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by David M Willis on March 19, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Three's a Crowd
└ Tags: jason, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Just watch out for the Queen of the Drunks

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      She might accidently swipe you with a keg if you’re not careful.

    • TheTJ
      TheTJ
      March 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Joyce bursts in wearing a Bright Pink Sweater vest and the bar erupts with a “Norm” like greeting from Cheers.

      Sal becomes Jealous of Joyce and the universe collapses due to the strain of the sheer improbability of the first part of this sentence.

      • Safgaftsa
        Safgaftsa
        March 19, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        I think her Dexter and Monkey Master garb would be more appropriate.

        I’m sure there’s a relevant episode for that.

      • TheSoggiesMayRule
        TheSoggiesMayRule
        March 19, 2015 at 1:12 pm | #

        Then the Soggies rule…

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 19, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      For the briefest of seconds, I read that as ‘Queen of the Donuts’.

      • MeghanTheWorldEater
        MeghanTheWorldEater
        March 19, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

        That’s Homer when he wears a dress.

        • boomwolf
          boomwolf
          March 19, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

          That might be the most terrifying sight i ever imagined

          • TheTJ
            TheTJ
            March 19, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

            Season One, Mini-golf episode. It happened.

            *Shudder*

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              March 19, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

              More than that, Google “Homer Simpson in a mumu” in Images.

              http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/7/78/King-Size_Homer_(Promo_Picture)_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120624185539

            • L33tmaster
              L33tmaster
              March 19, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

              why……there is no justice

    • AustKyzor
      AustKyzor
      March 19, 2015 at 9:11 am | #

      She’ll give you all her wheat for two sheep and then play a monopoly card

  2. Nono
    Nono
    March 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Panel 6: Sal is wondering what the heck she’s drinking.

    • TheTJ
      TheTJ
      March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Aw, you JUST beat me to it.

    • LordHaw
      LordHaw
      March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Heh! It is that kind of expression

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      “Huh. That’s too pale to be Guinness.”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Guinness Low Carb?

        • nothri
          nothri
          March 19, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

          Could that be a world record?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            March 19, 2015 at 4:20 am | #

            Could be…

            • Kyrros
              Kyrros
              March 19, 2015 at 6:58 am | #

              Low Carb Guinness…?

              BRILLIANT!!!!!

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      March 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      for some reason i assumed it was chocolate milk and didnt question that

      • Minomelo
        Minomelo
        March 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Ryan slips roofies. Jason slips chocolate milk.

        • Safgaftsa
          Safgaftsa
          March 19, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

          Relevant because of your Gravatar:

          http://media.tumblr.com/ed113de432a90b1004a3a2d8ae3abbb6/tumblr_inline_nbqo35mIyk1rltz3k.png

          • Bodmans
            Bodmans
            March 19, 2015 at 5:32 am | #

            ;-P

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            March 19, 2015 at 9:18 am | #

            It would explain what Jaune did later…

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              March 20, 2015 at 4:29 am | #

              I think that’s more than adequately explained by Jaune being Jaune.

              …autocorrect thought I meant Jayne. Kind of the opposite of what I meant.

      • Poskie
        Poskie
        March 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm | #

        I was just going to say the same thing- is she having the Something*Positive (irish cream and chocolate milk) or is she kickin’ it old school with straight chocolate milk?

        • neeks
          neeks
          March 19, 2015 at 3:45 pm | #

          “Gimme a pint of Kahlua in a dirty glass.”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

      A pretty normal reaction in certain bars.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 19, 2015 at 9:16 am | #

      What IS this stuff? It’s making me… have… FEELS.

  3. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    March 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Sal’s look in Panel six:

    “Wait, is this chocolate?”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      She ordered milk…in a dirty glass. She’s disappointed with how stringently they followed that request.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 19, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      Well how else is she staying sober? Girl’s lighter than air.

  4. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    March 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Yep, mudslide or dark beer.

  5. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I have such a hard time switching from southern to british accents in my head so from now on they’re both Portuguese

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Wouldn’t Cockney be a fair compromise?

      • LiaHansen
        LiaHansen
        March 19, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

        nenhuma senhora

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          March 19, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

          Ahhh, you speak Portuguese? Makes sense then.

        • AGeekTragedy
          AGeekTragedy
          March 19, 2015 at 8:15 am | #

          “Not any lady”?

        • vmgx
          vmgx
          March 19, 2015 at 9:31 am | #

          Eu nunca imagino ele com sotaque britanico. Eu não consigo pensar assim por alguma razão.(more portuguese!)

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            March 19, 2015 at 10:01 am | #

            Fascinating. I don’t speak a word of Portuguese, but that was close enough to Latin (of which I have a smattering) that I could get the gist, at least.

