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by David M Willis on January 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark
└ Tags: amber, danny, joe

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  1. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    January 18, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    dumbass. she’ll already be taken by then. then it’ll all be shoved in you’re FAAAAAAAAACE

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      January 18, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

      …with his penis

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        January 18, 2011 at 3:26 pm | #

        Thanks for that disturbing, yet arousing, mental image.

      • Maycroft
        Maycroft
        January 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        Hey, it works!

      • Mally
        Mally
        July 21, 2015 at 4:09 pm | #

        The Mike Gravatar just clinches this.

    • Aisling
      Aisling
      May 22, 2015 at 4:25 pm | #

      These juvenile repetitious comments make me giggle.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    January 18, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Joe would totally approve of Amber.

    With his penis.

    Racist.

  3. NCP19
    NCP19
    January 18, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh Joe…you so crazy.

  4. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    January 18, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    So he’d rather date a girl he knows he can connect with on some level than some one his room mate introduced him to in the hall. Not exactly racist.

    Who’s willing to bet that tomorrow Joe’s going to come across her and try to sex her? With his penis.

    • Cratacon
      Cratacon
      January 18, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

      Alright, Mr. Herbert, try and keep your racism to a minimum, these comments are rated E, for everyone. With Joe’s penis.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        January 18, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

        How is Joe’s penis doing any rating?

        • Ryune
          Ryune
          January 18, 2011 at 2:26 am | #

          It’s giving Amber a 7, because she’s cute but kinda chunky.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          January 18, 2011 at 12:45 pm | #

          You don’t subscribe to Joe’s “Do List” do you?

          • dchorror
            dchorror
            January 19, 2011 at 11:21 am | #

            No, but I might if someone gave a link.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      January 18, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      Whether or not you are actually racist has little bearing on whether or not you will be accused of racism in many cases.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        January 18, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

        Mostly because it’s possible to say/do something racist without being racist in a general sense.

        /petpeeve

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          January 18, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

          It’s possible to be called racist(sexist too) when being totally fair. It’s gotten to the point where everybody should be on fair ground and it wouldn’t matter. Then again, see comments from a week ago.

          • Tristan J
            Tristan J
            January 18, 2011 at 2:21 am | #

            True, I’m just sick of people whining ‘OMG I’M NOT [whatever]IST’ whenever someone points out a bit of [whatever]ism in something they make/like.

          • Viktoria
            Viktoria
            January 18, 2011 at 3:54 am | #

            Fair, Tristan, but at the same time false and silly complaints about racism need to stop, too. They weaken the cause of equality. Danny wasn’t interested in one girl. He is interested in another. That’s not racism, it’s just a matter of taste.

            Note: I have a strong negative reaction to racist complaints after I got one at work. It turned out I didn’t even work that day and it was purely an attempted lawsuit in the early stages.

        • dutchguy
          dutchguy
          August 5, 2014 at 12:28 pm | #

          I agree Tristan, for example what Joyce said a couple of strips ago could be (considered) racist, but it wasn’t meant to be at all

  5. MeFailWords
    MeFailWords
    January 18, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Daww Danny! I knew you couldn’t be emo for long.

    Despite the initial Dorothy-look-alike reaction, whether he gets with Amber or not I think was a pretty healthy thing for Danny. He’s aware that there are other girls out there that are pretty awesome. Dorothy didn’t need to his one and old. Hopefully he’ll be seeing college as the fresh start that it should be.

  6. Cratacon
    Cratacon
    January 18, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Whenever Shaggy is out of panel, the other characters should be asking ‘Where’s Shaggy?’ Shaggy also needs access to a time machine.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      January 18, 2011 at 1:26 am | #

      I get the first part, but why does Shaggy need a time machine? He’s already living in the 70s.

      • Soundbucket
        Soundbucket
        January 18, 2011 at 3:31 am | #

        …with his penis.

  7. captainswift
    captainswift
    January 18, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    “Oh, fine, turn down the black chick, but ask out the first white girl you see. ‘I’m not ready yet’, my ass, Mr. Racist with My Penis.”

