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by David M Willis on July 24, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Saturday's All Right for Slighting
└ Tags: chan, char, dina, raidah, sarah

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  1. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    July 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Where’s a sporting goods store when you need it.

    • Khrene Cleaver
      Khrene Cleaver
      July 24, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

      There is a bat store, but its more suited for buying guano…

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        July 24, 2012 at 4:13 am | #

        And shark repellent, but that’s simply to be expected.

        • LionHeart
          LionHeart
          July 24, 2012 at 6:44 am | #

          …I love you.

  2. TheLastOutlaw
    TheLastOutlaw
    July 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Ooh, Sarah’s past catching up with her.

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      July 24, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m immediately picturing the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack playing (don’t know what song yet)

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        July 24, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

        It’s “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” for me.

        http://youtu.be/xm6xg1CdNCc

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 24, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

          Three evil ex-classmates?

          • TheLastOutlaw
            TheLastOutlaw
            July 24, 2012 at 2:10 am | #

            Given the foreshadowing on her bio page and the previous run in in the cafeteria it’s probably more than three.

        • AJBulldis
          AJBulldis
          July 24, 2012 at 8:02 am | #

          “Sarah, it’s your bab-” *BLAM*

      • Kensou
        Kensou
        July 24, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

        Can’t go wrong with Death to All Hipsters.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NjuK2ElKbE

      • RachelEvil
        RachelEvil
        July 24, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

        “We Hate You, Please Die” seems appropriate.

        • Zoey
          Zoey
          July 24, 2012 at 6:37 am | #

          HA! WIN^^^

          • Mrelegos
            Mrelegos
            July 24, 2012 at 7:39 am | #

            Lets not exclude the possibility of “SO SAD”

            • Vex Godglove
              Vex Godglove
              July 24, 2012 at 11:12 am | #

              “This song is called ‘I am Sad So Very Very Sad'”

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      July 24, 2012 at 7:03 am | #

      I read that as “Sarah’s cast patching up with her,” but somehow I think that’s a little optimistic of me.

  3. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    July 24, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    This may worry some people, but… Dina sounds like Faz in my head.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Okay…what does Faz sound like?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        I’ve always thought I’d be Fazinated with how he would sound.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        July 24, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        Like PewDiePie on valium.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 24, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        I always gave him an obnoxious, high pitched voice myself, sort of like Mandark from Dexter’s Lab.

        Whereas I imagine Dina being rather quiet, sort of like Fluttershy.

        Incidentally, Sal totally sounds like Applejack.

        • LaurelRaven
          LaurelRaven
          July 24, 2012 at 1:40 pm | #

          I always heard Faz’s voice as rather nasally and effeminate. Maybe the reason Dina sounds like Faz is more that she doesn’t seem to use contractions. We’ve just never seen her talk enough before this for it to be noticeable.

          Then again, I don’t remember if Faz used them or not…I just don’t remember him ever using them…

      • Sam
        Sam
        July 24, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        I always imagined Faz sounded like Wilmer Valderrama’s character from “That 70’s Show”, but without the ambiguous foreign accent.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 24, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

          Fez?

        • S.Yeske
          S.Yeske
          July 26, 2012 at 11:11 pm | #

          Yes! That is what I imagine Faz sounding like too. Possibly because Wilmer Valderrama’s character was called “Fez”.
          Only more clipped accent wise.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        July 24, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

        I always pictured Faz as sounding like a very self righteous but dead pan version of Balky from the old sitcom Perfect Strangers.

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          July 24, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

          Don’t be ridiculous.

      • Animal
        Animal
        July 24, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

        Adolph Menjou.

    • MikeSpader
      MikeSpader
      July 24, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

      NO

      Don’t you ruin Dina, now!

  4. MISTER MERCY
    MISTER MERCY
    July 24, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Naw just make new ones!

  5. SkepticJ
    SkepticJ
    July 24, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Uh oh, Joyce may need to come to Sarah’s rescue with the baseball bat this time.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      If she did, regardless of how the rest of the comic goes, Joyce’d have to be my favorite character.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 24, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Joyce’s weapons of choice are Mike, broken glass and Chick Tracts.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        July 24, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        Not to mention her own fists, “God’s Wrath” and “God’s Justice.”

