Hardly Funny a webcomic about being married to a computer programmer
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Working from Home

No. 52 ·

Four panels: Samantha repeatedly checks on Randall, who sits in a green desk chair wearing headphones, his screen showing anime while he says he is working.

Transcript
  1. [Panel 1]
  2. Samantha: How come whenever you're "working", you're actually watching anime?
  3. Randall: Honey, I'm just waiting for my code to compile!
  4. [Panel 2]
  5. Samantha: It's been an hour, and you're still watching cartoons!
  6. Randall: I'm waiting for my script to upload. It takes time...
  7. [Panel 3]
  8. Samantha: Hey you're still watching ANIME!
  9. Randall: I'm taking a break, what do you expect?
  10. [Panel 4]
  11. Samantha: What about now?
  12. Randall: I'm waiting for my data to populate!

Samantha says…

I’ve gotten used to having a husband who’s always online, but I’m not used to seeing him watch cartoons all day long. The sad thing is, I’ve come to accept that it means he’s working. I don’t know how exactly–how does one code while reading subtitles at the same time? It’s just a weird trait of a developer husband that is unexplainable and therefore hardly funny to me.

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