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by David M Willis on August 11, 2017 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The 'Do' List
└ Tags: danny, sal

Discussion (241) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 11, 2017 at 12:01 am | #

    WHICH theme, tho

    just sayin’

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 11, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      BACK! BACK TO THE SEWERS!

      • newllend(henryvolt)
        newllend(henryvolt)
        August 11, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

        T.U.R.T.L.E POWER, T.U.R.T.L.E POWER.

        • zoomer296
          zoomer296
          August 11, 2017 at 9:15 am | #

          POWER, GET POWER…

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            August 11, 2017 at 9:57 am | #

            ADORENALIN AFURE DASU ZE!

        • Merle
          Merle
          August 11, 2017 at 10:19 am | #

          I give that theme about a 9.95.

    • pumacatrun2
      pumacatrun2
      August 11, 2017 at 2:05 am | #

      Nah, gotta be the 2003 one.

      Dunno how well it’d translate to ukulele tho.

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      August 11, 2017 at 6:19 am | #

      Original 80’s theme or nuthin’!

    • Merle
      Merle
      August 11, 2017 at 10:19 am | #

      I like to think Danny will get rocked with the shell-shocked pizza kings.

    • Socky
      Socky
      August 11, 2017 at 5:57 pm | #

      Considering the sliding time scale it’d have to be 2003 right? That’s the one that would have been around when Danny was a kid. I guess it could be the 2012 one, he would have been 13ish?

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        August 11, 2017 at 8:03 pm | #

        Anywhere from 12 to 14, yeah.

        The 2003-2010 series is the one that fell during his formative years.

  2. Cheesy1
    Cheesy1
    August 11, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    Ducktales . . . A-WOO-HOO!

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 11, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

      Everyday they’re out there, making Ducktales, A-WOO-OO!

      • Queen Anthai
        Queen Anthai
        August 11, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

        Not ponytails or cottontails?

        • Jaxx Sentinel
          Jaxx Sentinel
          August 11, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

          No, Ducktales, A-WOO-OO!

          • Renshear Blade
            Renshear Blade
            August 11, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

            Dragon Tales, Dragon Tales
            It’s almost time for Dragon Tales.
            Come along, take my hand,
            Let’s all go to Dragon Land.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              August 11, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

              I wish, I wish, with all my heart,
              To fly with dragons, in a land apart

              • TerribleName
                TerribleName
                August 11, 2017 at 1:19 am | #

                Gummibears
                bouncing here and there
                and everywhere
                High adventure thats beyond compare
                They are the Gummibears

                • N0083rp00F
                  N0083rp00F
                  August 11, 2017 at 8:35 am | #

                  Daring duck of mystery,
                  Champion of right,
                  Swoops out of the shadows,
                  Darkwing owns the night.
                  Somewhere some villain schemes,
                  But his number’s up.

                  (3-2-1) Darkwing Duck (When there’s trouble you call DW)
                  Darkwing Duck (Let’s get dangerous)
                  Darkwing Duck (Darkwing, Darkwing Duck!)

                • Goshii
                  Goshii
                  August 11, 2017 at 2:04 pm | #

                  Sometimes, some crimes
                  Go slipping through the cracks

                  Ma ma macgyver!

                • foamy
                  foamy
                  August 11, 2017 at 2:26 pm | #

                  You can win it in a minute when you spin it spin it spin it

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            August 11, 2017 at 12:49 am | #

            d-d-d-danger lurkswatch behind you

            • Ed Rhodes
              Ed Rhodes
              August 11, 2017 at 7:57 am | #

              “But if you’re afraid you’ll have to overlook it.
              Besides, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it!”

              • Marsh Maryrose
                Marsh Maryrose
                August 11, 2017 at 2:32 pm | #

                He will drink his Super Sauce and throw the bad guys for a loss, and he will bring them in alive and kickin’!

  3. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    August 11, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    . . . .I’m sure you could find a Death Metal cover no problem online.

    Second Note, Totally get Sal’s feeling here.

    • Raijin
      Raijin
      August 11, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

      • Raijin
        Raijin
        August 11, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

        Darnit, rolled a 1 on my skill check to craft that link lol

        You don’t have to look far, it only requires a quick search on Youtube. . .
        https://youtu.be/BxdNiRXMeo4

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 11, 2017 at 12:16 am | #

          The DC on that was 5, and you had a +2 bonus. That die is fuckin’ cursed.

          • Raijin
            Raijin
            August 11, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

            Yeah, a cursed artifact out to make my life miserable. In a way it’s a gift as much as a curse as I have to go on a side quest to fix it and get delicious bonus XP out of it…if I survive all the way to the end!

            Maybe I should get myself a ukulele like Danny. Never hurt to have some music…

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              August 11, 2017 at 4:55 am | #

              You can multiclass in Bard, or just use the ukulele as an improvised weapon.

              • N0083rp00F
                N0083rp00F
                August 11, 2017 at 8:38 am | #

                Exotic weapon proficiency – Group Stringed instruments – That way you could always use that Banjo from the infamouse El’Kabong the second you get your hands on it.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      August 11, 2017 at 12:59 am | #

      Thanks. Now I’m going to go find death metal for the ukelele.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 11, 2017 at 2:31 am | #

      Here’s some Pantera played on a ukulele. Up your game, Danny! You’ve been playing since this morning, you can do it!

  4. butts
    butts
    August 11, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    that one woulda worked on Amber, danno

  5. Emperor Daniel
    Emperor Daniel
    August 11, 2017 at 12:02 am | #

    “Got a friend who still ain’t talking to me, either.”

