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Conceding

by David M Willis on May 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: becky, danny, dorothy, ethan, jennifer, joyce, roz, sarah, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    May 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    …DUDE THREESOME IMMINENT

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 24, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      Nah, foursome. Walky/Danny/Ethan/Jacob.

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        May 24, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

        On the next slipshine…

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 24, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

          *whips out checkbook*
          …
          Yeah, I still write checks! I’m old-fashioned! Leave me alone!

          • Dean
            Dean
            May 24, 2015 at 8:39 pm | #

            Don’t forget to send it by carrier pigeon.

        • SonicBlueRanger
          SonicBlueRanger
          May 24, 2015 at 10:32 am | #

          Make it so.

      • LittleMountain
        LittleMountain
        May 24, 2015 at 2:29 pm | #

        Starts off as a threesome, then Walky just walks in and go “Eh, i can dig it”

        • 3Xp4t
          3Xp4t
          May 24, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

          This is the Walky I come here to love.

          Not to say I don’t love a number of the other characters (in fact, most of them), but this strip is quintessential Walky, both oblivious to collateral damage and dead center of the ten ring simultaneously.

        • Disastromatic
          Disastromatic
          May 24, 2015 at 11:25 pm | #

          A strategically placed dorito

          • Valkyr
            Valkyr
            June 22, 2015 at 4:11 pm | #

            bless you and this comment

          • Znayx
            Znayx
            December 10, 2015 at 11:15 am | #

            …What you just said there.

            Why do I have to laugh so much fuck you

      • Aislashu
        Aislashu
        May 24, 2015 at 9:35 pm | #

        A++ would buy.

      • Someone
        Someone
        May 24, 2015 at 10:16 pm | #

        Now whats the limit of people before it becomes an orgy?

        • Valkyr
          Valkyr
          June 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

          more than four is orgy

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        May 24, 2015 at 10:29 pm | #

        I only say threesome b/c that’s what was on the poll

    • Cheryl
      Cheryl
      May 24, 2015 at 2:04 am | #

      Like the side of a tree on the forest moon of Endor!

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      May 24, 2015 at 4:15 pm | #

      … I’ll be in my bunk.

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    May 24, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Roz wisely withdraw XD

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      She’s got a real party to go to anyway.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      May 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Yeah, Sarah vs Raidah is going to be a knife-fight in a phonebooth. Being monkey in the middle of THAT would suck.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        May 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

        If history is anything to go by then the violence will probably be one-sided.

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          May 24, 2015 at 3:16 pm | #

          You have a point. However, there was nothing at stake for Raidah in that incident, while now Jacob is prize worth fighting for.

  3. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    …sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine…

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      a becky-billie-danny-dorothy-ethan-joyce-roz-sarah-walky slipshine? I dunno, there’s a couple of them who might be into it, but I don’t know if we’re ready to go whole-hog like that just yet

      • Nono
        Nono
        May 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        I like how you left out Jacob, the one everyone would hit.

        • vic
          vic
          May 24, 2015 at 11:19 am | #

          he just stands on a podest in the middl while they make out and ocasionaly look at him

    • Cthulhu's Intern
      Cthulhu's Intern
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      “EVERYONE hits that.”

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        May 24, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

        Come now, let’s not be ridiculous. He’d never do an orgy Slipshine!

        …Or…or WOULD he?

        • 3Xp4t
          3Xp4t
          May 24, 2015 at 2:51 pm | #

          I suspect it would hinge on two major factors: 1) how much money actually in the bank for it.

          But, more importantly (I think) would be: 2) the actual conditions for said “plot.” As in, for example, “60% of current characters, your choice, get into an accidental orgy upon discovery that one of them has an impressive collection of adult toys. Joyce is trapped under a bed with Dina and they have to wait until it’s over before escaping. The next morning.”

          I might have to do some creative accounting if that one becomes a possibility …

          • zoelogical
            zoelogical
            May 24, 2015 at 11:02 pm | #

            Sex pollen

  4. AHR
    AHR
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    This is actually a pretty good snapshot of everyone’s characters in a nutshell, except billie, with this only being the alpha bongo side of her.

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      this is alpha bongo? she seems pretty reasonable to me

      • Random832
        Random832
        May 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        The uncensored version of that phrase doesn’t really imply irrationality or anything, just a take-charge attitude. (General disclaimer about how of course it’s sexist language and people don’t use similar gendered slur words for the equivalent male concept and even using it as a positive-ish descriptor doesn’t really make it okay).

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

          Well, considering that a bongo (no not talking about drums) is a female dog, an alpha bongo would be a female pack leader.

          • taekwondogirl
            taekwondogirl
            May 24, 2015 at 11:18 am | #

            Except for the fact that the word’s been used for a long time as a negative slur towards women… the history of a word’s context doesn’t just disappear because of what it is “supposed” to mean.

            • vlademir1
              vlademir1
              May 24, 2015 at 6:12 pm | #

              There is a history of pejorative terms transitioning to acceptable terms of description. That said such cases, such as “queer”, usually occur through usage as a term of self identity which I can’t imagine happening in general usage with this term (though there is a trend in parts of the BDSM community of certain flavors of dominant women referring to themselves as an “alpha bongo” so grain of salt and all that).

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              May 24, 2015 at 8:16 pm | #

              Which is why usage matters. When Billie describes herself as an ‘alpha bongo’, you can be pretty sure she’s not using it as a negative slur. Now, if someone were using it to describe her in an insulting manner, that’s another situation entirely.