            Didn’t know Portuguese was a Romance language. Neat. See? Latin is useful! Wish they still taught it in school.

            • vmgx
              vmgx
              March 20, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

              It`s also great for spellnaming and such

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 19, 2015 at 4:38 am | #

      The two accents have started blurring in my mind, which makes absolutely no sense. Maybe it’s a sign of insanity.

      …Naw, ‘course not.

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 19, 2015 at 7:29 pm | #

        Nothing wrong with a little insanity… *creepy smile…*

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          March 20, 2015 at 5:43 am | #

          That’s what..

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            March 20, 2015 at 5:44 am | #

            ..I always say!

  6. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Gee, why don’t people like you Jason?

    • airyu
      airyu
      March 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      I have not a clue.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 19, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

      Jason is awesome.

  7. Rodimiss
    Rodimiss
    March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Of all people for us to finally see Sal opening up to… I can’t wait to see where this goes.

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      She’s already opened up to him once before. If you catch my drift.

      • Bill
        Bill
        March 19, 2015 at 12:58 am | #

        At least twice that we know of, actually.  At least once in his office after they ran Penny out of there, and again in the storage closet off of the classroom after she got the low grade on the quiz.

        • Kyrros
          Kyrros
          March 19, 2015 at 7:03 am | #

          Prolly a precursor for the next Slipshine…

          The poll, I would guess, was just a formality. Since Willis is several weeks (months?) ahead of the actual comic drawing, he’s probably already got the next one drawn and submitted.

          • maxyai
            maxyai
            March 19, 2015 at 7:15 am | #

            That’s what I figured:
            “Who should be in the next Slipshine?”
            A. Sal and Jason
            B. Other things that are not happening

            • saltchocolate
              saltchocolate
              March 19, 2015 at 8:20 am | #

              I’m not sure about that. I don’t know if he also draws the slipshines months in advance. It could be that the poll was timed so that he could get a Sal & Jason porn drawn to fit with this scene that he knew was coming up.

  8. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Yaaay, let’s join hands and sing the “I’m Lonely and Don’t Know How to Make New Friends” song!

    • TheTJ
      TheTJ
      March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      *Everyone mumbles, holding hands but not making eye contact*

      Well, if they knew how to make friends they wouldn’t be singing the song…

      • StClair
        StClair
        March 19, 2015 at 2:53 am | #

        Great, you already know it!

    • boomwolf
      boomwolf
      March 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I love that song!

    • Orbit Junkie
      Orbit Junkie
      March 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      I’m not loved,
      You’re not loved,
      We’ve got no more friends back home,

      • TheTJ
        TheTJ
        March 19, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

        So we’ll hide near the back
        And wait for this song to end.
        Don’t it suck not having friends?

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 19, 2015 at 8:31 pm | #

          For this chain of comments, I have a gift…

    • Feministic Man
      Feministic Man
      March 19, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Or just go with a George Thorogood song, particularly “I Drink Alone” or “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”.

  9. Urukak
    Urukak
    March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal, there are plenty of people in your dorm that would love to be your friend, if you would just let them.

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      I’m sure if she asked, she could be a friend of Dorothy.

      • Vivi
        Vivi
        March 19, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        That…might be a little tough to pull off, actually.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2015 at 12:45 am | #

        IT WILL NEVER GET OLD!!!

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      She doesn’t even have to do that. Joyce lets herself in.

      • Urukak
        Urukak
        March 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Joyce still has to work her way back to “friend” from “idolizer,” though.

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          March 19, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          Idolize? Joyce would never do that, that’s blasphemy!

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            March 19, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

            Actually, it’s blasphemous to worship FALSE idols. With Sal, you’re fine.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          March 19, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

          “Back to friend” implies that she was friends with Sal in the first place.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      March 19, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Like Sarah.

      Okay, not like Sarah. If Sarah got even a hint of Sal’s past she’d probably run in the other direction at maximum speed.

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 19, 2015 at 11:46 am | #

        I don’t know. I think Sarah might be OK with a past as long as it’s not also the present and/or doesn’t disrupt her own studies. Sal puts a lot of dedication and effort into her schoolwork and obviously takes it very seriously, I think Sarah would probably appreciate that.

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    “By the way is that an alien outside?”

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      March 19, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      “Nope, that’s just your reflection in the window.”

      • Urukak
        Urukak
        March 19, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        No, I’m pretty sure Jason has a student visa or something.

        • DuckDuckMoose
          DuckDuckMoose
          March 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

          I legitimately snorted at that. +1

          • SgtWadeyWilson
            SgtWadeyWilson
            March 19, 2015 at 3:27 am | #

            Okay, put away the drugs and get high on comedy like the rest of us!

