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by David M Willis on August 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Yesterday Was Thursday
└ Tags: amber, jennifer, ruth, sal

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  1. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    August 12, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    Ruth is pissed.

    • andrew
      andrew
      August 12, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

      to be fair i hear someone broke into her room and stole her beer and a shirt

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        August 12, 2011 at 4:41 am | #

        And took photos of her sleeping.

        • Angelicfiend
          Angelicfiend
          August 14, 2011 at 12:50 am | #

          to be fair, she did wrongly steal the shirt first

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 12, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    What’s THAT face, Amber?

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      August 12, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

      They are walking toward the dragons lair. Not the fun one, the dangerous one full of agony, pain and permanent psychological scars.

      • Daeva
        Daeva
        August 12, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        I thought that WAS the fun one.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 12, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      Arousal?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 12, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

        No, more like” Oh damn it! Looks like it’s a job fro Amazi Girl. Now where is she?”

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 12, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

          Maybe Amazi Girl IS considering Sal as her new sidekick.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 12, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

          Damn it. It’s “for” not “fro”.

          • Daeva
            Daeva
            August 12, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

            Though now I can’t stop picturing Amazi Girl with a sweet ‘fro.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      August 12, 2011 at 1:12 am | #

      “Dammit, you’re not supposed to be my Lois.”

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      August 12, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

      Looks like Amber is smitten with Sal. PSL time!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 12, 2011 at 9:06 am | #

        Amber is disappointed that Sal’s hair is preventing her from being able to check out Sal’s ass

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          August 12, 2011 at 12:37 pm | #

          Or Amber is dreaming how nice it would be if Sal was clothed only in that long hair.

          • Canvas Hat
            Canvas Hat
            August 14, 2011 at 1:46 am | #

            Which isn’t unusual, is it?

    • tom
      tom
      August 12, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

      Amber sees her archnemesis?

      • Ess
        Ess
        March 22, 2014 at 6:58 pm | #

        3 years later, well…

    • buttsbutts mcgee
      buttsbutts mcgee
      August 12, 2011 at 8:44 pm | #

      Billie’s been assigned to the Amazi-Girl story. Why that would concern Amber, I have NO IDEA, but it must factor in somehow.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        August 13, 2011 at 11:13 am | #

        Because Amber’s car IS Amazi-girl!

    • Geminia999
      Geminia999
      August 28, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Apparently Foreshadowing

      • dranorter
        dranorter
        August 28, 2013 at 5:52 am | #

        TIME TRAVELER

    • AdinaLaura
      AdinaLaura
      December 22, 2013 at 3:16 pm | #

      And after seeing the flashback comic where Amber first meets Sal… it all makes sense now.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 12, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Margaret was a lot prissier.

  4. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    August 12, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    i imagine ruth going off like a volcano at both of them, for calling her those. it will also have people flocking to her like Joyce when we discovered our PSL for her…just different reason, this time

  5. MM
    MM
    August 12, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Great. Now I’m picturing Mike in the striped shirt and overalls.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 12, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      And some unlucky schmuck as Mr Wilson.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 12, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

        *is picturing Joyce as Mrs Mitchell*

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 12, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

          Who’s Mr Mitchell, then?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 12, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

            That is why Joyce is in college, she wants to find her ‘Mr Mitchell’.

      • Vivvav
        Vivvav
        August 12, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

        Galasso would be the greatest Mr. Wilson.

        • calendarman27
          calendarman27
          August 12, 2011 at 8:07 am | #

          Galasso mr wilson- “that boy is a menace, I shall smite him ‘neath the heel of my boot and mount his severed head in my garden, so swears galass- er, um, I mean mr wilson

    • Zaratustra
      Zaratustra
      August 12, 2011 at 7:58 am | #

      Dennis the Menace -did- originally have a perpetual scowl…

  6. Punchinello Van Vandervan
    Punchinello Van Vandervan
    August 12, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    I lie the “Margaret” analogy. I think it kinda fits.
    Ruth is a pretty big pain in the ass.

  7. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    August 12, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Ruth/Sal OTP!

    I can imagine that both of them would at least enjoy fracturing Billie’s fragile psyche, anyway.

  8. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 12, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

    Sal would make a great Gina.