            • AHR
              AHR
              May 24, 2015 at 11:56 pm | #

              ok while there is a context to that word that is negative, I was using the term that Billie used to self describe. Head Cheerleader. Alpha Female Dog. Problem Solver.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 24, 2015 at 10:00 am | #

          No need to disclaim, Random – the Bongo filter protects us from all responsibility! I can think you’re a bongo, and call you a bongo all I like, and there’s no social pressure to stop. It’s great!

          • marianne
            marianne
            May 24, 2015 at 4:37 pm | #

            Great, now I have Basement Jaxx stuck in my head. And yes, I know that that song’s Bingo Bango, but apparently that’s just how associations work in my sleepy brain. Thanks a lot guys for forcing me to relive this awful, traumatic nostalgia of wonderful 90s music I grew up with! So inconsiderate…

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        May 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        Alpha bongo delta Whiskey one Niner.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

          ABDW19

          Translation: Nonsense

          • neeks
            neeks
            May 24, 2015 at 2:53 am | #

            Says you.

            Message received, captain. Mission is go. Over and out.

            • JessWitt
              JessWitt
              May 24, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

              Roger dodger and all that jazz.

        • Lawzlo
          Lawzlo
          May 24, 2015 at 2:49 am | #

          Reading you loud and clear. Over.

          • JessWitt
            JessWitt
            May 24, 2015 at 8:45 am | #

            Copy that, ten four good buddy.

    • Garrett
      Garrett
      May 24, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Perfect for Becky, Dorothy, and Walky. Pretty good for Sarah and Joyce

  5. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    And the night has only begun!
    Next up is AmaziGirl and later maybe Ruth will find out about the party, stay tuned folks

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      May 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      Ruth definitely knows about the party; the question is, will she do anything about it.

      • SDGlyph
        SDGlyph
        May 24, 2015 at 6:00 am | #

        About the party, probably not. But we’ve already had setup in Joyce suddenly bringing up Dana and Ruth saying that Billie could rat out any rulebreaking to her (at least, I figured the Dana outburst was setup for Becky until Raidah turned up – could still be).

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Ruth already knows, Billie told her. She doesn’t care. Given that its you know, a party from Joyce.

      • Someone
        Someone
        May 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        Dammit I hate when someone posts a reply right before i do!

        • Rich
          Rich
          May 24, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

          I see what you did there.

          • Someone
            Someone
            May 24, 2015 at 10:07 pm | #

            I just got what I did, I swear that was a complete accident. I was actually annoyed by the fact that someone can have the same idea as me and post it right before I do. Making me look like a complete idiot.

  6. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky has some great lines today.

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Yes, indeed.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      May 24, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Perfectly delivered through a mouthful of Russian Doritos, no less.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      May 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Walky has come a long way from the guy who refused to own multiple pairs of shoes in order to protect his masculinity! Go Dorothy!

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        Yep. Incredible sex with a girl who loves him has done wonders for his confidence. Funny that.

        Good thing she likes having toys thrown at her head, isn’t it?

      • Abomination-Senpai
        Abomination-Senpai
        May 24, 2015 at 6:46 am | #

        Did he refuse to own multiple sets of shoes to protect his masculinity? I figured he just never wanted more than one pair, and figured it was a “guy thing” (which it kinda is). He never thought “You know, I really want to get more shoes — but no, I mustn’t! My manhood will not allow it!”

        You may think this is needlessly pedantic, but then, I am a needless pedant.

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          May 24, 2015 at 11:20 am | #

          Iit’s not that he wanted or didn’t want more shoes… he felt that having more than one pair at all was not masculine.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        May 24, 2015 at 9:29 am | #

        Well, if you remember his original plan was to get man-married. So Walky’s always been cool with the man-lovin.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          May 24, 2015 at 6:28 pm | #

          Which even at the time was hilarious to me, since that hasn’t been a thing since the ’90s at the very least. Sneaker collecting goes at least to the ’80s and most adult men I know of own at the very least a pair for work, a pair for dress and a pair for general use with some of us owning specific types of shoes appropriate for various hobbies (hiking, sports, etc) and some of us will have a pair just for messier home repair and maintenance activities like yard care which can stain shoes in such a way as to make them socially awkward to wear in public.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            May 24, 2015 at 7:38 pm | #

            Yeah, there’s a difference between having a collection of shoes for the sake of collecting them, and making sure you don’t show up to the office in the same shoes you used to paint the house last weekend. But if anyone would confuse the two, it would be Walky.

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

      But line of Walkys isn’t great?

      • Someone
        Someone
        May 24, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

        dammit there should have been a “what” between but and line

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          May 24, 2015 at 3:37 am | #

          I don’t know, still kinda works. Asking if a line populated entirely by Walky, namely clones, other-universe-versions, other-timelines, future/past versions is great or not? Would definitely be interesting…

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            May 24, 2015 at 5:29 am | #

            There are not enough Nachitos to possibly sustain such a line.

  7. Kris
    Kris
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    The most correct thing Walky has ever said.

    • grantimusmax
      grantimusmax
      May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Aside from his desire and joy at having received pajama jeans.

    • grantimusmax
      grantimusmax
      May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Oh, and his remarks on girls fake jean pockets.

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        A particular favorite of mine. I actually got to quote it to a friend this morning.

        • Poop-em-Out
          Poop-em-Out
          May 24, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

          *That* particular Walky quote was my rabbit-hole into the Walkyverse.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            May 24, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

            That’s when I started reading, too!! Man, has it been that long?… Must… resist… urge to archive binge…

      • Jen
        Jen
        May 24, 2015 at 2:58 pm | #

        I have linked the “fake jeans pocket” comic so many times. It comes in handy for all sorts of situations completely outside of the DOA community. 🙂

    • Leadsynth
      Leadsynth
      May 24, 2015 at 2:01 pm | #

      Except Becky wouldn’t hit Jacob. I feel like this fact makes Walky’s statement incorrect.

