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September 20, 2023

Cereal

by David M Willis on October 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows

└ Tags: amber, dina

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  1. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    October 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I agree with Dina

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Me too.

      • Maycroft
        Maycroft
        October 8, 2012 at 6:06 am | #

        The world according to Dina.

    • Chug
      Chug
      October 8, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

      1. She’s right. 2. It’s not strange to begin with, lots of new college students live off cereal.

      • Shadlyn Wolfe
        Shadlyn Wolfe
        October 8, 2012 at 11:12 am | #

        Until the scurvy sets in.

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        October 8, 2012 at 5:01 pm | #

        No kidding. Suddenly, when I got to college, THE WORLD OF SUGARY CEREAL WAS MINE. It took me a while to stop having sugary cereal and/or soda at every meal. Probably it stopped feeling so awesome because the scurvy was setting in. Or the diabetes.

        • Volkai
          Volkai
          October 9, 2012 at 8:34 am | #

          Or because if you have the same one delicious thing over and over for long enough it stops being so delicious and then you have to mix tihngs up for it to continue being delicious.

        • Somebody
          Somebody
          November 13, 2012 at 7:56 pm | #

          Sugar doesn’t cause diabetes and a lot the grains are fortified. It’s not like you can’t have a glass of orange juice with it.

          • Narf
            Narf
            March 1, 2013 at 10:26 pm | #

            “Sugar doesn’t cause diabetes”

            Naw, a’course not. Finish your pie and ice cream now, and don’t worry about the tingling numbness in your foot. It’ll subside.

            • Stephen
              Stephen
              April 5, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

              Sugar, does not cause diabetes. Coming from a type 1 diabetic of going on 15 years, the over indulgence of people and gluttony cause type 2 diabetes, that or other diseases which affect the organs of patients. Type 1 diabetes is genetic, and is actually an immunological disorder.

      • Gordon Blvd
        Gordon Blvd
        October 9, 2012 at 9:05 am | #

        I lived solely on Personal Pan Pizza and Snapple my first two years ……………..

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm | #

          Are you still able to eat that?

  2. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    October 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina’s going to gradually become morbidly obese over the course of the comic.

    • brasca1
      brasca1
      October 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      I’d argue that it depends on the cereal, but in this case it looks like Fruity Pebbles so I’m afraid I must agree although so far she must have remarkably good metabolism. That being said it’s not harmful to others so it still works.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        October 8, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

        My brother once did a science fair project measuring the iron in cereal. Somehow, this ended up with the house finding out how much fat’s in Fruity Pebbles.

        It was kinda terrifying.

        • Mindset
          Mindset
          October 8, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

          What, 1 gram of fat terrifies you?

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 8, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

            YES. O.M.G. Do you know how much that is?!?

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              October 8, 2012 at 4:38 am | #

              Shylock does.

          • Raen
            Raen
            October 8, 2012 at 8:33 am | #

            1 gram of fat in cereal? Yeah, that’s a little scary.

            • Mindset
              Mindset
              October 18, 2012 at 2:23 am | #

              Per serving? When Cinnamon Toast Crunch has 3.5g per serving… that’s not scary at all.

              (Of the other cereals in my pantry right now, Fruit and Cream oatmeal has 2g of fat per serving and Rice Chex has 0g.)

          • das-g
            das-g
            October 8, 2012 at 1:03 pm | #

            One gram per box or one gram per piece?

            • Jim
              Jim
              October 8, 2012 at 1:45 pm | #

              How about 50 carbs per bowl, post metabolism? I think that was what the Science Fair Family discovered, after 50 boxes of the stuff?

              Come on people! Learn the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and you won’t be slobs!!
              http://tinyurl.com/y8pba36

      • Rowen Morland
        Rowen Morland
        October 8, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

        She might only eat cereal but she might not eat that much of it.

