5 reasons why Comic-Con sucks....

[BadMoon]

I will just say this about strollers and kids. Go to Disney World and try to have a nice relaxing vacation at some of the parks. All day you are trying not to get run over by strollers driven by angry parents trying to drag their damn kids kids around the park that will probably be too young to remember or actually give a shat about the expensive vacation.

After a day of dodging I am usually forced to spend it in a bus listening to all of those little brats cry and scream and have to watch their parents try to calm them down with threats of timeouts.

Just sayin.

Sometimes parents need to realize that their kids may be a little to young for what they have in mind.

 

[Beerbelly Bob]

I think what REALLY bothered be is the skinny guys who look like hippie tree huggers that stand outside the Convention Center for days without taking a shower. They stand right next to you in line and they have a bunch of yellow sleep rocks around their eyes and they smell like B.O. and buttcrack with chili stains on their T-Shirt with pieces of lettuce and bread on their front teeth because they didn't brush them for days.

 

[wofford29]

I will just say this about strollers and kids. Go to Disney World and try to have a nice relaxing vacation at some of the parks. All day you are trying not to get run over by strollers driven by angry parents trying to drag their damn kids kids around the park that will probably be too young to remember or actually give a shat about the expensive vacation.

After a day of dodging I am usually forced to spend it in a bus listening to all of those little brats cry and scream and have to watch their parents try to calm them down with threats of timeouts.

Just sayin.

Sometimes parents need to realize that their kids may be a little to young for what they have in mind.

Nothing gets my goat more than parents who take their children out to eat and let them run around the place or sit at the table and scream while they eat as if everyone else in the place should have to accept it.

 

[Bamboota]

hey.... just in case your like me and get lost navigating every website ...I finally found the maps for the Comic Con so you can print and be prepared: https://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/cci09_maps

Anything else I should be looking for to make my Comic Con experience run smoothly?

 

[BadMoon]

Nothing gets my goat more than parents who take their children out to eat and let them run around the place or sit at the table and scream while they eat as if everyone else in the place should have to accept it.

Yep and you watch them chasing them around like they are following Hulk and are afraid to touch them. "Timmy oh Timmy! You get your behind back here right now and take a timeout". My dad would've beat my damn ass and I sure would've not been a rude little ^^^^. I really do hate kids and as Carlin put it "Diaper Sniffer Parents".

 

[Toast]

This picture is pretty funny

 

[BadMoon]

This picture is pretty funny

Dude that is fatman! Don't you dare even try to take him!

 

[Kibishii]

Nothing gets my goat more than parents who take their children out to eat and let them run around the place or sit at the table and scream while they eat as if everyone else in the place should have to accept it.

I agree with you 100%; restaurants and the movies are two places children need to be on a "tight leash." We are pretty strict with our sons, and have had to take dinner home more than once when our kids started crying or acting up while eating out. Most of the time I just have to say, "Do we need to go out to the car?" and any misbehavior usually stops instantly. My four year old even thinks it is appropriate to tattle on other kids who act up.
However, we have only taken him to one movie and it was to see Cars at the kids matinee. I would say my biggest pet peeve is the movies and nothing is worse than going to see Terminator Salvation or X-Men and having a screaming or talking kid behind you.

I will just say this about strollers and kids. Go to Disney World and try to have a nice relaxing vacation at some of the parks. All day you are trying not to get run over by strollers driven by angry parents trying to drag their damn kids kids around the park that will probably be too young to remember or actually give a shat about the expensive vacation.
After a day of dodging I am usually forced to spend it in a bus listening to all of those little brats cry and scream and have to watch their parents try to calm them down with threats of timeouts.
Just sayin.
Sometimes parents need to realize that their kids may be a little to young for what they have in mind.

Well, obviously I completely disagree with you; ESPECIALLY about Disney World. I am making a big assumption and will say that you don't have kids , this seems to be a parents vs. nonparents thing.

