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by David M Willis on July 8, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Is a Song Forever?
└ Tags: amber, ethan

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 8, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    😒😒😒😒😒😒😑

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    July 8, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Ethan: Alright, I’m off to my next test, wish me luck.

    Amber: 🍀

    Ethan: …That’s unnerving.

    Amber: 🎤?

    Ethan: I haven’t heard any updates about Mike. Look, how many hours sleep did you get last night?

    Amber: 🏌️‍♀️

    Ethan: Maybe go get a couple more.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      July 8, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      Although I understand the four-leaf clover, I don’t speak social media or emoji — so would someone please provide a courtesy translation of ‘left-looking eyes’ as well as the other emojis in the above post?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        July 8, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

        🎤 = Mic (Mike)

        🏌️‍♀️ = Fore (Four)

      • Tan
        Tan
        July 8, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

        Left-looking eyes has the connotation of averting one’s eyes to not meet another’s gaze, such as for instance when being caught at something one is embarassed about.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        July 8, 2020 at 9:36 am | #

        Also known as “shifty eyes” (in large part because the right facing >.> is about as common as the left facing, making it overly specific as to which version you’re using when you refer to it by its facing).

        Here’s some possible usages:
        “Sorry, hun. Forgot to pick up the groceries. >.>”
        “You mean, who ate the cake in THAT fridge? Uhh… >.>”
        “Looks like we’re in for some overtime. Yaaaaay. >.>” [Though :/ or crying emoji would work better there].
        “I rushed to the exam yesterday. Found out today I’d goine to the wrong exam room. Whoops. >.>” [Though, frankly, you’d probably want a stronger emoji for that one.]

        Simply put, it’s an “awkward situation” emoji. You’re indicating awkwardness, as you would when not meeting someone’s eyes in a normal conversation.

        :/ for grimace or sympathetic frown [“Sorry to hear your dad missed your play.. again. :/”], :X for lips sealed [ie, “can’t really say anything more about that”, or: “They say the epidemic has escalated even further. :X”] and :S for .. wincing, I guess would be the way to phrase it? [“Oh, look. More homework :S” or “Sorry to hear that you’ll miss the school trip. :S”] are all somewhat similar emoji concepts [in that they all are meant to indicate an aversion to the topic in question].

        • Cabinderada
          Cabinderada
          July 8, 2020 at 2:39 pm | #

          This changes things for me because half the time I read the “shifty eyes” emoji as “I’m looking at this REALLY HARD” or “Well, look at that…”

          Like a sarcastic emphasis on ne’er-do-wells who follow through on being the garbage people that you expect them to be

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            July 10, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

            -_- is the exasperated/”no, really?” face- it seems best suited for you, among the more common emoji forms. That said, the one you’re specifically referring to would likely be (¬_¬) or variations thereof. Since it uses ascii characters, it’s one of the more irregular ones, but I think it does a good job of properly expressing the intended tone. 😛

          • Miles
            Miles
            July 21, 2020 at 11:58 pm | #

            I always interpreted shifty eyes only if at least one of each direction is used. Otherwise I assumed a pointed look.

  3. Hornet
    Hornet
    July 8, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Poop emoji.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      July 8, 2020 at 9:04 am | #

      DOWNVOTE

  4. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    July 8, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    >_>
    <_<
    totes can't relate, nopesies

    • HeySo
      HeySo
      July 8, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

      >_>
      <_’-‘)> <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'’-‘)> <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^ <('-'<) <('-'<) ^(' – ')^

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        July 8, 2020 at 9:39 am | #

        Wow, that bugged hard. What’s the site’s escape character/command? I’ll fix it. 🙁

        • Miles
          Miles
          July 22, 2020 at 12:00 am | #

          It’s usually a backslash. \\\\\\\\\\

          or you can try \,, or/

          • Miles
            Miles
            July 22, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

            Nope, none of those worked. I put code tags around that whole second line and tried to escape things

            didn't work.

  5. Chris
    Chris
    July 8, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    It could be worse. She could be speaking in hashtags.

    • Hornet
      Hornet
      July 8, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

      Don’t give her/Willis any ideas!
      She just might!

    • Devin
      Devin
      July 8, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

      Or gifs

      • Judas Peckerwood
        Judas Peckerwood
        July 8, 2020 at 1:19 am | #

        Yer sayin’ it wrong.