      • John Harmon
        John Harmon
        October 8, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

        Just because someone doesn’t gain weight from constantly eating unhealthy, doesn’t mean they’re not doing damage to their body.

        • Raen
          Raen
          October 8, 2012 at 8:36 am | #

          Indeed. My first thought wasn’t weight gain, but vitamin deficiencies.

          • PinkiePiecrust
            PinkiePiecrust
            October 8, 2012 at 8:39 am | #

            Same. I almost killed myself in my first semester of University eating nothing but baked beans and toast.

          • DeNarr
            DeNarr
            October 8, 2012 at 9:06 am | #

            But at least cereal has all the supplemental vitamins added to them.

          • Charles RB
            Charles RB
            October 8, 2012 at 12:21 pm | #

            Also, teeth rot

            • fatemaster1
              fatemaster1
              June 18, 2014 at 3:11 pm | #

              Proper oral hygiene would prevent that.

    • DaJoshMaster
      DaJoshMaster
      October 8, 2012 at 10:38 am | #

      Needs more caramel!

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        October 8, 2012 at 5:02 pm | #

        Your avatar is especially appropriate here.

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      November 13, 2012 at 7:59 pm | #

      Grains don’t make you fat. That’s a lie we’ve been fed way too long. Adding growth hormones can, but not regular grains.

  3. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Obviously… it’s Fruity Pebbles.

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      October 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Looks like Trix to me. Old school trix, before they made them fruit shapes.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        October 8, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        They’re back to being balls. I grew up with them as shapes (80s kid) and I tried them. Can’t do it. Can’t eat fruity balls.

        • Jim
          Jim
          October 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm | #

          How would you have felt about “Trix! Now with Sweaty Pheromones!”
          Or did you finally stop doing Trix?

          (man… this is a gold mine for double entendres and bad jokes!)

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 8, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        or like…captain crunch…

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          October 8, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

          Yellow, orange, green, blue and red. The yellow are also in ball shape as opposed to the weird rectangular thing.

        • Pyr05
          Pyr05
          October 8, 2012 at 12:55 am | #

          soggies may rule.

          • Cody
            Cody
            October 8, 2012 at 9:52 am | #

            8(

          • Drunken Nordmann
            Drunken Nordmann
            October 8, 2012 at 7:46 pm | #

            I’ve never really understanded the thing about soggies. They were mentioned in Shortpacked! a few times but I don’t really get it.
            Can I have an explaination, please?

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              October 9, 2012 at 2:52 pm | #

              Old Captain Crunch commercials. They don’t get soggy in milk you see. Of course, they don’t tell you that they will cut your gums, and glue themselves to your teeth.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 8, 2012 at 3:01 pm | #

      It can’t be Fruity Pebbles. Dina would never put up with that sort of historical inaccuracy.

  4. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Don’t listen to her Dina, Froot Loops are awesome. Or whatever it is you’re eating.

  5. Jetstream
    Jetstream
    October 8, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Yay! Diabetus?

    • Nerdman
      Nerdman
      October 8, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

      *glares* Diabetes doesn’t work that way. It never works that way! As a diabetic myself, I am sick of-

      Oh, wait. You were talking about Type 2 Diabetes, caused by obesity. Right, sorry for the trouble. I’ll just go back into my corner.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 8, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

        -puts up sign “beware the angry type 1 diabetic” near corner-

      • Doom shepherd
        Doom shepherd
        October 8, 2012 at 6:34 am | #

        Type 2 is not caused by obesity! I, my father and uncle have it, and we’re all skinny as f***!

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          October 8, 2012 at 10:36 am | #

          I *can* be caused by obesity though, and that’s a common aggravator of the condition. It helps to be genetically predisposed to it too, of course, but I’ve actually both caused and reverted my type two diabetes by gaining and then losing the weight.

          So why does your family have it, then? God probably just hates you. Likeliest explanation.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            October 8, 2012 at 10:39 am | #

            And by the omission of one character I have revealed myself as being a deadly disease. Hopefully the AMA doesn’t find out.

