And said disaster would probably be averted if the RA openly went down to the apparent party, stuck her head in the door to ‘remind them to keep things quiet after 22:30’ or whatever, and let everyone who might snitch see that the authorities have everything under control.
A show of authority can have more than one audience.
Its not about making Ruth feel big its about making the others feel surveyed they don’t get alcohol poisoning. I lived in a substance free dorm and still had to get my RA to call the paramedics when one of my hallmates was so drunk I had to catch him midfall, lest he burst his head open on sink he just finished vomiting his guts out into.
Thanks. The paramedics took care of him and he was ok, just needed to sleep it off I think. I was just glad I heard him being sick in the bathroom, it felt nice to help somebody out.
Coming at this from a British perspective, most of the point of that sort of ‘show of authority’ isn’t to show who’s boss, it’s to show everyone else that there is a boss that is keeping an eye out in case of trouble. It’s not the time for the Second Most Divorced Man (after a certain social media and tax credits mogul) to go destroy a few futures, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the local village bobby to stick their head in the door, make sure that everyone’s OK and knows what to do if they become not-OK, and let everyone else see that The Powers That Be know what’s going on and have deemed it currently acceptable.
unless some higher up is around to make sure ruth’s still doing her job i imagine she wouldn’t rly need to check up on every ‘party’ esp since it’s not happening at midnight, tho i wouldn’t be surprised if something happens to where she would peek in as well
Remember that the stuff Ruth was doing wrong was mostly acting like Jason is suggesting she should.
She has no reason to suspect anything is wrong. The residents are allowed to have guests. She isn’t allowed to just barge into their room without reason.
Yeah, because Ruth was a bully who abused her power. But there is a difference between being an authoritarian asshole and showing concern and responsibility. I think the fact we know the party is safe skews our perspective. They are drinking and moments before the singing Sal and Asher may have started a conflict. Not really causes for concern now but there are levels of nuance in how Ruth executes her job between being lazy and ignoring things based on assumptions or being a blonde, Buzzkillington.
The fact we know they’re drinking also skews our perspective. She doesn’t know that and while it would be a common assumption in my college experience, she has no reason to expect if from those in this room – as she says.
And Ruth has already done some checking, she knows whose room the party is in. And it’s still early enough in the night it’s not a problem.
I’d be more concerned with the grad student shacking up with an undergrad on her floor.
Meh. They’re both of legal age. Not more than a few years apart most likely.(Don’t think we’ve got age for Jason.) And no inappropriate power relationship between them, which makes this a step up for both of them.
Look toxic gossip train presumably doesn’t exist in universe. The ukulele is still just cringe and not entirely obliterated like the toothbrush mustache
That’s what all vocals sound like to me until I read the lyrics while listening to the song. Going back and forth doesn’t work, it’s like the key to a puzzle in an adventure game.
I don’t care for this Jason fellow anyway, and “go wave your authority around” does not win him any points in my book, no sirree Bob. (For my book is by Mikhail Bakunin and authority is a political cancer yoked around humanity’s neck.)
“As long as they don’t get out of hand” + “minor nazis” = I hope you see what is wrong here.
That’s like buying a “micropig” from a shady dude in a plateless pickup truck in the mall parking lot at night and expecting that micropig to stay small.
I agree with avoiding the actual Nazis, but I have serious doubts about any large scale efforts to make human society work without some form/level of authority.
tbf, I haven’t read Bakunin, but I have read Kropotkin, who comes out of the same strain of thought.
Oh, check out People Without Government by Harold Barclay – an anarchist survey of anthropology; there’ve been many such societies, and the author points out that not only do they not have one over-arching political authority, it typically doesn’t even OCCUR to them. (Speaking of large-scale, Kirkpatrick Sale’s Human Scale addresses how large our societies realistically need to be (spoiler alert: not that large.))
Granted, the vast majority of examples are preindustrial indigenous tribes (if memory serves, the Inuit and the Pygmies in particular were almost purely anarchic) but those are indeed are one stable model of stateless societies. In practice in the real and depressing world we have now, I think the best we’ll do in the forseeable future (and like, best case scenario, this is by no means a certain development) would be like, interconnected networks of city-states. Accommodate the vast differences in political theories… by embracing all of them and letting everybody have their lil utopia.
