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I find myself wandering – is Walky actually about to phase out of the physical plane there, or is that a sign of the flashback coming to an end and beginning to break up? xD
She wanted to reenact Rapunzel hitting Eugene with the frying pan, but now the only other person at the party who annoys her is wearing a protective helmet.
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i mean it is rude to slam teh door rather than leave subtly esp since it’s joyce’s door rather than amber’s even if the rooms are fairly close together
No I am the first recruit in Willis’ Army Of Unkillable Badasses, after getting killed by a truck and reviving as they scraped my warm corpse from the concrete of the road. However I tire of being alone in that army, so when you demonstrate your unkillability I’ll let you join me.
When I was in college, I often mentioned I was on an “experiment to determine how close to LD-50 caffeine one could stay for an extended time without negative physical effects”.
At this time, I appear to have absolutely no biochemical response to caffeine. I can even drink 20-ounce bottles of Diet Coke an hour before bed and sleep without issue. (Although some people also suggest that my issue is not “biochemical derangement” but “insanely obvious to everyone but me undiagnosed ADD”.)
I was confused by my complete lack of reaction to caffeine for years. I could drink caffeinated soda before bed like you said, I would drink fountain sodas at work (fast food) all day 5 days a week for years, and then drink nothing but water on the weekends and I felt zero change, zero withdrawal, nothing.
I figured maybe it was because my parents let me drink caffeinated sodas all the time as a kid.
I stopped drinking coffee as a teenager because of that happening once. It’s been over 20 years since I’ve had a cup of coffee or a Coke. I don’t miss it.
His awkward offer of support made and rebuffed, Joe retreats to the safety of the stereotype he’s made of himself. One that definitely doesn’t have real feelings for/about women, nope.
(Closets come in all shapes and sizes, including “extra large” (and “extra manly”).)
Walky is Dumbingverse answer to S-Pverse Robin except without the World Peace. (I leave looking up S-P Robin solving World Peace after consuming Cadbury Egg Cereal to the student)
As someone who is thoroughly on-board the JoJo ship… This strip is just the worst. It’ll happen, heck, it looks like it’s narratively bound to happen at this point…. But if we ain’t taking the ‘scenic shortcut’ through the briars to get there.
I’m with you. But in my opinion, JoJo is more of an endgame ship… when they’ve both completed their character arcs. I feel like they deserve each other at their best.
In the context of a strip like Dumbing of Age, where there isn’t really a fixed endgame, I don’t know if you have endgame ships.
You do have ships like Becky/Dina, which feel like a rock-solid constant that isn’t going to get broken up, but that isn’t really the endgame for either character’s development, it’s a status quo that seems like it’s going to stick.
20 years is generous. Remember we’ve taken 12 real years to cover a little over four in-universe months, and that’s with a massive timeskip two years ago that outright bypassed two months altogether.
Celebrity Voice Actors is a really annoying trope enforced by Hollywood executives, but every once in a while you get one with a real gift for it, and Steve Carell killed it.
Over The Hedge was one of those dime-a-dozen mid-2000s CGI kids movies that were flooding theaters after Pixar showed it could be done, it just happened to be one of the good ones.
Eh, I’m pretty sure Robin didn’t have the power to phase out of reality altogether. At the very least, she didn’t have Flash-style vibrational interdimensional travel at her disposal; the only time we saw her travel to another universe she used Joe’s portal to do it.
Strip enhanced greatly by Fuckface’s chill vibes. Not a patron but when’s the Fuckface bonus strip? When are we getting a Fuckface spinoff comic? I’ll watch him do anything —or nothing!
Willis has sworn in the hovertext that Fuckface will one day have more character appearances than Joyce. I’m sure there’s something planned on a massive scale.
I can understand how Joe felt. He wanted to help Amber, or just get some information about their parents and she was really mean and rude. But leaving without even saying Hi to Joyce is even more mean and rude! Joyce was rightfully offended, she was definitely hoping to talk to him. Joe deserves to be hit with the pan in the head and Amber too.
I think he felt uncomfortable with Amber getting close to the truth that he was there to spend time with Joyce and not to have casual sex with anyone. Thus he left without talking to Joyce.
“Manliness” is starting to feel a bit outdated these days. What makes a man or woman or just a person in general is for each individual to decide. I think Walky would be better served saying he is the toughest dude there, or the one with the most sexual encounters, or the most defined musculature. “Maniliness” I’m not sure what he’s comparing by just that.
Well the most basic definition of manliness would be probably Reliability and Responsibility. Basically someone who can be depended on in a time of crisis to solve problems and well… Walky is an irresponsible baby so…
I’d say Danny has Walky beat for responsible-ness, reliability, though? Debatable.
