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by David M Willis on December 7, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines
└ Tags: jennifer, lucy

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 7, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    “oh fine, it’s Teen Titans Go! To the Movies”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 7, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

      (actual “oh fine“)

      • not someone else
        not someone else
        December 7, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

        *googles*

        …Yeah, I can see why she’d want the RiffTrax version.

        • Bruceski
          Bruceski
          December 7, 2018 at 1:02 am | #

          Hey! I loved that movie as a kid!

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          December 7, 2018 at 4:31 am | #

          You shut your mouth! Flight of the Navigator is a goddam treasure!

    • butts
      butts
      December 7, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      teen titans go! to the bathroom

      • Kaidah
        Kaidah
        December 7, 2018 at 9:27 am | #

        Yet somehow still a better love story that Twilight.

      • Blanche Quizno
        Blanche Quizno
        December 7, 2018 at 11:47 am | #

        That’s especially *poignant* with where your avatar is pointing…

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 7, 2018 at 10:15 am | #

      “oh fine, it’s Argo Fuck Yourself”

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    December 7, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    Lucy looks up ways to bring in the boys, but ends up researching milkshake recipes due to some confusing Google suggestions and being too young to remember that song.

    Nevertheless, it works and Movies & Milkshakes becomes a dorm tradition.

    • Rex Vivat
      Rex Vivat
      December 7, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

      I mean, I’d go.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        December 7, 2018 at 12:59 am | #

        Me too.

        In other words, while milkshakes may or may not bring all the boys to the yard, the movie&milkshake combo absolutely will bring all the webcomic commentary royalty to the dorm!

    • Ivy
      Ivy
      December 7, 2018 at 5:06 am | #

      Lucy is my age and…everyone knows that song. I’m not sure if anyone is too young yet.

      • Jdorr
        Jdorr
        December 7, 2018 at 9:41 am | #

        I may not know the song but I definitely know it is a reference to a song and know the few lines that are most famous “my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and their like it’s better then yours” presumably there is more but that is what I know

        • Br44n5m
          Br44n5m
          December 7, 2018 at 11:41 am | #

          “My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and damn right, it’s better than yours! (Repeats a lil) I could teach you but I’d have to charge!”

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    December 7, 2018 at 12:02 am | #

    It’s definitely Mean Girls

  4. Danielle
    Danielle
    December 7, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    pacific rim?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 7, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      Atlantic Rim. We know Lucy likes Rifftrax, so maybe she wants to screen the new season of MST3K.

      • butts
        butts
        December 7, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

        asylum you beautiful garbage mansion

      • Danielle
        Danielle
        December 7, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

        OH NO. OH NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        December 7, 2018 at 1:02 am | #

        I’m bonding with my youngest song by watching MST3K with him. And he’s already a natural at coming off with sassy comments.

        Such as when the heroes* in Atlantic Rim was picked up by a car, and he shouted “let’s go to McDonalds now!”

        Incidentally, I replied “No, that was the last film, remember?”**

        *For a certain value of “heroes”.

        **The last film was “Mac and Me”

        • Bruceski
          Bruceski
          December 7, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

          Pretty nice.

      • Spaz
        Spaz
        December 7, 2018 at 2:51 am | #

        so can we discuss the singularity that would form if there was a Rifftrax of the new MST3K?

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      December 7, 2018 at 2:10 am | #

      Job?

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 7, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    All The Young Dudes
    Carry the news
    Boogaloo Blues
    Carry the news
    …

  6. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    December 7, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Of course Billie’s interest is piqued specifically when Lucy says ‘everyone’ is going. So predictable!

  7. Deathhead
    Deathhead
    December 7, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Lucy is adorable.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 7, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      I want her and Dina to become friends. The “Awwwwww”s would be deafening.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        December 7, 2018 at 1:51 am | #

        I can’t see she and Dina hitting it off. Dina would not be impressed by Pokestops.

        • Spaz
          Spaz
          December 7, 2018 at 2:52 am | #

          But the Fossil….Pokemon…..

          Yeah, Dina would not be impressed.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      December 7, 2018 at 2:26 am | #

      I want to see what happens if Lucy ever meets Joyce.

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 7, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    Lucy, tell Billie what the movie is.

    Billie, don’t be dickish about your wing mates and their taste in men.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 7, 2018 at 1:09 am | #

      Also, why does Billie care about there being more dudes there if she is still committed to Ruth? Or is this her old habits kicking in more than anything else?

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 7, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

        Having cute boys raises the status of the party.

        • Rain
          Rain
          December 7, 2018 at 11:50 am | #

          I don’t think they even have to be cute.

          Sad fact: too many women being ANYWHERE lowers the thing’s perceived prestige, from degrees and actual college campuses to TV shows and movies. This is why colleges have been enacting a quiet form of “‘affirmative action’ for men” in their admissions of recent years. They’re afraid of starting to be perceived as women’s colleges. Misogyny is a helluva thing.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            December 7, 2018 at 1:40 pm | #

            Yes, but if they’re cute, it also raises social status and makes Billie look cooler for going.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 7, 2018 at 2:45 pm | #

              Well, not just cute, but high status in that way that cheerleaders are and nerds aren’t. In Billie’s nostalgic eyes anyway.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                December 7, 2018 at 10:12 pm | #

                That too.

      • CJ
        CJ
        December 7, 2018 at 6:25 am | #

        Being interested in boys is what a cheerleader does.

        Whatever goes on in Billie’s head, it doesn’t include telling people in the new wing she cares about Ruth.

      • JetstreamGW
        JetstreamGW
        December 8, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

        Its about who you’re seen with.