  9. Kurai_Seraphim
    Kurai_Seraphim
    August 12, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Amber does not approve of Sal. The plot thickens.

  10. Anon
    Anon
    August 12, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    What’s with Amber? And damn, is Ruth’s facial expression switch broken on ANGRY?

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      August 12, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      As she’s going down the hall in the opposite direction, she knows that Ruth is there as well, and likely wouldn’t take kindly to Billie bad-mouthing her.

      Sort of a ‘she’s right behind you’ situation.

  11. Daeva
    Daeva
    August 12, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

    Just keep walking Amber, just keep walking.

    Were you someone with the ability to pull others out of a dangerous situation and leap away into the shadows of anonymity like Amazigirl, you might be able to do something about this situation.

    But as the notion of you being Amazigirl is nothing short of absurd, you, as a bystanding citizen, should hasten your escape from the powder-keg that’s about to go off.

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 12, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Ruth wants her beer back, Billie.

    • Thor
      Thor
      August 12, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

      Billie’s used the beer. I don’t think she wants it back now.

      Then again, people have the darnedest kinks.

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        August 12, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

        Thor writes: “Then again, people have the darnedest kinks.”

        Agreed.

        Secondly, I really don’t want to know the details.

  13. Kirby
    Kirby
    August 12, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

    Hm… Ruth vs. Sal smackdown! Taking all bets, taking all bets!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 12, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      Ruth vs Billie and Sal handicap match. Ruth’s odds seems to be 50-50 to me.

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        August 12, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

        Don’t call Billie that!

        She knows she’s a handicap to Sal, she doesn’t need to be reminded of it.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 12, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

          No, a handicap match is when one person had to fight a team of two or three.

          • Kirby
            Kirby
            August 12, 2011 at 4:29 pm | #

            I know that. ^^

            I was using the other meaning of the word. 😛

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              August 13, 2011 at 11:14 am | #

              It’s a FANSERVICE FREE-FOR-ALL!!

      • lord of dance
        lord of dance
        August 12, 2011 at 12:56 am | #

        i dunno… sal may not be as bad-assed as she was in the other verse, but anyone who climes in an out of a 4th story window just cuz it reminds her of the good old days is not one to be trifled with

        • Pulse5
          Pulse5
          August 12, 2011 at 8:25 pm | #

          Then again, she was sent to the boarding school because she held up some corner stores.

          • gangler
            gangler
            August 13, 2011 at 2:56 am | #

            “What’s your power?”

            “A poor upbringing”

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 13, 2011 at 10:30 pm | #

              That’s the power that every Emo claims to have, thus excusing their emoness.

              • gangler
                gangler
                August 14, 2011 at 4:32 am | #

                I don’t know much about that kind of stuff, but I think we might be talking about different kinds of poor upbringing.

                Here’s what I’m quoting.

                http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv60/gangler52/poorupbringing.jpg

              • Aizat
                Aizat
                August 14, 2011 at 6:09 am | #

                Not all of them have a poor upbringing.

        • Pulse5
          Pulse5
          August 12, 2011 at 8:45 pm | #

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/news/

  14. gangler
    gangler
    August 12, 2011 at 12:17 am | #

    So we couldn’t see Ruth because she was off panel, but why couldn’t Billie see her?

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      August 12, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      Because Ruth can teleport like Jason Vorhees.

    • Daeva
      Daeva
      August 12, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      Because she saved Otacon on her first playthrough.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 12, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

        Ruth is an Assassin.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          August 12, 2011 at 12:32 pm | #

          So that makes Sal a Templar?

          • Pulse5
            Pulse5
            August 12, 2011 at 8:46 pm | #

            Nah, it’s the other way around. Assassin’s don’t treat people like she does.

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              August 13, 2011 at 12:38 am | #

              She’s a rogue Assassin?

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              August 13, 2011 at 11:15 am | #

              Yeah, they just stab people in the eyeholes.

    • Kirby
      Kirby
      August 12, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

      And for a real answer to your question, she was probably paying more attention to Sal to see that she didn’t vanish when she wasn’t looking.

      And Sal probably did, but has no idea what Ruth looks like.

