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by David M Willis on September 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Sister, Christian
└ Tags: danny, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 16, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    gotta go fast when speed-dating

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 16, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Sal likes to live fast, and Danny is just along for the ride.

      • Harmony
        Harmony
        September 16, 2021 at 11:30 am | #

        Danny – not competitive, just wants to make her happy
        Sal – tsundere wants to compete, but won’t say it
        Danny – I am laying down the gauntlet

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      September 16, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

      Romance At the Speed of Light

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 16, 2021 at 3:35 am | #

        Just hoping for no speed bumps.

        Love the expressions.

        • annarchy
          annarchy
          September 16, 2021 at 11:38 am | #

          But the speed bumps are to get your attention before the Clif….

          Also they make decent jumps.

  2. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 16, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    You’ll never stop me, not once I shift into MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed.

    • Sunny Bruv
      Sunny Bruv
      September 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      I wonder if they bought the Turbo?

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      September 16, 2021 at 1:37 am | #

      I b’lieve Danny’s bike has a YoYoDyne “Planet 10” Overthruster. If not now, then real soon.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 16, 2021 at 8:48 am | #

        A Yoyodyne overthruster? Those are “for shit” according to a company executive.

        • Valkeiper2020
          Valkeiper2020
          September 16, 2021 at 9:17 pm | #

          true. he had an older and more reliable engine available.
          that engine did the job.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 16, 2021 at 1:43 am | #

      You have to put a card in your bike to flip against the spokes, that’s how you go faster.

      • Fist_of_Life
        Fist_of_Life
        September 16, 2021 at 7:39 am | #

        And if it’s one of your parent’s limited edition, super rare card, you’ll need that extra velocity.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          September 16, 2021 at 10:06 am | #

          I’ve heard Black Lotuses make you go really fast.

          • Valkeiper2020
            Valkeiper2020
            September 16, 2021 at 9:19 pm | #

            not according to one expert that Eragon met.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            September 16, 2021 at 10:26 pm | #

            I hope you just heard that. It’s the sound of the entire Abides throuple wincing in pain.

  3. Citizen Octopus
    Citizen Octopus
    September 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Arrgh! My cavities!
    Too sweet! TOO SWEET!!

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 16, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      If you need help dealing with sweetness I have a solution:
      https://youtu.be/WGODqlSn7Go

  4. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    September 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s kinda crazy how much I actually like these two as a couple in this comic, given their previous iterations.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 16, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      I botched the tag here. I’d been doing so well

      • I am Nothing
        I am Nothing
        September 16, 2021 at 3:06 am | #

        Don’t worry it happens to the best of us.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          September 16, 2021 at 11:24 am | #

          Read this like Dane Cook’s “Speak & Spell” bit.

          And I’m only a little sorry I reminded everyone here that Dane Cook exists.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 16, 2021 at 6:38 am | #

      They’re definitely a better couple in this universe.

  5. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 16, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Awww, Sal’s smile in the last panel is so cute. I’m genuinely happy for her and Danny.

    So the age old question is thus: how is it going to go wrong?

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      September 16, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      It’ll probably have something to do with Sal’s mom

      Do we know if Danny’s parents are any particular flavor of awful? They could also find a way to screw it up

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 16, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        Danny’s mom, what little we’ve seen of her, seems to think he’s a screw up for getting dumped by Dorothy.

        That’s extremely unfair. Danny is a screw up for totally different reasons.

        • alongcameaspider
          alongcameaspider
          September 16, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

          I wonder if she’ll have thoughts about him dating someone like Sal (either as a race thing or relating to her being a “bad girl”)

        • RowenMorland
          RowenMorland
          September 16, 2021 at 6:00 am | #

          I thought she was saying he screwed up the only redeeming quality he had, which was have a likeable partner.

          • RowenMorland
            RowenMorland
            September 16, 2021 at 6:00 am | #

            I like Danny, he’s alright.

            • Keith Curtis
              Keith Curtis
              September 16, 2021 at 1:33 pm | #

              He’s a good egg.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            September 16, 2021 at 5:36 pm | #

            I think there’s some revisionism going on re: Danny’s parents. Re-reading their appearances in the Freshman Family Weekend arc, they seem… generally more inoffensive than I remember?

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/wilcoxes/

            Correct me if I’m wrong, but “your awkwardness is why she dumped you, isn’t it” is the harshest thing either of them says.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              September 16, 2021 at 6:52 pm | #

              Well we got a few other indicators.