      • Jen
        Jen
        May 24, 2015 at 2:56 pm | #

        Maybe Jacob would be her “Straight for a Day” choice?

  8. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I see Ethan’s SHOULDER!

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Wheres Ethan!

      • Scoops
        Scoops
        May 24, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

        Shoulder & elbow, panel 4.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      The hover text lies, that is clearly less than 50% of an Ethan there. 🙂

      • Bill
        Bill
        May 24, 2015 at 5:41 am | #

        That wasn’t a full Becky either.

        • Rich
          Rich
          May 24, 2015 at 5:59 pm | #

          And now I desperately wish there was a character named Monty.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 24, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      Ethan’s shoulder, weenus pointed.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        May 24, 2015 at 3:38 am | #

        Another reason for Danny to glow with embarrassment…

  9. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Not helping Walky.

    • TheStranger
      TheStranger
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      or is he

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      I don’t know… it helped make my day… ^_^

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 24, 2015 at 10:10 am | #

        … as Sexy Maid Korra helps make mine!

        This is another post that won’t make sense when PM’s avatar changes. I regret nothing.

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 1:10 pm | #

          Havent you just given the needed info for someone to be able to make sense of it?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          May 24, 2015 at 5:48 pm | #

          It’s helpful to comment readers in the future when you mention what my gravatar was at the time.

          • fogel
            fogel
            May 24, 2015 at 10:05 pm | #

            Once they “get” what you do with gravs, yes. Otherwise i would think that it will confuse them more.

  10. Emily
    Emily
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh my god Danny’s face is the best.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Camera pans to the right and Ethan is blushing too…

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        Dammit, left, I mean. Directions are hard.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          May 24, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

          Your left, or Danny’s left? I don’t know how stage directions work…

          • Rich
            Rich
            May 24, 2015 at 10:57 am | #

            If it was a US or UK stage show, Stage Right or House Left would be correct. But since I’m giving camera directions, pan left will do.

            Up Stage is away from the audience, Down Stage is toward them, just FYI. And now you know how stage directions work.

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      May 24, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

      Well, he now has the image of Jacob and Walky having sex in his brain, that’s bound to affect you. At least it should take his mind off Ethan.

  11. addude
    addude
    May 24, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    So now Danny has Walky for competition for his second-man crush Jacob?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      May 24, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Maybe Dumbing of Age is actually a harem anime, and we just aren’t seeing it from the main character’s POV.

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        The twist being that Faz is the main character.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

          OH GOD NO

          • Someone
            Someone
            May 24, 2015 at 3:57 am | #

            You know, Faz would make a great anti-villain. With his story ending in a murder-suicide with Blaine. He also would need to die in Ambers arms, while Danny says something about pitying him.

            • Someone
              Someone
              May 24, 2015 at 4:06 am | #

              Also, at some point he should go, “you made me!”

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              May 24, 2015 at 5:27 am | #

              I don’t hate Faz enough to wish death upon him (nor, for that matter, do I wish death upon Blaine). I just don’t want too much Faz.

              • Opus the Poet
                Opus the Poet
                May 24, 2015 at 10:37 am | #

                I would put up with more Faz to see him snap and kill Blaine in the goriest and most painful way possible at some point. Possibly with the statement alluding to Blaine’s monstrousness and his hostility to the fairer half of the species, and how that impacts on his own dating success.

                • Someone
                  Someone
                  May 24, 2015 at 5:47 pm | #

                  Faz: Destroy Blaine, He made me what I am. Don’t let him to it do anyone else, please.

                  Joyce: I think I understand you know, you weren’t grieving over your own death, you were grieving because he turned you into what he wanted you to be! you never had a chance to be anything else. Well I still respect you. I know you made a lot of mistakes. But know I see that it wasn’t all your fault. You had the fiery will of an Indiana student. Please share that with me know cause i need it. Thank you for saving Becky’s life and for buying enough time for me to recuperate. I’ll do my best to carry out your wish.

                • Rycan
                  Rycan
                  May 24, 2015 at 8:11 pm | #

                  Because Faz the Gruesome Murderer is better than Faz the Annoying & Clueless?

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          May 24, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

          That’s it, Megsy, invade the planet already…

        • podian
          podian
          May 24, 2015 at 3:12 pm | #

          NOPE

  12. Shanunu
    Shanunu
    May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh don’t mind me I’m just sitting here waiting for Dan to spontaneously combust.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      Resulting in someone (probably Billie) pulling the fire alarm and Ruth showing up to remove femurs for disturbing her.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 24, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

        Then she’d need to slake her hands’ thirst… for necks.

        • tim guegue
          tim guegue
          May 24, 2015 at 12:37 pm | #

          We really need an AU comic where Ruth is a wandering martial artist, who leaves a trail of dead evildoers behind her despite her best efforts to keep out of trouble.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            May 24, 2015 at 6:38 pm | #

            Hell, after that description I’d settle for seeing her dressed as Kenshiro or Vash….

            Wait. No. Not Vash. That’d leave Howard as Knives.

            Wait, no neither. Howard as Raoh is actually worse.

            • Someone
              Someone
              May 24, 2015 at 8:57 pm | #

              Howard as knives would be great.

              Also

              SUPER FEMUR ATTACK!

  13. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Comics would be a very different medium id talking out loud to yourself had more realistic consequences.