            • Jim
              Jim
              October 8, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

              I just want to know if you’re contagious! Or of you are a large, bacon-type sandwich of some sort, that includes pancakes & syrup. If you are the latter, you’re going to find love… especially in the Southern Redneck States!

      • Jetstream
        Jetstream
        October 9, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        Soo… you just wanted to pretend to be mad for a second?

        • Nerdman
          Nerdman
          October 9, 2012 at 11:00 am | #

          Pretty much. That is what the Internet is for in the first place.

  6. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    October 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Dina has the best philosophy. Do what you like. More specifically, eat what is best, regardless of what others may think about it. If that means lovin’ some dinosaurs and eating cereal all day, then good for her!

    • fatemaster1
      fatemaster1
      June 18, 2014 at 3:19 pm | #

      Screw societal standards! These people are slaves to the system! I prefer to be free!

  7. qka
    qka
    October 8, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Cereal isn’t nutritionally complete. But if all you are going to eat is cereal, then be sure to add milk, for protein. And eat some Raisin Bran, for fiber.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      October 8, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

      That’s what I was worried about the most, rather than Dina going fat.

      But thank you for giving me ideas on how to make cereal more complete nutrition-wise. I LOVE cereal.

      • Broggly
        Broggly
        October 8, 2012 at 11:48 am | #

        I’ve been spending too much time on 4chan. I was bracing myself to read someone write fanfiction describing in detail the effects of eating nothing but fruity pebbles on Dina’s regularity.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 9, 2012 at 2:54 pm | #

          I was speculating on the colours that would result.

    • Vex Godglove
      Vex Godglove
      October 8, 2012 at 10:13 am | #

      Make it Total Raisin Bran and you also get all your vitamins.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 8, 2012 at 12:16 pm | #

      I love to put massive amounts of fruit in my cereal or oatmeal. That makes it way more delicious. And um nutritious.

      • Jim
        Jim
        October 8, 2012 at 1:54 pm | #

        “PART OF A COMPLETE BREAKFAST!”
        .
        Where the COMPLETE comes from all the OTHER parts!

        • TacosForever
          TacosForever
          October 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm | #

          Except whenever I saw images of cereal in commercials as part of a “complete breakfast”, I was like, “HOLY SHIT who eats all that for one meal?!” Am I the only one?

    • fatemaster1
      fatemaster1
      June 18, 2014 at 3:20 pm | #

      I mix all my cereal together and eat it with chocolate milk and brown sugar for just that very reason!

  8. Boy Blunder
    Boy Blunder
    October 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s okay, Dina. I feel the same way.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I enjoy cereal as much as the next guy, unless that next guy is Dina.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Or any cereal mascot really…

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      I guess that depends on how much you enjoy the next guy.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        October 8, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

        Depends. Are you serving him with skim milk, whole milk, or 2%?

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          October 8, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

          I enjoy Dina as much as cereal enjoys the next guy.

          • Ziaheart
            Ziaheart
            October 8, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

            … terrified of being eaten?

            • Wixvhen
              Wixvhen
              October 8, 2012 at 2:35 am | #

              Toaster pastries? Where?

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          October 8, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

          None of the above. Alfredo sauce.

          • Cronomatt
            Cronomatt
            October 8, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

            That poor Alfredo! Why would you do that to him?

            • Wonder Wig
              Wonder Wig
              October 8, 2012 at 11:09 am | #

              Alfredo Boy is my sidekick! Don’t eat him.

              • GrrArg42
                GrrArg42
                October 10, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

                RUN! Get back to the Cereal Cave!

            • molochmachine
              molochmachine
              October 8, 2012 at 11:10 pm | #

              Don’t worry, it’s the other sauce.

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Willis, stop going back in time to observe my habits in college and then basing Dina on them.

