Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT

Meeting people IRL

(1/7) > >>

Carl-E:
So I noticed in class today, one of my students is wearing an LGBTeriffic! shirt. 

I didn't have a chance to speak with him at all after class, but I'm half afraid of mentioning QC - after all, he may not be a reader, perhaps a friend got him the shirt because it was appropriate (why else wear one of them?). 

Which made me wonder, if you saw someone wearing a QC shirt, would you say hi, or squee with delight, or just shun the topic entirely but still try to get to know them because you obviously have so much in common?  [/creepy]

Have you already met people IRL thanks to QC?  or have the forums so crippled your social life that you haven't met anyone real in years?

Tergon:
I remain unconvinced until I see K-Mart releasing their new line of Useless Brooms Made Entirely Out Of Dicks.



...actually I've never seen someone around here wearing QC merch.  Working in tourism I see folks from all over, and I've seen Girl Genius shirts, Order Of The Stick gear, I even saw a kid in a pram with a Leo plushie from VG Cats.  But no QC stuff, which disappointed me.

HiFranc:
Unless I had a reason to interact with them for something else (e.g. they were a shop assistant and I was buying something or vice versa), I wouldn't mention it.

To tell the truth, I'm not sure if I would recognise QC merch.

Eris:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 15 Sep 2010, 23:47 ---Have you already met people IRL thanks to QC?  or have the forums so crippled your social life that you haven't met anyone real in years?

--- End quote ---

I know I don't normally post in this section, but I actually can comment on this.


I have met people from here. I am going out with someone from here and we have been together for nearly 3 years. I met him through someone else I met from here. People from the forum have flown from around the country to hang out for a weekend. I have played tour guide for one of the american forumites when she visited. When I can save up enough money I am going over to america to meet up with people who I talk to on a daily basis and who I think of as some of my closest friends (and my boyfriend wants to hang out with jeph again, seeing as it's been a while since they last caught up). But then again, I think most of the people I have met up with don't really read QC any more, so hey.

If I saw someone with a QC shirt (I have seen a few, actually), I would probably just smile as they walked past; it would be pretty weird for the other person if I went up and gushed over their clothes.

Malsies:
I really love how having a web comics shirt is kind of like being part of a secret club.

In July, I was on a road trip with some friends, and my car broke down in this little hick town in Georgia.  We were directed to a nearby Lowe's where we could buy epoxy to fix my leaking radiator overflow tank.  I walked up there with one of my male friends, and everyone else stayed by the car.  He was wearing his xkcd shirt (the "Just Shy" one).  Looking like your run-of-the-mill hipsters, we received some choice slurs and swear words from the local motorists.

We got to the Lowe's and got what we needed.  As we were leaving, a guy walked toward us who was wearing a Dinosaur Comics shirt.  He and my friend stopped and remarked at each other's t-shirts.  No further conversation happened, but it was a pleasant exchange and certainly brightened an otherwise unpleasant day for us.  It made us feel a little less alone when we were stranded far away from home.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page