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by David M Willis on December 20, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – I'll Leave You A Phantom

└ Tags: amber, danny, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 20, 2021 at 12:04 am | #

    dang people who get along with their exes what’s that about

    (j/k I managed to uproot my life each time so they aren’t in my circles anymore for getting along to be relevant)

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 20, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

      alt: I totes understand that, I’m always looking at new coats even though I have five (BESIDES the ones I donated already)

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        December 20, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

        I know, right?

        I just love leather coats. I love how they look in general, I love how they look on me, and I love how they feel.

        I have far too many leather coats.

        • MIB4u
          MIB4u
          December 20, 2021 at 4:44 am | #

          I need more leather coats …

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        December 20, 2021 at 8:40 am | #

        Black leather jackets get issued to old men when they qualify for social security. It’s part of the uniform. Plus a stretch of road to drive on at 5 under the speed limit.

        BTW, I have two of them in case I need a backup.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          December 21, 2021 at 6:55 pm | #

          And driving five under you will be causing backups.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 20, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      I get along with one of my exes, so that’s something I guess? Though I’ve only had 4 gf’s in my life.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I’m still friends with one of my exes.

      Which is kind of a shame, I was hoping for an evil one so when I acquire enough of them they can form a League that suitors must battle for my hand.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 20, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

        Eh, getting enough evil exes to make a league is such a hassle. Really not worth the effort

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          December 20, 2021 at 1:15 am | #

          I was technically in a league of evil Exes once.
          Although I was less inclined to battle for his affection and more inclined to date one or more of the other exes.

          Also, while we were certainly a league and we were also his exes, I don’t think it was ever established that we were evil. Certainly, so far as we were concerned, he was the evil one for the manipulative way he tended to seduce and then dump various women.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            December 20, 2021 at 1:24 am | #

            Yeah he must’ve sucked from what I can gleam, though in that league it would be kinda fun to make yourselves out to be affably evil, if not while also to mock him with it at the same time, no?

            • Rose by Any Other Name
              Rose by Any Other Name
              December 20, 2021 at 10:46 am | #

              The sad part was, when he wasn’t being a suzbag about relationships, he was actually pretty fun. He and I were friends first and used to game a lot.

              The trouble was that I kept meeting people that I wanted to befriend/maybe date and he kept seducing them, sleeping with them, and then either dumping them outright or going ‘oh, I thought this was just a casual thing’ whenever ‘relationship’ stuff came up.

              Also, and here’s the really sad thing – I had a huge crush on him, but since we were gamer friends, he didn’t make any moves on me. Also we lived in the same dorm on the same floor (much like DoA, one side of the hall was for females, the other for males). More than once, I would be walking down the hallway and hear him having sex with one of my friends. It was super depressing, and led me to make several relationship mistakes of my own. One of which was sleeping with him even though I knew 100% that it wouldn’t lead to anything good.

              On the bright side, I did make several very good friends out of it. The League endures.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          December 21, 2021 at 6:57 pm | #

          Might get a movie about it though.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        December 20, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

        Tradsies?

        Kidding. I wouldn’t wish the witch spawn uterus for my second-born on another living soul…

        maybe on a Republican.

        • JBento
          JBento
          December 20, 2021 at 6:24 am | #

          Many Republicans are, unfortunately, living, but they don’t have souls, so your initial stance still applies.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        December 20, 2021 at 2:00 am | #

        That’s kinda romantic, in a cross-time way. Very mmmmm…? What? Medieval?

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      December 20, 2021 at 6:04 am | #

      He never dated Amber.

  2. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    December 20, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Watching speed running videos finally pays off, as I actually understood that.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 20, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      I don’t, but SOMEBODY in this house does, so I understand it =p

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 20, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      I don’t watch speed running videos, but I still understood every single word of that.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 20, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

        And I live with nobody who does.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        December 20, 2021 at 8:03 am | #

        I don’t watch speed running videos either, but I’m a gamer so I understood most of it.