              One is that when Danny went on a heartfelt spiel about Amber they started talking about themselves and the alt-text said “the Wilcoxen can’t bring themselves to complement their son, so they change the topic to themselves.”

              Another is that Dorothy revealed at some point that Danny’s mom gave her a picture frame extolling the virtues of marriage, and Dorothy’s mom implied to Linda that the Wilcoxen were extremely pushy.

              Lastly there’s a dream sequence Danny had where he’s talking about Amber to his parents and it starts with him saying “I know I screwed up with Dorothy but I found someone way better. I won’t disappoint you this time!”

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        September 16, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        Danny’s parents put him down all the time and it’s just… it’s not great, unfortunately. It’s really clear where he got his self-esteem problems.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        September 16, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

        As I remember them, Danny’s parents seem to think he’s kind of a screw-up, and that he needs to hitch himself to a capable woman like a leech in order to get anywhere in life

        They’re probably the ones that got Dorothy a picture frame with engraved marital scripture.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          September 16, 2021 at 1:44 am | #

          It was specifically Danny’s mother, as I recall. When she was 16 years old. (And it was a picture frame for two.)

          She also kept calling her a “treasure”.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 16, 2021 at 8:50 am | #

          Yeah, I’m not sure Sal will qualify as a good catch in their book.

          • Valkeiper2020
            Valkeiper2020
            September 16, 2021 at 9:24 pm | #

            Maybe good as ‘the one that got away’ or a ‘catch and release’, but not a keeper.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 16, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Linda will sense that her daughter is happy and start plotting something.

      • Svata
        Svata
        September 16, 2021 at 12:36 am | #

        Given what we know, my bet is Linda contacts Danny’s parents and tries to get them to get these two to break up because Danny’s “””Falling in with a Bad Crowd”””

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 16, 2021 at 6:41 am | #

      They get hit by a car and both end up in the hospital. Though if they spend that time in the hospital recovering from their injuries together, they might still be a couple.

    • Nono
      Nono
      September 16, 2021 at 12:59 pm | #

      Danny reveals what he said to Ethan in the hospital.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 16, 2021 at 1:14 pm | #

        “That was really the worst time to say that but I’m glad when it came down to it you stuck up for yourself instead of slavishly devoting yourself to someone you’re interested in at the expense of your own feelings.” – Sal, probably, with more y’alls.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          September 16, 2021 at 10:28 pm | #

          You. You get it.

  6. AntJ
    AntJ
    September 16, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    It’s simultaneously refreshing and jarring to see Danny pushing the right buttons on purpose instead of the wrong ones on accident

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      September 16, 2021 at 1:53 am | #

      IKR????

  7. TlalocW
    TlalocW
    September 16, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    Did they slow down in the last half-panel? No more speed lines.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 16, 2021 at 7:30 am | #

      Maybe Sal realized she didn’t have to run from him, or maybe she’s just suddenly ‘in the moment’.

      • TlalocW
        TlalocW
        September 17, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        You’re wise beyond measure, blowjob cat.

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 16, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    I’ve say it before and I’ll say it again.
    They cute.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 16, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      Heckin’ cute.

    • Tan
      Tan
      September 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      100%

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      September 16, 2021 at 3:42 am | #

      Really cute.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      September 16, 2021 at 4:17 am | #

      I really don’t want Danny to dan this up. This could work for both of them.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 16, 2021 at 6:39 am | #

      Definitely cute.

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    September 16, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    Yeah, keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheel…

    • elebenty
      elebenty
      September 16, 2021 at 12:08 pm | #

      Let it roll, baby, roll. Let it roll.
      All night long.

      Do it, Robby Danny, do it!

  10. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    September 16, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    This is such a fun dynamic. I love that they can be playful like this.

  11. Kravis
    Kravis
    September 16, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    Sal likes riding and Sal likes Danny, sooooo obviously the next logical step is…

    • Varangian
      Varangian
      September 16, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

      I want you to imagine a rimshot, but as played by Animal of Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 16, 2021 at 7:29 am | #

        As having previously been accused of being either Stattler or Waldorf, I’m at the edge of the balcony in excitement. To quote Wilder/Dahl. “The suspense is terrible. I hope it lasts.”

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          September 16, 2021 at 10:30 pm | #

          If you’re a woman, you could be Astoria.

          Yes, one of them is married. Blew my mind, since I always read them as a cranky old gay couple.

  12. Tan
    Tan
    September 16, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 12: So This Is Fast

  13. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 16, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

    Awww, how wholesome.

    When will it be ruined by Willis?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 16, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

      Sooner than we’d hope, later than we expected.

