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Newspaper assignment

by David M Willis on December 1, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – The One Where Jocelyne Returns
└ Tags: dorothy, jennifer

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  1. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    December 1, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    So she apparently has some kind of real lead now? XD

    Now the million dollar question is, who does she think Amazi-Girl is this time?

    A. Sal
    B. Amber
    C. Joyce
    D. None of the above

    *plays “Voting Bed” from The Weakest Link on hacked muzak*

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      December 1, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

      Well, the most obvious person is . . . Dina! DUN DUN DUNNNNN!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 1, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

        Is Amazing? Check.

        Is Girl? Check.

        It’s a compelling argument.

        • Ed Rhodes
          Ed Rhodes
          December 3, 2024 at 10:20 pm | #

          Maybe, but Dina is so very VERY amazing, she doesn’t NEED another identity to show it!

    • Raven
      Raven
      December 1, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      Well it can’t be Sal unless Billy thinks Amazigirl is fighting crime in a wig (which, having cosplayed in a wig, seems inadvisable)

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 1, 2024 at 12:38 am | #

        Spinnerette fights crime in a mask/wig combination…

        • Amy
          Amy
          December 1, 2024 at 12:58 am | #

          As I recall, Babs/Batgirl also has fought crime in a wig.

          • deliverything
            deliverything
            December 1, 2024 at 4:08 am | #

            How did the crime get in the wig?

            • jflb96
              jflb96
              December 1, 2024 at 5:41 am | #

              Neocolonialism

              • clif
                clif
                December 1, 2024 at 9:10 am | #

                I didn’t know Sal was a neocolonist.

            • Michael Steamweed
              Michael Steamweed
              December 1, 2024 at 7:26 am | #

              Be gay. Do crimes. In a wig.

          • Matthew Davis
            Matthew Davis
            December 1, 2024 at 6:49 am | #

            I don’t recall if Barbara has (at least in current continuity) but Kate Kane as Batwoman definitely has. She cuts her hair short and wears a wig.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            December 1, 2024 at 9:06 am | #

            Black Canary used to wear a blonde wig.

        • Kazuma Taichi
          Kazuma Taichi
          December 1, 2024 at 11:16 am | #

          that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while

    • Jay
      Jay
      December 1, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      I thought she thought AG was sal and we knew that?

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        December 1, 2024 at 5:45 am | #

        Wasn’t it Billie who told Danny Sal was AG?

        • Effie
          Effie
          December 2, 2024 at 7:04 pm | #

          Billie’s been told before. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/whatnow/

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      December 1, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

      Carla (skates, batman-level financing)

      • DJTsurugi
        DJTsurugi
        December 1, 2024 at 4:25 am | #

        Carla would be too good at being Amazigirl though, AG doesn’t get enough solved… also AG has Wolveriene height issues. ~<3

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          December 1, 2024 at 10:28 am | #

          Carla would be easy to spot. On rollerblades

          • DJTsurugi
            DJTsurugi
            December 1, 2024 at 10:56 am | #

            that just makes the deception more awesome. ~<3

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        December 1, 2024 at 7:27 am | #

        Where does she get all those wonderful toys?

        • clif
          clif
          December 1, 2024 at 9:11 am | #

          From Sarah, who gets them from her grandmother.

    • butting
      butting
      December 1, 2024 at 12:58 am | #

      E. Joyce Lynne

      Her well-connected snooping is paying off big time.

    • Seralyna
      Seralyna
      December 1, 2024 at 1:19 am | #

      She has consitently believed that amazi-girl is sal, and has never had any reason to doubt it, other than people outright telling her that it isn’t true. She’s never seen proof one way or another, and believes she has concrete proof that it’s sal.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 1, 2024 at 1:23 am | #

      Honestly I’m gonna put money on Dorothy.

    • Nono
      Nono
      December 1, 2024 at 2:08 am | #

      Someone they both know? It’s obvious.

      It’s Joe.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        December 1, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

        It’s Danny.

        • OBBWG
          OBBWG
          December 1, 2024 at 11:21 am | #

          It’s Faz.

    • Lena
      Lena
      December 1, 2024 at 7:08 am | #

      Historically she thought it was Sal, but I’m putting my bets on her thinking Dorothy is Amazi girl now.

      • Buck Ripsnort
        Buck Ripsnort
        December 1, 2024 at 8:55 am | #

        Was just about to say– the foreshadowing couldn’t be more obvious.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 1, 2024 at 7:42 am | #

      It’s got to be Red Herring.