  14. Mandy
    Mandy
    May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    DANNY’S FACE, OH MY GOD.

  15. Sam
    Sam
    May 24, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    PFFFF. Great choice of person to elbow Walky.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Could’ve been Ethan.

      • Em
        Em
        May 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        He suspects that Ethan’s gay, so I think he’s trying to get support from a dude that he thinks is straight.

        • Rich
          Rich
          May 24, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          Fair point. I keep losing track of who knows Ethan’s gay and who doesn’t at this point.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            May 24, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

            Amber, Sarah, Joyce, Dorothy, Walky.

            • Rich
              Rich
              May 24, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

              You forgot Mike.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                May 24, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

                Ah, right Mike. I knew I missed one, thank you.

            • Rutee
              Rutee
              May 24, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

              Ruth is also aware, although she has like, -3 fucks to give on the matter.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                May 24, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

                How would Ruth know?

                • Lord Stoneheart
                  Lord Stoneheart
                  May 24, 2015 at 9:38 am | #

                  I don’t think she does? I remember her thinking that Ethan is straight and that “watching cartoons” was a euphemism.

                • Rutee
                  Rutee
                  May 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm | #

                  Intuition. I forget when, but Ethan was in Joyce’s room, Joyce was like “I hope nothing bad happens” or similar, and Ruth took a look at him and was like “….Yeah you’re fine.”

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  May 24, 2015 at 7:26 pm | #

                  That was Sarah.

                • Lord Stoneheart
                  Lord Stoneheart
                  May 24, 2015 at 10:17 pm | #

                  If anything, Ruth thinks that Ethan is getting it on with Joyce. Though maybe the occasional foursome may occur. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/other-guys/

          • fogel
            fogel
            May 24, 2015 at 1:12 pm | #

            “Who knows Ethans gay” ethan?

        • Captain Batson
          Captain Batson
          May 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm | #

          I don’t think he does, given that he knows of Ethan’s relationships with Joyce and Amber. He probably assumes Ethan’s straight.

          • Greenygal
            Greenygal
            May 24, 2015 at 3:06 pm | #

            No, Walky has definitely clued in.

  16. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Love that last panel. Walky can casually admit even he thinks Jacob is hot, while Danny is freaking out.

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      May 24, 2015 at 2:38 am | #

      Right? I figured Walky for the kind of dude who was afraid of getting the gay on him. But hey, rock on Walkysnark.

  17. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    …Well, he’s not wrong.

    • MM
      MM
      May 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      And yet there’s Becky.

      • StClair
        StClair
        May 24, 2015 at 7:41 am | #

        Becky is very intent on letting everyone know that she is 100% gay gay gay, Kinsey 6, not straight at all and never was, etc etc.

        If she’s like most, she will eventually ease up on letting this define her entire identity. Why, she [i]might[/i] even come to allow that she [i]might[/i] be a 5. (But certainly not one of those imaginary people in the middle.)

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 7:43 pm | #

          Hopefully one day she’ll comprehend the concept of a middle ground.

          • sick of this discoursian shit
            sick of this discoursian shit
            May 28, 2015 at 10:03 pm | #

            did y’all seriously just try to make a legitimate complaint about bi erasure while IN THE SAME BREATH sneeringly insisting that lesbians don’t and cannot exist, demanding that we should not try to accurately describe ourselves, and say we just need to be more open-minded and change our orientations?

            ffs. go read up on mirrors, try to find one.

            maybe someday y’all will get it through your skulls that people like you two are part of the REASON so many of us tend to be so emphatic and vocal about our orientations, goddamn.

            (on-topic, I found Becky’s response here hilariously true-to-life and relatable)

  18. Jen
    Jen
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Wow, drawing this party scene must have been really interesting/challenging for Willis. I’m looking forward to seeing how he does it. 🙂

  19. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    *plays Quicksilver Messenger Service’s “Fresh Air” on the hallway Muzak*

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      May 24, 2015 at 10:25 am | #

      Sorry about borrowing the comment-section Muzak player, yesterday. It was an emergency. A grammar emergency.

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        May 25, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

        No need to apologize; I would have done the exact same thing myself. My mother was a teacher of English and would never let us kids forget it!

  20. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    I really liked Roz for a long time, then I really hated her for a long time, now she’s warming up to me again, this whiplash is very annoying.

    • grantimusmax
      grantimusmax
      May 24, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Kudos to the Willis for good 3Dimensional character writing!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 24, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      DoA Roz is kinda fun as long as she’s not trying to make a point at you.

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        May 24, 2015 at 3:43 am | #

        That’s probably her biggest flaw(as presented so far). She hasn’t learned that sometimes she needs to leave the soapbox at home.

        Or at least that angry rhetoric doesn’t really sway hearts and minds at the interpersonal level.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 5:22 am | #

          The thought of making her point without using a soapbox has not occurred to Roz yet.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            May 24, 2015 at 10:27 am | #

            When you’re short, you get used to soapboxes.

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 1:18 pm | #

          Is she trying to win dem hearts and minds or is she trying to hold (Kritika i Samokritika) sessions in which she can call Thoughtcriminals to account for themselves? (Samo = self)

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

      Maybe you can bill the neck brace to her insurance?

