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by David M Willis on June 22, 2016 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - It All Returns
└ Tags: carla, jennifer, rachel

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 22, 2016 at 12:02 am | #

    no Rickrolling?

    (at least we’re well past the threat of “Mmm-Bop”)

    ((and I’m as immune to Rickrolling as the Man in Black is to iocaine powder, which makes it all the better threat))

    • NinjaNick
      NinjaNick
      June 22, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      I prefer the Macarena. 😛

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

        I actually never hated that song, but the fucking dance stuck around WAYYYY too long. Years afterward, it was still something everyone’s tipsy aunt would unleash at wedding receptions, to completely unrelated songs.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

          Who could hate a song about the town whore??

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            June 22, 2016 at 2:34 am | #

            Kind of puts the dance in perspective…

          • Joe Angel
            Joe Angel
            June 22, 2016 at 3:19 am | #

            Supposedly, it was written for a flamenco dancer who’s dancing at a party, though obviously the gentlemen singing addressed her more like a town whore because we can never have good things

            • Yet_One_More_Idiot
              Yet_One_More_Idiot
              June 22, 2016 at 11:32 am | #

              Yeah, we get the Macarena randomly turn up at parties still too. The kids at my youth group know the Macarena and they were born years after it had been and gone… 😛

              You could also threaten her with, hmm, let’s say the Spice Girls “Wannabe”. 😛 (not that I hate that song…actually I love it :D)

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                June 22, 2016 at 12:54 pm | #

                Bieber singing “Baby” a gazillion times in a row.

                I know there’s more words to the song than that, but just pick the right segment for the ring tone and that’s all you’ll be hearing.

        • jpic89
          jpic89
          June 22, 2016 at 2:27 am | #

          I have a friend who does the Macarena at karaoke to just about every song, just because he can.

        • slicey
          slicey
          June 22, 2016 at 5:02 am | #

          I think they still teach in elementary PE classes

          • tim gueguen
            tim gueguen
            June 22, 2016 at 10:04 am | #

            They taught us “The Hustle” in grade school phys. ed. in my neck of the woods. Yes, there actually were real dance steps for “The Hustle.”

            For those young’uns not familiar with the song:
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xVLGssnwU

      • David Alexander McDonald
        David Alexander McDonald
        June 22, 2016 at 3:28 am | #

        I’ll stick with the Animaniacs and “Macadamia Nut.”

        • Benjamin Geiger
          Benjamin Geiger
          June 22, 2016 at 5:11 pm | #

          At least it’s not Mambo #5. That song makes me homicidal.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      June 22, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      Could be worse, it could be Nickleback.

      Incidentally, I got my copy of book 5 in the mail today.

      • Lurlock
        Lurlock
        June 22, 2016 at 7:06 pm | #

        That’s more of a Mike song, really. It’s all about other people’s moms of course.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      June 22, 2016 at 12:42 am | #

      oh I found what I was gonna link

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbEOpJflBc

    • Flimsyfishy
      Flimsyfishy
      June 22, 2016 at 12:45 am | #

      Hey, it could have been Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. That’s a classic.

      • Andrusi
        Andrusi
        June 22, 2016 at 7:43 am | #

        To be evil, find people too young to recognize it, and set their ringtones to just the chorus. It’s unGoogleable.

        • Baronbrian
          Baronbrian
          June 22, 2016 at 7:53 am | #

          I forgot about that song. Now I want it as a ringtone.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      June 22, 2016 at 3:42 am | #

      As long as she doesn’t set the ringtones to Aqua’s “Barbie Girl”, noone should be too scarred psychologically.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        June 22, 2016 at 10:13 am | #

        I prefer this one.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur2KwuFaLug

      • Marisa Mockery
        Marisa Mockery
        June 23, 2016 at 12:00 am | #

        I actually like that song….

    • Abel Undercity
      Abel Undercity
      June 22, 2016 at 4:33 am | #

      For true evil, you need the Banana Splits theme.

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 22, 2016 at 4:41 am | #

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMS2gHFOH0

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        June 22, 2016 at 7:50 am | #

        Yeah, I was going with almost any disco tune, but it’s tough to beat the Splits.

    • slicey
      slicey
      June 22, 2016 at 5:04 am | #

      Better threat : whiney protest music from the 60s by bands they have never heard of. The looks 18 year-olds get when subjected to it is amusing.

      • Charlie Spencer
        Charlie Spencer
        June 22, 2016 at 7:51 am | #

        “I think it’s so groovy now, that people are finally getting together.”

        “Baby, I’ll be there to shake your hand,
        Baby, I’ll be there to share the land
        That they’ll be giving away when we all live together.”

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      June 22, 2016 at 9:12 am | #

      I’m never gonna give you up

    • Ntrovert
      Ntrovert
      June 22, 2016 at 1:49 pm | #

      Maybe “Darling Nikki”…

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      June 22, 2016 at 8:04 pm | #

      No RickRoll, but maybe a PaintRoll?

  2. inqntrol
    inqntrol
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    Very mature Rachel. What are yiu, 5 years old?

    • Dr. T
      Dr. T
      June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

      This, and yesterday, is a reminder that most of these characters are fresh out of high school. Maturity is not a guarantee.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        June 22, 2016 at 1:17 am | #

        Nothing makes you feel old like realizing how good you’ve gotten at this whole ‘adult’ thing.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 22, 2016 at 3:55 am | #

        If you want maturity, buy aged cheese.

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          June 22, 2016 at 9:12 am | #

          And a vintage port.

          • Coru
            Coru
            June 22, 2016 at 10:44 am | #

            Mmmmm, port.

        • Lan
          Lan
          June 22, 2016 at 11:08 am | #

          For me I tend to just desire socks. Socks are the best thing next to slippers and my digital newspaper.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          June 22, 2016 at 11:59 am | #

          Buy something with adult content.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    You can do way worse than All Star. But I guess these kids are too young to remember Achy Breaky Heart.

    • inqntrol
      inqntrol
      June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

      Not to mention “Little Willy” by The Sweet.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

        Lovin’ You

        • Pylgrim
          Pylgrim
          June 22, 2016 at 1:43 am | #

          Sugar, sugar

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            June 22, 2016 at 7:27 am | #

            When I worked in a chip shop, I was subjected to Phillidelphia Freedom, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart and Back in the USSR.

            Bad times.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              June 22, 2016 at 4:17 pm | #

              Just be happy it wasn’t “The Night Chicago Died”.

          • Falling Star
            Falling Star
            June 22, 2016 at 8:20 am | #

            Beyond the Sea.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            June 22, 2016 at 12:51 pm | #

            All You Need Is Love

            AKA one of the Beatles songs I kept thinking was made by the Archees until I learned otherwise.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 22, 2016 at 4:15 pm | #

        Hey, Little Willy is my go to song when I am out cruising in my convertible and some kids are playing rap at high volume in their crapmobile. I have also been known to use Barroom Blitz, AC/DC (the song, not the band) or anything from Andrew WK’s first album. If I want to be really obnoxious, I use Abba’s Greatest Hits album. I have a 1000 watt amp and 2-12 inch subwoofers, not many people can out volume me.

    • foamy
      foamy
      June 22, 2016 at 1:14 am | #

      Dancing Queen.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 22, 2016 at 2:28 am | #

      You monster
      I was enjoying not remembering that existed

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 22, 2016 at 2:48 am | #

      Now imagine Doctor_Who’s above-theorized tipsy aunt doing the Macarena to it.

      I’d say it’s Billy Ray’s second-most-annoying creation, but he only recorded the hit version. When the original version failed to chart the writers tried selling it to other bands, including The Oak Ridge Boys.

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 22, 2016 at 9:09 am | #

        Thank you introducing me to that youtuber.

        I like one hit wonders – ephemeral but they can also be enduring – Stuck in the Middle With You for example.