      • gangler
        gangler
        August 12, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

        Still, by the time Billie was making “R.A. Monster” remarks Ruth must have been, what, a foot and a half away? Exactly how much attention was she paying to Sal?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 12, 2011 at 2:24 am | #

          Too much it seems.

          • Undrave
            Undrave
            August 12, 2011 at 2:30 am | #

            That’s what happen when you got PSL for your roomate!

            • JBO
              JBO
              August 12, 2011 at 8:10 am | #

              Even PSl is no excuse for not hearing the freaking Jaws theme when Jaws is like one meter away from you.

        • artemi
          artemi
          August 12, 2011 at 5:39 am | #

          Maybe there was, like, a corner? You know, in the third panel, where there specifically is no background?

          • gangler
            gangler
            August 13, 2011 at 3:00 am | #

            Billie has PSL for the corner.

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      August 12, 2011 at 8:51 pm | #

      Was Billie glaring at Amber in the panel right before Ruth popped up? I think that is why she missed her.

  15. Cholma
    Cholma
    August 12, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

    Amber’s in shock of Sal’s hair. Sal’s glorious, long, sexy, hair.

  16. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    August 12, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

    Amazigirl sense… Tingling.
    Rival superhero in vicinity…
    Requisit Superhero Fight Over Trivial Misunderstanding incoming… Must get into costume!

    • Eric Burns-White
      Eric Burns-White
      August 12, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

      Rival Super hero?

      Amazigirl has just seen the civilian identity of her lifelong nemesis, destined to battle her throughout the ages.

      • gangler
        gangler
        August 12, 2011 at 1:46 am | #

        Ruth enforces the law with extreme prejudice using means beyond what should be justifiable. That counts. Definite antihero, and you know how those get along with the paragon heroes. They’re always fighting eachother over their differences before being forced to begrudgingly work together for a common goal that neither could accomplish using their methods individually.

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 12, 2011 at 5:02 am | #

          So basically, Ruth is Judge Dredd?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 12, 2011 at 5:51 am | #

            More like Judge Death only prettier.

            • gangler
              gangler
              August 13, 2011 at 9:00 am | #

              A sexy Judoon of sorts.

  17. NF
    NF
    August 12, 2011 at 12:53 am | #

    Maybe this was all just an elaborate ploy by Ruth to bring Sal out into the open. Sort of like the plot of Entrapment but with floor meetings instead of art heists.

    • Kaci
      Kaci
      August 12, 2011 at 7:07 am | #

      Even if it isn’t, she needs to apologize for not believing in Sal’s sneaky-ness. Cause, you know… A break-in was necessary and… No maybe Billie’s just crazy nm.

  18. dchorror
    dchorror
    August 12, 2011 at 1:15 am | #

    And yet no one has voiced support for Sal/Ruth/Billie.

    Disappointment. Where are the shippers from yesterday.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 12, 2011 at 2:22 am | #

      They’re too interested in the bloodbath to be turned on shipping or so it seems.

    • CP
      CP
      August 12, 2011 at 3:13 am | #

      Why ship Sal/Ruth/Billie when you can ship Sal/Ruth/Billie/Amber?

  19. Faust
    Faust
    August 12, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

    I’ve been wondering who Ruth reminded me of for MONTHS. It seems so obvious now!

  20. Jacob
    Jacob
    August 12, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

    Oh, I thought they meant Jaws from Transformers.

    • Michelle
      Michelle
      August 12, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      Or from James Bond!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 12, 2011 at 9:03 am | #

        So we have to wait until Monday to see if she has razor sharp metal teeth or not.

  21. Shifty
    Shifty
    August 12, 2011 at 1:56 am | #

    Oh this should be good. Bad ass Rebel who doesn’t give a damn, versus the psycho-bongo ruler of the dorms.

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 12, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

      All I can picture is the two of them fighting while Billie stands in the background in that pose Ash Ketchum always takes when he’s giving orders to the pokemon.

      “Go get her Sal! You can do it! I believe in you! Dodge! Now use your crabhammer attack! Our friendship is stronger than anything! Go for the jugular!”

      • Shifty
        Shifty
        August 12, 2011 at 4:38 pm | #

        I was always waiting for the episode of that show where the pokemon finally turned to look at Ash, covered in bruises and blood and just leapt at him, tearing him apart while screaming “You want friendship bongo?! How about I put YOU in a F**KING cock fighting ring against monsters that throw freakin’ energy nukes you and you show me what the power for friendship can do you sick f**k!”

