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May 12, 2026

Operating

by David M Willis on April 10, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - When It Crumbles
└ Tags: amazi-girl, mike

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    April 10, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    SOLVED: Mike actually landed inside Amazi-ber’s head and stuck there like an earworm

    • Lawzlo
      Lawzlo
      April 10, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

      …So he’s safe as long as Amber and/or Amazi-girl doesn’t encounter any other earworms that might replace him?

      Folks, for Mike’s sake we have to keep her (them?) away from “Mickey” by Toni Basil!

      • ian livs
        ian livs
        April 10, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

        …Dammit, now it’s in my head for the next month.

        • pdp15
          pdp15
          April 10, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

          That’s easy to fix …

          “It’s a small world after all…”

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            April 10, 2020 at 1:55 am | #

            We all live in a yellow submarine…

            • Agemegos
              Agemegos
              April 10, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

              Boom!

            • Marsh Maryrose
              Marsh Maryrose
              April 10, 2020 at 2:51 am | #

              Considering this is Amber:
              “I know, I know I’ve let you down
              I’ve been a fool to myself”

              • Khyrin
                Khyrin
                April 10, 2020 at 12:08 pm | #

                I’d go with:
                I’ve become so numb, I can’t feel you there
                Become so tired, so much more aware
                By becoming this all I want to do
                Is be more like me and be less like you

          • Hmrc4evr
            Hmrc4evr
            April 10, 2020 at 2:44 am | #

            How about the Ducktales theme instead?

            • LordCirce
              LordCirce
              April 10, 2020 at 4:26 am | #

              I feel like the Transformers theme might fit better.

        • hof1991
          hof1991
          April 10, 2020 at 9:20 am | #

          Any song by They Might Be Giants. As a bonus, the songs are all short.

        • Pat
          Pat
          April 10, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

          For god’s sake, then, KEEP IT THERE! You are the keeper of the earworm!

  2. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    April 10, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    I can’t keep track if it’s more believable that Mike is in a coma or dead anymore.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      April 10, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

      It *does* make sense that Blaine would lie if he was dead – after all, you can’t leverage dead people. (See: Knives Out)

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      April 10, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

      Schroedinger’s Mike!

      I think the potential narrative arcs with him alive are more robust than the narrative arcs with him dead. But who knows.

      • van jealous
        van jealous
        April 10, 2020 at 11:11 am | #

        Would that make Mike “CATatonic”?

    • StClair
      StClair
      April 10, 2020 at 3:16 am | #

      He’s whatever you don’t want him to be.

      • Fogel
        Fogel
        April 10, 2020 at 5:31 am | #

        He’ll do what you want — sometimes! — but not for the reason that you want.

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    April 10, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Panel two is another one of those effective multi-image ones Willis trots out every so often to impress us.

    • bibulb
      bibulb
      April 10, 2020 at 2:01 am | #

      It’s an interesting combination of being both a display of dynamism and action in a single panel, and also strangely reminiscent of a “Billy tries to get home” Family Circus panel.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      April 14, 2020 at 3:46 pm | #

      Well it worked, I am very impressed. I am curious, however, as to why the guard is facing that direction, kind of defeats the purpose of being a guard if he isn’t watching the direction threats would approach from. Also, is he deaf, the first guard Amber/AG tied up is right there.

  4. Ryan the Cool
    Ryan the Cool
    April 10, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Mike will always be alive. In HERE
    *et forehead touching*

    • James
      James
      April 10, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      “I’ll… be… right… here.”
      /Mike gives the finger

    • auroki
      auroki
      April 10, 2020 at 12:38 am | #

      I see him everytime a vending machine gives me a nickel

  5. Zor
    Zor
    April 10, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Can we just talk about how she flipped that dude with herself in midair and how awesome that was?

    • clif
      clif
      April 10, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      No. We’re too busy being impressed by Mike’s ability to mentally project from inside his coma.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 14, 2020 at 3:49 pm | #

        Pish posh. You want to be impressed, Ayu was able to physically project from her coma.

  6. Nono
    Nono
    April 10, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Still unshaded, right?

    • clif
      clif
      April 10, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      Mike always casts shade whether he’s there or not.

  7. Nick Piers
    Nick Piers
    April 10, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    For a second, I thought Mike was an imprint on the door. That was kind of a cool visual.

    • Tarpo
      Tarpo
      April 10, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

      Thats better than being an imprint on the ground I guess

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        April 10, 2020 at 1:43 am | #

        Or being a chalk outline.

