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July 11, 2026

Birthdays

by David M Willis on August 20, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 20, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    “Whose birthday is it?” sounds like the worst regifting plan

    • TheFlamingonator
      TheFlamingonator
      August 20, 2019 at 4:01 pm | #

      okay but points for efficiency (if they are the appropriate age)

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 20, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    Ruth: Dina, in honor of your birthday – Struthiomimus.

    Dina: Yaaay!

    Billie: Shame that doesn’t work with Sarah.

    Ruth: I wonder…

    …

    Ruth: Sarah, in honor of your birthday – Struthiomimus.

    Sarah: Yaaay!…Wait, what just happened?

    • JBento
      JBento
      August 20, 2019 at 8:32 am | #

      Sarah looks like a good candidate for an ankylosaurian – a slow moving, perpetual ornery tank whose response to any other species ranges from “ugh, why are you even NEAR ME” to “one step closer, motherfucker, ONE STEP, and I’ll BREAK YOUR FUCKING LEG”.

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        August 20, 2019 at 6:27 pm | #

        Polacanthus!

        • JBento
          JBento
          August 20, 2019 at 7:21 pm | #

          Eh, nodosaurian, lacks the tailclub for legbreaking.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      August 20, 2019 at 11:14 pm | #

      Took me a moment to realize that “struthiomimus” is not an obscure Baroque musical instrument.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 21, 2019 at 12:00 am | #

        I assumed it was a Shakespearean oath.

  3. Nono
    Nono
    August 20, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    The fact that Dina and Sarah share a birthday makes their friendship all the better.

  4. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 20, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    They do, Billie, but dry campus. Be careful with your choices.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 20, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

      Dry beer is okay though, right?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 20, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

        And martinis?

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          August 20, 2019 at 7:13 am | #

          Only if shaken, not stirred.

          • LeslieBean4shizzle
            LeslieBean4shizzle
            August 20, 2019 at 8:26 am | #

            Actually, a shaken martini isn’t dry as shaking it causes the ice to chip and waters down the martini. James Bond is ordering a weak martini.
            A stirred martini would be the dryer (and stronger) option.
            *Weird stuff I learned watching the West Wing.*

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              August 20, 2019 at 10:37 am | #

              Much debate about shaken vs stirred. The “dry” in dry martini refers to the sweetness from the vermouth though, not any water from melting ice. Generally dry vermouth vs sweet vermouth, though often with the implication of less vermouth overall.

              • Liquid Len
                Liquid Len
                August 20, 2019 at 11:54 am | #

                Yeah, I’ve heard anywhere from 1/4 jigger to “wave the bottle in the general direction of London”

                • Otl1999
                  Otl1999
                  August 20, 2019 at 12:08 pm | #

                  My mother was of the latter persuasion – she said that as long as she knew a bottle of vermouth existed somewhere on the planet, it was enough…

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  August 20, 2019 at 2:53 pm | #

                  My favorite is “hold the vermouth bottle so the light shines through it on to the glass while pouring the gin”.

                  Still, if there’s no vermouth involved, you’re really just drinking straight gin. Own it. 🙂

                • Liquid Len
                  Liquid Len
                  August 20, 2019 at 3:09 pm | #

                  At times I like mine dry and dirty, so it’s really gin and olive brine! 🙂

              • LeslieBean4shizzle
                LeslieBean4shizzle
                August 21, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

                Having never touched a martini in my life (bleck), 100% of my knowledge about them is taken directly from the aforementioned West Wing episode. And yes, from my wife’s wine tasting (also bleck), I know what dry actually means – I misused it intentionally as a segue into the shaken/stirred trivia.

            • Raen
              Raen
              August 20, 2019 at 12:23 pm | #

              A shaken martini is dry, it’s just not as strong; it’s also colder, though, which is the rationale Bond gives for having his drink (not exactly a martini, but a similar drink made with a different aromatized wine) shaken in the first novel. A “dry” martini comes from the fact that traditionally, a martini would be made with sweet vermouth, and more of it than today, with the earliest recipes being half-and-half. I’ve heard that the dry variant taking over came about because of better gin becoming available after prohibition, but I’m not sure where under prohibition you’d get that much vermouth.