    It’s not my fault! They had Count Chocula and Lucky Charms!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Count Luckula.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 8, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

        Lucky Count Chocula’s Charms

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          October 8, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

          Sounds filthy.

          • Wixvhen
            Wixvhen
            October 8, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

            They’re always after my succulent charms?

          • Pyr05
            Pyr05
            October 8, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

            Don’t beat around the bush; it sounds like a porno title

            • Undrave
              Undrave
              October 8, 2012 at 1:41 pm | #

              So does ‘Don’t beat around the bush’.

              • Drunken Nordmann
                Drunken Nordmann
                October 8, 2012 at 7:54 pm | #

                ‘Beating around the bush II – Return of the bush’?

                • Parismio
                  Parismio
                  October 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm | #

                  Lol ow my sides are gone.

                • molochmachine
                  molochmachine
                  October 8, 2012 at 11:12 pm | #

                  Bush Harder

        • Doom shepherd
          Doom shepherd
          October 8, 2012 at 6:35 am | #

          County Charmkula.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 8, 2012 at 3:10 pm | #

      Man, when I was a kid, I was only allowed to have junk cereal in August. It was Junk Cereal Month. I would pick a box, my sister would pick a box, and we’d agree on a third.

      The problem with this system was that it meant I never had any monster cereal. Ever.

      So now that I’m in college I can finally find out what all the fuss is about over Chocula and Frankenberry and Booberry. They’re pretty good, but not particularly filling as far as breakfast is concerned. Mostly I just snack on ’em.

  11. Nearphotison
    Nearphotison
    October 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Cereal is only best if you’re choosing on taste. It can’t be the healthiest option, even in a college cafeteria.

    • Darkflame
      Darkflame
      October 8, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

      Muesli and Greek/thick Yogurt ? That would be fairly hard to beat, especially if its got some fruit chopped up in it.

  12. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    October 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Why does this make me think of the song strange fruit?

  13. Resne
    Resne
    October 8, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Insanity is sometimes being the sane one of all the insane people.

  14. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    October 8, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    Amber’s comment in the last panel seems like it could be written on a shirt at a Hot Topic in an alternate universe where everything is more depressing.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 8, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

      Wow…the thought that there’s an alternate universe that’s more depressing is in and of itself pretty depressing

      • Barf Ninjason
        Barf Ninjason
        October 8, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

        But thoughts of happier universes cheer up the depression universe, so the cosmic balance goes on.

        • Pyr05
          Pyr05
          October 8, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

          Thoughts that there are happier universes in the depression universe make them suicidal that they’re in the depressed universe.

          • Wixvhen
            Wixvhen
            October 8, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

            There exists a universe where obesity was replaced with super powers. It was the body’s coping mechanism for the extra energy! Then again, in another universe, obesity became immolation. Hm…

            • Nerdman
              Nerdman
              October 8, 2012 at 2:48 am | #

              …Anyone else suddenly want to go watch Sliders? Or Fringe?

              • Cronomatt
                Cronomatt
                October 8, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

                YES.

              • Darkflame
                Darkflame
                October 8, 2012 at 9:02 am | #

                Or Spellbinder
                (what? old childrens shows rock!)

    • lauren
      lauren
      October 8, 2012 at 11:04 pm | #

      I can accept the option of a more depressing alternate universe, but a more depressing Hot Topic??!? That has to be rough…

  15. Alabaster
    Alabaster
    October 8, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    So… Dina’s gonna get scurvy.

    • A bunch of hungry orphans
      A bunch of hungry orphans
      October 8, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Yarr.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      October 8, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

      Looks like she’s eating Fruit Loops or something to me.

      That’s got fruit in it.

      Sort of.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      October 8, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

      Unless she drinks some OJ with that or takes a multi-vitamin, you are correct sir. Many kids cereals have no vitamin C, and milk is very low in it.

