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May 5, 2026

Greet

by David M Willis on July 25, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – This Was Halloween
└ Tags: amber, dorothy, sarah

Discussion (134) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 25, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    Sarah wins scariest costume

    y’know, since Mike‘s disqualified

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      July 25, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

      … why did you choose that comic in particular?

      • lily
        lily
        July 25, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

        probably because of him smiling even if it does look awkward/strained lol

      • Andy
        Andy
        July 25, 2022 at 2:27 am | #

        I’m guessing from Ana’s first comment about Mike’s face really made the comic memorable to them.

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 25, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Dorothy okay? I feel like she was actually healthier when she was academically failing.

    • lily
      lily
      July 25, 2022 at 1:55 am | #

      well she did have a bombshell dropped on her when she had that talk with ruth

    • Nova
      Nova
      July 25, 2022 at 2:13 am | #

      Versus having been kidnapped with her friends, watching someone’s Dad get murdered, and then losing one of the people in her peripheral friend group (also to murder)? Weird.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 25, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    So, you know how Sarah’s happiness is inversely proportional to that of those around her?

    This does not bode well.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 25, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Or Halloween is Sarah’s favorite holiday, and this is the one day a year she’s allows herself to be happy without any ridiculous self-imposed caveats.

      • elebenty
        elebenty
        July 25, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

        Yes, this ^

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 25, 2022 at 2:07 am | #

          Both can be true.

      • Masumi
        Masumi
        July 25, 2022 at 4:24 am | #

        Our maybe Halloween is her favourite holiday *because* it makes everyone else miserable. Maybe that’s just an established fact in their universe.

        • Jo_cubstar
          Jo_cubstar
          July 25, 2022 at 6:07 pm | #

          Since when does Halloween make everyone else miserable? I find it’s the most loved holiday. People start preparing for it in the summer lol

  4. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 25, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy’s got a point about plates and cups.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      July 25, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Especially in college. Everyone I knew had like one plate, bowl, and set of silverware.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        July 25, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

        Even recently, I was with my friends having a picnic in a park, and some people were having a pizza party for Cub Scouts or something, and one of the leaders came over and asked if they could get some cups from us. Offered to pay, too, but we were like, “It’s fine, we have plenty! Take some, no worries.” Still. Potential business idea.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 25, 2022 at 2:09 am | #

          Pizza party for cub scouts with no cups –>???–> Profit.

      • Masumi
        Masumi
        July 25, 2022 at 4:26 am | #

        Which is my preferred amount of these things to own. Very difficult to have a sink full of dirty dishes when you don’t own a sink’s worth of dishes.
        #lifehacks

        • khn0
          khn0
          July 25, 2022 at 5:46 am | #

          or don’t own a sink

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 25, 2022 at 7:33 am | #

          I got my first automatic dishwasher a few years ago.

          Friggin’ game changer.

          Now my problem is habitually drawing clean dishes to use from the dishwasher instead if putting them away first, and letting dirty dishes stack up until I reload and wash them all whether they need it or not…

          • Clif
            Clif
            July 25, 2022 at 1:18 pm | #

            How is that a problem?

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              July 25, 2022 at 5:34 pm | #

              I leave the dishwasher door open and the drawers pulled out, and have walked into them in the dark on multiple occasions.

  5. StClair
    StClair
    July 25, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Good call there, Amber.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 25, 2022 at 2:10 am | #

      I don’t know, Amber. Sarah looks plenty scary.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 25, 2022 at 7:33 am | #

      Which Amber?

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 25, 2022 at 12:43 pm | #

        Here. Have an Internet.

  6. Mr D
    Mr D
    July 25, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Dorothy, that’s a nice thought.
    However, I think everyone will agree, that’s the most disappointing thing you could have brought to a party. And, despite being statistically the best option, it is also the most insulting because you’re assuming the host is incapable.

    • Viktoria
      Viktoria
      July 25, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      The thing with paper products is that they don’t go bad. If Sarah/Joyce is set for them, Dorothy’s can be used for the next party. And if they do need more, it’s pretty hard to find a substitute for cups.

