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May 12, 2026

Too much

by David M Willis on September 20, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: amber, dina

Discussion (96) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    September 20, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Speaking of ninjas!

    [we are always speaking of ninjas, don’t let it fool you]

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Ninjas don’t give away their position, except in Naruto.

      • Wixvhen
        Wixvhen
        September 20, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        IN my experience, the only real ninjas are the ones you’ll never see in media. The closest to ninja you got was Ninja Assassin. All others, even ‘real’ ninja, are posers.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        September 20, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        Then giving away his position would be the perfect disguise for a ninja!

        • Mr. Morningstar
          Mr. Morningstar
          September 20, 2012 at 3:06 am | #

          mind = blown

        • Led
          Led
          September 20, 2012 at 8:19 am | #

          Actually, the best ninja would be someone that doesn’t know himself/herself that he/she is a ninja.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            September 20, 2012 at 10:05 am | #

            The best ninja would be somebody who so few people know is a ninja, that nobody does. The best ninja is a person who is not a ninja!

            • GoldStarz
              GoldStarz
              September 20, 2012 at 6:15 pm | #

              Does that mean that everyone who isn’t a ninja IS a ninja?

              • Joseph Harner
                Joseph Harner
                September 22, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

                There have to be *some* standards……

                • fatemaster1
                  fatemaster1
                  June 18, 2014 at 4:14 am | #

                  I’m fully trained in Ninjitsu, I am a ninja. You do not know who I really am or what I look like, thereby, you cannot disprove this.

  2. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 20, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I actually do this too, I feel really bad about interrupting people.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 20, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      I’m just bad at talking to new people.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        Up high, Yotomoe.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 20, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          Ah! *cowers*

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 20, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

            Darn, I thought you are a fellow lone wolf.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 20, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

              High fives* Naw, I’m the coolest wolf. I can chill with other wolves all I want. I just choose not to.

    • Iki
      Iki
      September 20, 2012 at 1:58 pm | #

      The only time I went to a webcomic con, I did this while people were talking to people at tables and then felt guilty for taking up space and like other people were finding me creepy as well. 🙁

  3. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    That um, skin toned shirt had me fooled for a split-second.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 20, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Dina wearing something NOT green, who would have thought? 😀

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 20, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Dina had one hell of a tan and decided to show Amber her soft underbelly?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      September 20, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      And you assumed the thing coming out of her neck was what, exactly?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 20, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        Her frill, to ward off predators.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 20, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

          Or shoots acid at her pray.

          • Ziaheart
            Ziaheart
            September 20, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

            Joyce had better make sure to never bring Dina to a church. So many people praying at once, it’s bound to become dangerous. And melty.

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          September 20, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

          Curse you Yotomoe….

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 20, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

            In your defense, your explanation was much better than mine. I will give you this victory.

            • Wonder Wig
              Wonder Wig
              September 20, 2012 at 6:06 am | #

              Yess yess gives’us the precious. Tiz all I havzis. Yesss…

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        September 20, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        I thought it was Dina’s neck frill, which she expands when battling for territory or to make herself seem larger when threatened.

  4. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Dina actually positioned herself in such a way that her reflection made direct contact with Amber’s in the monitor as well.

  5. BoringRocks
    BoringRocks
    September 20, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I love how you can see Dina’s shadow looming over Amber.

  6. BigMadDraco
    BigMadDraco
    September 20, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I think I got Amber whiplash going from bride/store manager Amber to college student Amber.

  7. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 20, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Don’t blink, Amber.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 20, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Damn those weeping angels are fast.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 20, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

        Thank god that Dina is not the “Time of Angels” type.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 20, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Anything that holds the image of a Dina becomes a Dina.

        Your computer monitor is now a Dina. And it’s staring right at you.

        • Audiophillie
          Audiophillie
          September 20, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

          I just hugged my monitor.
          I regret nothing.

  8. brasca1
    brasca1
    September 20, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Eye contact is good, but you have to know that fine line between gawking or staring someone down.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I think both are pretty bad to do…in a social way.

  9. Fritz
    Fritz
    September 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Every time Dina speaks I imagine her voice sounds like BMO’s…….anyone?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 20, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

      Now I hear her as that fork girl from Gravity Falls.
      That’s my new head canon.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 20, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

      That just made her more adorable.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      September 20, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      Curse my banker parents. I have no idea what BMO is, other than Bank of Montreal. What is it?

