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by David M Willis on October 19, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - This Bright Millennium
└ Tags: danny, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 19, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    looking forward to these kinds of interactions in pandemic winter

    to be fair, that ukulele will do a good job of keeping people at least six feet away

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 19, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

      The hat was more effective. No one wanted to be within ten feet.

      • clif
        clif
        October 19, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

        Hey, I’m just impressed the uke froze and turned blue.

        • Lars
          Lars
          October 19, 2020 at 3:16 am | #

          The uke was always blue. My gravatar can is proof.

          • clif
            clif
            October 19, 2020 at 12:26 pm | #

            Shhh!

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 19, 2020 at 10:35 am | #

        Danny has acquired a new hat, which has grown to consume his entire face (insert FAAAAAACE comments here). He can now only communicate by ukelele.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 19, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      Only while he is playing it will that work, otherwise people will just see a harmless dork.

  2. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 19, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    So is Danny from the south or something or is Sal just too cool to feel cold?

    • MsM
      MsM
      October 19, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

      Complicated familial relationship, complicated relationship with gloves…Sal is Elsa.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        October 19, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

        The coldn’t didn’t bother her anyway.

        • abysswatcher1993
          abysswatcher1993
          October 19, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

          But Danny has to let go of that ukelele.

          • seregiel
            seregiel
            October 19, 2020 at 12:12 pm | #

            laaaaay awaaaay laaaaay awaaaay laaaay away that ukelele.

      • Moonie
        Moonie
        October 19, 2020 at 2:41 pm | #

        Walky does make a suitable Anna.

    • Brighter Side
      Brighter Side
      October 19, 2020 at 2:41 pm | #

      Since Sal is definitely from the South, I’m going to just say that she’s too naturally cool to be bothered by weather.

    • Ferret
      Ferret
      October 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm | #

      I’m gonna go with “Danny is a dork who bundles up far more than necessary for a little snow.”

  3. Robbie
    Robbie
    October 19, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Danny is a good potato!
    …wait its supposed to be “egg” isn’t it?

    • butts
      butts
      October 19, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      no, he’s definitely a potato

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        October 19, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

        *plays Olaf’s Potato song from Odd Squad on a mislaid cell phone’s speaker*

      • Ed Rhodes
        Ed Rhodes
        October 19, 2020 at 7:21 am | #

        “Well, how are YOU holding up? Because I’M a POTATO!”

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 19, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      Egg, potato, either way he is a good something. Most of the time anyway, occasionally he manages to lodge an entire foot down his throat.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        October 19, 2020 at 7:25 am | #

        Being able to swallow a foot could be useful later in his life.

        • clif
          clif
          October 19, 2020 at 12:28 pm | #

          I’ve found that being able to swallow your words is a useful life skill. I’m not sure that generalizes to feet.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            October 19, 2020 at 10:14 pm | #

            The ability to swallow large and long things can be very useful in the right circumstances.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 19, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

      Given how many layers he’s wrapped up in, I think he’s an onion.

      And before long he’ll be an entire breakfast burrito.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 19, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

        Peel back layer after stinky layer until you’re left with nothing but tears?

        Sounds about right.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      October 19, 2020 at 2:20 am | #

      Oh, Danny’s an egg alright

      Just a little trans humor for y’all

  4. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    October 19, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    As a lifelong Californian, I really, really feel Danny here…

    • Supersonic92
      Supersonic92
      October 19, 2020 at 2:29 am | #

      Haha, as a lifelong mountain Californian, I really, really feel Sal here!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 19, 2020 at 5:08 am | #

      [Laughs in New England]

      Last time I had to bundle like that was a couple years ago on New Year’s Eve. Minus 20 wind chill is no fun. Normal winters usually just call for a heavy jacket and maybe a hat.

      • JA
        JA
        October 19, 2020 at 10:59 pm | #

        [Laughs in Minnesota]

        It’s not winter until you can toss a glass of hot water into the air and the water crystalizes instantly.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 19, 2020 at 10:40 am | #

      Reminds me (also a Californian) of visiting my dad’s family.

      In Vermont.

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 19, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    I love these two beautiful babies so I say FULL SPEED AHEAD. <3

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 19, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

      We can only hope this ship will sail smoothly, I wish them the best.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        October 19, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

        We are speaking about Willis.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        October 19, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

        I’m happy for any interaction, be it platonic or romantic.