      (I’d say ice is the most likely to need more of, but that’s just a gut instinct.)

      • JBento
        JBento
        July 25, 2022 at 6:38 am | #

        “The thing with paper products is that they don’t go bad”

        Counterpoint: The New York Times.

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      July 25, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

      I once brought the game Oodles to a party in high school and one guy got mad because he thought it was going to be O’Doul’s.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 25, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

        Just about every search result I got for O’Doul’s came up as non-alcoholic beer. Beer already sucks, why remove the one good part of it?

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 25, 2022 at 7:35 am | #

          Some people don’t partake in alcohol, because they’re afraid if they do they’ll listen to their intrusive thoughts.

          Kaliber is better, anyway.

          O’Doul’s Amber isn’t terrible. Regular O’Doul’s is.

          • The Oracle
            The Oracle
            July 25, 2022 at 8:04 am | #

            Yeah, but what I’m asking is, if you’re not getting drunk, why drink piss?

            • Clif
              Clif
              July 25, 2022 at 12:52 pm | #

              Tastes vary. Why get drunk if you can have fun without it?

              • The Oracle
                The Oracle
                July 25, 2022 at 7:25 pm | #

                Why eat a brownie when you can have some nice boiled celery? What kind of a question is that? I’m insulting the taste of beer, not somebody’s kid.

                • Yumi
                  Yumi
                  July 25, 2022 at 10:08 pm | #

                  Got pretty “yikes” there, friend.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  July 25, 2022 at 10:56 pm | #

                  It’s just funny because nobody gave the obvious “because they like the taste” answer, but focused on “maybe they don’t want to get drunk”.

                  When I don’t want to get drunk, I drink juice or soda, not imitation alcohol.

        • Bruceski
          Bruceski
          July 25, 2022 at 11:29 pm | #

          Because we were in high school and parents were in attendance?

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 25, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

      Every time I’ve brought dishes to a party, either everyone had the same idea or nobody else thought to bring any, with no in-between state. It’s strange to me that you assume somebody would be insulted by basic consideration.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      July 25, 2022 at 2:06 am | #

      Pretty sure the most disappointing thing I ever brought to a party was me.

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 25, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    *plays Genesis’ “Paperlate” on the hacked Muzak*

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      July 25, 2022 at 12:48 am | #

      Wow. Reached wayyy back into the collection for that one! Haven’t heard that in decades. Thanks!

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      July 25, 2022 at 2:06 am | #

      Any excuse for Genesis is fine by me, and 70’s Genesis? Even better.

      • PirateTawnee
        PirateTawnee
        July 25, 2022 at 2:08 am | #

        omg i r teh dum, I thought it was on Spot The Pigeon EP, but it’s not, so actually not 70’s. Oops.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 25, 2022 at 8:59 am | #

        The Genesis didn’t come out until 1988 though

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          July 25, 2022 at 11:45 am | #

          That’s not when St. Peter put down the lamb in Broadway.

  8. Nono
    Nono
    July 25, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Going on a limb here, but given that Dorothy got her Yale acceptance letter after the time skip, she’s probably hardcore stressing out about that.

    Oh yeah, she also got a bunch of bad grades recently in comic time too, right? So that’s a double whammy.

  9. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    July 25, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I think Dorothy is having issues, she is even more gung-ho about helping people than usual. Is her secret weighing on her mind? I don’t think anyone else knows at this point.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 25, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      I don’t know that even she knows at this point.

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      July 25, 2022 at 6:14 pm | #

      Wait, what secret. What am I forgetting…

  10. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    July 25, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    …yeah, given the amount of stress that Dorothy is under just from this, I kinda get the feeling she’s gonna crash and burn at Yale.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 25, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

      I actually think she’ll flourish there. The problem is when she’s on top of things academically her mind seems starved for stimulation so she hyper focuses on overly pleasing people. Despite neglecting her hygiene or eating she was actually way more balanced when she had a full workload, or a significant other to distract her.