Tbh I don’t really like Mikhail Bakunin or his strain of anarchism, but it’s nice to see references to left-wing ideologies other than just Marxism. A lot of people forget about Bakunin.
I mean, the vast majority of people also don’t know anything about Marx and Engels beyond their names. I’d wager that in the west you’re more likely to meet people who think communism is when everyone gets paid exactly the same and no one owns anything than who know better.
I do.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why communism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why fascism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why theocracy is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why anti-intellectualism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
There’s a pattern visible there. Now don’t get me wrong; fascism, theocracy, and anti-intellectualism are all bad in their own way, and I have little hope for communism (though I have even less hope for capitalism); but there is such a thing as bad but mostly harmless and that’s all those things without authority. Though fascism without authority doesn’t actually make sense.
Eh, i dont think a theocracy can be done peacefully. The only one currently going that doesn’t actively oppress the shit out of most of its own citizens exports it to their Muslim “neighbor” plus extra. And still oppresses the shit out of its own citizens from that “neighbor”. And colonized the land they’re current on anyway.
She was an alcoholic long before the medication. Maybe she’s really fine with it and it’s all under control now and she can drink responsibly, but that would be a really weird development to happen entirely off screen.
“It doesn’t interact with my medication, so it’s fine” is something an alcoholic would tell themselves, not reality.
Remember, Jason doesn’t care even slightly about the US’s puritan drinking laws; he was offering tequila to Walky before he even started a job where he routinely serves alcohol to people under the age of 35 or whatever it is. His instinct here is that Ruth should be making a power play to assert her dominance. Ruth’s instinct are that she doesn’t need to.
The sets of “regular orthogonal polygons” and “equilateral right quadrilaterals” can been shown to be equivalent, and so there is no need to declare one designation official over the other.
I can’t believe this. Look at Lucy, the little witch. Bein’ all happy and havin’ fun like she owns the place. Oh, how incredibly upset I am with her for this turn of events.
Listen, I agree that Jason has no leg to stand on re: authority, but about checking in he’s not wrong (if only to make sure everyone’s ok). Now, Ruth is also 100% correct to reject the tyrant roleplay.
I just had a hilarious idea: Ruth may be a little scared of Dina. Dina’s own fear is not very convincing, so what can a poor RA do to keep her in line? Indeed, she looks pretty much powerless in this situation where she should probably actually step in. How convenient then that a Dina party is definitely a snoozefeast playdate for babies that Ruth will never have to worry about getting out of hand.
I realise Jason being even more of a fecking brit than usual right now
who gives a shit if people are singing basic pop songs in their room with the door closed
This kind of behaviour is exactly why Jason had to leave England. This is barely a piss-up. There’s a lot to criticise about the drinking culture in the UK and particularly at uni, but treating a small get-together with friends like a problem is definitely not one of them.
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Ruth somehow still bad at her job.
Ruth being excellent at her job, for once.
Jason, on the other hand, can fuck off.
For a man who was illegally distributing alcohol for several months he sure can be a real narc.
Agree that she’s doing great here – but only because we know this crew and that they’re probably keeping things safe and sane (enough).
On the other hand, this has some real ‘seconds before disaster’ vibes.
If I had to make a bet, said disaster will probably involve Mary.
And said disaster would probably be averted if the RA openly went down to the apparent party, stuck her head in the door to ‘remind them to keep things quiet after 22:30’ or whatever, and let everyone who might snitch see that the authorities have everything under control.
A show of authority can have more than one audience.
Also Jason still sucks. “Show of authority?” Ruth’s an RA, not a cop going through a divorce that needs to feel big.
lol DoA’s Most Divorced Man, preview edition
Its not about making Ruth feel big its about making the others feel surveyed they don’t get alcohol poisoning. I lived in a substance free dorm and still had to get my RA to call the paramedics when one of my hallmates was so drunk I had to catch him midfall, lest he burst his head open on sink he just finished vomiting his guts out into.
She’s there being available in case someone needs to go get her. The kids still seem to be having some wholesome fun.
Poor boy, I hope he was OK! Good save.
Thanks. The paramedics took care of him and he was ok, just needed to sleep it off I think. I was just glad I heard him being sick in the bathroom, it felt nice to help somebody out.