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      October 19, 2020 at 4:39 am | #

      This is one of the few ships where even if they never end up getting romanticalli involved, I will still be happy if they get meaningful interactions together

      • Brighter Side
        Brighter Side
        October 19, 2020 at 2:43 pm | #

        Yeah, I can’t see this as a romantic relationship, since Danny’s such a doormat right now. He definitely needs to find himself before he could be a partner to someone as self-assured and mature as Sal. I mean, look at how the whole Dorothy went.

  6. darkproject08
    darkproject08
    October 19, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh Danny.

    You kept the ukulele.

    It’s like you WANT to be bullied…

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      October 19, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      Ukeleles can be cool. The problem is that Danny has no musical talent.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 19, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

        He didn’t when he first picked the thing up… let’s see what a few months of practice have done for him.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 19, 2020 at 2:36 am | #

          Actual practice, or just occasional dabbling that may or may not be reinforcing bad habits?

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        October 19, 2020 at 9:23 am | #

        The may not when he started but I think he has shown some competency as he did his sessions with Sal. Remember, he was able to play backup when she sang.

    • Beef
      Beef
      October 19, 2020 at 2:23 am | #

      Don’t kink shame

  7. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    October 19, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Hello, Danny’s new hat.

  8. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 19, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    I feel Sal right here, I love sitting out in the cold and it always bemuses me that people get so wrapped up that they are unrecognizable.

    Either way, happy to see Sal and Danny hanging out, with their respective instruments of choice.

  9. Dean
    Dean
    October 19, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    His new hat is a big improvement!

  10. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    October 19, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Jam session time!

  11. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    October 19, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Danny, you have to realize that you aren’t Steven Universe. In any case, yopu are the edgy Steven from the Future epilogue. Jegus, I have conflicted feelings about that show.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 19, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

      He’s an essentially goodhearted kid who occasionally makes huge mistakes, plays ukulele, makes questionable fashion choices, is a bit behind on the maturity scale in regards to his age, associates with girls who are way more badass than he is, and is mostly likable because of what a goofus he is.

      Also, him hanging out with Sal is basically this.

      • Madock345
        Madock345
        October 19, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

        I support this

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        October 19, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

        I have to correct you there: Danny is a selfrighteous prick who makes many mistakes, he plays badly, Steven is more fashionable, Steven is good at making freinds (except when retconned by Future to make something depressing), Steven does become as badass as his adoptive moms, and Danny wishes to be as likeable as Steven.

        Also, Sal isn’t a psychopath… in this universe at least… Walkyverse Sal and Jasper are crazy.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          October 19, 2020 at 6:21 am | #

          Danny was able to play a ukelele rendition of Hurt and that’s rad.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          October 19, 2020 at 7:29 am | #

          Steven was never really good at making friends. Mostly because he had a tendency to just ignore anything that didn’t line up with the world the way he saw it. Connie was the only non-gem he managed to bond with naturally.

          • abysswatcher1993
            abysswatcher1993
            October 19, 2020 at 12:56 pm | #

            Really? Steven got many “moms”, made friends with the cool kids, made friends with Onion, made friends with the adults of Beach City, made friends with his conservative uncle, etc.

            He was a kid, so of course many things wouldn’t fit in his initial world view, but he was a really social being… That is until the stupid retcon of Future.

            • Ferret
              Ferret
              October 19, 2020 at 7:37 pm | #

              Future isn’t really a retcon. Steven’s got kind of a weird gifted kid vibe with social relationships. As a kid, he never had trouble eventually connecting to and relating to people. The cool kids liked him because he was refreshingly honest and relaxed, Onion liked him because he actually spent time with and paid attention to Onion, the adults liked him because he was a surprisingly good ear to listen to, Homeworld Gems like him because he’s kind in a way that they’re very unused to. But more importantly, he also has points of relation to all of them. He relates to Connie’s loneliness and spirit of adventure, he relates to most Beach City residents because he’s grown up around them, he relates to Gems because he *is* a Gem, because he also experiences the horrors of war, because he’s also experienced a lot of loss in his life.

              Enter Future. Steven is meeting Connie’s friends for the first time, and he has *nothing* he can relate to them. They’re ordinary kids with ordinary lives, their life problems are fairly minor and not relevant, the only thing they all have in common is they’re all friends with Connie. And because Steven’s always connected with people so easily, now not only does he not have any idea how to make friends with these people, he has no idea how to even start trying, which leads to him being an awkward mess.

