virtual misunderstanding
Friday, November 19th, 2010this has happened to me a couple of times and I just want to apologize to anyone who IMed me and I did not answer. For the record, please understand that I do not internet chat unless it’s absolutely necessary. If you have something you’d like to tell me, by all means, send me an email! but please do not be offended if I do not answer an IM.
moving along! I’m still trying to compile a list of comics/graphic novels that take place in New York so if you have any books to add to the list, please do so on the blog post.
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November 19th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Hi Julia,
You can permanently turn off Facebook chat if you click the chat bar on the bottom right, select options, then click “Go Offline.” All the other FB features will still work but chat will be disabled until you turn it back on.
Best, Michael
November 19th, 2010 at 9:48 am
Will there be a new name for the comic, or is it going to be just your name, with different comics or series having different names, a la Jess Fink? Also, will the website be moving?
November 19th, 2010 at 10:17 am
cat! yay!
November 19th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
the first and before last panels feel so awkward…
“dum di dum di dum… WELL I GUESS I WILL GO OUT AND LEAVE MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT OPEN”
November 19th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
yes, well, I must be the only person in the world who LEAVES MY COMPUTER ON WHEN I’M NOT AT HOME. how awkward!
November 19th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Nah, you are not the only person who leaves your computer on when not at home, and facebook open as well. I do it all the time, and come back to IMs, and messages.
November 19th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Love your work. I think weaning off of “Fart Party” is a good idea, but it’s too bad you have to abandon your very original “Brand Name.”
November 19th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
I always sign out of email and facebook before leaving, because I cannot help but imagine dudes breaking into my place to steal shit, then noticing my computer’s on, and then getting wrapped up in reading my emails and causing mischief with my Facebook profile. Also, this comic was awesome. I LOVE clunky exposition spoken aloud. Hilarious.
November 19th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
LOL - You SO did his to me a few weeks ago, Wertz! (I didn’t go no to say F— y– or anything, I fuigured it was… well… exactly like you described above, actually! LOL. I still LMAO when I read this though. And you’re stuff rox!
November 19th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
+1 to permanently turning off FB chat, i did that long ago. also: SIX MILES?! i got winded just reading that. also: your rendition of messed up hair always cracks me up.
November 19th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
HOW DARE YOU NEGLECT ME! I READ YOUR COMIC, THAT MEANS WE HAVE A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP!
November 20th, 2010 at 7:02 am
@Michael B: Thanks for the tip. The comic formerly known as F_P_ is both entertaining and educational.
November 20th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Wow, that t-shirt’s up t0 $55 last I saw. You should make more and be like “Oooopsie, found one more….THIS one’s reeeaaally the last one, I swear!”
Yeah as for IMing, I feel ya there. I panic when that window pops up.
November 21st, 2010 at 9:34 am
it seems like the only time anyone ever tries to send me a facebook IM is when I’m not actually at the computer. no one has ever hated me because of it, though, but possibly that’s because i’m not someone that strangers try to message.
November 21st, 2010 at 2:19 pm
This comic is perfect in every way. Your work in general is wonderful and hilarious - your site is one of the few I check regularly. I admire your ability to expose yourself in ways I would never have the guts to. It seems that nowadays, if one’s art and writing isn’t super-twee, precious, adorable, and completely lacking an edge or darker meaning, then it’s vulnerable to criticism by aggressive people with paradoxically delicate sensibilities.
Re this comic, the internet is uber fertile ground for misunderstandings, bruised egos, and animosity. There’s a whole new etiquette to master, and it can be mentally exhausting. Turn the caring-dial down to zero, and never engage with a hater or a crazy (unless in comic form like this - how fitting). Good stuff!
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:23 am
So more formal name?
Like Flatulence Parade?
November 22nd, 2010 at 3:42 pm
I was eating a turkey sandwich while reading this, and then I laughed and did some weird reverse-hiccup thing and now a piece is stuck in my sinuses! Thanks Julia!
November 22nd, 2010 at 6:29 pm
hahaha this is the best thing i’ve read all day
this is one of the reasons I have my fb chat off…
also, congrats on the running!!! i’m working my way back from sluggery, myself…
November 23rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I’ve got the reverse problem: when I’m sitting there and the chat window is minimised and someone IMs me, the “incoming message” sound gives me a heart attack.
You *could* have had the cat walk on the keyboard and “answer” the IM. But then…that would have been…fictional!
November 23rd, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I can identify with this comic.
I once tried to point out something about a metacafe-type of video.
I once wrote a comment like: You guys all know that they’re acting in this TV show, don’t you?
…..And I got a rude response back, from a totally random man/teenage boy like:
“HEY MISTER, WISE UP! WE DON’T HAVE CRAP FOR BRAINS! F*** YOU!”
Golly. O_o
I know I was being kind of pedantic, but geez, buddy! I wasn’t THAT offensive to people. As the biker gangs say:
“F*** him, if he can’t take a joke. Alas, life can be hard for me on the internet. Cheers to you, JW.
November 30th, 2010 at 1:36 am
Facebook has chat? I never noticed. Perhaps that’s because all my friends are, like me, old farts who remember a time before such things, and/or prefer asynchronous modes because they let us think slower.
December 8th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
That guy is awesome. If you had replied to him, you’d probably be married by now.
December 16th, 2010 at 9:51 am
“I still LMAO when I read this though.”
Are you sure that this is so?
January 7th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
The world should just consider itself lucky that Jack didn’t decide to respond for you.
February 6th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Oops. my quote is supposed to be: “F**K him, if he can’t take a joke”.
I don’t know why I wanted to correct that. I guess I like to be a perfectionist when I quote vulgarity.
Good Day, TR
March 10th, 2011 at 9:48 am
LOL! Catching up on months of fartparty. This is my favorite so far.