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Crutch

by David M Willis on October 22, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Bring Me to Life Drawing
└ Tags: amber, booster

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 22, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    THAT’S A WHOLE ASS WALKER

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 22, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

      What about a tripod-walker?

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        October 22, 2022 at 2:52 am | #

        Like a baby holding an apple!

    • Delavan
      Delavan
      October 22, 2022 at 3:43 pm | #

      Nah, it’s a whole-ass Walky.

      • Delavan
        Delavan
        October 22, 2022 at 3:43 pm | #

        Or, WALKERTON XD

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      October 22, 2022 at 6:07 pm | #

      I use one of these.  What does that make me?

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        October 23, 2022 at 12:44 pm | #

        You’re a hexapod Bill!

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 22, 2022 at 9:31 pm | #

      Or as another name for them a Zimmer frame.

      I had to push one of them around for four months after the truck hit me.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        October 22, 2022 at 11:58 pm | #

        the fuck truck?

        (sorry either way)

  2. Nono
    Nono
    October 22, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    This may be the weirdest “friendship” so far.

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      October 22, 2022 at 7:35 am | #

      Look like the friendship between a cat and a dog

  3. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    October 22, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Tripod… LOL

    GaryTheSnailRimshot.gif

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      October 22, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      *plays the opening to the Jeff Wayne version of War of the Worlds on the hacked Muzak*

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        October 22, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

        Fascinating!!! 😍

        Why does this sound like it would belong in an anime?

        • Stephen Bierce
          Stephen Bierce
          October 22, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

          Because the anime creator boys wanted to do it themselves!

          • Steve C.
            Steve C.
            October 22, 2022 at 8:51 am | #

            I loved that album!

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 22, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

        … this is what I get for replying to Ana before reading down. I deserve this.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          October 22, 2022 at 2:54 am | #

          Hey, don’t beat yourself up. The internet will happily handle that for you. Besides, at least you went high-brow. I made an Austen reference. Not even Jane, but Powers.

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          October 22, 2022 at 11:59 pm | #

          I mentioned septapods on Patreon but no one got that

      • keithcurtis
        keithcurtis
        October 22, 2022 at 12:30 pm | #

        Great album!

      • StClair
        StClair
        October 22, 2022 at 4:02 pm | #

        The chances of anything coming from Mars
        Are a million to one, he said

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          October 22, 2022 at 6:10 pm | #

          Farewell, Thunder Child!

  4. Regalli
    Regalli
    October 22, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: Take your pick here, there’s several, though Amber’s third panel line is definitely a front-runner.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 22, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Amber ruining someone one-snidely implies they’d get invested enough to be ruined by her which breaks her own rule of herself having no value! That’s catch 22 dating!

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      October 22, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Jokes on you maybe the biggest appeal is getting ruined.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 22, 2022 at 4:24 am | #

        Maybe the real getting ruined is the friends we made along the way.

        • Joshua Kronengold
          Joshua Kronengold
          October 22, 2022 at 2:51 pm | #

          Maybe the real friends are the ruined people we left in our wake.

  6. alongcameaspider
    alongcameaspider
    October 22, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    You know I kind of dig their dynamic, not like as a hypothetical couple that’d be a train wreck, but just how they interact with each other

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      October 22, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      I do too. They’re cute

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      October 22, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Nah you can’t have a girl and a non binary person attracted to women have a fun and platonic dynamic. That’s breaking the rules!

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      October 22, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      I’m liking it too. Do I think they should date? No. Do I think they should make out once? Perhaps. Both are kind of blunt jerks butting up against each other but not in a destructive way. There is potential there for a good friendship.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      A friendship is a kind of ship.

      • Jon
        Jon
        October 22, 2022 at 1:46 am | #

        So is a battle cruiser. Not sure which one this would be.

        • Joe Moose
          Joe Moose
          October 22, 2022 at 1:49 pm | #

          It has a lot of canons, though. [rimshot]

    • zaratustra
      zaratustra
      October 22, 2022 at 5:35 am | #

      Booster is the only person that’s managed to get Amber really -talking-, instead of just raising walls.

      • AbelUndercity
        AbelUndercity
        October 22, 2022 at 6:22 am | #

        They’re very good at what they do.

      • Rabisch
        Rabisch
        October 22, 2022 at 7:41 am | #

        THIS!!!