    “Also, she still ain’t typing to me.”

    • a/snow mous/e
      a/snow mous/e
      August 11, 2017 at 7:39 am | #

      That’s a dumb joke.

      (pun intended)

  6. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 11, 2017 at 12:03 am | #

    Well, Sal IS cool but rude.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      August 11, 2017 at 12:07 am | #

      gimme a break

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        August 11, 2017 at 1:15 am | #

        Daniel, though, is a whitebread dude!

        • Clif
          Clif
          August 11, 2017 at 8:51 am | #

          He’s a good egg.

      • Gaia
        Gaia
        August 11, 2017 at 4:00 am | #

        Never!

        • a/snow mous/e
          a/snow mous/e
          August 11, 2017 at 7:41 am | #

          Nobody better lay a finger on my Kit Kat bar

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            August 11, 2017 at 9:17 am | #

            It’s Butterfinger, you heretic.

            • TheGrammarLegionary
              TheGrammarLegionary
              August 11, 2017 at 10:38 pm | #

              Hey, now, when someone’s reference game is off, sometimes you just have to…

              Give them a break.

              *finger guns while dodging tomatoes*

    • TheAnonymousGuy
      TheAnonymousGuy
      August 11, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

      at least you know she won’t lie to you

  7. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    August 11, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    What’s scary is that when this comic started, I would have said “he’d play the 4Kids theme for her”, but now enough time has passed such that the Nickelodeon theme makes more sense given sliding timescales.

    FRIGHTENING.

  8. Shiro
    Shiro
    August 11, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    At first I thought she meant Danny was the friend who wasn’t talking to her, but he clearly is, so she must mean Marcie. :c It’s genuinely sweet that she’s opening up to Danny and looking for comfort, though. Sal needs to do more of that, it’s good for the soul.

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      August 11, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      I’m so happy that she’s opening up to someone, too 🙂

      see the last time she tried: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/pissybaby/

      • sultryglebe
        sultryglebe
        August 11, 2017 at 12:44 am | #

        Danny should not play Desperado.

      • TerribleName
        TerribleName
        August 11, 2017 at 1:23 am | #

        Does that really qualify as trying to open up to someone though?

        • Fart Captor
          Fart Captor
          August 11, 2017 at 1:30 am | #

          Yes? Especially for Sal, who is extremely closed off, even to her own brother.

          Marcie’s the only person she’s remotely open with, and not because there’s nobody else she cares about at all. This is a big deal for her

          • Jason
            Jason
            August 11, 2017 at 8:43 pm | #

            I agree with most of your post, except for “EVEN to her own brother”. That makes it sound like one would expect them to be close, but everything about their relationship and history makes me feel like her being distant from him is the only outcome- at this point in their lives at least. In fact I feel like he’s a big part of why she developed into an emotionally unavailable person.
            I think that, in a few years, they would re-establish their relationship and it would be a strong and healthy one. I know we won’t see that but that’s what I choose to believe.

  9. Miguel
    Miguel
    August 11, 2017 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny, we all know she’s better suited listening to the MMPR theme

    • RandomDude
      RandomDude
      August 11, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

      Or Biker Mice from Mars.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 11, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      TV or movie version?

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 14, 2017 at 6:16 pm | #

      Samurai Pizza Cats theme.

  10. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 11, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    *cues up Blue Oyster Cult*

    • lejwocky
      lejwocky
      August 11, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

      You see me now a veteran, of a thousand psychic wars..

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      August 11, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      Then again, we would need Sayyid to bring the cowbell.

      • lejwocky
        lejwocky
        August 11, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

        hung there dependent from the sky, like some heavy metal fruit?

    • SurpriseJho
      SurpriseJho
      August 11, 2017 at 1:30 am | #

      Nah. Probably more like Abbath or Insomnium.

  11. Keulan
    Keulan
    August 11, 2017 at 12:06 am | #

    I would love to see Danny try to play death metal on his ukelele.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      August 11, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

      I’m sure Jake Shimabukuro (whom I’ve mentioned before) could manage it.

    • Terry
      Terry
      August 11, 2017 at 12:14 am | #

      Death metal ukulele

      • Terry
        Terry
        August 11, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

        Huh. welp, I don’t know how to link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13xJwKyF2Ao

        • Raijin
          Raijin
          August 11, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

          A fellow companion who suffers under the same curse!

        • carl320
          carl320
          August 11, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9zT_i6LdX9w

          Some ukulele death metal for you all to enjoy 🙂

    • Freezer
      Freezer
      August 11, 2017 at 3:05 pm | #

      He could probably handle this:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Zmkevry5g

  12. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    August 11, 2017 at 12:08 am | #

    You just know that, somewhere out there, someone has done a death metal remix of the tmnt theme. Also the theme is stuck in my head now, thanks a lot. :p

    • Aletheia
      Aletheia
      August 11, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      Someone did so indeed~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdNiRXMeo4 *grins*

      • brionl
        brionl
        August 11, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

        Nice song. Too bad he used clips from that gawdawful movie.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      August 11, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

      Someone did one for Sailor Moon; totes in the realm of possibility.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        August 11, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

        That’s not even all that odd. There are quite a number of Moonlight Densetsu metal covers and metal covers of the not so hot US dub version.

        Pretty much since kids that grew up watching cartoons have been becoming professional musicians as adults there have been recorded covers of cartoon themes (cf. The Ramones covering Spiderman and anything one cares to name from Saturday Mornings Greatest Hits) and since the internet and especially YouTube became things, it’s been a growth industry among amateurs as well.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      August 11, 2017 at 12:20 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2F5CrJh3pE

      Here ya go. Unfortunately Nerlich isn’t something I could personally headbang to.