    • Janos
      Janos
      January 19, 2011 at 2:18 pm | #

      A racist penis?

  8. Wackd
    Wackd
    January 18, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

    Danny looks downright adorable in panel three. In a puppy-dog sort of way.

    Wait…so he meets a nice girl, and his thoughts turn immediately to introducing her to Joe? Is he insane?

    And just because my mind is going weird places at the moment, what the hell does Danny’s hair look like in real life? Does it grow naturally like that or is it a cut? Who the hell gets a massive 90-degree corner cut out of the back of their hair? I need pictures of this haircut.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      January 18, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

      It’s better than the mullet he sported in his ROOMIES! days.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        January 18, 2011 at 12:40 pm | #

        Actually, the only difference between his cut now and his cut in Roomies! is that his 1997-hair had a crapload more volume. Actually, looking in the archives, everyone has that corner in their hair. In fact–Joe still has the corner, it’s just very very teeny.

        On that note, look immediately below his ears. It’s still a mullet. It’s just a mullet with a giant corner cut into it.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          January 18, 2011 at 12:43 pm | #

          …that’s not a mullet, it’s just shaggy in the back. Like he could use a hair cut.

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            January 19, 2011 at 1:10 pm | #

            …Which is pretty much what it looked like in the Roomies! days, too. I never got the impression it was supposed to be a mullet to begin with.

    • Zem
      Zem
      January 18, 2011 at 12:10 pm | #

      It’s like meeting the parents, only with more bromance.

  9. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    January 18, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

    God it is both refreshing & horrific to see that other people (even fictional characters) go through the same RIDICULOUS self-questioning nonsense in their brain.

    Poor Danny.

    (^already a DoA mantra!)

  10. DiDi
    DiDi
    January 18, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

    For a moment I thought the “with his penis” line was gonna be a running gag here. Thankfully it stopped.

    But oh… Danny. Forget your friend! He doesn’t care about your happiness. He just wants you laid so you don’t annoy him anymore.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      January 18, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

      It really only works as a joke when we’re dealing with Joe directly, not when he’s a though bubble.

      But, just for you: …with my penis.

      • Iasthai
        Iasthai
        January 18, 2011 at 9:00 am | #

        I’m pretty sure DiDi was being sarcastic here…

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          January 18, 2011 at 12:41 pm | #

          I realized this after reading the comments prior, but the deed is done.

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            January 18, 2011 at 12:47 pm | #

            …with my penis.

    • MeFailWords
      MeFailWords
      January 18, 2011 at 2:21 am | #

      Don’t gag on a penis. Wait I mean-

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        January 18, 2011 at 2:24 am | #

        *choke*

  11. Matt
    Matt
    January 18, 2011 at 1:14 am | #

    Man, if she dropped this whole “superhero” schtick and be a little more crudely drawn, then Amber could be a character right out of XKCD.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      January 18, 2011 at 4:01 am | #

      Why would she need to drop the superhero schtick for that? BlackHat Man, Cory Doctrow, Elaine Roberts…they may not have costumes, but they’re basically superheroes.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        January 18, 2011 at 12:42 pm | #

        Pretty sure you may want to have your brain looked to. You just called Black Hat Guy a hero.

        • XMD
          XMD
          January 18, 2011 at 3:41 pm | #

          … with my penis.

  12. Joebo
    Joebo
    January 18, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

    Take it from one who knows: ASK NOW YOU FOOL!!!

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      January 18, 2011 at 1:29 am | #

      After saying don’t talk to me an hour ago, that might not exactly be the best idea.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        January 18, 2011 at 8:22 am | #

        …ok, fine. Not now but ask her before it is too late. The last three girls I’ve asked out have already had boyfriends. In at least one case, it was because I waited too long.

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          January 18, 2011 at 10:05 pm | #

          I totally feel ya there, hopefully Danny won’t procrastinate too much, but I can’t imagine who would be moving in on Amber. Ethan? No. Mike? Not likely. Joe?

          Uh oh.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          January 19, 2011 at 11:26 am | #

          I agree on the soon, but not immediately. That would be mighty awkward.