        …obviously I was never a huge fan of the show. 😛

        • gangler
          gangler
          August 13, 2011 at 3:02 am | #

          I love how Ash is effectively an object lesson on how ineffectual his methods are. Say what you want about his dickish rivals with their utilitarian views on pokemon, they don’t have the problems he has.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 13, 2011 at 10:27 pm | #

            Ash’s rival during the Diamond & Pearl era, Paul may be a complete dick to his Pokemon but when it comes down to it, the way he treats his Pokemon is the way we treat our Pokemon when we play the game.

            The only difference is that Paul’s Pokemon are intelligent creatures with feelings while our Pokemon are just 1s & 0s on a screen.

  22. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 12, 2011 at 2:08 am | #

    Sal is not impressed. She is like the Harry Dresden of college.

  23. Malph
    Malph
    August 12, 2011 at 2:26 am | #

    Being that I am a male in college, I feel it is my duty to say this:

    “Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!”

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      August 12, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

      You’re confusing high school instincts with college instincts. In college, the instinct is not that, but rather, “Go fight over there! I’m studying, you inconsiderate jerks!” There, *now* it’s a college thing to say.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        August 13, 2011 at 11:23 am | #

        What school are YOU going to?
        If they fight over here, they might RIP CLOTHING!

        And there’s nothing more appealing to the Stereotypical College Male than two girls shredding each other’s shirts.

        • John
          John
          August 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm | #

          “Oh, maybe someone’s shirt will get ripped and I’ll see a bra strap or something,” is totally pathetic high school boy thinking. In college, you can skip all that B.S. and just go straight for “two girls expanding their sexual horizons in your bed”.

          Or I could, at least.

  24. creatorx2
    creatorx2
    August 12, 2011 at 2:47 am | #

    There are no words to describe the dark abyss that is Sal’s hair.

    • NF
      NF
      August 12, 2011 at 10:15 am | #

      If you gaze long into the hair, the hair gazes also into you.

      • creatorx2
        creatorx2
        August 12, 2011 at 10:18 am | #

        It’s too late for us but Billie still has hope of escaping its thrall

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 13, 2011 at 10:20 pm | #

          Sal has Cthulhu hair now??? HOLY CRAP!

  25. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    August 12, 2011 at 4:23 am | #

    I like where this is going.

  26. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    August 12, 2011 at 4:58 am | #

    I say “Bah” at your tame Dennis the Menace. He’s barely a nuisance. Our Dennis is a real Menace, as is his dog Gnasher. And Minnie the Minx would have both Sal and Ruth for breakfast.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 12, 2011 at 5:48 am | #

      It has been decades since I read anything from the British Dennis The Menace.

    • XLR
      XLR
      August 13, 2011 at 11:28 am | #

      oh god I remember that.

      I wondered why they screwed up dennis when I saw the americans version.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 13, 2011 at 10:19 pm | #

        It wasn’t a screw up, it was one of those rare coincidences where two different people in two different countries happen to create a story of a young bratty kid known as Dennis The Menace almost at the same time.

        • MrGBH
          MrGBH
          August 14, 2011 at 7:00 am | #

          I think they were both published in the exact same month. The universe can be weird at times.

  27. Steven
    Steven
    August 12, 2011 at 5:14 am | #

    Jaws? Who is Jaws and what movie’s that from?

    • SW
      SW
      August 12, 2011 at 10:45 am | #

      It’s Jaws. You know, from “Jaws?”

  28. Martin S Smith
    Martin S Smith
    August 12, 2011 at 6:43 am | #

    Took me a minute to realise that you meant the lame American Dennis the Menace rather than the superior British one. Was wondering if Margaret is the real name of Pie-Face or Curly and I’d forgotten.

    Oh and THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR AMAZI-GIRL!

  29. Animal
    Animal
    August 12, 2011 at 7:11 am | #

    Classic Friday cliffhanger.

    DAMN YOU WILLIS.