  5. BiOnyx
    BiOnyx
    August 20, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    What month is this, in continuity, again?
    I forget. Also, what day?
    Why, NO… I’m not planning on making copious amounts of fanart for them both every year when that day rolls around! Why do you ask?!!
    *eyesdartingbackandforthnerevously*
    *fauxinnocentwhistling*

    Last week was MY birthday, and booze was involved. Sadly, no dinosaurs.

    • Xerxes
      Xerxes
      August 20, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      I wanna say at either mid/late October

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 20, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

        Hope it’s still October. I want more strips about Sarah loving Halloween.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          August 21, 2019 at 8:21 am | #

          Ah, and she’s an October baby, like me – no wonder she loves Halloween!

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        August 20, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

        By my notes this is the last week of October and we’ll be getting to Halloween very soon.

        • Bryy
          Bryy
          August 20, 2019 at 3:05 am | #

          I’m so happy that we’re gonna get possibly two months of Halloween.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 20, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      October 18th, unless there was a time skip between chapters, but I think those are usually noted.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 20, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        They are.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 20, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

        It’s also Monday, so there’s classes again. (I think Calculus and Gender Studies, so we’ll probably see Leslie and maybe a wide shot of Alan in the coming months.)

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          August 20, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

          Who’s Alan?

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            August 20, 2019 at 2:07 am | #

            Never mind, I should have consulted Walkypedia before posting. Poor Alan doesn’t even have a tag in DoA.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            August 20, 2019 at 5:57 am | #

            Professor Rees, the calculus teacher. He was pretty important in the old continuity, but we’ve only seen him from across the room here.

    • Miles
      Miles
      August 20, 2019 at 1:23 pm | #

      Midterms are happening so likely early November.

  6. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    August 20, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    @hovertext: From one Sarah to another!

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 20, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    *plays Wang Chung’s “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” on the hacked Muzak*

    • StClair
      StClair
      August 20, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      “Seriously? This is what we’re doing? What the [*bleep*] is a ‘wang chung’?”

      • LeslieBean4shizzle
        LeslieBean4shizzle
        August 20, 2019 at 8:33 am | #

        You know, when I decided to google “wang chung definition” I was expecting something funny and dirty. Instead, I learned that “wang chung” means “yellow bell” in Chinese and is a term for the first note in the Chinese musical scale – so basically “Do” as in “Doe, a deer, a female deer”.

        So interesting trivia, particularly with the walkyverse’s odd relationship to the Sound of Music, but otherwise dull.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 20, 2019 at 1:56 am | #

      I barely know how to have fun, how the hell do you expect me to know how to “wang chung”?!

  8. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 20, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Does Billie usually offer to fuck people for their birthday, or am I missing a crucial detail yet again?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 20, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      Um…I guess that’s kinda implied by what she’s saying, but in a stretched/joking way?
      Like, Ruth’s saying, “You should be used to dealing with people who are difficult in that way (because you deal with me).” And Billie’s saying, “I deal with you by kisses and hanky-panky.”

      And yeah, with a layer of “Which I don’t think would work for Sarah,” but again, joking.

      Though, now I am wondering what she used to do for Alice’s birthday.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 20, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

        I think we can safely assume that Billie’s birthday gifts to Alice were booze and sex.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          August 20, 2019 at 7:53 am | #

          Maybe. Or at least sort of.

          She threw parties with lots of boys and only made it with Alice if none of the boys were interested. Probably after publicly making out with Alice to turn them on.
          At least that’s my head canon, based on Billie’s descriptions of her party girl days and how dysfunctional that relationship with Alice seemed.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 20, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

      There is a reason why naked is sometimes called your birthday suit after all.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        August 20, 2019 at 3:50 am | #

        I thought it was cuz we’re born naked.

    • JBento
      JBento
      August 20, 2019 at 8:29 am | #

      It’s booze. She means giving her her booze, like Ruth says int he very next panel.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 20, 2019 at 10:40 am | #

        Both, I think. Since the booze wouldn’t depend on Sarah being straight.

