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August 1, 2023

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by David M Willis on August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina

└ Tags: becky, dina, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    “YES! I was given permission by a rebel!”

    “Does this not circumvent the purpose behind rebellion, to acquire permission from even an imagined authority?”

    “lemme ‘splain ya something called ‘sarcasm’, Dina… maybe also ‘irreverence'”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 21, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      Maybe Sal will give her permission to smoke and get a tattoo next!

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 21, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

        make sure to get it signed in triplicate! just to avoid misunderstandings

        • Dean
          Dean
          August 21, 2015 at 1:30 am | #

          And get it stamped by Personnel. Preliminary authorisation should arrive in 4-6 weeks.

      • inqntrol
        inqntrol
        August 21, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        And a leather jacket,the piece de resistance

        • Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
          Chinoy Industries, Ltd.
          August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

          inb4 VIVE LA RESISTANCE!!!!!

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            August 21, 2015 at 8:54 am | #

            VIVE LA DIFFERANCE!

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 21, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        …a candy cigarette, and a temporary tattoo?

        • Betty Anne
          Betty Anne
          August 21, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

          Don’t knock it! For those of us who were “sheltered” (Read: isolated by controlling parents), candy cigarettes and temporary tattoos were a secret joy that made us feel like a bad-ass at school, but could be disposed of without evidence before we got home and our parents found out. >_>

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            August 21, 2015 at 10:26 pm | #

            not knocking it, just verifying

          • Senko
            Senko
            August 22, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

            I’m just wondering if you make a rebel an authority figure do they stop being a rebel?

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 21, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        Yeah no, she ain’t takin’ no responsability fo’ anyone else’s crap.

      • Nono
        Nono
        August 21, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Don’t forget the holy grail: a motorcycle ride.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 21, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          If Becky gets one of those before Joyce, we will see the JoyceFace to end all JoyceFaces.

          • Toes14
            Toes14
            August 21, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

            Well, Becky will say “Fuck” before Joyce now, so that qualifies her according to Sal.

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      August 21, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      God-dammit…

    • Plaid
      Plaid
      August 21, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Your username confuses me but I love it. Also the gravatar.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 21, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

        Consider her a cousin to the Asides.
        Seriously, pronounce the name out loud. That’s the joke.

        • That Damn Rat
          That Damn Rat
          August 21, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

          Plaid may not be familiar with the word anachronistic, it has a fairly niche field of use.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            August 21, 2015 at 7:45 am | #

            Wrong! The Chronistics are an ancient family of time-travelers. Every couple of generations or so, one of them travels back in time and marries into a different family.

            By this point, they’re basically related to everyone.

            • m2iCodeJockey
              m2iCodeJockey
              August 21, 2015 at 8:41 am | #

              “Someone is getting ahead of themselves…”

            • bodmans
              bodmans
              August 21, 2015 at 8:46 am | #

              but… wouldn’t that eventually be detrimental to genetic diversity, and thus cause all kinds of inbreeding diseases?

              • Gordon
                Gordon
                August 21, 2015 at 9:41 am | #

                Depends on where in time they go and whether they find their partners in the same geographical area. There are literally billions of different people for them to choose from and the effects of inbreeding really only show up over generations. If I were to go back say, ten generations on my family tree, we wouldn’t be all that genetically similar. Hell, five generations ago we wouldn’t be similar. I mean, roughly speaking I only share a quarter of my genes with my grandparents.

                Unless the time traveling family is like…the Duggars or something, I don’t see the issue cropping up.

                • Sunny
                  Sunny
                  August 21, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

                  So it would be ok to have sex with one’s great-grandmother. Good to know…

                • Gordon
                  Gordon
                  August 21, 2015 at 9:13 pm | #

                  You’d have to ask your great grandmother about that.

                  I won’t presume to know her thoughts on it.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        August 21, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

        Anachronistic yo.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        August 21, 2015 at 9:31 am | #

        Anachronistic. A thing out of its proper time.

