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June 1, 2026

Privacy chair

by David M Willis on August 25, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: booster, carla

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 25, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    those chairs look curvier than I remember

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      12:13 now, server!

      (also, I bet they heard the skates)

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      Place your bets for how Booster knew:

      1) They have amazing powers of observation.

      2) Loud roller skates down the hall.

      3) Oncoming scent of banana cream pie.

      4) Carla just plays entrance music everywhere she goes like a pro wrestler.

      • Alden Bates
        Alden Bates
        August 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

        All of the above?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          August 25, 2023 at 12:36 am | #

          Actually that seems the most “on brand” for Carla.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            August 25, 2023 at 10:38 pm | #

            And a reminder from all the way back in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXvrWeQU0g&ab_channel=CNN

        • jflb96
          jflb96
          August 25, 2023 at 1:33 am | #

          I feel like if it were 4 someone would have done something drastic about it by now. She still has both femurs, for example.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        August 25, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

        I *was* going to vote 3, but 4 actually seems like the most realistic answer. Her entrance music includes an advertisement for her family’s company, of course.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          August 25, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

          going for 3 too

      • Jo_cubstar
        Jo_cubstar
        August 25, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

        It’s probably 4, but I hope not.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          August 25, 2023 at 1:13 am | #

          “Now entering the Lobby/Cafeteria/Mailroom/DormRoom/Classroom . . . put your hands together for . . . CARLA RUTTER!!!!!” *smoke suddenly billows from hidden projectors along with green laser lights as the “We Like To Party” theme song from Six Flags parks plays*

      • Dana
        Dana
        August 25, 2023 at 1:04 am | #

        1 and 2, but I want it to be 4.

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        August 25, 2023 at 1:25 am | #

        I do like the idea that Carla smells like banana cream pie. That’s nice. (I think Walky is the only character we have an idea of what they smell like. He smells like Nachitos. Also Robin, who smells like Skittles due to her high sugar intake. Although that’s Walkyverse Robin.)

      • Otl1973
        Otl1973
        August 25, 2023 at 1:43 am | #

        5. Willis just finds Booster’s powers funny and will never offer a “rational” explanation.

      • Tawdry Quirks
        Tawdry Quirks
        August 25, 2023 at 1:48 am | #

        I like the idea that Carla’s signature scent is a niche gourmand fragrance that smells like banana cream pie. I’m imagining something like this: https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Hilde-Soliani/Donna-Sentenza-52061.html

        • Quirdry Tawks
          Quirdry Tawks
          August 25, 2023 at 2:51 am | #

          You’ve returned! I look a little less stupid now. xD

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          August 25, 2023 at 3:04 am | #

          Wow, that smells really good. I assume. It’s impossible to tell through text and pictures.

      • RoyanRannedos
        RoyanRannedos
        August 25, 2023 at 12:48 pm | #

        I can hear the trumpets now.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      August 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Even privacy chairs are susceptible to the freshman fifteen…

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

      I mean everything looks curvier just after your mind’s been melted into the happiest, gayest goo ever, like mine right now for intance 🥰 🫠 🌈 🥹🌌

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        August 25, 2023 at 1:15 am | #

        You mean you almost mistook Booster for Charlie? :p

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          August 25, 2023 at 1:32 am | #

          No I mean I’ve been having some of the gayest times with my friend this month, it’s been oh so wonderful 🥰🫠

          *plays “Starlight Festival” from Super Mario Galaxy on hacked muzak*

          • Thomas
            Thomas
            August 25, 2023 at 5:48 am | #

            Aww, that’s cute! 🙂

    • Aura
      Aura
      August 25, 2023 at 1:36 am | #

      Could be estrogen?

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        August 25, 2023 at 5:42 am | #

        That’s my anti-drug! Beautiful beautiful estrogen….