    • ReverendJ
      ReverendJ
      September 16, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

      Probably at the next intersection they ride through.

  14. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    September 16, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

    Danny my boy! Learning the rules and playing the game!

  15. Cholma
    Cholma
    September 16, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    “Fast ship? You’ve never heard of the Millennium WonderSal? It’s the ship that made the McNutt Snow Hill jump in less than 12 parsecs!”
    “Um, actually: a parsec is a unit of distance, not time.”
    “STFU.”

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      September 16, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

      My favorite theory about that is that Han knew quite well that a parsec is a unit of distance not time, and he was secretly testing his potential customers to determine whether they were savvy space travelers who know what’s what… or backwater rubes that he could overcharge.

      • Dr. T
        Dr. T
        September 16, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

        The old canon explanation actually acknowledges that he listed a distance unit. The Kessel Run, both in current and old canon, involves a black hole cluster. The faster the ship, the closer you can skirt the black holes and make a shorter, and therefore much faster, run.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          September 16, 2021 at 1:12 am | #

          Yep. I’ve read the books that claimed that! 😀

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          September 16, 2021 at 6:43 am | #

          The Solo movie kinda made that canon again.

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          September 16, 2021 at 6:35 pm | #

          Yeah, that still doesn’t work, because parsecs aren’t just a unit of distance, they’re a HUGE unit of distance. Any black hole cluster large enough to have gravitational influence measured in parsecs would swallow the entire galaxy.

          • Dr. T
            Dr. T
            September 16, 2021 at 8:00 pm | #

            Honestly, any real stable cluster would be measured in parsecs anyways because if they were not the singularities would get too close to each other and merge.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            September 16, 2021 at 8:51 pm | #

            It’s not totally implausible; Sagittarius A* (the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way – and it’s worth noting that most sizeable galaxies are believed to have one) has at least one massive black hole directly orbiting it a parsec away. Plus, “swallowing galaxies” is not how black holes work, they’re not cosmic vacuum cleaners. 😛

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              September 16, 2021 at 8:55 pm | #

              (I will also add the caveat that Star Wars physics, as have been demonstrated on numerous occasions in both the movies and TV series, are not always necessarily 1:1 with real-life physics.)

      • UnDrewsual
        UnDrewsual
        September 16, 2021 at 9:01 am | #

        I think the original explanation from Lucas was that it was meant to show that Solo wasn’t as knowledgeable as he was pretending to be and was just boasting.

        • Uly
          Uly
          September 16, 2021 at 12:21 pm | #

          Yeah, “Solo” wasn’t as knowledgeable as he was pretending to be. I can believe that. It’s “Han Solo” who didn’t know better.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            September 16, 2021 at 3:46 pm | #

            Mostly, whoever wrote the line, whether Lucas or some script writer, didn’t know any better. Every thing else has been trying to paper over that ever since.

    • Valkeiper2020
      Valkeiper2020
      September 16, 2021 at 9:30 pm | #

      A lot of people have made that statement and missed one important thing…

      the ‘castle run’ is a trip through a cluster of black holes.
      a straight line can NOT be drawn through it.
      the faster you can go… the less distance you actually have to go.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        September 16, 2021 at 10:33 pm | #

        “Kessel” run. It’s named after the dwarf planet/prison colony located nearby.

  16. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    September 16, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

    Are you looking for A CHALLENGE???

    • TlalocW
      TlalocW
      September 17, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

      Yes sir… yes sir, I am.

  17. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 16, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

    I like this kind of needling.
    It’s coming from a place of kindness and fun.

    • Eyebrow
      Eyebrow
      September 16, 2021 at 5:34 pm | #

      And amazingly, Sal has already figured this out.

  18. Varangian
    Varangian
    September 16, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

    OH NO. Oh shit. This is adorable. They’re fuckin’ doomed.

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      September 16, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

      how did you make my post thats amazing

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      September 16, 2021 at 6:37 pm | #

      Sal: Act with integrity!

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 16, 2021 at 6:53 pm | #

        Sal already beat the truck.

  19. Antonio Tyler
    Antonio Tyler
    September 16, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

    Audience: “OOOOOooooooOOOOOOOO!!!”

  20. Liliet
    Liliet
    September 16, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

    God this is so adorable. And Sal’s happy smile in the last panel. Because Danny is teasing her, but Danny isn’t actually trying to one-up or humiliate her. Danny gets her, and Danny likes her.

  21. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 16, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

    I wonder what was the last time Sal went out to just have a good time and did so? Danny has done that for her and also made it even better!