  13. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    August 11, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    ok, but the TMNT death metal yukulele version.

  14. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 11, 2017 at 12:09 am | #

    ….TMNT, Steven Universe, and Pokemon eh?

    Danny is a catch.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 11, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

      I’m blanking on when he mentioned SU.

      Isn’t that just Leslie’s interest?

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 11, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

        He was playing the theme yesterday.

        • takashid
          takashid
          August 11, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

          oh wow, i didnt catch that. danny is an su fan, i like him even more now

        • JessWitt
          JessWitt
          August 11, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

          Oh, that was? I heard comments of different songs but kay.

          • DinaWho
            DinaWho
            August 11, 2017 at 12:47 am | #

            Willis confirmed it in the comments, but a ways down from the song speculation near the top.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            August 11, 2017 at 3:04 am | #

            Word of Willis.

  15. Brian K. Pittman
    Brian K. Pittman
    August 11, 2017 at 12:10 am | #

    New Danny is a party dude.

  16. lia47
    lia47
    August 11, 2017 at 12:11 am | #

    I want to see him do this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnRUtMHGow

  17. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    August 11, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    Is Sal’s new roommate Blowjob Cat?

  18. brionl
    brionl
    August 11, 2017 at 12:12 am | #

    How about a Death Metal Josie and the Pussycats?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wXLoskdA

    • Rectilinear Propagation
      Rectilinear Propagation
      August 11, 2017 at 12:31 am | #

      Hah, I knew exactly what that was going to be! 🙂 The CN groovies were sooo good.

      I would seriously buy the theme done in each of the genres represented.

  19. Fart Captor
    Fart Captor
    August 11, 2017 at 12:13 am | #

    There’s already like, a BILLION people. What do we need new ones for?

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      August 11, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

      damn straight

      • butting
        butting
        August 11, 2017 at 4:48 am | #

        ITYM “damn straights”

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 11, 2017 at 6:22 am | #

          Damn straights, always sneakin’ into houses to have missionary-position vaginal sex with all the lights off.

          • Li
            Li
            August 11, 2017 at 9:02 am | #

            Damn straights is no different from “I hate lawyers” or “I hate bankers” or “I hate rich people”.

            It’s not really condemning individual people who just happen to have that trait; it’s a shorthand for frustration with a System, such as classism, or the recession. People who express frustration with “straights” (or cis people) are talking about the way that Straightness as a class materially hurts them, and occasionally the cluelessness and hurt feelings they encounter from individual straight (or cis) people when they cry out from that pain.

            Like I understand what you’re going for here, but no. What you’re describing, the vanilla sexual habits associated with certain cis heterosexual people, is not what’s being complained about, even as a joke, which butting’s reply surely was.

            (See also complaints about: the police, white people, liberals (when not uttered by a FOX Nees talking head), neurotypical people, so on and so forth. They’re not personal attacks, they’re expressions of frustration and pain with shitty situations, and we seem much better able to recognize this about some examples than others.)

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              August 11, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

              I’m a little confused. See, I was taking butting’s “ITYM” and running with it, not objecting to a perceived condemnation of straight people.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                August 11, 2017 at 11:28 am | #

                Just in case this isn’t clear enough: I made a lame joke playing off exaggerated stereotypes of heterosexuals. I did not say anything about anyone complaining about straight people.

                I’ll leave it at that, before my annoyance at this practice gets the better of me.

                • Meagan
                  Meagan
                  August 11, 2017 at 12:06 pm | #

                  I thought your missionary position joke was funny 🙂 and didn’t see it as arguing.

                • Li
                  Li
                  August 11, 2017 at 12:29 pm | #

                  I thought I heard irritation under the joke, so I thought I would explain where the comment was coming from. That’s all.

                • Meagan
                  Meagan
                  August 12, 2017 at 2:03 am | #

                  well I think the joke was targeting specifically that the “damn straights” are the ones responsible for the 7 billion people mentioned in few comments above that, due to procreative sex.

                  this does technically overlook queer folks who have biokids, but yeah, you can easily make a case that the majority of kids are born to straight people. so that’s what the joke was saying.

                  *takes joke and beats it over the head a few more times for good measure*

                • Li
                  Li
                  August 12, 2017 at 10:40 am | #

                  It “technically overlooks” a lot of people, and no, you can’t easily make a case that the majority of kids are born to straight people. Literally every generation we have where it’s more acceptable to be queer turns out to suddenly have more queer kids in it — or, you know, alternately, people feeling like they’re allowed to both question their identity and publicly tell other people they aren’t straight… tend to be more likely to do both of those things.

                  As of this current generation of teens, straight people are officially no longer the majority in any sense:
                  https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2016/3/11/less-50-teens-identify-straight-says-new-study

                  So if that’s what the joke was saying, it was a poor joke built on faulty premises. 😉

                  (Never mind the fact that there are plenty of good reasons not to actually be grateful for straight parents, which is what “the ‘damn straights’ are responsible for seven billion people mentioned above” implies. Like, there are queer folks who would much rather have just not been born than had the parents they got saddled with. This is just… it comes from ill-considered assumptions.)

  20. Tacos
    Tacos
    August 11, 2017 at 12:15 am | #

    Then Danny should play a death metal version of the TMNT theme on his ukulele. I’d listen to it.

  21. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 11, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

    Ukuleles are extremely metal.