        Dealing with such people is Billie’s specialty, since that’s basically Ruth, but she can’t employ her usual tactics since Sarah’s straight. Then she thinks of the booze.

  9. Skater Girl
    Skater Girl
    August 20, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Billie calling Sarah straight in this context implies that Billie is not, which afaik is the first she has acknowledged this.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      August 20, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      Nah, she’s mentioned being bisexual before, I think, like I don’t know if she had properly *dated* a woman before, though clearly, her and Alice had a relationship. I just don’t think Billie recognized it as that at the time, and it was probably more of a “friends with benefits where one person has fallen for the other” timebomb.

      • Skater Girl
        Skater Girl
        August 20, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

        She’s actively denied being queer. She just said she’s straight and that all girls hook up with other girls at some point.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          August 20, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

          She has denied being a lesbian. Not the same thing as denying being queer..

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            August 20, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

            You might want to read the strip I had linked before, where she denies being queer.

            • BarerMender
              BarerMender
              August 20, 2019 at 5:39 pm | #

              You might want to read it. She starts to deny she’s queer, then stops. She is queer, she has to admit, at least to herself. But she’s not a lesbian, dammit.

              • Yumi
                Yumi
                August 20, 2019 at 7:20 pm | #

                Different weights on how much she gets out, then. As of that strip, I would not say she’s admitted it to herself.

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          August 20, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

          She also thinks bisexuality is made up for porn.

          • Jamie
            Jamie
            August 20, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

            Strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/borderline/

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          August 20, 2019 at 7:58 am | #

          I don’t think she’s actually said she’s straight. Not queer. Not lesbian. Bisexuals are just for porn. She doesn’t want to say she’s normal, because that’s terrible, but I suspect it’s how she really thinks about it. It’s all tied up in her cheerleader self image.

          • Lingo
            Lingo
            August 21, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

            Billie’s sexuality is denial.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        August 20, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/fancy/
        That would have been a week ago in-universe. (Also, in-universe, would have been on National Coming Out Day.) I forget if there’s anytime since then that Billie seems like she’s more comfortable identifying as not-straight.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          August 20, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

          And right before that: “A date with a girl. Huh.”

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      August 20, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

      Yes! I was going to comment this but then saw that you already had. This is really cool 🙂

    • CJ
      CJ
      August 20, 2019 at 5:00 am | #

      Well, maybe she went for one of the oldfashioned meaning of straight as in
      – not deviating from an indicated pattern
      – not using or under the influence of drugs or alcohol
      – marked by no exceptions or deviations in support of a principle (or party)
      Source:
      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straight

      Huh, I didn’t even now ‘sober’ was a possible meaning.

      • Anon a Mouse
        Anon a Mouse
        August 20, 2019 at 7:55 pm | #

        I’ve often heard that usage more as “Straigt-edge” or “straight-laced”.

  10. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    August 20, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Aw, Sarah and Dina are birthday buddies!

  11. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 20, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    Wonder if Joyce will spill the beans on the halloween love to anyone for them to do something for Sarah.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      August 20, 2019 at 8:58 am | #

      Nah, Joyce knows that would just spoil it if anybody knew Sarah sincerely liked Halloween. (Or, you know, anything.) We’ve already seen Joyce cover for her once.

  12. Hoodiecrow
    Hoodiecrow
    August 20, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    Billie: underestimating the complexities of other people since 1998.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      August 20, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

      In both Walkyverse and Dumbiverse. I am surprised her relationship with Danny didn’t end in a murder.

      • Khyrin
        Khyrin
        August 20, 2019 at 2:23 am | #

        if you kill them the relationship never ends.

  13. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    August 20, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    “Unwanted”

  14. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    August 20, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    There’s something you can give Sarah: a new sex toy that hasn’t touched Joyce’s nose. That, or commissioning Mary to draw something erotic for Sarah.

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      August 20, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      That’s only fun if you’ve got a camera to capture the expression on Mary’s face when you do so.