        • khn0
          khn0
          December 20, 2021 at 7:53 pm | #

          I understood it, and I’m not a gamer, nor living with one, nor having access to the internet.
          One of these propositions is false. It may be the first.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:14 am | #

      In order to explain it, we’re going to have to talk about parallel universes…

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        December 20, 2021 at 11:36 am | #

        KILL THE ANIMALS

  3. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    December 20, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    I need a girlfriend who I can say stuff like that to, and not get a blank look in return. Although to be fair, I don’t speed run so the conversation would be slightly different.

    Also. Sal, you know you love how much of a dork Danny is. <3

  4. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    December 20, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Sal, you’re a speed freak who literally schooled Danny on beating Mario Kart times mere hours of play time after first picking up the game. Leather jackets or no how don’t you get this?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      That’s different, playing the game isn’t what confuses her, it is the jargon and enthusiasm for such stuff that cinfuses her. Besides, all leather jacket/speed enthusiasts should play Saints Row 3.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 20, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

        Man I hope the new Saints Row is good, I’ve been jonesing for that series to make a triumphant return.

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          December 20, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

          I have a hard time deciding if I like 3 or 4 more. On the one hand 3 has a better progression, on the other hand 4 has fucking superpowers.

          I guess they are tied for 1st place.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            December 20, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

            SR4 also has an alien providing opera accompaniment to a Biz Markie song, Roddy Piper and Ashly Burch (as themselves, not playing characters) as sidekicks, Keith David (again, the actual person) as vice president of the US, a sing-along sequence of Opposites Attract, and this is the ending.

            Puts it all in perspective.

            • Kyrik Michalowski
              Kyrik Michalowski
              December 20, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

              I totally forgot about the ending, I love it. Man, if I wasn’t super backlogged with games I would replay SR4 right now.

              • Jay
                Jay
                December 20, 2021 at 10:04 pm | #

                I’m sorry how could you both ignore SR2 sitting right THERE being the best in the franchise

            • Doom Shepherd
              Doom Shepherd
              December 20, 2021 at 2:09 am | #

              Am I the only person that thinks Kinzie’s regular outfit is way cuter than her “superhero” outfit? Possibly.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                December 20, 2021 at 8:19 am | #

                That it is.

                Daisy would definitely favor the superhero outfit though…

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:20 am | #

      There’s a big difference between finding shortcuts in a circuit racing game and Amber-level platformer speedrunning.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        December 20, 2021 at 4:53 pm | #

        Sal did *a* speedrun

        Amber is going for THE speedrun

  5. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 20, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Neeeerds

    • Ed Rhodes
      Ed Rhodes
      December 20, 2021 at 7:06 am | #

      “And DAMNED proud of it!” – Percy Blakeney “The Scarlet Pimpernel”

  6. Dave
    Dave
    December 20, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    There’s only one rule in this relationship and it’s the frame rule

  7. Svata
    Svata
    December 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    So, imagine a bus

    • Svankensen
      Svankensen
      December 20, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      That leaves every 21 frames to take you to the next stage

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 20, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        I still can’t believe it only checked every 21 frames to see if you made it.

        Hardware was really limited back then…

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          December 20, 2021 at 7:41 am | #

          The hardware and its limitations was not the real culprit. It was framed.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 20, 2021 at 8:22 am | #

          That’s still more than once or twice a second (at 30 or 60 FPS). That’s plenty often enough that most people would never notice just playing with a regular controller on a stock console hooked up to a TV in your living room.

  8. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 20, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    I was just thinking of that “leather and sexy boots” scene from CRFH!!! earlier today.

  9. EpochFlame
    EpochFlame
    December 20, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    framerule zone

  10. Ereb
    Ereb
    December 20, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

    Sal is still right, although this page kinda spells out why Amber and Danny would’ve worked if Amber/Amazigirl wasn’t so damanged.

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 20, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

    Same, Sal, same.