      • Nono
        Nono
        July 25, 2022 at 3:21 am | #

        That’s… pretty unhealthy though. Like she was studying so hard she basically missed three days once.

        The fact is, if Dorothy can’t keep up her grades while having a semblance of a healthy life here, she’s going to burn herself to cinders trying to keep up at Yale.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          July 25, 2022 at 9:00 am | #

          She improved her grades in like a weekend. That’s not something most people can do. Look at Walky from last semester, who essentially failed his math class despite having multiple weeks to work on it. She does need to work on that social life but I don’t think burnout is the problem. It never really was. Dorothy thrives in this academic/problem solving scenario.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            July 25, 2022 at 10:47 am | #

            Walky, who managed to turn his math class around well enough to pass despite being nearly completely lost weeks before the midterm.

            Honestly, I kind of feel like both those plots didn’t get justice. The Dorothy one kind of feels like it was just an excuse to break up her and Walky.

            • Clif
              Clif
              July 25, 2022 at 1:23 pm | #

              Yeah, but Walky had Amazigirl explaining it and working with him, which probably had more of an effect than Amber wiping out the bad grades.

            • Sirksome
              Sirksome
              July 25, 2022 at 1:53 pm | #

              I’m actually still a little confused about that Walky math grade thing. Didn’t he only have a chance to pass because Amber changed his grades to be salvageable? He did put in work to pass, but the point is that Dorothy is a bit of a genius when it comes to academic studying.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                July 25, 2022 at 2:46 pm | #

                I don’t think it was really clear. That was before the midterm, so normally I’d expect not too much of his grade to set in stone yet. I’d argue that the grade change mostly made him feel he had a chance and it was the help studying that really made the difference, but most of that took place off-screen even before the time skip, so it never really got explained.

                We saw Amber and Mike talking about him being ADHD. We saw some suggestions about helping him study. And we saw him make the commitment to go take the test after the kidnapping, rather than use it as an excuse to postpone – which was a big psychological step, but wouldn’t actually work unless he’d already figured out how to study and caught up.

                As I said, I don’t think that worked out well narratively. Felt like it mostly got pushed to the side and not wrapped up well.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        July 25, 2022 at 4:48 am | #

        I have literally no idea what you mean by “balanced ” here…

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          July 25, 2022 at 8:52 am | #

          Dorothy has always hyper fixated on people pleasing and seeking external validation. “Treating everything like she’s being graded” to paraphrase this comic.

          I think when she has a higher workload and is actually being graded she’s more able to prioritize what really matters to her a bit more. Which isn’t’ actually making everyone like her. I think that’s just the mindset she defaults to when she doesn’t have anything to do.

          It’s probably better when she’s dating because despite her failing grades Walky was actually a good influence on her because he was helping her relax. Watching cartoons, banging and napping, having fun chasing after AG, I think Sierra even mentioned it.

  11. Suet
    Suet
    July 25, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    I haven’t seen her that happy since the future.

    A Dorothy-Amber palette swap would be much scarier.

  12. Yumi
    Yumi
    July 25, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    To continue the hall monitor discussion I started yesterday: in my elementary school, fifth graders who were on something called “Service Squad” had hall monitor duty as one of the rotations, and yeah, that was basically just “sit in the hall during lunch for a week and tell kids not to run.” In high school, though, the hall monitors were actual hired adults.

    They basically monitored passing times and lunches, would check your pass if you were in the halls during class time, that sort of stuff. My senior year, the hall monitors got uniforms as a result of the school district going through a company to employ the hall monitors (even though they were largely the same people who had already been working there), and that was the outfit I mimicked for my Halloween costume.

  13. anon
    anon
    July 25, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    lol i feel like the ‘enjoying halloween’ would balance/cancel out with “a bunch of ppl in our dorm for a ‘party'” but nice to see her having fun (wonder if the breakup will make her feel ecstatic b/c she hates billie or in a worse mood for ‘ruining’ the party)

  14. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    July 25, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

    Honestly, Dorothy is a good guest, even if she is a bit intense about it.

