You were never my real star, Sarge. But I needed to create a scene so that Alfonso would think that my mission had failed. Then I could send in…
“Autistic people are too sensitive.”
Meanwhile, here’s a list of things that offend allistic people.
not making eye contact
wanting to be left alone
not wanting to take part in a conversation
using the wrong tone
showing the wrong amount of excitement
pointing instead of using words
not wanting to be touched
not wanting to eat certain foods
wearing earplugs around other people
stimming in a way that does not affect anyone else
not following traditions
questioning their authority
But we can try your way.
1x15|7x04
Gumby is wearing her extra-adhesive Tiny-Hat!
She must escape to the hand!
the band’s visit one year anniversary edits: day seven → free day
congratulations to the band’s visit for one year on broadway!
(november 9th, 2017 - november 9th, 2018)
Amy ‘very-chill’ Santiago → Requested by @sergeantames
Tumblr Sweatshirts
Cat 1 / Cat 2
Cat 3 / Cat 4
Cat 5 / Dog
Totoro / Floral
Go away / Normal People
is that last comic you posted about a suicide note? I'm confused
One of the rituals from Victorian era’s cult of mourning: if a close loved one died, you’d order yourself some black bordered calling cards, note paper and envelopes. Your border’s width would be determined by how close you were to the deceased, how long you’d been in mourning, and how ostentatious you wanted to be.
Even newspapers followed this etiquette:
Vancouver Daily World, British Columbia, January 22, 1901:
The Guthrie Daily Leader, Oklahoma, September 14, 1901:
Anyway, to answer your question, I doubt it. Unless the guy’s brother was a big stickler for etiquette, pretty full of himself, or had a dark sense of humor, I don’t think you’d mail your own suicide note in a mourning envelope. And in that case it wouldn’t be a very funny comic.
(As an aside, in some places you couldn’t actually mail letters with full mourning borders. They were said to be easier to tamper with; edges could be cut and then coloured with dark ink, so ones that were tinted rather than full-black were also sold).
I’m pretty sure the joke is just that the guy isn’t very smart, and thinks the black border + the brother’s handwriting means his brother must be dead. Really his brother is just in mourning for someone else.