Monday, May 7, 2012

Disclaimer Memorandum


Eat @ Shrimpy’s will be an online comic strip that while relatively safe for work, will not subscribe to the politically correct culture that has invaded society.  Any comments will be welcome regardless of the content as long as they are well written and not blatant attacks on another person.  While the comic strip may be polarizing at times, humor is always the main goal (as with most strips, except for many that you find in the newspaper).  There will be times when you may feel slightly offended or that a line has been crossed.  Please note that another strip two days prior that you found hilarious could elicit that same feeling of offense in another individual.  If you stick around long enough you will find that no one is safe from ridicule and no punches will be pulled in any direction. 

Because the basic premise of Eat @ Shrimpy’s revolves around a group of friends living and working together, multiple personalities can and will emerge.  Some of these personalities you will be able to personally identify with while others you may have seen in your friends or colleagues.  Regardless, please realize that this is a work of fiction (as if the cartoon shrimp, slug, etc. wasn’t enough of a clue for you) and that it should be treated as such.  While no one is safe from ridicule here be they living or dead, the whole idea is to illicit laughter, not make a political commentary. 

Eat @ Shrimpy’s will challenge your funnybone.  It will help you look into yourself and determine what you feel is funny.  Some moments you may find over the top in terms of their offending nature, while others will be completely on par with what you find funny.  If that is the case, share that experience with those closest to you.  Hell, even if you don’t like it but you think you know someone that will, spread the word.

This is not a request to keep reading once you have determined that Eat @ Shrimpy’s is not for you.  True, it does not hold all of the wholesome family goodness of the latest episode of Blondie or Beetle Bailey, but it is also not a safe option, and it is not meant to be.  If you would like the safe option, by all means please go read the comics that are nationally syndicated.  They will provide you with safe, politically correct humor (is that an oxymoron, it sure sounds like one) that you will not be afraid to laugh at in front of your friends.

Because this is a work of fiction, distributed for free over the lovely inter-web, it is obviously made for the enjoyment of others.  If you do not enjoy this comic strip for a consistent amount of time, drop me a line, tell me what you think I am doing wrong.  I welcome all criticism, positive or negative and if I can, without sacrificing my own personal code of ethics, I will try to implement any constructive criticism down the proverbial road.  If it is a particular strip or storyline that you do not enjoy, stick around, there is a new strip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and new storylines start between every 15-30 strips. 

I appreciate your current and hopefully future patronage of this strip and the site that it resides at. 

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