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by David M Willis on October 31, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: asher, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 31, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Happy Cancer’s Eve

    • Br44n5m
      Br44n5m
      October 31, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

      Candy cancer for sure

    • Clif
      Clif
      October 31, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

      Nah, they’re being healthy by not vaping.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 31, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

      You wanna buy some death sticks?

      • nobilis
        nobilis
        October 31, 2019 at 2:26 am | #

        You don’t want to sell me death sticks. You want to go home and rethink your life.

        • jeffepp
          jeffepp
          October 31, 2019 at 3:11 am | #

          Best part of the movie.

          • Jon Rich
            Jon Rich
            October 31, 2019 at 4:13 am | #

            Which movie was that? Episode II?

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              October 31, 2019 at 4:37 am | #

              Yes.

          • Casi
            Casi
            October 31, 2019 at 1:35 pm | #

            And it went downhill from there. Gods that movie was boring. And being boring is a mortal sin for entertainment.

        • Rukdug
          Rukdug
          October 31, 2019 at 11:51 am | #

          Obi-Wan Kenobi using the force to give someone the equivalent of a heel realization is Low key one of the most morally good things we see a Jedi do onscreen.

          • Enkrod
            Enkrod
            October 31, 2019 at 12:34 pm | #

            That’s because Jedi are religious fanatics fighting a democratically elected government.

            The empire did nothing wrong!

            • Ed Rhodes
              Ed Rhodes
              October 31, 2019 at 1:07 pm | #

              Maybe you see it that way. Don’t forget, the Nazi party was legally elected into
              power. Using political pressure to influence the vote, and having your number two man slaughter a bunch of kids kind of slides into the murky area of morality to me.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                October 31, 2019 at 1:24 pm | #

                I mean, literally the first thing we see the empire do is blow up an entire planet with no weapons. I feel like we already should have known the empire were the unambiguous bad guys long before Episode 3.

                Also – they made the proclamation of the republic turning into an empire in a room full of armed soldiers. Feels like democracy wasn’t really a concern.

                • Ed Rhodes
                  Ed Rhodes
                  October 31, 2019 at 11:08 pm | #

                  I remember the Phineas and Ferb take on “Star Wars” where their sister was a Stormtrooper who thought they were “busting” Rebels. She realizes who the good guys are when Phineas stops and helps her when she’s hanging from a walkway. She turns to her friends, comments that not all the Rebels seem to be “bad guys” and then says; “And we blew up a PLANET! I mean, what’s up with THAT?”

  2. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    October 31, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Weren’t they doing that anyway?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 31, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      But now they’re doing it on purpose.

  3. GreatContagion
    GreatContagion
    October 31, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Jeez, why does it seem so gross for this situation to immediately be so “okay”?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      October 31, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Subversion of expectation. Also probably because we know Asher’s been in contact with Blaine and that can only end badly.

      • AeromechanicalAce
        AeromechanicalAce
        October 31, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

        On the plus side, Asher has a WONDERFUL chance to redeem himself by messing up Blaine’s plans.

        IF Ross doesn’t do it first.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          October 31, 2019 at 12:59 pm | #

          And if Amber doesn’t grab Blaine by the balls and swing him over her head.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        October 31, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        Also just in staying with Sal’s whole arc of reconciliation with her past. She had to fist fight the last person involved before she forgave them. So Asher’s quick and easy forgive and smoke could feel a little unearned. Especially considering he’s even more directly responsible for Sal’s trouble. Really adds to the subversion of things and might even raise a few red flags on Asher since it really shouldn’t be this easy for him.

        • Deadjolras
          Deadjolras
          October 31, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

          Unlike Amber, Asher hasn’t been stalking Sal for weeks though.

          (As far as we know, at least.)

        • abysswatcher1993
          abysswatcher1993
          October 31, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

          Sex appeal makes villains forgivable. I must patent that phrase.

          • Jay
            Jay
            October 31, 2019 at 11:45 am | #

            He’s not even a villain tho

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          October 31, 2019 at 9:56 am | #

          idk, Sal has had years to think about Asher’s VERY NATURAL RESPONSE to her ill-conceived heist. She had ZERO information about Amber, and probably has also learned from fighting with Amber that more of the same won’t help.