      You’re also looking at a shortage of E & K. Vitamin E deficiencies are very rare due to Vitamin E being widely available, but Dina could be looking at long-term nerve damage if that’s literally all she eats. Vitamin K deficiency leads to bleeding problems and bone weakness too.

      Some “healthy” cereals are fortified with Vitamins E & K, but most cereals don’t bother.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        October 8, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

        Why would cereal companies worry about Vitamin C, E, or K?

        Seriously, what could kids need with not contracting scurvy, having nerves that work, all that blood in their body, or strong bones?

        Their teeth are falling out anyway, parents agree that small bumps and instant crying is friggin’ stupid, blood is just another fluid for them to leak inexplicably, and their bones are making them bigger, so maybe a little weakness will take the cocky sons-of-bongoes down a peg.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          October 10, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

          Well, actually, who needs to? Most people don’t just eat cereal & milk.

          Most kids will get Vitamin C from juice at breakfast, Vitamin E comes from just about anything with plant oils in it, and Vitamin K comes from just about any green vegetable. (Your gut flora also synthesize it.)

          Really, about the only way to miss these vitamins is to deliberately eat a specifically unhealthy, one-note diet. People who eat like Dina are rare.

    • BOB
      BOB
      October 8, 2012 at 7:50 am | #

      And beri-beri. And pellagra.

  16. CanvasWolfDoll
    CanvasWolfDoll
    October 8, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    is wrong that first thing i thought about was ‘huh, what was the economic term for how eventually dina will no longer feel the price of the cereal is worth the happiness it exerts, even at it’s price of zero.’ as opposed to just saying ‘i wonder how long until she gets sick of it?’

    i can reconize when economic terms apply, i just can remember them.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      October 8, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

      Marginal utility, maybe?

      • CanvasWolfDoll
        CanvasWolfDoll
        October 8, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

        that’s the one! i ponder the marginal utility of cold cereal to dina.

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      October 8, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

      Diminishing returns?

      • Ziaheart
        Ziaheart
        October 8, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

        That’s what I was thinking of, but that’s wrong. That’s when something is added that should normally increase the output but ends up decreasing it proportionally instead. It would be like, Dina likes cereal but she likes ham, too, and she thinks adding cereal and ham for a meal would make it double the magic but it only makes her half as happier.

        • LiamKav
          LiamKav
          October 8, 2012 at 5:35 am | #

          Isn’t “diminishing returns” more along the lines of “I like this, but I don’t like two lots of this twice as much.”

          Dina really enoys cereal. She gets 80 enjoyment points from one bowl. If she has two bowls in a row she gets less than 2 x 80 enjoyment (maybe 140), so she is only getting 60 points of enjoyment out of the second bowl. If she has 3 bowls in a row she would get less again (maybe only 160, so 20 points for the third bowl).

    • Pyr05
      Pyr05
      October 8, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

      My brother eats nothing but chicken, pizza and peameal.

      ALL THE TIME.

      For the past 8 years.

      You think he’d be sick of the flavour, but no.

      • CanvasWolfDoll
        CanvasWolfDoll
        October 8, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

        but does he actually eat such things exclusively?

        • Pyr05
          Pyr05
          October 8, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

          yes. Occasionally cereal as well. No other pork, no beef, no fish, no real vegetables to speak of.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        October 8, 2012 at 12:49 pm | #

        Dear Princess Celestia, Today I learned that peameal exists and I must eat it.

  17. JA
    JA
    October 8, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    Cereal is acceptable for every meal.

    I had at least one bowl of cereal every time I ate at the dining hall when I was in college.

  18. Bekah
    Bekah
    October 8, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    I’ve gotten so used to Amber with long hair from Shortpacked! that now it’s weird to see her with her hair short still.

  19. Eri
    Eri
    October 8, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    I was going to say that Dina/Cereal is my new OTP, but that one might interfere with my Dick/Cereal OTP…

    Dina/Cereal/Dick OT3 it is

  20. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    October 8, 2012 at 12:55 am | #

    Cereal may not be “health” food, but dammit, its mental health food!