      • Amazi-Stool
        Amazi-Stool
        August 21, 2015 at 3:43 pm | #

        What confuses me about that name is that it is written exactly like the word, only has a space in it.

        The Asides were not that obvious and always started with the short form of a female name.

        So what i propose/suggest is to keep the old scheme and change the name to “Ann A. Crony’s Tic” or something like this!

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          August 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm | #

          What confuses me is the ones I used are all names I made for characters and y’all seem to be leaping all over that and do I explain exactly who everyone is or

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            August 21, 2015 at 10:30 pm | #

            I thought of a variant so I’m not using the Facebook cosplayer’s name (that I totes had first) but idk I kinda like the straightforwardness

  2. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Hey Sal, long time no see !

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 21, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Enjoy this page it’s going to be a nother 30 till we see her again.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 21, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

        Unless Dina leave the room immediatly I think we’ll see her again tomorrow~

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          August 21, 2015 at 3:09 am | #

          So then, Sal is no longer the girl next door?

          Wait, was she ever? 😉

          • neeks
            neeks
            August 21, 2015 at 3:19 pm | #

            She lets her parents think she is, does that count?

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 21, 2015 at 4:32 am | #

        I’m not sure that’s the case, but that’s a spoiler so I’m saying no more.

      • Halloween Jack
        Halloween Jack
        August 21, 2015 at 12:20 pm | #

        Mmmmaybe. Or maybe there will be a Becky/Dina/Sal triangle and/or menage a trois.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 21, 2015 at 9:54 pm | #

          Pretty sure Sal’s stance on this is “yeah, i’m NOT doing that, no”.

  3. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    IKR

  4. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    It’s time for a … SPEEEEEEEEED REEEEEECAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!!

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 21, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      aaaand go–![trip-n-fall]

    • Nono
      Nono
      August 21, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Now imagine Becky saying it in that tape-rewind speed.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 21, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Also, the squeaky tape sound.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 21, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      It’s impressive to be able to say all that without catching your breath, seriously.

      • tim gueguen
        tim gueguen
        August 21, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

        Becky is secretly a clone of Willow Rosenberg.

    • Stephen R. Bierce
      Stephen R. Bierce
      August 21, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Go Speed Recap
      Go Speed Recap
      Go Speed Recap Go!

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 21, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        ♪Here it comes, here comes Speed Recap: She’s a lesbian Joyce… She’s a lesbian, she’s gonna be roomies ’cause she’s homeless♫

        [/trying too hard]

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 21, 2015 at 2:49 am | #

          Try harder.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            August 21, 2015 at 7:50 am | #

            Try Hard: With A Vengance!
            Live Free Or Try Hard

            • WolfLann
              WolfLann
              August 21, 2015 at 10:03 am | #

              A good day to Try Hard

  5. Badeyes
    Badeyes
    August 21, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    SAL! Getting clued in.

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 21, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      And luckily for Becky, she’s not around all that much, so the likelihood of her accidentally blabbing is slim to none.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 21, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Blabbling to who, anyway. Her only friend’s Marcie.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 21, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          Hence “slim to none”.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 21, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

            I almost wrote “Malaya” instead of “Marcie”, and then spend 5 good minutes thinking “what the hell, brain”.

            • Nightsbridge
              Nightsbridge
              August 21, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

              I suggest bleach.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              August 21, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

              In a very strange universe next door:

              Marcie: “I wanna tap that”
              Sal: “Me too. In fact, she’s my knew only friend. See you never.”
              Marcie: [sign that can’t be translated to any written or spoken language]
              Malaya: “Sure, whatevs, but I’m still the cool one.”

              And then Sal and Malaya rode away into the sunset on a motorcycle.

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                August 21, 2015 at 7:52 am | #

                … and had BEST HATESEX EVAR

  6. Mada
    Mada
    August 21, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Let us hope everyone can be as understanding as Sal is.