    • Seth
      Seth
      June 22, 2016 at 5:09 am | #

      Yeah I don’t see how that’s a big threat, either, and (luckily) I’m not familiar with “Achy Breaky Heart”. I’d suggest “Mother” (The Police, not Pink Floyd). Not only is it traumatically awful, the lyrics are about a telephone call. It’s apropos! “Hey Mickey” would also work.

      • LWS
        LWS
        June 22, 2016 at 6:39 am | #

        Seth: Be grateful you have never been subjected to “Achy Breaky Heart.” My barber is a big CW fan and I swear that song comes on every other time I’m there.

        All of the above are fine/horrible choices, but for incomprehensible lyrics nothing holds a candle to “MacArthur Park.” The Donna Summers disco version at least has a better beat than the Richard Harris original:

        MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
        All the sweet, green icing flowing down
        Someone left the cake out in the rain
        I don’t think that I can take it
        ’cause it took so long to bake it
        And I’ll never have that recipe again, oh, no

        That song rivals Vogon poetry for making you want to repeatedly smack your head against your steering wheel…

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          June 22, 2016 at 10:00 am | #

          “Weird Al” based his song “Jurassic Park” on it. Makes much more sense than the original. And that’s saying something…

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      June 22, 2016 at 7:52 am | #

      I’ve been to Paradise, but I’ve never been to me.

      • Inspector Hound
        Inspector Hound
        June 22, 2016 at 12:29 pm | #

        We have a winner!

        Actually, I consider “Holiday for Strings” to be the worst song, but it’s sufficiently old — by decades — that it’s pretty much disqualified as a threat for eighteen-year-olds. And a significant percentage of the songs mentioned are actually good, they just got overplayed. Blame the DJs, people.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      June 22, 2016 at 9:12 am | #

      Doctor Who – The Mullet Years.

  4. Sarah-2
    Sarah-2
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    NOT ALL-STAR

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

      #notallstar

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

        ffffffffffffft

        • multiversalNobody
          multiversalNobody
          June 22, 2016 at 7:40 am | #

          Damn you Willis!

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 22, 2016 at 12:10 am | #

        #notallstars are Scientologists.

      • Dara
        Dara
        June 22, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

        #winner

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

        Okay we can close the comments for today, no point in trying to top this one.

  5. Likopilio
    Likopilio
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh wow..

  6. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    I’d be ok with that.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

      Ditto.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        June 22, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

        I don’t even understand how that’s supposed to be a threat.

    • Random832
      Random832
      June 22, 2016 at 2:03 pm | #

      I’d only be okay with it if she can also arrange for everyone’s phones to ring in sequence after doing so. I have high standards.

  7. Tuen
    Tuen
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    You’re an all star~

    • shadowcell
      shadowcell
      June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

      get your game on

      • NinjaNick
        NinjaNick
        June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

        Go play and all that glitters is gold.

        • Vex Godglove
          Vex Godglove
          June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

          Only shooting stars break the mold

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            June 22, 2016 at 12:11 am | #

            Urge to kill…. rising!

            …

            nah, I kid, I’m fine with the song, but DAMN. NO ONE would know if it was their phone ringing.

            • Dara
              Dara
              June 22, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

              <whistles the solo>

              • qman
                qman
                June 22, 2016 at 1:35 am | #

                Might as well be walking on the sun.

                • Bibulb
                  Bibulb
                  June 22, 2016 at 3:35 am | #

                  Shit. Stole my sunshine.

                  Shit. Wrong band.

              • Falling Star
                Falling Star
                June 22, 2016 at 8:21 am | #

                (watches Shrek repeatedly)

      • Hollister Dixon
        Hollister Dixon
        June 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm | #

        COLD PLAY

  8. Jess
    Jess
    June 22, 2016 at 12:03 am | #

    you’re an all-star

    • theheroesofcrash
      theheroesofcrash
      June 22, 2016 at 12:56 am | #

      Get your game on, go play

      • Coru
        Coru
        June 22, 2016 at 10:45 am | #

        Hey now, you’re a rockstar

  9. Mr. Mendo
    Mr. Mendo
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    I don’t see how that’s a threat…

  10. Teddae
    Teddae
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    poor carla

  11. Skizz
    Skizz
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    Mine is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Matching how I wake up in the morning.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 22, 2016 at 2:32 am | #

      She Leads Us is great for waking up with a generous dollop of villainy.

  12. ailorn
    ailorn
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    Load faster… i can only see the top…

  13. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    We already had the Dorothy puppy. Are we gonna get a Ruth puppy too?

    Strong smell of updog in here.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      June 22, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

      Reminds me more of skydog.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        June 22, 2016 at 12:44 am | #

        WHAT’S SKYDOG

        nothin’, what’s sky with you LOLOLOLOL

        …wait

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          June 22, 2016 at 8:04 am | #

          I got that to work on someone.

          It was the happiest moment of my life.

          • DSL
            DSL
            June 22, 2016 at 8:45 am | #

            Did you use a henway?

            • Slartibeast Button, BIA
              Slartibeast Button, BIA
              June 22, 2016 at 9:29 am | #

              I think a wurmdue would be more appropriate.

            • Cerberus
              Cerberus
              June 22, 2016 at 10:10 am | #

              Is it as much as a duck, because I’ve got some matches is all I’m saying.

            • Ana Chronistic
              Ana Chronistic
              June 23, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

              How do you get an elephant into a Safeway bag?

  14. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh, so she’s a cracker/hacker too.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 22, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      The fact that Carla is a hacker is giving me happy Nomi from Sense8 feelings right now.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        June 22, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

        What Would Nancy Drew Do <3

    • showler
      showler
      June 22, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

      Ruttech has a back door installed on all its phones. They won’t let the FBI use it, but Carla has full access.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 22, 2016 at 12:11 am | #

        Well obviously. I mean, if I had to trust one of them…

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 22, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

      That or she can pick locks and use a flashlight to pick out the screen smudge patterns for unlocking them.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 22, 2016 at 12:19 am | #

        not within 5 minutes.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          June 22, 2016 at 2:34 am | #

          Underestimate her at your peril.

    • de Combys
      de Combys
      June 22, 2016 at 12:48 am | #

      In that case it would be cracking.

    • Architex
      Architex
      June 22, 2016 at 3:51 am | #

      In my head every landline will also have its ringtone changed

  15. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 22, 2016 at 12:04 am | #

    You don’t want to see Carla get mad, Rach. Remember Mary?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 22, 2016 at 12:06 am | #

      Nope. Neither does anyone else. Carla pwned her so hard her ancestors felt it, and she was never even born.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        June 22, 2016 at 12:52 pm | #

        Just because you have access to time travel doesn’t mean everyone else has, you know.

  16. BlackScarabZ
    BlackScarabZ
    June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    Carla says that like All Star isn’t a legitimately good song.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 22, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

      That, or she knows that RACHAEL hates it.

  17. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    Wait, is the strip ending? All-Star playing is how things end. It was the law for a while there.

    • Catapostrophe
      Catapostrophe
      June 22, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

      Well, at least it won’t be ending for at least seven minutes in comic time (five minutes to change the ringtones, two for everyone’s phones to go off and for the song to play). That could be like a month in our time if we keep switching between storylines.

  18. Just Here
    Just Here
    June 22, 2016 at 12:05 am | #

    It’s not the worst ringtone I’ve ever heard. I used to work in retail, and once I had a customer whose ringtone was NSFW, let’s just say.

    • showler
      showler
      June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

      Crazy frog?

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 22, 2016 at 12:15 am | #

      New rule: Anyone who works in retail and survives the holiday season is automatically recognized as being at least 2 standard deviations above humanity’s “ability to tolerate awful songs on loop” mean.

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 22, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

        In related news, I can never listen to any Christmas music ever again.

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          June 22, 2016 at 12:17 am | #

          [Makes notes for future shipping blackmail.]

        • Tomas
          Tomas
          June 22, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

          But Mister Scrooge! It’s Christmas!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          June 22, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

          Oh jeez, that’s the #1 way to make my blood pressure spike. It seriously makes me come this close to hating Christmas. The mere thought of being in any store between Thanksgiving and New Years makes my skin crawl.