  8. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    April 10, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    So is Mike astrally projecting or Amber’s newest personality?

    I prefer that he’s a ghost.

    • Sam
      Sam
      April 10, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      The third option is that he’s a hallucination which is more the way AG is framing it.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        April 10, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        I don’t think Amber is schizophrenic.

        However, this is already Hollywood DID since the personalities don’t communicate.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          April 10, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

          You can hallucinate if you haven’t been sleeping, which she hasn’t. No schizophrenia necessary.

          And they are communicating. Literally last strip. They haven’t been and it’s been a sign of them having a further split.

        • SuperZero
          SuperZero
          April 10, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

          They are communicating.

          • Rose by Any Other Name
            Rose by Any Other Name
            April 10, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

            I believe that is CT Phipps’ point. In real life, people with DID do not display communication between the personalities. Thus AG and Amber should not be able to communicate scientifically – but do because this is fiction and Rule of Cool.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              April 10, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

              Our resident commenter Cerberus has talked before at length about how her own alters interact with each other, as I recall.

              (Though I could be misremembering.)

              • Rose by Any Other Name
                Rose by Any Other Name
                April 10, 2020 at 12:11 pm | #

                People – I was just attempting to interpret the grammar of CT Phipps sentence. I don’t claim to know anything about DID (and I don’t) – I was merely confused because my reading (as written above) seemed to be the opposite of how others were taking CT Phipps meaning. Since CT hasn’t (to my knowledge) clarified either way, I can’t be sure who interpreted them correctly, but that was all I was trying to do.

            • Kella
              Kella
              April 10, 2020 at 2:13 am | #

              Usually hosts of DID systems that don’t know they have DID don’t communicate with their alters, because it’s in their best interest not to know about them. But once it’s safe/useful for them to communicate, the host and many alters absolutely DO communicate with each other in real time. Bringing down amnesiac walls so that multiple alters can talk to each other is called integration and it’s a big part of the process of treating DID.

              The unusual thing here is that Amber is weirdly accepting of the fact that she has an alter (though I’m sure she doesn’t think of it that way) and the communication is surprisingly good right now for someone who isn’t even getting treatment. But, perhaps it’s the most beneficial for them to be able to communicate during this crisis.

              One of the primary things I’ve learned about DID systems is that there are a MILLION ways for them to work, so anytime you say “They don’t do this” someone probably has a system that does that.

            • Suitora
              Suitora
              April 10, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

              That’s not correct at all, though. Alters can choose whether or not to communicate. Amber won’t remember AmaziGirl’s memories like her own, but AmaziGirl can still talk to her like you and I would be talking. There’s an entire treatment model in psychology around this concept, it’s called integration.

            • Sam
              Sam
              April 10, 2020 at 9:27 am | #

              That’s how TV DID works where they never communicate at all ever. I’ve read around on DID forums before and a lot of people communicate with at least some alters, and some are at a place where they can just sit in a room talking to their alters for hours because they’re so tight-knit that it is like always having their best friends with them.

              Communication is more an issue if an alter is hiding or doesn’t want to talk.

        • Sam
          Sam
          April 10, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

          Psychosis can arise from lack of sleep or stress but you could also just have it without a supporting condition behind it… but Amber actually does have a condition where psychotic symptoms do tend to occur pretty commonly already: PTSD. Psychotic symptoms commonly occur in people with PTSD, so she doesn’t need to have schizophrenia specifically to have hallucinations.

        • KJ
          KJ
          April 10, 2020 at 10:45 am | #

          Whether alters communicate depends entirely on the plural system, its members, whether they are on good terms with each other, and whether they have reason to keep things from each other. Frankly, AG may have just been trying to let Amber complete midterms before dumping what happened on her.

          Communication like is shown here is entirely possible. Speaking aloud isn’t entirely necessary, but its probably for narrative benefit. I do know a system (a…much larger one that Amber/AG) that uses a messaging server to communicate. I don’t think its strictly necessary for them, but it makes communication easier.

          Granted…the events of that night were arguably not a good idea to withhold, regardless. But we still don’t know what happened after Mike fell.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            April 10, 2020 at 3:11 pm | #

            It’s more than that, since they haven’t been communicating since Ryan’s stabbing. They were having problems even before that, but that definitely drove the wedge deeper.