Walky might have Danny beat in raw physical prowess, then again Walky’s known for binging on 50 packs of McNuggets and Danny rides a bike around I guess. You know, the more I type this out the more I’m convinced Danny’s probably more manly than Walky. Walky’s just got a bit more charisma. Probably.
I do wonder what the Danny versus Walky matchup is like. Neither have majorly invested into any major combat abilities. Danny’s clearly a bard. Walky’s harder to nail down and is maybe even undefined. He dabbled a bit in vigilante like Amber but I don’t think he even has 1 level in it and just bought the costume. I don’t think he even finished the tutorial mission.
I wouldn’t class Walky as a rogue. He doesn’t show any proficiency in any traditional rogue qualities. No slight of hand feats, no particularly remarkable stealth or assassination abilities. All Walky really has is a high charisma stat and a unique diet. He’s kind of undefined because he hasn’t chosen to specify in anything. He hasn’t followed through on the potential his stats would allow. For example high charisma is great for bards but he hasn’t learned an instrument or dabbled in performance arts of any kind. He could leverage his privileged genetics into a great martial class, but he doesn’t workout enough to build his hit points for tanking or take the time to learn any martial skills.
Walky doesn’t have a patron or strong faith, he’s not academic enough to study wizardry. Walky has a lot of potential but is kind of just sitting on it. This despite his charisma being buffed even higher in the last update and unlocking the “hot” character trait.
Joe came to the party dressed as “someone capable of demonstrating emotional vulnerability” but unfortunately his costume ripped and not in a sexy place either very sad
Honestly Walky’s diet is so insane it’s more likely he’d develop some ability to turn processed sugar into energy more efficiently thus allowing him to live off candy indefinitely without gaining weight or getting diabetes.
i never really understood the college experience/’frat bro’ way of being able to party every weekend and eat whatever you want and no consequences (unless they’re just delayed, genetics aside i have seen men before 30 get a beer gut and greying hair)
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Walky be kicking it up to mach 20 with Super Sugar Rush POWER!!!!!
HELL YEAH!!!!
🪅
*plays “Super Sonic x20” from Assassination Classroom on hacked muzak*
I find myself wandering – is Walky actually about to phase out of the physical plane there, or is that a sign of the flashback coming to an end and beginning to break up? xD
counting down the minutes until the inevitable sophistry
Why is Joyce upset that Joe left? It’s not like she LIKES him or anything
She wanted to reenact Rapunzel hitting Eugene with the frying pan, but now the only other person at the party who annoys her is wearing a protective helmet.
So I wasn’t the only one looking between the helmet and the frying pan and wondering lmao
Sorry I accidentally flagged you.
Deeze flag buttons need a trigger cover/confirmation dialogue.
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i mean it is rude to slam teh door rather than leave subtly esp since it’s joyce’s door rather than amber’s even if the rooms are fairly close together
Peharps she listened what Joe have said.
Feels like 2 strips in one
I did that with caffeine once. Not fun.
At least you didn’t try it with sodium saccarhin like I did. I should have died of cancer for that like a Winkerbean.
I’ve been surviving on energy drinks and coffee for 3 years now! I AM UNKILLABLE.
Is that a pun on Koro Sensei’s name in Ass. Class?
No, if the coffee and energy drinks haven’t killed me yet, nothing will.
Your kidneys and liver may want a second opinion.
No I am the first recruit in Willis’ Army Of Unkillable Badasses, after getting killed by a truck and reviving as they scraped my warm corpse from the concrete of the road. However I tire of being alone in that army, so when you demonstrate your unkillability I’ll let you join me.
When I was in college, I often mentioned I was on an “experiment to determine how close to LD-50 caffeine one could stay for an extended time without negative physical effects”.
At this time, I appear to have absolutely no biochemical response to caffeine. I can even drink 20-ounce bottles of Diet Coke an hour before bed and sleep without issue. (Although some people also suggest that my issue is not “biochemical derangement” but “insanely obvious to everyone but me undiagnosed ADD”.)
I was confused by my complete lack of reaction to caffeine for years. I could drink caffeinated soda before bed like you said, I would drink fountain sodas at work (fast food) all day 5 days a week for years, and then drink nothing but water on the weekends and I felt zero change, zero withdrawal, nothing.
I figured maybe it was because my parents let me drink caffeinated sodas all the time as a kid.
Then I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 28.
@Mephtron, @Caren, welcome to the club
I stopped drinking coffee as a teenager because of that happening once. It’s been over 20 years since I’ve had a cup of coffee or a Coke. I don’t miss it.