          • Vex Godglove
            Vex Godglove
            June 22, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

            I actually do hate Christmas, for a variety of reasons. The music is high on that list of reasons.

          • Pebblerocker
            Pebblerocker
            June 22, 2016 at 1:45 am | #

            When Christmas music’s playing, London’s about to be invaded from space again.

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            June 22, 2016 at 11:07 am | #

            Don’t you mean between Labor Day and Christmas?  The season seems to start earlier and earlier every year.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          June 22, 2016 at 12:55 am | #

          I’m fine with Christmas music, still…it was a welcome respite from popular music from the 40s and 50s…some of which I liked, before…but What Did Della Wear playing 5 or 6 times in my shift killed me…literally killed me…I am writing this from beyond the grave…

        • Idontcarenomore
          Idontcarenomore
          June 22, 2016 at 1:05 am | #

          Agree 100 %.

        • Andrusi
          Andrusi
          June 22, 2016 at 7:48 am | #

          Our Christmas music loop was ridiculously short. So I can listen to most Christmas music fine, but there are a few specific songs that will make me actually explode.

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          June 22, 2016 at 9:52 am | #

          My partner works in retail. She hates Christmas.

          It’s a bit like the scene in Clockwork Orange, and our hero is made to listen to Beethoven.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            June 22, 2016 at 10:04 am | #

            “Not Ludwig Van!!”

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          June 22, 2016 at 6:58 pm | #

          Just think of it as a preview for 5 years from now when your kids discover how to play Disney songs on the TV over… and over… and over… and over.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      June 22, 2016 at 12:45 am | #

      no, the worst ringtone is SFW

      baby crying

      WTactualF

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 22, 2016 at 12:52 am | #

        NO

        • lightsabermario
          lightsabermario
          June 22, 2016 at 2:47 am | #

          OOOOOOHHH! Now I know what ringtone to have and have someone call me when I visit your booth at your next convention!

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            June 22, 2016 at 3:42 am | #

            A group of you doing it simultaneously would be rather spiffing.

            Consider it as revenge.

            • Falling Star
              Falling Star
              June 22, 2016 at 8:23 am | #

              It would also annoy everyone else at the convention.

      • trlkly
        trlkly
        June 22, 2016 at 4:47 am | #

        Real baby, or Baby Mario from Yoshi’s Island? ::shudder::

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 22, 2016 at 2:47 am | #

      I’m curious what it was… there are several flavors if NSFW. My favorite such ringtone is probably the one of a dude cussing out the phone’s owner in thickly accented English for not answering, but I know a guy who delights in making people uncomfortable by using Juice off of the PSG soundtrack.

    • DSL
      DSL
      June 22, 2016 at 8:48 am | #

      Way back when smoking/nonsmoking sections in restaurants were still a thing where I live, I posited restaurants also having a “cutesy annoying cell phone ringtone” section. It would have air piped in from the smoking section.

  19. LimeSheep
    LimeSheep
    June 22, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

    right, giving copies of ruths key to your dormmates is a great idea, youre really setting a quality standard here billie

    also, how would rachel have not seen billie giving carla the key? at this point theres no point to billie not just doing it herself

    • Idontcarenomore
      Idontcarenomore
      June 22, 2016 at 1:08 am | #

      I wondered that myself. Billie is in front of the door, if anyone in the dorm did not know they were together, they sure as Hell do now.

      Just open the damn door.

      Not to mention the fact, why in hell hasn’t Ruth stuck her head out the door and told them to all F&&k off?

      • John
        John
        June 22, 2016 at 3:41 pm | #

        She was actually in the shower the whole time. She’s now standing behind them wearing a towel and an annoyed expression.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        June 22, 2016 at 3:53 pm | #

        It is Schrödinger’s dorm room. Opening the door has a 50% chance of killing Ruth.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 22, 2016 at 2:48 am | #

      And to a known prankster, no less.

  20. Mattyos
    Mattyos
    June 22, 2016 at 12:07 am | #

    AND THEY DON’T STOP COMING

  21. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

    how is that a threat

  22. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

    Wow. Is Carla a werewolf? Cause her teeth just got very sharp and very large.
    Also, you probably should have given Carla the key earlier Billie, so she could actually do a proper job of checking in on Ruth.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 22, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

      Hacking skills mean she is a warewolf.

      • merbrat
        merbrat
        June 22, 2016 at 1:44 am | #

        +100110

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 22, 2016 at 2:49 am | #

        …If I ever play a Glasswalker, I think I’ll base them off Carla.

        • DarkVeghetta
          DarkVeghetta
          June 22, 2016 at 4:53 am | #

          I’m strangely ok with this. Tech-spirits guide you.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 22, 2016 at 2:53 am | #

      Dental nanotech. She could bite clean through hardened steel if necessary.

      Emotion-driven reshaping is still in beta.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 22, 2016 at 3:58 am | #

      Maybe she goes to the same dentist that Dina goes to.

    • 3-I
      3-I
      June 22, 2016 at 8:34 am | #

      She’s a werecar.

  23. magicallady
    magicallady
    June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

    rachel, stop poking the bear

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 22, 2016 at 4:54 am | #

      But it’s SO FUZZY!

  24. Diana
    Diana
    June 22, 2016 at 12:08 am | #

    I…. I would totally be okay with All Star being the ringtone for an entire floor.

    HEY KNOW. I’M THE BEST SONG. CHANGE YOUR RINGTONE. LETS BANGGGGG

    • Diana
      Diana
      June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

      *sigh* Now, not know. Damn drunken hands are trying to type!

    • Andrusi
      Andrusi
      June 22, 2016 at 7:50 am | #

      I’m in airplane mode, only shooting stars break the mold…

  25. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

    Just plant a microphone and infrared sensor in her room to track heartbeat and 37 C IR. Problem solved.

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 22, 2016 at 4:55 am | #

      This being Carla, she could actually pull it off.

  26. Sporky
    Sporky
    June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

    That’s not evil! She’s doing them all a favor.

  27. Mangaseeker
    Mangaseeker
    June 22, 2016 at 12:09 am | #

    Okay now I would say Billy made a simple request into a chore. Plus she is bad at grammar, it should be “make sure” not “keep sure”

  28. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    June 22, 2016 at 12:11 am | #

    I know a lamer song about stars, but I will spare you all.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 22, 2016 at 2:50 am | #

      No mercy.
      Enlighten us, please!

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 22, 2016 at 4:56 am | #

      Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?

  29. Zach
    Zach
    June 22, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

    Is that a threat or a bribe?

  30. Terry
    Terry
    June 22, 2016 at 12:12 am | #

    I like All Star.

  31. Palamdrone
    Palamdrone
    June 22, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

    Is that a threat, or a reward?

  32. Catapostrophe
    Catapostrophe
    June 22, 2016 at 12:13 am | #

    –you’re an all star
    get your gay mom
    goat pray!

    (What do you mean those aren’t the real words)

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      June 22, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

      when all that litters is old
      only soot’n’tar bake the lols

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      June 22, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

      I like yours better.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 22, 2016 at 12:30 am | #

      Is it bad that I now want to hear a mondegreen version of this song?

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 22, 2016 at 4:57 am | #

      Praise to the Over Goat.

  33. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 22, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

    Yeahhh, Rachel is annoying. And Carla is the beautiful evil genius of my dreams.

  34. FortyTwo
    FortyTwo
    June 22, 2016 at 12:14 am | #

    Oh, phew. I was afraid that this was going to turn into a huge DRAMA, with Billie mistakenly thinking that Carla was falling for Ruth, making her seethe with jealousy. I’m relieved that she understood what was really going on.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 22, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

      Well, we don’t know how Ruth will misinterpret the situation, so there is still hope…

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 22, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

      On the other hand, she still got her Babaloo on, just not for the same reason.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 22, 2016 at 8:03 am | #

      “You think you’ll ever have what we had? No chance of that! She’ll never steal your stuff, or toss you into a chair, or clothesline you, or constantly call you fat, or hey do you want my girlfriend?”