  12. K. Ivan Ruppert
    K. Ivan Ruppert
    December 20, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

    Danny, you’re not supposed to cup your mouth on the same side of your face as the person you’re whispering to. This defeats any and all points doing so might have.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:25 am | #

      It’s visual shorthand for the benefit of the audience; Danny knows he’s in a production.

      Sometimes Amber knows too.

  13. Jamie
    Jamie
    December 20, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

    It’s really funny to me that Amber’s completely unimpressed that Danny knows this and is excited about it.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 20, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

    NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 20, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

      Oh cum on, there’s gotta be SOMETHING that’s interesting in that stream, if not that hopefully superhuman accomplishment.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      December 20, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

      Gohan: I can almost hear him now.

      *Piccolo miles away*: NEEEEEEEERD

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        December 20, 2021 at 4:48 pm | #

        I just rewatched Broly last night and their exchange when Piccolo enters the movie is still fantastic.

        “How?”

    • Ed Rhodes
      Ed Rhodes
      December 20, 2021 at 7:07 am | #

      See my response to DarkoNeko!

  15. Huehuetotl
    Huehuetotl
    December 20, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

    does she have fewer or more leather jackets than Gretchen Whitmer?

  16. Carla's #2 Fan
    Carla's #2 Fan
    December 20, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

    Amber really needs a therapist. Although a new friend would probably be good too. A lot of the cast could use a therapist tbh.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 20, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

      Most characters in any media could probably use therapy, frankly

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 20, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

        Yeah, now that I think of it, the only media I’ve seen that really scores depictions of therapy is Tuca and Berty.

        Regardless on how much of a gamble picking a therapist actually is, I still love that show.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          December 20, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

          If I’m being 100% honest the show itself has brought me more calm and comfort than any therapist, and that’s really saying something :3

        • Carla's #2 Fan
          Carla's #2 Fan
          December 20, 2021 at 12:28 pm | #

          Yeah as I was typing my comment, I was thinking about how a therapist provided by the school would probably suck. The one at my college absolutely did and I didn’t get back into therapy until this year. Luckily my insurance covered one that is a good fit for me.

          I think Questionable Content handles getting characters into therapy well.

      • Skater Girl
        Skater Girl
        December 20, 2021 at 2:14 am | #

        Most people in real life could use therapy.

    • Ed Callahan
      Ed Callahan
      December 20, 2021 at 12:46 pm | #

      Yeah, that comes up in comments regarding… just about all the characters in this strip. Like it’s a trope or something in DOA…

  17. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 20, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    Sal, leather jacket rebels were a 60’s thing. Today, we idolize colorful hair and Minecraft.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:27 am | #

      The kids are still into building with brown bricks in Minecraft?

  18. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    December 20, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

    42?

    Oops, I geeked it again.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 20, 2021 at 8:37 am | #

      The last one comes with an iron collar.

  19. Rocket Relm
    Rocket Relm
    December 20, 2021 at 12:54 am | #

    Ignoring the drama and weirdness of Amber in the previous couple comics, I’ll just throw up a “speedrun gamer nerds units” placard banner for us all to hold hands and sing under.

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      December 20, 2021 at 1:36 am | #

      I appreciate it.

      • Hazel
        Hazel
        December 20, 2021 at 1:46 am | #

        What are everyone’s favorite types/genres of games that you think make good speedruns? I prefer games with very little “randomness”/luck/RNG so that there is a display of skill. (Though, a tiny amount of RNG to spice things up by plus or minus a couple seconds or minutes in the long run can be fun while the community brainstorms the next timesave.)

        Pokemon runs are long for the reason of heavy random elements lmao… but its random elements can be manipulated in some ways we’ve discovered, and the manipulation is skill, which can be pretty interesting! But if I’m going to watch a speedrun that’s hours long, I still feel like there are more entertaining options

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          December 20, 2021 at 3:29 am | #

          I don’t play lots of games that aren’t random LOL but I think Hotline Miami speed runs are SUPER intense and just about a raw test of skill.