      • pig
        pig
        October 22, 2022 at 2:14 pm | #

        Huh, I couldn’t put my finger on what I found engaging about their dynamic, but I think this is it.

  7. Wednesday
    Wednesday
    October 22, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    I had a dream last night where the room filled with mist and Booster slowly removed their disguise piece by piece, revealing they were a still-living Mike all along, pulling the ultimate headgame

    • Chaucer59
      Chaucer59
      October 22, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      I so wish that could be. I like Booster, but I really miss Mike.

  8. Suet
    Suet
    October 22, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Nah, it’s not a tripod, it’s less unstable.

    If Booster falls into a cold read in a snap, it has to be a crutch.

  9. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 22, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    I know this is a lomg shot, but do you think this will get Amber and Walky back together? As much as I enjoy Lucy(I don’t but that is neither here nor there) I feel like Walky and Amber are a good couple. They have some issues but nothing insurmountable.

    I’m not sure, what do you think?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      October 22, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      I think the nail’s in the coffin on that. Mainly because neither has made a move to really reconcile why the split in the first place. The attraction is obviously still there but without desire to address the problem they’ll just come into conflict again if not over Mike then something else. I see them maybe banging again sometime when they’re both free but not dating.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 22, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

        I see them banging sometimes too. Whenever I close my eyes.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

      This times 1,000. Of all the couples DOA put together that I didn’t know I wanted, Amber/Walky had to have been my favorite. I want them to get back together so damn bad and it sucks cuz I just have a feeling that bridge is burned. Either Walky has to change or Both have to change but neither is going to change and if they do they may change in a way that makes them realize they might not be great for each other, like Ruth did.

      • Chaucer59
        Chaucer59
        October 22, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

        Really, I found them diluted by the coupling.

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 22, 2022 at 4:31 pm | #

          ha HA, “coupling”!

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      October 22, 2022 at 2:50 am | #

      I mean I feel myself wanting it but is it ok for me to want it? Should I dare to get my hopes up or should I keep trying to get over it and except that they both have a new fresh start?

      My mind is telling me to be realistic and stop fixating on something that came and gone but my heart is telling me not to give up on the spark so easily. But even then I got to wonder should I listen to the mind and over think this type of matter or are these actually how I feel or is it just a strong lingering feeling with a mix of nostalgia?

      There’s just so much to be unsure about. So I’m just going to sit back and enjoy watching the chips fall where they may, see where it all leads maybe they get back together or maybe Walky stays with Lucy who knows.

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      October 22, 2022 at 11:58 am | #

      To be honest, i think that Walky and Lucy will help Booster to get together with Amber.

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 22, 2022 at 1:15 pm | #

      Lucy’s good for him, and he makes her happy. They revolve around similar nerd fandoms. They are comfortable together (mostly). She encourages his projects and helps him take more pride in how he presents himself. I like Lucy and Walky together. They click.

    • Freemage
      Freemage
      October 22, 2022 at 7:50 pm | #

      At this point, I don’t ship Amber with ANYONE. After she assaulted Walky at the Halloween party, her best option is to forget romance, sex, and everything related to either, until she can actually get the help she needs with her anger issues.

      As for Booster… nah, I don’t ship creepsters.

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 22, 2022 at 9:58 pm | #

        Hear, hear!
        This friend speaks my mind!

  10. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    October 22, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    It’s a wheelchair

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 22, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    “I want a hedonistic one-sided affair where I just ruin the other person” ticked so many of my boxes all at once it sent a shiver down my spine.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 22, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      That’s always a good sign, or a bad sign. Depends on what kind of movie you are in, keep your fingers crossed that your are in a “skinemax” movie.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 22, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

        You are*

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      October 22, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

      The refreshing feeling when they remind you why they do it for you.

      • newlland(Henryvolt)
        newlland(Henryvolt)
        October 22, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

        You know what I’m starting to realize that Booster might be better than me because I can’t stop admiring.

    • StClair
      StClair
      October 22, 2022 at 3:52 pm | #

      whereas I had to take it as sarcasm and/or comedy, because as an actual sincere statement it’s incredibly messed up (IMO).

  12. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    October 22, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    This fits for her mentality, I’m surprised I needed her to spell it out for me.