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 24, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

          “You’ll have to talk to my two friends Mr. Fisty and his wife Elaine”

      • Raoullefere
        Raoullefere
        July 24, 2012 at 11:00 am | #

        Dear god, not the Chick Tracts! Those things distort reality for miles around when they go off.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 9:40 pm | #

      http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7p0kySDXg1r2ay1do1_500.png
      See what you made me do!?

  6. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    July 24, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, it’s already been brought it!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      nuh-uh, girlfriend
      don’t talk that smack in mah’ mall!

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    July 24, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    “The largest of them was cornered by several others. Their hostility showed that they had plans to take her down. In a rare show of unpreparedness, the largest one winced uncomfortably from the pack of harpies.”

  8. Coppermouth
    Coppermouth
    July 24, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m starting college in the fall…this little fact isn’t true, is it?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      When I started I made friends with some girls and promptly grew boobs and become one.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 24, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        It takes more than boobs to turn someone into a girl you know.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          July 24, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

          I didn’t want to go into detail about it.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            July 24, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

            So you decided to nip and tuck the issue? 😛

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              July 24, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

              I decided to cut out the jokes.

              • Jehosaphat
                Jehosaphat
                July 24, 2012 at 2:22 am | #

                Among other things.

      • tahrey
        tahrey
        July 24, 2012 at 4:02 am | #

        This is basically what happens to anyone who becomes friends with a girl. Be warned, Coppermouth. Or at least, buy some plain, cheap bras in a range of sizes just so you’re covered during the change.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          July 24, 2012 at 10:35 am | #

          This is of course the reason why “I just want to be friends” is such a dreaded response the world over.

      • Animal
        Animal
        July 24, 2012 at 4:29 pm | #

        You were friendzoned so hard that it changed your hormone balance? Wow.

    • Blue
      Blue
      July 24, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      Depends… if you become involved in a new activity halfway through college, it can refresh your friends group.

    • MikeSpader
      MikeSpader
      July 24, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

      Eh, not always. Only two friends I made my Freshman year actually lasted the past three years. I’m cool with this because I meet more people every year. And you will too!

    • Faeyas
      Faeyas
      July 24, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      What Mike said. What does determine “everything” is how you approach first semester freshman year. What you do will lead to the people and crowds you surround yourself with, which will only reinforce the actions you did, making it harder to not do them later. Now if these actions are productive, like exploring, learning, studying, non-destructive fun, working
      … no worries.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        July 24, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

        This is also pretty insightful. +1

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      July 24, 2012 at 1:36 am | #

      Not really. I made new friends from my neighbors every year. I also met new people through the anime club, from classes (especially group projects), and from going Greek my 4th year (of 6). If you’re open-minded and willing to talk to strangers, you can always find a new social circle.

      (This is true after graduation too, but it gets harder thanks to work taking up so much time and sticking you with the same, relatively small group of people in your department/project/whatever.)

      • tahrey
        tahrey
        July 24, 2012 at 4:05 am | #

        I’d say it’s half and half, though that’s only anecdotal – between me, my brother, and a few other mates. The internet has kind of tweaked this a bit though, as it’s so much easier to keep in touch.

        The people I know and have influenced me are sort of evenly divided up into “family and people from school” (many of whom I’m still in with), “people I met and became good friends with in the first half of my first semester at university”, and “people I met in the remaining 5 1/2 semesters, and at work or socially since”. It’s a very strange period, you imprint on each other quite strongly as for many it’s the first time living independently, and, well, you can’t really go into that cold. You have to co-depend to a certain degree, so those around you the most (on your dorm, in your classes or clubs…) become a sort of surrogate family. After a year… or three… it’s hard to give up on them.

    • Dunamis
      Dunamis
      July 24, 2012 at 7:34 am | #

      Obviously it depends on where you go, but there is a lot of truth to that statement yes. In some cases you become socially defined by who you hung out around Freshman year… for better or worse.
      A new activity can help change your circle potentially though.

    • ziplap
      ziplap
      July 24, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

      It can be, but if you find sucky friends your Freshman year, you can dump them for worse ones. That’s what I did. If I could do college over again as a traditional student, I would skip making friends outside of my classes and limit my friends to the ones that go to class and study more.

    • Ron
      Ron
      July 24, 2012 at 10:27 am | #

      You can always re-roll.