Coming at this from a British perspective, most of the point of that sort of ‘show of authority’ isn’t to show who’s boss, it’s to show everyone else that there is a boss that is keeping an eye out in case of trouble. It’s not the time for the Second Most Divorced Man (after a certain social media and tax credits mogul) to go destroy a few futures, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea for the local village bobby to stick their head in the door, make sure that everyone’s OK and knows what to do if they become not-OK, and let everyone else see that The Powers That Be know what’s going on and have deemed it currently acceptable.
unless some higher up is around to make sure ruth’s still doing her job i imagine she wouldn’t rly need to check up on every ‘party’ esp since it’s not happening at midnight, tho i wouldn’t be surprised if something happens to where she would peek in as well
Remember that the stuff Ruth was doing wrong was mostly acting like Jason is suggesting she should.
She has no reason to suspect anything is wrong. The residents are allowed to have guests. She isn’t allowed to just barge into their room without reason.
Yeah, because Ruth was a bully who abused her power. But there is a difference between being an authoritarian asshole and showing concern and responsibility. I think the fact we know the party is safe skews our perspective. They are drinking and moments before the singing Sal and Asher may have started a conflict. Not really causes for concern now but there are levels of nuance in how Ruth executes her job between being lazy and ignoring things based on assumptions or being a blonde, Buzzkillington.
The fact we know they’re drinking also skews our perspective. She doesn’t know that and while it would be a common assumption in my college experience, she has no reason to expect if from those in this room – as she says.
ya, they’re hearing singing. In the reputedly “music major dorm”. It’d be more concerning if they inexplicably stopped mid song.
And Ruth has already done some checking, she knows whose room the party is in. And it’s still early enough in the night it’s not a problem.
I’d be more concerned with the grad student shacking up with an undergrad on her floor.
Meh. They’re both of legal age. Not more than a few years apart most likely.(Don’t think we’ve got age for Jason.) And no inappropriate power relationship between them, which makes this a step up for both of them.
Ruth’s a professional.
With a professional’s approach.
Professionals have standards.
Be polite (failed)
Be efficient (succeeded???)
Have a plan to kill everyone you meet (succeeded!)
Maybe you should distribute some once in a while, Ruth. Might be fun.
Let sleeping cans of worms lie.
“Let the voice of love, take you hiiiigher!!!!”
Just like church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1QUAbnscgI
Breakdown, breakdown!
Today I learned the word “cachet”!
It’s French!
I once entered a bad poetry contest in which I rhymed “cachet” with “Pratchett” and pretended to only notice the problem as I was reading it aloud.
Many of the best English words are French.
au contraire
French words have a certain je ne se quoi.
maudire!
sais
pourquoi tu voudrais dire une chose aussi étrange ?
Most of the roughest ones throughout though too
That’s what I thought.
This may be the most number of people responding positively to a ukulele song since Steven Universe.
Or they could be singing to drown it out.
Look toxic gossip train presumably doesn’t exist in universe. The ukulele is still just cringe and not entirely obliterated like the toothbrush mustache
This is so wholesome I’m so happy
Sarah seems to be standing very close to Jacob there, huh. Maybe not all is lost?
She’s behind him He’s watching Lucy.
Hmmm that is also a way to see this.
yeah, it’ll be good when she finds Jacob and Lucy making out.
For some definition of good.
My favorite pop song lyrics of all time! “Muffled, muffled, muffled, muffled, muffled”
I dunno, untz untz untz untz untz untz untz is up there too. xD
They’re both pretty good. Na nana na nah has it’s supporters as well.
Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and…
po co ci kapusta
(“what do you need the cabbage for” in Polish)
this should be the next DoA poll
I think my dad likes the song “Tequila!”. Or else “Mmh mmh mmh!” as he can’t actually remember its, shall we say, lyrics.
I like “Do wacka do wacka do wacka do wacka do wacka do.”
That’s what all vocals sound like to me until I read the lyrics while listening to the song. Going back and forth doesn’t work, it’s like the key to a puzzle in an adventure game.
Wow Jason changed up his look. He went from bowtie and sweater vests to anime protagonist jackets. What a shame.
I don’t care for this Jason fellow anyway, and “go wave your authority around” does not win him any points in my book, no sirree Bob. (For my book is by Mikhail Bakunin and authority is a political cancer yoked around humanity’s neck.)
Hey, now. As long as they don’t get out of hand, we need our minor nazis to keep the riff raff in check.
“As long as they don’t get out of hand” + “minor nazis” = I hope you see what is wrong here.