  21. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    May 24, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    right? this guy right here knows what I’m talkin’ about. he knows. say hi to everyone danny

  22. grantimusmax
    grantimusmax
    May 24, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Yay for Dorothy asking the right questions to the wrong crowd.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      I think she’s been reading yesterday’s comments. That point came up more than a few times.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Also, this is any indication her Gender Studies grade is going to be phenomenal. Leslie would be so proud.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 24, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      Now there’s something I don’t see at all – putting up a guy’s agency who’s unknowingly in a love triangle between two girls.*

      * Not complaining, I really like it.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        May 24, 2015 at 1:32 am | #

        AFAIK, most times when a dude has two possible love interests, his agency is so assumed in the premise that stating it aloud would be redundant. F’rex, Harry Potter. It’s only not assumed because Sarah’s insanely angry and Joyce is terrible with anything related to romance.

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          May 24, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

          Indeed, you put it in better terms than I did. I’m watching an anime currently, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, that dismantles romantic tropes and does silly role reversals, among other things, so the current predicament reminds me of that.

  23. Khaner
    Khaner
    May 24, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Man, how big are the dorms at this university? My school dorms an barely fit like, five people at most.

    • Jen
      Jen
      May 24, 2015 at 3:02 pm | #

      I remember at dorm parties at my college (with tiny dorm rooms), we’d end up with 2-4 people sitting in the loft beds, 2-4 people on a futon under the loft bed, people at the desks and people on the floor, too. It’s tight, but we could fit around 16 people in there if we didn’t move much.

  24. Catullus
    Catullus
    May 24, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    For an extra layer of awkward, everyone should note that this is Danny and Walky’s first real interaction since the whole shoe-borrowing debacle.

    • Jen
      Jen
      May 24, 2015 at 3:03 pm | #

      Ooooh!!! You’re right! O_O

  25. Someone
    Someone
    May 24, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Dammit Walky, you don’t need to give the shippers more fuel!

    • Khaner
      Khaner
      May 24, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      #JacobAll

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        May 24, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

        Jacob: That’s it, I’m DEFINITELY getting the hell out of this comic!

        • Someone
          Someone
          May 24, 2015 at 9:00 pm | #

          Jacob goes to the Walkyverse

          Random Passerby: The city is being attacked by a giant robot ape!

          Jacob: Its still better!

          • Ghola
            Ghola
            May 24, 2015 at 10:28 pm | #

            Jacob goes to shortpacked universe, has sex with self. Lives off royalties for the rest of his life, get’s SP Jacob the help he needs to beat his addiction.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      May 24, 2015 at 3:44 am | #

      But then the ships make bigger explosions when they get sunk…

      ..Bigger bonfires too…

      *Recounts marshmallow packets…*

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        May 24, 2015 at 7:46 pm | #

        If you’re trying to make a bonfire on the ocean, you’re doing it wrong.

  26. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    May 24, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    I am loving this party already and it’s been going maybe 5 minutes.

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 1:06 am | #

      Will resist making overused joke about how long everything takes in this universe. Will resist making overused joke about how long everything takes in this universe.

  27. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    May 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    Marx Bros party levels imminent!!!

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      May 24, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

      Swordfish

  28. CanadianShinobi
    CanadianShinobi
    May 24, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    The look on Danny’s face in the last panel…

    • Smiling Cat
      Smiling Cat
      May 24, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      No need to blush, Danny. I mean, I’m a solid zero but that man is statuesque, know what I’m saying?

      • Smiling Cat
        Smiling Cat
        May 24, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

        heh, I keep forgetting my face picture is a woman.

        • Someone
          Someone
          May 24, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

          Face picture is the best name for a gravatar ever

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            May 24, 2015 at 11:29 am | #

            ‘Selfie’ was taken.

  29. MiaKitty
    MiaKitty
    May 24, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

    Walky does not have time for you “No Homo” bullshit and I love it.

  30. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    May 24, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    I like that while Walky’s had some weirdly traditional views in some areas, like his reluctance to get more shoes due to sitcom gender dynamic notions, he doesn’t seem to sweat other things. He didn’t have any visible discomfort around Ethan after correctly surmising he was gay, and here doesn’t seem insecure in acknowledging that Jacob is very attractive. I don’t know if he himself is earnestly sexually attracted to him, but given how googly eyed he is for Dorothy, I don’t think she’s in any danger of losing his unwavering affections anytime soon, no matter what Walky’s orientation would be.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

      Walky marches to the beat of his own bongos.

    • Em
      Em
      May 24, 2015 at 5:38 pm | #

      While Walky seems very shaky in his manhood (as Joe said), he seems to be pretty confident in his sexuality, so it doesn’t surprise me that he’s cool with joking around about that kind of stuff.

  31. Rodimiss
    Rodimiss
    May 24, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

    There’s nothing in this strip that isn’t great, except for the terrible impending drama looming on Sarah’s horizon. The last panel is particularly fantastic.

  32. a4lbi
    a4lbi
    May 24, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

    Becky says what I think when I go on my rare quests for porn.

    Er I mean

    Becky says what I think when I go on my rare quests for porn.

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

      Contrariwise, straight porn movies seem to attract the very worst actors, even if the sexy stuff is often uninspired. I do so love terrible acting, even in my smut.

      • SonicBlueRanger
        SonicBlueRanger
        May 24, 2015 at 10:40 am | #

        I think Tori Black is more often than not a pretty capable actress.

        But yeah more often than not Porn Actors are pretty bad at acting.

        • Rich
          Rich
          May 24, 2015 at 11:16 am | #

          Oh sure, there are decent actors in the industry. But the really, really awful ones seem to cluster in the straight porn end of it – or maybe it just seems that way to me because there’s so much of it out there. 90% of everything is crap, so the bigger the subset of “everything” there is the easier it is to find bad samples.

  33. Yossarian Duck
    Yossarian Duck
    May 24, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

    Man forget all this Jacob shipping, Walky/Bag of Doritos OTP

    • Rich
      Rich
      May 24, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

      Threesome with Dorothy. “Dammit Walky, no chips in bed!”

