https://www.thefarside.com/2026/10/22/0

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“Uh-oh, Donny. Sounds like the monster in the basement has heard you crying again. ... Let’s be reeeeal quiet and hope he goes away.”

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WUMP! WUMP! WUMP!

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Child abuse 101

This is pretty mild compared to other basement monsters.

What about the “whaa whaa whaaa whaaaaaas WHAAAAAAaaAAAA” from my kids, i tell you what jhonny boy, that is also called parent abuse 10001.

I mean.. I was raised up with constant fear of angering God. I don't know if that's different..

It's one part to scare a child with monsters (surely also abuse), but it gets a whole lot worse when you scare the child like that at the point where it already cries and needs support. That's kind of the worst thing that you can do.

I don't know what you experienced, but I hope it was not that bad.

Well, God had erased cities, drown everyone on earth once because fuck it, had a special torture place for unbaptized babies and if I cursed I would go to hell (also known as a not-fun zone). For as much I was told that Jesus loved me, his dad seemed to be kind of sadistic.

That said, when I kind of put 2 and 2 together, I started cursing like a sailor for quite awhile (maybe even too much).

A lesser version of the Knock three times and summon the floating head of death

It isn’t. People who do that to children are monsters and have no place in civilized society.

Achievement unlocked: Trauma

Jesus…