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        December 1, 2024 at 10:59 am | #

        He would have gotten away with it, too.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 1, 2024 at 2:36 pm | #

      “Look, the clues all add up. Amazi-Girl is a superhero. I’m a crusading reporter in glasses. Clearly I’m Amazi-Girl!”

      • Morleuca
        Morleuca
        December 1, 2024 at 6:02 pm | #

        or Lois Lane

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 1, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    ok, it’s a little obvious that’s not Amazi-Girl

    unless Jennifer has a clue we don’t know about

    • DJTsurugi
      DJTsurugi
      December 1, 2024 at 4:24 am | #

      doesn’t she still think it’s Dorothy? ~<3

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 1, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Sal has some explaining to do.

  4. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 1, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    Yep, it’s Sal !

  5. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    December 1, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    also, unrelated, but woe is us. It’s december now. Mariah Carey is free. She coming.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      December 1, 2024 at 1:18 am | #

      The radio station where I work started flavouring it’s usual playlist with Christmas songs 19 days ago. One American thing I’d love over here in Britain is Thanksgiving, if only to hold back the Christmas tide for just a little bit.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        December 1, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

        Weused to have Advent….

      • Matthew Davis
        Matthew Davis
        December 1, 2024 at 6:58 am | #

        I am in Canada this year and after Halloween it was just relentless.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 1, 2024 at 8:42 am | #

          Two months of Halloween and nobody bats an eye.

          Two months of Christmas and everyone loses their minds.

          • Mark
            Mark
            December 1, 2024 at 9:15 am | #

            There’s nothing for Hallowe’en to intrude into, way back to Labor Day which is pretty low-key. But starting at the end of October there’s a pile-up of big-spending holidays (so the stores hype them until the juice is all squeezed out, and beyond).

            Then in winter, just when we need something to get excited about, there’s nearly nothing for months. We need to redistribute some holidays for more even wear. Maybe in an era of such abundance we should move Thanksgiving to 01-March when we need to be reminded that we have things to be thankful for.

            There’s Valentine’s Day, but that’s quiet and personal no matter how many ad.s insist that you really need to buy your brand-new SO a Lamborghini.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              December 1, 2024 at 5:51 pm | #

              No, it’s a diamond bauble the price of a Lambo for Singles Shaming Day

      • Mark
        Mark
        December 1, 2024 at 9:17 am | #

        They can play wall-to-wall Christmas music if they must, but I refuse to hear it until after Beethoven’s Birthday.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          December 1, 2024 at 10:27 am | #

          Did Beethoven have his picture on a bubble gum card? How can you say someone’s so great if they didn’t get their picture on a bubble gum card?

      • Just_IDD
        Just_IDD
        December 1, 2024 at 1:54 pm | #

        If only that worked in the US. I saw Christmas decorations November 1st. Can wevput forward legislation that holiday music can’t be played more than 30:days before the holiday with a 60 day blackout preceding that to have proper separations of holidaies.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        December 1, 2024 at 2:41 pm | #

        “IIIIT’S CHRIIIISTMAAAS!” No, Noddy, it really isn’t.

        On the plus side, given that I seem to be playing Whamageddon whether I want to or not, because someone told me about it and now it’s in my head, the sooner Christmas music starts, the sooner I can say “Okay, I’ve lost” and stop thinking about it.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      December 1, 2024 at 1:57 am | #

      Sorry, Mariah Season begins on Nov 1st, and this is in fact the third year in a row of this phenomenon. She has been rampant for a month this year already. Please enjoy the video memes she released on Nov 1st for each of the years in question.
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl1xPlPce3I
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgbO9vuehI
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpSdD63j7Y4

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        December 1, 2024 at 1:58 am | #

        COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS THAT I DID NOT HIDE A RICKROLL AMONG THEM.

        • Shadowsnail
          Shadowsnail
          December 1, 2024 at 11:06 am | #

          WHAT WOULD IT REQUIRE TO HAVE MARIAH SING NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP?

      • Max
        Max
        December 1, 2024 at 2:11 am | #

        It’s actually 5 years. Here’s the whole shebang. Watch at your own risk.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T19C7Qc984

        • Hoboturtle
          Hoboturtle
          December 1, 2024 at 6:30 am | #

          You missed one brah
          https://youtu.be/xvFZjo5PgG0?si=CsfCB7KHx5g3Wkml

          • clif
            clif
            December 1, 2024 at 9:38 am | #

            You know, I’m just going to assume that both of those are Rickrolls and go on with my life.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      December 1, 2024 at 7:36 am | #

      The form of the Destructor has been chosen!