      • Yossarian Duck
        Yossarian Duck
        May 24, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

        Shhh baby, she’ll come around eventually

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          May 24, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

          Would have to be careful I would think. Wouldn’t want any chips stuck in embarrassing or awkward places.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            May 24, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

            *crunch*

            “DAMMIT, WALKY!”

            • Rich
              Rich
              May 24, 2015 at 4:11 pm | #

              “Crunch” is one of those noises you pretty much never want to hear during sexy times.

          • fogel
            fogel
            May 24, 2015 at 6:56 am | #

            What do you use for lube with Nachitos?

            • Rich
              Rich
              May 24, 2015 at 11:17 am | #

              Salsa? “Oh God IT BURNS!”

              • fogel
                fogel
                May 24, 2015 at 9:57 pm | #

                Perhaps Cool Ranch dip??

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      Its not a bag of Doritos, its a bag of Nachitos!

      • Yossarian Duck
        Yossarian Duck
        May 24, 2015 at 1:46 am | #

        Your Gravatar is perfect for correcting people

        • Someone
          Someone
          May 24, 2015 at 3:32 am | #

          It’s why I chose it.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

      Yet he’s worse than Newt Gingrich – discarding each bag when he’s had enough of them, and just moving on to the next.

      • fogel
        fogel
        May 24, 2015 at 6:59 am | #

        Nobodys worse than Newt Gingrich: he’s is completely repulsive

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 7:51 pm | #

          But Newt’s only discarded partners two times. Walky’s count is probably up in the thousands.

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 9:56 pm | #

          You are correct, of course, but there is something about Newts reprehensibility that transcends simple arithmetic.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 6:55 am | #

      The way that Walky is hitting his current Bag of Doritos, they should find a room that they can use

  34. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    May 24, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    If Jacob denies them both, STAB HIM! (and set him up with Ethan)

  35. Tomas
    Tomas
    May 24, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

    Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 7:01 am | #

      Kahn really did have a thing about Kirk, didnt he

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 10:38 am | #

        Urgh. You deserve credit for not making a (Moby) dick joke, at least.

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 1:22 pm | #

          Yep; i chose to zag with the nerd cult reference when the expected move would have been to go straight up the middle with the middle school English class sex pun.

  36. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    May 24, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

    I’m starting to think Walky has really good gaydar.

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 24, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

      Sarah is probably still in the lead given how she took one look at Ethan and immediately correctly pegged him as gay.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        May 24, 2015 at 2:37 am | #

        …I’m trying very hard not to make the obvious joke here.

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 7:04 am | #

          I think that you just did. Im just saying cause i had to look up pegged only a week ago, i hadnt encountered that use before, butt now …

          • Rich
            Rich
            May 24, 2015 at 11:19 am | #

            Having a good vocabulary really pays off.

          • SDGlyph
            SDGlyph
            May 24, 2015 at 4:55 pm | #

            I see what you did there.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            May 24, 2015 at 7:52 pm | #

            One day, Joyce will look that up…

            Unless, of course, she learns to just not look these things up in the first place..

            • fogel
              fogel
              May 24, 2015 at 9:52 pm | #

              The internet may not be the Devils Playground, but it does make it easier for him to get the word out.

  37. Tacos
    Tacos
    May 24, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

    I gotta agree with Walky. I’m not gay but yeah, I’d hit that.

  38. Liz
    Liz
    May 24, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

    Danny’s freak-out face may be my favorite thing.

  39. Rycan
    Rycan
    May 24, 2015 at 1:33 am | #

    Dammit Walky, quiet in the Nachito gallery!

  40. Rutee
    Rutee
    May 24, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

    I do not relish the view when Walky piles the current handful of chips he has into his mouth. Like yeah, chips, but there’s limits!

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

      I think Walky retained at least one of his superpowers from his other incarnation – his intestines of steel.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 7:07 am | #

      Walkys great goal isa fit an entire bag of Nachitos in his mouth

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 24, 2015 at 11:38 am | #

        Wrong – he’s already stated that his big goal is to make a “Super Dew Brew” consisting of all flavors of Mountain Dew mixed together. And, I assume, to drink it. This will give him superpowers. Or, kill him, as I suspect.

        • Someone
          Someone
          May 24, 2015 at 5:34 pm | #

          Pretty sure it would just taste crappy.

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            May 24, 2015 at 6:56 pm | #

            I don’t know, considering how many are out of production and how many are region and/or restaurant specific then you toss in whatever is in the various flavors of Mountain Dew Kickstart energy drinks… we can’t all have the constitution of Brad Jones.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          May 24, 2015 at 7:56 pm | #

          It would just be a weird-tasting Mountain Dew. The concentration of sugar, caffeine, and other basic ingredients won’t change. Only problem would be if Walky drinks the whole damn bowl in one sitting, or boils it down to a very weird syrup.

          …Now I’ve given him the idea. Great.

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

      Notice too how Willis has little bits of the artificial coloring from the Nachitos smeared around Walky’s mouth.  Details, details!!

      • Rich
        Rich
        May 24, 2015 at 10:30 am | #

        I suspect Dorothy’s going to make him do something about that if he’s expecting any post-party sexy times. That stuff isn’t just coloring – it carries a lot of the flavor/spiciness too.

        • John
          John
          May 25, 2015 at 10:53 pm | #

          She can just lick it off him.

  41. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    May 24, 2015 at 1:49 am | #

    Danny’s inner monologue: “AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!”

