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by David M Willis on July 3, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 05 – As Long As It's Free
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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    July 3, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    what if you angrily take the bus… from the bus driver

    • Jonah Sanville
      Jonah Sanville
      July 3, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      now THERES an idea

    • Ray Radlein
      Ray Radlein
      July 3, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Dammit I was too slow to make that same comment

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 3, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      i think we call that a felony

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 3, 2021 at 12:56 am | #

        Yeah, but suppose Jason was driving the bus

    • milu
      milu
      July 3, 2021 at 7:17 am | #

      Ana
      has the alt-text ever stolen your joke? (for an impressionistic definition of “stolen”)
      DO YOU KEEP A BACKUP JOKE JUST IN CASE

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 3, 2021 at 8:51 am | #

        Wait. She was joking?

        • milu
          milu
          July 3, 2021 at 9:34 am | #

          “But like, the whole time?”

      • Tan
        Tan
        July 3, 2021 at 4:24 pm | #

        There have been at least a few instances of the alt-text stealing Ana’s joke. When it happens, Ana acknowledges it in a follow-up accordingly.

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 3, 2021 at 9:50 pm | #

          The alternative was demanding royalties.

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    July 3, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    I wonder what happened to that motorcycle?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      July 3, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      Maybe had to sell it to pay for something else.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 3, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        I doubt it was anything like that. I think she would’ve just said that if that was the case. The only thing she’s said is she doesn’t want to talk about it.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      July 3, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      You think Linda discovered Sal participated in not one but two separate high speed chases on that thing and decided to take it away? I don’t really think that’s what happened but it is possible.

      • Anon A Mouse
        Anon A Mouse
        July 3, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

        It’s also possible she lost it because she was in two separate high speed chases anyways. Even though she helped, she may have still gotten her license suspended for “reckless driving”. Law doesn’t always take into account good intentions.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        July 3, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        I suppose it’s possible, but I could see it just as easily having been damaged by those chases and too busted up to use.

        It’s too bad Sal’s a proud one, because I wonder if she could suck up to Carla’s parents to get repairs/replacement. 😛

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          July 3, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

          I’d think Walky would know if it were busted or confiscated as part of a legal thing, because he would’ve noticed Sal not using it. He didn’t bring it up until the start of this semester, which makes me think it’s a new thing.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 3, 2021 at 10:51 am | #

          Nah, even a ‘cheap’ 600cc sport bike is easily capable of far more than the chases we saw.

          I bet it’s gone due to legal ramifications of her aggressive riding (license suspended, insurance went up, etc), she needed the money, or Linda forced her hand.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        July 3, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        Could she even do that? It’s Sal’s motorcycle and I doubt she keeps it at their house.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          July 3, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

          Maybe? Sal still technically lives with her parents. Maybe she stores it somewhere else but I kinda doubt she could completely hide the knowledge that she owns a motorcycle from her parents.

        • SuperZero
          SuperZero
          July 3, 2021 at 5:03 am | #

          Parents upon whom one is still dependent can do a lot of things that they can’t do.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            July 3, 2021 at 7:42 am | #

            Yep. Including a wide gamut between ‘lengthy concern-trolling about insurance premiums that amounts to They’re Not Paying For It, which Sal is too resigned to losing battles to really fight for,’ ‘some kind of ultimatum against one of her hobbies due to equipment costs,’ and ‘straight up threats’. Among other options.

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      July 3, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      Could be it’s just too wintry to ride it.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        July 3, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        I thought so at first too but, Asher seems to ride his bike fine so that theory is tentatively debunked. Also I don’t trust Asher. That is all.

        • Segnosaur
          Segnosaur
          July 3, 2021 at 7:47 am | #

          Not sire how the weather works there but perhaps they dont get snow until later in january.

          Asher, being from a richer family, can afford to keep his until the snow comes and then store it locally. Sal, having less resources, stored hers at home the whole semester because she would only be able to use ut part of the semester and couldn’t afford to store it near by.

          • milu
            milu
            July 3, 2021 at 8:36 am | #

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/januarry/ [sic]

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 3, 2021 at 12:06 pm | #

        She’d be unstoppable on a Kawasaki KLR650 with studded knobby tires.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvGZS5fqxrk

    • Thulcandran
      Thulcandran
      July 3, 2021 at 2:56 am | #

      I mean also, it’s a really bad idea to ride a motorcycle in the winter, especially in snow.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        July 3, 2021 at 11:41 am | #

        Ah yeah here’tis. Thulcandran nailed it. Bikers often store their bikers away for the winter.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          July 3, 2021 at 1:25 pm | #

          If that was the case, wouldn’t she just say so? Whatever it was, it’s bad enough Sal doesn’t want to talk about it and not public enough for Walky to just know.