          Had it been the other way around, who knows 🤷

    • sunflowerofice
      sunflowerofice
      October 31, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      because we know information that sal doesnt?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      October 31, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      We know Sal’s changed. We know Asher’s changed. If it weren’t for the Blaine stuff (which Sal doesn’t know about) there would be every reason to think that a reconciliation was possible if not imminent.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        October 31, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

        I’m still conflicted on the Asher/Blaine front. On the one hand, he’s clearly playing ball with Blaine to some degree (whether or no a sudden but inevitable betrayal is coming) on the other hand Blaine had to effectively force that through blackmail and likely didn’t bother to give him any real info outside Amazigirl being somehow involved in his plans.

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      October 31, 2019 at 9:53 am | #

      I mean, Sal’s had YEARS of expecting Asher was the snitch, so she’s already processed this information. Confirmation just says, yeah, she wasn’t wrong about her instincts. If she’s already forgiven him, what’s to drag out?

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 31, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    I mean cool for cathartic reunions or whatever but Asher hasn’t impressed me at all…not yet.

    • StClair
      StClair
      October 31, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      This would be more of a carcinogenic reunion.

      • Jess
        Jess
        October 31, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

        Ba-dum-tsh!

    • Jay
      Jay
      October 31, 2019 at 11:45 am | #

      Well he hasnt been trying to impress anyone.

  5. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 31, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m not sure you should be nostalgic for those days Sal, though you seem to realize that. Better subject, maybe you and Asher could find a bonding experience not related to cigarettes?

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      October 31, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      Cigarettes is probably the most socially acceptable thing they did together.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 31, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

        You make a fair point.

  6. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    October 31, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    I like this!

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 31, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Gimme little left, gimme little right
    Gimme little black, gimme little white
    Gimme little peace, gimme little hope
    Gimme little LIGHT
    …

  8. sunflowerofice
    sunflowerofice
    October 31, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    if it’s broken you don’t feel bad if it’s broken worse, but when you feel like it’s put back together you don’t want to leave it where it can be broken like it was before.

  9. Beef
    Beef
    October 31, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    I don’t ship it and yet the ship is sailing

    • Clif
      Clif
      October 31, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

      Puberty has been kind to them and so now their smoken buddies.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      October 31, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

      This ship needs a name, and I haven’t been able to come up with one yet. (Sal-Ash and Ash-Sal and all related variants don’t meet the cuteness threshold.)

      • RicardtheDragoon
        RicardtheDragoon
        October 31, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

        Sash? Saler? Sasler? Asalsher? Salt Shaker? Cig-Zag? Sasharette? Salerettes? Asharette? Salshette? Salsh? Ashaler? Cig-Buds? Cig Partners? Moveon? Movinon? Reconcig? Smoke and Ashes? Salt Smoke? Cig Smoke? Smoke Partners? Calm Smoke? Smoke on the Water?
        …
        What counts as cute, anyway?

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          October 31, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

          Slasher.

          • Enkrod
            Enkrod
            October 31, 2019 at 12:37 pm | #

            Perfect

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          October 31, 2019 at 10:02 am | #

          Lit

          …I wanna work in Team Wacky Tobacky somehow but idk

          • Mordecai
            Mordecai
            October 31, 2019 at 12:30 pm | #

            Slashtray?

            • Mordecai
              Mordecai
              October 31, 2019 at 12:31 pm | #

              Wait i don’t ship this, why am I engaging in wordplay

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          October 31, 2019 at 1:02 pm | #

          Ass’l

      • darkgloomie
        darkgloomie
        October 31, 2019 at 2:55 am | #

        Salt and Ashes. As in, “we burned the place down and salted the ground so nothing can grow on it”

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 31, 2019 at 4:50 am | #

        Sal-Ash-ous. (Pronounced like salacious.)

      • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        October 31, 2019 at 8:54 am | #

        As a ship name may I suggest the Edmund Fitzgerald?

