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September 20, 2023

Terror turkey

by David M Willis on September 10, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Flyin' to the Red

└ Tags: amber, dina, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 10, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    “terrorkey” sounds like the exact opposite of a correct answer to me

    Dina, you’re getting soft

    (and gift shop merch)

    [happy Dumbiversary!]

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      September 10, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

      Happy Anniversary Baby!
      Got you on my mi~i~i~ind!

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        September 10, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

        And four years from now it’ll be time for Terrorkey Day.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      September 10, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      You’re the size of a turkey, not a lion,
      Can’t turn knobs, and don’t have friends to rely on….

      Don’t judge yourself too hard, velociraptor,
      You are good the way you are, velociraptor,
      RAWR, VELOCIRAPTOR!

    • weirderthanweird
      weirderthanweird
      September 10, 2018 at 7:10 am | #

      Terrorkey sounds like what the name of the turkey from Thankskilling should be. Definitely not a correct answer.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      September 10, 2018 at 1:30 pm | #

      Terrorkey sounds to me like a terror-key rather than a terror-turkey.

      You have a terrorkey, you turn it in the fearlock, and then you enter … The Scary Door.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 10, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    The thought of Amber explaining dinosaur facts to Walky in between makeouts makes me happy. I mean, that’s essentially the perfect date, right there.

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      This is also how Dina and Becky’s dates go

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        September 10, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

        Dinosaur facts are the cornerstone of a successful relationship

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      I got the impression that she fed him a cheat sheet via phone prior to him attempting the door.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 10, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

        A flaw in Dina’s security system? Perish the thought!

        Walky’s only made it through the first task. Part 2 is much tougher.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          September 10, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

          … what the fuck did I just watch?
          Wait, never mind, it is clearly labeled.
          Instead, I’ll ask… why? Why?! WHY?!

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            September 10, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

            Were you not amused?

          • vlademir1
            vlademir1
            September 10, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

            Publicity stunt, clearly.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            September 10, 2018 at 2:11 pm | #

            If you thought that that segment was weird, I can tell you that I have seen that T-Rex costume being used in a very…. different kind of entertainment.

            It started off with the T-Rex on a Segway chasing a laughing naked woman through the house.

            For obvious reasons, I am not linking this.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              September 10, 2018 at 6:59 pm | #

              You’re a cruel tyrant and you need to be deposed.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          September 10, 2018 at 1:58 am | #

          Few security systems are safe against whitelisted users leaking credentials.

        • Dragon_Nataku
          Dragon_Nataku
          September 10, 2018 at 9:47 am | #

          that was the best thing ever. It made my day and I thank you for that 😀

          And now, back to studying for evil physics exam.

  3. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 10, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    Awwww.

    So, who’s ready for Dorothy to find out?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      She has to come out of her room, first.

    • pjeseb
      pjeseb
      September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      I bet Dorothy isn’t.

    • Goki
      Goki
      September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      I am actually more interested in seeing Danny’s reaction, for reasons that should not be .

      • Kris
        Kris
        September 10, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

        I’m still betting (hoping) on the Danny not really caring about this. Because he shouldn’t.

        • ShinyNeen
          ShinyNeen
          September 10, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

          Surely New Danny would take this information calmly and rationally!

          … I mean, I hope he does, but I give it roughly 50/50 odds, personally.

        • Goki
          Goki
          September 10, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

          You aren’t wrong Kris, though it was total BS on why Amazagurl broke up with him in the first place, only to make nice with Sal later, Not to mention that Yet again, Walky goes out with the girl that broke up with him. I am hoping that new and cool Danny would still be OK with this, because he is way better than “garbage” (their words not mine)

          • Kris
            Kris
            September 10, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

            That’s exactly why Danny shouldn’t care. Amber was kind of awful to him during that breakup. Her hypocrisy alone makes it not worth being upset over. Danny deserves and is getting better than that now.

          • cbwroses
            cbwroses
            September 10, 2018 at 12:55 am | #

            New Danny was making petty remarks not even a week ago comic time.
            I doubt he’s mature enough to take this in stride.
            Though, how he finds out may be a factor.
            Sal saying it in passing is better than Mike using it to make him jealous.

            • Kinoko
              Kinoko
              September 10, 2018 at 1:43 am | #

              I think (well, hope) that Mike meant it when he promised Ethan he wouldn’t go after Danny.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                September 10, 2018 at 8:19 am | #

                He said, right after he made that promise, that he was going to seduce Ethan to make Danny jealous. He’s just not going to seduce Danny.

                • cbwroses
                  cbwroses
                  September 10, 2018 at 9:31 am | #

                  Exactly. And since that plan hasn’t exactly taken off, he may see this as an opportunity to get the same result with a different tactic.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  September 10, 2018 at 10:16 am | #

                  That plan is still in progress – though there may be complications. We still don’t know how he intends to use the seduction against Danny.

      • Questionor
        Questionor
        September 10, 2018 at 3:53 am | #

        The best reaction will be Joe’s
        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/composited/

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 10, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

      Ok THAT will come in do time, Unless you know I’m wrong again and Dorothy walks in through the bathroom door to borrow supplies from Amber and sees this within the next strip or so.

      But really though I hope they don’t rush through this and break the news to everyone in what seems to be the spand of one day.

  4. @zombieundergrnd
    @zombieundergrnd
    September 10, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    This is such a mistake for Walky.

    • Tandel
      Tandel
      September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      Well we gotta persistently justify that title for the comic…

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s what college is FOR.

      • EvilMidnightLurker
        EvilMidnightLurker
        September 10, 2018 at 10:46 pm | #

        “There is a time and a place for everything, children, and it is college.” –Chef, South Park

    • Diner Kinetic
      Diner Kinetic
      September 10, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      I mean, there are worse ways for a couple to get together. Like, sure, this is a rebound following a major relationship for Walky, and Amber really ought to do something about her friendly neighborhood skull sibling, but still, it makes them happy and they’re not murdering anyone (except maybe Danny’s pride)

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      September 10, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

      YOU’RE a mistake for Walky D:<

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        September 10, 2018 at 2:18 pm | #

        Your FACE is a mistake for Walky!