    • Ivy
      Ivy
      December 7, 2018 at 4:17 am | #

      BBCC, stop telling them what to dooo

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 7, 2018 at 10:01 am | #

        Somebody has to.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        December 7, 2018 at 10:12 pm | #

        No. 😛

  9. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 7, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    What day is it in-universe? I’m too lazy to look it up myself.

    Also, if they DON’T play Pokemon Go, why waste your time?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      Friday, roughly October 15th.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 7, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

        The day Amber has a date to tell Walky something important.

        • Oberon
          Oberon
          December 7, 2018 at 2:11 am | #

          She’s pregnant?

          • Clif
            Clif
            December 7, 2018 at 10:07 am | #

            She’s taking up Roller Derby with his sister and will have less time for him since Sal has forgiven her for stabbing her through the hand as a young teen, but hey, I understand Amazigirl is looking for a comedy sidekick.

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        December 7, 2018 at 1:00 am | #

        OK, I’m gonna clear my schedule for 2021 so I can make sure I won’t miss a minute of the Halloween storyline….Hmm, I better clear 2022 as well just in case.

  10. Shiro
    Shiro
    December 7, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Don’t mind me, just setting up camp here til someone more diligent than me does the search and tells us what the movie is

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Flight of the Navigator, the Rifftrax version.
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/ondeck/

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

        God, that was a year ago and it’s the same goddamn week.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          December 7, 2018 at 2:36 am | #

          Pretty much. Baring time skips* we get a week of comic time every two years of real time.

          *The movie night thing was set up so we were going to absolutely see this day (Chekhov’s movie night), but I expect we’re going into the next time skip after this chapter or maybe the next one (they happen every six to eight days of comic time so far).

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            December 7, 2018 at 3:23 pm | #

            I have given up keeping track of the timeline and just enjoy the comic.

      • Shiro
        Shiro
        December 7, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

        Thanks!

  11. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    December 7, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s Flight of the Navigator.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Being at least a quarter of a century since I last saw that movie.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        December 7, 2018 at 2:39 am | #

        Been around 30 years for me, and at this point I’m afraid to watch it because I dearly loved the stupid thing as a kid and I’ve had more than enough reminders how poor my childhood taste in media generally was.

  12. Roger
    Roger
    December 7, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Wait why would telling the movie make you not want to go. And why would more dudes be desirable Billie, you’re in a relationship.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Old habits die hard

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

        (Maybe the movie is Die Hard.)

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 7, 2018 at 2:17 am | #

          Nah, that’s for the week before Christmas.

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            December 7, 2018 at 10:13 am | #

            BEFORE? It’s for Christmas DAY!!

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              December 8, 2018 at 7:32 am | #

              Assuming IU gives the week of the holiday off.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      More dudes makes the event cooler, and Lucy probably thinks Billie will call the movie nerdy.

    • Gojira
      Gojira
      December 7, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      She just wants people to desire her to reinforce her own self worth.

    • JetstreamGW
      JetstreamGW
      December 8, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

      It’s about status and who she’s seen with.

  13. Gojira
    Gojira
    December 7, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    What’s Billy’s definition of dudes?

    • Sam
      Sam
      December 7, 2018 at 1:03 am | #

      Jocks. Sports playing guys that have muscles from playing the sports.

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      December 7, 2018 at 4:32 am | #

      A cheerleader’s definition of dudes.

    • Rain
      Rain
      December 7, 2018 at 11:53 am | #

      It’s frankly the same as her definition of chicks, in this instance. Billie remains anti-nerd, and Pokémon is nerdy.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        December 7, 2018 at 1:01 pm | #

        Yeah, anti nerd opinions piss me off. I accept that the increase of asshole nerds is alarming, but I defend nerd culture even if we still have to purge racism, sexism and other forms of bigotry.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 7, 2018 at 2:47 pm | #

          That ain’t why Billie’s against nerds. 🙂
          She’s pro cheerleader and pro jock, and it’s not like that culture’s any better.

  14. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 7, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Being ages since I cared about watching movies, the only thing I am looking forward to is the next Steven Bomb partly cos I want some of my theories confirmed or jossed and partly I wanna see new fusions

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      December 7, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      ‘ey, Doesn’t-Care-’bout-Movies-No-Mo’ buddy! High Five!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 7, 2018 at 12:46 am | #

        Boo-yah!

    • vlademir1
      vlademir1
      December 7, 2018 at 2:41 am | #

      Hey, next SU ep is a week from Monday so you don’t have long to wait.

  15. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 7, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Movie guesses/what I think Lucy should pick:

    -Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
    -Bring It On
    -But I’m a Cheerleader (Lucy did not read the summary)

    • Some1
      Some1
      December 7, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      Its hardcore porn.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

        Lucy has misjudged Billie’s taste in movies

        • Some1
          Some1
          December 7, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

          Lucy kinda feels like the type of person who acts innocent but secretly makes extra cash by drawing anime porn for Tumblr. The ban will hit her hard.

          • Khyrin
            Khyrin
            December 7, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

            The question is: Does she jump to Pillowfort or pornhub?

            • Nikol Geier
              Nikol Geier
              December 7, 2018 at 12:47 am | #

              Or Mastodon or Sharesome? Or any of the other k’bajillion options people are trying to choose from right now?

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              December 7, 2018 at 2:18 am | #

              Newgrounds, of all places, is seeing a resurgence from this debacle.

          • Keulen
            Keulen
            December 7, 2018 at 2:36 am | #

            I feel like Tumblr is killing itself by banning all porn from their site.