  35. Regalli
    Regalli
    June 22, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

    This is a glorious, glorious threat of petty vengeance.

    And the thing is, looking back at it: Yeah, Billie just asked Carla to check up on Ruth for her and was super-worried. Carla’s probably used to Ruth just “being Ruthless” because it seems clear enough to me she’s been like that for quite some time, very probably even before she became RA. Carla assumes the “one ray of happiness” and “literally don’t know how to survive” is hyperbole, because she hasn’t been party to the fact that Ruth is chronically and clinically depressed and has been trying to slowly kill herself via alcohol for months at minimum and maybe even years (I think there’s more details in the backstory strip but I don’t want to go digging that far back through the archives) and has now lost one of the last tethers she had to functionality after even abrasive violence became too much effort.

    • Idontcarenomore
      Idontcarenomore
      June 22, 2016 at 1:12 am | #

      Ruth has been trying to pull her self up by her bootstraps recently. She got out of bed, showered, dressed in the shirt Billie gave her, pony tailed her hair, like Billie did it: and went outside to try to mingle with real people.

      Last out of her room she encountered Mary, don’t think she’s been seen since.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 22, 2016 at 1:51 am | #

        Yeah, Mary’s reminder that no matter her efforts, Mary will find a way to ruin her prolly really didn’t help with her desperate attempts to hold on to functional with the skin of her teeth.

        Just another reason why Mary’s actions are even worse than we assumed.

  36. Raaabr
    Raaabr
    June 22, 2016 at 12:16 am | #

    And then I stared upon the characters. And I realized they were being ridiculous. And then I realized they were merely a mirror to our shipping tendencies.

    …No but seriously this is like looking into a mirror of most fandoms.

  37. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

    I’m not sure that’s a good threat.

  38. John
    John
    June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

    Man. You two are bad at secrets.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 22, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

      They are very very lucky people don’t care.

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

        Mary exceptions obviously apply.

  39. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

    “Of course I don’t want her fed like a dog, or put on a leash or… um, I have a Leafs T-shirt I need to change into real quick.”

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 22, 2016 at 4:59 am | #

      *raises eyebrow*… … go on…

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 22, 2016 at 8:07 am | #

      TIL Bagge is super kinky.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 22, 2016 at 8:30 am | #

        The more you know… 🙂

        • 3-I
          3-I
          June 22, 2016 at 8:36 am | #

          Greaaat, now we need another slipshine. c//c

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      June 22, 2016 at 9:54 am | #

      “I wanna be your dog”

  40. Tomas
    Tomas
    June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

    It’s nice to see happy people appear in the story.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      June 22, 2016 at 1:15 am | #

      Meanwhile, Professor Leslie Bean has finished reading her new novel. She lingers on the last page of beautiful prose with a happy sigh. Some authors just resonate with her. The tea kettle whistles from the kitchen.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        June 22, 2016 at 2:20 pm | #

        Is that a Stranger Than Fiction reference?

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          July 4, 2016 at 1:16 pm | #

          Not intentionally. It’s more that, whenever somebody mentions that the characters in the comic are almost all in unhappy situations, I like imagining Leslie Bean being happy in herself and having a very nice day.

  41. Dara
    Dara
    June 22, 2016 at 12:18 am | #

    Mine is the Kimmunicator beeps.

    • Dara
      Dara
      June 22, 2016 at 12:25 am | #

      (And in some cases the Space: 1999 year one open/close communications beeps.)

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 22, 2016 at 11:11 am | #

        Mine is the “Austin Powers” phone ringtone.
        At least for now.

    • Bobvankay
      Bobvankay
      June 22, 2016 at 12:26 am | #

      Mine the Kimmunicator beeps

      • trlkly
        trlkly
        June 22, 2016 at 4:51 am | #

        Huh. Never noticed the similarities

    • Bobvankay
      Bobvankay
      June 22, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

      Damnit copy paste.

  42. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 22, 2016 at 12:20 am | #

    so, Carla : no good deed goes unpunished.

  43. Marie
    Marie
    June 22, 2016 at 12:22 am | #

    I feel like this is beyond a normal amount of unfair to Carla. I mean, right now we don’t know, so we can hope Ruth’s fine and maybe actually recovering (or, well, starting to), but Billie is gambling against Carla walking in and finding a unconscious and maybe dying Ruth.

    Even though I’d be pissed at this if I were Ruth, I’m way more concerned for Carla, that can be a huge mental health blow even if you’re not close.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      June 22, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

      Billie knows that Ruth will be in torpor by now, and will need fresh blood from a redhead to revive her.

  44. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    June 22, 2016 at 12:23 am | #

    Billie, maybe you should actually NOT depend on complete strangers who don’t even like someone you’re asking for them to check in on, who also aren’t aware of the problems.

  45. Tomas
    Tomas
    June 22, 2016 at 12:24 am | #

    Thanks for the ear worm you sadistic bastard.

  46. kkiten
    kkiten
    June 22, 2016 at 12:25 am | #

    Awww. Fucked up lesbian relationships plagued with misunderstandings are my weakness. <3

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 22, 2016 at 1:53 am | #

      Are you secretly Leslie from Shortpacked!?

      http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1878

  47. LimeSheep
    LimeSheep
    June 22, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

    the carla/ruth jokes are a little silly, but now that im thinking about it theyd be a way healthier match than ruth and billie. weve already seen that carla doesnt fall for ruths (possibly unintentional) emotional manipulation, and i doubt ruthd get pretty far if she tried to pull any of the violent shit she used to do to billie.
    personally i feel like the stockholm syndrome joke was pretty apt re: billie, but ruths never done anything like that to carla and probably would have much fewer issues with her in the first place.
    and theyve had a lot of strips together lately, and i feel like they get along well

    and honestly i cant see billie/ruth succeeding in the long term, them breaking up is a good thing as long as theres people around them to keep them safe while they deal with it

    not that i think carla actually currently has a crush on ruth. i just think it could work out

  48. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 22, 2016 at 12:27 am | #

    Goddamn it, Rachel

  49. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    June 22, 2016 at 12:28 am | #

    Ok now the Rachels are reminding me of the “OooooOOOOoooh Brothers” from the podcast Talk Salad and Scrambled Eggs: Frasier Reconsidered.”

  50. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    June 22, 2016 at 12:29 am | #

    Comic Reactions:

    Panel 1: Oh, Billie, no, what are you doing? You asked someone to do you a solid, don’t yell at them for that. I know you feel impotent because you are being blackmailed and dumped(?) from being able to help Ruth more directly and you had a whole co-dependent sexy lesbian suicide pact all set up to ironically keep her and you from suicide that’s now been fucked with. And thus frustratingly work through a proxy, but still…

    No need to take it out on the roller-skating messenger like that.

    Panel 2: Actually, Billie:
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/morlock/

    You told her to “check in on her from time to time” after coming at her out of the blue with a laundry list of questions about her showering and whatnot. Not anything about babysitting a suicidally ideating depressed person so they don’t kill themselves.

    Like, again, I get it. It’s really frustrating to know that someone is at risk and in pain and not be able to directly affect that like you used to. It’s a rough place to be, especially for the first time, but that’s not a neutral ask to make of someone and assuming you meant meeting basic functions is an easy assumption for someone to have made.

    Panel 3: Wait, one sec, she’s only giving her the key now? Like, what was Billie’s initial plan then for Carla? For her to break a major rule by smashing her door down with no reason in the early morning?

    Also, ouch, Carla, pointing out the probably breakup that Billie’s still in denial about. Prolly not going to help with the Billie jealousy, though I totally understand why you did it.

    Panel 4/5: Ah shit, just realized that standing alone, getting yelled at by people she was only trying to help, and being teased for attractions she doesn’t have is probably not an uncommon thing for her. This is probably not nearly as cute for her as it seems from the outside, but actually a painful reminder of being turned on and abandoned and mocked.