    Okay, that’s a vain-as-fuck hope, but oh well.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      The only one I can think that might not be understanding is Ruth.

      • detective boomwolf
        detective boomwolf
        August 21, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Her and Mary.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 21, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          Well Mary is sorta a given so…

      • Mada
        Mada
        August 21, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

        I like to think if/when Ruth confronts them about this, Dina’s going to reveal that she’s known about Ruth and Billie for some time (cue flashbacks showing Ruth and Billie doing their best to be careful but Dina happening to be nearby without being noticed).

        And thus a sort of “You don’t tell on us/we don’t tell on you” deal is struck.

        • JetstreamGW
          JetstreamGW
          August 21, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

          That seems a bit cutthroat for Dina.

          • Mada
            Mada
            August 21, 2015 at 1:57 am | #

            Oh I don’t think Dina would be cutthoat about it; I just wouldn’t be surprised if she unveiled the relationship in a matter-of-fact tone, much the way she asked Amber about her running around in a costume.

          • Willoughby Chase
            Willoughby Chase
            August 21, 2015 at 4:08 am | #

            It would be the sort of thing Sarah would do.

            She’s the baseball bat you keep handy, just in case, just for that sort of emergency.

      • Nightsbridge
        Nightsbridge
        August 21, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        I still think that Ruth is going to have more sympathy for shitty-family shenanigans than we give her credit for. We still don’t know much about her grandfather, but we know it’s not good.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 21, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

          Fair point. I’m hoping Ruth’ll be understanding too, but at the same time I can still see some sort of “you don’t tell then we don’t tell” deal.

          • begbert
            begbert
            August 21, 2015 at 3:56 pm | #

            As that ‘you don’t tell then we don’t tell’ deal sounds like blackmail, I see Ruth as more likely to react to it with a rousing game of femur removal.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 21, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

          I do believe that Ruth would be sympathetic but aside from Mary, she’s the next most likely to not be understanding.

          • That Damn Rat
            That Damn Rat
            August 21, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

            She is however in a position of authority, and can not allow this to continue, so while she would probably be sympathetic, she may still have to apply the boot.

            • JetstreamGW
              JetstreamGW
              August 21, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

              Pff. Ruth abuses her authority as it pleases her.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                August 21, 2015 at 7:05 am | #

                Exactly. Ruth will be helpful, if not openly sympathetic. This isn’t something to report. (Has Ruth ever reported anything that would get any of her charges in trouble?) This is one more thing to hold over them to keep them in line.

            • Tacos
              Tacos
              August 21, 2015 at 1:35 am | #

              If Ruth cared about using her authority responsibly then she wouldn’t be in a relationship with one of her charges she is supposed to look out for.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 21, 2015 at 2:52 am | #

        Oddly enough, I can see Ruth, if she is fully aware of the circumstances, telling Becky that she’ll look the other way unless she gets caught by someone in authority. If that happens, she won’t help her and will deny under oath that she knew Becky was still in the dorms.

        I can also see her telling Joyce, Sarah and Sal that she’ll cheerfully throw all three of them under the bus too to protect her position.

        Whether she actually would do that is not certain. She’ll say it because she has the ‘ruthless’ rep to maintain.

  7. gkheyf
    gkheyf
    August 21, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    if you say it fast enough, it’s ok. that is why beck keeps practicing that

  8. MM
    MM
    August 21, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Becky’s lucky Sal’s innate desire to rebel against any and all authority trumps her desire for a single.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 21, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      I landed a single in my senior year. Roommate dropped out to join the Air Force, and they never got around to assigning me someone new. I could invite friends to stay over, and prance around naked all I wanted!

      Not at the same time, though. That would be weird.

      • Someone
        Someone
        August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Prancing around naked with friends should never be weird!

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 21, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

          Prancing around naked while teaching class on the other hand is a little odd.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 21, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

            I doubt they’d let that go even for health classes

          • tim gueguen
            tim gueguen
            August 21, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

            Depends on the class. If it’s something like the history of nudism it would be quite appropriate.