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          March 19, 2015 at 4:41 am | #

          So he’s a legal alien, then.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            March 19, 2015 at 10:17 am | #

            “I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien, I’m an Englishman in New York…*”

            *Well, Indiana U., but it doesn’t scan, so.

            • neeks
              neeks
              March 19, 2015 at 3:47 pm | #

              Englishman at IU?

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 19, 2015 at 8:49 pm | #

      No, no aliens here. It was a weather balloon. Flying through some swamp gas. Reflecting the Sun…

  11. DuckDuckMoose
    DuckDuckMoose
    March 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Aw, Sal, kiddo…

    Having friends is great. Making friends is weird and awkward and stupid.

    Jason’s response in the last panel might seem callous, but consider: he is not running away from the feels as fast he can. Nor is he mocking the poor maudlin teenager. He might be an okay guy. C’mon, have a healthy conversation and not one that ends in more unethical banging.

  12. licoricepencil
    licoricepencil
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Don’t worry Jason, I think Sal needs to be drunk for this “sharing feelings thing” too.

    • Kathleen
      Kathleen
      March 19, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      She’s way ahead of you.

      • John
        John
        March 19, 2015 at 2:48 am | #

        Yeah, Sal’s drunk half a glass of chocolate milk; she’s half in the bag already.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          March 19, 2015 at 4:42 am | #

          If she’s like her other incarnation in this regard, getting her drunk would shut her up fast. Well, shut her down, really.

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            March 19, 2015 at 1:14 pm | #

            And the last thing Jason wants is having to drag her unconscious arse back to the dorm (” )

  13. Doc
    Doc
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Awh Sal, you poor baby. Your only friend is making other friends, maybe if you didn’t have so much spite for your brother, you could have everyone.

    Just my 2 cents, Sal.

  14. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Jason going to order what I think he’s going to order?

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Chocolate milk?

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      March 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Gin and Tonic. What else would he order?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        A sherry?

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      March 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      I’m just gonna assume he drinks vodka martini, shaken not stirred.

    • nothri
      nothri
      March 19, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

      Alcohol? Yes, he certainly will.

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      March 19, 2015 at 5:44 am | #

      Wey-hi pet, a bottle of Newky brown will go down just grand.

    • LegalSeagull
      LegalSeagull
      March 19, 2015 at 8:47 am | #

      Martini, shaken, not stirred?

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      March 19, 2015 at 9:04 am | #

      He’ll order the nearest thing to an awful smelling “real ale” from the barrel. He probably did his first and second degrees in Cambridge or Oxford.

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      March 19, 2015 at 11:47 am | #

      Pimm’s Cup in a pimp cup. Just like Burt Reynolds.

  15. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    I’ll have seven alcohols please.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Is that like Beer brand beer?

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        March 19, 2015 at 4:44 am | #

        Or those bottles labeled XXX that I’m pretty sure aren’t porn?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 19, 2015 at 7:52 am | #

          Queensland, Australia has an actual brand of beer called XXXX(4 X).

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            March 19, 2015 at 10:21 am | #

            Wait, isn’t ‘FourEcks’ a continent on the Diskworld (named after how the area was marked on most maps, “XXXX”, a blank and unexplored space)? Pretty sure it’s the Australia Expy, too. Wow, knowing Australia has a brand of beer called ‘XXXX’ just makes that even more awesome. 😀

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            March 20, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

            Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            March 20, 2015 at 2:16 am | #

            Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.

  16. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    They have something in common. Tsk Tsk.

    Everytime Ive logged in this week, there is no chat. I have to back up to yesterdays to get the chat to show up.

    Oh well I get in eventually.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      March 19, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      One has no friends because they try to do everything in there power to drive everyone but one person away, the other has no friends because they instinctively like a hard ass.

      I’m not seeing the similarities between the two.

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 19, 2015 at 3:04 am | #

        ::whispers:: Its that neither of them has friends.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      March 19, 2015 at 10:22 am | #

      You’re here today, then, from… tomorrow? O.O

      • neeks
        neeks
        March 19, 2015 at 3:50 pm | #

        Maybe they’re just posting the comment to have said something on the day-of, but won’t be able to see our responses till tomorrow because of glitchy reasons. Like in the Langoliers, but without the airplane and creepy Pac-men.

  17. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Panel 6: “All ah’ve got is this giant pill from Dr. Mario.”
    Jason: “Yeah, I wouldn’t trust that man. You shouldn’t use that.”

    • airyu
      airyu
      March 19, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Omg I thought it looked like a pill too

    • Safgaftsa
      Safgaftsa
      March 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

      It fell out of Amazi-Girl’s utility belt and Sal found it.