  22. Irredentist
    Irredentist
    August 11, 2017 at 12:17 am | #

    I DON’T LIKE CHANGE

  23. Yumi
    Yumi
    August 11, 2017 at 12:18 am | #

    Who do you WANT to be Sal’s new roommate, if pesky things like logic didn’t get in the way?

    From in comic, I want her new roommate to be Jocelyne because I want to see her more in comic.

    From not in-universe, I’d kinda like to see her with Rosa Diaz.

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      August 11, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

      Jocelyne is out of school by now I’m pretty sure, and at the very least if she’s pursuing a higher degree she wouldn’t be rooming with a freshman

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        August 11, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

        “if pesky things like logic didn’t get in the way”

        • Shiro
          Shiro
          August 11, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

          Fair enough

    • pjeseb
      pjeseb
      August 11, 2017 at 12:27 am | #

      From out-of-universe: Aang, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

      I can’t think of anyone who would be more Sal’s opposite.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        August 11, 2017 at 12:29 am | #

        Aang at (1)12 or college-aged Aang? Because that would be interesting.

        • pjeseb
          pjeseb
          August 11, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

          College-aged Aang, just to make it a tiny bit less nonsensical.

      • pjeseb
        pjeseb
        August 11, 2017 at 12:33 am | #

        Actually, I did think of someone: Jack McCoy from Law and Order. I think it’d be funnier if it was Aang though.

    • C.
      C.
      August 11, 2017 at 1:08 am | #

      Imaginary College-age Louise Belcher.

      • A Scientist
        A Scientist
        August 11, 2017 at 2:41 am | #

        I second this motion.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      August 11, 2017 at 1:56 am | #

      …emma swan.

      failing that, bonnie bennett.

      failing that, rosa diaz.

      failing that, america chavez.

      failing that, london tipton.

    • Bonnie
      Bonnie
      August 11, 2017 at 2:58 am | #

      Raidah.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 11, 2017 at 7:16 am | #

      Jordan from Real Genius. Sal’s never there, Jordan never sleeps. It’s a perfect match.

    • CJ
      CJ
      August 11, 2017 at 10:01 am | #

      How about the women Leslie fell for? Or Raihda or one of here friends?
      There is a character study of Raihda on the tumblr.

    • WWWdotGun
      WWWdotGun
      August 11, 2017 at 11:42 am | #

      Sal. Just, like, herself. Another Sal. That probably wouldn’t really go anywhere in terms of shifting the plot of the comic towards a new direction from adding in new variables, but I think it would be kind of funny.

  24. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    August 11, 2017 at 12:21 am | #

    “Don’t like new people.”

    “Really don’t like new people while at the same time also losing old people, especially when one of those old people is my absolutely bestest best friend on whom I’ve relied on for years and years to keep me somewhat collected now.”

    “Don’t like the potential new unknown because the current known actually wasn’t too bad, and odds are that the unknown replacing it will be worse.”

    “Don’t like not having someone that I can talk about everything with. Don’t like not having someone I can let down my guard around. Don’t like not having someone I can trust with my life.”

    But also:

    “I do like having you.”

    “I do like that you’ve treated me as a full person all this time.”

    “I do like that you’ve never tried to put me down.”

    “I do like knowing that I can tell you these things and feel confident that you will not betray the trust I am putting in you here.”

    “I do like that you’ve helped me without ever asking for anything in return (except maybe making you better in Mario Kart).”

    “I do like you. And I do trust you.”

    • spriteless
      spriteless
      August 11, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

      <3

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      August 11, 2017 at 12:22 am | #

      Dammit, forgot to put in the / to close the italics after the first line!

      • Emperor Daniel
        Emperor Daniel
        August 11, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

        The Emperor of the Internet has made a critical code error, and the time for our attack has come!

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          August 11, 2017 at 12:36 am | #

          I thought DYW told you to get lost.

          Also, where’s King Daniel? I haven’t seen him in a while.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            August 11, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

            Uh…uh…*quickly puts on disguise*

            …I have no idea who this “Emperor Daniel” is. Hello, did you miss me?

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              August 11, 2017 at 12:43 am | #

              Hey, cool, Mandy!

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            August 11, 2017 at 12:42 am | #

            I am totally not Emperor Daniel under an assumed name, with him supposedly now being in hiding because of a terrible, terrible pun about how a tree was preserving Amber. That was just an awful pun, really. Who would make such an observational pun? Certainly not I, for I am certainly not Emperor Daniel.

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            August 11, 2017 at 4:36 am | #

            Also, We now declare that the whole post is in fact fine in italics, as it makes it look a bit like it could be a song that Danny could sing while playing on his ukulele.

    • zoelogical
      zoelogical
      August 11, 2017 at 12:41 am | #

      there are days i just….feel sal so hard

      this is one of them

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 11, 2017 at 3:13 am | #

      *sob*

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      August 11, 2017 at 3:59 am | #

      *snoof*

      Danny has leveled up to “old friend” status with Sal.

      That good, good egg.

      (My predicitve tablet kbd now wants to put “egg” after each time I type “good”. Damn You Willis.)

  25. pjeseb
    pjeseb
    August 11, 2017 at 12:23 am | #

    Does Sal really like death metal or is she just messing with Danny?

    What even is the difference between death metal and regular metal?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 11, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

      I don’t know, but they both scare me.

    • Durandal_1707
      Durandal_1707
      August 11, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

      Death metals are the highly radioactive ones that aren’t normally found in appreciable amounts in nature. So, technetium, promethium, and anything with an atomic number higher than 94. Normal metals are things like, y’know, iron, copper, that kind of stuff.

