Last night, I was texting with a friend, and my phone’s autocorrect tried to change “non-judgmental” into “ninja”. I told Twitter that I felt pretty bad about not letting it make the change.
Then I got a stupid idea to create a character called the non-judgmental ninja, and this happened:
Yes, I spelled “non-judgmental” wrong on this comic that I drew in about five minutes (it’s one of those words that always gives me trouble, even though I should know by now), and I ran out of space on the panel and changed the lettering, but as you can see, non-judgmental ninja is there to tell me that it’s ok.
Everyone needs a non-judgemental ninja perched on their shoulders now and again.
Like it!
Non-Judgemental Ninja says, “It’s all good.”
Just pretend the Ninja is British, that’s how we spell judgemental.
I’m Canadian and that’s the way I learned it too. 🙂
I believe we need more adventures of this hero!
A hero for the new Millenia!
I don’t know, I think he’s the hero the Millenia deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
…who are the villains in this story? Who does the ninja fight? The Flying Factoid? The Powerful Put-Down?
“Her dress doesn’t go with her shoes!” – fashion maven
“Maybe she is cutting edge for what will be next. But, of course, you are entitled to your opinion.” -NJN
It actually seems kind of fitting that the ninja should have an issue like that built into his name, just to tweak the people who get upset about such things and lead them to an epiphany. 🙂
My five year old engages in a lot of negative self-talk. I’m totally going to use your NJN as a light way of changing that pattern. Thanks!!
Btw, I always, always, spell rhytym wrong. NJN says, NBD!
whatever works 🙂 have a great rest of day 🙂
iiiiiiiiiiii love it. ahhaahhahaha
Non-Judgmental Ninja’s nemesis is Judgemental Pirate.
Yarrrrrrr, you really should be doing more with your life…
That is quality.
Oops. Typo.
Judgmental Pirate would be right on that.
Another nemesis could just be Judge Mental.
That gave me a case of the Friday afternoon giggles (My testosterone wanted me to type “chuckles” instead of giggles….but that’s what they were…and I knew the ninja wouldn’t judge me).
It’s ok, he’s a mental judge that also happens to be a ninja.
I love this so hard.
Never confuse Non-Judgmental Ninja (NJN) with Non-Judge Mental Ninja (NJMN). Non-Judge Mental Ninja does NOT a sense of humor and he’s still bitter about not being a made Judge…..
Non-Judge Mental Ninja Turtles? Great, now that theme will be stuck in my head all afternoon. And yours.
this should be on a t-shirt! or a mug. because everyone needs a non-judgmental ninja. . we just need more ninjas in the world
Do NJ-Ninja have sureyoucan shuriken in their arsenal?
and I will also pay for this. Seriously. Take my money. Please
Reminds me of the book by Terry Cole-Whittaker’s book “What You Think of Me is None of My Business”. Simply reading the title was enough for me.
Absolutely love this. I need a ninja like that!
I can’t help but look at NJ-Ninja and think “New Jersey Ninja.” Challenge extended, cartoonists!
Awesome, I needed a laugh after some bad news today. And once again Wil Wheaton saves the day. Sincere thanks.
Heh, loving the ninja! In the UK that spelling of ‘judgement’ is fine! I’m a natural speller but I find words that are spelled differently in different countries to be tricky, since I read so widely that I see both all the time. I also find ‘relevance’ a hard word. My brain always insists that last vowel should be an ‘e’. How can i argue? It is the bit of me that does all the usual correct spelling. 🙂
Judgemental Pirate says the last vowel in relevance IS an e.
Nonjudgemental Ninja replies, if all the vowels in that word were e’s we’d know exactly what you meant. S’ok!
Can I have a t shirt? Seriously. I want this. I will pay. Take my money. Please.
CROWDFUND NAO!
Hey Wil, I am sure you have already seen this, but I saw it for the first time the other day and it made me laugh pretty hard.
I love this so much. Thanks!
Also, take my money. 😀
I need non-judgemental ninja on a shirt….
If we’re going to have a t shirt we also should package it with #SureYouCanShuriken. Please take my money!
I think he should be THE BEER NINJA! Pwhoof Ninja Beer in your face.
He practices a mixture of Good-for-you-fu and Nice-kwondo
Your comment made me pee a little!
I’m sure i’m not alone in my hope that this is not the last we see of the non-judgemental ninja 🙂
“You’re fine.” I love it!!!
I first thought it said “you’re ewe” instead of “you’re fine” and I wondered why a ninja would say that. Then I wondered why he would say “you’re fine”. Then I thought maybe he really is just being a ninja about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja
a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations.
Ha.
My son came up with a character called “the nicest bug ever except when it comes to ninjas”. Your character and my sons character should be friends. After your character helps my sons character overcome his unresolved anger issues of course…
Wil, I am one of millions who have gotten caught up in daily routine… simply following the pattern of life. Your creativity and interesting comments are oddly inspiring. I find myself motivated to return to a better me, driven by creativity and a desire to do more than just survive. Thanks for your enjoyable blog!
Brett said perfectly!
Color me one of the (assuredly many) people who are hopeful that the NJN will make it onto a t-shirt, and soon.
Can we get NJN to take over for Elf on a Shelf? They are so judgy !!!
He is Non-JudgEmental indeed because he likes a certain kind of cheese and doesn’t like people to judge him for that. Judg-Emental, got it?. And, yes he missed a “M” in emmental, BUT DON’T JUDGE HIM FOR THAT EITHER!
And it IS ok.