            • acher4
              acher4
              December 7, 2018 at 5:02 am | #

              Ye, they probably shot themselves on the head with that move.

              • CJ
                CJ
                December 7, 2018 at 6:50 am | #

                I wondered about that. It didn’t sound like they banned porn but any images showing sex acts or genitals that are not part of something obviously sex ed (would boo, it’s just sex qualify?) that’s actually easier to do than banning porn, because you can train an AI to recognize images of sex organs and stuff, but as no one really agrees on “is this is porn or isn’t it” for a lot of stuff, you can’t train an AI for that either.
                Practicallities aside, it’s a problem there is so much porn out there that’s freely available to kids. Even if you have entry warnings, ratings, tags: kids and teens always think they are old enough for whatever and get hurt by stuff that they are not old enough for. Even if it just all that (pseudo?) light bondage shit where the top calls the bottom names for desiring sex or reacting to sexual stimulation. This might be some people’s kink but if it’s the first thing you see/read of sex, this plants some really destructive ideas.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  December 7, 2018 at 8:58 am | #

                  Yeah, nah. The algorithm’s useless and flagging all kinds of things that are ostensibly still allowed.

                  Personally, my feeling is, tumblr was listed as an 18+ app. If people under 18 join it and then lie about how old they are (because under 18 year olds are supposed to be in automatic safe search mode), then that’s on them.

                • Rain
                  Rain
                  December 7, 2018 at 12:06 pm | #

                  It’s cute that you think slut-shaming is caused by young people stumbling on kink, and not American society’s incredibly rabid puritanicalism, which coincidentally is also responsible for the idea that sex is the worst thing a kid could stumble onto onine.

                  Believe me, I had already absorbed super toxic ideas about desiring sex making me bad and dirty loooooong before I saw anything remotely sexy online. From TV shows aimed at my demographic, from peers whose parents were way more anti-sex than mine, and from actual “sex ed” which, like most sex ed for my age group, basically told me that I would die if I tried to have sex outside of marriage because of all the disease that sex inevitably spreads no matter how much protection you try to use.

                  It’s also actually NOT that easy to run into porn by accident, provided that stuff is properly tagged and/or flagged. There was a concerted effort a couple years back to clean up My Little Pony search results by just flagging the porn as adult content for google, and it WORKED. You don’t find graphic images just by searching for twilight sparkle anymore, even though the images all still exist.

                  Banning sexually explicit material is unnecessary, even before the part where such bans inevitably splash back hard on actual attempts at sexual education and queer folks. (There are furious debates about what qualifies as sex ed in schools, with a LOT of arguments that stuff like telling kids how to use condoms = pornography, or otherwise ~encouraging~ them to have sex, and programs that include any mention of LGBTQIA+ people, like, existing, are also harder to sell as sex ed and frequently called “obscene” and “encouraging deviance”.)

                  There is nothing good about tumblr’s attempt to ban adult content. Even if it weren’t also a hilarious garbage fire that keeps flagging images of, like, SUNSETS as porn, and suspiciously any post that talks about how bad its algorithm is.

                • Rain
                  Rain
                  December 7, 2018 at 12:59 pm | #

                  And to be clear, by “cute” in the first paragraph, I mean that the shame link you’re describing — which btw is not actually light bondage, or related to bondage or BDSM at all — is definitely caused by puritanicalism in society… and not the other way around.

                • Rain
                  Rain
                  December 7, 2018 at 1:01 pm | #

                  Ugh. Shame KINK not link. And of course shame and humiliation kinks can come into play for D&S or BDSM, but they’re not part of it, or limited in their enjoyment to such scenes. Kink is the big umbrella both things fit under; bondage is a sub-type of kink, rather than humiliation kink being a sub-type of bondage.

                • TemperaryObsessor
                  TemperaryObsessor
                  December 7, 2018 at 2:43 pm | #

                  I personally think its not that bad when people know porn is porn, but when porn comes unsolicited it causes issues.
                  But looking at this comment. Lots of things in the media can mess people up but with most of the media we don’t say all Xs are automatically crap but we examine what bad message actually is and challenge the media to do better, and seek out positive examples.
                  And there is always going to be problematic messages because character growth in real time is generally frustrating, people don’t want giving up on a cool character to be the answer, people want to have a lot of friends without thinking about the cost of maintaining all those friendships etc.
                  By the way one thing I like about Fluttershy as a character is she learned the same lesson over and over but she actually learned it.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  December 7, 2018 at 2:56 pm | #

                  Pretty much what Rain said. Yeah, there’s some nasty porn out there on the internet that can screw kids up, but so can the rest of our culture and much of the non-porn internet as well.

                  Randomly running into a few bits of porn isn’t go to do much damage.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  December 7, 2018 at 3:03 pm | #

                  Especially since, again, the app is 18+ in the first place. Kids may not be prohibited from making accounts but that relies on

                  A) Kids being honest about being kids. if they’re not, that’s on them.

                  B) Tumblr learning to make their safe mode worth a damn and learning to get rid of porn bots.

                  and, yes, of course, always

                  C) Appropriate tagging and labelling. This is on the writer/artist/performer/whoever.

                • the final pam
                  the final pam
                  December 7, 2018 at 6:46 pm | #

                  Tumblr’s biggest problems come from how poorly built the site is. Even if people tagged and marked their stuff as explicit, it would still be available for minors to find because Tumblr’s code sucks. That’s not the fault of the adults using a 18+ marketed site as intended and clearly defining their section of it as adult-only, but the site for not doing enough to separate the adult side from the minor side. There’s only so much that adults can do to protect themselves and protect kids from finding their stuff, but kids can and do search out things that they shouldn’t be and if the creator is clearly indicating that hey this is an 18+ zone, I don’t see why it’s also then their fault if children ignore that.