              Honestly, it’s the closest someone like Steven who has no formal schooling is ever going to have to Gifted Kid Problems.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                October 19, 2020 at 8:54 pm | #

                Also, this cannot be stated enough – STEVEN WAS NOT DOING OKAY IN FUTURE. He had a lot of unresolved trauma and felt like he was the only one who had stagnated and wasn’t sure where to go with his life. It was hard enough watching his friends move on (which kinda kicked his abandonment issues in the teeth) and Steven has a tendency to withdraw and bottle his problems up when he’s upset. It was no wonder to me that he was having a hard time making friends at the time.

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  October 19, 2020 at 10:13 pm | #

                  Also this.

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              October 19, 2020 at 10:12 pm | #

              I didn’t say people didn’t like him, but most of those relationships developed through trauma bonding or people just liking his positive attitude.

              But if you look at his relationships with characters closer to his own age, with the exception of Connie, it’s largely him ignoring how the others actually feel and just projecting his own feelings onto them.

        • Zee
          Zee
          October 19, 2020 at 9:44 am | #

          I mean steven wasn’t good at making friends his own age. It was just connie and that fryman kid that didn’t even like him. Everyone else was older teens or adults who thought he was a cute kid

          • abysswatcher1993
            abysswatcher1993
            October 19, 2020 at 12:58 pm | #

            So all his friendships mean nothing if they aren’t kids of his age? That is stupid.

      • sultryglebe
        sultryglebe
        October 19, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

        It made me think of Buffy and Xander.

        • clif
          clif
          October 19, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

          Which one played the guitar and which played the uke?

        • Azhrei Vep
          Azhrei Vep
          October 19, 2020 at 7:39 am | #

          Aw, c’mon. I don’t think Danny deserves to be compared to something like Buffy. That’s just unnecessarily cruel.

          … Sal’s almost as cool and badass as Xander though, that’s fair.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            October 19, 2020 at 12:38 pm | #

            That sure is A Take.

  12. Varangian
    Varangian
    October 19, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    At least you still have the ukelele, Danny. You haven’t forgotten your roots.

  13. CrazyJ
    CrazyJ
    October 19, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    Chords are G, C, Am and F if anyone is curious. I tried playing it on guitar, and I’m not sure what song she’s playing though.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 19, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Although it matches the chords, Sal is probably not playing “no woman no cry”.

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        October 19, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

        I think that would be C, G, Am, F.

        • clif
          clif
          October 19, 2020 at 1:37 am | #

          Yeah. I’m going to go with Don’t Stop Believing.

          • Queen Anthai
            Queen Anthai
            October 19, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

            Oh god please no

            • clif
              clif
              October 19, 2020 at 1:42 am | #

              Would the chords lie?

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              October 19, 2020 at 1:58 am | #

              Look, when you’re busking on the Staircase Outside Read Hall of Doom, you have to go with the popular options. Appease the crowd. And the Wonderbread.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              October 19, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

              What’s wrong with Journey? Would you rather have some Great White?

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                October 20, 2020 at 3:35 pm | #

                Steel Panther

            • Sunny
              Sunny
              October 19, 2020 at 9:39 am | #

              Hold on to that feeling.

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      October 19, 2020 at 4:52 am | #

      I’m trying to figure it out. Chord progression goes V-IVI-IV assuming none of these are accidentals, which is… Not common, as far as I know. I have no clue what it could be.

    • 00A86B
      00A86B
      October 19, 2020 at 7:04 am | #

      Could be the chorus of Hurt, if Danny walked in a couple of bars into it?

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 19, 2020 at 7:46 am | #

      Take it from a self-taught leftie guitarist: The chords are also drawn backwards.

      If you’re right-handed (and chances are you are, it’s simply the odds), they look regular. If you’re a southpaw and you read guitar tabs, you’re already turning them around in your head.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      October 19, 2020 at 7:59 pm | #

      At a guess, it’s likely a reference to very many songs. But I’m not a music perp, so /shrugs/.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 20, 2020 at 3:34 pm | #

      Maybe she is just warming up, running chords?

  14. CC
    CC
    October 19, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    blukes clukes

  15. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    October 19, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    Ol’ Bluey’s still kickin… er, strumming?

  16. Techhead
    Techhead
    October 19, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    I have no clue how he plans on playing a ukulele in mittens

    • clif
      clif
      October 19, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

      Badly.

      I suppose it’s logically possible it could be an improvement.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 19, 2020 at 3:24 am | #

      I’m hoping he’s gonna take the mittens off before trying to play it.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 19, 2020 at 10:49 am | #

      He’s got a pick sewn into the right glove.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      October 19, 2020 at 8:00 pm | #

      Don’t be silly. Danny wouldn’t put the Ukelele in the mittens.