  18. Feministic Man
    Feministic Man
    March 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    I can’t help but think of this song: https://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      March 19, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      See and raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9O0B0gzZE

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        March 19, 2015 at 10:24 am | #

        And I was just going to reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk…

        • Stephen Bierce
          Stephen Bierce
          March 19, 2015 at 11:47 am | #

          Very nice, thank you.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          March 19, 2015 at 9:47 pm | #

          Wonder if this will fit in at any point? Hmmm, maybe…

  19. Regina Phalange
    Regina Phalange
    March 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Hmm you confuse me Jason. It would seem that you would like to continue hanging out with Sal (based on the apparent intention to listen to her angst), but you feel you could only tolerate the conversation while drunk, and you also feel the need to inform her of this? I’m not sure you know what you’re doing

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 19, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Jason is kind of a tool with too much pride.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

        That sums him up nicely. Well, and that’s he’s an ultimately well-meaning tool with too much pride.

    • Norah
      Norah
      March 19, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      That behavior might be one of the reasons he has no friends.

    • Garrett
      Garrett
      March 19, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

      Jason, as a man with a stick up his butt, needs to be drunk to open up about his own feelings. That and being drunk makes sharing sadness at a bar not as depressing.

  20. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    March 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Sudden attack of the feels </3

  21. chris73
    chris73
    March 19, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    I feel so bad for Sal because nobody wants to be her friend…oh wait

  22. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    March 19, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    *sobbing* STOP BEING MEAN TO EACH OTHER

  23. spw44
    spw44
    March 19, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m shipping these two so hard

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      March 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Apparently the Slipshine pole is too.

      • DuckDuckMoose
        DuckDuckMoose
        March 19, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

        Most voters would like to see Jason’s pole, Slipshined.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          March 19, 2015 at 1:15 pm | #

          *snerk*

  24. red
    red
    March 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Bring your own friend to college day (year)!

  25. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    I don’t think Sal is in the mood for that, Jason…

    OHHH, you meant you had to get drunk for feelings. Carry on.

    • tyersome
      tyersome
      March 19, 2015 at 2:21 am | #

      You seem to be groping around for the right word … but I don’t think that you got your hands on the right one yet …

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 19, 2015 at 9:50 pm | #

        Yeah, I’m not sure I can help you reach the word you want, sorry, hope it’s not too much of a pinch tho…

  26. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    March 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Dorm life IS pretty insipid, Jason. You’re not missing much (apart from the odd superhero sighting, student-RA hookups, and life-changing epiphanies).

    • Urukak
      Urukak
      March 19, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      Also Walky Performing a Sex.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

        And Joe performing a… no, wait, you didn’t miss that one.

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          March 19, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

          It was hard to Miss Penny …

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 19, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

            Bravo. Golf clap and +1 internet.

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              March 19, 2015 at 10:56 pm | #

              …but, but … I practice safe sex and don’t associate with golfers!

              • Disloyal Subject
                Disloyal Subject
                March 20, 2015 at 5:46 am | #

                At first I wondered what was sexual about a sarcastic clap.
                Then I saw the URL. Welcome to the 21st century, where anything and everything is a euphemism.

  27. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    March 19, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

    Uh hello ? Does Joyce and Billie not count ?

    • Kris
      Kris
      March 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      No…no they don’t.

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        March 19, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        OK let’s establish this so we’re on the same page what counts as a friend here?

        • Kris
          Kris
          March 19, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          It’s all about Sal’s perception. No doubt Joyce sees Sal as a friend but Sal? Still a (?) on that. Billie eh they seem to have mutual indifference.

        • TheTJ
          TheTJ
          March 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

          Well, someone you want to hang out with…

          So Far Sal’s been letting them tag along.

          • Kris
            Kris
            March 19, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

            But does she drink beer with them in a Walmart parking lot?

            • John
              John
              March 19, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

              Sal drinks beer with Malaya in a Walmart parking lot, and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t count her as a friend.

              • Kris
                Kris
                March 19, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

                That’s a pretty fair check actually. Malaya ruins everything!

    • Aletheia
      Aletheia
      March 19, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      Nah, Billie’s more of Walky’s friend, and Joyce tends to be more of a fangirl than a friend.. 😛

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 19, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      Not really. Sal barely interacts with Billie and more often than not it’s been hostile. I don’t know if they even like each other.

      Sal recently stuck up for Joyce, but I think that’s more because she was witnessing a victim of a seriously traumatic experience getting harassed by her dickhole brother, rather than because she really likes Joyce.

      I really do believe that as far as Sal is concerned, Marcie is her only friend.

      • John
        John
        March 19, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

        Sal worries about Billie, but doesn’t seem to want to actually hang out with her.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          March 19, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

          Good point. I also now remember her defending her from Ruth and offering to put “the fear of God” into her if she was harassing her.