    • lily
      lily
      July 25, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

      yeah, intensity aside i’m sure lots of ppl would want a guest this considerate, if not straight up in charge of organizing things like this

      • Nono
        Nono
        July 25, 2022 at 1:36 am | #

        I dunno, some perfectionists who want to be on top of anything might take offense that someone brought things ‘just in case they were forgotten’.

        • The Oracle
          The Oracle
          July 25, 2022 at 3:46 am | #

          Some perfectionists can get over themselves and admit to the occasional mistake, then.

          • StClair
            StClair
            July 25, 2022 at 4:10 am | #

            that’s the thing, though: they can’t.

            • The Oracle
              The Oracle
              July 25, 2022 at 4:51 am | #

              Then they can stay out of the way.

              • Clif
                Clif
                July 25, 2022 at 12:58 pm | #

                Tolerance for other peoples idiosyncrasies?

                I mean, most of us have enough of our own.

                • The Oracle
                  The Oracle
                  July 25, 2022 at 7:30 pm | #

                  Sure, and then when they inevitably forget something, this hypothetical perfectionist probably blames somebody else because “I don’t make mistakes”. Tolerance is fine, up to a point.

        • DailyBrad
          DailyBrad
          July 25, 2022 at 4:05 am | #

          Normally, true, but non-perishables like this are always easy to find a use for, especially in a college setting where get-togethers are always going on, big and small.

        • anon
          anon
          July 25, 2022 at 6:41 pm | #

          well in joyce’s case she’d prolly be more in love with how considerate/prepared dorothy is/other than some food issues i don’t really think joyce would be too controlling over the party

  15. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    July 25, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

    The cast mocks Dorothy but guess what item my oldest brother, who almost always makes a spreadsheet for vacations/holidays, consistently forgets?

    The answer is cups, but more specifically shot glasses.

  16. Derek
    Derek
    July 25, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

    disposable, single-use plastic? tsk tsk Dorothy, a real presidential candidate thinks about the environment more than about convenience
    (I’m mostly joking)

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      July 25, 2022 at 4:06 am | #

      Those might be paper cups, like Dixie ones or something, but yeah, probably the red plastic ones.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        July 25, 2022 at 4:47 am | #

        She says “plastic cups”.

        OTOH, I read that the stuff they do to paper cups to make them waterproof makes them harder to recycle, which is why I invested in a reusable Costa Coffee cup. Maybe plastic cups are actually easier to recycle?

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 25, 2022 at 12:48 pm | #

          Or you could stick the plastic cups in the dishwasher and reuse them.

  17. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 25, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    Hell yeah! Those are the kinds of things you bring that don’t always get appreciated by the guests when they’re younger but when you’re a couple years older, you will be your friends’ lifesaver, Dorothy.

  18. stellatedHexahedron
    stellatedHexahedron
    July 25, 2022 at 12:50 am | #

    The fun part of a long-running semi-serious slice of life that’s also a gag-a-day is that you never know whether a punchline is just a silly goof that you can afford to forget about for another year and a half, or foreshadowing for an imminent crisis brought on by a character’s escalating neuroses.

  19. Endplanets
    Endplanets
    July 25, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

    Plastic cups? Ouch

    • lily
      lily
      July 25, 2022 at 1:31 am | #

      is there something wrong with that? other than environmental reasons but seems pretty common for a party esp college aged ones

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 25, 2022 at 4:58 am | #

        It’s also only a few bucks, as opposed to about $25 for enough cups to distribute, plus dishwashing liquid to wash them later, plus something to store them in after the fact, and you’d better hope nobody breaks one. Costs less in the long run, probably, but tell that to people who don’t have long-run money.

        Yeah yeah, plastic bad grr, but let’s not wag our fingers at broke kids as one of the main causes of pollution. There’s a point where individual civilian responsibility stops being worth the fuss and it becomes more useful to take aim at the corporations producing the products.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 25, 2022 at 7:40 am | #

      Hey, red Solo cups are cheap and disposable, and in fourteen years they are decomposable.