  17. Matty
    Matty
    October 19, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    Blukelele

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 19, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

    New hat. Very dapper.

  19. danielle
    danielle
    October 19, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

    i guess danny and sal reconciled over winter break?

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      October 19, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

      They didn’t break their friendship… Ethan on the other hand…

      • clif
        clif
        October 19, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

        … died over the time skip.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 19, 2020 at 2:39 am | #

          He had to go. His planet needed him.

  20. Shiro
    Shiro
    October 19, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    *reads comic*

    *runs to grab guitar*

  21. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 19, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

    Real talk, someone play a duet with me. I fucking LIVE for that shit. I have both a guitar and Ukulele too so I can be your Sal or I can be your Danny.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      October 19, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

      And you can call me “Al”.

      • marcus erronius
        marcus erronius
        October 19, 2020 at 1:31 am | #

        You can call me Danny,
        And baby when I call you I can call you Sal
        I can call you Sal
        *whistles into the distance*

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 19, 2020 at 10:54 am | #

          Can’t sing or play a musical instrument, so I’ll just hum background lyrics…

          Shoo Doop Doop Do, Shoo Doop Doop Do

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      October 19, 2020 at 1:25 am | #

      Yeah, yeah. But do you have a hat?

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 19, 2020 at 10:51 am | #

        Well, he’s got that baseball cap with a bow on it…

    • clif
      clif
      October 19, 2020 at 1:30 am | #

      Zoom is laggy and terrible for duets.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 19, 2020 at 3:31 am | #

      I would but I haven’t played my saxophone in years, so I’m sure I’d be very rusty. And I’m not sure how good I am at singing. And I have no experience using video chat services or whatever.

  22. Jackie
    Jackie
    October 19, 2020 at 1:07 am | #

    Sal is left-handed? It is hard to find a leftie guitar!

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      October 19, 2020 at 9:27 am | #

      I wonder if it has anything to do with her injury… A knife through the hand is bound to affect motor skills (like chord fingering)

    • raultsi
      raultsi
      October 19, 2020 at 12:31 pm | #

      Very. Some stores can have well over 100 guitars and zero lefty. In nearly 50 years (yikes) I’ve only met one, just one, salesguy at a store who was a lefty. I’m a righty and my only relative who showed any desires to play guitar was my nephew, who picked up my guitar and immediately flipped it over lefty style. I felt so sorry for him. He’s in for a world of hurt. I even bought a lefty guitar and for 2 years tried to learn how to play it that way. Just. Couldn’t. Do. It. I can’t help him find a good guitar because I can’t olay it to judge it like I can a righty.

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      October 20, 2020 at 7:27 am | #

      It puzzles me a bit that “righty” guitars (and indeed fiddles) are the way round that they are: the left hand has to be /more/ agile than the right!

  23. Ucchan
    Ucchan
    October 19, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

    Their romance begins here.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      October 19, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

      Either a romance or Danny’s new role as the dorky and profoundly trusted best friend that puts her coolness in sharper relief!

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      October 19, 2020 at 6:03 am | #

      Not with that hat it won’t.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 19, 2020 at 6:30 am | #

        The hat makes it *better*

  24. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    October 19, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

    This is a weird moment where Comic Time actually works the way opposite that it normally does. Danny, here, is three months removed from irrevocably Doing The Asshole Maneuver but it’s still fresh in all of our minds.

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      October 19, 2020 at 1:41 am | #

      It’s, like, we all get he’s still got friends he hasn’t burned but nobody’s in the mood for it.

      • clif
        clif
        October 19, 2020 at 1:47 am | #

        Danny’s a good egg.

        Also, we can see that he’s taking precautions now to make sure he doesn’t say anything untowards. We’ll just have to hope he doesn’t forget and take it off.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 19, 2020 at 5:17 am | #

          I think we all know what Danny sounds like now.

          • brasca1
            brasca1
            October 19, 2020 at 12:54 pm | #

            Fortunately, he doesn’t have to worry about getting killed since Mike seemed to have taken that bullet.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        October 19, 2020 at 6:32 am | #

        Nah I’m fine with it. Fuck Mike and the horse he rode in on.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          October 19, 2020 at 9:07 am | #

          He road into town on your mom? … Oh… *horse*.

          Your momma’s so equine Mike bought her for a nickel so he could ride her into town?

          Also, are you using Fuck as an adjective, or a verb?

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            October 19, 2020 at 10:56 am | #

            You usually add “in'” when using ‘fuck’ as an adjective.