  22. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    September 16, 2021 at 2:26 am | #

    Pushes Bierce out of the way, plays “The Pushbike Song” by The Mixtures on the hacked Muzak.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      September 16, 2021 at 4:24 am | #

      I like the Mungo Jerry version better.

  23. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 16, 2021 at 3:08 am | #

    Relax Sal, relax. Not everything has to be a competition to prove your strength. Embrace the “Danny’s way”, be relaxed, be happy! I love to see Danny tell her he likes her and be able to make her smile ♡.

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 16, 2021 at 3:40 am | #

      Danny is the one prodding her to go faster here.

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 16, 2021 at 12:27 pm | #

        He’s just giving her what she wants.

  24. AGV
    AGV
    September 16, 2021 at 4:01 am | #

    What a bunch of dorks, I love them

  25. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 16, 2021 at 4:57 am | #

    Weird, it sounds like Sal is trying to impress him.

    • Alex
      Alex
      September 16, 2021 at 5:07 am | #

      I think it’s more about proving something to herself.

  26. JediMB
    JediMB
    September 16, 2021 at 5:30 am | #

    glxblt this is cute

    They play off each other so well.

  27. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    September 16, 2021 at 5:43 am | #

    Those dorks 😀

  28. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 16, 2021 at 6:44 am | #

    “Ah’m not tryin’ to impress you.” Sure, I believe you Sal. You’re not a little bit tsundere towards Danny either.

  29. Rowan
    Rowan
    September 16, 2021 at 6:58 am | #

    I’m not sure whats happening here, cycling wise. Danny teases her about the speed, but then does he speed up and overtake? Or does she speed up and then they’re both going faster? Or does she actually slow down? Is there a way to tag in Willis for answers? Does he answer questions like this?

    • Jason Rivest
      Jason Rivest
      September 16, 2021 at 7:18 am | #

      For what it’s worth, I think this Danny half-teasing her, half letting her know he can go faster, which prompts Sal to demonstrate she IS trying to impress him, and be, I don’t know, grateful? Happy? That he’s willing to match her competitive side. The “you don’t need to impress me comment” let to her being flustered and embarrassed. The “this is fast?” comment appeals to her competitive side, she’s far more comfortable there, and it’s nice that Danny can meet her there too (and not just at Mario Kart).

  30. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    September 16, 2021 at 7:37 am | #

    Is this the first time Danny said “I like you” to Sal?

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 16, 2021 at 11:27 am | #

      He said it when giving her the flowers, too.

  31. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 16, 2021 at 8:49 am | #

    I’m a fan of The body keeps the score. It’s a book about trauma and it’s effects. One is a fear of rejection, which can lead to pre-emptive rejection. People can’t reject and hurt you if you don’t let them get close.

    That’s Sal and her too cool persona. When your own parents hurt you, that’s plenty of reason to avoid close relationships. Danny us a great antidote.

    Recommended reading. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693771-the-body-keeps-the-score

  32. Falconer
    Falconer
    September 16, 2021 at 9:42 am | #

    Careful, kids! Don’t wear out your legs too soon!

  33. barabajagal
    barabajagal
    September 16, 2021 at 10:24 am | #

    Hey David, love you man, but if you jeopardise this relationship I swear I won’t reread DoA from the start this year. This is my final warning, these guys are mad cute and I only want the best for them.

    • khn0
      khn0
      September 16, 2021 at 7:03 pm | #

      you could try with “David, you don’t have to impress me. I already like you.”

  34. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 16, 2021 at 11:05 am | #

    The duality of shipping

    “I can’t wait for these characters to get together”

    “Now that they’re together I’m going to live every day gripped with mortal terror that they break up”

    • Marisa Mockery
      Marisa Mockery
      September 16, 2021 at 1:36 pm | #

      How did you sum my feelings up so well

  35. Keith Curtis
    Keith Curtis
    September 16, 2021 at 1:34 pm | #

    Dang, Danny’s bringing his A-game today.

  36. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    September 16, 2021 at 3:39 pm | #

    Danny is SO GOOD for Sal, I’m living for this!

  37. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 16, 2021 at 6:53 pm | #

    Oh oh, looks like Sal is going to shift to plaid.

  38. Beef
    Beef
    September 16, 2021 at 8:59 pm | #

    I love this relationship and hope nothing bad happens to it

  39. ProjectXa3
    ProjectXa3
    September 17, 2021 at 1:19 am | #

    SMILING!!

  40. Sibre
    Sibre
    September 17, 2021 at 1:13 pm | #

    Oh no Danny that’s the wrong side of the road, look out for that truck-!

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