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Bad Parable – DNI IRL

Explore some internet acronyms that might save us from uncomfortable interactions in DNI IRL.
Panel One: Kat approaches Yello, who is scribbling furiously on a piece of paper. Kat asks, "Hey Yello, whatcha working on?" Yello replies, "My DNI IRL list." Panel Two: Kat asks, "DNI? Those 'Do Not Interact' lists that weird bloggers use and everyone else ignores?" Yello confirms, "Yes! But mine is for real life. Here..." Panel Three: Yello reads their DNI list. "DNI if... you don't wear a mask on public transit, go to work with COVID symptoms, cough within 20 feet of me, don't mask at concerts, and prefer kraft mac over Annie's." Panel Four: Kat is skeptical. "Uh-huh," she says. "And how are you enforce your DNI list?" Yello replies, "I was thinking a forehead tattoo. And a lot of yelling."
Bad Parable – DNI IRL by Teddie Bernard.

Transcript

Panel One: Kat approaches Yello, who is scribbling furiously on a piece of paper. Kat asks, “Hey Yello, whatcha working on?” Yello replies, “My DNI IRL list.”

Panel Two: Kat asks, “DNI? Those ‘Do Not Interact’ lists that weird bloggers use and everyone else ignores?” Yello confirms, “Yes! But mine is for real life. Here…”

Panel Three: Yello reads their DNI list. “DNI if… you don’t wear a mask on public transit, go to work with COVID symptoms, cough within 20 feet of me, don’t mask at concerts, and prefer kraft mac over Annie’s.”

Panel Four: Kat is skeptical. “Uh-huh,” she says. “And how are you enforce your DNI list?” Yello replies, “I was thinking a forehead tattoo. And a lot of yelling.”

Teddie Bernard
Teddie Bernardhttp://www.teddiebernard.net
Teddie Bernard (BFA 2023) is a multimedia artist and cartoonist who has never had a Pepsi. Find more of their work at www.teddiebernard.net.
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