Stalking relatives online

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:57 pm

I was doing a little research on my family and found my cousin Jon (whom I've never met, his dad and my mom's dad were brothers). It turns out he's a trekkie who hangs out of webcomic forums, which is really weird because I'm a trekkie who hangs out on webcomic forums.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 1:53 pm

wait, someone you're related to has something in common with you??

Birdie · Post by **Birdie** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:41 pm

webcomics... bringing families together since... well has it ever happened?

Paul Escobar · Post by **Paul Escobar** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:36 pm

If any of my family members hang out on any webcomics forums, I've not come across them/seen through their online nicks. One of my cousins told me she used to read one particular now-defunct comic forum I was also a member of, but she never registered and posted anything herself.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:50 pm

I'm not sure what my family members do online and I don't want to know.

Steverules · Post by **Steverules** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:48 pm

My parents don't own a computer, have never received an email or sent one. Probably better that way.

Jen_Babcock · Post by **Jen_Babcock** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:29 pm

Supposedly I have a relative that reads about serial killers online.

I don't really know him that well- but in the few times I've met him he's given me the creeps.

I have a feeling he's just a nerd though. He kept bragging about his Lord of the Rings Collector's Edition DVDs when they were just released

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:48 pm

Most of my relatives live on the other side of the planet and don't speak English well. I doubt they really care what I do online.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:33 am

There's something attractive about e-stalking relatives, but I'm too busy ignoring all their emails to do it properly.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:34 am

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:Most of my relatives live on the other side of the planet and don't speak English well. I doubt they really care what I do online.

actually come of think of it that's fairly true for me too. other than that my parents don't care too much about my comic, though my cousin in the states is a fan, i think.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:06 am

legostargalactica wrote:
theSuburbanLetdown wrote:Most of my relatives live on the other side of the planet and don't speak English well. I doubt they really care what I do online.
actually come of think of it that's fairly true for me too. other than that my parents don't care too much about my comic, though my cousin in the states is a fan, i think.

Now that I think about it, I've actually been told that some of my cousins in Thailand and the Philippines read my comic. Oh my, the things they must be thinking.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:06 am

Heh, yeah. I was at my cousin's graduation party a year or two ago (so were you, come think of it) when someone thought it'd be a good idea to mention I had a comic on the internet. I was obligated to hand out the address, and like a dozen people wrote it down. Not to long after that, I thought, "Wow, this is going to be the one thing they know about me."

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:11 pm

before my comic was actually popular i went to my best friend kathleen's wedding, and she sat me at a table full of people who knew me through my comic.. but i didn't know. it was weird.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:15 pm

I have a cousin who is the same age as me, lives in the same town, that I barely ever talk to, that ended up taking a college course with me (and for some really odd reason, the teacher thought we were a married couple because we had the same last name and sat next to each other

) that told me during that class that he read online comics. I told him I did one, but he wouldn't like it and then told him the name of it and he replied "Yeah, you're right, I don't like that comic."

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:23 pm

...at least they lived up to your expectations...?

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:26 pm

Can't imagine why you wouldn't wanna spend a lot of time with a guy like that.

Noise Monkey · Post by **Noise Monkey** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:28 pm

to keep humble?

Birdie · Post by **Birdie** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:59 pm

My brother reads my comic... I showed my dad my mini-comics, he asks if they are getting better, and by getting better he means less swearing. Is that support?

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:52 pm

Most of my family doesn't even know what the "internet" is. My grandma had enough trouble understanding the concept of a digital camera.

However, I did learn last Christmas that my uncle has a character on World of Warcraft. It started a discussion where me, my siblings, my parents, three of my cousins, their parents, and my grandma were discussing the difference between normal video games and MMORPGs. It was interesting because I've never figured any of them for gamers.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:55 am

supernerdcore wrote:My brother reads my comic... I showed my dad my mini-comics, he asks if they are getting better, and by getting better he means less swearing. Is that support?

I abuse my little brother as a test audience. He's taught me the valuable lesson that you can't please everyone.

As for stalking relatives online... my last name is way too common for that to work out, and I have too few German relatives for it to be worth stalking them.