I’m sure Joe will handle this with maturity and a cool head so he can make a good decision./s
Also, was slamming the door really necessary Joe? Or is this you demonstrating you’re a strong dude on your way out?
I think it’s more about demonstrating that he’s irritated.
Fair enough. Still kind of a dick move but I understand him being frustrated.
The real question is whether the Head Alien is manlier than Kermit the Frog.
No frigging way, check out those abs.
The answer is: Kermit is manlier, he’s been through some shit but he came out on top.
Kermit has been through a lot. https://youtu.be/57ta7mkgrOU
He’s a very manly muppet ♫
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Come on and slam, and goodbye to the jam.
Also, way to push Joe away, Amber
In which Walky challenges Amber to the ancient rite of the Snackening and loses
His awkward offer of support made and rebuffed, Joe retreats to the safety of the stereotype he’s made of himself. One that definitely doesn’t have real feelings for/about women, nope.
(Closets come in all shapes and sizes, including “extra large” (and “extra manly”).)
Unfortunately accurate read. I really appreciate that Willis keeps showing us bits of him trying.
I’ll go to my own Halloween party! With blackjack and hookers!
In fact forget the party and the blackjack!
Eh screw the whole thing.
Loving the Ted Lasso reference in the alt text.
Walky’s about to hit hyper-speed, isn’t he?
(For certain values of “hyper”.)
Walky is Dumbingverse answer to S-Pverse Robin except without the World Peace. (I leave looking up S-P Robin solving World Peace after consuming Cadbury Egg Cereal to the student)
As someone who is thoroughly on-board the JoJo ship… This strip is just the worst. It’ll happen, heck, it looks like it’s narratively bound to happen at this point…. But if we ain’t taking the ‘scenic shortcut’ through the briars to get there.
I’m with you. But in my opinion, JoJo is more of an endgame ship… when they’ve both completed their character arcs. I feel like they deserve each other at their best.
In the context of a strip like Dumbing of Age, where there isn’t really a fixed endgame, I don’t know if you have endgame ships.
You do have ships like Becky/Dina, which feel like a rock-solid constant that isn’t going to get broken up, but that isn’t really the endgame for either character’s development, it’s a status quo that seems like it’s going to stick.
Endgame is end of the school year. What will Willis do after that? IDK it’s up to him. Maybe something new?
Unless he decides to go with another timeskip, that’s still probably 20 years away.
20 years is generous. Remember we’ve taken 12 real years to cover a little over four in-universe months, and that’s with a massive timeskip two years ago that outright bypassed two months altogether.
The timeskip was TWO YEARS AGO?
I swear the panda-mike has ruined my perception of time.
Not so much fan of this ship, but totally agreed with you. Everthing shows they will be together at some point.
“Ms. O’Malley, I feel TOO good”
Tough poll this time, so many clothes to assess
I personally hope Sal wins, she is suffering through Joyce’s desires for her character.
She might lose to the Dina but Sal at least deserves to be first loser
I feel the Philip J. Fry coffee time clip has been overdone, so I’ll leave this one here instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-eMdMsMgCU
How have I never seen this movie?
Celebrity Voice Actors is a really annoying trope enforced by Hollywood executives, but every once in a while you get one with a real gift for it, and Steve Carell killed it.
Over The Hedge was one of those dime-a-dozen mid-2000s CGI kids movies that were flooding theaters after Pixar showed it could be done, it just happened to be one of the good ones.
Holy shit Over the Hedge is one of my favorites!!!!
it’s how i discovered doritos LOL
Discovered Doritos?
Haven’t they existed since time immemorial?
Isn’t that Robin’s superpower?
Both of them have that power. Although it might be different in Walky’s case, it’s still not certain whether or not some of it is down to his ADHD.
Eh, I’m pretty sure Robin didn’t have the power to phase out of reality altogether. At the very least, she didn’t have Flash-style vibrational interdimensional travel at her disposal; the only time we saw her travel to another universe she used Joe’s portal to do it.
In the other universe Robin had superspeed which got stronger when she had a lot of sugary food, this feels similar but not quite the same.
Strip enhanced greatly by Fuckface’s chill vibes. Not a patron but when’s the Fuckface bonus strip? When are we getting a Fuckface spinoff comic? I’ll watch him do anything —or nothing!
Willis has sworn in the hovertext that Fuckface will one day have more character appearances than Joyce. I’m sure there’s something planned on a massive scale.
They all get kidnapped AGAIN (by Asher’s family no doubt) and Fuckface saves the day!