      • Bysmerian
        Bysmerian
        October 31, 2019 at 10:44 am | #

        Smoking Roof?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 31, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

      I don’t want to ship it because I’m still not sure about Asher, but part of me is trying to ship it anyway.

  10. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    October 31, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    “Do you smoke, Mr. Worthington?”

    “Well yes, I must admit I smoke.”

    “I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind.”

    • UniqueSnowflake2
      UniqueSnowflake2
      October 31, 2019 at 12:44 am | #

      *Worthing

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        October 31, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

        Indeed. My mistake.

  11. not someone else
    not someone else
    October 31, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Oh my god Sal

    I know she would stab me but I just want to hug her and give her a banket and cookies and tell her everything is going to be okay or I will make it so.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 31, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    You guys may have heard a bloodcurdling snarl last night around midnight.

    That was me when this strip went live on Patreon and I saw that third panel.

    Jesus fucking God, I hate the Walkerton parents.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 31, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

      The Walkerton parents are a textbook in parental failure. Actually they might be just a chapter considering the number of bad parents we’re working with.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        October 31, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

        I want to take that book and beat them both with it.

        • Zee
          Zee
          October 31, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

          It’d be an effective weapon, it’s a very thick book

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            October 31, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

            GOOD.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        October 31, 2019 at 10:03 am | #

        There can be multiple volumes!

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          October 31, 2019 at 12:03 pm | #

          I want to hit them all with their respective volumes.

      • Rukdug
        Rukdug
        October 31, 2019 at 11:54 am | #

        A Study of Parental Failings: Volume 1. Charles and Linda Walkerton.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          October 31, 2019 at 12:03 pm | #

          Huh. Surprisingly self aware title.

    • JBento
      JBento
      October 31, 2019 at 9:38 am | #

      “The REEEEEE heard around the world”, starring BBCC.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        October 31, 2019 at 12:04 pm | #

        It was cathartic – because the Walkertons suck.

  13. Nono
    Nono
    October 31, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

    I’m waiting for Marcie to somehow throw a spanner in all these works.

  14. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    October 31, 2019 at 1:13 am | #

    I’m okay with this.

  15. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    October 31, 2019 at 1:14 am | #

    I’m still not sure how being depressed because of your awful parents leads to committing robberies?

    (this is not meant to be disrespectful. I honestly am not sure of mental mechanisms in such situations?)

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      October 31, 2019 at 1:25 am | #

      The robberies were because Sal wanted to raise money for Marcie’s medical expenses. Pretty simple connection there, especially in a pre-GoFundMe world.

      The depression is likely orthogonal to the robberies.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 31, 2019 at 2:33 am | #

        Worse than that, Sal tried GoFundMe but it didn’t gain any traction.

        • Charles Phipps
          Charles Phipps
          October 31, 2019 at 7:24 am | #

          Sal actually had raised 400 dollars (a pitiful amount but it was hers) and her mother stole it because she thought Marcie was a bad influence.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            October 31, 2019 at 12:18 pm | #

            It was 700. Not much better, but better.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 31, 2019 at 7:43 am | #

          And then Linda took the money anyway.

    • Sam
      Sam
      October 31, 2019 at 9:30 am | #

      Depression makes it 100 times easier to go FUCK IT, I’LL DO WHAT I WANT and not care about how much it could screw you over because it can flatten emotions like anxiety and fear into ‘I don’t care’ as much as it can every other emotion (not all people will experience complete emotional deadening into apathy like this though, there are variations of how depression presents). Risk-taking behaviour is absolutely something that depression makes easier to do because of a lack of care about your own well-being and because you can be triggered into negative thought spirals that lead you to act on harmful impulses.

      With Asher offering a way to get money and the lack of GoFundMe traction, Linda taking her money away that she had saved, was definitely enough to trigger a depression thought spiral of ‘fuck it, I don’t care any more, if you’re going to take the money I worked hard for lawfully, I’ll just become the bad person you already thought I was’.

      • LauraS
        LauraS
        October 31, 2019 at 3:35 pm | #

        On the other hand, depression can also feed into anxiety until self-destructive acts are exactly the same level of scary as answering your phone or going to class. Different road, same destination. Fun!

