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I think this is the first occurrence of other peoples angels but I could be wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

All their kids have a specific bad thing they do and the parents are on it from the get go.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I'm reading it more like parents used to do those specific things as kids so that's what they warn against.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Lol. Yeah. And that's sometimes the same thing, anyway.

If there are any cosmic forces of karma, I figure they love it when that happens.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

That does feel funnier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Same. Because of the halos, right?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

All their kids have a specific bad thing they do and the parents are on it from the get go.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

OK, so, no actual attempt at humor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

if the strictest definition of humor is what you find funny then it sounds like that would be correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I value any well executed set up and pay off. I'm just not seeing that here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

this comic is basically a blog/diary from the artists life so its more funny situational. Its not constructed humor. The characters are actual people and the comic is something that happened technically. They take some license when presenting it as a comic. Like the angel figures.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

All their kids have a specific bad thing they do and the parents are on it from the get go.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I guess I'll just chime in that I understood the humor immediately. Lol. Just for a contrasting data point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Is this like some Family Circus humor I don't get or what?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

The comic is sorta a web blog/diary and the comics are something around the artists life. The artist (or sometimes the husband) usually has some commentary around it but much of the humor is likely going to be funnier for someone with kids or at least who had them at one time. When the comic started it had situations that would be understood from a college life context and then a fandom experience. Some also likely make a bit more sense for artist types.