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 24, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    I guess Sarah’s RaiDAR failed her.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Is that a device to find Raiden from Mortal Kombat?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 24, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        Not Raiden, Raidah.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 24, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

          Sounds like the name of my ex-girlfriend.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 24, 2012 at 2:03 am | #

        Or a radar to track down Raiden/Jack the Ripper?

  10. Phil
    Phil
    July 24, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh FUCK.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 24, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      Your Dinatar makes this comment super awesome.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 24, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

        I would have gone with “BUGGER”.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    July 24, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    What exactly is a Discovery Store? Army Disposals? Travel Centre? What?

    • Adelene
      Adelene
      July 24, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      Mainstream-ish science geekery. Balsa wood dino model kits and chemistry sets and tumbled rocks to collect and things of that nature. (Probably electronics/robotics stuff, now, too – it’s been a while since I’ve been in one.)

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      July 24, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      Do you guys get Discovery Channel in Australia? You’re Australian, right?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 24, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        I thought Australia was like…the discoveriest place ever.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        July 24, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        So it’s a lot alike the ABC(Australian Broadcast Company) shop then. Thanks!

        • AJBulldis
          AJBulldis
          July 24, 2012 at 1:22 pm | #

          You have your own ABC?!?!??!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            July 24, 2012 at 4:47 pm | #

            Yup, it’s like the American ABC but with mostly Australian and British content.

  12. Bekah
    Bekah
    July 24, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    This week on Dumbing of Age: Exposition!

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      July 24, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

      Yesterday on DoA: Exposition about Dinosaurs!

      • Jehosaphat
        Jehosaphat
        July 24, 2012 at 10:41 am | #

        Tomorrow on DoA: Lady Fighting!

  13. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    July 24, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    http://www.dramabutton.com

    • Jehosaphat
      Jehosaphat
      July 24, 2012 at 2:24 am | #

      http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

  14. Stephen
    Stephen
    July 24, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    I would be more than OK with Joyce spontaneously morphing into Gabrielle Union.

    Or at least Eliza Dushku.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 24, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      You gotta have Faith! 😀

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        July 24, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

        We got to have MONEY!

        • David
          David M Willis
          July 24, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

          GOT
          to get
          TOUGH
          YO JOE

  15. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    July 24, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    Uh, is this about to get violent? Like, “middle of Karate Kid” violent?

    Wow, Sarah’s roommate must have been a REALLY popular pothead.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      July 24, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      No pothead since smokey has been so popular.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      July 24, 2012 at 2:10 am | #

      I actually know a lot of popular potheads.

  16. LimeTH
    LimeTH
    July 24, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    And suddenly, a bongo Cavalry!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 24, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

      Hey, that’s just like that nightmare I had last week. Except in that, the bongo Cavalry turned into monster clowns.

      • LimeTH
        LimeTH
        July 24, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

        How do you know that’s not going to happen here too?

    • Khrene Cleaver
      Khrene Cleaver
      July 24, 2012 at 6:12 pm | #

      Its cool, Mary Jane (Glasses), Heart Attack (Blue shirt), and Ganguro Girl (Black and Blonde) ain’t got nothin’ on Sarah the Slugger, Little Miss Raptor, The Amazing Drunkard, AND The Lord’s Voice through Joy on her side

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        July 24, 2012 at 8:22 pm | #

        You just named most of the line-up for the Mystery Men sequel.

        Bless you and your insanity.

  17. Aizat
    Aizat
    July 24, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    The Red Comet? Where?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 24, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

      That was my first thought when I saw that name as well.

  18. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    July 24, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

    Whatever is about to happen, it’ll involve Dina and Sarah being right next to each other so it’s gonna be awesome.

  19. andrew
    andrew
    July 24, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

    Tell me i aint the only one who loves dinas shirt more then this comic right now xD

    • waldosan
      waldosan
      July 24, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

      tis a fine shirt i shall give you that.

  20. Joebo
    Joebo
    July 24, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

    bongo, bongo, bongo.

    I speak of both their seemingly unending complaints aimed at Sarah, and their names.

  21. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    July 24, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

    CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 24, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

      BOOOOOOOOIIIIIIILLLLLLLEEEEEDDDDD!

      • waldosan
        waldosan
        July 24, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

        KENTUCKY FRIED!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          July 24, 2012 at 4:48 am | #

          EXTRA CRISPY!

