There are two types of Father’s Day cards: funny and sincere. The sincere cards typically exclaim what an excellent father somebody was and how he was always there to listen/give advice/bail you out of jail. The problem with the sincere cards is that they go too far in their claims of fatherly excellence. While there are some people who’s fathers have been consistently excellent who can buy these cards and there are some who have no contact with their fathers and don’t need to worry about sending cards, there are many who fall somewhere in between. As a result, I think that there is room for more realistic class of sincere Father’s Day cards.
In an attempt to rectify this situation, I created the following cards at someecards.com (where everybody is apparently white):
Until cards like these become reality I guess those of us in the middle will have to stick with the funny cards.
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