  21. Scott
    Scott
    October 8, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

    Yes. Cereal is Best.

  22. Globen
    Globen
    October 8, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

    Dina: Cereal is my favourite food. I could honestly eat it for every meal. Or just all the time without even stopping.

    Amber: You’d get fat.

    Dina: No.

    Amber: You’d get totally fat.

    Dina: I don’t think I’d get fat. Why would I get fat?

    Amber: Cereal makes you fat.

    Dina: Cereal makes you fat?!

  23. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    October 8, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

    Wow, epic line – “I don’t make the rules, I just live in fear of them”. *a hat tip to david willis*

  24. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 8, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

    So Dina is… *puts on sunglasses*

    A cereal killer!

    • JBO
      JBO
      October 8, 2012 at 10:08 am | #

      Why so cereal?

    • DSL
      DSL
      October 8, 2012 at 7:34 pm | #

      She should get Life.

  25. Becky
    Becky
    October 8, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

    …seriously? People think this is weird? I’ve seen people eat cereal at any damn time of the day at my college. I suppose it goes with the “Oh my God, I can eat whatever I want WHENEVER I WANT” mentality (which also led to me regularly eating dry ramen noodles as a snack food freshman year)

    Well, that and 85-90% of all college cafeteria food is gross, so might as well stick with one of the few things they can’t fuck up.

    • HiEv
      HiEv
      October 8, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

      Ideal avatar for that comment. 😀

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      October 8, 2012 at 3:13 pm | #

      Eating a lot of cereal isn’t weird.

      Eating cereal to the exclusion of everything else is.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 9, 2012 at 2:59 pm | #

      I tend to lean towards the second reason there. Plus the fact that it is simple to make.

  26. Wixvhen
    Wixvhen
    October 8, 2012 at 2:39 am | #

    I used to eat nothing but cereal for breakfast lunch and dinner!

    • Wixvhen
      Wixvhen
      October 8, 2012 at 2:41 am | #

      It was tasty, and had so much fiber I had to [censored] and to this day, my rectum is still not fully intact.

    • Nerdman
      Nerdman
      October 8, 2012 at 2:50 am | #

      I used to eat cereal all day, but then [Insert Skyrim Meme Here].

  27. Azukar
    Azukar
    October 8, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

    a) I am disappoint. My uni put away the cereal dispensers after about midday.

    b) Dana displays Slight Coherent Logic in panel 4!

    c) Cereal for every meal is awesome! However it is probably not nutritionally sound.

  28. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    October 8, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

    Cereal? I thought they were Skittles at first.

    • Groove
      Groove
      October 8, 2012 at 4:26 am | #

      The Desserts sign floating overhead made me think that as well.

      I miss being a student and eating brownies for breakfast. Oh to be young and wastefully employed.

  29. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    October 8, 2012 at 3:50 am | #

    “Strange” is not a synonym for “bad”, Dina. Like everything you do, it is not bad, but it makes people wonder what’s going on inside your head. Strangeness makes people nervous. Expected behavior puts them at their ease. Even ultimately harmless things can make people uncomfortable, if only because they’ve never considered doing things that way.

    On the other hand, it is funny to see people attributing Dina’s unusual habits as some sort of rebellion from the norms. She does what nominally feels good because she’s totally unaware of exterior criticism, however facile it might be. She’s not an independent soul capable of ignoring the weight of social criticism, she’s just oblivious to it. That’s not the same thing.

  30. Ebonsaber
    Ebonsaber
    October 8, 2012 at 5:23 am | #

    Suure everyone’s talking about Dina’s cereal, but what the heck is that grey stuff on Amber’s plate?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      October 8, 2012 at 5:49 am | #

      BRAINS!