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        October 31, 2019 at 5:21 pm | #

        Self-medicating with rage-fueled adrenaline can also temporarily overcome depression. At least you are feeling something.

        Of course, over the long term, chronic rage will screw you up in a lot of other ways. Or over the short term if it motivates you to do something stupid, like robbing a convenience store.

      • Kat
        Kat
        October 31, 2019 at 11:50 pm | #

        Let’s not forget the current theory of Economic disparity influencing crime. The “I tried to do this the legal way and the system itself spat on me” effect. In this particular system, it’s Sal’s mom taking the money she raised legally on Gofundme. When the system and the authorities themselves turn against you for following the rules and don’t follow those rules themselves, you feel the rules are far less important. Crime is justified by the fact that the rules are BS and none of the “powerful figures” are following them anyway.

        I do not espouse this type of thinking. But, it is a valid thought process that would motivate this kind of behavior and something we as a society should be watching.

  16. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 31, 2019 at 1:27 am | #

    Just don’t go rob any more stores, OK?

  17. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    October 31, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

    Sal, don’t. I know you fucked Jason of all people, but don’t date an asshole that smugly confused to have betrayed you for convenience. As I have said before, sex appeal makes people easily forgive villains.The world has many Ambers that find attractiveness in shitty edgy redditors. Bad boys/bad girls look mysterious and hot, but eventually they will break your heart once you find out you can’t “change them”.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      October 31, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

      confessed*

    • Zach
      Zach
      October 31, 2019 at 4:46 am | #

      Sad to say, but you deserve a bit of heartbreak if you try to FIX someone. It’s Manipulative and inherently disrespectful.
      But I don’t think Sal is leaning towards that.

      Jason wasn’t a bad boy, he was frustrating. We now know how Sal deals with that emotion. Was it a conquest thing? Sal’s pretty aggressive
      Mike wasn’t atractive for being an asshole, Amber wants his body.
      I’d bet anything the appeal of a Bad Boy is aggressive sex and no emotional attachment. The Change Them thing is a more femininely acceptable form of sexual conquest. Things get weird when we moralize what we want.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      October 31, 2019 at 10:27 am | #

      I really didn’t take Asher’s confession as being “smug”. He himself told Walky it wasn’t funny in retrospect, though he had seen it as such when he was younger.

    • Jay
      Jay
      October 31, 2019 at 11:44 am | #

      You and i have very diffrent views on ashers confession

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      October 31, 2019 at 1:35 pm | #

      Asher’s not a villain. He’s morally ambiguous at the worst. He hasn’t even really done anything yet. The only thing that personally throws me off is that he seems tailor made to be Sal’s love interest. Tall, good looking, with a personal connection to her past, a cool attitude, and he smokes. Like if Sal had a checklist he’d probably mark all of them. How soon before we find out he has a motorcycle?
      All that said. He probably lied about cutting ties with his grandfather cause if he actually did Blaine wouldn’t be able to blackmail him. Though admittedly Blaine’s wording was pretty vague so It’s hard to guess what he meant.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        October 31, 2019 at 1:37 pm | #

        He stole his gramps money. Seems pretty blackmail-able, especially when Gramps is mob.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          October 31, 2019 at 2:24 pm | #

          That just raises more questions for me. Like why it would matter if Blaine reveals that if Asher cut ties? I guess mobpa would try to take the money back, but how if It’s already been spent on tuition? I’d assume Asher would have his own accounts if he stole the money so how would anyone get that information if he actually got away with it? How would Blaine know Asher stole the money in the first place? How did he even know Asher was attending IU? How did Asher steal the money cause “under the table” means nothing. I know I’m over thinking this and Asher said he’s out of the family which doesn’t necessarily mean he completely severed his relationships with them, and he seems like a decent guy, but there are some questions that need answers before I trust him.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            October 31, 2019 at 2:44 pm | #

            We don’t yet know the details but it seems a fair assumption that Blaine’s bit of blackmail is that Asher took the money, not that he cut ties. How he found out we don’t now yet.