    Panel 6: Heh, I’m kinda loving Carla’s dedication to targeted, but not oppressive or violent pranks. No water in a bucket, just stuff to leave a psychological mark that she is not to be fucked with.

    • LimeSheep
      LimeSheep
      June 22, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

      “Like, what was Billie’s initial plan then for Carla? For her to break a major rule by smashing her door down with no reason in the early morning?”

      well thats how billie would do it, so ;P

      • Cerberus
        Cerberus
        June 22, 2016 at 12:40 am | #

        Well, no wonder she got jealous and assumed there was something to Carla trying to take her girl.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      June 22, 2016 at 1:07 am | #

      Seriously Billie. Also, this means if Ruth is completely spoonless as the previous day’s wearout suggested, that’s one less meal she’s skipping/has to worry about. Staying in the Murder Cave all day is definitely not a good longterm thing for her, but it’s better to have it with food than not at all and I’m worried after all the effort it took her yesterday to perform basic humaning that she might not have.

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 22, 2016 at 3:25 am | #

      I think Carla is starting to figure out what a pit of quicksand “doing just one thing for Billie and/or Ruth” actually is. And that is really super unfair (to Carla, or anyone in her position).

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 22, 2016 at 12:49 pm | #

        Absolutely. She signed up for taking some cookies, not suicide watch.

        • Cerberus
          Cerberus
          June 22, 2016 at 2:22 pm | #

          Yeah, that’s a bit of a massive escalation and kinda a messed up thing to dump on someone. Like, not saying Billie has many better options or that Suicide Watches aren’t useful, but there’s a big difference between volunteering to participate in a suicide watch for a close friend and being volunteered to be the sole suicide watch for a person you’ve talked to maybe 5 times max and who you mostly know via how they’ve tried to use transphobia aimed at you as a tool to beat themselves up.

          Like, she’s empathetic and a worrier, so she’ll do it, but Billie did not at all set this up in a manner where Carla was allowed to make a conscious choice of whether or not to get sucked this deep in other people’s shit.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            June 22, 2016 at 6:12 pm | #

            I mean for all we know Carla might have talked to Ruth during their freshman year but still, not particularly close to her and definitely not prepared for this shit. (Not that Billie was all that better prepared, but at least she knew when she made the sexy lesbian suicide pact what was going on, hence it being a sexy lesbian suicide pact.)

  51. Raen
    Raen
    June 22, 2016 at 12:31 am | #

    Hmm? What’s Carla’s major? My first thought was CS, but the Rube Goldberg device from earlier has me thinking CE is more likely…

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      June 22, 2016 at 12:38 am | #

      WHY NOT BOTH?

    • AzaleaRoots
      AzaleaRoots
      June 22, 2016 at 3:50 am | #

      I think someone said it was a variety of engineering, at some point.

      I doubt it’ll come in to play too much, though. The original intention is that the comic will never reach sophomore year, so they’ll all mostly be in gen eds. That particular statement about the permanent freshman year is no longer in the FAQs, so that might have changed.

      • DonDueed
        DonDueed
        June 22, 2016 at 5:55 am | #

        I just hope I live long enough to get to the holiday break. I want to see Joyce (and Becky?) attend church on Christmas Eve. Of course, that may never happen if things go as badly as I fear in the next few in-comic hours.

        • Willoughby Chase
          Willoughby Chase
          June 22, 2016 at 9:44 am | #

          I hope my achy-breaky heart will be able to endure that much heart-break!

  52. lia47
    lia47
    June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

    and that’s… punishment?

  53. Some1
    Some1
    June 22, 2016 at 12:39 am | #

    And now for the 2nd Dumbing of Age tournament battle.

    Walky and Danny step into the ring.

    Announcer: And now for our second battle of the evening. Only one of these fighters will be advancing in the tournament!

    Dorothy: Go Walky!

    Joyce: I don’t know who to root for!

    Danny and Walky size each other up. Walky cracks his neck, and starts to run at Danny as fast as he. Danny returns the favor, and they meet in the middle of the ring. Walky and Danny appear to be about even, with neither one given into the others flurry of attacks.

    Walky: You were never this strong before, how did you reach my level?

    Danny: I’ve had some extra training…from your sister!

    Amber: WHAT IMPOSSIBLE!

    Walky: Heh, no wonder you’re able to keep up with me now!

    They both leap back.

    Danny: I have one more trick I was taught by, another girl named Billie…TURN INVISIBLE!

    Walky: but only bisexuals can use that technique! Well that would explain somethings…

    Walky is knocked back to an invisible punch to the stomach. He then taken back by a flurry of invisible attacks.

    Walky: Damn, how do I beat a guy I can’t even see?

    Danny: You can’t….I’ve won this fight!

    Walky stops and closes his eyes…he breathes heavily through his nose.

    Walky: You had tacos for lunch today.

    Danny: How did you know!?

    Walky: I can smell it on you!

    Danny: Damn I forgot about your taco sense…wait has that ever been useful before?

    Walky: Well, if your trying to find a good restaurant….stop distracting me! Point is you can’t hide from me anymore!

    Danny stops being invisible

    Danny: Come on then!

    Walky: ULTIMATE ATTACK…BUTT TACO BEAM!

    Danny: Heh…your already pulling out that one…alright then…ULTIMATE ATTACK…KINSEY’S REVENGE!

    Their two beams: one yellow and brown, with the odd sent of either tacos or butts, and the other being a massive spiral with the numbers 1-6 wrapping around an X in the middle meet.

    Danny: Guess it just comes down to who’s beam is stronger!

    Walky: You really have gotten stronger! But you lose this fight! ‘

    Danny: Why is that:

    Walky: How much energy does that invisibility take? You’ve exerted yourself way more then me so far!

    Danny: Your right, unfortunately for you, I can’t afford to lose this fight! There’s a battle later on I can’t allow to happen!

    Walky: And why should I care?

    Danny: because if you don’t, your sister may die!

    Sal: What is he talking about!

    Amber: Does Danny mean to defeat me!

    Danny: And so…I WILL NOT LOSE THIS FIGHT! SUPER KINSEY’S REVENGE!

    Danny’s attack becomes twice as large overcoming Walky’s attack. Walky doesn’t have a chance to respond before being blasted out of the ring.

    Announcer: and the winner is…Danny Wilcox!

    The next battle is…Roz vs Sarah!

    • Falling Star
      Falling Star
      June 22, 2016 at 3:29 pm | #

      Can’t wait.
      I’m actually excited.

  54. Ravian
    Ravian
    June 22, 2016 at 12:44 am | #

    Christ, I think that Carla might actually be a technological genius. Between her revenge contraption and being able to hack a floor full of phones, it’s a wonder she hasn’t started her own startup company yet.

    Expect great things out of her. Like a line of sentient cars.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 22, 2016 at 12:46 am | #

      If she started her own company, there’d be nobody to take over her parents’ company.

  55. Janine
    Janine
    June 22, 2016 at 12:47 am | #

    Hey now.
    There’s no need for that.
    But I guess…
    We can all use a little change.

  56. Russ
    Russ
    June 22, 2016 at 12:57 am | #

    I asked you to do this thing but didn’t give you the tools to do it! God, are you some kind of idiot??

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 22, 2016 at 1:03 am | #

      Really, it’s Carla’s fault she’s not a mind-reading mutant who can shapeshift through walls.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 22, 2016 at 1:04 am | #

      Honestly, in my head, I figure Billie has like sixteen keys to Ruth’s door on her at any given time, and she’s just giving Carla another one to kick things along.

      • Idontcarenomore
        Idontcarenomore
        June 22, 2016 at 1:15 am | #

        I remember that. Billie had to get a key made every time she thought about it, just in case she lost her’s.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        June 22, 2016 at 1:16 am | #

        You can never have too many keys, though if Ruth changes her lock again…those will only be ornaments.

      • 3-I
        3-I
        June 22, 2016 at 8:40 am | #

        I don’t think it’s just in your head. You established it in dialogue not long ago. c.c

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 22, 2016 at 9:43 am | #

        She’ll always be in-key when All Star is playing?