  30. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 12, 2011 at 9:20 am | #

    Gums was a way better movie than Jaws ever was. (non sequitur)

    • OmegaDez
      OmegaDez
      August 14, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

      This is quite unrelared, but I like your avatar… who is she?^^

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 14, 2011 at 5:25 am | #

        Her name is Calice, she is an OC drawn in the DoA style.

        • OmegaDez
          OmegaDez
          August 15, 2011 at 10:56 am | #

          Aha, I thought she was a character from another Walkyverse comic. XD

          She looks cool.

  31. nothri
    nothri
    August 12, 2011 at 11:28 am | #

    I was wondering when the immovable barrier (Ruth) would meet the unstoppable force (Sal). This should be interesting….

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 12, 2011 at 6:53 pm | #

      Like the Blob Vs Juggernaut?

  32. Cholisose
    Cholisose
    August 12, 2011 at 11:33 am | #

    I like how they keep having this conversation with Ruth standing right in front of them.

  33. Rachel
    Rachel
    August 12, 2011 at 5:50 pm | #

    The Ruth-Margaret resemblance is surprising, but present.

  34. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    August 13, 2011 at 8:08 am | #

    Are we going to see any more of Dinah today? Maybe she will be looking for the writer of those notes she had gotten by mistake

  35. Tetroga
    Tetroga
    August 13, 2011 at 8:04 pm | #

    Am I the only one that is hoping Sal kicks the crap out of Ruth?

    • Canvas Hat
      Canvas Hat
      August 14, 2011 at 1:43 am | #

      No. No, you aren’t.

  36. Laura Li
    Laura Li
    August 14, 2011 at 2:41 am | #

    Amber’s got that face like, “Oh man, shit’s about to go down.”

  37. Senkon
    Senkon
    December 27, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

    The shark is not named Jaws. It doesn’t have a name.

    • TheSpectre
      TheSpectre
      September 1, 2014 at 6:59 pm | #

      If it did have a name, it would be “Bruce”.

  38. TheLurkerAbove
    TheLurkerAbove
    December 22, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

    If this is a hint at today’s (22-12-13) comic, then bloody hell.

    • Blub
      Blub
      January 18, 2014 at 11:10 pm | #

      Looks like. Discoveries like these are why I re-read archives.

  39. Terah
    Terah
    February 3, 2014 at 3:03 am | #

    AMBER’S FACE MAKES SENSE NOW!!! O.O

    • Vile Gamer
      Vile Gamer
      April 14, 2014 at 7:10 pm | #

      Duh. Lol

  40. B.D
    B.D
    March 20, 2015 at 11:51 am | #

    Ooof. 2.5 years later, that reaction finally makes sense.

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thinking about how mario's head has stayed the exact same size his entire life, while princess peach's head has shrunk on its way into adulthood
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do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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do you think Mario, Luigi, and the Princesses have, like, existential crises about the baby versions of themselves also just casually being next to them in all the races like I would be having ego death right now, not leaping triumphantly
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y'know not sure I trust the impartiality of a race track that has a giant statue of one of the guys I'm racing against
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Good news for the people still circulating this post: it is now a real t-shirt you can purchase and wear to let the world know you take responsibility for the actions of fictional characters:
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Normally I’d let this sort of thing just die out but an alarming amount of you have asked where you can buy this and my wife had to have an emergency surgery the day before I made this, so here is my chance to live the American Dream (selling print-on-demand shirts to pay down medical debt)
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tested ep1 of Micronauts, skipped to the credits so I could see every name of every crew member who put in so much work with the expectation that anybody would ever see the thing they did as part of their vocation in a creative field, working in service of what should be a reliable client & partner
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gotta go back to the original tagline
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admittedly, i might be arriving at a little annoyance on behalf of anyone responded to ever with "WELL it's not called SMARTING of age" because that's become a lot, i think the fork might be in that one, it's done
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the people have spoken
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OK democrats shutting down congress by attaching Epstein amendments to everything is pretty funny
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Politico & Punchbowl report House Republican leadership is shutting down the Rules Committee - which is essential for moving party-line bills on the floor - for the week rather than vote on Democratic amendments on the Epstein files. Dems have effectively halted Republican legislation in the House:
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Josh Johnson is brilliant and I’m happy for him and wish him the world
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This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday. It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever. I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.
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