        • Jon Rich
          Jon Rich
          July 8, 2020 at 2:05 am | #

          It’s “jifs,” right?

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            July 8, 2020 at 2:29 am | #

            strange, I always pronounced it as “qev”

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              July 8, 2020 at 6:23 am | #

              No, it’s “gif”. The X is silent.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            July 8, 2020 at 5:42 am | #

            That’s multiple jars of peanut butter.

            Graphics Interchange Format. GIF. Hard G.

            I choose to die on this hill.

            • Felix
              Felix
              July 8, 2020 at 7:32 am | #

              Word.

            • Victor
              Victor
              July 8, 2020 at 8:03 am | #

              Choosy programmers choose GIF. Like the peanut butter commercial. https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-may-22-la-fi-tn-gif-creator-jif-peanut-butter-20130522-story.html

              • Slartibeast Button, BIA
                Slartibeast Button, BIA
                July 8, 2020 at 8:14 am | #

                I thought everyone was supposed to go to .png because someone claimed they owned .gif?

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  July 8, 2020 at 8:26 am | #

                  GIF is patent-encumbered, and only supports up to 256 colors per image file, but mainstream PNG doesn’t support animation. Even distributing short compressed video files hasn’t replaced it, because it’s just that ingrained in the Internet by this point. It’s been around since the late 80s, and just about everything supports it.

                  It’s also pronounced like “gift” but without the T.

                • Schol-R-LEA
                  Schol-R-LEA
                  July 8, 2020 at 9:14 am | #

                  Going from memory here, but…

                  GIF uses the LZW compression algorithm, which was patented but had spread through various magazine articles at a time when the patent holders weren’t defending the patent.

                  GIF was standardized in 1989 with the GIF89A definition, which added some things to it as well, including the capability to stack several GIF-compressed images into a single GIF file as a way of making the compression of several related pictures more efficient.

                  About a year later, some bright spark noted this, and figured that if you put a sequence of frames in order, and had an image viewer which could automatically render them one after another in that order with a 1/30 second delay, you would have a crude sort of video playback. Animated GIFs quickly became an easy way of sharing a short animated clip.

                  Unisys bought the patent in the 1990s and began trying to enforce it, so a group on USENET decided to create an alternative which wasn’t encumbered, leading to PNG. However, there were no animated PNGs at first, and the ubiquity of the format meant that the patent was basically unenforceable, and in any case expired around 2003, so GIF remains common to his day.

                • Miles
                  Miles
                  July 22, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

                  Those patents expired around 2005 or so. Gifs are fine now.

              • Droewyn
                Droewyn
                July 8, 2020 at 11:18 am | #

                Peter Pan is superior to Jif in every way, and GIF is pronounced with a hard G.

            • SpaceshipPilot
              SpaceshipPilot
              July 8, 2020 at 8:49 am | #

              Then perish.

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              July 8, 2020 at 9:05 am | #

              You mean it’s not “jraphics interchange format”?

              • John Small Berries
                John Small Berries
                July 8, 2020 at 2:21 pm | #

                No more than it’s “light aymplification by ztimulated uhmission of radiation”, or “self-contained oonderwater breathing uhpparatus”.

            • anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
              anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
              July 13, 2020 at 12:17 pm | #

              Please don’t die on that hill.
              Have the other guy die on that hill – G Patton.

            • Miles
              Miles
              July 22, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

              That hill is littered with so many corpses you can build a fort out of them.

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            July 8, 2020 at 6:30 am | #

            It’s spelled “jifs”, but it’s pronounced “Throat-warbler Mangrove.”

            • milu
              milu
              July 9, 2020 at 12:08 pm | #

              hahaha thank you XD

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        July 8, 2020 at 11:06 am | #

        Too late for that

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/03-when-it-crumbles/complicated-2/

    • Paul
      Paul
      July 8, 2020 at 1:07 am | #

      The “hashtag” thing took me forever to understand that people were referring to the “pound sign” AKA the “number sign”

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 8, 2020 at 7:25 am | #

        Octothorp.

        Or “little tic-tac-toe board” if you really want to annoy people.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        July 8, 2020 at 9:17 am | #

        Honestly I think of it half the time as a sharp.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        July 8, 2020 at 10:18 am | #

        You want to really mess with their minds, call it an ‘octothorpe’.