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      September 10, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

      Do you really think so? I read it as showing growth. Walky is learning to accept that things aren’t always what you expected, let alone hoped for, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy them anyway. However wonderful the past is, we learn more and move on from it.

      Memories and old favorites aren’t going anywhere. At the same time, even if it’s not the same as those movies, the new idea of Velociraptor is wonderful in its own way. It seems like Walky is finally starting to mature enough to embrace both.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      September 10, 2018 at 5:30 am | #

      It’s honestly probably gonna be pretty good for Dorothy- not because Walky was that bad for her, but because she’s going to realize something, somewhere she wants is out of her reach sometime, and it’s going to be less mind-shattering if the first time around it’s some dude she’s dated for a few weeks than, say, her Yale plans…

      She has kind of the same issues with failure being Unacceptable as he does, even if her coping mechanisms are more socially acceptable.

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        September 10, 2018 at 9:28 am | #

        Huh. Never thought about that last part before.
        They do both hate failure.
        It’s just their reasons are different (he fears parental rejection while she fears not achieving her goals) and their reactions are different (he never had to struggle before so spirals further down the more he has to struggle while she sacrifices everything but the goal).

    • Claire
      Claire
      September 10, 2018 at 11:11 pm | #

      Yeah I’m not sure if I like this yet… Walky is rushing into a rebound with thicc Dorothy and Amber is making out with the twin brother of the girl she stabbed? Of course this is going to make for excellent drama.

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    September 10, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    I’m warming on this pairing more and more, not going to lie.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 10, 2018 at 12:47 am | #

      Same. And look at those smiles!! Hard to stay true to that inner voice going, “Doom and despair await you, happy smoochers! Your author will subject you to nothing less than misery.”

      • Willinwoods
        Willinwoods
        September 11, 2018 at 8:05 am | #

        DAMN YOU WHEDON! … eh, wait no, I mean ‘WILLIS!’

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 10, 2018 at 1:07 am | #

      Same. I used to prefer them as pals but after the stairwell thing, I ship Garbage Barge hard.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 10, 2018 at 1:39 am | #

      For a while there I wasn’t sure if this ship was a good idea (and maybe it still isn’t), but now I’m definitely glad that the SS Garbage Skowl is still sailing.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 10, 2018 at 1:56 am | #

        Some throw rotten vegetables and empty cans at it in protest, little do they realize they’re only making it stronger.

    • Tan
      Tan
      September 10, 2018 at 5:58 am | #

      Not same. Screaming internally.

  6. Diner Kinetic
    Diner Kinetic
    September 10, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    “Terrorkey” is the chipotle-infused, bacon-laden megabird stuffed with cornbread and habanero and hot links and demon tears that hardcore (TM) parents feed their kids for thanksgiving dinner along with bone-marrow gravy cranberry sauce so wack it’s actually just a hammer with fruit on it

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      September 10, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      A chicken stuffed with chipotle peppers, bacon, cornbread, and habanero peppers, and then baked… sounds fucking amazing. Like, I want to make that now.

    • Passchendaele
      Passchendaele
      September 10, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      my godawful heat tolerance means I wouldn’t survive but I’ll go down without regrets

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 10, 2018 at 1:08 am | #

      You had me up until the gravy. Like I hate gravy of any kind.

      • Fire_daws
        Fire_daws
        September 10, 2018 at 5:48 am | #

        Get out of my house.

        …I mean I know that you’re not technically in my house but get out of it anyway.

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      September 10, 2018 at 10:53 am | #

      I want this. I -NEED- this.

  7. Shiro
    Shiro
    September 10, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    I learned from a paleontologist who came to my store one day, apparently T. rex eggs were about the size of an ostrich egg and they were sized accordingly as babies. My takeaway from this was “d’awwww” and that in a real Jurassic Park situation, there’d be teacup T. rexes bred almost immediately as pets.

    • Dean
      Dean
      September 10, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      Aw man, with a teacup T-rex I would be the terror of the dog park.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        September 10, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

        Question: Would a Teacup Rex be more or less bloodthirsty than your average goose or swan?

        • DaveM
          DaveM
          September 10, 2018 at 1:35 am | #

          Can’t speak for swans, but if you raise them right geese are pretty laid back provided they know you. I’d imagine T-rex hatchlings would be a bit more aggressive, as they’re carnivores not omnivores.

    • Tawdry Quirks
      Tawdry Quirks
      September 10, 2018 at 1:19 am | #

      At first I was thinking that sounded incredibly dangerous, then I thought about how some people keep ostriches as pets and realized it couldn’t be any worse than that.

      Also, the inherent dangerousness of ostriches I suspect is the real reason for the decline of the ostrich meat industry. Shame…ostrich is tasty.

    • DaveM
      DaveM
      September 10, 2018 at 1:40 am | #

      We’d get flocks of abandoned feral T-rex running around rural areas and parklands hassling farmers and native wildlife. And serious community service announcements of the “A T-Rex is for life, not just fir Christmas” kind. 🙂

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 10, 2018 at 2:01 am | #

      We have to draw the line somewhere though, before somebody starts breeding T-cup Rexes.

  8. Nono
    Nono
    September 10, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Dina Disapproves (-20).

  9. Dara
    Dara
    September 10, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Happy 8th Birthday Comic!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 10, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      And many more!

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 10, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      Here’s too nearly a decade of work….. damn it I thought I had a wine glass Emoji in here.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 10, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Well done Walky, you learned a thing and you got smooches in return. This is nothing like your relationship with Dorothy at all. I am only being 50% sarcastic, the other half of me is happy for you so… good for you? I am still unsure how this whole thing will play out.

