... on "Wanker E-mail of the Week #1"
It's time to start posting some examples. I don't know if I can effectively communicate the stupidity of some of the E-mails I get. You need to see it to believe it.
(90% of the E-mail I get does not fall under this. However it's the 10% of E-mail I get with no thoughtfulness whatsoever that gets to me).
This is an E-mail exchange I had this week. Basically, I don't know about you, but if I'm looking for something I thought I saw on someone's website a while back, I go to that website to see if it's there.
This one's from Matthew F. Short.
SUBJECT: Hello, quick question :: I was a fan of your previous site, thinhline, and one Guest Comic that killed me was "My Story" by "Me", about the little black boy and his family life. I lost the verison I downloaded a long time ago, and was wondering if you still had it backed up somewhere. Thanks for your help, Matthew
My first question was, if you were wondering if I still have it, did you actually look at the site to see if it was there (it is), or did you just pop off an E-mail to make me do your search work for you?
Mr response:
Uh, why didn't you just check the site?
His response:
Sorry :) I just figured it wouldn't be on there... hehe
I found it
Thanks for you time, effort, and complete lack of sarcasm (now with sarcasm).
My thought was, "He didn't even bother to check the site first." I mean, what kind of person E-mails the owner of a site to do a search that he can't even be bothered to do? A lazy, stupid person.
And this is what I was talking about earlier... people not thinking or using their head before zipping off an E-mail. Now if he tried and couldn't find it, that's one thing -- but he didn't even try. He thought it was more acceptable to E-mail me and have me do his dirty work.
Unbelievable.
So here are some more E-mail tips:
When E-mailing a person about his site, have you:
- read the FAQ (for the love of God, PLEASE do)
- done a fair job of looking through the site for the information you wanted before giving up
- used Google (I don't know HOW many E-mails I've gotten that could have been answered with a two word search in Google, with the page they want RIGHT THERE ON THE FUCKING TOP)
Anyways Matt, congratulations on being an offical Wanker E-Mail Writer.
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... on #170 "On Getting What You Want (Part 1)"
I have a lot to say for this update. First off, about the update itself -- this is the beginning of another short story in the Hentai Made of Glass thread (joining the previous 4 strip "Breakup With Cheryl Thread" and the 4 strip "Boy's Night Out Thread". I originally had the idea for this particular story back when I wrapped up the "Breakup With Cheryl" thread but I just never got around to actually drawing it. That particular thread was so poorly received that I just shelved it. I didn't have the confidence at the time. However, with the recent survey, there were enough people who said they wanted strips from this storyline, so it felt safe to pull it out. Also the last AHMOG strip (#159) was a bit of a "feeler" strip, and I received some positive comments about that.
(For those of you who think I receive positive feedback for everything I do, I still get the odd negative feedback over the maggot strip (#150). However, most times, I receive no feedback on a specific strip, so getting feedback on #159 showed it was something particularly special. A couple of voters mentioned that strip specifically as one of their favorites. A company that deals in software that filters spam wanted to pass that comic around the workplace. A surprise, since I didn't think it was significantly funny when I did it.)
One thing I like about doing this strip, and the main reason it never gets boring to me, is that when I'm about to sit down and do a comic there are several plotlines, situations to choose from, or I can do a movie parody, or just a one shot. Or if I'm stuck for an idea, one shots can become threads. There's a real variety to what I have to work with, and it keeps things fresh and interesting for me. Other comics generally have two or three characters, but this one has so many. And I'm totally free to stick another one in if I want to, because there's no real indication that any of the threads exist in the same universe. It's totally unknown whether or not Shiunji lives in the same town as Mike, or even where in the world they are living. I've kept enough open as possible, to give me room to expand. That's why there are VERY few crossovers between strips -- I don't want the threads to be defined by their proximity to each other.
As an artist, this just gives me tonnes of freedom. In just 170 comics there is a rather sizable cast, numerous situations and directions, and I feel I could easily do another 170 more. I have enough jokes to put me to 200 -- I just lack the time to draw more than one a week.
Wow, I'm patting myself on the back tonnes this week. Sorry about that.
Anyways, enjoy this week's strip. Next strip, a one shot -- "Young Artists in Love."
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... on the last post
The following post will not win me any new friends.
Rereading my last post, I noticed that there was a reason for this madness that I had overlooked completely. When I had my first homepage in 1994, the internet was a very different place than it was today, 9 years later. Back then, the internet was mainly used by people in academia and people highly involved in computers. It took a certain level of sophistication to be able to use the internet back then. And hence, there was a lot of courtesy displayed for others.
Nowadays, anybody can get on the internet -- from setting up a home computer (XP makes it all very very easy -- does anyone here remember the tangled mess that was trying to get their internet installed on Windows 3.1?), to walking into a library or internet cafe -- basically one doesn't REQUIRE a level of sophistication or education to get on the net. It's easy. In some respects, this is a good thing. The internet is for everybody, and everyone should have access to it.
The real problem is that no rules are established for its use. Back in 1994, common courtesy was all that was necessary. Nowadays, more than that is required. People don't know how to react to computers and how to properly use them. Add to this the ability to use it anonymously, and some people don't particularly feel any responsibility when using a computer.
Some of the problems lie with the vendors of the technology. A visit to AIM's website does not have a page on rules of common courtesy when using their product. Not even a warning that harassment using their product is not a good thing. At least I know now why most of my problems stem from my AIM address.
People should be forced to read something about manners when they download a particular product. The producers of these products tend not to educate their users. This is really a fault of the producers. They are so hung up on not saying anything negative about their product that they often fail to educate the consumers.
If cigarettes can have a warning, why not internet messengers? Like "Messaging Strangers With Nothing To Say Will Seriously Piss Them Off." "Just Because Someone Puts Their IM Address On Their Page Doesn't Mean You Have To Message Them" or "People Aren't Online For The Sole Purpose Of Entertaining You."
I also found a few good pages talking about etiquette using IMs:
An article from the Los Angeles Times: www.larrysworld.com
This article talks about IM manners in a business setting, but I think a lot of what it says is applicable in non-business settings as well: www.smallbusinesscomputing.com
Anyways, I've already received a few positive replies for my last post. Thank you very much for those, and I'm interested in hearing any other comments people might have.
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