      • Russ
        Russ
        June 22, 2016 at 3:12 pm | #

        Ah, I remember that Billie has all the keys, but I didn’t know/remember Carla getting one of those. That makes more sense

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        June 22, 2016 at 10:04 pm | #

        Not 88 keys?

  57. Mr. 5
    Mr. 5
    June 22, 2016 at 1:00 am | #

    SOME

    • andmangrewproud
      andmangrewproud
      June 22, 2016 at 2:20 am | #

      *door flies open* …BODY ONCE TOLD ME….

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 22, 2016 at 3:35 am | #

        Door?

        • inqntrol
          inqntrol
          June 22, 2016 at 6:26 am | #

          Now that’s what I call “breakthrough.”

    • SundaesChild
      SundaesChild
      June 22, 2016 at 7:33 am | #

      Behold, the glory/terror of Mouth Sounds: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4Nm4rhtI5e5p_f8YmH2jk23Zvq_h-UE-

    • SundaesChild
      SundaesChild
      June 22, 2016 at 7:35 am | #

      https://youtu.be/dQFUA2cr1fw

  58. Mav
    Mav
    June 22, 2016 at 1:04 am | #

    I wonder why Carla has to check on Ruth this way. I mean, if they really didn’t want anyone of authority to know about Ruth’s status, then another student Billie trusts has to do it. Or Billie could do it herself. No fear in checking in on a sick friend. I don’t completely understand the context because I went to a college where people smoked bongs in the open in the quad on summer days. So is their college/university very conservative? Based on what Mary says she knows, I have thoughts:

    – Is Billie/Ruth’s relationship an issue with the school because they are a queer couple, or is it because Ruth is the RA? I know some schools who have strict rules about that, but no one would ever reasonably get expelled over it. And besides, if it’s already over, does it matter at this point? That’s work.

    – I don’t know that Ruth can reasonably detox in her room. more clearly, I don’t know if she can do this completely by herself without any help.

    – Becky staying there might be short term? Until she gets a job or gets her papers together to transfer somewhere else. Would the school understand or give her resources? Also, Ruth can’t get into trouble for something she only has hearsay of. If she’s never seen Becky (actually living on the floor) or signs of Becky, why would she be responsible for it? And like Billie said, it’s all over the news, so the school itself would look terrible for punishing Ruth and kicking Becky out on the curb without helping her at all.

    – Drinking on campus is technically against the rules, but punishing one person would mean punishing most of the student body, which is a lot of work. A lot of paperwork. All the time, Every weekend.

    – Lastly, Mary would still get into trouble for harassing Carla (and everyone else) so much, especially since it’s based on her identity and if she is that disruptive so often. But again, I’m coming from a liberal arts college perspective.

    Poor Carla though. She seems to be constantly sucked into other people’s issues, usually at her expense. How is she supposed to care that much if she doesn’t understand the stakes?

    • Idontcarenomore
      Idontcarenomore
      June 22, 2016 at 1:24 am | #

      Carla never has been sucked into other’s issues that I know of, until now.
      Billie bribed her with cookies to take some cookies to Ruth, and ‘check up on her.’. Carla did it for the cookies. That led to ‘keeping an eye on her’.

      Only Billie is truly concerned for Ruth, most of dorm don’t care as afraid of Ruth, they were a pair till Ruth broke it off to keep Billie out of the coming storm if she had to face the main office on Mary’s blackmail charges.

      Mary threated Ruth on her drinking and rooming with Billie. Being the RA, she can not room with one of her dorm girls. And doubt if drinking in dorm would be a good thing either for the RA.

      So Ruth kicked Billie out for both their sakes, let Mary know that slandering Carla for being transgender and for trying to hurt her with stupid glue skate trick would counter her own charges, and was trying to climb out of her depression to face what’s coming.

      Now though it looks like Carla is not the mistantrope she thought she was, and is also showing signs of caring for another person.

      Hoping like Hell that nothing is seriously wrong, but I wonder why Ruth has not stuck her head out the door by now and told them to knock it off.

    • Dana
      Dana
      June 22, 2016 at 1:29 am | #

      All good points I think, but it’s worth noting that Ruth and Billie have never talked about Ruth getting expelled over their relationship, only fired. That would be less of an overreaction on the part of the administration given that the only rules Ruth is breaking are directly related to her job as RA. From what’s been hinted at about Ruth’s home situation, the savings on room and board she get from the job may be the only thing keeping her able to afford school.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      June 22, 2016 at 2:15 am | #

      I think the answers to your questions are:

      1. It’s against the rules because Ruth is the RA, so it’s a conflict of interest for her to be dating and can create an awkward power dynamic that can be exploited not to mention a toxic living situation if a bad breakup were to occur which also adds negative pressure in the relationship.

      Not that the folks downstairs are likely to care that deeply about the situation and the consent implications, but it is still very much discouraged and against the rules and if there was evidence that it was going on, Ruth would probably be removed from the RA position to remove the imbalance of power which would put her in a really bad position with the “sir” who harassed her over the phone in the Billie hides in Ruth’s closet comic.

      They probably wouldn’t care much if it was already over other than to scold Ruth for it. The real danger to her would come in the report which would bring them in and able to investigate other stuff like her alcoholism and violent actions towards her charges which they’d have to take more seriously.

      2. Yeah, she’s making a college go of it, but that’s a hard thing to do in the best of circumstances and she’s already hampered by being blackmailed, having a recent breakup, and being suicidally depressed. Detoxing and remaining functional might be a bigger ask for her than she’s fully capable of right now.

      3. This one’s complicated. She could reasonably claim ignorance (though Mary knowing and insinuating it throws a small monkey wrench in that plan) and it wouldn’t really be her fault if this slips through the cracks.

      However, again, if she gets investigated for something like that she could get scolded for “not being aware of what’s happening on your floor” and that could get her in more trouble if paired with things like her drinking problem or other complaints made against her by a vindictive Mary.

      Overall, Becky would be screwed either way if it was reported as there is no way the school would allow a non-student to live for free on their school grounds (simply due to the liability concerns if nothing else) and would definitely throw her out, but a popular queer teacher with personal experiences being homeless could make some waves for them to at least reach out to local queer organizations to find a way to get her housing.

      There’s also an outside chance that they’d place her in a non-student campus housing (like the houses they sometimes have for visiting teachers or for grad students) for the good press it would bring especially in the wake of the shooting making at least State news.

      4. Yeah, they’re not going to go out of their way to bust someone drinking, but if they see it they’ll still bust it. That’s pretty much how it worked when I went to college. Keep it up in the rooms, get no noise complaints, we’ll turn a blind eye. Carry a bottle outside or get the RA knocked up over your party and all of you are at least getting a nastily worded warning.

      Ruth being an RA would be held to an even higher standard than that as she is supposed to be crisis response for the freshmen and so violating any school rule would be cause for immediate termination of her position, which again, would fuck her pretty badly.

      5. Could go several ways. Yes, Mary could be in a shitstorm if she pressed her threat and Mary’d all over it revealing her bias and hatred towards queer women and her acts of transphobic and homophobic harassment towards other students.

      But the powers that be are also unlikely to actually care about harassment policy unless someone makes a stink about it (Ruth would have, but then Mary is blackmailing her to prevent that at the moment). From personal experience mentoring trans college kids, a lot of times the college response to transphobic bullying from roommates and floormates is “tough, deal” or radio silence.

      Certainly Carla does not expect anything from the official channels and has hinted that she’s been burned before trying to reach out to higher ups about the transphobic abuse she’s faced.

      6. Yup, Carla’s in a rough place cause she has no idea exactly what she’s supposed to be doing or what the real situation is. She’s trying the best she can, but she’s definitely been given a tough task and expected to navigate it perfectly first try.

    • Random832
      Random832
      June 22, 2016 at 2:07 pm | #

      I think the assumption, last time this came up, is that Ruth would simply lose her position as RA, which comes with money she needs in order to continue attending college.