  20. Axel
    Axel
    July 25, 2022 at 1:50 am | #

    I thought the typical bad outcome was for everyone to bring cups and napkins, leaving the host scrambling for food and beverage at the last moment? Joyce did assign some things though so that probably wouldn’t happen this time anyway

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      July 25, 2022 at 4:33 am | #

      I had a ‘bring some food or drinks’ pay once, but didn’t specify who should bring what – so pretty much everyone showed up with a large bottle of coke.

  21. Wishwater
    Wishwater
    July 25, 2022 at 1:59 am | #

    Interesting Amber seems more positive and social here than she does in the present comic. I know we were under the impression it was all to do with Mike’s death but I’m wondering if it’s something else now.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      July 25, 2022 at 4:35 am | #

      Could both be for that reason. When you’re in acute pain from someone just having died, the distraction that social interaction can provide outweighs the introversion.

    • miri
      miri
      July 25, 2022 at 4:41 am | #

      She and Walky are also still together here, and she hasn’t been rebuffed by Ethan for three months straight yet. It’s also possible that the death just hasn’t really sunk in yet.

  22. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    July 25, 2022 at 2:09 am | #

    …I’m reminded of a gag from YuGiOh Abridged, that every time Seto Kaiba smiles, a puppy dies.

    Sarah has that kind of smile going on right now…

  23. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 25, 2022 at 2:12 am | #

    Dorothy is ready on being graded on bringing party supplies

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      July 25, 2022 at 4:05 am | #

      She should have cosplayed as Hermione instead of Velma

  24. Reaver
    Reaver
    July 25, 2022 at 2:22 am | #

    Dang Dorothy isn’t coping well is she….?

    • Bryy
      Bryy
      July 25, 2022 at 6:01 am | #

      I did not expect it this fast.

      • Reaver
        Reaver
        July 25, 2022 at 12:07 pm | #

        She’s been cracking since “Grain for her grismill” or whatever DX

  25. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    July 25, 2022 at 2:35 am | #

    The twins are talking

  26. KaitouKidisBae
    KaitouKidisBae
    July 25, 2022 at 3:09 am | #

    Just saying that no one has ever been annoyed when I sign myself up to bring cups/paper plates/etc on the potluck list

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      July 25, 2022 at 4:08 am | #

      Yep, like especially given A. it’s the kind of thing that you might forget or run out of, and B. even if you don’t use them all, might save you from having to do dishes for a little bit with the leftovers.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 25, 2022 at 4:59 am | #

        Another thing people overlook is that you absolutely can wash cheap plastic cups if you really wanna be a fussbudget about things. They wear out pretty quickly and yadda yadda microplastics, but it can be done.

  27. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    July 25, 2022 at 3:52 am | #

    Telling people what they suppose to bring in a party: an important non-writen rule in our society, like…

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 25, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

      Like what? Are you gonna write any of those rules?

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 25, 2022 at 1:31 pm | #

        That’s the trouble with a list of unwritten rules. As soon as you write one down they don’t belong on the list.

  28. The Oracle
    The Oracle
    July 25, 2022 at 6:10 am | #

    I may as well hop on this “Let’s make the worst conclusion about cartoon women” bandwagon, since it seems fun.

    Everyone is always on about Sarah being a great big sourpuss, and now they’re essentially punishing her for showing genuine mirth. It’s a really crappy dynamic, if we’re being honest with ourselves.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 25, 2022 at 1:34 pm | #

      Someone is punishing Sarah?

      I’m not sure if finding an unaccustomed expression on her face a little frightening is exactly punishment.

  29. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    July 25, 2022 at 7:28 am | #

    Dorothy fumbles and drops them all.

    “MY GLASSES!”

    • JBento
      JBento
      July 25, 2022 at 9:17 am | #

      “I CAN’T SEE WITHOUT MY GLASSES!”

      Then Joe comes in wearing a black T, a blonde pompadour, and sun glasses and trips on Dorothy.

      “I CAN’T BE SEEN WITHOUT MY GLASSES!”

