Every once in a while, Mike will do something that is not completely selfish and my first thought is "Who is this guy and what did he do with Mike?" In the comic strip, the other characters see it and gape in amazement. Then my thought is "Just how terrible is this guy that such a simple normal act would get such a reaction?"
And just what is wrong with this awful man that something that he should do anyway is seen as a big deal? You'd assume that he believes that if people loved him, they'd allow him to sit on his ass while they lived his life for him:
and that he was enabled by a father who only lectures him about slacking off when he's doing "man's work".
John's comment is stupid, sexist and retrograde, but I'd love to hear what Elly's response is to it. John is simply stating a dirty little fact- he got himself a dimwitted wife who was willing to sell out to a sugar daddy, so he expects his son will do the same. John might also ask if Michael is expected to take care of his own clothes, why isn't Elly expected to take care of her own child? I'd love to see a strip where Elizabeth rants that April has been left wandering around again because her mother is neglecting her again. In today's strip, Michael could just tell his mother that he's treating his clothes in the same half-a$$ed way he sees his mother treating being a parent, so what's the problem?
If this were an actual family and I heard John express his thoughts out loud, I'd think he was a monster who actively forgot the 2000 times Michael had performed an act of service for the family and was responding to Michael's work with "about damn time" instead of actual gratitude. Because it's this family, I believe that this is an astounding event in John's life. What John- and Elly- will never admit is that they raised their kids to be selfish, self-centered, lazy twats with zero interest in being helpful- it wasn't the luck of the draw with genetics.
And because it's this family, I can easily imagine Michael thought-bubbling "I'm the male of the family, I'm gonna own all this someday, but it never hurts to grease the wheels from time to time."
Every once in a while, Mike will do something that is not completely selfish and my first thought is "Who is this guy and what did he do with Mike?" In the comic strip, the other characters see it and gape in amazement. Then my thought is "Just how terrible is this guy that such a simple normal act would get such a reaction?"
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And just what is wrong with this awful man that something that he should do anyway is seen as a big deal? You'd assume that he believes that if people loved him, they'd allow him to sit on his ass while they lived his life for him:
and that he was enabled by a father who only lectures him about slacking off when he's doing "man's work".
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John's comment is stupid, sexist and retrograde, but I'd love to hear what Elly's response is to it. John is simply stating a dirty little fact- he got himself a dimwitted wife who was willing to sell out to a sugar daddy, so he expects his son will do the same. John might also ask if Michael is expected to take care of his own clothes, why isn't Elly expected to take care of her own child? I'd love to see a strip where Elizabeth rants that April has been left wandering around again because her mother is neglecting her again. In today's strip, Michael could just tell his mother that he's treating his clothes in the same half-a$$ed way he sees his mother treating being a parent, so what's the problem?
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You have to actually have a good work ethic if you expect other people to grow one. This is lost on Elly.
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If this were an actual family and I heard John express his thoughts out loud, I'd think he was a monster who actively forgot the 2000 times Michael had performed an act of service for the family and was responding to Michael's work with "about damn time" instead of actual gratitude. Because it's this family, I believe that this is an astounding event in John's life. What John- and Elly- will never admit is that they raised their kids to be selfish, self-centered, lazy twats with zero interest in being helpful- it wasn't the luck of the draw with genetics.
And because it's this family, I can easily imagine Michael thought-bubbling "I'm the male of the family, I'm gonna own all this someday, but it never hurts to grease the wheels from time to time."
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They don't admit that they raised the children to be as selfish and grasping as they themselves are.
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