  11. Cheshrin
    Cheshrin
    September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    “Terror Turkey” is a redundancy. Have you ever seen once of those birds? They’re 35% feather and 65% murder.

    • Kris
      Kris
      September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      Which is why we annually celebrate a tradition of cooking and eating them.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        September 10, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

        Unless you’re in my family which uses chicken or ham a lot instead. 😛

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        September 10, 2018 at 1:56 am | #

        And the President always pardons one of these Murder Birds every year.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      September 10, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      They instinctively know how tasty they are, and how much that puts them at risk.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 10, 2018 at 12:27 am | #

      The Australian cassowary is the true murder bird, in fact when the original Jurassic Park movie was being made, they based the velociraptor’s movements and behavior off of the cassowary.

      • Dean
        Dean
        September 10, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

        Come on, there’s only been one documented fatality from a cassowary attack. For Australia, that barely counts as dangerous.

        • cbwroses
          cbwroses
          September 10, 2018 at 12:48 am | #

          For Australia, that counts as cuddling.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          September 10, 2018 at 12:53 am | #

          I think that’s mainly because everyone either recognizes the need to take precautions with sickle claws… or learned a collective national lesson after the Emu War. Don’t fuck with birds. They will, as a rule, fuck you up. (Anyone else sad Wikipedia no longer lists the emus as victors in the outcome block?)

        • 3oranges
          3oranges
          September 10, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

          One seems to be pretty high for human deaths from a bird, though. Some searching finds one drowned by a swan, one given a heart attack by a flock of gulls, and one stabbed by rooster with a knife. Australian soldiers are said to have lost the Great Emu War, but still suffered no casualties.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            September 10, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

            … I had to Google those last two. (Sadly the rooster had a knife because cockfighting. Looking at reports, that likely wasn’t the only similar incident. The gulls had their nest on the other victim’s roof and he was disturbing it because he was tired of bird droppings. I reiterate: Do Not Fuck With Birds.)

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 10, 2018 at 1:24 am | #

          They wanted to use Emus but due to the peace treaty Australia signed after they lost to the Emus back in the 1930s, they weren’t allowed to exploit them like that.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 10, 2018 at 1:10 am | #

      They live up to being terror fowl.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZr7uzw6gpg

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 10, 2018 at 6:38 am | #

        Stay far, FAR away from the males in springtime. They’re claiming territory and strutting around trying to woo the females, and even getting near them can be perceived as you contesting both of those things. There are a couple gangs of wild turkeys that are in a multi-generational turf war over the office park I work in.

        It sems like they’ve become more agressive over the last couple years, too.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          September 10, 2018 at 6:52 am | #

          Back when I was much younger, a couple of houses down the street was a family that brought borderline wild turkeys into the neighborhood, ostensibly to raise them for something, but they were simply dumped outside and allowed to run free.

          Fucking things nearly gored me once. My older brothers beat them away with a rake and then we got the police involved.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 10, 2018 at 8:26 am | #

            Weird. I’ve got a flock that wanders through my neighborhood, especially in the spring, but never had any trouble with them.

            Maybe the borderline wild ones were too acclimated to humans to run properly?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 10, 2018 at 8:24 am | #

      Especially when you’re in the woods at dusk and one of them startles out of a tree at you. Those things are huge.

  12. Kris
    Kris
    September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I mean I’m still a little grossed out by it.

    • Jago
      Jago
      September 10, 2018 at 6:51 am | #

      I feel ya. Glad they’re happy, but this is a dumpsterfire waiting to happen.

    • Zee
      Zee
      September 10, 2018 at 8:23 am | #

      Same my dude. Can’t wait for the drama when it blows up tho

  13. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    September 10, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    lol Dina clearly enjoyed her trip to QC

    also how did I forget this is DOA’s 8th anniversary, for shame.

    but seriously though, I’ve just finished what I can honestly say is the worst week of my entire life (lol tons of work + I found out I’ve been in an abusive relationship for the last year + homesickness), and DOA has been such a joy to come back to at the end of the day. keep on writing this fun and amazing webcomic!

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 10, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      I didn’t even notice Dina’s t-shirt until you called it out, that is awesome. I really want to see one of the AI in the background one day, just because it would amuse me to know they exist in this world. Also because I like to imagine Amber, Danny and/or Ethan trying to become friends with one from the QC cast.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        September 10, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

        Pintsize and Faz meeting might be a bad thing.

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          September 10, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

          If Pintsize and Faz meet meet, we will truly be living in the darkest timeline. Such an event must never come to pass, but what are the odds of that really?

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        September 10, 2018 at 2:55 am | #

        It’s no AI, but we do have a Faye and her family sighting in the comic: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/mister/

        • Passchendaele
          Passchendaele
          September 10, 2018 at 1:08 pm | #

          I didn’t notice this

          how did I not notice this

          *screaming*

          (oh no faye’s dad, my feels)

  14. Viktoria
    Viktoria
    September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Dina, isn’t him being coached a good thing? It means that someone who did not know about dinosaurs before knows about them now. That should be a good thing.

    Unless…is Dina a hipster?

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      September 10, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      She’s been wearing a dinosaur beanie continuously since before they were cool.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      September 10, 2018 at 12:59 am | #

      Dina [i]did[/i] call Tyrannosaurus rex a boring choice. Is there any reason to think that of a giant theropod that decapitates ceratopsians, save its popularity?

      • cbwroses
        cbwroses
        September 10, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

        Maybe she meant boring as in it lacked imagination to chose the popular choice?

    • C.
      C.
      September 10, 2018 at 1:17 am | #

      She would want Walky to learn about dinosaurs for his own sake, not because he wants to make smoochies with Amber.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      September 10, 2018 at 12:30 pm | #

      Just parroting what he knows she wants to hear, because Amber gave him notes isn’t learning about dinosaurs…he still knows in his heart that dinosaurs have scales and velociraptor is as big as he is.