            • Nightsbridge
              Nightsbridge
              August 21, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

              “Today class, we couldn’t find a model. So, I will volunteer!”

            • Deathstalker
              Deathstalker
              August 21, 2015 at 5:40 am | #

              Heh, one of my anthropology professors was commenting on something and said basically about nudity taboos, and why no one came to class nude.

              Next day, 2 students come in wearing trench coats, and once class began took them off, nude. No one said a word. The professor said something (I can’t recall exactly, and can’t ask him anymore.) along the lines of I stand corrected, and went on with everything.

            • WolfLann
              WolfLann
              August 21, 2015 at 10:08 am | #

              Or art class

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 21, 2015 at 1:20 am | #

            Not if you’re a cuttlefish.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 21, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          It’s only weird if you make it weird.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        August 21, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        I got one in freshman because by residence (Basser College at UNSW, in 1982) was such a dump that they couldn’t fill all the places. My room hadn’t been repainted since my brother lived in it fifteen years earlier. Nor had the leak in the roof been fixed.

        I took advantage of the single to have a major depressive episode without anyone noticing. You know the “freshman fifteen”? I lost fifteen pounds in freshman year by skipping meals and exercise.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          August 21, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          “my residence”, not “by residence”. Oops.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        August 21, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        Well, depends on what kind of friends we’re talking about. I had friends in college I could invite over an be naked around… there were certain types of benefits involved.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          August 21, 2015 at 9:36 am | #

          We started with naked hottubbing at my roomie’s mum’s house (parents were hippies who didn’t want clothing fibres clogging up the filter, so it was okay lol) and just sort of went, “It’s hot and we’ve already all seen each other naked, so…” from there.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        August 21, 2015 at 11:26 am | #

        Prancing and parading always seem to involve nakedness. Who prances around without being naked? Parading around naked is just about the only kind of parading people mention.

  9. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 21, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Rule #15 of sheltered suburban kids: “Swearing is allowed if quoting someone or somthing that has sworn.”

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      August 21, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

      Not in my house, it wasn’t!

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        August 21, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

        ^ This. More like, “If quoting someone else, replace the swear with an acceptable substitute such as the first letter of the swear, or actually saying “swear word,” because we don’t talk like that in this house.” ^^;

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 21, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I believe in spontaneity… just as long as you plan for it first.

  11. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    August 21, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    “Oh dear God, now ah live wit a lesbian Joyce.”

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      A lesbian joyce/walky.

      • detective boomwolf
        detective boomwolf
        August 21, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Lesbian Joyacky.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 21, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          “So… I have a wonderbread little sister now ?”

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 21, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

            Oh wait, that’d be gingerbread, right ? 😀

            • detective boomwolf
              detective boomwolf
              August 21, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

              You topped yourself. I didn’t think it was possible, but you pulled it off.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            August 21, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

            Wonderbread is her name for Danny, not Joyce.

            • Darkoneko
              Darkoneko
              August 21, 2015 at 9:56 pm | #

              I know (also it’s Becky, not Joyce)

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          August 21, 2015 at 5:00 pm | #

          “You gotta try this lesbian joyky, it’s a lot bettah than regulah joyky. It’s made from lesbian cows!”

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 21, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

        “Take that, Marice. I ALSO have an annoying little brat to spend time with now.”

    • Blackbird
      Blackbird
      August 21, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Mmmm, lesbian Joyce….

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 21, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

        Becky, stop posting.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 21, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      A Christian lesbian who experiments sexually with an atheist and you thought you were going to have to share rooms with a square…

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 21, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

        Has Dina been confirmed as atheistic?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          August 21, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

          Yep.

  12. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 21, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Re alt-text : As a wikipedia editor, yup, you just can get away with a hella lot of things if you’re “quoting”.