  13. Caro
    Caro
    October 22, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    idk if i’d get along with booster irl, but i adore them as a comic character. they’re never not interesting and/or funny

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 22, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

      Honestly think I’d get along with them. I dunno I usually hate getting psychoanalyzed by people but at the same time I like talking to people who might have insight on me cuz I don’t know what the fuck is up with yoto.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      October 22, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

      Same

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      October 22, 2022 at 1:10 am | #

      Yeah, this is the only way I interact with my fave characters in media. Love em. Would HATE to meet them.

  14. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    October 22, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

    My impression: it’s not the fact of Booster’s cold reading everyone that Amber finds objectionable—it’s that they’re so good at it.

  15. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 22, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

    At this point, Booster knows enough for it to count as hot reading. They’re just not going to say “hot reading” in the context of Amber after just saying they won’t imply she’s hot. (It wouldn’t imply that she’s hot, but it would feel like they were tap-dancing on the boundary just to prove they can.)

  16. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    October 22, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    I’ll give Booster a pass on their nose-poking-in bit here. Yeah, they did just promise to cut that out, but it’s the active conversation, and when someone says something that heavily self-loathing, it’s going to be hard for anyone to not comment in reply…

  17. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    October 22, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    oh no i am trash i am shipping it

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      October 22, 2022 at 11:47 am | #

      You are not alone.

  18. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    October 22, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    A hexapod.
    An octapod.
    A dodecapod, even.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 22, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      Millipede.

      …. I don’t know HOW -pod turned into -pede, but English and logic don’t mix.

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        October 22, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

        All the leg shots in the run of 9 Chickweed Lane, or infinity, whichever comes last.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        October 22, 2022 at 1:35 am | #

        -pod is Greek.

        “millipede” is Latin.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          October 22, 2022 at 1:49 am | #

          So that if the series of terms “monopod”, “bipod”, “tripod”, “tetrapod”, “pentapod”, “hexapod” etc. were extended to its thousandth term, the word would be “chiliapod”. A millipede is a specific kind of animal, an arthropod with two pairs of legs per body segment.

          • Arian
            Arian
            October 22, 2022 at 5:24 am | #

            What they said.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 22, 2022 at 4:28 am | #

        English was invented when someone threw a bunch of Germanic languages in a blender with some French dialects, but they didn’t like how it came out so they tried to fix it by seasoning with loanwords from around the globe.

        • Plain Marie
          Plain Marie
          October 22, 2022 at 7:45 am | #

          Oo, that’s good.

        • Mark
          Mark
          October 22, 2022 at 8:51 am | #

          Well, much of Celtic Britain had been substantially Romanized by long occupation centuries before all those Danes, Saxons, Normans, Anglii, etc. came, so there were quite a lot of Latin derivatives in British languages already.

          • Liara
            Liara
            October 22, 2022 at 10:37 am | #

            Don’t know if this finally escapes moderation, but most English words with Latin roots don’t come from their time under Roman rule, but from being christianized about a millenium later

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 22, 2022 at 3:55 pm | #

          Nice. Another version I’ve heard is that it’s three languages in a trenchcoat. Or that it’s the result of Norman French mercenaries trying to pick up Saxon barmaids, and no more legitimate than the other products of such hookups.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 22, 2022 at 9:50 pm | #

          something about pursuing other languages down dark alleys to rifle their pockets for loose vocabulary.

  19. Svankensen
    Svankensen
    October 22, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

    Does Amber know what a cold reading is? This doesn’t look like it.

    • shoopdawhoop
      shoopdawhoop
      October 22, 2022 at 2:05 am | #

      They’re suggesting something about her in the form of a question and seeing how she reacts to it, that’s part of how cold reading works

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 22, 2022 at 3:02 am | #

      I thought cold reading was this shady technique psychics use to trick you into revealing all sorts of stuff about yourself and then make you think they read it from your mind or whatever. Or is there another meaning to the term that I’m not aware of?

      • Sam
        Sam
        October 22, 2022 at 3:33 am | #

        It is that. Cold reading is basically luring people into revealing things while also using the most common trends of life to form narratives or guesses to why someone is acting how they are then presenting it with confidence.

        Like most family homes have two kids, most older relatives that have passed are men, more deaths are caused by things affecting your chest or abdomen (you know, where you keep every organ except your brain) etc..

        It can seem really personal when they say Uncle Doug is proud of you after passing from a heart attack, but they didn’t tell you that until after you said it was a heart issue and supplied his name so were clearly seeking some kind of affirmation. And of course, every ‘message’ is positive, because they want people to keep coming, they are never ‘surprised’ by a bad ‘message’.

