It’s been a while since I’ve done a comic watch, but I caught this one this past weekend and figured it was as good a place to start it up again as any. The comic in question is called Moderately Confused, but really should be called Moderately (but not really) Funny. Being that it’s a one-panel “strip” I always read it because it takes such little energy, but I am routinely disappointed. This one is no exception. Going for the easy “when I was a kid things were better” and the “all you kids do is play video games” is a pretty weak attempt. Besides, that kid is way to young to have a Playstation. A Nintendo, sure. He is a kid afterall. Color me unimpressed.
At least he got Playstation right. He probably could have pointed at a sandbox and said “when I was your age, that was my Xbox” but that would just be weird.
I think “Playstation” is also supposed to be a pun.
Also, it’s not even moderately funny, because the pun is just good enough to not be bad-funny, and terrible enough to not be good-funny.
And the rest of it isn’t really humor, unless the point is to laugh at the dad’s misfortune for not being able to understand or experience the joy of gaming
Lol. My stepdad refers to all consoles as nintendos, even to this day.
@Jason – Yeah, I figured as much about the pun. Playground, Playstation, it’s all the same. At least you were able to find something funny there. I couldn’t.
@Tees – I have to refer to my 360 as my Nintendo for my dad. It’s easier not to confuse them