First 2 panels, so damn adorbs!

He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

i notice the father's ear is cut in half. why's that, i wonder?

ZackWolf said:
i notice the father's ear is cut in half. why's that, i wonder?

Looks like his right ear is just flopped or tilted forward.

He’s looking half asleep though, neither has seen the daughter/sister leave for a fast clean up either.

Maybe name reveals in the next few pages?

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

But he's smiling and he was protecting his father when they made a money bet if he's out cold after booze or not, so... don't see bad vibes here.

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

Depends on where you come from I guess, but in the South, addressing your parents with “Sir” or “Ma’am” is pretty normal.

TitanicWolf said:
Depends on where you come from I guess, but in the South, addressing your parents with “Sir” or “Ma’am” is pretty normal.

Can confirm. Southern born and bred, and while I don't do it, many of my cousins do. They all love each other a ton, it's just 'what you do' down here to be polite. My mom never told me to do so, but they did.

where did she go?

SomeInternetGuy said:
Ah, the South, the land of incest and inbreeding.

And now we know where this comic takes place.

have we figured out what their names are yet?

ZackWolf said:
i notice the father's ear is cut in half. why's that, i wonder?

Given that he drinks a lot and brings home prostitutes, my guess is that he might be a bit of a street fighter or a drunken brawler...I could be wrong.

SomeInternetGuy said:
Ah, the South, the land of incest and inbreeding.

*The land of actually respecting your family and peers.

thundershocker said:
Can confirm. Southern born and bred, and while I don't do it, many of my cousins do. They all love each other a ton, it's just 'what you do' down here to be polite. My mom never told me to do so, but they did.

Im Southern (Mississippi), never called my dad sir in my life. We are just chill on that.

SomeInternetGuy said:
Ah, the South, the land of incest and inbreeding.

haHAA southern incest joke. How fresh and original.

I think this next page is going to be EXTREMELY important, because it might give some insight as to the status of the house hold.

At the very least we might learn why the two siblings seem to disagree over their fathers behavior

"Facelass parent/adult" cliché.

thundershocker said:
Can confirm. Southern born and bred, and while I don't do it, many of my cousins do. They all love each other a ton, it's just 'what you do' down here to be polite. My mom never told me to do so, but they did.

I grew up in a military family. Calling someone "sir" is one of the biggest insults you can hand out. In the military, only officers are called "sir", and most of them didn't earn the right to be there, don't do anything except sit behind a desk and bark orders, and are generally lazy assholes.

TitanicWolf said:
Depends on where you come from I guess, but in the South, addressing your parents with “Sir” or “Ma’am” is pretty normal.

My dad is southern and insisted on being addressed as 'sir.'

It's too bad he never earned it, he mostly got "chacsmuitin" "feisigh leat" and if he was lucky "a bhastaird bhreallghnuisigh" out of me.

sylamorase said:
he mostly got "chacsmuitin" "feisigh leat" and if he was lucky "a bhastaird bhreallghnuisigh" out of me.

Wow, that made for a fun bit of googling. lol

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

Can relate
A lot

SomeInternetGuy said:
Ah, the South, the land of incest and inbreeding.

I live in South Alabama, and I can say it is more like land of Alcoholism and Rednecks.

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

Already? Ive been getting bad vibes pages ago.

Oh good it didn't get to her... apparently yet.

bobb13325 said:
I live in South Alabama, and I can say it is more like land of Alcoholism and Rednecks.

It depends how popular drinking is in your part of the state. down here in Louisiana not a whole lot of rowdy parties happen anywhere near town.

Kooder said:

I don't understand addressing your parents formally like "Sir" and "Ma'am"... it seems so forced, so robotic, so strict. It just doesn't seem right to me.

I never did either. mostly for personal reasons in my dad's case. but its just a forced manner is all it ends up being. now calling your bosses at work that makes more sense to me.

RobDollar said:
Wow, that made for a fun bit of googling. lol

Yeah, google doesn't know shit.

ZackWolf said:
i notice the father's ear is cut in half. why's that, i wonder?

Edge factor

ZackWolf said:
i notice the father's ear is cut in half. why's that, i wonder?

I imagine something like that could only happen in a knife fight, or some such...I doubt he did it with the lawn mower...

Morning sir?

North Florida, here (Tallahassee, to be specific). If you think it's regular in the south, try living in a military family. My parents expect "yes/no sir/ma'am" every time they give me a question that can be answered as such or a task to do. Lately my dad's been a little more chill about it but, my mom's still hitting hard on it. That doesn't mean, though, that they love me any less. Hell, I don't think I'd have a $300 bass sitting in my room right now if they didn't.

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

Mine had us address parents like that because of his military background.

Ha

Arron_Fokz said:
Ha

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz lol

RemingtonVSlice said:
Im Southern (Mississippi), never called my dad sir in my life. We are just chill on that.

Tupelo Mississippi here. We say sir and ma'am quite a bit here. However, I was born in 1969 and come from a very different generation than most people commenting here. I taught my kids to use both forms of address so they would use it in the workplace/world. My stepfather(who to me is my real father) never made me call him sir or my mother ma'am. I don't think it is as necessary as it once was but using the titles doesn't hurt either.

Salemcripple said:
I grew up in a military family. Calling someone "sir" is one of the biggest insults you can hand out. In the military, only officers are called "sir", and most of them didn't earn the right to be there, don't do anything except sit behind a desk and bark orders, and are generally lazy assholes.

WOW!!! I'm glad you didn't sign up. With that attitude you wouldn't make it two weeks in the Army and maybe three days in the Marines. BTW, all the officers you called lazy assholes, I guess the ones saving lives in hospitals doesn't count. The ones who make sure you get paid on time, the ones who make sure that troops are fed, the ones who keep you supplied overseas(as well as stateside), or the ones who teach others how to be Combat Medics are assholes too I suppose? Please, regale us with all of your firsthand knowledge and experience dealing with officers from any or all seven branches. You do know that there are seven don't you? Of course you do! Silly me.

Fuck dads who make their kids call them "sir"

Well, don't fuck them, but. . . You know what I mean

Cyborgcat said:
He calls his dad sir? Already getting bad vibes

Ethan_Bedlam said:
Fuck dads who make their kids call them "sir"

Well, don't fuck them, but. . . You know what I mean

Eh, its uncommon but not unheard of. Doesnt mean the dad is a dick.

someinternetguy said:
Ah, the South, the land of incest and inbreeding.

No? Not really. It's kinda ironic that we always associate The South with incest. I say ironic because the two (technically three) U.S. states where incest is legal are Rhode Island and New Jersey; i.e. The North. Ohio sorta counts, but it can't be between parent and child. However, marriage between siblings, parent/child, and other is still a criminal offense.

The more you know.

voidme457 said:
WOW!!! I'm glad you didn't sign up. With that attitude you wouldn't make it two weeks in the Army and maybe three days in the Marines. BTW, all the officers you called lazy assholes, I guess the ones saving lives in hospitals doesn't count. The ones who make sure you get paid on time, the ones who make sure that troops are fed, the ones who keep you supplied overseas(as well as stateside), or the ones who teach others how to be Combat Medics are assholes too I suppose? Please, regale us with all of your firsthand knowledge and experience dealing with officers from any or all seven branches. You do know that there are seven don't you? Of course you do! Silly me.

Pretty sure they were meaning the Officers straight out of school. Everyone knows about the whole NCO's being the real leaders the enlisted respect.