      • EspanolBot
        EspanolBot
        September 20, 2012 at 3:44 am | #

        Sentient game consule from Adventure Time!, voiced by Nikki Yang, who is a South Korean animator that seems to be wandering into voice work these days. She also voices Princess Rainicorn and Candi Chu in the excellent series Gravity Falls.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 20, 2012 at 2:55 pm | #

          I keep hearing about this adventure time. I guess it is time to go on an adventure and check it out.

        • Ziaheart
          Ziaheart
          September 21, 2012 at 4:56 am | #

          Holy shit yay for Korean people in animation that’s not in some sweatshop making Simpsons frames!

          Thanks, Espanolbot!

  10. lord of dance
    lord of dance
    September 20, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Shes just physically incapable of not being adorable isn’t she

    • Resne
      Resne
      September 20, 2012 at 1:43 pm | #

      I’m sure if she put her mind to it.

  11. Zoey
    Zoey
    September 20, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Ninjitsu Level:Dina

    Makes me wander if she could sneak up on batman…..

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 20, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      Nah, Batman could notice her right away.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 20, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

        He’d still be creeped out, though, and move to another gargoyle.

        • Zoey
          Zoey
          September 20, 2012 at 6:33 am | #

          HAHAHAH^

  12. Frostbite
    Frostbite
    September 20, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Bet she didn’t want to be adorable but look what happened there.

  13. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 20, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

    Hey, I don’ know if this has ever been answered before, but is her name pronounced “Dee-Nah” or “Die-Nah”?

    I knew a girl with that name who used “Dee-Na”, but the other might suit her name’s pun a little better.

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 20, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

      “Dee-nah.”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 20, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

        Thank you.

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        September 20, 2012 at 3:25 am | #

        …but it was “Die-nah” in the Walkyverse, right? I know names have been changed to protect the punnocent, so I guess it makes sense to change the pronunciation, too.

        • David
          David M Willis
          September 20, 2012 at 6:04 pm | #

          No, it was always “Deenah.”

  14. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    September 20, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

    Jesus, Dina, stop being so damn cute!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 20, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

      I just imagining you are scolding both Jesus and Dina.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 20, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

        D’aww, Jesus, stop creating fake fossil evidence to mess with paleontologists! You’re so mischievous!

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          September 20, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

          “Dude, that was my dad.”

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        September 20, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

        Well, we did have a couple Joyce strips last week. That count? She’s like girl Jesus. Shesus?

  15. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 20, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

    Wait, is today Talk like a Pirate Day?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 20, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

      I’m… I’m so sorry, man. It was yesterday.
      You can still do it if you want, though.

      • Audiophillie
        Audiophillie
        September 20, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

        Stop stealing my everything.

    • Audiophillie
      Audiophillie
      September 20, 2012 at 1:13 am | #

      Sorry bro, that was yesterday.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      September 20, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

      Yarr, theyarr be anothyarr houyarr and fifteen minutes left heyarr in PST.

      That’s how you speak like a pirate, right? exchanging every instance of r with yarr. Right?

  16. BranTheQuixotic
    BranTheQuixotic
    September 20, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

    Does Dina have Asperger’s? Because that would actually be kind of awesome, having an Aspie character who is made of pure adorableness.

    Also, really hoping her finding of Walky’s T-Rex drawing goes somewhere eventually.

    • Animaniac
      Animaniac
      September 20, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

      From the artist “She has not been diagnosed with anything”.
      So not ruled out, not canon.

      • Alyssa
        Alyssa
        September 20, 2012 at 6:31 am | #

        Given the number of undiagnosed Aspies (TONS of girls go undxed), “She nas not been diagnosed with anything” doesn’t mean all that much. Doesn’t mean she has it, doesn’t mean she doesn’t.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          September 20, 2012 at 10:11 am | #

          What it actually means is, “good luck getting a solid answer to your question.”

    • mysss29
      mysss29
      June 19, 2013 at 12:14 pm | #

      That is exactly what I was thinking! Except it was more like, “DINA HAS ASBERGER’S! OMG! How interesting to find it in a comic!”
      And yeah, you can get pretty far not having a clue how people are to each other…modern society pretty much ostensibly expects obsessive detail-oriented-ness and working independently, so you can get away with that very well, even though most people use study groups and social support like that.