  6. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    December 1, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    “We need more pictures of Spider-Man Amazi-Girl!”

  7. Suet
    Suet
    December 1, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    “You know it was me all along”

    Maybe Dorothy wants to become Amazi-Girl?

    • Buck Ripsnort
      Buck Ripsnort
      December 1, 2024 at 8:57 am | #

      Doesn’t everybody, deep inside?

      Maybe Amazi-Girl was the friends we made along the way!

  8. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    December 1, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    clearly it’s ninja rick

    it was always ninja rick

  9. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 1, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    Other Rachel. Her appearance from the elevator was foreshadowing.

    • clif
      clif
      December 1, 2024 at 9:40 am | #

      Chekhov’s Rachel. I like it.

  10. Florence
    Florence
    December 1, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    And here I thought the storyline was only about Dorothy getting out of the closet

  11. Yumi
    Yumi
    December 1, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    Somehow, Jennifer ends up comparing a picture of AG’s boobs to a picture of Sal’s boobs, and this is the only thing that convinces her that Sal is not AG.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      December 1, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

      Stuffed bra, clearly 😛

    • mindbleach
      mindbleach
      December 1, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

      I was about to say she thinks it’s Dorothy, but given the previous comic, you’re right, she’s disqualified.

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      December 1, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      She shows a stealthy photo of Sal to Daisy who immediately identifies their two different bra sizes

    • Dday
      Dday
      December 1, 2024 at 12:29 am | #

      Jen just fuming over a Pepe Silvia board covered with everyone’s titty pics.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      December 1, 2024 at 1:59 am | #

      That, or Sal has an inflatable chest.

      I’m pretty sure Sal has an inflatable chest.

      … at least, until her smoking manages to murder her lungs.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 1, 2024 at 5:56 pm | #

      Until someone points out AG is many skin tones lighter than Sal. And no makeup rubs off of her in fights. And that Sal and AG have been seen fighting the same people together.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        December 1, 2024 at 8:09 pm | #

        The skin tone thing was already pointed out to Jennifer. She ignored it.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 1, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    GOD I need the laugh I get whenever I remember Jennifer thinks Sal is AG.

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 1, 2024 at 9:20 am | #

      That’s what she wants us to think. She’s just deflecting suspicion.

      Actually Jennifer is AmaziGirl.

      • clif
        clif
        December 1, 2024 at 9:43 am | #

        Impossible. It’s well known that Jennifer is Mike.

  13. Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    December 1, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    Hey 1 out of 2, not bad for Jennifer perception standards.

  14. Davus
    Davus
    December 1, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

    Wait, didn’t Jennifer learn who Amazi was?

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      December 1, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

      Nope but she think she did.

    • Radiance
      Radiance
      December 1, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

      Jennifer has managed not to learn who AG really is despite being told who AG really is. She’s impressive like that.

      • Alongcameaspider
        Alongcameaspider
        December 1, 2024 at 3:29 am | #

        I am like 75% sure Amazigirl could show up, do a bunch of crazy strong and acrobatic stuff so there’s no doubt that it’s really her, then take off her mask in front of her, and Jennifer would still somehow not realize who AG is

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 1, 2024 at 1:23 am | #

      Evidently not!

  15. Proxiehunter
    Proxiehunter
    December 1, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

    One of them knows who it is but silly Dorothy thinks it’s Amber.

  16. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    December 1, 2024 at 12:38 am | #

    Didn’t Jennifer literally see Amber playing Amazi-Girl, and say “nope”?

    Yep. Halloween:
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/doesnt/

  17. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    December 1, 2024 at 12:54 am | #

    This time Jennifer thinks it’s herself suffering dissociative episodes. This does not line up in any way with observable reality but is still her best theory

  18. Jo_cubstar
    Jo_cubstar
    December 1, 2024 at 12:59 am | #

    Lol she still thimks it’s sal, doesn’t she lol

  19. Jammy
    Jammy
    December 1, 2024 at 1:01 am | #

    Jennifer’s ego is large enough where she might think she’s secretly Amazi-girl as her own second personality.

  20. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    December 1, 2024 at 1:26 am | #

    She 100% still thinks it’s Sal.

  21. Archieve
    Archieve
    December 1, 2024 at 2:20 am | #

    Jennifer…is never going to be a good journalist is she…

    • AeromechanicalAce
      AeromechanicalAce
      December 1, 2024 at 2:35 am | #

      It’s more likely than her learning to be a good Girlfriend.