  6. Jo Giggles
    Jo Giggles
    July 8, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh, Amber :'(

  7. Nono
    Nono
    July 8, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Ooh, has Ethan entered the flannel wearing phase of gay life? About a decade earlier than expected, but good on him.

  8. JetstreamGW
    JetstreamGW
    July 8, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Wait they’re making them take their finals right now? Double you tee eff.

    • Nono
      Nono
      July 8, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      It’s midterms.

    • Dean
      Dean
      July 8, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      Ethan might be referring to a medical test, since they seem to be still at the hospital.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        July 8, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

        Or he had to leave to take his test and has now returned to the hospital/University clinic to be with Amber again.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      July 8, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      I know finals have limited rescheduling potential because grades have a hard date they’re due by, but that’s not usually the case for midterms in my experience. That said, any rescheduling would require scheduling with the campus testing center (already packed at the moment,) and there is probably at least one Douchebag Professor whose stance is ‘hey, YOU’RE not dead or comatose, now are you?’

      (I expect Alex and Leslie would both allow rescheduling no questions asked, assuming theirs haven’t occurred yet. The new TA for the math class might have to go through Dr. Rees, who may or may not be aware a kidnapping occurred for all we’ve seen of him, either way we don’t have a proper ping on them.)

      • AntJ
        AntJ
        July 8, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

        She already had Alex’s midterm https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/solving/

    • Thanatos
      Thanatos
      July 8, 2020 at 1:56 am | #

      Maybe he wanted to take the test. A bit of normalcy is how some people get through tough times. Just check out, go take the test, then come back after the mental break.

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 8, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    *plays the late Charlie Daniels’ “Still In Saigon” on the hacked Muzak*

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      July 8, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      Oof. Followed by Billy Joel’s “Goodnight Saigon”?

  10. KJ
    KJ
    July 8, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    relatable

    • Skartling
      Skartling
      July 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm | #

      Like

  11. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    July 8, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    It’ll be really bad when she starts talking in ASCII art.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      July 8, 2020 at 6:07 am | #

      She ends up slumped back in her chair, half asleep, only replying in AX.25 packet radio modem sounds.

      • John Lennerton
        John Lennerton
        July 8, 2020 at 6:34 am | #

        Ah, the sweet sounds of packet.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        July 8, 2020 at 9:07 am | #

        BEEEBHAAAAAAALEELEELELELELELEELELEE

  12. StClair
    StClair
    July 8, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    😶

  13. Nick Piers
    Nick Piers
    July 8, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    On the bright side, she didn’t respond with eggplant.

  14. Gwydion
    Gwydion
    July 8, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Peach emoji, sweat droplets emoji, eggplant emoji

  15. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    July 8, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    <_<

  16. Regalli
    Regalli
    July 8, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Ah yes, THERE’S the social anxiety/severe introversion again!

    … And there’s the professor who refuses to let ‘I was kidnapped yesterday and one of my best friends is comatose’ be a reason for test postponement, because if they let someone reschedule for a reason as petty as kidnapping and threatened murder by a mobster, where do you draw the line, I ask you?

    Which is to say, that’s the most realistic piece of fallout from the kidnapping we’ve seen yet! *Sobs*

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      July 8, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      Maybe Ethan had the option, and he’d already studied, and wanted a break from thinking about the kidnapping to just get the test done. Or maybe his professor is terrible.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        July 8, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

        That is entirely possible. Means one less thing to think about, as well.

        I’ve just had enough shitty faculty members and heard enough horror stories that odds are at least one of them is on that level. (Then again, the one who said he only gave excused absences for active military deployment, police custody, and ER admission with proof of each was a law professor, so maybe we should expect that from Sarah’s faculty. I’m pretty sure I’d found the online section of the same class before we were through the syllabus, because that was one condescending first session.)

        • Droewyn
          Droewyn
          July 8, 2020 at 11:29 am | #

          There was a computer science prof at Michigan State who was famous for his “If you can prove you were feeding the ducks at the time, you get an automatic 100% on his final” escape clause.

          … but witnesses could lie, and photo/video evidence could be faked… etc. etc.

          And then some student showed up to the final with two ducks (because “ducks”, plural), and spent the entire test time feeding them.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            July 8, 2020 at 7:49 pm | #

            Impressive.

          • Chris
            Chris
            July 9, 2020 at 12:00 am | #

            But can the professor trust his own eyes?

  17. butts
    butts
    July 8, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    …aren’t they looking right, though, from their perspective

  18. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 8, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Sympathetic face.

