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Manga Jerks If you head over to photo sharing site Flicker, there's a discussion going on as to what these people should be called:
I'd like to end the debate here and throw out the clever names and call them the morons who need to move their asses. If you're not familiar with the kind of people pictured, they are the idiots that clog up the aisles in a bookstore like Barnes and Noble or Borders reading manga. These idiots will sit there all day reading entire books and do their best to be precisely in front of the things you want to look at, which for me are the unfortunately located graphic novels and comic trades. If I could help it, I wouldn't step ten feet near the manga aisle, but since this is where all my beloved trades are at my local Borders, I've got to deal with these people. It's interesting to note that the guys in the above picture are a lot older than the kids I have to avoid. I'd swear that there was an Asian orphanage being run in the manga aisles or some sort of child slavery ring where if I uttered the right codeword I'd be in an episode of Law and Order: SVU. If you're over twelve years old (as the teens in the picture are) and/or can grow facial hair, then there's no damn excuse for rudely clogging up an aisle. If aisle blockers are under twelve it's more the parent's fault for not teaching their kids any damn respect for other human beings. So far I've let my passive aggressive nature control me by only frowning vigorously at these kids, which very ineffectual when they aren't paying any attention to you. Well no more I say! The days of frowning and harrumphing are over. Children and socially awkward teens beware, you will be trampled if you decide to plant your ass in front of the newest Supergirl trade and you will not laugh at me for reading Supergirl. - Paul - 05/02/07 |
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