                  The algorithm is useless and unfairly targets LGBT+ members and creators all across the board and it doesn’t even work. The algorithm flags absolutely anything as being explicit, from nature art to completely innocent, fully dressed drawings of people, meanwhile it ignores actual porn. It’s a horribly ineffectual solution that won’t actually fix any kind of problem and in fact will only create more problems.

                • CJ
                  CJ
                  December 13, 2018 at 8:19 pm | #

                  @rain: I live in a country that at least teaches condom use in every sex ed class, even though the growing Puritanism imported from the US and the Islamic religious groups make it more of a problem to give accurate information like oh, congas look different from women to women, because showing a board with fotos of 50 different congas is frowned upon by said groups.
                  My comments about the problematic presence of porn on the Internet are a comment about it’s ubiquitous presence, tublr is only one of many sites where it exists, most others are probably worse because it’s their main function.
                  Did you ever look at what porn youporn has? There is one in 100 or less films that are not mysogynic, have great power imbalances or use shaming, often implying that saying no is only due to shame and not due to actually meaning no, never mind sex as torture (at least if you look at lesbian anime porn). Other sites are worse and advertise child pornography.

                  The ban on tublr will make problems for lots of people (the filters are so bad that it seems even Garfield was tagged), while achieving nothing productive. And it will not help to get a discussion about how to allow publishing porn on the internet in a way that keeps it from actively harming people who view it without really knowing what they are getting into. Children are and will be curious about sex. The more bullshit or none-existent the sex Ed is they get, the more they will look for other sources. Fact of life.

                  And how to make sure no one was harmed in the process of creating it?
                  How much of the stuff out there that has real people in it was made with people who do it of their own free will, in a safe environment and well paid?
                  (Crash pad series garantied all that the last time I looked, and there’s the stuff shown in the feminist porn avards but that a needle in a haystack).

                • CJ
                  CJ
                  December 13, 2018 at 8:21 pm | #

                  Conga came from the word replacement filter on this site.
                  Probably due to excessive use as insult instead of use to describe a physical feature.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 7, 2018 at 7:23 am | #

              Probably a good thing.
              All the social media sites need to die and be replaced more often.

    • Beef
      Beef
      December 7, 2018 at 2:15 am | #

      I just heard about that movie (But I’m a Cheerleader) for the first time less than half an hour ago and suddenly I see it here. Crazy

      • Ivy
        Ivy
        December 7, 2018 at 4:22 am | #

        Watch it. It’s great and Lucy and her friends would probably love it.

  16. Tacos
    Tacos
    December 7, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Wonder what movie they’re gonna watch?

  17. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    December 7, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

    IIRC it was the RiffTrax version of the Star Wars Holiday Special. It was definitely the RiffTrax version of something.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      December 7, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      It was Flight of the Navigator.

  18. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    December 7, 2018 at 12:22 am | #

    It’s Cheerleaders with Big Opportunities in a Variety of Professional Fields III: Butt Stuff

  19. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    December 7, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    Bit surprised Billie’s still wanting to hook up with a guy at a party, or maybe she just wants their presence. Then again, Ruth claims to not care, going by past interactions with those two.

    Lucy seems like she’d be a fun party hostess.

    • Jengoci
      Jengoci
      December 7, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

      I think it’s more like keepimg the cool cheerleader party girl persona , and like someone says Billie finding self worth in still being desirable by boys.

  20. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    December 7, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

    Okay, but will there be Mareep at this get-together?

  21. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 7, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

    No, actually, that seems like a great plan!

  22. BigDogLittleCat
    BigDogLittleCat
    December 7, 2018 at 12:40 am | #

    Billie seems determined to make them forget that Malaya moved out. At least Malaya had Fuckface.

  23. foducool
    foducool
    December 7, 2018 at 12:41 am | #

    you ain’t catching jocks with pokeymanz

    • Some1
      Some1
      December 7, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

      What about the surprisingly ripped anime fans? There favorite DBZ character is Piccolo.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        December 7, 2018 at 3:09 am | #

        That’s because Piccolo is the best character.

  24. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    December 7, 2018 at 12:41 am | #

    The feeling when you realize the alt text was referring to Lucy’s movie choice and NOT Billie’s qualifications for dudes…

  25. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 7, 2018 at 12:57 am | #

    Hey, what’s a good way to ask your cousin (who is supposed to get you a Christmas present) to have his DNA analyzed so that you can find out if you’re your dad’s biological child? Asking for my cat.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 1:00 am | #

      “I have a suggestion for a Christmas gift you can get me?”

      On a more serious note, I’d tell him that you have an important favour to ask of him and explain the circumstances and why this is important to you.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 10:28 am | #

        Imagine that he not only does it as a Christmas gift but wraps the results up for me to open on Christmas day with my family. “Merry Christmas! You’re not your dad’s bio-kid/your father also fathered a secret half-sibling!”

        (I’m sorry to have gone off in such a random direction on here, but now that I have, I feel I should explain: I got my DNA analyzed because I wanted to and could have it done for free as part of a study– finally, I get something out of my depression! And in the DNA relatives section, I found someone who matches with my DNA as much as a half-sibling would. And I have no idea who this person is, she’s adopted herself, and I have questions! This all started a while ago now, but every so often the curiosity will flare up.)

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          December 7, 2018 at 3:01 pm | #

          That would certainly make for a holiday to remember.

          In any case, I would recommend talking to him. If you tell him its for something else, and he finds out about this later, he could very well feel manipulated or betrayed and that’s not a good time either.