  59. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    June 22, 2016 at 1:04 am | #

    The visuals associated with “All-Star” that naturally come to my own memory are from Shrek. And then I started thinking of character mappings.

    Since Ruthless is obviously the big scary ogre, I guess Billie is Princes Fiona. The path of least resistance suggests that Carla is Donkey (a little bit jackass, but a lot more kickass).

    Mary is Lord Farquaad (although that would imply she wants Billie for herself, which is just . . . no)

    And I guess . . . Malaya? . . . is Dragon? (going by Shortpackedverse relationships). Or maybe Carla is Dragon and Malaya is Donkey?

    OK, that’s kinda strained. But it’s Willis’ fault for using All-Star.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 22, 2016 at 1:06 am | #

      i don’t see why we’re not mapping it to rat race

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        June 22, 2016 at 1:30 am | #

        i mean, like, sure, a lot of movies had “all star” in them, but how many movies ended with the cast singing the song WITH smashmouth ON STAGE, like

        • merbrat
          merbrat
          June 22, 2016 at 1:48 am | #

          Forgot about Shrek. I remember it from Mystery Men!

          • Marie
            Marie
            June 22, 2016 at 1:55 am | #

            this would also be a fun cast to place them in.

        • Apostate
          Apostate
          June 22, 2016 at 2:17 am | #

          Willis I agree with you on that one 100%, the sudden Smash Mouth concert was the perfect way to end that movie and was super memorable.

        • A
          A
          June 22, 2016 at 6:35 am | #

          Because what the hell is Rat Race?

          • Maveric1984
            Maveric1984
            June 22, 2016 at 12:34 pm | #

            A modern telling of “It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World”

            • A
              A
              June 22, 2016 at 8:28 pm | #

              What the hell is that?

          • foamy
            foamy
            June 22, 2016 at 3:47 pm | #

            It’s a race! Mr. Bean is winning.

      • Owlmirror
        Owlmirror
        June 22, 2016 at 9:54 pm | #

        Via Boxofficemojo:


                               Total Lifetime Grosses

                       Domestic:  +   Foreign:     = Worldwide:
        Shrek:        $267,665,011   $216,744,207   $484,409,218
        Rat Race:      $56,618,055    $28,880,479    $85,498,534
        Mystery Men:   $29,762,011     $3,699,000    $33,461,011

        (Financials are not intended as any claim to quality ranking, just a proxy for popularity)

        Also, “All-Star” is the song that Shrek begins with, so it’s more readily associated with the film during television broadcasts — even if you think “Meh, I’ve seen this already” and change the channel after the song starts.

        Also, I have seen Rat Race exactly 0 times. I will try and remedy that at some point.

        • Owlmirror
          Owlmirror
          June 22, 2016 at 9:55 pm | #

          (*snarls at wrapping ruining my beautiful and carefully crafted table*)

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          June 22, 2016 at 11:56 pm | #

          rat race is an okay movie, by which i mean i owned it on dvd when i was like 20

          WOULD I STILL LIKE IT WHEN I AM THIRTY-SEVEN????

          who knows

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 22, 2016 at 12:57 pm | #

      This can only be settled by fanart, with all the casts from all these movies represented/adapted.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 22, 2016 at 12:58 pm | #

        …. you know, by someone more talented and less lazy than me.

  60. Cthulhu's Intern
    Cthulhu's Intern
    June 22, 2016 at 1:05 am | #

    You better check yourself before you Shrek yourself, Rachel.

  61. Dana
    Dana
    June 22, 2016 at 1:18 am | #

    Is it early enough in the day for bed head? Otherwise Billie’s not looking so hot either.

  62. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 22, 2016 at 1:33 am | #

    Now I sympathize with Carla this is bullshit

  63. Catapostrophe
    Catapostrophe
    June 22, 2016 at 2:23 am | #

    Hey Ruth, are you in there
    Are you feelin’ OK?
    Hey Ruth, gonna come out?
    Brought some food and OJ!

    This food’s gonna get cold
    (Not like I care–just doin’ what I’m told)

    • Falling Star
      Falling Star
      June 22, 2016 at 8:24 am | #

      (wild applause)

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 22, 2016 at 4:25 pm | #

      Kermit flail from me

    • StClair
      StClair
      June 22, 2016 at 6:48 pm | #

      Nice!

      (though I confess my first try was to set it to “Do You Wanna Hide a Body Build a Snowman?”)

  64. FirePrincessLily
    FirePrincessLily
    June 22, 2016 at 2:48 am | #

    Don’t do it Carla! You’ll damn us all!

  65. Lyssie
    Lyssie
    June 22, 2016 at 3:07 am | #

    Panel 3 is setting off my dramatic irony sensors. I’m worried now.

  66. JoyceParty
    JoyceParty
    June 22, 2016 at 3:20 am | #

    Don’t dreeeeam iiiit’s oooooverrrr

  67. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    June 22, 2016 at 4:29 am | #

    I wanna be your dog!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I

    P.S. How have I missed the genius of stage, screen and vinyl that is All Star and Smash Mouth!

  68. Björn
    Björn
    June 22, 2016 at 4:38 am | #

    Rachel’s teasing disturbs me, since Walkyverse Rachel is Carla’s mother.

    • 3-I
      3-I
      June 22, 2016 at 8:42 am | #

      … Oh shit, yeah, that’s… huh.

      I wonder who the Ruttens are in this universe.

  69. Falling Star
    Falling Star
    June 22, 2016 at 8:18 am | #

    Isn’t All Star taking things a bit too far?

    • Falling Star
      Falling Star
      June 22, 2016 at 8:23 am | #

      jk it’s awesome

  70. Joe
    Joe
    June 22, 2016 at 8:35 am | #

    I don’t understand why Carla is doing something *wonderful* in 5 minutes.

  71. Mistah J
    Mistah J
    June 22, 2016 at 9:58 am | #

    Smash Mouth’s Astro Lounge is one of my favourite albums. Ever.
    There, I said it and I don’t care!

    (..but yes, All Star was overplayed. Almost all the other songs were way better).

  72. thestarryskye
    thestarryskye
    June 22, 2016 at 10:02 am | #

    Aw, c’mon Billie, you’re being unfair. 🙁

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 22, 2016 at 12:25 pm | #

      pff what makes you say that

      like billie could ever be irrational about something

  73. steelplatedheart
    steelplatedheart
    June 22, 2016 at 1:18 pm | #

    So, it’s only just occurred to me that there’s a lot more to this exchange than first glance.

    Freaking everybody jumps to the assumption that Carla is hitting on Ruth. Literally no one (except for Mary) assumed that about Billie.

    Carla is trans. She’s an easy target for rumors of lesbianism. I have heard a lot of people who didn’t know better assumed that being trans automatically makes you gay.

    Meanwhile, Billie, the former cheerleader, couldn’t possibly be gay because cheerleaders aren’t gay so there.

    Every kind gesture Carla performs is brought under question, but none of Billie’s are. The fact that Billie gave Carla that key isn’t really noticed.

    Furthermore, it’s a joke. With Billie and Ruth it wouldn’t have been a joke and Ruth would have been the target (we’ve seen this) but Carla’s identity makes her the subject of this kind of harassment – no one really seems to mean it because it’s “Ruthless” but it’s an easy thing to tease an already queer kid about.

    Everything about this floor is fucked up.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      June 22, 2016 at 8:40 pm | #

      “Meanwhile, Billie, the former cheerleader, couldn’t possibly be gay because cheerleaders aren’t gay so there.”

      . . . I’m trying hard not to just bust out laughing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fictional representation of a cheer squad where one of them wasn’t obviously in the closet.

      i also kinda disagree with…much of that?

      A) Nobody ever saw Billie doing nice things for Ruth, they saw Ruth and Billie fighting like cats and dogs constantly and on more than one occasion literally coming to blows. Whereas Carla is unsolicitedly bringing Ruth breakfast and leaving it on the floor outside her door.

      B) Carla deliberately cultivates a reputation of being a bit of an ass. Carla being nice (which she actually genuinely is) runs contrary to the rep she tries to build for herself, so it’s easy to tease her about it.