  13. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    August 21, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    *plays Monty Python’s “I Bet You They Won’t Play This Song On The Radio” on the Muzak*

  14. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    August 21, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    Love Sal. After a minute to process motormouth’s statement (that all is hard to say without a breath in there), not surprised she agreed.
    I think she would have agreed even without Billies 2cents but, this is funnier.

  15. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    August 21, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    Just got a thought: if Toedad manages to find that room while Sal is at home….this will be interesting.

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 21, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      Sal vs. Toedad….

      I like this mental image.

      I like it a lot.

      And best of all, Marcie wouldn’t be around to make her stop 🙂

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 21, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

        …That would be all kinds of bad for Sal, tho.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 21, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

          Well yes, but for the past few days I’ve been pondering various scenarios that would involve Toedad getting his ass kicked; be it verbally, metaphorically, or physically.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 21, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

            I’d prefer for him to be broken with words than with violence and watch him collapse in on himself in a blubbering wreck as he realizes what he’s put Becky through. But since it’s unlikely that he’d listen & accept another’s words, I’m more than happy to see just what Sal is capable of.

            • darkoneko
              darkoneko
              August 21, 2015 at 10:06 am | #

              It could probably go the shortpacked Leslie’s way.
              Ah well, we shall see in due time. Hopefully before the next world war.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 21, 2015 at 1:21 am | #

          Only if the body is found. I kid of course. Kinda sorta.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 21, 2015 at 2:56 am | #

      He’s bigger than Sal and maybe she is out of her depth. Amazi-Girl to the rescue.

      Amazi-Girl saves Sal from being assaulted or worse. There are… consequences for Amber and Sal alike.

  16. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    August 21, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    Billie knows her sorta-but-not-really sister well. Which is good it’s only sorta, or that time she drunkenly tried to mack on her would be creepy in addition to very awkward.

  17. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 21, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    Poor Becky. She’s gonna be rooming with a hottie walkerton who sleeps in the buff. Gotta be tough on a gal.

    • clorr
      clorr
      August 21, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

      Poor Becky? She has a girlfriend who is also Dina; which makes up for any downside. More importantly, her having a girlfriend means she doesn’t need to jump everyone’s bones. now she can enjoy the eye candy.

      • darkoneko
        darkoneko
        August 21, 2015 at 10:07 am | #

        And if Dina happens to be ace ?

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          August 21, 2015 at 11:44 am | #

          Doesn’t mean she’s unwilling to have sex, just a lack of personal interest.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      August 21, 2015 at 9:39 am | #

      No more buff than Mickey Mouse.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 10:11 am | #

      Well, it means she’s not sleeping with Joyce any more so I say as distractions go it’s a step towards the safe side.

  18. Rebecca
    Rebecca
    August 21, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

    I don’t know why that last panel makes me laugh so hard but it does. I can’t decide which is funnier, “sweet I get to use a swear!” or Sal’s reaction to it.

  19. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 21, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

    Panel 5 Internal Dialogue: Damn that’s metal as Hell. Ah totally want to stick it to the man for that sh… well played, Billie, yah wise ass, well played.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

      I think the only thing that really irks her is that Billie got one over her.

      “I’m NOT that predictable, am I?”

  20. Cholma
    Cholma
    August 21, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

    Dina: “Billie, Sal said to inform you that you were correct, and also fornicate you, intelligent buttocks.”
    Billie: “What?!”
    Dina: “I am summarizing?”

  21. Disloyal Subject
    Disloyal Subject
    August 21, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

    Digging the cycling banners, and the closer look at Sal’s tattoo.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      August 21, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

      Which cycling banners? And double plus on the tattoo.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 21, 2015 at 2:56 am | #

        The background at the top, behind “DUMBING OF AGE: A College Webcomic by David M Willis”
        They used to be static, at least for my browser, but now I’m seeing a variety.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          August 21, 2015 at 6:18 pm | #

          I’m pretty sure that this is a function of those so-called “smart ad” programs that select the ads you see based on your recent browser history.  A few weeks ago, out of curiosity, I clicked on what I thought was an ad for inexpensive cycling water bottles and it turned out to be a site for a company that creates and sells promo advertising items (like pens, notepads, calendars, coffee cups, and yes, bicycle water bottles).  I backed out of there immediately, but I’m still getting ads for this company popping up on a regular basis.