          Best of luck. This sounds like a complicated situation, and I hope it works out.

        • TemperaryObsessor
          TemperaryObsessor
          December 7, 2018 at 3:47 pm | #

          Grandparent, niece/nephew, aunt/uncle, double cousin, double half aunt/uncle, (1/2aunt/uncle and 1/2cousin), grandchild.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            December 7, 2018 at 5:23 pm | #

            Okay, let’s go over this now, apparently:
            She’s slightly younger than me, so I’m going to assume she’s not my grandparent. Furthermore, I’ve never had kids, much less kids who have kids, so I’m going to assume she’s not my grandchild.
            My only known siblings are both half-siblings as it is, so while they’re both old enough to have a kid my age, that kid would only be a half-nibling to me and thus less related than this person is.
            Unless one of my grandmothers had a child in her late 60s/early 70s, she’s not my aunt.

            Now, some of the more unusual options for 25% shared DNA could be possible, maybe, but they also seem…drastically less likely? I have considered the other possible relationships that 25% shared DNA could denote. (Also, it seems like we’d have to be related just on the bio-dad side, as she has none of the Colombian ancestry from my mom’s side.)

            • TemperaryObsessor
              TemperaryObsessor
              December 7, 2018 at 7:57 pm | #

              Fair enough. Yea younger than you and only related through dad would pretty much cover any other option. Everything besides aunt and uncle and grandparents assume your related on both sides.

              I’d go with honesty, which is your not ready to confront either of your parents about this but you want to know. And your close enough related to them that this would work but not so close that you think this information would effect them personally.

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      December 7, 2018 at 1:21 am | #

      Lie.
      Seriously, LIE. Tell him you are doing a project on ancestry and how different siblings and cousins have different genetic mixes but need a control from the other side of the family.

      That might be too close to the truth.

      I really think lying is the best policy here. ( what if your cousin is illegitimate ? ) if you tell the truth it will get out, before you are ready. If you are legitimate, it will still spread the idea that you aren’t or might not be. Lie. Once you know the truth you will have the option of sharing it or not.

      Open up an open ended conversation fishing for what he/ she finds fascinating in genetics , acknowled ge everything he he says and agree with it. Then explain the exact things he wants to know are what you do to, get excited and say lets do it, but keep it between us until we find out . Then make sure the test covers that too.

      ( I have a similar situation and thought about this a lot. I don’t mind the results either way, but other relatives might be hurt if they didn’t know grandparents )

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 10:16 am | #

        I do like lying, so there’s that. I feel like I could trust him with it, but we’re not really that close, so maybe that’s misguided.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      December 7, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

      You’ve got two good and very different answers from AdBl and BBCC. You should think about how reliable your cousin is either as a family member or as a person you know.

      Telling the truth seems riskier but it is also easier and they are more likely to be motivated to do it. Lying lets you cover yourself but it will probably come out eventually. But it is a really bespoke situation.

      Did you already do the blood type thing for inheritance? You probably did before you got this far.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 7:21 am | #

        My blood type is O+; as far as checking inheritance goes, that means “fuck you,” right? My parents gave me what bloodtypes they think they are, but we’re admittedly not that sure.

        Unrelated, COYOTE. I miss.

        • ischemgeek
          ischemgeek
          December 7, 2018 at 7:30 am | #

          If your parents are single types and at least one is positive that is a possibility. My father and mother are both A+ and a sib is O+.

          If one of the parents is AB your blood type rules them out and if both are -ve then at least one is not a bioparent, barring a very weird de novo mutation.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            December 7, 2018 at 8:00 am | #

            Yeah, I guess it does eliminate some possibilities– it just wasn’t an overly helpful route in this case.

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      December 7, 2018 at 2:16 am | #

      Is your cousin the child of your father’s sister? Because that’s the only way to be sure that you and he share any DNA. Your father’s brother’s child might not be your father’s brother’s child, if you get my drift.

      • CJ
        CJ
        December 7, 2018 at 6:56 am | #

        I think it might be a better solution to make of with the actual dad’s hair brush and get his DNA tested without his knowledge first.
        Then, if you are sure he’s not, you can decide how to proceed and whom to ask for help proving it. There are too many potential pitfalls in testing the DNA of someone else because you cannot be sure of relations being what they are supposed to be.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          December 7, 2018 at 10:12 am | #

          My dad’s a balding guy with hair short enough that it doesn’t require a brush. I could always keep an eye out for hair that falls out, but then, what if I get the cat’s fur by accident and the ployjuice potion turns me into a furry?

          …wait…

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 7, 2018 at 10:13 am | #

        He is the child of my dad’s sister; I considered that when thinking of what I could do to get some answers.

  26. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 7, 2018 at 1:08 am | #

    “yeah, I know you think the movie suck, but come anyway !” pffft

  27. chris73
    chris73
    December 7, 2018 at 1:25 am | #

    Probably because we haven’t seen all that much of Lucy but shes looking like she’s easily the best girlfriend option of the cast

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      December 7, 2018 at 1:34 am | #

      My current avatar and myself has something to say about this.

      • chris73
        chris73
        December 7, 2018 at 1:45 am | #

        She is a very nice, good person but not everyone is into sharing so that could cause problems whereas Lucy seems a bit more low maintenance (in a good non-drama way), mind you that could all change with more comic time

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      December 7, 2018 at 1:53 am | #

      Maybe Shortpacked just made a strong first impression but I’ve always thought Lucy was incredibly boring.