That’s like buying a “micropig” from a shady dude in a plateless pickup truck in the mall parking lot at night and expecting that micropig to stay small.
I agree with avoiding the actual Nazis, but I have serious doubts about any large scale efforts to make human society work without some form/level of authority.
tbf, I haven’t read Bakunin, but I have read Kropotkin, who comes out of the same strain of thought.
We could just try it, though. Couldn’t we?
How?
Oh, check out People Without Government by Harold Barclay – an anarchist survey of anthropology; there’ve been many such societies, and the author points out that not only do they not have one over-arching political authority, it typically doesn’t even OCCUR to them. (Speaking of large-scale, Kirkpatrick Sale’s Human Scale addresses how large our societies realistically need to be (spoiler alert: not that large.))
Granted, the vast majority of examples are preindustrial indigenous tribes (if memory serves, the Inuit and the Pygmies in particular were almost purely anarchic) but those are indeed are one stable model of stateless societies. In practice in the real and depressing world we have now, I think the best we’ll do in the forseeable future (and like, best case scenario, this is by no means a certain development) would be like, interconnected networks of city-states. Accommodate the vast differences in political theories… by embracing all of them and letting everybody have their lil utopia.
Tbh I don’t really like Mikhail Bakunin or his strain of anarchism, but it’s nice to see references to left-wing ideologies other than just Marxism. A lot of people forget about Bakunin.
To be fair, most people haven’t read enough of the literature to know much of anybody but Marx and Engels.
I mean, the vast majority of people also don’t know anything about Marx and Engels beyond their names. I’d wager that in the west you’re more likely to meet people who think communism is when everyone gets paid exactly the same and no one owns anything than who know better.
Some folks even forget about Engels.
Well, I got nothing against authority, quite the opposite, but Jason’s bloody awful at it
There is nothing assertive about walking up to every minor violation that may or may not be happening and assassinate the mood
That’s not going to raise your authority, people will just think you are a tool
I do.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why communism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why fascism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why theocracy is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
– Every regime that gets used as an example of why anti-intellectualism is horrible? Extremely authoritarian.
There’s a pattern visible there. Now don’t get me wrong; fascism, theocracy, and anti-intellectualism are all bad in their own way, and I have little hope for communism (though I have even less hope for capitalism); but there is such a thing as bad but mostly harmless and that’s all those things without authority. Though fascism without authority doesn’t actually make sense.
Maybe it’s the extreme part that’s the problem. It’s very often the case that a little bit of something is useful, while too much is disastrous.
Eh, i dont think a theocracy can be done peacefully. The only one currently going that doesn’t actively oppress the shit out of most of its own citizens exports it to their Muslim “neighbor” plus extra. And still oppresses the shit out of its own citizens from that “neighbor”. And colonized the land they’re current on anyway.
A lot of law & order talk for a guy with visa problems.
Doesn’t he have some sort of text to read for his grad school classes that he definitely goes to? Text in a book that’s still at Hooch Place.
Not a problem. It’s easily downloadable from a Chinese web site.
probably also best to keep Ruth far away from any alcohol.
But it would get her away from Jason, so its a toss up.
Actually I don’t think she stopped drinking. She met Jason while she was ordering a drink, right?
She has to be careful so drinks don’t mess with her medication.
IIRC she got different medication, so she can drink in moderation and at the same time doesn’t want to drink her life away.
She was an alcoholic long before the medication. Maybe she’s really fine with it and it’s all under control now and she can drink responsibly, but that would be a really weird development to happen entirely off screen.
“It doesn’t interact with my medication, so it’s fine” is something an alcoholic would tell themselves, not reality.
It’s under control until she has the first drink. So much as touching your old addiction is an extremely dangerous thing.
Kind of my point.
Though she has had a few drinks without completely spiraling. Most notably the date with Daisy where she came back home with Jason.
Let’s hope she can keep it under control. She is finally recovering
I like when good things happen 🙂
Now, see. You have to specify. Do you like it when good things happen to bad people?
Redemption is a good thing, right?
Just ask Rachel.
A free Lucy magnet for everybody (who pledges for snail-mailable stuff) Lucy.
And a preview panel Ruth.
That’s why this one feels familiar!
I really love the first panel, all the faces are sho good and I wish there was a full resolution version ^^
Lucy kicks ass!