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      August 25, 2023 at 11:44 pm | #

      they look more magnetic than I remember

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    August 25, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    I didn’t have “woken up at 6AM by loud thunder and thus on time to see DoA updating” on my schedule today but I’ll take it

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      August 25, 2023 at 2:54 am | #

      Gawwwwwwd works in mysterious ways.

  3. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Okay, “Jetpack” is fantastic.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      August 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Must tell my friend Magnus.

    • Angel
      Angel
      August 25, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

      Sounds very transformers-y

      Or like a super hero team name “Jetpack & Booster”

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      August 25, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

      Beats heck out of “High Chair” as an alternative name. I’d grab that in a second if I were Booster

      • Angel
        Angel
        August 25, 2023 at 10:00 pm | #

        high chair sounds like that’d be something to give to a baby superhero or a parent themeed one XD

  4. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    I applaud that and also Booster for studying so early on a Saturday.

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 25, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

      Maybe Walky SNORES

      • Bo
        Bo
        August 25, 2023 at 10:07 am | #

        Might be avoiding his reaction to waking up without the Nintendo Switch

  5. Elle L
    Elle L
    August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Can confirm this is how transfers meet NBS in the wild

    • EmTaya
      EmTaya
      August 25, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      real

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      August 25, 2023 at 5:47 am | #

      On the advice of council, and in accordance with the 5th amendment in the bill of rights and my rights and privileges as outlined within, I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations as presented before me on this day.

  6. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    August 25, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Yay, Carla

    • Straximus
      Straximus
      August 25, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

      Yay, Carla!

      • Aura
        Aura
        August 25, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

        Carla, yay! 😀

  7. Elle L
    Elle L
    August 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I meant trans femmes but that work too I guess

  8. not someone else
    not someone else
    August 25, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Y’know, I bet Carla has some Thoughts And Feelings about another openly T/NB/GNC person being around. As prickly as she is… most of us are pretty desperate for community.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      August 25, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Especially since the other main option is fuckin’ Malaya.

      • Angel
        Angel
        August 25, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

        she seemed to be fond of malaya tho even if malaya was indiff at best/tolerating carla up to the point of hanging out together otuside of roller derby practice

        • Wraithy2773
          Wraithy2773
          August 25, 2023 at 4:46 am | #

          …this might end up being a question for actual scholars in the field, but how much Ace is it when you take a sort of pride in how efficiently and/or aggressively you can bring your partner to climax, even if you’re not receiving any physical pleasure from the act?

          This isn’t meant to diminish or demean Carla’s ace-ness in Shortpacked (and maybe DoA? It hasn’t exactly been relevant before), just more of a “break out the tweezers and tiny brushers it’s sciencing time” mentality here :).

          • Mark
            Mark
            August 25, 2023 at 6:51 am | #

            Nothing like an actual scholar in the field, but I’m thinking perhaps this extends mostly along the romance axis rather than the sexuality axis.

          • Certified Queer
            Certified Queer
            August 25, 2023 at 7:28 am | #

            There are sex-positive asexual people. If they’re in a romantic relationship (because asexual people can have romantic attraction), they might want to experience the closeness of sex, they might want to make their partner happy, or they might just want to bump uglies because they are horny.

            • Certified Queer
              Certified Queer
              August 25, 2023 at 7:35 am | #

              In the case of Shortpacked! Carla and Malaya’s interactions, it is likely the desire to give Malaya pleasure mixed with Carla’s desire to be the best, even if it’s the best at fucking. Carla doesn’t need to be sexually attracted to Malaya to have those desires.

          • dalniente
            dalniente
            August 25, 2023 at 11:19 am | #

            Sex is just an activity for people to do together. Different people get different things from it and enjoy different pieces of it, same as any other activity. Enjoying being offered control and trust (for example) and/or just plain old taking pride in your skill is not necessarily a sexual thing at all.

            So I’d say what you’re describing is about as ace or allo as anything else. It’s all down to the individual. Trying to assess how “much” ace something like this is kinda misses the complexities and infinite variations of the human experience. Asexuality has nothing to do with whether or not (or in what way) we enjoy sex, it’s about how and whether we experience sexual attraction.