      • chris73
        chris73
        December 7, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

        Boring gets a bad rap but would you want to deal with Joyces fundamentalism and issues with sex, Ambers…well everything, Sal loner persona, Dorothys perfectionism, Billie or Ruths alcoholism (amongst others) etc etc

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          December 7, 2018 at 2:26 am | #

          But dating Mary would be fine, right? Right??!?!?!

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            December 7, 2018 at 2:37 am | #

            This is fine…

            • Emperor Norton II
              Emperor Norton II
              December 7, 2018 at 3:21 am | #

              This is really straining your ability to be optimistic about almost any situation, isn’t it?

              • Bagge
                Bagge
                December 7, 2018 at 3:24 am | #

                Dating Mary would be AWESOME!

                …if you are Peter.

                • Emperor Norton II
                  Emperor Norton II
                  December 7, 2018 at 3:27 am | #

                  But do you want to be Peter?

                • Bagge
                  Bagge
                  December 7, 2018 at 4:20 am | #

                  …honestly I think he is pretty happy with his life.

                • MatthewTheLucky
                  MatthewTheLucky
                  December 7, 2018 at 11:22 am | #

                  Justice is a lie.

                • DarkoNeko
                  DarkoNeko
                  December 7, 2018 at 12:37 pm | #

                  Until he realizes Mary missed her period, anyway

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          December 7, 2018 at 11:03 am | #

          I’d like to date someone for what they are, rather than what they are not, though, and I can see how that’s where “boring” might factor in as a less enticing thing. I personally don’t mind “dealing with” a person being a person if there are things about them I like enough, you know?

          I do like Lucy okay thus far, but I’d personally rather date Dina, Becky, maybe an open thing with Roz, Carla, or Leslie. (In real life, Leslie’s too old for me, but then, the rest of them are too young for me…and Leslie’s the one I’ll probably catch up to before this thing is over.)

        • Rowen Morland
          Rowen Morland
          December 9, 2018 at 11:28 am | #

          More like would I want to read about Lucy from the other side of a screen where I don’t have to directly deal with the wacky antics and the consequences of them.

          • Rowen Morland
            Rowen Morland
            December 9, 2018 at 11:30 am | #

            Oh wait, I forgot the premise was dating. Yeah… I’ll still pass on the boring and unengaging, there would be even less point to dating than normal.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 7, 2018 at 2:37 am | #

      Doesn’t she, Walky?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      December 7, 2018 at 5:15 am | #

      IMO, Lucy is sweet and, next to Joyce, the most girlish of the ladies. By that, I mean, she’s still got a lot of child-like aspects to her personality. Whether or not that would make her good girlfriend material is, of course, very much in the eye of the beholder. I do think that, like Joyce, she would make a good, if pushy, friend.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 7, 2018 at 10:30 am | #

        Hm. I don’t think I’ve ever equated girlish with childlike. Just a different set of preferences.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          December 7, 2018 at 10:50 am | #

          I think girlish is very much meant as “childlike”– specifically, of a girl child, just like how boyish can be used to mean “childlike, specifically as a boy child.” (The definition that pops up on Google, fwiw, is “of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man.”) If it’s being taken as “feminine,” then no, it shouldn’t be equated with “childlike,” but I personally feel more comfortable with it being taken as “childlike” than “feminine.”

  28. geno
    geno
    December 7, 2018 at 1:43 am | #

    Does this mean Beef might be coming back? I miss Beef.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 7, 2018 at 1:58 am | #

      Such a conversationalist, that Beef.

  29. BenRG
    BenRG
    December 7, 2018 at 2:03 am | #

    No, Billie, I just think that this means Lucy has a more realistic expectations of what could interest college-age guys to come to a chick flick night! 😉

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      December 7, 2018 at 2:27 am | #

      MST3K/RiffTrax is chick flick night?

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        December 7, 2018 at 3:00 am | #

        I think that would be a late teen guy’s reaction to being in darkened room filled with that many girls who were there to watch a movie or box set, yes.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          December 7, 2018 at 3:37 am | #

          My teenage self would gladly go.

          Of course, my teenage self would also hope that somehow, my mere presence would be enough that one of the girls present would just magically and telepathically understand what an awesome person I was, with no need on my part to make any effort to actually show it.

          Teenage me was a moron.

    • Emily
      Emily
      December 7, 2018 at 5:33 am | #

      Billie is still stuck in high school.

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 7, 2018 at 10:32 am | #

        No, but she wants to be. Mostly.

  30. Laladoria
    Laladoria
    December 7, 2018 at 5:20 am | #

    If it gets out that Billie isn’t going, the others are probably going to follow suit.
    Poor Lucy.

  31. Emily
    Emily
    December 7, 2018 at 5:35 am | #

    Billie needs to learn that outside of high school and this dorm full of pod people nobody cares about her being a cheerleader or really any of the things she considers status symbols.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 7, 2018 at 6:47 am | #

      She did. Then she found a dorm full of pod people and decided she didn’t need to have learned that any more.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        December 7, 2018 at 8:21 am | #

        Life Lesson Refused: Walky aproves.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          December 7, 2018 at 8:21 am | #

          Well, OK, he didn’t approve. But he should.

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/renaissance/

      • Charlotte
        Charlotte
        December 7, 2018 at 10:51 am | #

        Yeah — this kind of feels like reverse character development…

      • Emily
        Emily
        December 7, 2018 at 5:35 pm | #

        I’m just waiting for her shit talking about Ruth to get back to her because that seems like the most obvious way this is going to blow up in her face.

    • Emperor Norton II
      Emperor Norton II
      December 7, 2018 at 11:10 am | #

      On a side note, have you* ever tried singing “nobody cares” to the tune of Beethoven’s 5th? Whenever you find yourself in a stupid melodramatic situation, you should try it!