            • Seregiel
              Seregiel
              October 31, 2019 at 5:15 pm | #

              Blaine is good at being accusationally vague. It makes the guilty people assign knowledge to him he may or may not have and paranoia is a hell of a tool.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            October 31, 2019 at 10:34 pm | #

            Cut ties or no, Asher will end up dead in a ditch if he stole a mobster’s money. That’s why it matters.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        October 31, 2019 at 2:46 pm | #

        He was clearly a villain before – part of the gang/mob, luring Sal into a life of crime and betraying her to the cops for a laugh.

        He claims to be trying to reform and that’s going to be tested with this Blaine plot. We’ll see where he ends up.

    • avistel
      avistel
      October 31, 2019 at 5:39 pm | #

      “That dick game strong, tho” is the trump card of human society. It is known, Khaleesi

  18. Lensipensi
    Lensipensi
    October 31, 2019 at 2:59 am | #

    I will post this here, if anybody is still interested in scientific studies concerning different nicotine consumption forms.
    The article is about misleading information about the risks of different forms and there are good references if anybody want’s to read more about the different health risks (although the references might lead to articles which are not free to read).
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395916300925

  19. BenRG
    BenRG
    October 31, 2019 at 3:12 am | #

    I think that the mutual conclusion in panel 6 is a relief to Sal and to Asher alike. Something tells me that neither of them are particularly happy to do the ‘self-examination and introspection based on the lessons of my past’ thing.

  20. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    October 31, 2019 at 7:22 am | #

    …and then we can go split some firewood with our unnatural wedge-like chins.

    Wow. Was there a nuclear reactor or a toxic landfill in the town they grew up in?

  21. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 31, 2019 at 7:41 am | #

    So, friendship reborn…HOORAY!

  22. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    October 31, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

    Anyone else getting a “would you like to yell at the Moon with Buzz Aldrin” vibe from this meeting?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 31, 2019 at 8:18 am | #

      How’d I screw the link up that bad?!

      Anyway, it’s a 30 Rock bit.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AvG8qI0HCfY

  23. Akp
    Akp
    October 31, 2019 at 8:29 am | #

    I like this a lot it feels very warm. Like this is legitimately are really sweet interaction, regardless of the context that birthed it.

  24. BenRG
    BenRG
    October 31, 2019 at 9:04 am | #

    Young Asher and Young Sal were toxic for each other. Maybe now they’ve grown a little, their relationship can be healthier for both of them?

  25. Sol Karas
    Sol Karas
    October 31, 2019 at 9:52 am | #

    This is so sweet.

    Willis is gonna fuck us up, isn’t he?
    I hope things go well with Asher. Like, he’s able to overcome Blaine somehow (probably with the help of Sal and all her friends). Or maybe he plans to fuck up Blaine regardless.

    Until then I shall appreciate this sweet moment.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 31, 2019 at 5:14 pm | #

      Asher will strike Blaine down, and the his journey to the Dark Side will be complete.

  26. Rukdug
    Rukdug
    October 31, 2019 at 11:49 am | #

    This is nice and wholesome.
    …..
    My soul is going to be broken into pieces when the other shoe drops, isn’t it?

  27. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    just checking if the 11/1 strip is supposed to have comments closed…?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 1, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      Probably the political nature being a breeding ground for toxic comments. I don’t blame him.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 1, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

        It’s going to be a shame if every Robin related strip has no comments as a result.