          • Raoullefere
            Raoullefere
            July 24, 2012 at 2:49 pm | #

            JULIENNED!

            What? So I like Ronco products. So sue me.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      July 24, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

      SOLOMON! I HAVE RETURNED!

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        July 24, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

        SOLOMON GRUNDY, BORN ON A MONDAY!

        • KevinSig
          KevinSig
          July 24, 2012 at 3:40 am | #

          Solomon Grundy, wants pants too!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        July 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm | #

        PRINCE ALI, MIGHTY IS HE!

        • Rex Hondo
          Rex Hondo
          July 24, 2012 at 10:37 pm | #

          Prince Ali, yes it is he, but not as you know him.
          Read my lips and come to grips with reality.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      July 25, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

      “Mongo just pawn in game of life.”

  22. Andy
    Andy
    July 24, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

    There is a large part of me that wonders if maybe Sarah’s exaggerating things. I mean, this is a hell of a lot of hate to be getting just because she narced on her old roomie. Given what we’ve seen of Sarah, I don’t think she’s nearly as innocent or as much the victim as she claims she is.

    • waldosan
      waldosan
      July 24, 2012 at 1:32 am | #

      i would agree with you except i’ve seen the loyalty druggies have for each other, granted i was a bit of a curve-ball to their group because i was boring to them but i gleaned enough from my surroundings to know not to piss them off without taking either lessons or making some new friends.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 24, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

      Never underestimate the tendency of people to respond disproportionately to what the situation actually merits.

      • waldosan
        waldosan
        July 24, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

        exactly!

      • Andy
        Andy
        July 24, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

        Normally, I wouldn’t. But that disproportionate response is usually, in my experience, passive-aggressive bullshit. This is a lot more aggressive than I’d expect.

        I dunno, maybe the ex-roomie was the source of their drugs? I guess that could elicit this sort of thing.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      July 24, 2012 at 7:10 am | #

      Makes sense to me. Sarah’s curmudgeonly enough that I doubt the narc incident was the first time she got on anyone’s bad side.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        July 24, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

        Though the possibility is still open that she’s curmudgeonly *because* of the druggie incident, as a defense mechanism. Though she was apparently at least vaguely interested in studying (and/or staying out of jail) by the time of that event too.

  23. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    July 24, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

    I believe that Sarah is with the perfect companion to fight of this pack of female hounds. Also GRRRRL FIGHT (potentially)!

  24. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    July 24, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

    When all other options have been exhausted, Sarah and Dina combine to form SAR-DIN THE DEFENDER! With her mighty dino-bat of justice, she fights for justice and freedom everywhere! No matter where evil may hide, SAR-DIN THE DEFENDER is always hiding behind a door, ready to knee-cap it, then give it a few more whacks upside the head for good measure!

    Don’t do drugs.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      July 24, 2012 at 3:38 am | #

      *violently shakes as she fights off the urge to make a pun about being salty*

      • tahrey
        tahrey
        July 24, 2012 at 4:06 am | #

        OK, I have to ask a very important question here. Does your name indicate:

        You have a heart much like Zia’s.

        You literally have Zia’s heart. You monster.

        Something else?

        • TARDIS With A Hat
          TARDIS With A Hat
          July 24, 2012 at 5:15 am | #

          She IS Zia’s heart, rolling on a computer to write comments

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            July 24, 2012 at 10:45 am | #

            You probably go through a lot of keyboards yourself – TARDISes always looked pretty heavy to me.

  25. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    July 24, 2012 at 2:37 am | #

    I’m actually interested to see how much depth we get here- last time Willis dealt with drugs was in his self-described judgemental evangelical phase – now that he’s more open to alternative lifestyles, I wonder if these druggies will get some dimension.

    Of course, they’re still antagonists, but Ruth is an antagonist too.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      July 24, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

      The druggie isn’t actually here – these are her friends. There’s no direct reason to believe that they’re druggies themselves.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        July 25, 2012 at 11:32 am | #

        Good point.

  26. Izzy
    Izzy
    July 24, 2012 at 3:04 am | #

    Who are these uppity bongoes with attitude? I shall refer to them as the UBWAs

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      July 24, 2012 at 4:07 am | #

      Now, hold the phone there. They may have legitimate beef with Sarah. We don’t know anything about them yet.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        July 24, 2012 at 10:51 am | #

        She got her popular pothead roommate expelled. That’s their beef.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          July 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm | #

          Their beef is medium-rare.