      • Archieve
        Archieve
        December 1, 2024 at 3:10 am | #

        I dunno she sometimes makes attempts to be good in the girlfriend category (before regressing), not so much with her chosen field.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 1, 2024 at 8:26 am | #

      I can see her delivering a news package with a voiceover that’s unequivocally debunked by its accompanying video.

    • clif
      clif
      December 1, 2024 at 9:49 am | #

      Being a good journalist was never a requirement. Jennifer may well become a successful journalist.

    • DashWallkick
      DashWallkick
      December 1, 2024 at 11:02 am | #

      She’s not going to be a good anything until she stops drowning herself in totally unearned confidence.

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        December 1, 2024 at 6:52 pm | #

        I don’t know, that and having a lot of money seem to be able to get you up to the presidency.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          December 1, 2024 at 6:56 pm | #

          Not if you’re a woman. Especially if you’re not white.

  22. Dean
    Dean
    December 1, 2024 at 2:44 am | #

    Dorothy in panel 5: oh right, we’re still doing this.

  23. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    December 1, 2024 at 3:09 am | #

    I mean… Sal WAS there.

  24. Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    December 1, 2024 at 3:11 am | #

    How did you ever hoped to be a politician when you are do bad at denying accusations Dotty?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 1, 2024 at 8:28 am | #

      Step 1: Go to college.
      Step 2: ?????
      Step 3: Profit Become President and solve everyone’s problems.

      Simple!

      • Charles Phipps
        Charles Phipps
        December 1, 2024 at 10:17 am | #

        At the risk of being RL, Dorothy seems like someone who comes from a very pre-2016 world of expectations as to how one becomes President.

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          December 1, 2024 at 1:00 pm | #

          One might even say a 2010 world of expectations.

  25. Acher4
    Acher4
    December 1, 2024 at 3:24 am | #

    She still doesn’t know? 😛

  26. AGV/Ruby
    AGV/Ruby
    December 1, 2024 at 3:39 am | #

    “You mean Santa?”

  27. staszu13
    staszu13
    December 1, 2024 at 7:32 am | #

    Ok this can only mean:
    1. Jennifer really does know, and says the name of Amber O’Malley or
    2. Jennifer is wrong again and the gag is extended indefinitely

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      December 1, 2024 at 11:18 am | #

      She figures out that it’s Amber and then Walky sets up an elaborate plan to have Amber and AG appear at the same time. Not because the secret needs to be kept, just to mess with Jennifer. Of course, the fake AG kisses either Daisy or Jennifer because that’s just in the rules.

      • mindbleach
        mindbleach
        December 1, 2024 at 11:41 am | #

        Walky recruits Sierra.

        Somehow this works.

        Possibly, in large part, because Daisy’s libido overrides reality. She is the vibe of heaven.

  28. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    December 1, 2024 at 7:41 am | #

    Sal’s not here, man.

  29. Yeet
    Yeet
    December 1, 2024 at 7:56 am | #

    well jennifer’s right about one of these things
    new personal best?

  30. Pergola
    Pergola
    December 1, 2024 at 8:55 am | #

    Wait, has Sal ever been seen at Maxwell Hall?

    • clif
      clif
      December 1, 2024 at 9:18 am | #

      Daisy clearly had a report of it.

  31. AdamJ
    AdamJ
    December 1, 2024 at 9:39 am | #

    Didn’t Walky flat out tell Jennifer that Amber = Amizi-Girl after the kidnapping? I could have sworn they had a whole conversation about it.

    • clif
      clif
      December 1, 2024 at 10:01 am | #

      Pfft. Walky never gets anything right.

      Sal rides a motorcycle, climbs buildings and can handle herself in a fight.
      Amber spends all her time playing video games and the one time she was cornered by someone violent she panicked and sliced him to small pieces with a knife (or a phone – reports vary) whereas Amazigirl never uses weapons. Clearly the wrong M.O.

      It’s got to be Sal.

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        December 1, 2024 at 11:21 am | #

        It was a RAZR phone.

    • AdamJ
      AdamJ
      December 1, 2024 at 11:30 am | #

      Looked it up, for the record

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/whatnow/

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        December 1, 2024 at 6:50 pm | #

        And as you see she immediately dismissed it.