      • Arian
        Arian
        August 11, 2017 at 1:15 am | #

        Hehehe 🙂

      • davidbreslin101
        davidbreslin101
        August 11, 2017 at 7:47 am | #

        That’s a LOT of subgenres right there. Recomend any actinium bands?

        • Cephalo the Pod
          Cephalo the Pod
          August 11, 2017 at 4:42 pm | #

          Actinide as a genre is just derivative of the classic Lanthanide sound.

    • OnyxIdol
      OnyxIdol
      August 11, 2017 at 12:39 am | #

      What is even regular metal?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 11, 2017 at 12:46 am | #

      My favorite metal song (which again, scares me, and I’m not sure which sub-genre it falls under) is this one:
      https://youtu.be/29UoIIZ77pI?t=44s

      But that’s largely because I first heard the chorus out of context.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        August 11, 2017 at 1:31 am | #

        Atreyu is usually classified as Metalcore and usually lean more into the Punk and hardcore Alt-Rock influences of that genre than the Metal ones, though they aren’t as musically stripped down as most of either due to the Metal influences.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 11, 2017 at 9:40 am | #

          I saw “Atreyu” and “punk” in the same sentence, and thought you were talking about that little jackass that let his horse die in the mud.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      August 11, 2017 at 1:23 am | #

      There is no “regular” Metal. “Metal” in modern parlance is simply a generic metagenre while “Death Metal” is a specific genre within that metagenre usually typified by very dirty down tuned electric guitars and bass, fast tempo drums and deep gravely scream singing. Death Metal largely grew out of the Punk/Metal synthesis that was Thrash Metal in the ’80s and as such holds a lot of the same anger at the ills of society and exploration of the innate darkness of the human psyche in both tone and lyrical content.

      I could go on, but I love me both some metal and some media taxonomy and would inevitably spend hours doing that rather than just answering the question ;D

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        August 11, 2017 at 4:01 am | #

        So is the band Dethklok as btutal as they claim?

        • OnyxIdol
          OnyxIdol
          August 11, 2017 at 6:18 am | #

          Yes, but Dethklok is a special thing because while they are a band, they are at the same time a parody of the genre.

          • Fart Captor
            Fart Captor
            August 11, 2017 at 8:05 am | #

            They had to work really, really hard to come up with lyrics that were sillier than actual death metal bands. But they’re still one of my favorites along with Austrian Death Machine.

            Metal bands that take themselves too seriously tend to be crappier bands

            • ValdVin
              ValdVin
              August 11, 2017 at 9:44 am | #

              I don’t have much taste for metal, but I love the show. (Plus I think it’s raised the bar for any cartoon which wants to call itself serious about music.) These…idiot rock savants…are a hoot.

              PS I barely understand any of the lyrics, and don’t think I’m missing any of the experience.

            • Kamino Neko
              Kamino Neko
              August 11, 2017 at 1:36 pm | #

              They had to work really, really hard to come up with lyrics that were sillier than actual death metal bands

              Seriously… Saints Row the Third has The Cyborg Slayers by Dethklok on the soundtrack. (On the Adult Swim radio station, though I always have a mixtape with it and some of the tracks from The Blood, the metal/hard rock station.) If I had to pick out which track on the soundtrack was a parody of metal…it would not have been it.

              It would have been Arma-Goddamn-MFin-Geddon*, by Marilyn Manson.

              * Title censored by me.

              • rectilinearpropagation
                rectilinearpropagation
                August 11, 2017 at 2:57 pm | #

                Yeah, Cyborg Slayers is relatively normal (and awesome). Hatredcopter, on the other hand, is much more obviously a parody with lines like:

                I, am likely to find,
                From my failure to fly,
                That I will be fired for not killing you,
                Cause that is my job,
                Hatredcopter!

                (still awesome though)

                • Kamino Neko
                  Kamino Neko
                  August 11, 2017 at 3:07 pm | #

                  Murmaider is my favourite of the really ‘WTF?’ ones.

          • Sqwearl
            Sqwearl
            August 11, 2017 at 11:02 pm | #

            Agreed – but still a far cry from the brutality that is Slayer … \m/

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          August 11, 2017 at 9:58 am | #

          Musically they’re fairly typical Black Metal, which is typically more stripped down and less downtuned but more melodic than Death Metal while lyrically more akin to Gothic Metal. As characters they’re extremely brutal as is appropriate for a sendup of the image of the Metal genres in general.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 14, 2017 at 6:34 pm | #

        And then there are the Japanese, who manage to really twist the genre and come up with babymetal.

    • nightsbridge
      nightsbridge
      August 11, 2017 at 9:13 am | #

      yes

  26. Dean
    Dean
    August 11, 2017 at 12:32 am | #

    The TMNT theme is probably one of the three and a bit songs that Danny knows how to play. For a given value of ‘knows’.

  27. Koms
    Koms
    August 11, 2017 at 12:34 am | #

    Play the death metal version of Desperadooooo

  28. Brute
    Brute
    August 11, 2017 at 12:38 am | #

    yesss sal likes similar music as me, which means i’m cool 😎

  29. zoelogical
    zoelogical
    August 11, 2017 at 12:40 am | #

    play death metal xmen tas theme!!!!

    • Gaia
      Gaia
      August 11, 2017 at 4:04 am | #

      You asked for it!
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwlxmqQA8s4

  30. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    August 11, 2017 at 12:44 am | #

    I’very always been able to relate to Sal when it came to the challenge of being social, when I was Younger I was a bit uneasy about making first impressions.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 11, 2017 at 12:55 am | #

      I got better but at it but even to this day it’s hard to be bold enough to be more open with people I meat for the first time.