It would be different if the stroller was at, say, a technology convention or a fashion show, but this is the Comic-Con which is made to promote/preview alot of kids stuff and Sunday is sold as kids day. You are very, very wrong about Disney World and kids not remembering vacations. Up until this year, we have had season passes to Disneyland and we took our kids all the time (we let our season passes expire this year because I was changing tracks and there are alot of black-out dates in July/August). Nothing is better than seeing the excitement on a kid's face as they watch the parades, get a picture with Goofy, and ride the kid rides. Our four year old still talks about the Peter Pan ride and the Nemo submarine and even talks about our trip to my mother's in Texas when he was three.

Kids are not always convenient nor predictable, and I agree that strollers are a pain, but just because kids/strollers get in your way shouldn't mean that the parents should just stay at home and avoid all public places. Just like you think parents should be considerate towards people around them, you should try being a bit patient and considerate with parents.

 

[Mesa]

hey.... just in case your like me and get lost navigating every website ...I finally found the maps for the Comic Con so you can print and be prepared: https://issuu.com/comic-con/docs/cci09_maps

Anything else I should be looking for to make my Comic Con experience run smoothly?

Last year was my first and I had no idea what to expect. Thera so much to see. Now I'm coming up with a list of exclusives to get. Do your shopping first day or two. The ss booth is a good central location to refocus.

I wish there was some way we could identify each other as ssfreaks.

 

[Bannister]

Last year was my first and I had no idea what to expect. Thera so much to see. Now I'm coming up with a list of exclusives to get. Do your shopping first day or two. The ss booth is a good central location to refocus.

I wish there was some way we could identify each other as ssfreaks.

This year I am going to be more organized as well. I am going to try to plan out which panels I want to go to and all that. Definitely going to try to get my exclusives the first day if possible.

 

[Kibishii]

I wish there was some way we could identify each other as ssfreaks.

I will be the guy wearing a Subject 2009: The Collector shirt on with my wife and a herd of kids around me and a ton of stuff stuffed under the stroller! (four year old son riding on the back of the stroller, seven month old in the stroller, 13 year old niece carrying stuff for me and buying Harry Potter crap, and 10 year old niece)

 

[BadMoon]

I agree with you 100%; restaurants and the movies are two places children need to be on a "tight leash." We are pretty strict with our sons, and have had to take dinner home more than once when our kids started crying or acting up while eating out. Most of the time I just have to say, "Do we need to go out to the car?" and any misbehavior usually stops instantly. My four year old even thinks it is appropriate to tattle on other kids who act up.
However, we have only taken him to one movie and it was to see Cars at the kids matinee. I would say my biggest pet peeve is the movies and nothing is worse than going to see Terminator Salvation or X-Men and having a screaming or talking kid behind you.



Well, obviously I completely disagree with you; ESPECIALLY about Disney World. I am making a big assumption and will say that you don't have kids , this seems to be a parents vs. nonparents thing.

It would be different if the stroller was at, say, a technology convention or a fashion show, but this is the Comic-Con which is made to promote/preview alot of kids stuff and Sunday is sold as kids day. You are very, very wrong about Disney World and kids not remembering vacations. Up until this year, we have had season passes to Disneyland and we took our kids all the time (we let our season passes expire this year because I was changing tracks and there are alot of black-out dates in July/August). Nothing is better than seeing the excitement on a kid's face as they watch the parades, get a picture with Goofy, and ride the kid rides. Our four year old still talks about the Peter Pan ride and the Nemo submarine and even talks about our trip to my mother's in Texas when he was three.

Kids are not always convenient nor predictable, and I agree that strollers are a pain, but just because kids/strollers get in your way shouldn't mean that the parents should just stay at home and avoid all public places. Just like you think parents should be considerate towards people around them, you should try being a bit patient and considerate with parents.

Hell no! I don't want one of those little snots! Not when you can't even teach them how to stop being a little snot.