            • KJ
              KJ
              April 10, 2020 at 10:21 pm | #

              True, but I suspect that under not midterm circumstances, AG would have tried to immediately talk to Amber again, weirdness after Ryan’s stabbing or otherwise. I suppose it’s a moot point now, since they uh…kinda HAD to cooperate once they got kidnapped.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      April 10, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

      Heaven forbid Amber gets a Mike personality, talking about moms and nickels.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        April 10, 2020 at 3:28 pm | #

        That… could be amusing.

        No, seriously, having a Mike alter popping up to make Mike comments on situations with or without Mike still in the comic has the potential to be freaking awesome. Especially if the two get into an argument over said situation.

  9. Yumi
    Yumi
    April 10, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Hovertext has me thinking more about AG’s chest than I necessarily want to (DESPITE THE GRAVATAR).

    • clif
      clif
      April 10, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

      Uh-huh.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      April 10, 2020 at 3:00 am | #

      Narrator voice: She did not have a chest window

  10. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    April 10, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    We are Spirits In The Material World
    are Spirits In The Material World
    are Spirits In The Material World
    are Spirits In The Material World

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      April 10, 2020 at 3:26 am | #

      Yes

  11. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    April 10, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    OK, so SpectralMike isn’t A-G in camouflage. Nice to see the girls branching out and adding a male personality to their mix.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      April 10, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      I’m running on the theory that Mike has psychic powers myself. He’s projecting to Amber from his comatose state in the hospital. Hey if Amber can still knockout guys and do parkour on no sleep then I think it’s believable!

  12. Diane
    Diane
    April 10, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    …Why would you wear a bra to bed even if you weren’t planning on sleeping? I’m a barely B and that fucker comes off the second I’m home.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      April 10, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      Maybe to help her stay awake.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        April 10, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

        This was part of my thinking on it. Also, not everyone responds to bras the same way, and it could definitely depend on the type of bra (like if it’s a sports bra or a cupped bra without wire).

        At first my reaction was the same as Diane’s because that’s a pretty common view/experience, but it does vary for people.

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          April 10, 2020 at 1:07 am | #

          Honestly, I was wondering why Willis bothered to point it out. The only thing I could come up with was the AG dude-flip. Amber is built like my wife, and she needs to wear a sports bra for any athletic activity. So… good to know I guess?

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            April 10, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

            Yeah I kinda didn’t need my attention drawn to a character’s boobs either. Just let her be cool, bro.
            Anyway some bustier women are more comfy sleeping in bras, some aren’t.

        • Diane
          Diane
          April 10, 2020 at 9:15 am | #

          Yeah, that makes sense. I posted this right before bed, and didn’t think about it hard. I’m now realizing I got a few sports bras that I can just sleep in, especially after a hard work day. (I feel so bad for people who have to use wired bras…that just sounds horrible…)

          • clif
            clif
            April 10, 2020 at 4:31 pm | #

            My assumption is that Amber never went to bed and so she never removed her bra. But what do I know?

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              April 10, 2020 at 5:17 pm | #

              Right, the discussion was more around the idea that many people remove their bras as soon as they are home, whether they’re about to go to bed or not. But then, many do not.

              • thejeff
                thejeff
                April 10, 2020 at 9:03 pm | #

                Though dorm rooms aren’t quite as much “home”, even when you live there. You’re sharing space and there aren’t quite the same assumptions of privacy. Friends wander by unannounced, your roommate can show up with guests at basically anytime, etc.

                Doesn’t apply so much at 3 in the morning when your roomie’s already asleep, but still.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      April 10, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      Literally the exact second.

      • Rose by Any Other Name
        Rose by Any Other Name
        April 10, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

        … I haven’t worn a bra since “Social Distancing” began.
        Nightshirts and sweatpants for weeks now.
        When I drive out to pick up my kids’ lunch (the local schools are giving out free lunches via drive-thru – awesome program), I just throw a jacket on overtop of my night clothes because why get dressed?

        • Meagan
          Meagan
          April 10, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

          I sometimes put a bra on in an effort to get myself to focus. It does not work that well. I have also definitely done the “coat over pjs while running an errand” move as well. The other day I put a hoodie on over my onesie.

          • CJ
            CJ
            April 10, 2020 at 6:13 am | #

            Please take care of yourselves.

        • Diane
          Diane
          April 10, 2020 at 9:20 am | #

          I’ve worn one once, when I went out for supplies. I just don’t feel comfortable not being in actual clothes in public. Sometimes I forgo the bra, but it’s always jeans/shorts, t-shirt, can’t do it in the jammies.