    • Ryek Hvek
      Ryek Hvek
      August 20, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      combine the two and commission Mary to create a Pokachu

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        August 20, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

        What in God’s name is a pokachu

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 20, 2019 at 12:58 am | #

          A deliberately bad-looking Pikachu.

          • UniqueSnowflake2
            UniqueSnowflake2
            August 20, 2019 at 3:39 am | #

            It would also be a good name for a penetrative sex toy.

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              August 20, 2019 at 3:54 am | #

              Yeah, a high-tech one that gives you a mild electrical shock. It’s not for the faint of heart.

  15. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 20, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

    Just distract Joyce for the day and you will have given Sarah the perfect gift.

  16. Dean
    Dean
    August 20, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

    Buy each of them a bottle of booze shaped like a dinosaur. problem solved.

  17. Skemono
    Skemono
    August 20, 2019 at 12:44 am | #

    If she’s like a rattlesnake, then give her some mice to eat. And a party hat. Sneks love hats.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      August 20, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

      She’s already got crickets from next door.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 20, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

        You mean lettuce, right?

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          August 20, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

          I was wondering when Tag would make another appearance! #tagtagthelettuce

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 20, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

      I forgot how adorable behatted snakes can be.

      https://imgur.com/gallery/5at77

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 20, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

        Yes indeed, but please don’t try this with your pet rattlesnake. In fact, please don’t even have a pet rattlesnake unless you are a herpetologist.

  18. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    August 20, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

    The way you please a rattlesnake is by leaving it alone. Word to the wise, Ruth.

  19. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 20, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

    I wanna say Billie could sell off her alcohol to the over-21s at college parties and earn some of the money back but I feel that idea can backfire somehow.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 20, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

      Yeah, Amazi-Girl might show up and put a damper on things.

  20. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 20, 2019 at 2:06 am | #

    A birthday party coming at which Billie wants to dump her booze? I’ve got a feeling that many characters are going to wake with interesting self-revelations in the next chapter!

  21. Dierna
    Dierna
    August 20, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

    So Sarah and Dina are soul twins…. cute.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 20, 2019 at 2:19 am | #

      I may have the same birthday as Woody Allen, but I utter reject the notion that that makes us soul twins.

      Now, Sarah Silverman? I wouldn’t have any objections.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        August 20, 2019 at 3:25 am | #

        I’ve never bothered to check what famous people have the same birthday as me until now. Kinda annoyed that I have the same birthday as Mike Pompeo and Matt Lauer.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 20, 2019 at 4:01 am | #

          Yeah, I’m stuck with scumbags like That Twitter Pedant, the “person” who murdered Trayvon Martin, and Jesse Eisenberg. Can I reroll, please?

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            August 20, 2019 at 3:29 pm | #

            Jennifer Garner, Victoria Beckam, Roddy Piper, and a depressing number of YouTube, TikTok (whatever the hell that is) and Instagram “stars”.

        • JBento
          JBento
          August 20, 2019 at 8:36 am | #

          I’m getting Simon Pegg, Jim Jefferies, and Jimmy Hoffa, so that’s not bad.

        • Lore Krajsman
          Lore Krajsman
          August 20, 2019 at 10:32 am | #

          I’m stuck with Ariana Grande and Chris O’Donnel as the only ones whose names on the list, that I actually recognized.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          August 20, 2019 at 10:43 am | #

          Annie Oakley and Fidel Castro? I’ll take it.

          One of my best friends shares a birthday with Bilbo and Frodo and I’ve always been jealous of that.

          • fire_daws
            fire_daws
            August 20, 2019 at 1:21 pm | #

            Karl Marx and Adele. Odd pairing.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          August 20, 2019 at 3:28 pm | #

          Share a birthday with Theodore Roosevelt over here.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          August 20, 2019 at 3:52 pm | #

          I’ve got mostly athletes, plus Sade, Garth Ennis, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

          And ‘Dr’ Laura. Blah.

      • Lensipensi
        Lensipensi
        August 20, 2019 at 2:30 pm | #

        William Shatner. I will accept this gladly and refuse to look further down the list.