          I also remember times where she’s just been plain annoyed as hell with Bilie, so I guess it could go either way.

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 19, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

        I would agree: I think more people consider Sal to be a friend of theirs than Sal considers people to be friends of hers.

  28. Kris
    Kris
    March 19, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    Sal unpopular?! BLASPHEMY!

  29. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    March 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    I am having Sal’s feelings without her alcohol! This is a problem . . .

    Seriously, I’m so happy to be getting more of her story! And to have her connection with Jason become something more than hate-fuck attraction (not that I’m judging!). Thank you, Willis!

  30. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    So, theory time. If Sal drifts further away from Marcie, who do you think she’s going to try and associate with? Would she try to hang out with her brother more and reconcile their relationship? Maybe try to talk to Billie since they’re also childhood friends?

    I’m thinking Danny. She’s already established him as a harmless dork with no ulterior motives for his help, and lord knows that would provide another confrontation between her and Amber.

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      March 19, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Either that or Carla will finally get through to her. That would be the most efficient way to incorporate more Carla appearances, which is something that needs to happen.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      March 19, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      *gasps*

      That might actually be right! And kinda cute, right up until Amber loses her shit. On the other hand, there may already be enough drama around Danny as it is, with Ethan free and single now . . .

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 19, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

        I know Danny isn’t really a significant character to Sal, but I can’t help but think Willis put the tutoring session to establish some kind of connection between the two.

        This is just me ballparking, but I’m guessing what ultimately ends Amber and Danny’s relationship (and that’s definitely where that’s headed) will be another confrontation between her and Sal.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          March 19, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

          I think that Danny will act as an intermediary between them in order to put Amber’s past to rest. At least, that’s how it might play out.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          March 19, 2015 at 6:58 am | #

          I figured he put them together as another fake out to those who read the other universe. Look it’s Danny and Sal, hahahahaha, nothings gonna happen except Amber going crazier.

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 19, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

      I’m going to guess Billie, because a new wedge has to pop up in the Rubillie relationship at some point.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 19, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

        I could see her trying to reach out to Billie, but since she’s so deeply entrenched in her Sexy Lesbian Suicide Pact, she’ll push her away. Recall how she practically snuck in and out of math while barely acknowledging any of her friends.

    • John
      John
      March 19, 2015 at 1:00 am | #

      I still want to see Sal and Amber establish an online friendship through the DSes without either of them realizing who the other actually is.

      • Urukak
        Urukak
        March 19, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

        I’m… not entirely sure how that would work, considering Sal is using Danny’s DS.

        Wait, does Danny have more than one DS?

        • John
          John
          March 19, 2015 at 2:41 am | #

          Amber would just assume at first that Danny’s mysteriously gotten way better at Mario Kart, until they get to chatting and she discovers it’s someone else borrowing Danny’s DS. The bigger problem is that Amber’s DS now identifies her as “Amazi-Girl”, and Sal knows who that is now.

          • John
            John
            March 19, 2015 at 2:43 am | #

            (By which I mean Sal knows that Amazi-Girl is the vigilante who attacked them in the Walmart parking lot, not that she knows that Amazi-Girl is Amber or the girl who stabbed her five years ago.)

            • neeks
              neeks
              March 19, 2015 at 3:54 pm | #

              “Sal is now acquainted with Amazi-girl”. There ya go. 🙂

          • Urukak
            Urukak
            March 19, 2015 at 9:35 pm | #

            See, I was going to point out the obvious flaw in that scenario that Amber would just ask Danny who’s been borrowing his DS, which he has no reason to hide, but then I realized he does! That being the fact that his reason for lending it to her would be “I thought she was Amazi-Girl,” which could lead to all sorts of awkward places. Thinking about it now, I’m actually a bit surprised we haven’t seen any fallout from that.

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              March 19, 2015 at 9:54 pm | #

              All I can say is give it time, Mr Willis has a greater plan than we can see…

            • John
              John
              March 19, 2015 at 10:26 pm | #

              “Some girl I’ve been giving math tutoring to,” is fairly innocuous and doesn’t reveal anything significant about Sal’s identity. And even Danny might be able to figure out that getting much more specific about her identity might not be conducive to good relations with his girlfriend.

              Actually, no, what am I talking about? This is Danny. If he ever figures out that hanging out with the super-hot motorcycle chick who barely wears clothes might upset his girlfriend, he’ll tell Sal that he can never see her again.

              • neeks
                neeks
                March 19, 2015 at 10:59 pm | #

                As long as he doesn’t say he’s tutoring her in journalism, he should be ok. Probably.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      March 19, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

      I’m thinking Carla as the most likely candidate for friendship. Possibly Danny, possibly Jason, but Carla has my vote at the moment.