          • Demoted Oblivious
            Demoted Oblivious
            July 3, 2021 at 3:15 pm | #

            Maybe. People going through withdrawal, especially from a coping mechanism, don’t always have the greatest attitude about it. Plus Sal isn’t one for openning up anyways. So lacking further info, and having snow on the ground, I’m happy to follow the simplest explanation until given sufficient reason to deviate. I’m not saying you’re wrong either, @BBCC I’m just not convinced the explanation needs added complexity.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              July 3, 2021 at 3:25 pm | #

              It just being winter isn’t really that big a deal. That’s not something you need to open up about. If it was winter, I’m pretty sure she’d have just said that when Walky asked where her motorcycle was instead of saying ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’

              • Thulcandran
                Thulcandran
                July 3, 2021 at 10:09 pm | #

                Oh that’s true, I forgot about that strip.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      July 3, 2021 at 5:29 am | #

      Another thing that happened over the time skip that I hope we eventually find out.

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 3, 2021 at 9:09 am | #

      Halloween. Halloween happened to the motorcycle.

      • milu
        milu
        July 3, 2021 at 9:37 am | #

        it got stabbed by Mike Myers?

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      July 3, 2021 at 11:40 am | #

      People typically don’t ride in winter because as dangerous as bikes are in summer, it’s near suicidal to ride when you could easily hit a patch of (water, ice, wet leaves, school children).

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 3, 2021 at 12:08 pm | #

        I don’t know about the last one, that sounds more like a Mustang thing.

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          July 3, 2021 at 3:10 pm | #

          Yeah, I suppose. I guess a kid might bend the frame.

  3. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    July 3, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Climb on top of the bus.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      July 3, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

      Well. that gives “riding the bus” a whole new meaning.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        July 3, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

        Amazigirl could do it

        • I am Nothing
          I am Nothing
          July 3, 2021 at 2:10 am | #

          Sal is Amazigirl?

          • RacingTurtle
            RacingTurtle
            July 3, 2021 at 3:08 am | #

            Credit to Jennifer X. Billingsworth for this amazing discovery

            • milu
              milu
              July 3, 2021 at 6:37 am | #

              She just has great intuition. Her gift, her curse.

            • Sunny
              Sunny
              July 3, 2021 at 7:35 am | #

              Shouldn’t that be Jennifer Y. Billingsworth?

              • Clif
                Clif
                July 3, 2021 at 9:04 am | #

                Yes.

                • milu
                  milu
                  July 3, 2021 at 9:39 am | #

                  actually it’s Heterofer Straightlingsworth. #

    • Pilgrim
      Pilgrim
      July 3, 2021 at 6:29 am | #

      I worked my way through college and grad school driving buses in two college towns and that did happen to one of my coworkers.

      • milu
        milu
        July 3, 2021 at 6:39 am | #

        Someone climbed on top of their bus??! WHY

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 3, 2021 at 10:42 am | #

          She was being chased by a young couple and ziplined down a power line to escape.

        • Chris
          Chris
          July 3, 2021 at 12:19 pm | #

          It was in a college town. That is sufficient explanation.

  4. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    July 3, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    The mystery of the motorcycle continues!

    linda did it

  5. auroki
    auroki
    July 3, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Apperently sal hasn’t used public transit too much. Everyone’s angry on those buses!

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      July 3, 2021 at 11:44 am | #

      She seems to know. She wants to blow off steam, not build up more.

  6. Jonah Sanville
    Jonah Sanville
    July 3, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    i’ve defs taken angry rides on the bus before, but a motorcycle does sound better!! nobody actually sitting next to me

    • NotThatDrew
      NotThatDrew
      July 3, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      See, that’s where being a 6 foot 200ish pound broad shouldered man pays off for me. If I look pissed off, not many people are gonna bother me

      • Jonah Sanville
        Jonah Sanville
        July 3, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

        THE DREAM nobodys intimidated by someone whos 5’2

        • ktbear
          ktbear
          July 3, 2021 at 2:00 am | #

          I know right? Of course, some people should be but lets not go there.

        • khn0
          khn0
          July 3, 2021 at 2:19 am | #

          I’m mostly glad I’m not intimidating. T’was here and there a professional drawback, but at least I can ask wrinkled old ladies to take things that are on high supermarket shelves for me.
          Also it’s rather cool to be found non-threatening and to be able to talk with women without making them feeling frightened like by stronger men (what is totally legitimate)

          • Jhon
            Jhon
            July 3, 2021 at 10:30 am | #

            Tall wrinkled old ladies.

            • khn0
              khn0
              July 4, 2021 at 2:48 pm | #

              I live in part of land where people are noticeably taller than where my genes are from.

  7. Wagstaff
    Wagstaff
    July 3, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    *plays “Ride on Shooting Star” by The Pillows on Voxola PR-76*

    • StClair
      StClair
      July 3, 2021 at 2:40 am | #

      I was thinking of “Another One Rides The Bus”.

  8. Proto_Eevee
    Proto_Eevee
    July 3, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

    I’ve heard from a credible source that crashing through windows is helpful in that regard

    • Proto_Eevee
      Proto_Eevee
      July 3, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      *checks itswalky.com* what are the chances

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    July 3, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Aslan on the move?

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      July 3, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Wait, is that what she named her bike?