      • Jim
        Jim
        October 8, 2012 at 1:58 pm | #

        Brains & Milk!
        .
        Got Brains? http://tinyurl.com/22tbotq

    • Shade
      Shade
      October 8, 2012 at 6:16 am | #

      That’s a shadow, there’s nothing on the plate.

      Clearly Amber is having air.

  31. AsimovSideburns
    AsimovSideburns
    October 8, 2012 at 5:39 am | #

    Dina’s eyebrows have lowered! They’re visible!

    WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

  32. Lightfoot
    Lightfoot
    October 8, 2012 at 6:01 am | #

    Dina likes cereal so much she should have her own cereal. In Dina’s defense, didn’t dinosaurs also eat cereal?

  33. Brian Boyko
    Brian Boyko
    October 8, 2012 at 8:27 am | #

    Quick question for David: Does Dina have Asperger’s syndrome? It would absolutely fit. Strange social behaviors, obsessed about dinosaurs, unwillingness to deviate from routine, inability to read social cues…

    As an aspie myself, maybe I’m projecting, but I’d love to see this as the case.

    • AndaisQ
      AndaisQ
      October 8, 2012 at 10:01 am | #

      Friend, you are very late to the party.

      The conversations on this very subject once filled the DoA threads and roamed free across the plains… They’ve mostly gone away, since they were discussed ad nauseam.

      See also: The comments for every other strip she’s been in.

  34. Darkflame
    Darkflame
    October 8, 2012 at 8:59 am | #

    I think most people have milk on their cereal….people that use water are FREAKS! Freaks I tell you!

    • Kaja Rainbow
      Kaja Rainbow
      October 8, 2012 at 10:42 am | #

      Except for the people that can’t drink milk because it makes them sick. Though I prefer to just eat my cereal dry than with water. Water doesn’t go well with cereal. Neither does juice.

      • Jim
        Jim
        October 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm | #

        Yogurt works great — unless the flavors clash.

        I used yogurt in a pinch once, and now use it 50% of the time. Either vanilla or plain with a few packets of Splenda added to it, and you’re set! Plus it lasts longer in the fridge than milk, and the Greek stuff, while thick, can be whipped a little with a spoon, and has 2x the protein of milk and no additional carbs.TRY IT!

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        October 8, 2012 at 5:17 pm | #

        I used to not be able to drink milk at all. Soymilk, my friends. Soymilk is the best. Flavored with vanilla, and I’ve literally never had it spoil (it keeps for months). Water with cereal sounds disgusting, I have to say. Also one time I was reading, holding a book with one hand and pouring milk into my cereal with the other, and then I looked up from my book and realized I’d poured orange juice. I really didn’t want to waste the cereal, so I tried it. Alas, it was COMPLETELY disgusting.

      • N0083rP00F
        N0083rP00F
        October 10, 2012 at 12:11 pm | #

        I tried Soy, Rice and Almond milk substitutes and on their own they are an acquired taste. In cereal it just clashes to harshly and hot cereal – bleah!

        I have found that real apple juice works fine for the cereals I eat, not that corn sugar sweetened reconstituted stuff, and lets not even go into the orange juices with ingredient lists longer than the cereal has.

        As for fiber – just eat the box – less toxic stuff in there than the contents.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      October 8, 2012 at 2:45 pm | #

      I’m a dry guy. If you pour milk on it, it gets messy to eat on the drive to work.

  35. Das BookPimp (@The_BookPimp)
    Das BookPimp (@The_BookPimp)
    October 8, 2012 at 9:20 am | #

    I’d Rather have Pie

  36. Aslee
    Aslee
    October 8, 2012 at 10:39 am | #

    Oooo~ Trix. Good choice, Dina! They were much better when they had shapes, though. (It could also be Captain Crunch, though, which is even better!) Also, I think I see Cocoa Puffs.

    … Cereal is important, okay?

    • Starfire22
      Starfire22
      October 8, 2012 at 11:28 am | #

      You’re wrong, cookie crisp is the better cereal.