            Fuckin’ Mike

        • Solenoid
          Solenoid
          October 20, 2020 at 8:07 pm | #

          When I express resentment toward assholes who generally earned karmic punishment, I normally don’t do so to their childhood friends while they’re on their deathbed. That’s, like, collateral karmic punishment? Not my jam. Anyway, here’s me responding to a previous day’s comic because reasons I guess.

  25. BenRG
    BenRG
    October 19, 2020 at 2:21 am | #

    I think that Sal is still in two minds about whether she wants Danny to hang out with her. It will be interesting to see if she ever does come to a final conclusion or if, like most people, she decides that it’s simpler to just let things roll along on their own momentum.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 19, 2020 at 2:43 am | #

      She probably appreciates how he doesn’t put her on a pedestal or make her live up to an image, but it’s countered by his blandness and tendency to put his foot in his mouth.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        October 19, 2020 at 7:01 am | #

        Danny is also one of the few people in the strip who’s relatively drama-free. He doesn’t really have a dark past, hidden agendas, half-healed resentments, or toxic behaviours other than the afore-mentioned tendency to put his foot in his mouth. For somebody who’s tired of having to deal with life’s sh*t (directed at themselves or others), sometimes having a friend or partner who’s just calm, serene, and blessedly free of drama (basically, just “normal”) can feel like a lifesaver.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          October 19, 2020 at 10:25 am | #

          Yeah, he’s got a tendency to be a bit self-centered in his romantic interactions, in a rather romcom way (yes Danny, outside his comatose friend’s hospital room is the best time to confess your feelings to someone, just in general,) though not exclusively given the Joe List situation, and the aforementioned foot-in-mouth syndrome usually spawns out of that… but given he’s an 18-19-year-old, that’s basically standard. They’re all little shits. Walky had basically the same ‘dude, wtf’ moment with Dorothy the day before, and Joyce did way worse in the pursuit of a crush via Hijinks with Jacob. By the standards of this cast, he barely rates on the Trauma and Drama Scale.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      October 19, 2020 at 6:18 am | #

      I think it’s pretty well established by now that Sal values Danny’s companionship rather than being of two minds about it.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      October 19, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

      Wait… if Sal is of two minds now also, could Amber’s problems actually have nothing to do with Blaine? If being around Danny is causing people to have mental health distress to the point of exhibiting severe D.I.D. should he be looked at further, or locked away further?

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        October 19, 2020 at 1:01 pm | #

        Is Danny and SCP?

  26. ZerglingOne
    ZerglingOne
    October 19, 2020 at 6:10 am | #

    I read this as him suggesting the song should be played on Ukulele which hints to me that it might be Hey, Soul Sister.

    Those ARE the infamous four chords so it could be almost any popular song of the last 70 years.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      October 19, 2020 at 9:02 am | #

      Sal doing the rhythmn section and Danny doing the lad for REM’s Losing My Religion. There could be no song more guaranteed to finally tip Joyce over the edge into a full blown panic episode.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      October 20, 2020 at 3:02 am | #

      Huh. Well, Hey, Soul Sister always sounded to me as if it was about a painfully dorky white dude who has a crush on a cool Black woman, so…maybe?

  27. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 19, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

    SO, the Ukulele is become Danny’s symbol… IT GOT WORSE!!!!!!!

  28. Anna
    Anna
    October 19, 2020 at 1:24 pm | #

    Huh.

    Just this morning, for no apparent reason, I kept dreaming of Johnny Cash singing Hurt.

  29. Moonie
    Moonie
    October 19, 2020 at 2:45 pm | #

    Meh I ship it

  30. Mr D
    Mr D
    October 19, 2020 at 6:23 pm | #

    Nobody else noticed that Sal called him by name instead of whitebread?

  31. Anikiki
    Anikiki
    October 19, 2020 at 7:05 pm | #

    Danny’s got a new hat!

  32. Eric
    Eric
    October 19, 2020 at 7:11 pm | #

    You can’t play guitar in gloves, and you DEFINITELY can’t play in mittens. What is this?

  33. SuperFroakie82
    SuperFroakie82
    October 19, 2020 at 7:16 pm | #

    I think this hat is an improvement over the last one.

  34. Ed Rhodes
    Ed Rhodes
    October 20, 2020 at 2:43 am | #

    I can’t decide if Danny looks like the little brother in “A Christmas Story;” (“I can’t put my arms down!”) or like “The Kid,” in Gahann Wilson’s comic strip; “Nuts!”

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