  15. mschmidt62
    mschmidt62
    September 10, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Nice shirt, Dina! Must have been from when you visited.

    • mschmidt62
      mschmidt62
      September 10, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      Timing’s about right. Almost 3 months since Dina appeared in QC; given Willis’s usual 3 month buffer, he probably put her in the shirt about the time she showed up there.

      • ShinyNeen
        ShinyNeen
        September 10, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

        Ah, I was just wondering if that was the case. Thanks for doing the sleuthing!

      • Oz
        Oz
        September 10, 2018 at 8:58 am | #

        Wait Dina appeared in QC? Am I gonna have to start reading QC again now

    • Wright
      Wright
      September 10, 2018 at 9:59 am | #

      I was wondering what coffee and dinosaurs had to do with each other. Now I know: nothing.

      Ten bucks says she’s sketched a Mamenchisaurus in Sharpie inside the sleeve or something to keep it thematically consistent with her wardrobe.

  16. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    September 10, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Man, we’re nowhere near the roof now. The Garbage Ship’s really sailing, now.

    (Oh my gosh! Eight years of DoA! Congrats!)

    • Treita
      Treita
      September 14, 2018 at 4:45 am | #

      I did a search to see if anybody referenced Questionable Content, because somebody HAD TO!. Thank you, Mitukara. <3

  17. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    September 10, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Where would you even get that shirt, DINA

    • Mitsukara
      Mitsukara
      September 10, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

      At Coffee of Doom, presumably: https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3766

      • Mitsukara
        Mitsukara
        September 10, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

        But now I’m wondering if Dina even drinks coffee. Would she drink it with her cereal? Would she put her cereal IN the coffee?!

        • jeffepp
          jeffepp
          September 10, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

          Sugary cereal and caffeine are a path to seeing beyond space and time… and not remembering it afterwords.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        September 10, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

        Wouldn’t it be Coffeeright Theft? Or was that Walkyverse…?

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          September 10, 2018 at 1:07 am | #

          Oh and text on her shirt is only marginally relevant. I could see that being the name of a particular blend or “it’d be funny on a shirt” as much as anything else.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            September 10, 2018 at 2:53 am | #

            Either [a href=http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/faye/]Faye or her sister Amanda[/a] is a student at IU in Dumbing of Age, judging by their appearance during Freshman Family Weekend.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              September 10, 2018 at 2:54 am | #

              dangit, forgot brackets: link to Faye’s tag here

              • King Daniel
                King Daniel
                September 10, 2018 at 2:54 am | #

                HTML seems to hate me tonight: http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/faye/

  18. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    September 10, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    I like how their phones are also participating!

    Also, 8 whole years is like… almost a third of my life. Congratulations!

  19. Zorlo
    Zorlo
    September 10, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    Dina is wearing a great shirt, good reference 😀

  20. Sip
    Sip
    September 10, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    That last panel with the nerds kissing while texting is the most hipster millennial thing possible.
    Except for Dina’s shirt. Obviously.

  21. Tacos
    Tacos
    September 10, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Aww you got my hopes up, Walky. I thought maybe he had actually learned something about dinosaurs.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 10, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

      Hey well I guess Walky isn’t as torn up about cheating on a test now is he ? That’s good right?

  22. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 10, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

    Coached with tongue.

  23. Illjwamh
    Illjwamh
    September 10, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

    A huge part of me is screaming, “Walky, no!”

    The rest of me is laughing at Dina’s shirt, and wondering how many of the QC crew she’s met.

  24. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 10, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

    Don’t make me get the hose you two….Fun note though I still wonder if Amber kept the toy Walky threw at her, Some men give you jewelry, boxes of Candy, and flowers, but Walky ? No he just chucks figurines at you.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 10, 2018 at 6:55 am | #

      He’s 2-for-2, his methods cannot be argued against.

  25. Architex
    Architex
    September 10, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

    Happy Birthday to the dumb little comic strip that stole my heart and will forever be one of my favorite things

  26. Nono
    Nono
    September 10, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

    I’m just waiting for the moment when Mike realizes his roommate is dating his childhood friend.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 10, 2018 at 12:40 am | #

      I can see him using this to mess with a lot of people. Almost like a Damino effect in a way.

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 10, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

    CUTE!!!

  28. Thomas Hart Chappell
    Thomas Hart Chappell
    September 10, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

    Coffee of Doom? Crossover with Questionable Content possible? Maybe one of Ruthless’s Canadian relatives visits from Smif?

    • podian
      podian
      September 10, 2018 at 5:35 am | #

      I mean, Coffee of Doom has appeared in DoA a couple times before.

  29. Martin
    Martin
    September 10, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

    Dina’s shirt! Yeah Questionable Content represent!

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 10, 2018 at 7:44 am | #

      Yep yep!!

  30. Regalli
    Regalli
    September 10, 2018 at 12:47 am | #

    Listen, if you want to like the JP raptors (with feathers, because coelurasaurs) just say Deinonychus. That was what they were, Chrichton just liked the Velociraptor name better.

    And yep. This is a relationship. God help us when the secrets are revealed. *Continues on fort parapets. We’re gonna be here a while, folks, and I will be DREADING EVERY MINUTE OF IT because all the cute’s gonna hurt more when Walky finds it all out.*

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      September 10, 2018 at 2:50 am | #

      Weren’t they too large to be Deinonychus, either? As I recall, they were closer to Utahraptor in size.

    • JBento
      JBento
      September 10, 2018 at 5:41 am | #

      It’s been a while, but I seem to recall the BOOK raptors were actually appropriately sized? They still didn’t have feathers, because at that time that wasn’t a thing, but I seem to recall the size was correct.

      There’s no excuse for the frilled dilophosaurus, though.

