Am i supposed to take my backpack off to speak to someone, only to replace it when the conversation ends? But... why???
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You're supposed to take the backpack off, casually slide it out from under your trenchcoat, and offer it to m'lady to sit on while you ~~hold her hostage~~ converse with her.
that would be weird
I feel like there is context missing here. The situation is just way too specific...
I just came back home and went to go say hi to my dad
So like taking off a hat indoors kind of expectation for him?
Quakers don't take their hats off for anyone.
Ok maybe now he's on to something. Did you just like get home and start pacing around with your backpack on? At that point why would you still have your backpack on lol
I need more details. Let's get to the bottom of this. How long had it been been since you arrived home? Were you standing or sitting down? Holding any drinks? How heavy is your backpack?
Yeah I feel like we're getting somewhere now. At first I was on OP's side, but now I'm imagining them like sitting on the sofa drinking a Diet Dr Pepper while watching Judge Judy reruns and half carrying on a conversation with their dad while wearing their backpack. Then after Judge Judy renders her verdict, dad is suddenly like "why are you wearing a backpack?" Then OP gets defensive and weird, and finally we find ourselves at the situation in the meme.
That would be pretty weird if if I did that. But in case anyone is curious, It was a few minutes after I had just gotten home from college and went inside the house and then went over to my dad to say hi before going to my room. He immediately asked me why I had my backpack on and I told him that I had just gotten back from college. It was at that moment he told me that wearing a backpack while talking to someone was weird. My Mom later walked in and asked what we were yelling about and she then started laughing because of how stupid the conversation was. I was standing the entire time we were arguing.
Point of clarification: were you wearing your backpack with both straps on, one strap on your shoulder, or across your chest?
Both straps
Can you try it with one strap and report back?
More clarification needed. Was the backpack on your back or were you wearing it reverse (on your chest)?
My back duh.
This is a very important question I didn't realise needed to be asked.
Is this a first time occurrence? Has there ever been any other indication of your dad's discomfort around people wearing backpacks? There might be some history here that you're not aware of. Some past bad experience he had. A kind of PTSD.
I agree this whole scene really needs to be unpacked.
I feel like that's more in sitting on a couch wearing a backpack territory
But why does it bother him? Im curious and confused.
I don't know. He is just really stupid.
I mean, yea, I’d probably have put my backpack down when I entered their home.
Chatpacking is not okay
Is this anything like honkwitching?
Not too dissimilar form speechbagging
The difference is that honkwiching is a respected and respectful mode of self-expression
Idk why I read backpack as jetpack
Well in that case I'd have to agree that it is weird behaviour to wear your jetpack while talking to someone.
Unless of course everyone is currently wearing a jetpack then sign me up.
Better go look for your local Mandolorian Covert. They always seem to be wearing jetpacks.
I think you mean it'd be wicked as hell
Can you please turn your jetpack down? I can't hear shit
I've talked to plenty of professionals on the job while they wear their backpack lol. That never even occurs to me.
Agreed, I'm an engineer and wear a backpack into the office. Am I expected to carry a briefcase to be taken seriously? It would clash with my jeans, polo, and Pokemon lunchbox.
also - my trapper keepers are way too thick for most briefcases.
hell, my 3 ring binder full of overhead transparencies is too big for a briefcase.
Sorry I can't hear you, I'm wearing a backpack.
What is this garbage?
Reddit garbage, send it back
I'm really not a fan of this meme format and I always downvote when I see it regardless of content. But I'll make an exception this time, sorry to hear you actually got into an argument about this
Yeah srgrafo is funny, but this one in particular was a miss.
No, srgrafo has never made a funny comic.
Comics made with the sole intention of getting memed feel less authentic than memes naturally grown in the wild.
Not unless you have a special backpack to wear specifically for talking to people
Old person? Some seem to have a grudge against backpacks.
Only fellow wonks and maybe a whole bunch of other people who listened to whatever this guy was on but...
(Might edit in music symbols) Lionel, Lionel Lionel Lionel, Lionel Lionel Li!
Abusive parents,eh ? Yep, i know a thing or two about this bullshit. I've been beaten for the dumbest shit like breaking a glass or the remote , the computer changing it's theme to the windows 98 one to conserve ressource when playing a game.
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