          • Diane
            Diane
            April 10, 2020 at 9:21 am | #

            And I forgot to uncaps the email, and now the gravitar makes this even more terrifying…

          • Rose by Any Other Name
            Rose by Any Other Name
            April 10, 2020 at 12:18 pm | #

            My wife has done most of the supply runs. And she has worn far more bras (mostly sports bras) than I, being built more like Amber (that is to say, busty) for her supportive comfort during the day. She still doesn’t wear them to bed, though.

            And now I’m questioning my memory. Did I put on a bra for the grocery store that one time or did I go sweat pants, t-shirt, and jacket? I’m not sure.

    • Nono
      Nono
      April 10, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      That gravatar sure makes it a little weirder.

      • Diane
        Diane
        April 10, 2020 at 9:16 am | #

        If I recall correctly, this avatar (I think it should change…) would of been a wiser choice, but late night, I prefer Ethan anyways.

    • Zee
      Zee
      April 10, 2020 at 12:13 pm | #

      Probably a sports bra. I tend to sleep in them cuz otherwise I feel too heavy when I wake up. And it makes sense to point out cuz otherwise those flips would *hurt*

  13. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    April 10, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    One guard stole David Willis’ shirt.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      April 10, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

      Nah, he just bought the shirt from Willis’ new clothing brand.

      Damn You by Willis.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 10, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

      Let’s call him Dale.

  14. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    April 10, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    Either Mike’s dead or he’s being threatened to be dead but he can’t be both!…Or can he?!

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      April 10, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

      Gonna revive this fucker just to kill him again.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      April 14, 2020 at 3:54 pm | #

      Maybe his middle name is schrodinger?

  15. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    April 10, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    I have been enjoying seeing Ghost Mike. Even if it’ll disappear when Real Mike is revealed.

    I always love subconscious visions of people appearing when they’re not really there…Heather.

  16. bemisawa
    bemisawa
    April 10, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

    TWIST: Mike was dead??
    TWIST: Mike is alive and Amber/AG see him
    TWIST: Mike is appearing in her head as a hallucination/ghost
    TWIST: Amber/AG find Mike in the hospital
    TWIST: It’s actually another hallucination, and now she has two hallucinatory Mikes in her head. The person she saw as Mike was actually some old man who is now very confused.
    TWIST: Everyone in the hospital is Mike
    TWIST: That’s also a hallucination
    TWIST: They’re actually all ghosts
    TWIST: Mike is fine, he’s just tired because they were up late, and he didn’t come home last night because he was busy doin’ ur mom
    TWIST: Amber has been dead this whole time
    TWIST: Every character who’s ever served as the basis for a viewpoint in a strip is actually Joyce in a different sweatervest
    TWIST: Joyce is actually just Mike in a wig.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      April 10, 2020 at 1:21 am | #

      What if Mike is bees?

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      April 10, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

      *nods* I’m listening, I’m listening…

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 10, 2020 at 2:30 am | #

      Calm down, M. Night Samalamadingdong.

  17. Hugo Bedward
    Hugo Bedward
    April 10, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

    Wait, how is Amazi-girl able to take down 2 government agents within earshot of each other? I know she has the element of surprise here but didn’t she have trouble dealing with Carla’s crew earlier?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      April 10, 2020 at 1:00 am | #

      They are hired bodyguards, not government agents.

      • Hugo Bedward
        Hugo Bedward
        April 10, 2020 at 3:45 am | #

        Even still, they should be properly trained to deal with a situation like this

        • Sam
          Sam
          April 10, 2020 at 8:53 am | #

          They have to attend special bodyguard training classes… if they are actual bodyguards and not some random people Robin hired to ACT as bodyguards. We don’t know if Robin vetted them and even still, you could attend classes all you want, but that doesn’t change your personal attitude. Bodyguards are still people who yes, may not pay attention to their surroundings or let themselves get distracted, because they’re still people.

          AG had trouble with Sal and the Skater Gals because she was overly focused on Sal, which let the other three overwhelm her to hold her back. Which is quite different from surprise attacking people.

          Even if you are a master in self-defense and martial arts, a surprise attack could kill you if someone randomly stabbed you. It doesn’t matter what skills you have if you aren’t able to see the threat coming because you’re looking at your Twitter feed.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            April 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm | #

            She probably just hired a local private security company. Those guys must spend their time at shopping malls and corporate lobbies when they’re not Robin’s Uggtroopers.

  18. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    April 10, 2020 at 1:20 am | #

    At least he’s not glowing blue.
    And looks nothing like Hayden Christiansen.