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 7:09 am | #

      You can see the little tendrils of purple electricity crackling across his skull as his brain shorts out

  42. Lawzlo
    Lawzlo
    May 24, 2015 at 2:53 am | #

    It just struck me that, at least in this strip, Sarah and Roz appear to have surprisingly similar hair. Check out panels one and two.

    • Em
      Em
      May 24, 2015 at 11:31 pm | #

      I’m 100% my headcanon is false, but my headcanon is that Sarah has dreads, so seeing their hair so closely mirrored boggles my tiny mind. I think Roz just has really poofy/curly hair.

  43. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    May 24, 2015 at 2:55 am | #

    I see a potential book title: The Whole (Hopefully Romantic) Spite-Filled Revenge Part.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      May 24, 2015 at 3:08 am | #

      You forgot the “Somehow” but it has a nice ring to it.

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 24, 2015 at 5:43 am | #

      They have to be the whole sentence, so probably not.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      May 24, 2015 at 9:18 pm | #

      OH! Your avatar is from St. Onii-san. I’d been wondering that for ages.

  44. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    May 24, 2015 at 3:30 am | #

    I love how Walky is thoroughly enjoying himself.
    He doesnt even care that hes the implicit butt of his own jokes.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 7:11 am | #

      Walkys great goal is to fit an entire bag of Nachitos up his …

      • Someone
        Someone
        May 24, 2015 at 5:33 pm | #

        I thought his goal was to mix every mountain Dew flavor into one super drink.

  45. Jesse
    Jesse
    May 24, 2015 at 4:01 am | #

    As a bi-curious guy, I don’t find Jacob attractive at all.

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      May 24, 2015 at 4:07 am | #

      that might be because you live in the third dimension

      • Jesse
        Jesse
        May 24, 2015 at 5:37 am | #

        I mean compared to other drawn characters, including ones from this same series. Hell, there’s an ad for official porn of some of them if you scroll up.

    • Nono
      Nono
      May 24, 2015 at 5:51 am | #

      Woah woah, you mean people are allowed to have different standards of attractiveness?!

      • Em
        Em
        May 24, 2015 at 11:34 pm | #

        Nope! Everyone finds the exact same thing attractive. Duh.

        Personally I find Jacob to be a handsome dude, just like I think Ethan, Mike, and Joe are attractive. But people are allowed to disagree. I keep seeing these “um *I* don’t find Jacob attractive” posts. It’s okay. You aren’t forced to do so.

    • TJ Baltimore
      TJ Baltimore
      May 24, 2015 at 10:50 am | #

      “Bi-curious.” Is that even a thing? Admit it: you just made that word up.

      P.S. This is the relevant comic for you!

  46. Alex
    Alex
    May 24, 2015 at 5:14 am | #

    Dorothy’s completely reasonable concerns is not getting enough attention in this comment section, imo.

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

      Of course not.  The title of the strip is DUMBING of Age so we are preoccupied with the bad decisions and actions, not the ones that are actually logical and make good sense.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        May 24, 2015 at 11:45 am | #

        Indeed, Dorothy exists to make the intelligent observations that we (the audience) agree and sympathize with, which are then completely ignored and trampled by the other characters. This inspires the “Damn you, Willis!”es that David needs to fuel his immortality machine. It’s inspired, really.

  47. Kim
    Kim
    May 24, 2015 at 5:15 am | #

    This is one of the best scenes.
    (Also: Jacob, you evil genius…)

  48. Daashi
    Daashi
    May 24, 2015 at 5:35 am | #

    Thank you Dorothy for saying what I was thinking.

  49. Abomination-Senpai
    Abomination-Senpai
    May 24, 2015 at 6:36 am | #

    … Jacob is, joint with Joe and Mike, the least attractive main-ish male character in the comic. (I mean, if I met him I’d probably look at his biceps and go “damn, those are some biceps” but that’s about it.)

    One of the joint-most-attractive male characters in the comic is telling the other that everyone is attracted to Jacob. And eating Doritos.

    I am confused! Also, I want Doritos.

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2015 at 7:58 am | #

      Those are Nachitos®!!!

    • TJ Baltimore
      TJ Baltimore
      May 24, 2015 at 11:03 am | #

      I contest your standards of two-dimensional male beauty! If I were to be involved in a cartoon all-dude orgy, Jacob and Joe are the first dudes I’d invite, rounded off with Ethan and Bryan. (Sorry, Jim.) Mike only if he’s built like Shortpacked! Mike, and Walky only if he’s recently showered. Danny’s reference to his unwashed hair puts me off.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 7:59 pm | #

      You can’t have Walky, but you can have his chips.

  50. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    May 24, 2015 at 7:02 am | #

    Walky: Ultimate comfort-ability with his heterosexuality, but capable of recognizing someone is a sexy man, worthy of being tapped.

  51. Lurlock
    Lurlock
    May 24, 2015 at 7:44 am | #

    Eight and a half? I count just eight – or maybe seven and a half since Becky is kind of not entirely in the panel. Unless you’re talking about that shoulder next to Dorothy? Though that’s much less than half a character. Are we counting Sarah or Walky twice since they appear in two frames each? I’m not getting the same count any way I do it…

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2015 at 7:56 am | #

      first panel — (1) Billie and (2) Roz
      second panel — (3) Sarah
      third panel — (4) Joyce and (5) Becky
      fourth panel — Ethan (left arm and shoulder), (6) Dorothy, and (7) Walky
      fifth panel — Sarah (again)
      sixth panel — Walky (again) and (8) Danny

      8 characters in full and part of Ethan (the ‘half-a-character’)

  52. Kraken
    Kraken
    May 24, 2015 at 10:00 am | #

    These Sarah faces continue to entertain. Raidah making her so angry that she forgets people are watching is really endearing.