          Also lots of fighting games make good speed runs too!

        • Minim
          Minim
          December 20, 2021 at 5:24 am | #

          I got into watching speedruns through Pokémon, funnily enough. My favourite runs tend to be ones that utilise glitches, just to see a game get broken into smithereens.

  20. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 20, 2021 at 1:03 am | #

    What kind of pissing contest even is this?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 20, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

      Is that a challenge? 😏

      *readies pixel brushes*

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:30 am | #

      The kind where if you can piss six feet in the air straight up and not get wet, you win no down payment.

    • JBento
      JBento
      December 20, 2021 at 1:04 pm | #

      The kind you don’t have a 20-frame grace period to win.

  21. Queezle
    Queezle
    December 20, 2021 at 1:55 am | #

    I am glad Sal called Amber out. Even if it was just a little.
    And I like loner nerd Amber way better than loner horny Amber.

  22. Skater Girl
    Skater Girl
    December 20, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

    I’m with Sal in this, nerds confuse the hell out of me even after dating a few.

  23. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    December 20, 2021 at 2:16 am | #

    C’mon, Sal.  ‘Getcherself laid’ is not the miracle cure-all.

  24. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 20, 2021 at 2:28 am | #

    Last time I checked, it was two, did she get another one over Christmas break?

  25. Dark
    Dark
    December 20, 2021 at 2:28 am | #

    It’d be awesome if she could pull that off.

    And also Sus as Hell, given she’s playing on a NES controller and Fast Acceleration, a technique essential to the completion of the level, is impossible using the official NES controller.

    • Lee
      Lee
      December 20, 2021 at 2:42 am | #

      There might be something to the idea of her setting herself a literally impossible goal to either sink all her time in to it not to think, or secretly punish herself by orchestrating a fail…

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 20, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

        Brain!Blaine might still be in there, setting impossible goals for her to inevitably fall short of, so she has an endless supply of things to beat herself up over for no reason.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/proved/

        • Rose Red
          Rose Red
          December 20, 2021 at 4:37 pm | #

          It looks like Brain!Blaine had shadows back then. Huh.

          • khn0
            khn0
            December 20, 2021 at 7:56 pm | #

            O Malleys always have some distorsion to do with the sunn
            o))

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            December 20, 2021 at 8:34 pm | #

            Well of course, he’s a shady character.

  26. zims
    zims
    December 20, 2021 at 3:02 am | #

    I keep finding leather jackets in thrift stores and it is ridiculously hard to refrain from buying them, Sal can own as many as she wants.

  27. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    December 20, 2021 at 4:38 am | #

    I dont know enough about speed running to verify if this is all true or not

    • Lone Duck
      Lone Duck
      December 20, 2021 at 5:35 am | #

      It is. If you wish to know more, there are videos on the Youtubes.

  28. someone
    someone
    December 20, 2021 at 5:24 am | #

    “For your information, I am currently wasting my life on the most pointless way imaginable to catch carpal tunnel RSI.”

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 20, 2021 at 5:44 am | #

    Sal’s life is amazing. Sha has such a great variety of people around her and a lovely boyfriend with a lot of interests.

  30. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    December 20, 2021 at 5:45 am | #

    Every time Sal remembers her social group is mostly nerds, she buys a new leather jacket in case it helps somehow.

  31. Wereg
    Wereg
    December 20, 2021 at 6:26 am | #

    Danny: Gets sexually harassed alongside his current partner by an ex-partner.
    Also Danny: Oh dunk, person that just made my partner incredibly uncomfortable, that’s a real neat thing you’re doing on your stream! Hey Partner, did you know that this is a really cool and hard thing?

    Already Danning things up. At least we can finally see Amber’s right hand now.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 20, 2021 at 6:59 am | #

      Here’s how I see it:

      To me, the most appropriate avenue of this conversation would to be shove a lecture down Amber’s throat. If a friend did this to me, I’d be furious, and if they were the kind of person I wanted as a friend they’d let me say my piece. Not radically change in an instant, harmful thought processes take time to come out of, but I’d really only feel comfortable staying friends if I had some assurance this wasn’t going to happen again.