        • Mark
          Mark
          October 22, 2022 at 8:53 am | #

          It is so nice when somebody finally gives a definition for a term that everybody is batting around….

  20. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    October 22, 2022 at 12:52 am | #

    Well, I’ll give Booster credit for this:

    He’s at least working on the creepiness

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      October 22, 2022 at 1:08 am | #

      THEY

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      October 22, 2022 at 11:48 am | #

      They. It’s not hard.

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 22, 2022 at 1:21 pm | #

        Sometimes it can be hard. People make mistakes sometimes. Sometimes it’s intentional misgendering or carelessness, but honest slips do happen sometimes too.

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 22, 2022 at 3:58 pm | #

          Sometimes it’s as simple as people not paying attention or returning after an absence, and jumping into the conversation without doing the research.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            October 22, 2022 at 6:32 pm | #

            And sometimes people don’t know there’s even research to be done in the first place, if they’ve been gone long enough.

        • Mark
          Mark
          October 22, 2022 at 7:38 pm | #

          It can be very hard, for us grammar nerds. It is physically difficult to do this. “No, that’s wrong! Agreement in number! Go stand in the corner!”

          I reckon I’ll learn eventually and it will get somewhat easier. Only somewhat.

          • Laura
            Laura
            October 22, 2022 at 10:00 pm | #

            What makes it difficult for me is that I have friends who are plural systems, who use “we/they/them” pronouns, too. Makes it difficult for me to differentiate whether I’m talking about an nonbinary person or a multiple. (Hope I got the terminology right!)
            That’s why I just don’t use pronouns to describe myself. None of them exactly fit me.

          • hazel
            hazel
            October 23, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

            I’m a grammar nerd who uses they/thems. Implying it’s bad English is insulting even if you don’t mean it as such, I don’t feel physical pain and grammar was my best subject. For me I just tried it and it felt right. No one decent is *trying* to confuse people with their pronouns. I hope you’ll consider working on it.

  21. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 22, 2022 at 1:33 am | #

    This is a good conversation and I’m just sitting here making happy noises at all of it

  22. Dana
    Dana
    October 22, 2022 at 2:52 am | #

    Of course it’s a tripod. Booster’s a photographer!

  23. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 22, 2022 at 2:59 am | #

    I’m impressed by how hard Booster is trying to contain themselves. They really want to be friend with Amber and don’t scare her. It’s almost like seeing someone try to approach a stray cat. But even Amber is really trying hard to have a new friend despite her saying she wants to be a hermit. I really like this couple ♡..

  24. Meagan
    Meagan
    October 22, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

    Wait Amber wants a relationship where she controls things….? I thought she didn’t want a relationship at all because she thinks she’s not good enough? Honestly I need like an annotated directory to the specific comics that are relevant to Amber’s romantic journey to make sense of this.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      October 22, 2022 at 7:19 am | #

      She can not want a relationship and have strong opinions about what kind of relationship she’d like.

      Like how I spend time writing my stand-up routine, planning what venue at the Edinburgh Fringe I’d most like to book, and so on, while at the same time knowing I am never, ever going to stand in front of a crowd of people and say things, because good lord no.

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 22, 2022 at 1:22 pm | #

        We can be your audience! 😀

  25. TheCozburger
    TheCozburger
    October 22, 2022 at 4:35 am | #

    “…it should be at least be…”

    Well said, Amber…

  26. CrazyJ
    CrazyJ
    October 22, 2022 at 4:53 am | #

    A Spider Pod even (I’m glad I don’t have to set those up anymore even though they’re a pretty useful tool).

  27. Colineo
    Colineo
    October 22, 2022 at 5:26 am | #

    I’m choosing to believe this conversation is happening simultaneously with the gender studies class and that Booster is secretly twins.

    • JBento
      JBento
      October 22, 2022 at 5:58 am | #

      It IS happening simultaneously. The girl in the gender studies class who looks suspiciously like Booster is their sister.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        October 22, 2022 at 7:09 am | #

        We don’t techniccally know that yet. All we know is that a) she isn’t Booster and b) Booster does have a sister. I mean, she obviously is, but there’s always the chance it’s a red herring.

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          October 22, 2022 at 7:31 am | #

          Imagine that my emphasis on “technically” involves elongating it so I sound the second c twice, and not that I just can’t spell.

          • JBento
            JBento
            October 22, 2022 at 8:54 am | #

            If you could spell, you’d be a wizard.