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 25, 2022 at 10:13 am | #

        A+ deep cut!

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          July 25, 2022 at 2:50 pm | #

          I always think of this whenever I’m reminded of Velma’s line.

          Props to 90s CN for always having Jonny get his ass kicked when he’s being an ass and only rewarding him when he cleans up his act.

        • StClair
          StClair
          July 25, 2022 at 8:28 pm | #

          “Jinkies? Isn’t that a breakfast cereal or something?”

      • Koms
        Koms
        July 25, 2022 at 4:04 pm | #

        It reminded me of Velma losing her glasses and Johnny Bravo finding them for her.

        • Koms
          Koms
          July 25, 2022 at 4:05 pm | #

          That was embarrassing

  30. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    July 25, 2022 at 8:03 am | #

    QUICK!- How many comments do you think will mention ‘hammerspace’??

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 25, 2022 at 8:58 am | #

      Yours and maybe a couple deliberately engaging with it.

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      July 25, 2022 at 9:37 am | #

      It’s more “cupspace”

      …that sound wrong, somehow.

      • The Oracle
        The Oracle
        July 25, 2022 at 9:51 am | #

        I’m reminded of a magic item somebody drew recently (?) called a Bra of Holding, that has a pocket dimension on the inside parts and looks more or less like a binder. That’s a sort of “cupspace”, I’d think.

    • Laura
      Laura
      July 25, 2022 at 11:13 pm | #

      “Accio!”
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/02-everything-youve-ever-wanted/stashed/

      (Autocorrect wants to turn “Accio” into “ACIP”, which… fits, actually.)

  31. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    July 25, 2022 at 9:34 am | #

    Dorothy – Always ready

    ALWAYS

    • The Oracle
      The Oracle
      July 25, 2022 at 10:14 am | #

      Except that one time she watched Amber turn a guy into spaghetti. That seemed to catch her off guard.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        July 25, 2022 at 12:57 pm | #

        That’s why she always has parmesan cheese with her now.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 25, 2022 at 1:03 pm | #

          Damn. Two Internets in one night.

          • Clif
            Clif
            July 25, 2022 at 1:13 pm | #

            Oh, wait. That was Needfuldoer.

            *Steals Needfuldoer’s Internet when they aren’t looking and hands it to Yumi.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              July 25, 2022 at 2:33 pm | #

              Aw 🙁

              • The Oracle
                The Oracle
                July 25, 2022 at 8:19 pm | #

                *slips needfuldoer an extra internet and a coupon for orange juice, on the sly*

  32. Chester
    Chester
    July 25, 2022 at 11:41 am | #

    newest slipshine comic: Where She was Keeping That

    • Chester
      Chester
      July 25, 2022 at 11:41 am | #

      This is gross I’m sorry

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 25, 2022 at 1:15 pm | #

        Are you saying she pulled them out of her ass?

      • Mturtle7
        Mturtle7
        July 25, 2022 at 3:06 pm | #

        I love when someone posts a hilarious joke, and then posts an apology for the sheer audacity of the joke which, in fact, just makes it all that much funnier.

  33. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 25, 2022 at 12:53 pm | #

    Did Dorothy have those cups and plates with her this whole time? Where was she hiding them? I didn’t see a backpack or anything else she could’ve used to carry them.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 25, 2022 at 1:09 pm | #

      They were shrunk and then she used her magnifying glass.

      Next question.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 25, 2022 at 5:35 pm | #

        I’d give you an Internet, but somebody stole it while I wasn’t looking.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 26, 2022 at 4:33 am | #

          Gasp! Who would do such a thing?

  34. KiaStirling
    KiaStirling
    July 25, 2022 at 7:15 pm | #

    Soooo Dorothy is not in fact coping well. That nail just keeps getting hammered in harder.

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 25, 2022 at 8:23 pm | #

      nah
      she’s fine.

  35. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    July 25, 2022 at 9:03 pm | #

    Is Sarah even more happy now because Dorothy, Dinah and Becky went all in their costumes and her loving halloween self is getting dopamine?

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