      Nobody cares!
      Nobody cares!
      Nobodycaresnobodycaresnobodycares!
      Nobodycaresnobodycaresnobodycares!
      Nobody caaares!
      Nobody caaares!
      Nobody cares
      At
      Aaaaaaall!

      *Both Emily and the rest of y’all.

  32. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    December 7, 2018 at 10:14 am | #

    Psnel five: Lucy says “All the girls and Zaph”.

    Ten bonus points to Hufflepuff for her doing that right.

    (Wait, Lucy would be a Hufflepuff. Am I remembering that correctly?)

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 10:28 am | #

      YUP. Lucy is the Puffiest of Huffles.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      December 7, 2018 at 10:43 am | #

      I had a similar reaction to Billie’s wanting “more dudes than that” (the people having voted that her house would be Slytherin)…and then I felt bad that I was pleased about someone for something so basic. Like, I don’t really want to give out points for not sucking! I just want people not to suck!

      Get so used to being kicked that you thank people for not kicking you and all that.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        December 7, 2018 at 11:07 am | #

        This might be one of the few cases where I could say that the end justifies the means.

        Like yeah, I get it, nobody should get points simply for not sucking. Especially nobody in positions of power and privilege not sucking towards those without. Not kicking people should be the absolute baseline.

        The thing is, though… positive reinforcement is quite a drug. And as such, it’s a really, really good way to control behaviour. And not kicking people is, unfortunately, -not- the absolute baseline of behaviour yet.

        So giving points to the people that are given big heavy boots, yet still don’t kick other people could be a way* to get to the end: Where not kicking people finally does become the baseline.

        *By the way, I’m not claiming it’s -the- way, and certainly not the only possible way.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          December 7, 2018 at 11:45 am | #

          I can see that when it’s a conscious thing…for instance, I actively make an effort to respond better to my mom asking me to do things when she names/genders me correctly.

          But when it’s more just reflexive, like it was for me in this case…it’s just kind of sad. If you’re not off the group that’s being kicked, I can get it not feeling as sad to react with praise. But it’s the kind of thing that I’ll be genuinely grateful for…and then sad that my standards are so low. (Also, there’s the risk with positive reinforcement of people coming to expect praise, which is another level of exhausting.)

          • Emperor Norton II
            Emperor Norton II
            December 7, 2018 at 11:56 am | #

            Yeah, it’s all pretty messed up, isn’t it

            *offers appropriate internet gestures of sympathy*

            So remember when you’re feeling very small and insecure
            How amazingly unlikely is your birth
            And pray that there’s intelligent life, somewhere out in space
            ‘Cause there’s bugger all, down here on Earth

          • Emily
            Emily
            December 7, 2018 at 3:43 pm | #

            This is why I prefer negative reinforcement whenever possible when it comes to “getting people to treat other’s with basic human decency” because the last thing the majority needs is an expectation that they deserve a cookie for not treating minorities like shit.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              December 7, 2018 at 4:59 pm | #

              When you say “negative reinforcement” do you mean “punishment” (to the people fucking up)? Which I guess also serves as negative reinforcement for people witnessing to do better.

              From context, I assume you mean it in the punishment sense; I’m just curious if you have another approach you’re describing.

              • Emily
                Emily
                December 7, 2018 at 5:20 pm | #

                Mostly I mean “disrespect is met with the criticism it merits” instead of “meeting the bare minimum of human decency is met with undeserved praise.”

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  December 7, 2018 at 5:33 pm | #

                  That makes sense. Negative reinforcement can just mean something different from how it’s often used; learning about the terms of operant conditioning has served me very little except to confuse myself when these terms come up in general conversation.

                  As for whether praise or punishment is more effective… well, it’s probably a mix of them that’s the most effective. Both can be exhausting. If you’re the minority in question, I guess do whichever you feel at the moment, if you want to engage. And also, especially for folks on the outside who want to be going the praise route…maybe focus it on people going more above the bare minimum.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              December 7, 2018 at 5:12 pm | #

              Negative reinforcement certainly feels more just and may well be what people deserve.
              OTOH, it might well be that in most cases positive reinforcement works better.

              • Emily
                Emily
                December 7, 2018 at 5:22 pm | #

                I feel like the normalization of the idea that being a bare bones decent human being to minorities warrants praise is where we got the bullshit attitude that the majority is justified in stripping us of our rights if we’re not nice enough to them.

                • TemperaryObsessor
                  TemperaryObsessor
                  December 7, 2018 at 9:59 pm | #

                  The problem with praising people for what they don’t do wrong is nobody is perfect and almost everyone is better than somebody else.
                  Dick wants a cookie for not being abusive or a rapist.
                  Joe wants a cookie for being honest about what he wants from women.
                  Ryan wants a cookie for not killing women unless they fight back.
                  Sal’s preschool wants a cookie for accepting Sal in the first place.

              • the final pam
                the final pam
                December 7, 2018 at 7:01 pm | #

                I have seen so much praise and reverence offered to guys for simply not getting violent or upset upon being rejected by a woman. I don’t feel that it’s at all appropriate in any way to give people kudos for not assaulting and killing us. That’s such a low bar, it’s halfway buried into the fucking ground. And that’s just one such example.