  31. VinzKlortho
    VinzKlortho
    March 19, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    Awwwww shit JYEAH!

    SAD FIGHT! GET HYPE, SON!

    Put ya money down, who’s gonna win this race to the bottom?

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      March 19, 2015 at 12:38 am | #

      It will shortly be interrupted by Billie puking on their shoes.

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        March 19, 2015 at 11:39 am | #

        Nah, she and Ruth are happily ensconced in Ruth’s room puking into each other’s laps.

    • tyersome
      tyersome
      March 19, 2015 at 2:07 am | #

      Well, Sal has a head start …

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 19, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

    I think we have sit a sore spot for Jason. Don’t let Penny get to you. That bowtie is cool.

    Don’t be sad, Sal. Joyce is your friend.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      March 19, 2015 at 10:29 am | #

      Joyce is your friend, Sal. Be sad.

  33. Garrett
    Garrett
    March 19, 2015 at 12:43 am | #

    God I hope this ends with them plastered and singing Benny and The Jets in front of the whole bar

    • Spidergirl
      Spidergirl
      March 19, 2015 at 3:44 pm | #

      Or Piano Man. Once you Joel together, you’re bonded for life.
      No, wait, that’s just in the Mafia.

    • neeks
      neeks
      March 19, 2015 at 3:57 pm | #

      So which one of them is the journalist and which one has the closet full of bridesmaid dresses?

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        March 19, 2015 at 9:55 pm | #

        How many people would be surprised if it was Jason with the bridesmaid dresses…?

        • neeks
          neeks
          March 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm | #

          “Don’t give me that look, my sister ran out of closet space…and shipped them to me from….England….yeah.”

  34. JA
    JA
    March 19, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

    I’ve had some of my deepest conversations while drunk in a jacuzzi.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

      I sincerely hope it was as awesome as it sounds.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      March 19, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

      I would be down with a Bailey’s jacuzzi.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 19, 2015 at 9:36 am | #

      I can vouch for this – jacuzzis plus alcohol equal amazing relaxation.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 19, 2015 at 2:43 pm | #

        And having to change the water the next day.

  35. CaptainQuill
    CaptainQuill
    March 19, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

    In my head Canon Sal likes girls and is going steady with a female angel, as in from heaven with wings, not a metaphor.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 9:19 am | #

      The lesbian angel hangs out with Joyce and Dorothy right now, and her attempt to flirt with Sal was ignored.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 19, 2015 at 2:48 pm | #

      I don’t see it being an angel. For me, I see the angel of death, ie.: Alchemy (from Dangerously Chloe)

  36. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    March 19, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

    This feels like it’s going to lead to drunken mistakes…

    • Rycan
      Rycan
      March 19, 2015 at 4:51 am | #

      As opposed to sober ones? Either way, mistakes were gonna happen.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 19, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

        Given the magnitude of their sober mistakes I think their drunken mistakes might amount to honest and mutually supportive heart to hearts

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          March 19, 2015 at 9:40 am | #

          Actually in agreement, despite a few things I said below. This could be a good situation.

  37. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    March 19, 2015 at 2:06 am | #

    Right about now he’s wondering if they’ll serve him a keg with a straw in it.

  38. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    March 19, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

    Oh he’s a graduate student. I had a suspicion. Well, his character definitely makes sense now.

    • tyersome
      tyersome
      March 19, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

      You mean because he actually feels bad about being a crappy teacher?

      • A Scientist
        A Scientist
        March 19, 2015 at 3:16 am | #

        That part, yes, since, especially early, many graduate students are seeking careers in academia, so the teaching side would matter.

        But also the lack of friends. Sure, he’s sandpapery and not very likeable, but most folks can at least find that one person who will put up with them. But if you don’t make friends early in graduate school before everyone settles into the program, it’s a pretty isolating environment, so it’s really easy to get stuck without any friends and not know how to fix it. It’s happened to a few people in my program, apparently. But we just don’t know those students exist because they are so isolated.

        So yeah, couple Jason’s stiff personality with an isolating situation like being a graduate student and you have a guy with no friends.

        • Nono
          Nono
          March 19, 2015 at 6:09 am | #

          I’m assuming Penny is also a graduate, but unlike Jason, she has the charisma and gregariousness to get around the department.

          It’s the same lesson that Dina told Sarah; it’s all about networking.

          • Solenoid
            Solenoid
            March 19, 2015 at 9:38 am | #

            Penny also gives zero fucks, so there’s that. Well. Discounting the literal, that is.

          • Majere
            Majere
            March 19, 2015 at 3:25 pm | #

            Yeah she definitely “get’s around.”