  32. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 1, 2024 at 10:11 am | #

    You know what I just realized. Why doesn’t Daisy already know who Amazi-girl is? Didn’t Amber reveal herself on the local news? For that matter wasn’t the kidnapping itself rather high profile at least at the local level? Daisy is assumedly a credible/competent journalist to be in charge of the school paper right? Is Daisy just too horny to pay even the slightest attention to local current events? I kinda feel bad for Jen now.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      December 1, 2024 at 1:14 pm | #

      No. Amber didn’t reveal herself on the news. The kidnapping itself was high profile, but they worked out a cover story for her identity

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/whatnow/

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 1, 2024 at 1:26 pm | #

        I did misremember some things. I knew Walky told Jen but I forgot they apparently lied to the news about it thanks.

        Also I know this doesn’t matter, but I like adding to the trend of saying I accidentally flagged your comment when it takes more than a few slip ups to actually register. Sorry for that.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      December 1, 2024 at 1:22 pm | #

      I think I’ve misremembered some of this. Rereading it and the incident was reported and Becky announced it on social media. While Amber did reveal herself in public, it’s unclear how many were around to see it. Still kinda feels like this should take the least amount of mental effort to discover who AG is. We can decide if this reflects worse on Daisy or Jen’s level of awareness.

  33. Adept
    Adept
    December 1, 2024 at 10:11 am | #

    Clearly Amazigirl is the slender brown skinned girl with long black hair and a motorcycle, rather than a short and curvy white chick.

    • clif
      clif
      December 1, 2024 at 11:59 pm | #

      Now you’re getting it.

  34. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    December 1, 2024 at 10:16 am | #

    Jennifer thinks it’s DOROTHY.

  35. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 1, 2024 at 11:28 am | #

    She still thinks AG is Sal, doesn’t she? Or maybe throw a curveball and say she has a new lead, like Other Rachel.

  36. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 1, 2024 at 11:48 am | #

    Billie Jennifer thinks Dorothy is Amazi-girl. Look at the 2nd pannel.

  37. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    December 1, 2024 at 1:29 pm | #

    AG is one of the rarely/never seen other girls on the floor. Siobhan storyline incoming.

  38. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 1, 2024 at 2:43 pm | #

    Let’s hope this will be the arc where Jennifer finally wake up.

  39. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    December 1, 2024 at 4:27 pm | #

    And after unmasking Amazi-Girl, Jennifer is going to reveal Infowars is not real news! Get with the times, Miss Journalism Major

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      December 1, 2024 at 4:39 pm | #

      I mean, what exactly is the story here? Someone “wearing an Amazi-Girl style outfit” was seen standing on a roof? This is news? It’s not like you can connect this individual to the violent vigilante that was running around six months back or anything – her weirdly effective disguise does have the effect of deniability. Jennifer trying to look like a serious journalist in the last panel immediately puts this in like, top ten annoying moments from her.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        December 1, 2024 at 5:01 pm | #

        Under late capitalism, it seems real news is an increasingly scarce commodity 0-0

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        December 1, 2024 at 6:47 pm | #

        It is real news for a college newspaper.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 1, 2024 at 7:12 pm | #

        If that’s all you’ve got, then it’s not much of a story. If your reporter can actually talk to her and find if she’s at least claiming to be the same person and why she vanished and if she’s going to be active again, then you’ve got an actual story. At least for the college audience that would care about a local superhero.

        Mostly of course, it’s catering to Daisy’s fetish. If AG is back, she wants pictures. (For the newspaper, really.)

  40. MutantSentry
    MutantSentry
    December 1, 2024 at 5:05 pm | #

    Jennifer is living with some hardcore reality blindness about AG

  41. Zamperla
    Zamperla
    December 1, 2024 at 9:01 pm | #

    I always think its interesting that Jennifers fixation on Sal being Amazi-Girl has like. Two interesting main facets. One is that she Has Decided She’s Right, and she’s incredibly bad at ever backing down from Being Right. She has confidence that rockets her right off cliffs.

    And on the other hand: I do always feel like some part of it is her attraction to Sal. Sal is cool- genuinely effortlessly ‘Cool’. She was also put at a remove during their high school years. She smokes, she has a leather jacket. Where Jennifers high school cheerleader cred gets her nothing at college, Sal is still Sal. I feel like to her she just kind of went ‘well shes the only person I know who COULD be That Cool’, you know?

    I think if someone told her to her face Amber was Amazi-Girl she’d laugh it off.

    • clif
      clif
      December 2, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

      Someone did tell her to her face, but it was Walky and here we are.

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