  31. Jesse
    Jesse
    August 11, 2017 at 1:02 am | #

    If he’s 18 on a floating timeline, does that mean Danny grew up with the surprisingly good 2000’s Ninja Turtles show with the still-ridiculous theme song, or the lighter 2010’s Ninja Turtles show with the 80’s-nostalgia theme song?

    (Dear god, 2003 was 14 years ago already, I’m still in my 20s and I already feel old.)

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      August 11, 2017 at 1:05 am | #

      Yes

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 11, 2017 at 1:15 am | #

      Or he could just be that much a hardcore TMNT fan.

    • Some1
      Some1
      August 11, 2017 at 1:42 am | #

      Holy shit, I’ve finally become older than most of the strips characters (anyone 18 and younger) I didn’t even think about that until now!

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        August 11, 2017 at 2:13 am | #

        There’s one webseries that I read– Not this one, though it’s totally possible for it to have happened for someone with this one– where the characters are in college, and I started reading it in high school. Not like senior year, either, but like sophomore year of high school. And then I went to college, graduated, and did an internship. And the characters are…still in college. It’s a weird feeling.

        (Especially going from thoughts like, “Is this what x is gonna be like?” to, “Huh, that was not at all what my experience of x was like.”)

        • Some1
          Some1
          August 11, 2017 at 3:51 am | #

          I’m fairly certain my college experience will not include mentally unbalanced girls dressing as superheroes.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            August 11, 2017 at 11:11 am | #

            No, that part is accurate and universal.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      August 11, 2017 at 1:44 am | #

      Starting to feel old in your twenties is pretty normal. I get daily reminders of how old I am having coworkers who are as much as twenty years younger than me and absolutely don’t get some of the cultural touchstone references I’m prone to make because they never had those experiences.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 11, 2017 at 7:20 am | #

        You don’t really start feeling old until the people you think of as kids (coworkers who are as much as twenty years younger than me) start complaining about being old.

  32. Tenchan
    Tenchan
    August 11, 2017 at 1:18 am | #

    Come on, Danny! You need to buy her a TMNT Pies. They’re fresh from the sewers!

    https://youtu.be/SflSwaNc0tI

    • Tenchan
      Tenchan
      August 11, 2017 at 1:20 am | #

      Pie, not pies; though several pies may help…

  33. Dana
    Dana
    August 11, 2017 at 1:41 am | #

    If she doesn’t like TMNT the tune could be about almost anything.

    • Dana
      Dana
      August 11, 2017 at 1:42 am | #

      hmm, different link failure than usual. https://xkcd.com/1412/

  34. Rukduk
    Rukduk
    August 11, 2017 at 1:42 am | #

    Must…resist…urge…to…plug…favorite…metal band.

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      August 11, 2017 at 1:48 am | #

      Do it. Plug ’em. Well, unless it’s Baby Metal….
      I’m old enough that all my favorites are reasonably well known (Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, et al)

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 11, 2017 at 9:37 am | #

      Is it Nightwish? It’s Nightwish, isn’t it?

  35. smarties
    smarties
    August 11, 2017 at 1:45 am | #

    Ya know, even if he is friends with garbage sack Joe, that Danny is still a good egg. He means well and keeps trying and growing when he can.

  36. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 11, 2017 at 2:08 am | #

    Yeah, change sucks, Sal, but sometimes you just have to live with it.

    It’s the first time that Sal has even suggested that, if not a friend, Amazi-Girl is a fixture in her life that she’d prefer not to do without. It’s strange, the knots we get tied into in our social relations, isn’t it?

  37. CJ
    CJ
    August 11, 2017 at 2:21 am | #

    Wouldn’t Roz have tried to get the new person to end up as Mary’s roommate and Roz with Sal? Not that she likes Sal, but that’s better than loathing Mary.

  38. CJ
    CJ
    August 11, 2017 at 2:23 am | #

    On another note: Even after learning the fight that lost her job was with a rapist, Marcy didn’t reconnect with Sal? Huh….

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 11, 2017 at 3:00 am | #

      That isn’t the point; the point (at least to Marcie) is what Sal did, not why. Marcie could be forgiven for seeing it as a personal betrayal of sorts. It could be a long time before she is willing to give Sal the time of day.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 11, 2017 at 3:04 am | #

        Plus, she may not have known it was the same guy Sal was fighting with – the paper may not have published pictures if it was gruesome enough.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          August 11, 2017 at 2:41 pm | #

          If he’s 18, I see no reason his identity, and history of being wanted in the other cases, would be removed from press accounts. (i could be mistaken.)

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      August 11, 2017 at 4:40 pm | #

      “lost her job”?

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        August 11, 2017 at 8:15 pm | #

        Marcy got fired because she let Sal hang around, and her bosses blamed the fight with Ryan on her

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 11, 2017 at 8:16 pm | #

        It’s strongly implied that Marcie was fired (or otherwise not kept on as a trainee) after the incidents at the rally.
        We haven’t actually seen Marcie since then and it hasn’t been clearly confirmed.

  39. Danni
    Danni
    August 11, 2017 at 2:26 am | #

    can danny play the chip and dale rescue rangers theme?

  40. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    August 11, 2017 at 2:47 am | #

    Why not sing Cookie Monster songs, speaking of death metal vocals?

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      August 11, 2017 at 1:54 pm | #

      You mean like this?

  41. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 11, 2017 at 3:11 am | #

    SMOOOOOTH, new Danny

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      August 11, 2017 at 4:01 am | #

      He’s so smooth, he’s managing to make you forget it was yet another day without Becky.