I don't think people with kids should sit at home either. I just don't want to be ran down by some stupid mom that has no care for her kid and thinks just because she is pushing one of the little people around that that gives her the right of way. I have seen people use their kids as battering rams! Tell me that is ok!

I really do dislike stroller people. If your kid is in a stroller and you are in a place a with wall to wall people it is probably not a good idea to take your kid. I am 29 by the way. I can honestly say that I would NEVER take my kid to a place filled with weirdos and wall to wall people. I would want to protect them from this stuff.

 

[LOTRFan]

In some year's past we have made buttons/name tags.

 

[Bannister]

Hell no! I don't want one of those little snots! Not when you can't even teach them how to stop being a little snot.

I don't think people with kids should sit at home either. I just don't want to be ran down by some stupid mom that has no care for her kid and thinks just because she is pushing one of the little people around that that gives her the right of way. I have seen people use their kids as battering rams! Tell me that is ok!

I really do dislike stroller people. If your kid is in a stroller and you are in a place a with wall to wall people it is probably not a good idea to take your kid. I am 29 by the way. I can honestly say that I would NEVER take my kid to a place filled with weirdos and wall to wall people. I would want to protect them from this stuff.

In other words, you would want to protect your kids from people like you.

 

[BadMoon]

I will add this before I go to bed. If you are in a family environment full of wall to wall people and you have your kid what would you do? Now add in the fact that all of those people are smoking. Hmmm. Makes you think?

 

[Mesa]

I will be the guy wearing a Subject 2009: The Collector shirt on with my wife and a herd of kids around me and a ton of stuff stuffed under the stroller! (four year old son riding on the back of the stroller, seven month old in the stroller, 13 year old niece carrying stuff for me and buying Harry Potter crap, and 10 year old niece)

That's a good idea. I have four or five ss shirts, think I will just wear one everyday at the con. I'll be asking anyone with a ss shirt on if they're a freak. We'll see how that goes.

 

[BadMoon]

In other words, you would want to protect your kids from people like you.

Not at all. It is the damn parent's. The kids can't help the situation that their diaper sniffer parent's put them in.

 

[BadMoon]

That's a good idea. I have four or five ss shirts, think I will just wear one everyday at the con. I'll be asking anyone with a ss shirt on if they're a freak. We'll see how that goes.

I will have mine on.

 

[Kibishii]

I can honestly say that I would NEVER take my kid to a place filled with weirdos and wall to wall people. I would want to protect them from this stuff.

Don't have kids then dude Going Christmas shopping, Disneyland, national parks, sports events or even market night here in Redlands involves being in very crowded places with weirdos. And, yes, there are parents who think that they can plow through people with their strollers just as there are people who think that they don't have to be considerate of parents with strollers.

I will add this before I go to bed. If you are in a family environment full of wall to wall people and you have your kid what would you do? Now add in the fact that all of those people are smoking. Hmmm. Makes you think?

Huh? Think what? If they are all smoking, then it is either NOT a family environment or the people are all jackasses and rude. Like it or not, part of Comic-Con, and alot of other public events, are designed partly for kids and people should just try to be patient and considerate of that. If Comic-Con didn't want kids there, I guarantee they wouldn't have Sunday set up as kid's day and I am SURE most of the vendors there love the product recognition that kids attending the show pick up.

That's a good idea. I have four or five ss shirts, think I will just wear one everyday at the con. I'll be asking anyone with a ss shirt on if they're a freak. We'll see how that goes.

Sure man! I will try to remember to wear my Resident Evil: Umbrella hat that my wife bought me as well and my niece will be dressed up like Harry Potter; my name is Jason btw.

 

[JacktheRipper]

If people get on your nerves SDCC isn't the place for you. The crowds have gotten insane. This will be the second year my family and I do not attend. I'm half happy and half sad. Happy because it can be a hassle at times. Sad because it is the most fun one can have as a nerd.

My biggest gripe is that people should be forced to shower and use deodorant.