  39. Yarrun
    Yarrun
    March 19, 2015 at 2:34 am | #

    Looking worryingly Faz-ish in panel 3, Sal

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 19, 2015 at 10:00 pm | #

      Well Faz is unpopular, yet thinks he’s the beez-kneez, while Sal has several loyal followers yet thinks she has no other friends…

      IT IS REVEALED!! This universes Sal is Genderbent Bizarro Faz! I HAVE CRACKED THE CODE!! IT’S ALL SO CLEAR NOW…

  40. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 19, 2015 at 3:37 am | #

    Wow, she’s not even registering the portable console dude.

    • John
      John
      March 19, 2015 at 3:51 am | #

      He’s just a math tutor, and one she’s not even banging. Jason’s closer to being a friend than Danny is.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        March 19, 2015 at 1:26 pm | #

        He made a lot more efforts to understand how Sal thought than Jason did (and managed to get her to work out her math block that way), so I disagree here.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 19, 2015 at 2:40 pm | #

          I think the important point is how Sal sees it, and she’s made it pretty clear how she defines friends.

          In singular.

    • Bill
      Bill
      March 19, 2015 at 2:44 pm | #

      *What* portable console?  I see nothing; not even casual cellphone use.
      Unless you’re talking about what she is holding, and that’s her drink.

      • Spidergirl
        Spidergirl
        March 19, 2015 at 3:45 pm | #

        Danny. They’re talking about Danny and his DS.

  41. Dorje Sylas
    Dorje Sylas
    March 19, 2015 at 4:31 am | #

    Gotta love a brain on a 3 second delay behind its mouth.

  42. Willoughby Chase
    Willoughby Chase
    March 19, 2015 at 5:37 am | #

    Drunk sex and guilt-trips coming up.

    Can they make it to Vegas from here?

  43. maxlines
    maxlines
    March 19, 2015 at 5:51 am | #

    Maybe this will make into Slipshine.

  44. Evie
    Evie
    March 19, 2015 at 6:56 am | #

    I never thought I’d see a similarity between Marcie and Danny…but here it is. Arguably Becky too, now!

  45. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    March 19, 2015 at 9:36 am | #

    Don’t grouse now, Jason. You signed up for this when you engaged in your ill-advised, power imbalanced sexual congress with her. It’s your fault you didn’t read the fine print. You went into this rodeo willingly, and you’re in it until the bull bucks and gores you. The least you could do is listen and not be a jerk.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      March 19, 2015 at 9:54 am | #

      That’s the thing, though. Jason thought they were having an affair, Sal was very clearly exchanging sex for grades. She’s the one changing the rules now.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 19, 2015 at 3:20 pm | #

        Except he never changed her grades in the first place.

    • John
      John
      March 19, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

      I think part of his grouse is that Sal’s issue hits close to home for him since he feels isolated himself.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 11:06 am | #

      I have complained so much about Jason’s relationship with a student, but this right now is not a problem. They are on neutral ground, they have both made sure to distance themselves from their earlier “relationship” and they approach each other with respect.

      Of course, if there is sexytime tonight after alcohol has been involved I will have a few sharp things to say…

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        March 19, 2015 at 1:51 pm | #

        I think it depends on how much alcohol, myself. Alcohol is a problem when there has been enough to create consent issues, but if two adults (legal sexually, not in terms of drinking age) have a beer or whatever and then sex, I don’t see a problem. For me the key is whether or not either party has consumed enough to eliminate capacity for consent: if the answer is yes, then sex is off the table, if the answer is no, then consent away and have fun if that’s your thing.

        Added with the fact that Jason has already recused himself from grading Sal’s work (as he’s said himself, he now gives her assignments to someone else to grade) the power imbalance is lessened (though not gone) because he no longer controls her grades.

        Of course, take my entire post here with the grain of salt labeled ‘anonymsly ships Jason and Sal anyway’. Because that is certainly true.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 19, 2015 at 2:25 pm | #

          Yeah, I don’t really foresee any trouble. It’s just a general rule of thumb. In a relationship as messy and complicated as theirs, they really should be sober if they chose to complicate it further, and given the power imbalance blah, blah, blah, student, TA we get it, Erik.

  46. Toes14
    Toes14
    March 19, 2015 at 10:35 am | #

    Just guessing that many drinks later Bowtie will end up ‘loading Sal up’, and that will be the next Pay Per view strip.

  47. M-M
    M-M
    March 19, 2015 at 10:40 am | #

    I hope this is setting up some flashbacks to young Marcie, Sal, and crew. Mmm… Drunken storytelling!!

  48. Danielle
    Danielle
    March 19, 2015 at 12:47 pm | #

    What is Sal drinking? It kinda looks like chocolate milk

    • Volkai
      Volkai
      March 19, 2015 at 2:33 pm | #

      Close! Chocolate stout.