      C) If anybody on the floor saw Billie being nice to Ruth, she would probably not hear the end of it. Doubly so if they saw Ruth being nice to Billie, because Ruth has made such a public show of hating Billie, the floor would honestly EXPLODE with gossip if people realized they were actually sweet on each other, and Ruth’s fearsome rep would disintegrate rapidly.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        June 22, 2016 at 8:48 pm | #

        (I mean, I’m not trying to minimize actual discrimination against trans people, I just don’t really see the logic behind your points here. I’m pretty sure this would’ve gone down exactly the same if Carla was a cis girl.)

        • Gamaran Sepudomyn
          Gamaran Sepudomyn
          June 23, 2016 at 5:34 pm | #

          The fact that many people often assume that trans people can’t be gay actually means that this scenario would probably have been more likely to happen if Carla was cis.

  74. Prinnyramza
    Prinnyramza
    June 22, 2016 at 2:01 pm | #

    So now everyone thinks Carla is crushing on Ruth. How is Billie x Ruth an issue and this isn’t? Is it because they think the false attraction is one sided? I don’t get it.

    • Nono
      Nono
      June 22, 2016 at 2:02 pm | #

      Because it’s Carla crushing on Ruth and Ruth not reciprocating. There isn’t an abuse of power yet.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      June 22, 2016 at 2:19 pm | #

      Even if the dorm found out about Billie and Ruth, chances are none of them would actually care. It’s Ruth’s bosses who’d take issue.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      June 22, 2016 at 8:30 pm | #

      Also Carla crushing on Ruth and even Ruth and Carla dating is one thing. Ruth and Carla fucking while blitzed out on Jack Daniels while discipline on the floor falls to crap would probably be a dicier situation for Ruth.

  75. Ardin
    Ardin
    June 22, 2016 at 2:48 pm | #

    I don’t… get any of the jokes here. What’s with 5 minutes? What’s with everyone setting their ringtone to All Star?

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      June 22, 2016 at 2:59 pm | #

      Carla is an engineering major, who somehow knows how to hack phones (either directly, or she can call someone at Ruttech who does). So she will be able to change everybody’s ringtones, and apparently in a matter of minutes too.

      All Star is apparently one of those songs that are annoying -and- will settle into your brain and drive you nuts. Or at least so I assume. I have not heard it. I just know how these things go.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        June 22, 2016 at 6:02 pm | #

        If that is the full explanation, that punchline is hella contrived.

      • Ardin
        Ardin
        June 22, 2016 at 6:58 pm | #

        What. How was I supposed to know that. Was it ever estabilished that she’s in engineering? Also what is Ruttech.

        Engineering courses (around here at least) are usually complete sausage fests and girls are like some odd rarities. So. My deepest condolences to her coursemates.

        • Dara
          Dara
          June 22, 2016 at 7:11 pm | #

          Yes, it has been mentioned a couple of times that she’s in engineering, though I think mostly in comments. Ruttech has been described in-strip as being a major technology company that people know, similarly perhaps to Samsung? Not quite Apple. Possibly the DoA-verse’s Stark Technologies, in that there’s still a lot of founding-group ownership and control.

      • Ardin
        Ardin
        June 22, 2016 at 6:58 pm | #

        Also the phone hacking, when was that mentioned?

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          June 22, 2016 at 8:27 pm | #

          It has been mentioned that per parents are rich and in the tech industry, and Carla has demonstrated on-panel that she builds things and knows her way around lasers. What she is doing here is threatening to do something that she may or may not actually be able to do.

  76. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    June 22, 2016 at 3:15 pm | #

    Honestly, it’s questionable whether Ruth’s bosses would care about the relationship as a certain Ginger Brit said. The problem is no one likes Ruth and she’s done a lot of other terrible stuff as well as is in no shape to actually BE R.A.

  77. Keulan
    Keulan
    June 22, 2016 at 3:26 pm | #

    All Star is a punishment? I’ve always liked that song.

  78. Hydrargentium
    Hydrargentium
    June 22, 2016 at 4:54 pm | #

    As far as I’m concerned, we should all get together and declare June 22 as “All Star Day”, and collectively change our ringtones to “All Star” for the whole day, every June 22.

    What say ye all?

    Hg

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 22, 2016 at 5:17 pm | #

      No.

  79. RashRaikou
    RashRaikou
    June 22, 2016 at 5:39 pm | #

    I used to really dislike Carla, but she’s beginning to grow on me. Not that Jocelyne isn’t my favorite representation 😉

  80. Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
    Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
    June 22, 2016 at 7:28 pm | #

    My personal favorite version of such a timeless classic

    • Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
      Jacques Cornelius Parrot III
      June 22, 2016 at 7:33 pm | #

      Although this one is pretty great too

  81. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    June 22, 2016 at 8:23 pm | #

    But….But I -like- that song…

  82. Erik
    Erik
    June 22, 2016 at 9:51 pm | #

    Is it just me, or does this dude look suspiciously like Toedad?

  83. Woobie
    Woobie
    June 22, 2016 at 11:58 pm | #

    When Billie wants subtle and low-key, naturally she thinks “Carla!”.

  84. ianmorris
    ianmorris
    June 23, 2016 at 5:00 am | #

    somebody once told me…

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 23, 2016 at 5:24 am | #

      when i was in knee-pants

  85. Batman
    Batman
    July 2, 2016 at 7:14 pm | #

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KOutOgJj7s

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
maggie, reading a strip from a year from now: oh this is so obnoxious, i love it she gets me
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned it's nice to see Walter Bubbletea, 80-year-old fiance to someone roughly 20, talk to someone his own age.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"ESPECIALLY willa!" "dad, has it come to mind yet that if i was correct, actually, about belle being cuckoo for murderpuffs, that she was in fact trying to kill me, your human daughter, all this time" "sorry, still only really care about the fish"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "My eyes only" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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My eyes only
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
a black hoodie with hand-lettered white text reading,
a black tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
a red tshirt with hand-lettered black text reading,
a maroon tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Mammal solidarity “stealing and eating a treat with your dexterous little hands”
paulle.bsky.social's user avatarPaul Lê @paulle.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I'm obsessed with this li'l hungry bub.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
*weird dean sounds*
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Got my pointy Galvatron slippers.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Rolling Stone is one of the few news outlets that know how to write headlines.
rollingstone.com's user avatarRolling Stone @rollingstone.com ⋅ 2d
Report: Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn’t Pee Right The New York Times reports that the billionaire experienced some negative effects from frequent drug use while stumping for Trump last year
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Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn't Pee Right: Report
Elon Musk's frequent use of ketamine during the 2024 campaign caused him to experience bladder problems, according to The New York Times.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
everyone: remember to transform your ss86 scavenger so that the shovel arm hangs off his ass like a floppy butt-penis
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PAK @papaalphakilo.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Sam Reich doing a little dance on the set of
rajandelman.bsky.social's user avatarBlue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
We need a liberal Jigsaw
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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
i tell ya, my wife is bi. yeah, she bi and i pay!
maggiewestrum.bsky.social's user avatarMaggie Westrum @maggiewestrum.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
we need a rodney dangerfield of the left
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Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Oh hey Hulu released the new King of the Hill intro I boarded
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King of the Hill Season 14 | Credit Sequence Reveal | Hulu
YouTube video by Hulu
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
thanks for the three bigfoot-esque images of cyberworld optimus prime, hasbro pr
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"so now what?" "well handing her every knife in the house has worked out for us so far"
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Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
CYBERWORLD trailer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsf...
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Transformers: CYBERWORLD | OFFICIAL TEASER TRAILER | Transformers Official
YouTube video by TRANSFORMERS OFFICIAL
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(june 1, 2026)
It's Malaya!  They seem incredulous.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
the need for the inclusion of the graphic is a sad reminder of the shockingly low literacy rate among geese
Sign reads “No Geese” and includes a graphic of a goose silhouette in a red circle with a line through it.
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