      But, I’m not Danny, who has only ever criticized Amber for the third time in 11 years of comics two days ago. He vocalized his objections, but I don’t think Danny is really capable of staying mad at her because that’s not how he’s wired, and that’s to Amber’s detriment. Even when he got mad at her for breaking up with him for hanging out with Sal and then starting to hang out with Sal herself, once Amber indicated some DID confusion he tried to understand how it worked and then was actually happy she was befriending her. For Danny to stay mad, I think Amber would have to keep pushing until he couldn’t take it anymore.

      Danny’s slowly building up a spine, while Ethan had to have massive amounts of trauma and the realization that Amber isn’t a great friend for him to pull away, and if there’s anyone who enabled Amber’s self-loathing more than Danny, it was him.

  32. JBento
    JBento
    December 20, 2021 at 6:29 am | #

    Amber’s right hand makes an appearance, at last!

    • Wereg
      Wereg
      December 20, 2021 at 6:46 am | #

      Honestly I was getting worried that it was down her pants.

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        December 20, 2021 at 8:02 am | #

        We don’t know for sure that it wasn’t there before this strip.

    • zee
      zee
      December 20, 2021 at 9:23 am | #

      Yo JBento, i didn’t see the comment until this morning but you said i made a good call the day before? Idr making any predictions and can’t find a comment where i did

      • JBento
        JBento
        December 20, 2021 at 12:57 pm | #

        This is because my brain is unable to properly localise things temporally, so “the day before” was actually “the day before the day before”. :grimacing:

        You’re lucky it was two days prior, if it had been a week before there would be a 50/50 chance I’d say you were a genius for predicting something a month earlier, and then NEITHER of us would have any idea what I was talking about.

        • zee
          zee
          December 20, 2021 at 3:09 pm | #

          Lmao fair enough

  33. Keulen
    Keulen
    December 20, 2021 at 8:06 am | #

    Sal’s gonna be in for a shock when she learns nerds can wear leather jackets too.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:37 am | #

      Can confirm.

      (Source: am nerd.)

  34. FinalGwen
    FinalGwen
    December 20, 2021 at 8:10 am | #

    They’re definitely summoning some saltiness from Sal.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      December 20, 2021 at 8:32 am | #

      Saltiness is actually her first name, not Sally.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        December 20, 2021 at 10:13 am | #

        No, “Tiness” is her title. Sal, Tiness of Clark Wing.

  35. Spencer
    Spencer
    December 20, 2021 at 8:35 am | #

    Sal says this like playing Mario Kart isn’t going to be her inevitable spiral into going to Guilty Gear Strive tournaments and getting to finals with her sick Ramlethal tech until she gets knocked out and starts complaining that Sol Badguy needs to be nerfed.

  36. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    December 20, 2021 at 8:35 am | #

    Welcome to Nerd Town, Sal.

  37. zee
    zee
    December 20, 2021 at 9:15 am | #

    See, sal came in and immediately ended the whole sexual harassment thing. Fuck yeah, sal

    • JBento
      JBento
      December 20, 2021 at 12:52 pm | #

      Sal: “Fuck?”
      Danny: “Yeah, Sal.”

  38. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 20, 2021 at 11:03 am | #

    Amber “…can I try a leather jacket ?”

  39. Rani
    Rani
    December 20, 2021 at 11:35 am | #

    Unrelated, but how has this group of misfit teenagers with a history of fighting against exploitative adults-including one literal costumed vigilante who wears a mask-not found out about Persona 5?

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      December 20, 2021 at 12:42 pm | #

      None of them are weebs?

      More likely they do know about it but it’s not really been relevant to any discussions had on screen

      • Rani
        Rani
        December 20, 2021 at 3:03 pm | #

        Neither was the SMB1 speedrun meta-until it was.