            • StClair
              StClair
              October 22, 2022 at 4:00 pm | #

              and if you could multiply and divide, you’d be a mathemagician.

              • Laura
                Laura
                October 22, 2022 at 7:38 pm | #

                If you could divide and multiply, you’d be an amoeba.

                • JBento
                  JBento
                  October 22, 2022 at 8:23 pm | #

                  If you could divide and conquer, you’d be a good strategist.

  28. Keith
    Keith
    October 22, 2022 at 6:34 am | #

    Oh then she’d never have considered me. Born train wreck at the bottom of the Marianas trench. But at least i’m not a rick that starts with a p. So there’s that, I guess.

  29. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 22, 2022 at 8:52 am | #

    They’re cute. They should hold hands.

    • JBento
      JBento
      October 22, 2022 at 8:53 am | #

      Woah there, buddy, save it for the slipshines.

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      October 22, 2022 at 11:48 am | #

      Yes…ha ha ha…YES!

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      October 22, 2022 at 8:11 pm | #

      *edith voice* LEWD.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        October 22, 2022 at 9:30 pm | #

        Edith? Like Spider-Man’s talking glasses?

  30. Lan
    Lan
    October 22, 2022 at 9:37 am | #

    Is this amber subtly admitting she wants to be like her father? Because this sounds like something her father would want idk idk

    • Exarch
      Exarch
      October 22, 2022 at 10:15 am | #

      Maybe! That’s a read I hadn’t considered. I don’t actually think that Amber wants what she said in that panel. Her facial expression looks kinda like she’s doing a bit rather than being serious. I don’t think Amber would intentionally let herself be that terrible to a partner; I’d believe Amber would be looking for a hookup but doesn’t trust that she’s in the right place for a relationship.

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 22, 2022 at 1:23 pm | #

        Maybe she wants to be like Mike.

        • Sombrero
          Sombrero
          October 22, 2022 at 2:20 pm | #

          Well, Amber gave a very good description of her relationship with Mike, except for the hedonistic part.

  31. nicoleandmaggie
    nicoleandmaggie
    October 22, 2022 at 10:03 am | #

    The lower right ad video this morning was a super racist thing about how wokeism is ruining our country. (It’s not.) Can we go back to Old Spice commercials?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 22, 2022 at 12:37 pm | #

      The ads may be regional. (I’m used to looking right past ads, but today mine are in Spanish. 🇵🇷)

  32. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    October 22, 2022 at 11:50 am | #

    I love these two groin idiots and I’m very into this trash pile of a ship.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 22, 2022 at 6:21 pm | #

      If groin is intentional that’s a hoot. And still a hoot even if it’s autocorrect.

  33. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    October 22, 2022 at 2:33 pm | #

    “I will never again imply you are hot. Also, I hereby directly state that you are hot.”

    • StClair
      StClair
      October 22, 2022 at 4:38 pm | #

      not implying, though!
      #technicallycorrect

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        October 22, 2022 at 8:45 pm | #

        The best kind of correct!

  34. poyo
    poyo
    October 22, 2022 at 6:06 pm | #

    non-binary….. psychoanalyzes people…. uses it as a social crutch… oh no, i AM booster !!!!!*

    ***and im extremely okay with it B)

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      October 22, 2022 at 10:59 pm | #

      you should probably not be okay with that

      • poyo
        poyo
        October 23, 2022 at 11:12 am | #

        why, what’s wrong with being non-binary ??

        (joking. i know you mean the psychoanalyzing)

  35. Guy Sensei
    Guy Sensei
    October 22, 2022 at 6:24 pm | #

    This reminds me so much of Amber’s Emaciated Emo Eathan and it’s so decadent I love it
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-12/02-ill-leave-you-a-phantom/sexpuppets/

  36. David Doty
    David Doty
    October 22, 2022 at 9:52 pm | #

    Technically they didn’t promise to stop cold reading her, only her relationships.

  37. S.R.
    S.R.
    October 23, 2022 at 7:17 pm | #

    I don’t understand “it’s a crutch” the way it’s normally used. If someone is using a crutch in real life, it’s because they need one, but “it’s a crutch” as a metaphor usually seems to mean “I should stop leaning on this thing for support and just support myself”. Which is the opposite of what a crutch is for. A crutch is for when you should not, in fact, support yourself. Maybe if people said “false crutch” instead?

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