I notice Joyce isn’t too happy about that Joe.
And yeah, sugar highs are fun. XD
Yeah, you can get a hangover headache from too much chocolate, Walky. Serzly, don’t over do it.
I see somebody else has now unearthed the how of Robin superpower.
*Walky phases out completely, is replaced by Robin*
Robin: Ooh, Reeses’ Cups! *starts stuffing her face*
Amber: Uh, what happened to Walky?
Robin: mrph, who?
*Walky finds himself on the podium at a press conference, reporters are starting at him in confusion*
Walky: Um… so, what’s up with that last season of Dexter & Monkey Master, huh? Pretty weird, huh?
Reporter (to another reporter): …Eh, it’s no more random than most of Congresswoman DeSanto’s segues…
Careful, kids. If you fall out of phase with reality, all your friends will think you died and you can only watch as they hold a memorial service for you.
“Oh please, not the death chant.”
Who would win in a race, Walky with his blood being 90% sugar or Fry after 100 cups of coffee?
[Wilford Brimley intensifies]
The Flash wins.
I can understand how Joe felt. He wanted to help Amber, or just get some information about their parents and she was really mean and rude. But leaving without even saying Hi to Joyce is even more mean and rude! Joyce was rightfully offended, she was definitely hoping to talk to him. Joe deserves to be hit with the pan in the head and Amber too.
I think he felt uncomfortable with Amber getting close to the truth that he was there to spend time with Joyce and not to have casual sex with anyone. Thus he left without talking to Joyce.
“Manliness” is starting to feel a bit outdated these days. What makes a man or woman or just a person in general is for each individual to decide. I think Walky would be better served saying he is the toughest dude there, or the one with the most sexual encounters, or the most defined musculature. “Maniliness” I’m not sure what he’s comparing by just that.
Well the most basic definition of manliness would be probably Reliability and Responsibility. Basically someone who can be depended on in a time of crisis to solve problems and well… Walky is an irresponsible baby so…
I’d say Danny has Walky beat for responsible-ness, reliability, though? Debatable.
Walky might have Danny beat in raw physical prowess, then again Walky’s known for binging on 50 packs of McNuggets and Danny rides a bike around I guess. You know, the more I type this out the more I’m convinced Danny’s probably more manly than Walky. Walky’s just got a bit more charisma. Probably.
Walky’s got that Hot Bod working for him XD
Haven’t they both fooled around with the exact same two girls?
I do wonder what the Danny versus Walky matchup is like. Neither have majorly invested into any major combat abilities. Danny’s clearly a bard. Walky’s harder to nail down and is maybe even undefined. He dabbled a bit in vigilante like Amber but I don’t think he even has 1 level in it and just bought the costume. I don’t think he even finished the tutorial mission.
Rogue trying to pick the pockets of everyone he meets sounds like Walky.
I wouldn’t class Walky as a rogue. He doesn’t show any proficiency in any traditional rogue qualities. No slight of hand feats, no particularly remarkable stealth or assassination abilities. All Walky really has is a high charisma stat and a unique diet. He’s kind of undefined because he hasn’t chosen to specify in anything. He hasn’t followed through on the potential his stats would allow. For example high charisma is great for bards but he hasn’t learned an instrument or dabbled in performance arts of any kind. He could leverage his privileged genetics into a great martial class, but he doesn’t workout enough to build his hit points for tanking or take the time to learn any martial skills.
Walky doesn’t have a patron or strong faith, he’s not academic enough to study wizardry. Walky has a lot of potential but is kind of just sitting on it. This despite his charisma being buffed even higher in the last update and unlocking the “hot” character trait.
He could be an Elder Scrolls player instead. No predefined classes, just skills you train.
Walky is warping. It’s a warping walky.
How’s this not a siren’s call for Robin.
Joe came to the party dressed as “someone capable of demonstrating emotional vulnerability” but unfortunately his costume ripped
and not in a sexy place either
very sad
Wait, is Walky about to become HA2? Is this an origin?
End of comic- Walky dies of Type 2 diabetes.
No, wait Walky has a new type of diabetes when his pancreas explodes leaving Dorothy covered in splattered gore. Then he dies.
Honestly Walky’s diet is so insane it’s more likely he’d develop some ability to turn processed sugar into energy more efficiently thus allowing him to live off candy indefinitely without gaining weight or getting diabetes.
i never really understood the college experience/’frat bro’ way of being able to party every weekend and eat whatever you want and no consequences (unless they’re just delayed, genetics aside i have seen men before 30 get a beer gut and greying hair)
Joyce took Joe’s exit line offensively.