    Weird side note: I wonder if she’s supposed to be light complexioned enough that the blush shows through, or if it’s just pure visual language (like a huge manga sweat drop). I’ve kinda gone back and forth on whether I’m glad I don’t visually blush.

  53. JackOfTheGreen
    JackOfTheGreen
    May 24, 2015 at 10:16 am | #

    My favorite character in this scene is definitely Ethan’s left shoulder.

  54. RavenRyy
    RavenRyy
    May 24, 2015 at 10:44 am | #

    Is Sarah. . . evolving. . . . .

    It’s beautiful.

    • boomwolf
      boomwolf
      May 24, 2015 at 12:05 pm | #

      What? Grouchy Sarah is evolving?

      Congratulations, you’re Grouchy Sarah has evolved into Slightly Grouchy Sarah.

  55. brumagem
    brumagem
    May 24, 2015 at 11:28 am | #

    It’s nice to see Walky becoming more secure in his own identity, even if at Danny’s chagrin (especially at Danny’s chagrin).

  56. Martin Smith
    Martin Smith
    May 24, 2015 at 12:08 pm | #

    I thought for sure there’d be someone complaining that this strip didn’t pass the Bechdel Test.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 1:29 pm | #

      Be sure to enter your spot of this non-Bechdelian exchange in your Gender Studies app; its worth extra-credit!

  57. Steelangel
    Steelangel
    May 24, 2015 at 1:13 pm | #

    “All this STRAIGHT stuff is totes boring”… Becky, can you please be more obnoxious? Sometimes there are things that are not about you.

    • fogel
      fogel
      May 24, 2015 at 1:27 pm | #

      No. There. Are. Not. Things. That. Are. Not. Things. That. Are. Not. About. Me.

      Besides which, i have to give all you straight people the LESBIAN perspective on your boring lives.

      • Steelangel
        Steelangel
        May 24, 2015 at 2:53 pm | #

        I don’t know, girl. Have you -seen- lesbian drama? I’m not sure anyone wants that advice.

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    May 24, 2015 at 1:56 pm | #

    I’m glad that Walky finds other people’s dumb drama entertaining because it will keep coming.

    Be happy, Joyce. Your cute little matchmaking scheme didn’t go nearly as horribly wrong as it could.

    Now, if everyone is done talking about boyfriends, let’s talk about giiiiiiiiiirlfriends, right, Becky? Eh, Eh?

  59. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    May 24, 2015 at 2:08 pm | #

    Yeah, eight and a half; but where is Dina?

    • Bill
      Bill
      May 24, 2015 at 2:16 pm | #

      Behind the door again.

  60. RahDream
    RahDream
    May 24, 2015 at 2:16 pm | #

    One way or another, Billie called this a loooooooong time ago:
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/05-saturdays-all-right-for-slighting/bonecity/

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      May 24, 2015 at 7:06 pm | #

      Nah, that was like what, two maybe three weeks ago tops.

  61. Lord Stoneheart
    Lord Stoneheart
    May 24, 2015 at 2:25 pm | #

    I wouldn’t have expected Walky to be secure enough in his sexuality to make jokes like that, but he’s surprising sometimes. Especially since he began dating Dorothy.

    Though Danny is looking for someone else who’s bi to discuss the matter with isn’t he? This can only lead to hijinx ensuing. Or drama. Or something in between.

  62. ScumlordAzazel
    ScumlordAzazel
    May 24, 2015 at 3:42 pm | #

    I just reread Sarah’s backstory and I would now really like for her old roommate to show up at some point and thank her for getting her help. She didn’t need to be in college while in that state and Sarah should never had been expected to deal with it.

    • ScumlordAzazel
      ScumlordAzazel
      May 24, 2015 at 3:43 pm | #

      Also, I just realized I’m fucking Raidah. D:<

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        May 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

        no, you’re not jacob

        • Rich
          Rich
          May 24, 2015 at 5:50 pm | #

          On the second date? Those two move fast. 🙂

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 9:36 pm | #

          [RIMSHOT]

        • fogel
          fogel
          May 24, 2015 at 9:38 pm | #

          DMW, never has your gravatar so suited one of your postings 🙂

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      May 24, 2015 at 3:59 pm | #

      Gaining that level of self awareness would take far longer than what we’ve had so far.

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 8:05 pm | #

      If Dana ever does recognize that Sarah did her a huge favor, it will probably be years from now. The anger needs to subside first, probably.

  63. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    May 24, 2015 at 4:58 pm | #

    Sarah: I don’t want to have anything to do with J-j-jacob… that b-baka

  64. yomi
    yomi
    May 24, 2015 at 6:31 pm | #

    So, who will be the next guests? Sal and Amber?

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      May 24, 2015 at 8:06 pm | #

      I can just imagine: Sal races in through the door, and heads straight out the window, with Amazi-Girl in hot pursuit.

      • JBento
        JBento
        May 24, 2015 at 8:29 pm | #

        No, no, this is Sal. It’s in through the window, and maybe, MAYBE, out the door. Or she just makes a 180º and goes out the window as well.

    • Someone
      Someone
      May 24, 2015 at 10:14 pm | #

      Sal’s motorcycle would be the obvious choice.

  65. man jean
    man jean
    August 2, 2015 at 8:31 am | #

    we can do it, panel two

  66. Micki
    Micki
    September 24, 2015 at 8:22 pm | #

    This is one of my favorite strips…right here. 😀

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