NGPZ – I won’t swear this will work, but take a look at https://scontent-hou1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/453870088_8738957576121201_8597215638663943010_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=_OY4mxKa7WMQ7kNvgEM1SsJ&_nc_ht=scontent-hou1-1.xx&oh=00_AYAB5AJOelJmTiJwMbsRmQLr2rwnq1LTdOPP7k5M-X0xWw&oe=66B37A35
I actually asked Willis for this on Twitter, and he showed up ala Shenron and be like
Your wish has been granted!!!
https://x.com/damnyouwillis/status/1819751251174678574
YIPPEE!!!! ^^ <3
Excellent!
“Whatever… now get back in here, close the door and strip…”
… I imagine Ruth would enjoy christening cool kids.
That involves hitting them with a bottle of wine until the bottle shatters, right?
I mean, all of Forest thought Billifer was cool because of Ruth, so….
Is this a record for the number of tags in a single comic?
Answering my own question: No, it’s not.
Nope. I’m not sure this one was the record, either, but it’s closer.
I would have guessed the rooftop scene before the time-skip, but you may well be right.
That was 15. So is this one.
Are there any out there that are 16+? (aka, Driving of Age?)
Jason has good instincts. Maybe they’re bad usually, but in this case it works out.
Remember, Jason doesn’t care even slightly about the US’s puritan drinking laws; he was offering tequila to Walky before he even started a job where he routinely serves alcohol to people under the age of 35 or whatever it is. His instinct here is that Ruth should be making a power play to assert her dominance. Ruth’s instinct are that she doesn’t need to.
God, Jason, you’re a square.
He’s a math major. So that’s “regular orthogonal polygon” to you.
Is that what we’re calling equilateral right quadrilaterals now?
The sets of “regular orthogonal polygons” and “equilateral right quadrilaterals” can been shown to be equivalent, and so there is no need to declare one designation official over the other.
if you say so, Euclid.
It’s hip to be square.
[ Synth brass and heavy drums intensify ]
Ruth’s right. It’s a Lucy, Becky and Dina party. It’ll be fine. Just tell them to turn down the volume once quiet hours hit.
Ruth later on finding out there was booze:
😐
I love Lucy [cue intro]
I can’t believe this. Look at Lucy, the little witch. Bein’ all happy and havin’ fun like she owns the place. Oh, how incredibly upset I am with her for this turn of events.
And you should be. Next thing you know she’ll be organizing sing alongs.
Oh, wait.
It is too late to stop her scheme. Diabolical!
This is gonna be so good for Danny’s self esteem
Lucy walking away from something she wanted and thriving immediately (and probably netting a six foot gentle giant in the process) rules.
awwww
I enjoy that Sarah’s expression is mostly hidden to not ruin the mood, but is also dotted like she’s just in a state of “what”.
I really want this party to end on a wholesome note. I want these characters to go to bed happy for once.
Remember, Jason, Ruth didn’t want this job. That’s on her evil grandpa
Can someone stuff him in a locker somewhere? He is threatening the Good Times
He’ll do it himself sooner or later
This is my locker! It was made for me!
It’s me-sized!
Listen, I agree that Jason has no leg to stand on re: authority, but about checking in he’s not wrong (if only to make sure everyone’s ok). Now, Ruth is also 100% correct to reject the tyrant roleplay.
He can go and check in, he’s just some dude. If Ruth checks in, she has to do something about it.
I just had a hilarious idea: Ruth may be a little scared of Dina. Dina’s own fear is not very convincing, so what can a poor RA do to keep her in line? Indeed, she looks pretty much powerless in this situation where she should probably actually step in. How convenient then that a Dina party is definitely a snoozefeast playdate for babies that Ruth will never have to worry about getting out of hand.
I realise Jason being even more of a fecking brit than usual right now
who gives a shit if people are singing basic pop songs in their room with the door closed
Ruth has not gotten the F-in memo.
This kind of behaviour is exactly why Jason had to leave England. This is barely a piss-up. There’s a lot to criticise about the drinking culture in the UK and particularly at uni, but treating a small get-together with friends like a problem is definitely not one of them.
And to be clear, he doesn’t even know they’re drinking. They’re literally just singing and having a good time as far as he knows.
Jesus, finally Lucy’s winning.
There’s hope for all of us. *holding tears smilling face*
Dina and Becky have come out from behind the giant dino plushie.
Ruth my goat frfr