  27. tahrey
    tahrey
    July 24, 2012 at 4:08 am | #

    Wow. Dina looks really tiny, and really young, even compared to someone who is probably only 1-3 years her senior…

    • Andy
      Andy
      July 24, 2012 at 9:16 am | #

      I think Sarah is tall and Dina is short.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      July 24, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

      Stark height differences are not uncommon in Willis comics. Because, well, why not?

      Though I suppose it could turn out that Dina skipped seven grades and is twelve. You never know.

  28. Groove
    Groove
    July 24, 2012 at 4:09 am | #

    Chan-Char, I choose you!

  29. Resne
    Resne
    July 24, 2012 at 5:09 am | #

    Calling it now. Trio mauled in Dina-saur attack.

    • KevinSig
      KevinSig
      July 24, 2012 at 6:21 am | #

      Naw, more like Trio Sours attack! Dina-sore.

      (Could have called the Trio Sores, but I liked this better.)

  30. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    July 24, 2012 at 6:38 am | #

    Why do I get this West Side Story vibe in the last panel? I think they should all be snapping their fingers!

  31. Baney The Luchador
    Baney The Luchador
    July 24, 2012 at 7:15 am | #

    I have trouble right now seeing what the point of this scene is. They’re stopping Sarah in the middle of a crowded mall to… what? Administer a beatdown of justice in front of like a dozen witnesses and mall cops? DoA has had some pretty wild fight scenes, but that seems kinda hard to swallow.

    Or are they gonna ostracize her HARDER? How would that even work? Sarah already knows these people hate her and is too strong to cry about it.

    I’m hoping there’s some third alternative, like, I dunno, blackmail. Usually I enjoy it when I don’t know where DoA is going, but today I’m just kinda nonplussed.

    Man, why do they even care this much about some addict just because she was “fun to be around?” Was she secretly banging all of ’em? Are they all addicts too and feeling judged by proxy? I just don’t get it.

    • Mrelegos
      Mrelegos
      July 24, 2012 at 12:20 pm | #

      Allow me to break it down for you. People are dumb, and people who get entrenched in cliques can be even dumber.

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      July 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm | #

      Well, it is possible that seeing ‘Go Away, I’m Studying’ Sarah out messing around at the mall (from their perspective) is the last straw. Nobody hates a perceived hypocrite more than a bunch of fundamenta, er fanatics.

      And all that may be coming from this is Sarah in turn taking out having to deal with them over her loss of ‘cred’ on Billie and Joyce.

  32. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    July 24, 2012 at 7:59 am | #

    Sarah’s old friends have kind of weird names.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      July 25, 2012 at 11:34 am | #

      That’s why they’re old friends.

  33. Robert
    Robert
    July 24, 2012 at 1:32 pm | #

    I don’t see sydney yus in that group. Seriously, who starts a vendetta and doesn’t invite sydney yus?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      July 24, 2012 at 4:39 pm | #

      Now Sydney will have to start a vendetta against them for not inviting her to their vendetta.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      July 24, 2012 at 4:43 pm | #

      Sydney Yus has a vendetta against people with vendettas.

  34. Noel Schornhorst
    Noel Schornhorst
    July 24, 2012 at 3:31 pm | #

    Looks like Dina’s gonna have to kick some ass, then roar like a t-rex over her downed prey.

    • Dr.Z
      Dr.Z
      July 24, 2012 at 4:06 pm | #

      Your words paint a beautiful picture.

  35. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    July 24, 2012 at 3:55 pm | #

    Yeah!

    Druggy party girlz!

    Drama, baby.

  36. Björn
    Björn
    July 25, 2012 at 2:33 am | #

    “Chan”, “Char” and “Raidah”. I’m sure there’s a terrible pun in there somewhere.

  37. Ry
    Ry
    October 6, 2012 at 3:43 am | #

    Sarah in panel 4:

    “Wernstrom!”

    or alternatively:

    “Dinkleberg…”

  38. newllend
    newllend
    August 14, 2013 at 10:59 pm | #

    Are they…are they trolling her now?

  39. SgtNumnum
    SgtNumnum
    October 12, 2013 at 7:34 am | #

    Did Dina get to college the same way she got to the mall and the lake?

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