  13. dchorror
    dchorror
    January 18, 2011 at 1:33 am | #

    Had it been a two hour class, I could see the challenge aspect. It’s not fun trying to even write a simple game in an hour, much less a whole OS. Cheer up, Amber, you’ll have a whole semester to finish your OS.

    Her smile in Danny’s thought bubble is just adorable.

  14. Dierna
    Dierna
    January 18, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

    A lesson on the start menu?! WTF?!

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      January 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm | #

      It may disturb you that based on my college days I don’t find that all that implausible.

    • katosen27
      katosen27
      January 18, 2011 at 11:57 pm | #

      Yeah, it occurs in college classes. Believe it or not, there are young people that have rarely touched a computer. They are rare compared to the vast amount of older folks who are going back to college that rarely touch a computer but they exist, but those kids do exist.

      Its a damn shame that for most advanced computer classes, its classes like these that are REQUIRED and can’t be tested out of. -.-

  15. JK9000
    JK9000
    January 18, 2011 at 2:30 am | #

    I really like that Danny’s imagine scenario is all sketchy.

  16. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    January 18, 2011 at 2:41 am | #

    D: he just didn’t connect with Sarah intellectually…Race had nothing to do with it…plus Danny and Amber have more in common…

    • Cratacon
      Cratacon
      January 18, 2011 at 9:38 am | #

      The blatant, purposeful racism in your comment sickens me and I hope Joe points it out to you should you and he ever meet.

      • Dahlia
        Dahlia
        January 19, 2011 at 1:37 am | #

        ????? All I meant was they both have computer related majors and possible career goals around their computer science degrees! I did not mean they had race in common (ho gawd NOW I see it, I assure you that’s not what I meant)

  17. OhNoUDiNt
    OhNoUDiNt
    January 18, 2011 at 5:50 am | #

    So Amber will become his new Dorothy. Men have needs and Danny’s definitely in need. After all, when ya gotta Joe, ya gotta Joe…. with your penis.

  18. Zaratustra
    Zaratustra
    January 18, 2011 at 6:31 am | #

    Danny, Joe won’t bug you for the skin thing, he’ll bug you because she looks like a chestnut-hair Dorothy.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      January 18, 2011 at 1:32 pm | #

      Thus Spake Zaratustra. (Sorry. I had to say that at least once.)

  19. creativerealms
    creativerealms
    January 18, 2011 at 8:45 am | #

    I support DannyxAmber. It’s not really a pairing I thought of before, probably because they never met each other before this AU comic.

  20. WAT
    WAT
    January 18, 2011 at 9:34 am | #

    hahaha. Very nice, Mr. Willis.

  21. MM
    MM
    January 18, 2011 at 12:53 pm | #

    Of course, we all know that Danny really just discriminates against girls with 20-20 vision.

  22. Lokitsu
    Lokitsu
    January 18, 2011 at 5:45 pm | #

    Danny isn’t racist. Amber is half-step-korean on her father’s side.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      January 19, 2011 at 11:25 am | #

      No she’s not. Faz is a half step irish on his father’s side. I think.

    • fit-to-freak
      fit-to-freak
      October 6, 2013 at 4:50 pm | #

      not how that works

  23. Bill M.
    Bill M.
    January 18, 2011 at 8:50 pm | #

    Danny’s followed her so far, so he must hate to see her go, but loves to watch her leave.

  24. Gianni
    Gianni
    January 18, 2011 at 10:04 pm | #

    Of course, they live in the same building so they’ll see one another pretty frequently from now on.

  25. brumagem
    brumagem
    November 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm | #

    You used a sketch (complete with hazy blue ‘pencils’) to illustrate a conceptual and incomplete thought scenario.

    WELL PLAYED

  26. Gongol
    Gongol
    February 6, 2015 at 3:09 pm | #

    Panel 1= comic on my favourite comics list.
    Reason 1: Linux is awsome.
    Reason 2: windows is crap and overrated.

  27. Noah
    Noah
    October 19, 2015 at 11:19 pm | #

    Well maybe it’s for the best that she didn’t write her own OS. I mean what would she call it? Amberux? Amberix? Her name just isn’t unixy enough. :/

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