  19. Beef
    Beef
    July 8, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    Like? What a fuckin’ boomer.

    • Norah
      Norah
      July 8, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

      WTF?

      • StClair
        StClair
        July 8, 2020 at 3:28 am | #

        “only old people use Facebook these days”, I’m guessing.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 8, 2020 at 6:13 am | #

          Facebook’s core user base of mid-2000s college students are in their thirties now, that’s old to all the damn kids teenagers on Vine but it’s Chinese spyware TikTok.

          • Zee
            Zee
            July 8, 2020 at 10:24 am | #

            You mean the website that commits treason and tells you what your parents are doing?

            • temperaryobsessor
              temperaryobsessor
              July 8, 2020 at 12:45 pm | #

              Can’t you find out what there doing by calling them, it would be faster and leave you both feeling better.

        • Sarah Lea
          Sarah Lea
          July 8, 2020 at 4:01 pm | #

          I dunno. I’m an Android user in an office of iPhone users, and I get my text messages “liked,” which apparently means “Acknowledged”? Doesn’t seem to be just a Facebook thing, anyway.

        • Beef
          Beef
          July 9, 2020 at 12:58 am | #

          No no, only boomers “Like”, millennials and zoomers use the other reacts

    • Usarnavon
      Usarnavon
      July 8, 2020 at 3:35 pm | #

      Hey now, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pillowfort still use likes!

      But you’re kinda right, tho. She shoulda said, “kudos.”

  20. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    July 8, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

    ¬_¬

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 8, 2020 at 3:28 am | #

      A favorite of mine!

  21. Dracke
    Dracke
    July 8, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    Theraphy, theraphy for everyone

    • Chaucer59
      Chaucer59
      July 8, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

      Theraphy?

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        July 8, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

        The evolved form of Manaphy, the mythical Sea Pokemon.

        • Usarnavon
          Usarnavon
          July 8, 2020 at 3:39 pm | #

          Oh, boy, I can’t wait for everyone to get their own Theraphy! I hope Amber gets a shiny one, she could use it. But knowing her luck, the event is shiny locked. 😰

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            July 8, 2020 at 7:50 pm | #

            If enough of the cast participate, it’ll be shiny Theraphies for all! Like the Zeroara event in Sword/Shield that just happenes.

  22. ZerglingOne
    ZerglingOne
    July 8, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

    👀

  23. Rognik
    Rognik
    July 8, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

    I think Amber needs to be rebooted.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      July 8, 2020 at 1:26 am | #

      Abort, retry, fail?

      • ktbear
        ktbear
        July 8, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

        Control, alt, delete?

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          July 8, 2020 at 2:41 am | #

          Has Walky tried turning her off and turning her on again?

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            July 8, 2020 at 6:26 am | #

            Off, now. On, absolutely yes.

        • Peter Huppertz
          Peter Huppertz
          July 8, 2020 at 4:53 am | #

          Out of cheese error. Reboot universe and restart.
          (with apologies to Terry Pratchett)

  24. PB
    PB
    July 8, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

    Question-mark mouth face

    Nervous sweat drop

  25. Paul
    Paul
    July 8, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

    Every single comment that I make awaits moderation. In all of these years I don’t remember ever seeing one actually post. Maybe this one will, just for spite.

    • Paul
      Paul
      July 8, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

      Nope, it did not. David, if you read these, please answer the burning question of why? Do you not like my name? Is that it? Is it because my children are more obsessed with Transformers than you are?

      • David M Willis
        David M Willis
        July 8, 2020 at 7:20 am | #

        I can’t approve comments when I’m asleep

        • Emoji Jesus
          Emoji Jesus
          July 8, 2020 at 8:52 am | #

          The Galasso avatar was ❤PERFECT❤ for this. 👍😄❤🌠

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          July 8, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

          Gotta admit, that’s a good reason.

        • Bicycle Bill
          Bicycle Bill
          July 8, 2020 at 10:20 am | #

          Youve got two kids.  Who gave you permission to sleep?

          • Rabid Rabbit
            Rabid Rabbit
            July 8, 2020 at 12:24 pm | #

            On the one hand, that’s a fair point.

            On the other, it does seem a bit unfair that when he does find five minutes to sleep, you think he should skip the opportunity to moderate comments instead.

            I’m sure he’s training the twins to take over moderation duties soon, though.