  49. MutantSentry
    MutantSentry
    March 19, 2015 at 12:51 pm | #

    God damn it I got caught up. Now what am I going to do with my time…

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      March 20, 2015 at 5:58 am | #

      Worry not! Here on the internet, there are hundreds of webcomics worth your time!
      Alternatively, you could work out, watch TV, read a book, binge-read wikipedia, paint, work out while watching TV…

      • MutantSentry
        MutantSentry
        March 23, 2015 at 11:57 am | #

        Hush about all that working out stuff… been years since I had time to binge on web comics (for example, It’s Walky was still an on going thing at the time…). Now I’m up to date on stuff here, Girl Genius, Sluggy, Order of the Stick, Skin Horse and Nukees. I also see Fans! is done, again. Got any web comic suggestions for me?

  50. Volkai
    Volkai
    March 19, 2015 at 2:32 pm | #

    Not just drunk, properly drunk.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 2:38 pm | #

      You know, English drunk. Pip, pip.

      • Spidergirl
        Spidergirl
        March 19, 2015 at 4:24 pm | #

        Let’s hope Sal holds her liquor better than she did last time, then.

        • Nono
          Nono
          March 19, 2015 at 5:54 pm | #

          If the Walkyverse rules apply, Sal can barely hold hers any better than newspaper can.

  51. Spidergirl
    Spidergirl
    March 19, 2015 at 4:25 pm | #

    Apparently EVERYONE in this comic has been possessed by the green-eyed monster. It’s starting to look like an epidemic.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 19, 2015 at 5:14 pm | #

      Nah, not…
      er…
      Let me get back to you on that.

      • Nono
        Nono
        March 19, 2015 at 5:55 pm | #

        Dina, Jacob, Ethan, Dorothy, Joe, Danny, Marcie, etc…

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          March 19, 2015 at 8:13 pm | #

          Thanks. Those. Although I’m not so sure about Marcie until I know more about her feelings about her and Sal’s relationship.

  52. PureLionHeart
    PureLionHeart
    March 19, 2015 at 4:59 pm | #

    Load Me Up. Great song.

  53. Ivan
    Ivan
    March 19, 2015 at 5:56 pm | #

    I wasn’t reading Jason’s dialogue in my head with an English accent before, but now that I am I can’t stop hearing him as that kid Stewie from Family Guy.

    • Eyebrow
      Eyebrow
      March 19, 2015 at 6:25 pm | #

      When I have Stewie read Jason’s lines, the comic is much funnier. Thanks.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      March 19, 2015 at 9:30 pm | #

      Just don’t imagine Sal sounding like Brian. Or Meg.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        March 20, 2015 at 5:59 am | #

        She’s incurably Applejack, as she should be.

  54. Tenn
    Tenn
    March 19, 2015 at 6:19 pm | #

    “Sir video game of dubious entertainment value, I would like a drink.”

  55. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    March 19, 2015 at 8:12 pm | #

    So much rage…

  56. Screwball
    Screwball
    March 19, 2015 at 10:08 pm | #

    Alright, my predictions for where this is going-
    #1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), drunk sex/near sex (like when Billie & Ruth actually got together). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…

    #2; Don’t get drunk, but head off anyway (kicked out, get bored, babysit drinks too long, etc.), get to location, still making wit the feels, do the feels-stare thing, Slipshine time…

    #3; Mr Willis goes to other characters… 😛

    My predictions are in…

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      March 19, 2015 at 10:34 pm | #

      My predictions:
      Jason gets drunk. Mike gets drunk.
      They somehow both end up waking up in bed with Danny.

      Wouldn’t be the first time Mike has pulled a Frankenfurter, and judging by that current slipshine poll, a mmm threeway is where we’re headed.

      • neeks
        neeks
        March 19, 2015 at 11:06 pm | #

        Well no, judging by the current poll, Sal and Jason’s current intercourse turning into one with the more commonly used context is where we’re headed. Though if Willis were to combine the “bring on the dudes banging” votes, the male gay slipshine would just barely come out on top.

        If you know what I mean.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      March 21, 2015 at 7:13 am | #

      Just to make it official, making a slight modification since there’s been confusion from using a bad choice of words. Now on, #1 won’t include “Drunk sex/near sex”, instead I’ll go with a “Bonding moment (something to bring them closer together outside the classroom)”. Other than that, I’m not changing it.

      So, now it reads-
      #1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), have a bonding moment (something that brings them together outside the classroom other than tutoring). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…

      That should do, no spoilers sighted, hopefully no more confusion, I now return you to your regularly scheduled webcomic…

  57. Rosario
    Rosario
    March 25, 2015 at 9:32 am | #

    Well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS

CHOOSE A SIDE, NO COWARDS

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