  42. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 11, 2017 at 3:12 am | #

    We could be at something of a paradigm shift moment for lots of characters if many rooms are re-arranged to get around Billie being moved out because Chloe seemed to enjoy having Clint’s smile of approval directed at her. Sal may not be the only one to get a new roomie. It’s entertaining to speculate on new combinations that might emerge.

    • rectilinearpropagation
      rectilinearpropagation
      August 11, 2017 at 2:35 pm | #

      I get the feeling that Chloe and the school aren’t going to put in that much work to deal with this. More likely they’re bringing in someone who was waitlisted. IU has over 48K students so it’s extremely likely that not everyone who wants to live on campus gets into the dorms.

      The only other change that *might* happen is Roz moving in with Sal since she’s previously indicated that she wanted to change rooms. They might put the new person in with Mary instead. But I don’t think they’re going to move a bunch of people around just because one left.

  43. Riku
    Riku
    August 11, 2017 at 3:30 am | #

    Danny should learn from Rob Scallon

  44. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 11, 2017 at 5:13 am | #

    I genuinely believe that this is the first time I’ve seen Sal looking so down that she needs a hug! Normally, she doesn’t let it affect her but I think that she really doesn’t want to lose having Billie there and, worse, having to share her living space with a stranger.

  45. Bluewind
    Bluewind
    August 11, 2017 at 5:17 am | #

    I’m sorry about disappearing. I haven’t been well. Bad enough to fall behind on my comics even. Unfortunately, now I’m in the hospital. I fell. Snapped my radius and ulna. Compound fracture. So much blood. I’m on morphine and sometimes I still scream. My voice is hoarse from it. Going in for surgery in a few hours. It will take 3 hours. Maybe more. And I might need physical therapy, but won’t know until surgery is over. I’m scared, but anything is better than this pain.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 11, 2017 at 5:41 am | #

      Be well soon, Bluewind.

      • Bluewind
        Bluewind
        August 11, 2017 at 7:19 am | #

        Thank you sweetheart. I appreciate it 🙂

    • dethtoll
      dethtoll
      August 11, 2017 at 7:27 am | #

      Christ on a bike. And I thought my carpal tunnel was bad.

      Get well soon.

    • adjudicus
      adjudicus
      August 11, 2017 at 9:25 am | #

      Holy shit! Hope you make a speedy recovery and get well soon.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      August 11, 2017 at 12:49 pm | #

      Oh, no, I hope you feel better soon! <3

    • JBento
      JBento
      August 11, 2017 at 1:53 pm | #

      Holy hell. O_o Hope the physical therapy isn’t needed. Either way, get well soon. o_O

    • rectilinearpropagation
      rectilinearpropagation
      August 11, 2017 at 2:31 pm | #

      OMG!

      You don’t need to apologize for not making comments while you’re literally screaming in pain.

      Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery.

    • amanda
      amanda
      August 11, 2017 at 9:15 pm | #

      Hoping for a speedy and complete recovery.

    • Halpful
      Halpful
      August 11, 2017 at 10:52 pm | #

      Good luck *hugs* pain fucking sucks.

    • Bluewind
      Bluewind
      August 12, 2017 at 1:23 am | #

      Thank you all. I appreciate every reply and wish I could hug you all. Wish I could respond to everyone, but I’ll be back out soon so I’m updating everyone before I doze off. Woke up in pain so had to press my morphine button. Glad i decided I might as well see the new comic.

      The surgery went well and my forearm no longer buckles when I try to move it. I’m on enough meds to kill a mule. 2 antibiotics to keep the bones from getting infected, fluid, morphine delivered when I press a button, lots of various shots in my IV for various stuff, and one bag I’m not sure what’s for. Plus all the shots (like for tetanus) and some pills (like benadryl because morphine makes you itchy). I’m also now on oxygen because my blood ox kept falling into the 80s percent wise.

      The surgery went well considering. Pre op was gonna take and hour to and hour and a half and the surgery itself would take about an hour and a half with an hour to come out of anesthesia. It was most likely to only take a small incision or two. Neither of those things were correct. I was much worse than they thought, surgery took 2 hours 45 minutes, and they had to split my arm open on both sides. It’s painful I won’t lie, but less so then having the bones loose inside my arm. I’m also running a bit of a fever tonight. I’d say more but I’m being pulled back into sleep. I’ll be okay. And thanks again. You guys are great.

  46. Karishi
    Karishi
    August 11, 2017 at 6:17 am | #

    Willis, are you trying to get “ukelele death metal” to trend as a Google search term?
    …Because it is WORKING.

    • dethtoll
      dethtoll
      August 11, 2017 at 7:28 am | #

      Why not? We already have black metal surf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLxdNqMXBM

  47. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    August 11, 2017 at 6:39 am | #

    God, I feel for you, Sal.

  48. Dang Fool
    Dang Fool
    August 11, 2017 at 6:58 am | #

    “Don’t like new people” is the next book title!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 11, 2017 at 11:50 am | #

      It’s also the philosophy of the comment filter, which is usually fine, but it’s made my E-mail shift into a task.

      Also, too short for a book title.

  49. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    August 11, 2017 at 8:52 am | #

    Things are definitely happening.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 11, 2017 at 9:02 am | #

      Just in case there’s any confusion, I’ve changed my e-mail address to something slightly different. My old one was honestly kinda cringey, and I don’t really identify as a “gamer” anymore, since it’s gained something of a negative connotation. My URL is also changed, since I’m wanting to focus more on writing than making videos.