        • Liquid Len
          Liquid Len
          August 20, 2019 at 3:15 pm | #

          Heh! I got Marina Sirtis. As well as Eric Idle, Vangelis, John Major (British PM) and John Tyler (10th US president). A motley crew indeed.

    • Rosstifer
      Rosstifer
      August 20, 2019 at 5:39 am | #

      My birthday is September 11th, I’d rather not consider myself to be soul twins with a terror attack.

      • Rosstifer
        Rosstifer
        August 20, 2019 at 5:51 am | #

        Oooh, I also share a birthday with Assad. How fun.

      • Liquid Len
        Liquid Len
        August 20, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

        My wedding anniversary is September 11, so at lease something better? 🙂

        • Liquid Len
          Liquid Len
          August 20, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

          *least

      • Chris
        Chris
        August 20, 2019 at 10:31 pm | #

        Mine’s September 12. One of my memories of 9/11/2001 is of feeling vaguely guilty about feeling relieved that it didn’t happen one day later.

    • Tan
      Tan
      August 20, 2019 at 10:09 am | #

      Negative, Sarah is a year older.

    • Fuchs Sakemann
      Fuchs Sakemann
      August 20, 2019 at 10:55 am | #

      I’ve got Max Roach, Frank Sinatra Jr., Rod Stewart, Donald Fagen, George Foreman, and Pat Benatar, which is cool, but I’ve also got Jared Kushner, which fucking sucks. I’ve also got the death of David Bowie, which impacts me far more than the births, since David Bowie has since became my idol and one who I wish I had explored more when he was alive, because he’s literally everything I aspire to be, being unafraid to take risks in music and push the art form further forward and challenge pop senses.

  22. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 20, 2019 at 2:59 am | #

    I wonder how Sarah will react if someone tells her: “Hey, you’re not a teenager anymore! You’re a grown up!”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 20, 2019 at 12:40 pm | #

      With sarcasm?

  23. UniqueSnowflake2
    UniqueSnowflake2
    August 20, 2019 at 3:30 am | #

    Re: hovertext:
    The angels already took their share

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      August 20, 2019 at 9:01 am | #

      And the Devil got his cut.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 20, 2019 at 7:10 pm | #

      Distillery humor! I heartily approve.

  24. ischemgeek
    ischemgeek
    August 20, 2019 at 6:58 am | #

    In honor of Dina’s birthday – cassowaries!

    Birds are dinosaurs. It counts.

  25. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    August 20, 2019 at 7:06 am | #

    Halloween for Sarah !

  26. Jasmijn
    Jasmijn
    August 20, 2019 at 7:41 am | #

    I’d give Sarah a mug with “FUCK OFF” written on it in big bold letters.

    • JBento
      JBento
      August 20, 2019 at 8:27 am | #

      “World’s #1 Grump”

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 20, 2019 at 7:12 pm | #

        “World’s Okayest Big Sister” from Joyce.

  27. thejeff
    thejeff
    August 20, 2019 at 8:14 am | #

    Just the idea of RAs doing something for people’s birthdays kind of boggles my mind. Is this common?

    I mean, my birthday is in the summer, so I would have missed out anyway, but I don’t remember anything for roommates or friends. Sometimes we threw parties or some such, but not as a semi-official thing for the RA to do.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 20, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

      I suppose it depends on the RA. It strikes me that Ruth is organised enough a mind that she would want to keep track of all the students’ birthdays just so she can know when to barge in and make sure they aren’t having a good time that goes against the regulations.

      However, I think that, now that her meds have kicked in, she really wants someone to have a good day on their birthday for once. Such a pity that person is Sarah, who isn’t a party animal, Asher is skulking around at Blaine’s behest and everyone has a large pile of baggage waiting to collapse everyone as soon as the social stresses start building up, say at a time and place when you feel obliged to put up a strong and determinedly-cheerful front.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 20, 2019 at 7:11 pm | #

        Dina doesn’t have baggage.

    • Skeptible
      Skeptible
      August 21, 2019 at 10:51 am | #

      If a stranger (and my RA was definitely a stranger) had knocked on my door to wish me a happy birthday, I would have been freaked out.