      • Dante
        Dante
        August 25, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

        I mean, she had no problem fucking Malaya (in a very Ace way) last continuity, but I’m also

        1- Very much agreeing with you, I’m pumped by this interaction :33
        2- On board with “fucking Malaya” remaining a marker of chagrin and nothing else

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        August 25, 2023 at 1:06 am | #

        She was pretty excited Malaya was moving to her hall.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      August 25, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      Doesn’t Booster’s twin present as NB or GNC too? Carla really doesn’t like them…

      • Angel
        Angel
        August 25, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

        Well, she has a more ‘masculine’/tom boy ish name, but booster did say “sister” than sibling and i imagine they’d be more conscious about that if charlie did also ID as NB like booster does

        • Tan
          Tan
          August 25, 2023 at 2:32 am | #

          Booster also refers to Charlie as “she”

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/twinsister/

      • Dana
        Dana
        August 25, 2023 at 1:34 am | #

        I figured she was cis female, but given how horrible my gaydar is I wouldn’t be surprised if my gender-dar is busted too.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          August 25, 2023 at 2:42 am | #

          Come on, “gendar” was the right there.

        • morleuca
          morleuca
          August 25, 2023 at 5:50 am | #

          Uze the transceiver

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      August 25, 2023 at 7:31 am | #

      Speaking of desperate for community, how the fuck does a 30-year-old genderwhatever in a bigoted rural town meet other queer people? I always see suggestions like “Go to your local queer meeting spot”, like it’s just a given that one exists in every town.

      • dalniente
        dalniente
        August 25, 2023 at 11:34 am | #

        Try hanging around your local public library, if you have one. See what activities or meetings they offer. Google and Duckduckgo “lgbt queer community Town Name, State” and see what turns up – even outdated posts are worth something if you can reach out to whoever posted them. If your town is really tiny they might all be hiding and you may need to take the plunge and kick something off yourself, for which I would again suggest the library.

        Another possibility might be to find the closest Unitarian Universalist church and go on a day trip if it’s at all feasible. It might be a bit of a hike and it’s a long shot either way, but if you have one somewhere within… say, a two-hour radius, somebody there might be able to connect you to someone more local.

        The sad truth is there simply may not be anyone willing to come out in your area. But I hope that ends up not being the case and you’ll find some folks with a bit more digging. Good luck.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          August 25, 2023 at 1:49 pm | #

          Thanks for the advice. A quick search revealed that there are no clearly-labeled public queer groups in my reachable area. None of those churches you mentioned, either. (Not that I’d ever willingly go to a church if it was even remotely avoidable.) The website for the library was borderline unusable, but it also didn’t seem to have anything openly labeled. Kind of a frustrating search, to be honest. Either there’s no queer community here or they’re all afraid to be open.

          • deliverything
            deliverything
            August 25, 2023 at 3:24 pm | #

            If you do try to start something yourself — depending on how queer-unfriendly your local area is — I wonder if it might be good to form a group that’s not overtly queer but just hints at it (for deniability’s sake, in case unpleasant people start poking around)?

            A book club called Alphabet Soup, for example, could relate to a sort-of humorous nickname for the LGBTQIA+ abbreviation when a friendly person asks, and just a reference to books when people like Toedad happen by.

            Having a dual-purpose group (e.g. reading and queerness) could also be more inviting to people who aren’t sure they’re ready to be out yet, as they could appear to just be hanging around and reading or whatever while they cautiously explore other options.

            …but take this suggestion with a pinch of salt, please. I’ve no actual personal experience with these matters, being an aromantic asexual with social anxiety; while I like that queer groups and such things exist, I’ve never had much interest in joining one.