      • mysss29
        mysss29
        June 19, 2013 at 12:17 pm | #

        Err, actually, my psychologist just told me how people with Asberger’s are bad at eye contact and that sometimes this is overcompensated for. THIS made me remember the focus on the mouth that was so natural for me long ago. :O

  17. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    September 20, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

    Am I the only one who was immediately reminded of Picard and Data sharing a room on the Bird of Prey in the “Unification” episode of Next Gen?

  18. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 20, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

    “I wish to learn how humans act from you.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 20, 2012 at 3:22 am | #

      I’m not certain Amber is the best choice for that example.

      • Nexev
        Nexev
        September 20, 2012 at 7:44 am | #

        I smell DINO: THE GIRL WONDER

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 20, 2012 at 9:38 am | #

          Dino, get off the couch!!!

  19. Jehosaphat
    Jehosaphat
    September 20, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

    Dina is hunting her prey.

  20. Tenn
    Tenn
    September 20, 2012 at 3:16 am | #

    My interpretation:

    “…Did I just get married?”
    “Oh. It’s just Dina.”

  21. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 20, 2012 at 6:05 am | #

    Is it wrong that Dina somehow reminded me of Snowflame?

  22. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    September 20, 2012 at 9:54 am | #

    She’s like one of those creepy dogs that stare at you all day.
    What the hell are you thinking??!

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 20, 2012 at 10:12 am | #

      To be fair, while the readership loves her, it seems like everyone in the comic is about as weirded out by her behavior as you’d expect.

  23. L
    L
    September 20, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

    …Is my sense of humor broken here? Either that or I act like Dina too much cause it just seemed kind of normal and not funny to me.

  24. Star Ranger
    Star Ranger
    September 20, 2012 at 11:06 am | #

    Heh. Even her ninja disguise… looks a lot like the hollywood stereotype of Palentologists on a dig. ‘Camp Shirt’ (often in Khaki)and pants or shorts to match

  25. mooslug
    mooslug
    September 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm | #

    Amber’s new shirt reminds me of April O’neil. Awesome 😀

    On purpose on her part? Or subconscious choice on her part and on purpose by Willis? Or completely accidental?

    • David
      David M Willis
      September 20, 2012 at 6:03 pm | #

      Amber’s had a yellow ringer shirt with orange trim for a long, long time, starting back in Shortpacked!. It is based on a real yellow ringer shirt with orange trim.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 20, 2012 at 11:01 pm | #

        So what you’re saying is, she’s owned that shirt since waaaay back when she was several years older than she is now.

        • David
          David M Willis
          September 20, 2012 at 11:18 pm | #

          Exactly!

          • mooslug
            mooslug
            September 21, 2012 at 2:56 pm | #

            Oooh, whoops, showing my n00bage there. I only began reading a couple of years ago and I didn’t process it if I’ve seen it since then. Yet more proof that I need to read the back catalog (but I have all 4 collections! well, 3 plus a soon to arrive reprint! 😀 )

  26. Aaron B.
    Aaron B.
    September 20, 2012 at 6:43 pm | #

    …loving Dina so much.

    • Gordon Blvd
      Gordon Blvd
      September 20, 2012 at 9:15 pm | #

      aint she awsome? 🙂

      • Gordon Blvd
        Gordon Blvd
        September 20, 2012 at 9:16 pm | #

        even without the “e” lol

  27. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    December 12, 2012 at 11:31 am | #

    The basic rules of eye-contact are:
    1. When the other person is talking, keep full eye-contact (this shows interest).
    2. When it’s your turn to be talking, you can move your eyes around more (it’s a little like talking with one’s hands) but you should return to their eyes frequently. A constant, unwavering stare into their eyes while you’re talking to them gets unnerving or intimidating after a while.

    And, as Dina demonstrates, an unwavering constant stare while NO ONE is talking gets uncomfortably creepy in just 10 easy seconds. 😛

    • Jenny Creed
      Jenny Creed
      July 25, 2013 at 5:44 pm | #

      Then you get advanced stuff like following the talking person’s line of sight when they look at something. I heard a funny story about a study that showed conservatives are bad at that. . .

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