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        September 10, 2018 at 12:27 pm | #

        The excuse was that we don’t know everything, so at least one of the dinosaurs should turn out to be a surprise. It’s true that Dilophosaurus very probably didn’t have a frill; but it’s also true that 20 guesses with 95% confidence will have one mistake. 🙂

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          September 10, 2018 at 4:25 pm | #

          Really I think it’s that they added the frill and the spitting venom and scaled down its size while scaling the Velociraptors up. Three odd (If narratively and visually justifiable) changes on one dinosaur stands out more than just one.

          And hey, they’re all a step up from the Telltale Game’s Hilariously Murdersaurus Troodons. (Smart? I mean, sure, that’s pretty likely. Nocturnal with glowing eyes? Not entirely implausible. Venom that causes aggression, hallucinations, seizures and convulsions, and finally paralysis and brain death? Um, you’re losing me here. Uses that venom’s final stage to make you the nest for its eggs?… Telltale, no. And unlike the Indominus family, these weren’t supposed to have been genetically tampered with, whatsoever.)

          • JBento
            JBento
            September 10, 2018 at 7:08 pm | #

            Wu probably went with spider-killer wasp genome to fill the gaps on THOSE babies.

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              September 10, 2018 at 7:33 pm | #

              Allegedly, they were created entirely from original DNA, no fill-ins.

              … Yeah.

              • 3oranges
                3oranges
                September 10, 2018 at 8:11 pm | #

                No, there was frog DNA, which let them change sexes! …And might explain the lack of feathers, but not anything else.

                I’d assumed the Dilophosaurus was supposed to be a baby. They could also be undiscovered relatives of different sizes – it’s not like the amber was being taken from Arizona. But you’re right, it’s a lot of stretches at once.

                • Regalli
                  Regalli
                  September 10, 2018 at 9:15 pm | #

                  The Troodons, specifically, created for the Telltale game specifically, apparently have both male and female specimens and were created with no fill-ins because the game-exclusive character who made them was doing so independently and really set on ‘real dinosaurs don’t have frog DNA’. All the more reason why they probably should have been destroyed the moment everyone realized they were ridiculous horror movie monsters and she should not have been responsible for doing so.

                  No, the implication here is that these Troodons are supposed to be ACTUALLY WHAT TROODONS WERE LIKE.

  31. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    September 10, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

    Dina, your security system has been hacked from the inside.

    • Jago
      Jago
      September 10, 2018 at 6:52 am | #

      To be fair that’s kind of Amber’s thing.

  32. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    September 10, 2018 at 12:58 am | #

    And did no one notice the Ghostbusters reference in the alt text?

  33. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    September 10, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

    I don’t know, I don’t fell these two.

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      September 10, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

      Also Willis I think you did the mass hysteria joke before?

  34. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 10, 2018 at 1:05 am | #

    Aw, these guys are still at it. <3 <3

  35. Paul
    Paul
    September 10, 2018 at 1:08 am | #

    Nice nod to “Questionable Content” one of my favorite comics

  36. Delivery Mcgee
    Delivery Mcgee
    September 10, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

    As a person who has had pet parrots, Walky’s completely right about Velociraptor. The fuckin’ parrot the the size of a pigeon was TERRIFYING when he ran at me, and he was the size of a damn pigeon!

  37. brasca1
    brasca1
    September 10, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

    Looks like Dina picked up a souvenir after her chat with Emily.

  38. DrWattson
    DrWattson
    September 10, 2018 at 1:52 am | #

    So on the subject of Dina’s shirt: Does Questionable Content exist within Dumbing Of Age?

    • butts
      butts
      September 10, 2018 at 1:53 am | #

      I mean, even if they do they’re halfway across the country soooooo

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 10, 2018 at 2:09 am | #

      Nah, Willis and Jeph Jacques are good friends and spend a lot of on-line time teasing each other. This particular shout-out is almost certainly a response to a recent QC strip where Dina is briefly seen hiding behind the counter of the coffee shop.

      • Ryek Hvek
        Ryek Hvek
        September 10, 2018 at 10:13 am | #

        What we can read as a response may not hold up to the months of buffer inventory already completed.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      September 10, 2018 at 2:49 am | #

      At least some of the characters do – either Faye or her sister is a student here at IU in this ‘verse (she made a brief appearance during Freshman Family Weekend, along with her mom, dad, and sister).

      • Michele
        Michele
        September 20, 2018 at 5:25 am | #

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/mister/

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      September 10, 2018 at 8:53 am | #

      I was just about to ask if I was the only one who noticed the QC reference lol!

  39. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 10, 2018 at 2:08 am | #

    Okay, Dina, I’ve got precisely three questions for you

    1) Is it so bad that Amber told her new boyfriend how to answer your questions?

    2) What makes you think you have the right to vet someone who is there to see Amber anyway?

    3) Just when did you go to Northampton, MA to get coffee. If you didn’t, who did?

    • Lexi
      Lexi
      September 10, 2018 at 2:46 am | #

      I mean, I think Dina has every right to veto someone in her bedroom. It’s also her living space, and if she doesn’t want Amber’s new boyfriend in her bedroom, I think that’s reasonable and should be respected.

      I don’t know why she’d have a real problem with it, but people have barged into Dina’s bedroom unwelcomed, and it’s nice that she’s at least trying to stand up for her own personal space.

      • chris73
        chris73
        September 10, 2018 at 4:48 am | #

        Well no unfortunately, its a shared space so vetting Walky is quite rude.

        • not someone else
          not someone else
          September 10, 2018 at 5:20 am | #

          Being shared doesn’t mean she doesn’t get a say any more than it means Amber doesn’t.

          • chris73
            chris73
            September 10, 2018 at 5:45 am | #

            It wasn’t having a say though it was a test and if Walky had said the wrong dinosaur or something would Dina still have let him in?