  19. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 10, 2020 at 1:28 am | #

    …stop beating up the poor guards. Give Becky a call.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 10, 2020 at 2:33 am | #

      Amber forgot her phone, remember? It’s not like there’s phones just sitting out in public that you can use for a modest per-call fee. Even if such magic future tech existed, where would she get the nickel it would cost?

      Besides, talking about it in person leaves no paper trail.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        April 10, 2020 at 5:13 am | #

        amber forgets phone for five minutes.
        (…)
        amber is forced to beat up a bunch of innocent people to kidnap her friend.

        amber: “I KNEW something like this would happen if I ever lost my phone.”

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          April 10, 2020 at 5:34 am | #

          Her fears have been validated! This is why routine is important.

          (Amazi-ber and Becky will probably come up with a plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes a *Dr. Evil finger quotes* “kidnapping”.)

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            April 10, 2020 at 11:08 am | #

            Oh, no doubt. Becky is itching to be able to rescue Joyce for once. I just feel that there could have been some way to start the conversation other than “beat up some guys in uggs”

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              April 10, 2020 at 4:57 pm | #

              Well, she has to get to Becky to have a conversation. Who knows if Toedad and/or the Blaine arranged to have whoever they released tailed.

              Wait, Ross made the decision to release Amazi-ber on his own. Blaine’s going to blow a gasket; there’s no way he’ll ever accept that Amber ‘is’ Amazi-Girl, even if she shows him herself…

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      April 10, 2020 at 6:42 pm | #

      “Beating up”, hell, the move she just pulled has a very high chance of leaving the guy permanently paralyzed or dead. A little harsh for a guy whose greatest crime was not being very good at his job.

  20. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    April 10, 2020 at 1:36 am | #

    Thanks to Amber’s stubborness Amazi Girl is handicapped when playing Dishonored… Does this makes Mike the Outsider?

  21. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    April 10, 2020 at 1:52 am | #

    Schroedinger’s Mike

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 10, 2020 at 2:14 am | #

      Simultaneously is and isn’t doing your mom for a nickel, until someone opens the door and lpoks.

  22. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    April 10, 2020 at 1:54 am | #

    Hmm. “Mike” is talking to AG as if she has only Amber’s knowledge of what happened the previous night. He’s conspiring with Willis to maintain his own secrets, because of course he is, because Mike. (Neither AG nor Amber would know whether he lived through the intervening day, so this is mostly a joke. But Mike totally would participate in making the audience’s life more difficult if he had that power.)

    • Ron again
      Ron again
      April 10, 2020 at 2:13 am | #

      I think Ambazigirl have started to doubt Mike being alive and that is what’s showing on their projection of Mike.

      It looks like hallucino-Mike sees “one Amber”, not knowing whether it’s AG or Amber. Since he’s a construct of her own brain, that could imply the line starts to blur for herself.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      April 10, 2020 at 7:04 am | #

      But AG would know that Blaine didn’t throw him, as Mike reminds them here. He’s responding to AG’s comment, which was based on Amber’s knowledge of what Blaine said.

      What’s interesting is that it suggests that Amazi-Girl doesn’t know more about what happened to Mike than we do. I’m not sure how that happened.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        April 10, 2020 at 2:10 pm | #

        The way he phrased it, that she should know Blaine didn’t throw him “now that [her] two brains are talking”, made more sense to me directed toward someone who had to be told what happened (Amber), rather than someone who witnessed it (Amazi-Girl). I wonder if Ron again is on to something with the observation that Amb/AG’s own hallucination doesn’t seem to care which alter it’s speaking to.

  23. brasca1
    brasca1
    April 10, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

    Mike is starting to sound like the ghost of Henchman 24 when he was haunting 21.

  24. Keulen
    Keulen
    April 10, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

    You’d be surprised how much you can actually do on little to no sleep.

    • Fogel
      Fogel
      April 10, 2020 at 6:02 am | #

      After 3 nights without sleep during finals week I was surprised by the pain I felt. During the 4th night some F’er pulled the fire alarm in my dorm. Twas like being dragged from Heaven down into Hell…I imagine.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 14, 2020 at 3:57 pm | #

        Surprised you didn’t sleep through it.

  25. Newllend(henryvolt)
    Newllend(henryvolt)
    April 10, 2020 at 7:00 am | #

    Getting serious henchman 21 and 24 Vibes off of this.