  22. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 21, 2015 at 1:45 am | #

    Panel five Sal here nods in recognition to panel four Sarah Here.

    “You too, huh?”

  23. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 21, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

    Sal has learnt a terrible truth about rebellion: When your rebellious behaviour becomes so formulaic that people who know you can predict how you will react to a given situation with a high confidence of the outcome, then maybe you’ve lost that wild spontaneity that you were looking for! She’s also found that her childhood playmate has grown up to be an expert manipulator!

    I suspect that Sal is going to be in a worse mood than usual for the rest of the week. 🙂

  24. Asper Storm
    Asper Storm
    August 21, 2015 at 2:30 am | #

    I am starting to really love how freaking awesome Billie is!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

      Aaaaaaaaaalpha BONGO!!!

  25. Asper Storm
    Asper Storm
    August 21, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

    Oh and I guess Becky starting to turn awesome too.

    • Zatar
      Zatar
      August 21, 2015 at 6:13 pm | #

      Started?

  26. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 21, 2015 at 2:49 am | #

    It occurs to me that panel 1 needs more attention. Becky is telling Dina what it’s like being home-schooled.

    I suspect that Dina had a lot of misconceptions about what Joyce and Becky’s childhoods were like based on incorrect assumptions about home schooling. It might be interesting to see if this leads to her to react to Joyce in different ways.

  27. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 21, 2015 at 3:08 am | #

    This is Billie getting back to Sal for This

    • merbrat
      merbrat
      August 21, 2015 at 10:08 am | #

      Right! (bonus: Mini Joyce Reaction Panel)

  28. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 21, 2015 at 5:03 am | #

    I’m getting the feeling that Becky is going to end up being Sal’s equivalent of Joyce. For all she’s ‘rebelling’, Becky is going to be relentlessly and naively cheerful, upbeat and moral to the point that it drives poor Sal to distraction. However, as with Sarah, she can’t help but admire the girl’s spirit and dedication.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 5:14 am | #

      I really hope they will spend enough time for that to be the case. It might be that Sal just slips out through the window and leave Becky to her own antics though…

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      August 21, 2015 at 8:24 am | #

      Sal isn’t a rebel anymore, now she became amber, playing all the time with Danny… ‘s 3DS.

  29. Les
    Les
    August 21, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

    The ultimate test will be getting Dina to swear; actually I’m not sure whether it would be her or Joyce?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 7:37 am | #

      Dina won’t be that hard – just see how easy she fell into using “butthole dad” as the established nomenclature. As long as she get’s the idea of the swear being the proper term for something she will use it without hesitation.

      Dina *calmly spoken while playing mariocart*. Fuck. Fuck. Oh, that was an interesting application of newtonian physics. Fuck…

      • Nightsbridge
        Nightsbridge
        August 21, 2015 at 8:45 am | #

        People I know always seem startled when I straight up swear at people, for some reason. It’s not like I feel any special reservation, it’s just usually usually not called for.

  30. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    August 21, 2015 at 8:11 am | #

    Wait, only ‘a’ swear? Which of ‘fuck’ and ‘ass’ does she not consider a swear, anymore?

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      August 21, 2015 at 9:18 am | #

      Ass means “donkey” sometimes! Everyone wants to ride Billie plus she can kick things with enough force to vaporize a small city! It fits!

    • Emperor Norton
      Emperor Norton
      August 21, 2015 at 11:21 am | #

      OK, so my take on this (which quite possibly is wrong): “Ass” is growing milder and milder as a swear in itself, and “smartass” is pretty much no longer an actual swear, but just a mild… insult? Except Billie wouldn’t of course be insulted if she heard this.