            • deliverything
              deliverything
              August 25, 2023 at 3:26 pm | #

              Just to add: that Alphabet Soup idea has already been taken by both sites like https://www.mic.com/articles/28093/lgbtqia-a-beginner-s-guide-to-the-great-alphabet-soup-of-queer-identity and already-existing book clubs. Maybe you’ll think of something more original than I managed.

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              August 25, 2023 at 7:11 pm | #

              Far as starting a group myself goes, I have absolutely zero experience leading anyone at anything. I don’t have the knowledge or personality for that. Plus, if everyone else feels unsafe being out, maybe I don’t need to be the first one to get my head caved in.

          • dalniente
            dalniente
            August 25, 2023 at 9:09 pm | #

            Unfortunate, my sympathies. I hope something turns up for you eventually.

      • khn0
        khn0
        August 25, 2023 at 6:04 pm | #

        It can happen there is no such place. The former mayor of my town is gay, but you can’t find any queer spot in town. That doesn’t mean ther arent any event where you’ll find more gay/queer people: reading of progessive authors at libraries, concerts of bands known to be LGBTQ, movies about gay people, but you can also track activities that are socially devoted to one gender and see if people of the “unusual” gender join – while they may not be queer, they may be open minded people tat it could be nice enough to know.

      • not someone else
        not someone else
        August 26, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

        I have a lot of personal experience with this exact issue! Your options are:

        1) The internet!
        2) Driving a long way!
        3) Moving!

        And it sucks.

  9. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    August 25, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    She’s getting Charlie advice I bet.

    • Angel
      Angel
      August 25, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Wonder how much they’ll help, i’m sure they’re fairly close but it totally would be a ‘sibling’ thing to list all the things she hates and tell carla it’s something she likes lol

    • AY
      AY
      August 25, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      This is what I’m hoping for, I wanna know more about Charlie!

  10. Angel
    Angel
    August 25, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    i mean, jetpack would probably be a badass nickname.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      August 25, 2023 at 12:32 am | #

      Power-to-Weight ratio though Booster is a far stronger nickname.

      • jflb96
        jflb96
        August 25, 2023 at 1:38 am | #

        You’d want thrust more than power with a booster, power’s more of a horizontal engine measurement

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          August 25, 2023 at 2:28 am | #

          There is a difference? I thought Power was just how hard can it push stuff..

          • Mark
            Mark
            August 25, 2023 at 6:57 am | #

            Thrust is how hard something is pushing stuff. You could call it power manifested as mechanical force.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(physics)

            • Da Boy
              Da Boy
              August 25, 2023 at 7:47 am | #

              Oh cool

              • NGPZ
                NGPZ
                August 25, 2023 at 3:28 pm | #

                Yee, for instance, a cookie has 6 times more energy than it’s weight in TNT, however, TNT has a LOT more power due to being able to release that energy in a chemical reaction that takes about a millionth of a second, creating enough air pressure to crack open a rock.

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      August 25, 2023 at 6:36 am | #

      I have often wanted a jetpack, in social situations

  11. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    August 25, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: Applaud.

  12. EmTaya
    EmTaya
    August 25, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    privacy chair redesign?

  13. Suet
    Suet
    August 25, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    So close yet a little far, considering what with the whole Ruttech and all.

    These chairs feel like they’d be a better fit for student-athletes.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 25, 2023 at 2:35 am | #

      Or for building a fort.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 2:42 am | #

      Oooo SPLENDID Joyce avatar 😍

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        August 25, 2023 at 3:20 am | #

        Loved it, too.

        Wonder if it came from a preview

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          August 25, 2023 at 3:23 pm | #

          That definitely came from a strip, yes, not quite sure which one tho… :/

  14. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    August 25, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

    Of course, now I am thinking of the old “Love of Chair” sitcom.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 12:29 am | #

      Wait wasn’t that a Simpsons couch gag?