  26. Calvsie
    Calvsie
    April 10, 2020 at 7:11 am | #

    I feel I am missing something with the mouse over text… Admittedly oblivious white male here… Maybe I’ll ask my wife when she gets home.

    • Meeks
      Meeks
      April 10, 2020 at 2:04 pm | #

      Heavy physical activity (flips, running, etc) are often very awkward and painful if your boobs aren’t strapped down

  27. Kaz
    Kaz
    April 10, 2020 at 7:41 am | #

    Press X to Doubt on that alt text, everybody I’ve ever met who wears a bra would toss it first chance they got, sleep or not, cause they’re just uncomfortable, especially after all day.

    • TheKelliestKelly
      TheKelliestKelly
      April 10, 2020 at 7:51 am | #

      Nah, I know of some of busty women who sleep with bras on. Amber’s pretty well endowed. I wouldn’t be surprised if she want to wear her bra is she wasn’t gonna be sleepy.

    • witwicky
      witwicky
      April 10, 2020 at 8:48 am | #

      That’s exactly why she’d keep it on. I find it much harder to fall and stay asleep wearing a bra, it’s the all-nighter toolbox equivalent of keeping bright lights in your field of vision.

  28. Suitora
    Suitora
    April 10, 2020 at 10:33 am | #

    The real question we should be asking: “Did Mike fuck Blaine’s mom, and if so, is he continuing to fuck her in the afterlife?”

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    April 10, 2020 at 10:48 am | #

    Now that you made me noticed that…

  30. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    April 10, 2020 at 11:21 am | #

    Nope, he still ain’t real. How would he know that Blaine told her that he was thrown off the building by Blaine?

    Someone spiked her pizza with psilocybin.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      April 10, 2020 at 3:41 pm | #

      Nope, just lack of sleep. Back when I was working a job that had basically 3 days of 12 hour night shifts every weekend I frequently had hallucinations on the third day because of limited sleep with the kids at home making noise.

      • Doribi
        Doribi
        April 10, 2020 at 4:49 pm | #

        I know all about sleep hallucinations, they suck royally, at least Amber/Amazi-girl’s Hallucination is somewhat helpful

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 14, 2020 at 4:00 pm | #

        I once went all week with (maybe) 4 hours sleep during a military exercise. I don’t remember having hallucinations. Mind you, I don’t remember anything after day two.

  31. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    April 10, 2020 at 12:01 pm | #

    The fact he looks more like the Walkyverse Mike than the Dumbingverse Mike is making me jokingly think “oh hey, he’s reality hopping.”

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      April 10, 2020 at 2:13 pm | #

      Me, too. The ghost of Walkyverse Mike wanders the multiverse, helping/hindering all the Ambers

  32. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 10, 2020 at 3:14 pm | #

    Her two brains are conectiiiiiiing

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      April 10, 2020 at 3:31 pm | #

      Also she’s actually abducting Becky, wtf…

      • clif
        clif
        April 10, 2020 at 4:38 pm | #

        That was the plan.

  33. Poskie
    Poskie
    April 10, 2020 at 5:18 pm | #

    Speaking as a nonbinary person in possession of a certain amount of boob, I’ve never understood the problem so many people seem to have with bras?
    I spent my entire boob-having time on this earth up until the age of twenty or so (after which I switched to chest binders) wearing bras every minute I wasn’t showering, because having my tits bouncing around was so much less comfortable than just having them strapped in place. Maybe it all comes down to boob shape?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      April 10, 2020 at 6:01 pm | #

      Pretty similar experience here, though it does depend on type of bra– which for me, is almost always sports bra, which I do find pretty comfortable. I also find binders comfortable to sleep in (which I’ve only ever done by accident because, you know, don’t sleep in binders).

      There are probably a number of factors as to what feels comfortable to people, very YMMV.

  34. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    April 10, 2020 at 6:36 pm | #

    Someone please put Amber into therapy. This is increasingly painful to read. I’m dreading that A/A-G will meet Robin and her increasingly weak psyche will not survive the experience.

  35. Phoenix
    Phoenix
    April 10, 2020 at 10:59 pm | #

    Speaking as a newly discovering myself nonbinary person how do I find a good binder I am *struggling*

    • Poskie
      Poskie
      April 20, 2020 at 11:39 pm | #

      underworks, my good friend…. underworks will set you free. i’m not sure if i can post links here, so let me just say, spring for one of the ones that are cotton lined, and if you have any amount of tum at all, probably do not get a full tank binder cause it’ll roll up and hurt your bottom ribs.

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