      What do we call a word or expression that the sender is meaning as an insult, but that the recipient is more likely to take as a compliment?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        August 21, 2015 at 12:11 pm | #

        It’s the opposite of a back-handed compliment, so, a ‘back-handed insult’?

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        August 21, 2015 at 4:40 pm | #

        tvtropes lists it as “Insult Backfire”. I’ll do us all a favour and not link to the site.

  31. Spencer
    Spencer
    August 21, 2015 at 8:48 am | #

    Is it possible to be a rebel when your rebellion has become a trope in of itself?

  32. Julez
    Julez
    August 21, 2015 at 9:31 am | #

    It might be that the perspective on this is a bit weird but how damn big are these dorm rooms? This seems kinda huge.

  33. Mr. Bawkbagawk
    Mr. Bawkbagawk
    August 21, 2015 at 9:41 am | #

    if you ended the story arc with this comic? it would still be satisfying.

  34. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 21, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

    I love Dina’s and Becky’s double act. Dina is loud and funny and has a big goofy grin and you just know that she’s speed talking in panel four to get everything out there before Sal has time to react.

    Dina is in standby mode.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 21, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

      Yeah… I think you will find the place in the above paragraph where I should have said “Becky” instead of “Dina’.

  35. Effie Ray
    Effie Ray
    August 21, 2015 at 11:04 am | #

    Am I the only one who would like to see Mike deal with Toedad? It would be a disaster, sure, but a hilarious one. I miss Mike…

    • Gamaran Sepudomyn
      Gamaran Sepudomyn
      August 21, 2015 at 1:39 pm | #

      Yeah, but this is the realistic universe. He’s not going to be able to set Toedad on fire without consequences.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 21, 2015 at 4:15 pm | #

      I don’t see how standing there, saying rude things that’ll just fly over his head would be productive or even all that entertaining.

      • tyersome
        tyersome
        August 21, 2015 at 8:26 pm | #

        … well, based on a moderately humorous and mildly unfortunate personal experience, I would have to say that even stupid assholes can figure out they’re being mocked … and can react violently …

        … maybe Mike will become a ‘hero’ by provoking the toe-thing into a public act of violence or perhaps a stoke or heart attack …

        … yes, I know that this is too much like a happy ending … but the Willis could ‘treat’ us to Becky being agonizing conflicted about all this …

  36. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    August 21, 2015 at 1:03 pm | #

    Is it odd that I “hear” Sal’s voice as Applejack from “MLP: FiM”?

    Cause I know Sal is not country. So that makes it a little weird.

  37. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    August 21, 2015 at 1:10 pm | #

    Billie is right that, regardless of how Sal feels about being given a new roommate without her consent, she wouldn’t narc on Becky to the Establishment on principle. I’d thought about that before, after Billie first made her suggestion.
    Sal is clearly peeved that she isn’t as inscrutable as she previously imagined. She may need to start rethinking her image.

  38. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    August 21, 2015 at 2:46 pm | #

    Naïve Fundies Moving in with Grouchy Asocial People: The Webcomic

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      August 21, 2015 at 3:16 pm | #

      *ruth and billie fight over who doesn’t have to be the naive fundie*

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 21, 2015 at 4:12 pm | #

        Pretty sure Billie’s already lost that fight.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 21, 2015 at 9:53 pm | #

      hehehehehe

    • Tenchan
      Tenchan
      August 21, 2015 at 10:07 pm | #

      For some reason, I’m hearing “The Odd Couple” theme song.

  39. TPman
    TPman
    August 21, 2015 at 11:42 pm | #

    Ah! Ah! Giant blue spider on your arm Sal!

  40. Shadow Eagle
    Shadow Eagle
    August 24, 2015 at 7:27 am | #

    hmmm, i could of sworn when i read that on Friday it said “”fuck you, WIDE Ass”.
    My brain must be in edit mode…

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