My father was a Reverend….”
“….Well, my boss called, I have to go in early tomorrow….”
God phoned? Seriously?
May 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
no smartass, he had about 3 different jobs during the course of the story, which is duly noted.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:48 am
OMG, do you not have a Mac? I can’t believe your friend even talks to you.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’d like to share with everyone that I’m drinking Pimms. It is most fine. Nice essay, Tapio…seriously?
May 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
you best be trolling captfamous cuz that was so pretentious i actually winced.
May 7th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
grimballz, I think that’s what the kids call sarcasm. I would not try it at home.
May 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
of course i dont talk to her when she’s using that old thing. why do you think the whole conversation was in IM?
May 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Yeah Captfamous you sound like an idustrial size D-bag with a backpack full of Ass Holes. Wearing a tight pair of pink pants and an extra small white polo shirt. and flip-flops. My guess is you just said that to get a rise out of us all. well it worked you Douche!
May 8th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
JDHP- siiiiiigh. no.
May 8th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I have difficulty identifying colors. Is the background of this website orange? Were you speaking to someone about how you were redesigning the site, and showing them a template?
The sides appear brown. I believe the bottom middle section is a type of blue. The title also looks to be a type of blue. The layout reminds me a bit of the Grey Matter Blog system, and it had certainly been a while since I’ve done anything with templates or CGI.
In any case, nice comic. And now I click post comment.
May 10th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
oh lawlz made an ass out of myself on the internet yet again
now on to russian necro feet fetish porn
May 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
i don’t wanna sound pushy or demanding, but… aren’t we due another comic roundabout now? has julia slipped into a cheese coma?
May 16th, 2009 at 8:17 am
..funny,on belgium tv was this elderly couple who just had internet,and they did exactly that ;chatting(with their backs turned to eachother)..it was funny,but secretly really adorable