  50. Gojira
    Gojira
    August 11, 2017 at 9:35 am | #

    If you sing it in grunts and screams, anything can sound like death metal.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      August 11, 2017 at 4:32 pm | #

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        August 11, 2017 at 4:33 pm | #

        Fuckin’ HTML.

    • Cephalo the Pod
      Cephalo the Pod
      August 11, 2017 at 4:32 pm | #

      Counterpoint:

      http://www.digital-jokes.online/post/161937468096#notes

  51. JasonAW3
    JasonAW3
    August 11, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

    Death Metal Ukulele? Sounds weird enough to be interesting…

    Now an Electric Ukulele, that might be even more interesting…

  52. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    August 11, 2017 at 9:48 am | #

    Pedant time: It’s canoodlin’.

    That’s another term, along with knickers, which don’t see old-fashioned out of her mouth. She’s just that cool.

    • Carriethedragon
      Carriethedragon
      August 11, 2017 at 11:36 am | #

      Good thing I looked to see if someone already pointed this out.

      Gossip rags love to use the word “canoodle” to describe the activities of new or suspected/secret celebrity couples. In other news, I have apparently lost enough of my sense of shame to be able to share that I know this.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        August 11, 2017 at 11:51 am | #

        Gossip? I have no shame either, so here’s one Walter Winchell slang: pashing it (for canoodling).

        Also, seeing as how Joyce can go all noir on us, what’s keeping her from breaking out terms like “pashing it”?

        (Once again I have to remind other DofA fans that I’m older than Willis but I did not live through the era described.)

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      August 11, 2017 at 4:54 pm | #

      Canoodlin’ [disambiguation]
      2: a protein molecule found only in tinned spaghetti.

  53. TotallyMe
    TotallyMe
    August 11, 2017 at 10:38 am | #

    Is nobody gonna ship Sal and Danny? Danny is giving off a vibe really similar to that math TA she was with.

  54. Briny
    Briny
    August 11, 2017 at 10:47 am | #

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VznAYy5yL2A Amazingly, a thing.

    I dunno if Danny could do it, since he seems to have gotten his uke “today”, but… he could try learning. 🙂

    • rectilinearpropagation
      rectilinearpropagation
      August 11, 2017 at 2:29 pm | #

      I DON’T KNOW HOW TO FEEL!

      Is it amazing? Is it goofy? Does the Internet need to be stopped? I DON’T KNOW!

  55. Dex
    Dex
    August 11, 2017 at 11:24 am | #

    Danny suddenly busts out the 1990 Partners in Kryme hit single “Turtle Power.”

  56. Horchata
    Horchata
    August 11, 2017 at 11:44 am | #

    *whispers* danny x sal

    • Valerie
      Valerie
      August 11, 2017 at 9:35 pm | #

      same tho

  57. ajm5007
    ajm5007
    August 11, 2017 at 1:09 pm | #

    Panel 6

    Sal: “Yes, please.”

  58. Spencer
    Spencer
    August 11, 2017 at 2:14 pm | #

    “By the way ah’m friends with Amazi-Girl now. Hope you don’t mind me telling you not to enable her while ah gleefully do that.”

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      August 11, 2017 at 8:21 pm | #

      I mean, Sal did try to stop her, and only got involved to save Amazi-Girl’s ass (again), so I’d hardly call it “gleefully”, but that holy shit could that conversation go south fast if/when the subject ever comes up again :/

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 11, 2017 at 8:33 pm | #

        Danny per tumblr is just happy they’re getting along so I doubt he’d care.

        Franky, he’s pretty obviously glad to be out of that shitshow of a relationship.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          August 11, 2017 at 8:40 pm | #

          Frankly*, you stupid piece of shit. Learn to spell.

          • Valerie
            Valerie
            August 11, 2017 at 9:34 pm | #

            Whoa, hey. Don’t be so mean to yourself over a typo. Happens to the best of us.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 11, 2017 at 10:47 pm | #

      I kind of missed it on the first read, but those first couple panels are nicely subtle. Sal’s just talking about not having contact with one of her friends, but you can see Danny wondering if she’s hinting at Amber being away, if she knows. He even starts to say something, probably to cover for her, but Sal just keeps plowing on about personal problems.

  59. Smooti
    Smooti
    August 11, 2017 at 2:41 pm | #

    so i was thinking that malaya would be the new roommate since that’d be the funniest, but now i’m wondering if it isnt going to be “funniest choice” for roommate but “most dramatic choice”

    i mean that or we get introduced to a new character, which could ALSO go either way

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      August 11, 2017 at 10:50 pm | #

      There’ve been some new character designs showing up in the Tumblr previews, so that’s what I’d expect.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 11, 2017 at 10:52 pm | #

      Mindy’s niece. Or Anna’s.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        August 11, 2017 at 10:56 pm | #

        Peter’s little sister! Mary’s cousin! The hijinks-enabling possibilities are endless!

  60. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    August 11, 2017 at 11:44 pm | #

    An actual unsolicited boner update. Great job getting into your gravatar’s character!

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 11, 2017 at 11:50 pm | #

      Aaand of course the Great Hand of Willis removed the UBU post during the time I was writing my reply.

      Trust me, no one missed anything. But it was an actual UBU, directed at Sal. I am not hallucinating. I think.

      • Halpful
        Halpful
        August 12, 2017 at 12:25 am | #

        Lol, I saw it too 🙂

  61. Orion Fury
    Orion Fury
    August 13, 2017 at 12:26 am | #

    Well at least he accepted that it was too challenging for him.

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