      • Quirdry Tawks
        Quirdry Tawks
        August 25, 2023 at 2:50 am | #

        It was from “The Electric Company”, a PBS kids’ program from the 70s.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          August 25, 2023 at 3:43 pm | #

          Hehehe, i a zoomer who got hooked on the 2009 reboot XD

  15. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    August 25, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

    Will be fun to see Booster pick Carla’s brain.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

      🧠😛

    • Joe Moose
      Joe Moose
      August 25, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

      [offers popcorn]

    • Nono
      Nono
      August 25, 2023 at 1:46 am | #

      Booster pretty much figured it out already though. Carla asked them to psychoanalyse her at the floor meeting and they said, “No.”

      Yeah they know how Carla operates.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        August 25, 2023 at 2:10 am | #

        And are playing denial game with her XD

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      August 25, 2023 at 3:01 am | #

      Not a lot to pick! She’s rich, smart, attractive and hilarious; but also so desperate for validation. Kinda like Billifer without the self-destructiveness… or the obsession with status… or the alcoholism… or… ok, not at all like Billifer really.

  16. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    August 25, 2023 at 1:09 am | #

    Carla’s known Joyce a lot longer and she’s just “Girl with Jugs”, so yeah, Booster’s beating the curve here.

  17. quark
    quark
    August 25, 2023 at 1:11 am | #

    CARLA!!!!

  18. Lingo
    Lingo
    August 25, 2023 at 1:19 am | #

    This is giving very Muppet Babies vibes. They look so tiny!!!

  19. Pocky
    Pocky
    August 25, 2023 at 1:25 am | #

    Honestly a better name; they should change it.

  20. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    August 25, 2023 at 1:41 am | #

    Carla you got the wrong twin.

    Also Jesus, are those chairs growing?

  21. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    August 25, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

    maybe I got up today with my left foot but Carlas incorrect naming is not cute but rude.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      August 25, 2023 at 2:10 am | #

      That basically sums up Carla as a whole, not cute but rude.

      • Mark
        Mark
        August 25, 2023 at 7:00 am | #

        She can be both!

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          August 25, 2023 at 7:45 am | #

          I will admit that I’d hate her far more if she wasn’t a cute redhead XD

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      August 25, 2023 at 2:30 am | #

      It’s rude not to remember the name of somebody you met once?

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        August 25, 2023 at 2:32 am | #

        Nope, being proud about not remembering them and coming up with your own names though… Carla is self-absorbed to the extreme and lets everyone know.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          August 25, 2023 at 2:40 am | #

          Oh wow, is Carla self-absorbed? I hadn’t noticed. 🥱

          • Da Boy
            Da Boy
            August 25, 2023 at 2:41 am | #

            There is your answer to the rude question 😛

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              August 25, 2023 at 3:03 am | #

              But she’s not “proud about not remembering”, she’s proud about almost remembering. There’s a difference.

              • Da Boy
                Da Boy
                August 25, 2023 at 3:09 am | #

                It honestly depends, not remembering people’s names and being actually proud about it is a pattern with her. Even here she outright acknowledges that she doesn’t even really try to remember them.

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  August 25, 2023 at 7:22 am | #

                  I don’t think we’re working with the same concept of pride, here.

                • Da Boy
                  Da Boy
                  August 25, 2023 at 7:23 am | #

                  Might be

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  August 25, 2023 at 7:37 am | #

                  ? Okay, well, she’s not bragging about not remembering names, or holding it up as something impressive she does (more so than anything else, that is), or any of that stuff. So like, where’s “proud” even enter the picture?

                • Da Boy
                  Da Boy
                  August 25, 2023 at 7:41 am | #

                  Well this is my perspective but she always comes off as very dismissive and jokesy about it. She doesn’t find it rude or a problem but more of a “haha look how quirky I am”, like it’s something to be proud of.

                  And like, I think I blew it out of proportion because it’s no grand crime like whatever Mary might be up to. It just makes her come off as rude selfish and inconsiderate because she doesn’t give a crap about people around her. It’s all MeMeMe.