  37. begbert2
    begbert2
    October 8, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

    Only crazy people do small, harmless acts that comfort themselves. Sane people do big reckless things that endanger themselves and others.

  38. TexasUberAlles
    TexasUberAlles
    October 8, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

    Oooh, Dina’s on the snarky end of the spectrum!

  39. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 8, 2012 at 11:35 am | #

    Not that I don’t think that being able to eat cereal at any time of day I damn well please is awesome (it totally is), but even I like a little variety in my meal options.

    Not much. Just a little.

    I have a comfort zone, okay?

    • N0083rP00F
      N0083rP00F
      October 10, 2012 at 12:15 pm | #

      So its Trix / Apple Jacks for breakfast, Lucky Charms / Rice Crispies for lunch, Cocoa Puffs / Cinamon Toast Crunch for dinner?

  40. Bill M.
    Bill M.
    October 8, 2012 at 12:02 pm | #

    No! Dina stop that slide to the dark side. The furrowing of the brow when your food choices are questioned is the start, and I want you to be the sweet, innocent dinosaur lover that you were introduced as in this comic.

  41. Shariku Onikage
    Shariku Onikage
    October 8, 2012 at 1:13 pm | #

    Dina raises an serious point in Panel 3!

    I believe i may have to seriously reconsider my worldview on object consumption policies…

    Does anyone know, off-hand, if restaurants still serve cereal at around 7pm?

  42. Lola
    Lola
    October 8, 2012 at 1:14 pm | #

    Why do I have the urge to try and shop pointy red glasses onto Dina and change “Cereal” to “Red”?

    And why did it take me so long to figure out why the whole “It’s the best” thing caused fits of “Who the heck also does this?” before realizing who it was.

  43. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    October 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm | #

    Wait, is Amber going to eat Mary Worth style pink and gray cubes? Oh please oh please.

  44. Curambar
    Curambar
    October 8, 2012 at 4:22 pm | #

    I really love these comics, and I got jealous of the people who had read David’s previous works. So I started an unhealthy quest: I’m currently archive binging all of the Roomies-It’s Walky site. Started 2 days ago, current comic October 2002.
    Need lots of coffee.

  45. Ray
    Ray
    October 8, 2012 at 7:04 pm | #

    “Part of a balanced breakfast” doesn’t mean you have a good diet if it’s the only thing you eat. I wouldn’t begrudge her having cereal as a side dish with every meal, but I hope she’s getting some protein and veggies and stuff.

    Some cereal makes a great snack food straight out of the box.

  46. RobHagen
    RobHagen
    October 8, 2012 at 10:19 pm | #

    That first panel. It had me at hello.

  47. Bugberry
    Bugberry
    October 9, 2012 at 7:25 am | #

    Dina just keeps getting awesomer. there must be a law of conservation of awesome.

  48. Shay Guy
    Shay Guy
    October 9, 2012 at 10:51 pm | #

    The set of all foods is not well-ordered under the “better than” relation. (Under this relation, a “least element” would be a “best food.”) This relation is also highly context-dependent, affected as it is by not just the taste of foods and their nutritional content, but by the aggregate nutritional content of the foods you’ve eaten recently (which we may specify somewhat arbitrarily as “within the past week”).

    Relative enjoyment of eating (“X~Y” = “So-and-so enjoys eating X more than eating Y”) may be well-ordered with the vast majority of circumstances sharing a common least element, as it appears to be in Dina’s case.

  49. Blue
    Blue
    October 12, 2012 at 4:27 pm | #

    Amber’s quote needs to be a shirt

  50. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 18, 2015 at 9:59 pm | #

    Meh, I prefer Frosted Flakes. Most sugary cereals are way too sweet, and most non-sugary cereals are way too… um… whatever the opposite of “sweet” is. Frosted Flakes are pretty damn close to being the happy medium between the two.

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