            *If she doesn’t then shes deciding for Amber who can and can’t have in her room

            *I’m guessing Dina still would have let him in anyway

            • Fart Captor
              Fart Captor
              September 10, 2018 at 10:19 am | #

              If it’d be “deciding for Amber” for Dina to have veto power over who is allowed in, how is it NOT deciding for Dina if Amber brings whoever she wants in regardless of what Dina wants?

              Neither of them has sole ownership of the room. BOTH of them having a say at who is allowed inside is totally reasonable.

            • CJ
              CJ
              September 10, 2018 at 2:54 pm | #

              I suspect Dina acts on ambers behalf here. People who know about dinosaurs are trustworthy and people who got instructed by Amber are, too.
              Re: Dina at Coffee of doom:
              https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3766

        • Emily
          Emily
          September 10, 2018 at 7:43 am | #

          It’s her bedroom. It’s not rude to dictate who you allow into your bedroom even if it’s shared with someone else.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 10, 2018 at 8:38 am | #

            College dorm spaces are complicated. They’re not just bedrooms and you really can’t treat them as if they are. They’re not actually private spaces in anything like the same way we usually treat bedrooms.

            Dina certainly has some say, but not as casually as you seem to imply.

            • Fart Captor
              Fart Captor
              September 10, 2018 at 10:13 am | #

              Yes, she does. The fact that most people would allow their roommate to have people in the room without even asking does not mean it’s unreasonable for someone to want to vet people who are allowed in

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                September 10, 2018 at 10:25 am | #

                Nonetheless. Controlling who your roommate can have in their only (semi)private space is rude. It’s one thing to push back against someone particularly offensive or who is otherwise a problem – or to establish general rules about overnight guests and the like, but demanding to control any guests is not a good sign.

                Mind you I don’t think that’s what Dina’s doing here. I’m not actually sure what she’s doing, other serving as the excuse for some jokes.

                • JBento
                  JBento
                  September 10, 2018 at 10:59 am | #

                  I’m not sure how that’s more rude than forcing your roommate to have specific people in their only (semi)private space.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  September 10, 2018 at 3:44 pm | #

                  Objecting to specific people is one thing – preferably with reasons. Assuming control over anyone who comes in is more extreme.

                  I’m pretty sure “no one in the room without approval from both roommates” isn’t in any of those contracts Ruth made them write up at the start of the year.

        • Lexi
          Lexi
          September 11, 2018 at 3:49 am | #

          It’s not rude, it’s rude to have people inside Dina’s bedroom who she doesn’t approve of. If Dina had been assaulted at the party, it would be entirely reasonable for her to say, not want men in her bedroom. Or if Joyce offended her with her bible talk, it would be entirely reasonable to say “I don’t want this person who is unaccepting and nasty towards me in my living space.”

          That’s what a shared living space is. You don’t bring people inside of it unless both people are comfortable, because both people involved deserve to have a space devoid of those who make them uncomfortable. Walky and Amber can go chill on the roof or something if Dina doesn’t want Walky there.

          “No one in the room without approval from both roommates is definitely in at least some of those contracts. Because that’s an entirely reasonable thing to expect. “If you want to have friends over, let me know.” Just because it’s Amber’s room too doesn’t meant Amber gets to bring in a strange boy and fuck him right there while Dina studies.

          Not that Walky is a stranger, or that Dina has an obvious dislike of him, but she also shouldn’t need to prepare a huge dissertation on why she doesn’t want someone in her room. “I don’t want company right now” is really reason enough.

    • JBento
      JBento
      September 10, 2018 at 5:39 am | #

      People who wish for the LEAST interaction get priority. It almost certainly doesn’t apply in Walky’s case, but I’m betting we wouldn’t be having this discussion if Amber wanted, say, Faz there or if Dina wanted Blaine there.

    • Doopyboop
      Doopyboop
      September 10, 2018 at 7:20 am | #

      I mean, Dina has been vetting people coming in on BEHALF of Amber, never for any other reason than for Amber’s well-being/express wishes, and so I think this is an extension of that. I doubt there’s been enough time for Amber to have told Dina “hey I have a new boyfriend”. Last time I remember Walky coming in, he charged right on in like a maniac, impersonating a dinosaur and junk. So I feel like this is merely Dina going “oh no it’s that rude dude who also likes the Indominus Rex, what’s he want? Oh he’s seen the light and actually knows dino stuff? Aaand they’re smooching.”

      • Doopyboop
        Doopyboop
        September 10, 2018 at 7:22 am | #

        I’m surprised people seem to have forgotten that Amber’s had Dina watch her door and keep people out. This isn’t behavior that Dina has ever done for HERSELF. It has always been for Amber, Amber’s wishes to keep certain people out. Joyce, Ethan, Danny, everyone besides Ruth who is the RA so she kinda supersedes Dina. It’s not the healthiest thing, cause sometimes Amber has needed those people, but Dina’s just trying to respect her roommate’s wishes.

        • Inahc
          Inahc
          September 10, 2018 at 6:28 pm | #

          Yes, this is something Amber asks her to do . http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/shielding/
          Sheesh.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 10, 2018 at 8:41 am | #

        Though her vetting system is weird, especially if she’s doing on Amber’s behalf.
        Proper dinosaur knowledge isn’t a criteria Amber would use to pick who could come in.

        • Doopyboop
          Doopyboop
          September 10, 2018 at 10:01 am | #

          My only guess there (since it is definitely something she does on Amber’s behalf since she rejected Ethan when he wanted in to see Amber who didn’t wanna see anybody) is that someone with good dino knowledge must be someone who can be trusted. Even if, in Walky’s case, he was kinda fed the info.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 10, 2018 at 5:58 pm | #

      2) Did you forget that Amber’s the one who got her screening people to begin with?

      • chris73
        chris73
        September 10, 2018 at 9:48 pm | #

        Thats fair enough and I’m probably assuming that Amber has a list or something and that shes added Walky to it

        Still knowledge of dinosaurs as vetting system seems like it’d be fairly easy to circumnavigate but I guess that might be part of the humour

  40. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    September 10, 2018 at 2:19 am | #

    Sometimes I forget Dina appears in Questionable Content. She would love Marigold’s fanfic about velociraptors having sex.