                • Taffy
                  Taffy
                  August 25, 2023 at 8:58 am | #

                  Great, now I want a gif of Carla doing that meme dance

                • Da Boy
                  Da Boy
                  August 25, 2023 at 9:11 am | #

                  XD

      • Bash
        Bash
        August 25, 2023 at 3:15 am | #

        If you don’t remember, the polite thing is to ask for their name again. If you have a guess, you should say it hesitantly and not confidently.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          August 25, 2023 at 4:51 am | #

          This just sounds like micromanaging.

          • Bash
            Bash
            August 25, 2023 at 12:39 pm | #

            What is even going on in this picture?

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              August 25, 2023 at 1:52 pm | #

              Carla’s bothering Booster, and either forgetting their name or pretending to as a conversation starter. Booster is in the big weird intimidating chair, trying to read.

  22. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    August 25, 2023 at 2:34 am | #

    Getting someone’s name wrong means they have to pay a little more attention to you so they can correct you. Another win for Carla!

    • Thomas
      Thomas
      August 25, 2023 at 7:51 am | #

      This indeed. She did not misremember Booster’s name. She remembered & humorously came up with something similar. She’s trolling Booster *and* the audience, judging from reactions directly above. That she touches a nerve is another win for Carla.

      • Da Boy
        Da Boy
        August 25, 2023 at 7:58 am | #

        Big win for a trans person to misname someone…

        • Thomas
          Thomas
          August 25, 2023 at 10:57 am | #

          Jetpack is not a gendered name & pr-o-o-o-bably not Booster’s deadname. She still respects their gender identity.

          • Da Boy
            Da Boy
            August 25, 2023 at 11:20 am | #

            Still a kinda disrespectful thing to do, she of all people should know to respect names.

  23. Bash
    Bash
    August 25, 2023 at 3:19 am | #

    I’m so here for this dynamic.

  24. Acher4
    Acher4
    August 25, 2023 at 3:21 am | #

    YEEEES!
    The chairs returned!

  25. AGV
    AGV
    August 25, 2023 at 4:05 am | #

    This reminded of Rafiki and Simba’s scene for some reason

  26. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    August 25, 2023 at 4:16 am | #

    On one hand, giving careful regard to the people around you and showing them respect (or at least remember their names and faces) is something a great person would do because people like that, but on the other, where’s the challenge?

    • Mark
      Mark
      August 25, 2023 at 7:04 am | #

      If names genuinely don’t stick in one’s memory, it’s quite the challenge.

  27. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    August 25, 2023 at 4:42 am | #

    So, there’s this story about the DC Superhero Power Girl, that the creators of her comic book decided to keep drawing her breasts larger and larger to see if anyone would write in and complain.

    There’s probably a lot of truth to this tale, because the character is more well known for this fact than that of her actual dang origin, but I’m more thinking of this because I’m wondering if Willis has been experimenting in that manner with Carla.

    Namely, if he’s making Carla more and more insufferably annoying over time to see at what point the general fandom turns against her.

    …

    Starting to get there, I think.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      August 25, 2023 at 5:05 am | #

      Why? She’s been like this for OTL years, occasionally quite a bit worse even.

    • Bash
      Bash
      August 25, 2023 at 5:49 am | #

      A lot of people complain about various characters in the story. I don’t think Willis takes it too seriously.

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      August 26, 2023 at 2:34 pm | #

      I mean, if that was something a writer did, secretly making a main character who has been presented as highly sympathetic into a full on asshole without giving any solid rationale for it or even saying that it is happening in the narrative, that’s probably the point where people stop reading. It seems like a terrible writing decision, even if you have another dozen or so characters left for people to want to read about.

  28. sdrainbow
    sdrainbow
    August 25, 2023 at 4:59 am | #

    Carla being a pill? Must be a day ending in F.

    • Bo
      Bo
      August 25, 2023 at 10:10 am | #

      Fridayf

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 25, 2023 at 5:55 am | #

    Thr beginning of a beautiful friendship? It’s rare to see Carla so interested in someone.