    • Tan
      Tan
      November 1, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      I saw that as well, came back to the previous day to check if something had happened in the comments to prompt it, scroll down to the bottom……. And of course, even when the comments are closed, Ana STILL gets first comment.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
Dumbing of Age: "Arch-nemmy" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Arch-nemmy
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social ⋅ 10h
I don’t know who needs to see this beyond 99% of users here
It’s a screenshot of the dictionary definition of “rhetorical question”
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social ⋅ 9h
Me if I ever see Tony Hawk: Hey you’re Tony Hawk the famous skateboarder. That’s right I recognise you. Won’t be able to get any content out of this will you, you piece of shit
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 12h
This is never going away, is it.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
Ordered a TFOne Megatronus card from overseas and it came with some other random cards as packing thanks for the super high Squidward
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Sean Kelley McKeever @seanmckeever.com ⋅ 20h
How to read all 28 issues of my Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane run on Marvel Unlimited: 1: The first four issues were published as the miniseries "Mary Jane." www.marvel.com/comics/serie...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 14h
www.ebay.com/itm/23610614... selling my stege shockwave
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Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Shockwave, loose, complete | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Shockwave, loose, complete at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many pro...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
Dorothy!
dorothy in a dark purple collared shirt and her usual black vest, with cuffed pants
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 18h
i want to change the caption's image to a photo of a mountain of ET cartridges in a landfill
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned we have to be shown children learning and relearning what sex is, for Reasons, even though they already clearly know and have prepared nuanced questions about it! also that Gran must hate, if she's still alive, how Old Juliette is the same but with gray hair
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
one of my favorite things is when a commenter explodes WHEN DO THESE CHARACTERS GET THERAPY but directed towards a character who canonically has a regular therapist
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609624... Three hours left on this murder machine
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Transformers MPM-4 Movie Optimus Prime, boxed/complete but with extra hooks! | eBay
He's been opened, stood on a shelf for a while, and placed back inside.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
mary: dawn says your girlfriend is trying to murder her wilbur: but what about MY happiness okay can we kill wilbur now
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
help I had a big yawny stretch after I got into bed and threw out my back
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Dotty" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
fuck off
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Phew, they made NoHo Hank wear pants.
A McFarlane Toys action figure of Metamorpho, from James Gunn's Superman movie.  He's wearing pants.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
where's my hour loop of Vader fist-dancing
preternia.com's user avatarpreternia @preternia.com ⋅ 2d
Hot Toys Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 1/6 Scale Darth Vader Deluxe ($495) & Standard ($315) is up for preorder at Sideshow - shrsl.com/4wcx6 #ad If you preorder make sure to hit the Exclusive versions since they include a commemorative plaque and cost the same.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca ⋅ 2d
hey, FANTASTIC FOUR got an Eisner nomination for best ongoing series!! I think this news is... really great! Fantastic even :0
the cover of FF #1 featuring some beautiful art of said Fantastic Four
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
oh no, new content over at the nsfw patreon joe introduces joyce to fingers that aren't breaded chicken www.patreon.com/posts/joe-fi...
tastefully cropped art of joe and joyce discovering the joys of fingers
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I may have to pin this
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 5d
btw if you're one of those rando bluesky weirdos who doesn't know me but sees me in the wild being sarcastic and don't know i'm being sarcastic because you haven't taken like 30 seconds to, like, maybe look at my user profile or something, keep walking, you're not going to score internet points here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
#relatable
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a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
ALT: a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
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OSMOTE @osmote.net ⋅ 2d
Screenshot of Jonathan Frakes on the set of Beyond Belief
brendelbored.bsky.social's user avatarBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social ⋅ 1y
Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com ⋅ 2d
Here's an entertaining cite at the bottom of the first page
The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the
government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset. See Trump v. United States,
603 U.S. 593, 630 (2024).
joshgerstein.bsky.social's user avatarJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
JUST IN: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts & judicial immunity and 10th Amendment. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Up, continued" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomic #webcomics
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Up, continued
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The Onion @theonion.com ⋅ 3d
Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
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You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
I’ve loved movies ever since I was a little kid. Just stepping into that dark theater, with the smell of fresh popcorn, was like being transported to a whole other world. It used to be so magical. But now I’m thinking about boycotting movies altogether. Why? Because I can’t seem to watch one anymore without […]
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
GOTTEM
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908. "You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
atrupar.com's user avatarAaron Rupar @atrupar.com ⋅ 3d
Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
AI generated ad by a company called Travello showing the 10 most visited cities in Europe, except the cities are hilariously poorly placed. London is in Wales, Paris is in Ireland, Rome is in France, Rom (yes like Rome but without an E) is in Spain, Barcelona is in Morocco, Prague is in Germany, Vienna is in Italy, Istanbul is in Austria, Milan is in Libya, and Antalya is correctly shown as in Turkey but is in the wrong place. Also a few of the borders like Switzerland and Austria or Hungary and Slovenia are missing.
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