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Yesterday, I saw a guy wearing QC merch.
E. Spaceman:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 11 Mar 2008, 09:14 ---
Along the same lines, I have nightmares about a student recognizing a QC shirt I'm wearing. I've already had one experiences of a student coming to class in a shirt I recognized (he was wearing 'bomb the blogosphere') but kept mum about. Obviously I don't wear t-shirts to class when I'm teaching or at all during the winter, but what happens if someone runs into me on a weekend when it's warm again?
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He would be all "omg, joe hocking is jhocking????? who could have guessed?"
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Blue Kitty on 11 Mar 2008, 10:38 ---Your credibility will be ruined my friend, best burn them all
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Not necessarily. I do teach in art school after all. And specifically, I teach courses in computer illustration and animation, so being a fan of webcomics fits right in. Still, it would be hella awkward.
Barmymoo:
I was in the college library today, reading the forums and pretending to be writing an essay, and when I walked out I suddenly realised how unbelievably geeky I would be considered if anyone actually recognised my Coffee of Doom tshirt. However, I figured that a) if anyone recognised it, they must have read the comic so would be unlikely to criticise, b) I wasn't that bothered anyway and c) I live in a community where the height of fun is attending the local Young Farmer's Association Whist Drive.
Moral of the story, kids? Don't be ashamed of what you wear, remember there is ALWAYS someone geekier than you (unless you're the boy in my old school who ran the Warhammer club and the Model Railway club and ran Linux classes, in which case I salute you), and most importantly the QC forums are better than porn because the college filters don't recognise them as non-work-related.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 11 Mar 2008, 12:05 ---Moral of the story, kids? Don't be ashamed of what you wear, remember there is ALWAYS someone geekier than you (specifically, at Carnegie Mellon)
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Elizzybeth:
--- Quote from: jhocking on 11 Mar 2008, 11:52 ---Not necessarily. I do teach in art school after all. And specifically, I teach courses in computer illustration and animation, so being a fan of webcomics fits right in. Still, it would be hella awkward.
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On a similar note, I was teaching an entry-level college freshman composition course when I was sixteen, and every day I walked into the classroom (usually in a suit), I crossed my fingers and prayed that no one would guess how old I was, given that the youngest of my students were still two years older.
Re: the OP, I have almost bought webcomic merchandise three or four times, but never seem to get around to it. Several times, though, I've caught my friends making QC, xkcd, or Dinosaur Comics references, and we get to have, "Hey, you read webcomics, too?" conversations. It's fun!
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