(ed. note: I have no idea where Wil is or has been the past couple days, but I’m going to post anyway so that you don’t get too bored. if somebody sees him, please let me know. I don’t want to have to resort to a milk carton)

Ultimate Spider-man #74
Same authors and illustrators from before 

I’m sorry that I’m sticking to this Ultimate Spider-man book, but I really like it. If there’s any condolence, I have something completely new to talk about today. Aside from the seriousness of the plot (which it’s really good), there’s this one part where Mary Jane writes a note to Peter in class that says “Want to make out during lunch?” Note this, girls, because that’s a guy’s dream come true.

What I would have given to have a note written to me like that during high school. Hell, I’d find that pretty exciting now, but I don’t know if a work setting is exactly proper for make out notes to be going around. The funniest part about this note in context is that it’s MJ who makes the proposal and Peter actually turns it down. Note to society: Guys aren’t the only ones who like to get some action. 

Whatever happened to passing notes? Why does that often die out with adolescence? Or does it just mature? At my office, we communicate via AIM and admittedly sometimes talk about completely unrelated topics during meetings and other things. In my mind, that’s just like passing notes but much stealthier and more convenient. But regardless, does passing notes need to die out with age? I feel like it was originally thought that it did, but with the emergence of IMing, texting, and emailing, we’ve invented a new sort of writing notes. You can talk behind people’s backs, make sarcastic remarks at quiet settings, and propose a mid-day romp without anyone bothering you.

I’m a huge enthusiast of nostalgia, and I know many of the older generations out there complain about our under-40 generation’s ridiculous need for communication at all times, but if we’re bringing back the middle / high school note system, I say “have at it!”