    • Time Sage
      Time Sage
      September 10, 2018 at 4:45 am | #

      When? Because I have to know where the heck she got a Coffee of Doom shirt.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        September 10, 2018 at 11:02 am | #

        She appeared behind the bar of the cafe a comic of this year.

  41. Maggie
    Maggie
    September 10, 2018 at 2:38 am | #

    She may suspect it, but she can’t prove anything :p

  42. Stoodmuffin
    Stoodmuffin
    September 10, 2018 at 2:41 am | #

    LOOK AT HOW CUTE THEY ARE TOGETHER

  43. Poofdepoof
    Poofdepoof
    September 10, 2018 at 2:41 am | #

    Every time I feel good about this I remember the shit Amber pulled with Walky’s grades… 🙁

  44. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    September 10, 2018 at 2:48 am | #

    Dina is judging you!

  45. not someone else
    not someone else
    September 10, 2018 at 5:26 am | #

    The correct answer here is “imagine a flock of duck-billed Parasaurolophus walkeri with the plumage and temperament of modern geese”.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      September 10, 2018 at 12:21 pm | #

      Duck-bills are among the dinosaur groups we can confidently say aren’t feathery; there have been skin impressions covering most of the body for a number of types.

  46. JBento
    JBento
    September 10, 2018 at 5:44 am | #

    The CORRECT answer is the ankylosaurus: a heavily armored car who is perfectly happy spending its life ambling about and eating, but will absolutely fuck you up if you mess with it.

    • Dafydd
      Dafydd
      September 10, 2018 at 7:01 am | #

      In particular a specific Ankylosaurid which goes by the name of Zuul Crurivastator, which is the absolute greatest scientific name ever. (“Crurivastator” means “Destroyer of Shins”. Really.)

      • JBento
        JBento
        September 10, 2018 at 8:43 am | #

        There are no shins, there is only Zuul!

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        September 10, 2018 at 11:05 am | #

        My inner Dina begs me to point out that it would more correctly be Zuul crurivastator; scientific names are always italicized (unless handwritten, in which case they’re underlined instead), and the specific epithet – the “second word” in the name, which is the word that identifies the specific species (to use an example, Panthera is a genus of big cats, and you need to specify P. tigris, P. uncia, P. onca, P. leo, or P. pardus to determine if you’re referring to tigers, snow leopards, jaguars, lions, or leopards), is never capitalized.

        As an aside, I’ve always had a bit of fondness for the dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, which means “dragon-king of Hogwarts”. 😛

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          September 10, 2018 at 12:37 pm | #

          The best name is Irritator challengeri, of course. Just because it was literally named due to the describers being pissed off at the fossil pirates they got it from adding fake bits.

          • 3oranges
            3oranges
            September 10, 2018 at 1:27 pm | #

            [i]Irritator[/i] is lucky in that we still have the original skull. But the other specimens have probably been lost, along with so much else in the Royal Museum of Brazil. 🙁

            • Kamino Neko
              Kamino Neko
              September 10, 2018 at 2:50 pm | #

              Yeah. 🙁 Fucking fires…

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            September 10, 2018 at 1:51 pm | #

            Yep, gotta love that one. Somewhat relatedly, there’s also a species of fossil beetle preserved in amber which comes to mind because it was also named T. rex – spelling being everything, the T in this case stands for Tyrannasorus, not Tyrannosaurus.

            This is a great page for punny scientific names: https://www.curioustaxonomy.net/puns/puns.html

            (One of my favorite bits on that page so far is about this English guy who named a bunch of true bug genera so that they ended with -chisme – Ohchisme, Elachisme, Florichisme, Isachisme, Marichisme, Nanichisme, Peggichisme, Polychisme – and was posthumously “criticsized for frivolity” by the London Zoological Society.)

            • Kamino Neko
              Kamino Neko
              September 10, 2018 at 3:07 pm | #

              Wonder if the guy who named Carmenelectra shechisme was inspired by him.

  47. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    September 10, 2018 at 6:04 am | #

    This smooch looks nicer than usual. What’s different?

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      September 10, 2018 at 7:47 am | #

      Amber’s hands, and Walky’s full hug of her waist.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        September 10, 2018 at 4:33 pm | #

        That might be it. I don’t recall most in-comic smooches being this… not sure what the word would be. Close? Casual? Real?

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      September 10, 2018 at 10:04 am | #

      Dina is in the same panel. Her presence improves everything.

  48. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    September 10, 2018 at 6:46 am | #

    Garbaaaage

  49. Emily
    Emily
    September 10, 2018 at 6:49 am | #

    I don’t think I’ve ever cared less about a pairing.

    • Jago
      Jago
      September 10, 2018 at 6:50 am | #

      Joe and Malaya?
      Sarah and Jacob?
      Oh wait, JOYCE and Jacob.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        September 10, 2018 at 6:58 am | #

        Joyce and Jacob would be great together.

        But not until Raidah and Jacob have run their course, and if their ship never sinks than Joyce is out of luck.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          September 10, 2018 at 7:13 am | #

          Whoops, forgot to check the parent comment.

      • Emily
        Emily
        September 10, 2018 at 7:38 am | #

        Well, disliking is a form of caring with this one I’m just like “Okay I’m bored now. I just don’t give a crap about Amber or Walky at this point so the fact that this is a drama bomb waiting to happen creates no tension because it’s just going to be funny when it blows up in their faces.

      • Diner Kinetic
        Diner Kinetic
        September 10, 2018 at 2:50 pm | #

        Guys

        GUYS

        Joyce stealing Jacob makes a…. _pirate ship_

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          September 10, 2018 at 6:54 pm | #

          [Black Sails Intro Theme]

  50. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    September 10, 2018 at 7:49 am | #

    Congrats, Willis! I can’t believe I’ve been thinking about your work obsessively every night for eight years!! Here’s to eight more!