        Ffs comrade that was strident.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        December 20, 2021 at 3:35 pm | #

        Danny definitely reads shoujo manga.

        His favourite is Ouran High School Host Club.

        • Rani
          Rani
          December 20, 2021 at 3:53 pm | #

          If it didn’t exist, Danny would inspire its creation.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          December 20, 2021 at 11:16 pm | #

          at least he got good taste

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 20, 2021 at 4:20 pm | #

        Hey wait I just remembered! Near Christmas time, the strip is gonna have Joyce or someone watch ANIME!!!!

    • Axel_Grease
      Axel_Grease
      December 20, 2021 at 12:55 pm | #

      I’m not sure Japan exists in this universe.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        December 20, 2021 at 2:24 pm | #

        Dina Saruyama is Japanese-American.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          December 20, 2021 at 4:22 pm | #

          Mary makes all the anime she watches by herself.

      • Rani
        Rani
        December 20, 2021 at 3:06 pm | #

        How in god’s name does that make any sense

        The comic never outright confirms Indiana is a federally recognized state in the continental United States either lol. Why don’t I just head-canon IU takes place in a dystopian post-civil war US?

        Also, yes, the part where a cast member is literally Japanese-American.

        • C.T. Phipps
          C.T. Phipps
          December 20, 2021 at 11:27 pm | #

          [The comic never outright confirms Indiana is a federally recognized state in the continental United States either lol. Why don’t I just head-canon IU takes place in a dystopian post-civil war US?]

          It does? SWEET!

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        December 20, 2021 at 4:04 pm | #

        Except Mario is also a Japanese game

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        December 20, 2021 at 4:10 pm | #

        Then where did the in-comic sushi originate? 😐

      • Axel_Grease
        Axel_Grease
        December 20, 2021 at 4:33 pm | #

        Clearly I did not think this joke through.

        • Rani
          Rani
          December 20, 2021 at 6:19 pm | #

          In fairness to you, I was irritated at the other commenter and you were caught in the splash zone.

          • Axel_Grease
            Axel_Grease
            December 20, 2021 at 8:24 pm | #

            It was meant to be a silly thought experiment but I forgot that Dina is ethnically Japanese. Fail.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 20, 2021 at 4:49 pm | #

        The Dumbiverse takes place inside Amber’s imagination snowglobe.

  40. bcb
    bcb
    December 20, 2021 at 1:16 pm | #

    I did not know that about World 8-4. I used to watch speedrun videos of SM64, but not SMB1.

  41. Disastromatic
    Disastromatic
    December 20, 2021 at 7:12 pm | #

    Surprise, THIS is the threesome Amber is actually getting

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      December 20, 2021 at 11:17 pm | #

      Sal : [glare] No.

  42. Harmony
    Harmony
    December 21, 2021 at 3:25 am | #

    I own 3 leather jackets and proudly understand Amber and Dave.

    • Harmony
      Harmony
      December 21, 2021 at 3:26 am | #

      Also worth pointing out, I also have a motorcycle, and long dark hair and dark eyes, and my accent sometimes slips to a southern/country accent.

      So of course I identify with Joyce.

      Wait, what did you think I was going to say?

  43. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    December 21, 2021 at 5:02 am | #

    All things considered (especially given what amber was just doing) this whole thing is kinda wholesome. It’s nice that it’s not suffused in rivalry and bitterness. or even extra awkwardness. it’s just normal awkward, heh.

  44. AlexaSpuds
    AlexaSpuds
    December 21, 2021 at 6:03 am | #

    dang, most people usually don’t keep in touch with their exes but I’m a lesbian so in this circle you either stay close to your ex or you become mortal enemies, and I usually lean on the stay in touch side

    is Danny a lesbian?

  45. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    December 21, 2021 at 1:38 pm | #

    I fucking love Sal! she’s highkey hilarious

  46. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    December 22, 2021 at 1:03 pm | #

    I wonder what game Sal would like speedrunning?

Joyce and Joe?

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