  28. Samantha Johnson
    Samantha Johnson
    August 20, 2019 at 11:15 am | #

    Cautiously optimistic Billie abd Ruth seem to be okay right now and moving in the right direction

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 20, 2019 at 2:54 pm | #

      Well, Billie’s only been sober for one night. Let’s see if she manages to last more than a day.
      And when/if she goes to therapy.

  29. Guest42
    Guest42
    August 20, 2019 at 1:08 pm | #

    I can’t even tell if Sarah would respond to being called “like trying to please a rattlesnake” with pride or hurt.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      August 20, 2019 at 3:55 pm | #

      ‘FINALLY SOMEBODY GETS IT!’

  30. leadsynth
    leadsynth
    August 20, 2019 at 6:26 pm | #

    I’d gift Sarah some noise-cancellation headphones.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7min
you know you're old when you get excited it's started to rain because it means you can go outside and weed without bees
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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social ⋅ 2h
this guy's got the juice man
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
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DEFEAT ALFRED E. NEU MAN
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get equipped with no worry
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
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A great episode that also just had to be like "Okay, for this one specific criminal, Metropolis has the death penalty so he can't reveal Superman's secret identity."
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"The Late Mr. Kent" is damn good television. Probably one of the best-written episodes of television written in the 1990s. Not just animation. Television period.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
hey youtube, i'm not sure the short circuit 2 score by charles fox belongs in this "Music of Asia" algorithm
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
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Brazilian president to the American people, "If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
some adult in pokemon: it's weird, nobody's ever seen a pokemon egg before! for thousands of years, no pokemon eggs have ever been discovered by humans! ash: well let's go find one! *fifteen minutes later* ash: oh hey
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Raidah!
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Still researching old sleaze paperbacks and legitimately wondering if the book designer asked the author or editor what should be the tagline at the top and they mumbled out the above tagline and the book designer just...wrote it down.
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Cochu @cochu.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Amen break whenever Mario vibrates extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites
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In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, crouch-walking against a switch will make Mario vibrate extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites.
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UNIT DLX @unitdlx.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Terrible news! The back of box render for the Classified Series Legacy Firefighter seems to imply Shipwreck's house caught on fire.
The back of box render for the GI Joe Classified Series Legacy Collection Firefighter. A firefighter in the foreground poses dramatically with the jaws of life. Another firefighter in the background sprays a wrecked car with foam. A third firefighter even further back escorts a man away from a burning house.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
"explore the unknown"? mary, it's new york city, this is at least your third time here, and the last time you were here you got mad at your taxi driver for using a gps
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
one of the kids yelled at the other to "drink my BUTT" and i've just picked up a new invective
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
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Dem Party: We are spending $20M to figure out how to talk to male voters. Mamdani: Save your money. I have +45 favorability with male voters & +73 with men under 45. Endorse me. Dem Party: No way dude. Now—why is our favorability is -54? Let's spend $20M on wealthy consultants to figure it out!
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Dumbing of Age: "Supplier" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
toxic yuri
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Asma!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
not sure that beats "for sale: baby shoes, never worn"
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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If JD Vance were a true Catholic instead of defending Trump he would simply assign him to be President of another country
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Kory Bing🔜SDCC 1229 @korybing.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Every webcomic has two stories: the story the artist is telling and the meta story of watching an artist make creative choices over the course of many, many years. You get to watch art evolve and change in real time.
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not to wax poetic about webcomics but I think one of the best things about webcomics is that reading them forces you to confront the fact that artists evolve and change over time, and that "style" is a necessarily evolving thing
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
what time is it? it's time for hasbro fan expo to reveal their "buy $$$$$ of stuff and get one of 200 handpainted-by-acrylics optimus primes" thingers, while every dipshit on the internet gets mad that their copy of optimus prime isn't also handpainted with acrylics, for free
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
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Jim Davis Reveals He Studied Musculature Of Medical Cadavers To Properly Draw Jon theonion.com/jim-dav...
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