  51. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    September 10, 2018 at 8:08 am | #

    Thinking about it, Dotty live just next door, too. This is gonna be interesting.

  52. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    September 10, 2018 at 8:43 am | #

    I still wonder how she’d react if someone said their favorite dinosaurs were penguins.

  53. thejeff
    thejeff
    September 10, 2018 at 8:45 am | #

    “Terror turkey” is also a nice callback to friggin’ giant chickens.

  54. Oz
    Oz
    September 10, 2018 at 9:09 am | #

    Ppl are all scared abt this relationship, I’m just gonna focus on the fact that this is the first relationship we see AMBER have. Not AmaziGirl. Amber. She never had Danny, even though she liked him. Even if it all goes up in flames later today, I’m still proud of her for going for it, on her own, even after knowing he’s Sal’s brother.

    And it’s probably gonna be good for Walky too, his relationship with Dorothy got super unhealthy at some point and the boy needs a break.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      September 10, 2018 at 9:12 am | #

      Good point.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 10, 2018 at 9:25 am | #

      She dated Ethan before. It was never gonna end how she wanted it to but she did date him.

  55. cookie1995
    cookie1995
    September 10, 2018 at 10:13 am | #

    Reads alt-text starts playing How far we’ve come” by Matchbox 20 on the hacked Muzak

  56. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    September 10, 2018 at 10:25 am | #

    Damn. Eight years old, and so. much. drama. HERE’S TO ANOTHER EIGHT OF DRAMA! [noisemakers galore]

    Also, nice shirt, Dina.

  57. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    September 10, 2018 at 11:13 am | #

    Congratulations on eight great years! (Explosions, fires, Leslie Nielsen saying ‘nothing to see here’) Looking forward to eight more.

  58. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 10, 2018 at 11:54 am | #

    Unrelated to this strip, but relevant to the fandom – my family’s puppy has started to be nicknamed ‘Fuckface’. I’m already feeling 12% more like Malaya.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      September 10, 2018 at 3:00 pm | #

      We might need to throw you into the Imperial Dungeons until all feelings of Malaya-ness is exorcised from your body.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        September 10, 2018 at 10:29 pm | #

        But I like Malaya.

        I mean, I still like other characters more, but I like Malaya.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        September 10, 2018 at 11:41 pm | #

        Emperor, do you hear the people sing?

  59. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    September 10, 2018 at 12:26 pm | #

    Congratulations on eight years, DW, and may your buffers be full and your patreons be many.

    • Someguy
      Someguy
      September 10, 2018 at 5:47 pm | #

      in The name of the Willis, the Walky, and the Cheese, amen.

  60. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 10, 2018 at 12:29 pm | #

    Nice detail by having the phones mirror each other.

  61. Crimson Doom
    Crimson Doom
    September 10, 2018 at 12:38 pm | #

    “What is the velocity of an unladen Velociraptor?”

    “Feathered or nonfeathered?”

  62. nightshade
    nightshade
    September 10, 2018 at 12:42 pm | #

    8 years and its still the first semester? happy b day …..

  63. Sammi
    Sammi
    September 10, 2018 at 1:18 pm | #

    OMG, Coffee of Doom shirt! 😮

  64. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    September 10, 2018 at 1:18 pm | #

    Go with Utahraptor next time, it still looks mostly the same but actually IS the size of the raptors from Jurassic Park.

  65. Chelsea
    Chelsea
    September 10, 2018 at 1:27 pm | #

    I just still can’t believe that all of this has happened so far is just like… what? A few weeks into a semester? My first freshman semester was never this crazy. Then again, I remember being more like Amber and just not leaving my room… and my campus was the size of 2-3 city blocks….

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      September 10, 2018 at 2:10 pm | #

      We’re currently at or past one and a half months into the semester, as I recall.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 10, 2018 at 2:41 pm | #

      It’s currently roughly October 14th.

  66. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    September 10, 2018 at 3:56 pm | #

    Happy birthday, DoA <3

  67. Gojira
    Gojira
    September 10, 2018 at 4:32 pm | #

    Damn! Amber has hooked up with more people in her first semester then I did in 8 years of college!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      September 10, 2018 at 4:34 pm | #

      …one?

  68. IceMateria
    IceMateria
    September 10, 2018 at 4:46 pm | #

    “What’s your favorite dinosaur?” “Oil.”

    • Someguy
      Someguy
      September 10, 2018 at 5:48 pm | #

      *Slams door*

  69. asingleplum
    asingleplum
    September 10, 2018 at 4:51 pm | #

    So can Danny/Ethan hook up guilt free now?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 10, 2018 at 5:53 pm | #

      They probably could have anyway, they never bothered to even ask.

  70. Someguy
    Someguy
    September 10, 2018 at 5:45 pm | #

    Happy eighth birthday dumbing of age, I haven’t been here for the whole ride, but have been following active updates for about 3 years now, and loving every second of it

  71. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    September 10, 2018 at 6:43 pm | #

    To get past Dina all one needs to do is pull out the G1 Dinobots and the sheer amount of improper characteristics will distract hee easily.

    Sludge alone would be a logical conundrum-he was a dinosaur, then he wasn’t, now he is again!

  72. Godfather
    Godfather
    September 11, 2018 at 10:20 am | #

    COFFEE OF DOOM SHIRT!!! QC/dumbiverse confirmed!

  73. Austyn
    Austyn
    September 11, 2018 at 11:40 pm | #

    oh fun same birthday, only I’m older obv

  74. Oberon
    Oberon
    September 15, 2018 at 8:44 pm | #

    I know I’m late for this, but I can’t help it and the statute of limitations has not yet expired:
    Coffee of Doom tee?!?

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