            • temperaryobsessor
              temperaryobsessor
              July 8, 2020 at 12:40 pm | #

              I should practice Willis’ kids sound awesome and cool.
              The worst part about whats bound to happen to Blaine is it will hurt Amber financially and Faz’s mom will likely take it out on him.
              In shory Willi’s are amazing.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              July 8, 2020 at 12:44 pm | #

              The clear option is to build a cyber-clone that can take over the moderation duties instead. There is no way that can possibly go wrong!

        • Paul
          Paul
          July 8, 2020 at 4:40 pm | #

          I would just like to thank you, sir, for allowing me to see my name in lights as it were. 🙂 But, yeah, seriously, one of the bedrooms in my house is a shrine to Transformers, they are trying to copy the one that they saw a picture of in your house somewhere, the wiki perhaps. We have purchased the 1986 movie twice due to the disc being worn out — the VHS still works but is wonky.

  26. Council
    Council
    July 8, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

    Lazy eyes wide face

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 8, 2020 at 2:07 am | #

    No, Ethan, I think that it’s the fact that the Warners refused to blame Amber and instead were insisting on ensuring that she was okay because anyone that their boy would do that for has to be a good person. Amber is once again having to deal with the dichotomy that she hates herself far, far more than anyone else does (at least anyone whose opinion should matter).

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 8, 2020 at 8:41 am | #

      Very plausible, but I think that would still fall under the heading of “blew a fuse interacting with people.”

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        July 8, 2020 at 9:21 am | #

        The Warners are also that exact brand of overwhelming niceness that can be exhausting, especially when you’re already drained.

        The self-loathing does probably have a role there though, yes.

    • temperaryobsessor
      temperaryobsessor
      July 8, 2020 at 9:29 am | #

      Ss”Clearly the opinions of rapists, bullies and those who defend them, specifically defend them by blaming the victims and their defenders are right.”Ss
      “Starcastic comment”=Ss”Comment”Ss

  28. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    July 8, 2020 at 2:21 am | #

    Haha same…
    Upvote

  29. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 8, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

    Heart

  30. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 8, 2020 at 3:02 am | #

    Amber.exe has stopped working

  31. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    July 8, 2020 at 3:10 am | #

    +1

    💯

  32. Stanistani
    Stanistani
    July 8, 2020 at 3:14 am | #

    dramatic_chipmunk.gif

  33. Jake'm
    Jake'm
    July 8, 2020 at 4:12 am | #

    This is not very “poggers”, I hafta say.

  34. Sarah
    Sarah
    July 8, 2020 at 6:45 am | #

    Left looking emoticoneyes and left looking emoji eyes are VERY different moods

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      July 8, 2020 at 8:44 am | #

      She can descend into emoticons, but I draw the line at ASCII. She should have more self-respect than to use ASCII.

      She’s a university student. She should use Uni Code.

      • Council
        Council
        July 8, 2020 at 10:00 am | #

        The Consortium has been watching you, Reltzik.

        You are granted entry.

  35. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 8, 2020 at 8:10 am | #

    I hope Amber will soon see a good therapist.

  36. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    July 8, 2020 at 9:52 am | #

    Personal interaction has been harder since quarantine so I feel like I’ve lost that ability myself.

  37. Jhon
    Jhon
    July 8, 2020 at 11:07 am | #

    He’s seen her do this before.

    • Council
      Council
      July 8, 2020 at 3:51 pm | #

      Better yet, he may have not, and he just really gets the directions her brain takes when it breaks for a bit

  38. Leadsynth
    Leadsynth
    July 8, 2020 at 12:53 pm | #

    Oh no, does this means Mike’s parents showed up? Or worse, is Amber already broken and Mike’s parents haven’t even shown up yet? Oh my. Oh dear.

    • Jake'm
      Jake'm
      July 8, 2020 at 1:52 pm | #

      Mike’s parents turned up a few strips ago – they weren’t happy with what they saw but they understood he did the right thing.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 8, 2020 at 2:17 pm | #

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

      Here you go.

      • Leadsynth
        Leadsynth
        July 9, 2020 at 1:30 pm | #

        Thx! I was so busy wringing my hands about the possibilities that I forgot to, like, read the comic and stuff

  39. Prior Semblance
    Prior Semblance
    July 8, 2020 at 2:14 pm | #

    I suggest you go back to June 27th

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