  30. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    August 25, 2023 at 6:33 am | #

    Not remembering people’s name: relatable
    Just substituting your own guess: offputting

    When I can’t remember someone’s name, which is usually, I just mess up my eye contact timing and awkwardly maneuver around that moment in the conversation. I’m sure that isn’t offputting at all…

  31. Raen
    Raen
    August 25, 2023 at 7:56 am | #

    Actually thought that was Charlie at first.

  32. Smooti
    Smooti
    August 25, 2023 at 7:59 am | #

    Jet pack is a really cute nickname for someone named booster, ya gotta admit. Very excited to see what these two get up to.

  33. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    August 25, 2023 at 8:01 am | #

    How does Booster detect Carla? App tracking on the smartphone, maybe? Distributed by the dorm to all residents?

    (including carla, because it pleases her immensely?)

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      August 25, 2023 at 8:57 am | #

      Feels the shiver of entering Carla’s Ego Range

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        August 25, 2023 at 4:17 pm | #

        Charlie and Dina alike are like eldritch entities to which the field has no effect. 😏♾️

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          August 25, 2023 at 5:46 pm | #

          Could Dina be… a Culexus Assassin…

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        August 26, 2023 at 8:20 am | #

        A massive range! The Carla Ego field permeates the localized universe!

    • CianM1301
      CianM1301
      August 25, 2023 at 12:22 pm | #

      Carla was probably the one who distributed it, since she would no doubt want people to be aware when she walks into a room so they can marvel in her presence.

  34. John
    John
    August 25, 2023 at 9:06 am | #

    Ugggg, Carla. I continue to both like and hate her.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 3:41 pm | #

      If I may ask, is this what earthlings refer to as “hatred with passion”?

      • Mark
        Mark
        August 25, 2023 at 5:03 pm | #

        Passion is a deep or overmastering emotion. It can be love; it can be lust; it can be hatred or disgust or envy or….

  35. PirateTawnee
    PirateTawnee
    August 25, 2023 at 9:11 am | #

    3 days since I commented that it had been a while since Carla had been in a comic, and here she is. I.. I don’t know how I feel about these new powers.

    Who cares, more Carla, everything is all ok again!

    • Mark
      Mark
      August 25, 2023 at 5:03 pm | #

      Thank you for summoning the Carla.

  36. Dday
    Dday
    August 25, 2023 at 11:32 am | #

    Heyyyy is Booster wearing a Dr. Venture style speed suit?

    • dalniente
      dalniente
      August 25, 2023 at 11:37 am | #

      I assumed pajamas but I like your idea better.

    • pope suburban
      pope suburban
      August 25, 2023 at 12:41 pm | #

      Yeah I assumed it’s a jumpsuit, They’re pretty trendy right now. Booster’s specifically looks like one from a brand I like, haha.
      https://www.pistoladenim.com/collections/all-jumpsuits-and-rompers/products/grover-short-sleeve-field-suit-flamingo?variant=43418977730726

  37. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    August 25, 2023 at 1:07 pm | #

    Privacy chair redesign looks like a … Booster Seat.

  38. MiaFillene
    MiaFillene
    August 25, 2023 at 1:28 pm | #

    Is it wierd that I have a serious thing for Carla?

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 25, 2023 at 1:54 pm | #

      No. I mean, give her what she wants, it be a perfect symbiosis, no?

    • Morleuca
      Morleuca
      August 25, 2023 at 10:04 pm | #

      you are not alone

  39. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    August 25, 2023 at 11:58 pm | #

    “Applaud” has Jeb! vibes, Carla’s off her game.

  40. Van Jealous
    Van Jealous
    August 26, 2023 at 12:00 am | #

    Well..I guess calling him “Jetpack” is better than “Child Seat”, “Cheerleader” or my favorite “Follow-Up inoculation”. Just saying..

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