                Like Emily was saying, the majority will strip rights away from minorities if they’re not “”nice”” enough. See how many cishet people turn away from LGBT+ whenever they get the slightest bit of criticism. (Hint: If being told that something that you are doing is harmful or ignorant is enough to make you stop being an ally, you never were an ally in the first place.) And the whole problem with the idea behind positive reinforcement being the main interaction is that it puts the responsibility on the minorities to teach the majority how to stop hurting them without any critical thought on behalf of the majority to, y’know, not do that. This also forces minorities into a position where they always have to play nice and sweet in the face of hatred and cruelty, and that’s just unfair too. It’s not as cut and dry as ‘negative reinforcement = bad and mean, positive reinforcement = good and effective’.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                December 7, 2018 at 8:31 pm | #

                I think that anybody who believes others should be getting cookies for not treating minorities they (the person believing in positive reinforcement) are not part of, that person should be the one to give it.

                Like, if you’re (general you) a guy who thinks non-women should be given positive reinforcement for not being misogynistic, my response is ‘Okay, great. YOU give it to them’.

                It’s one thing if a person has realized they have a problem with treating people badly and you’re telling them they are, in fact, improving, but I feel like that’s different than just general ‘thank you for not being shitty’.

                I’ve noticed this in the comments a few times too – I remember way back when it was still only being hinted Carla was trans, people were praising Sal for not being a transphobic fuckwad even though she went to a religious school in a very conservative school.

                • the final pam
                  the final pam
                  December 7, 2018 at 11:04 pm | #

                  Yeah. I’m not going to go out of my way to praise someone for not being shitty, least of all if that’s only because they don’t do anything. But if someone is taking the time and effort to actively change and become better? Sure, I’ll acknowledge their efforts.

                  And yeah, people absolutely use this to assume better of characters when there’s no evidence either way. Neutral should not be something considered worthy of praise, least to the degree that people should be especially grateful for it.

  33. Raen
    Raen
    December 7, 2018 at 11:05 am | #

    The Sound of Music, right?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 7, 2018 at 11:49 am | #

      Frozen!
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/backlog/

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        December 7, 2018 at 11:58 am | #

        *looks sternly at Bagge*

        Bagge, did you just want an excuse to link to a strip that has Becky in it?

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          December 7, 2018 at 12:39 pm | #

          maaayyyybe ?

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          December 7, 2018 at 12:45 pm | #

          Yeah, um, kinda…

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/threat/

  34. Some Guy
    Some Guy
    December 7, 2018 at 12:42 pm | #

    Wait – people still play Pokemon Go?

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      December 7, 2018 at 10:39 pm | #

      yes, the number is still on the millions. And the popular places on the comunity days are still packed full with people.

  35. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    December 7, 2018 at 12:58 pm | #

    Billie, you are in a relationship. Sorta? I don’t know if Ruth will like you hanging out with dudes. Also, at least Lucy is trying to connect with you even if you find her annoying.

    • JBento
      JBento
      December 7, 2018 at 4:02 pm | #

      Billie’s bi, so there’s really not much difference in that regard from hanging out with girls.

      • Emily
        Emily
        December 7, 2018 at 5:16 pm | #

        It’s more the part where she’s refusing a social gathering because there’s not enough dudes where it could come off poorly.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 7, 2018 at 5:17 pm | #

        Billie is not bi. She just likes girls sometimes. It’s no big deal, doesn’t make her different, everybody does.

        The denial is strong with this one.

        • Emily
          Emily
          December 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm | #

          Yeah, also that.

  36. antiqueChairman
    antiqueChairman
    December 7, 2018 at 12:59 pm | #

    Some people just started a month ago when Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu came out, because you can transfer stuff caught in Go to Let’s Go.

  37. mister gray
    mister gray
    December 7, 2018 at 3:00 pm | #

    hey are Ruth and Billie still an item?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 7, 2018 at 3:33 pm | #

      For now. But since this storyline apparently wraps up after Valentine’s Day and Willis said on twitter he was writing a fight for them not long ago, we’ll see.

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today in #9chickweedlane i guess we're memory-holing again that 1997 story where amos and edda kissed for the first time after she, uh, got shot at school
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It’s been awhile since I’ve more seriously read up on Ugaritic and Canaanite religions (alas, w/semi dated scholarship), but this is interesting, and not in a peaceful matriarchal fantasy kind of way.
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I will say for the umpteenth time that the Democratic establishment is terrible at understanding enthusiasm math. An energized base is crucial to winning fights-- electoral and otherwise-- because they will drag the low info folks out to vote and protest and engage. You NEED that energy.
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It's not just that he and his policies are unpopular, there's a clear and demonstrated enthusiasm differential now. His base is energetically absent, ours is livid and out in the streets.
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Turns out the guy was Chuck Ayers, a nationally recognized cartoonist and creator of Crankshaft. He had a lot to say but the thing that struck me was that when he talked about whats going on now, I could see he was holding back emotion. All this still hurts him to see 55 (!!) years later.
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Right now, these sweet kids have no clue how impactful this period in history will be for them, but I hope they will be proud of the time they made the best protest sign ever: The green one that says “Trump eats boogers” #NoKings
Kids and adults standing on a pedestrian bridge over the highway with protest signs that say fascists out and no Trump no ice. The best one is green and says Trump eats boogers.
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We can’t make the actual event at the capitol today, so you’ll find us with the kids on University with our signs (and I might bring the megaphone too). Even if you can’t make it to the capitol - come out in your own neighborhoods, even if it’s for a few minutes. Be seen. Be heard. #nokings
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At Comic-Con 2009 I was getting misgendered a fair bit and feeling anxious AF about it. Robert Downey Jr. was doing a press conf for Sherlock Holmes. I wanted to shout out a question but hated drawing attn to myself. I did it anyway. He gestured at me: "the lady in the blue shirt." I was so happy.
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Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
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