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        July 3, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

        I’m referring to a running gag from Shortpacked!

        • Stephen Bierce
          Stephen Bierce
          July 3, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

          Have Mercy, Been Waitin’ On The Bus All Day…

          • Clif
            Clif
            July 3, 2021 at 9:11 am | #

            More of a sitting and waiting gag than a running one.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          July 3, 2021 at 10:35 am | #

          If that’s what it takes for Donna (or a doppelganger) to show up in DoA, so be it.

          Give her a long-hair cat on a leash with one of those figure-8 harnesses to complete the set.

  10. plasticwrap
    plasticwrap
    July 3, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Have a cigarette Sal.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      July 3, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

      Hopefully not the kind made of tobacco… but a guy can dream…

      • milu
        milu
        July 3, 2021 at 6:31 am | #

        She’s not into it

        • Segnosaur
          Segnosaur
          July 3, 2021 at 7:51 am | #

          Might be in to it in general, just not the blend/type provided by carla.

          • milu
            milu
            July 3, 2021 at 8:44 am | #

            alt-text on the comic prior to the one i linked to says “Sal isn’t really a weed person”. sorry to be crushing your dreams (ᴗ ̯ᴗ)

            • Wagstaff
              Wagstaff
              July 3, 2021 at 5:22 pm | #

              As far as we know, she hasn’t really tried edibles or tinctures yet. Also, there’s always the chance that particular joint was cut with other substances.

              As much as I like edibles, I’m not really a smoking person myself. The first time I tried a joint didn’t agree with my throat at all. I recently tried a bong for the first time, and it felt like my trachea was on FIRE! So yeah, I think I’m gonna stick with butter (no pun intended).

              Also, @milu, not that you’re gonna change your avatar anytime soon, but out of sheer curiosity, which site avatar do you think you most resemble?

              • milu
                milu
                July 3, 2021 at 5:56 pm | #

                ahahah it’s been years that i haven’t sucked on a bong, i love to smoke buds straight from the pipe though, i think the throat being on fire is somehow part of the fun?? i’m not sure what that says about me

                anyway, who do i most resemble??? funny you should mention it, i was actually thinking of drawing an avatar based of my own face. i can draw a bit though i’m pretty rusty, but one thing i’ve never been good at is faces (which i’m sure is in good part because faces are hard) (because our brains are so demanding of accuracy wrt to faces not because of anything intrinsic) so anyway, i’ve goofed around trying to do self-portraits lately but, eh. i’m far from satisfied yet.

                who do i resemble most ummm maybe Sydney Yus lol (though i haven’t died my hair in years, but the hairdo is similar. also i wear glasses most of the time, plus nose and ear piercings ^^)

                who do you look the most like? and no ignoring my questions this time like you keep doing. you ask me, i tell you, i ask you back, you tell me =P

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  July 3, 2021 at 7:10 pm | #

                  Fascinating!

                  Have I been ignoring your questions? Really sorry if I have!

                  I don’t think I look alot like any of the site avatars. Unfortunately, I don’t even look like my current avatar. Believe it or not, with my hair the length it is now, I resemble the Western/Roman artistic depiction of Jesus (which by the way was a look totally ripped off from Roman gods), beard and everything. Seriously, do you know of a way to get hair to stand up like 1985 Christopher Lloyd?

              • milu
                milu
                July 3, 2021 at 7:48 pm | #

                haha, you haven’t ignored my questions really, so much as not responded to me playfully slinging your own questions back at you.

                so you’re actually trying to look like a mad scientist? ^^ doesn’t static electricity do it for you? brushing with a cheap plastic brush? it depends on your hair type though. but yeah, speaking from experience, if you’ve got straight or slightly wavy hair, bleaching might help. that’s probably how Christopher Lloyd did it =)

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  July 3, 2021 at 8:33 pm | #

                  Nah, Christopher Lloyd was already old when he played that part; his hair naturally became like that. I have yet get a haircut, but if only there were a way to get it to stand while preserving the natural hair color.

                  By the way, in regard to I’ve asked you, whatever you’re most curious about, ask right ahead!

  11. BBCC
    BBCC
    July 3, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    WHAT HAPPENED AND DO I NEED TO KILL LINDA FOR IT????

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      July 3, 2021 at 7:35 am | #

      PROBABLY BUT I WILL HELP YOU IF SO.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 3, 2021 at 1:27 pm | #

        I mean, honestly, the list of reasons is getting long so I appreciate the help.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          July 3, 2021 at 10:01 pm | #

          Hating the shitty parents of this strip is a full-time job, really.

          I’ll get the swords.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            July 4, 2021 at 3:22 pm | #

            I appreciate that, thank you.

  12. Dara
    Dara
    July 3, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    I miss your motorcycle too, Sal

  13. MrSmith
    MrSmith
    July 3, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    I hear apologising to someone you’ve just been a major dick to is also a good way of blowing off steam

    (Actually it’d probably lead to more drama but i’d be ok with that)

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      July 3, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

      She was way too high-and-mighty to even consider that right now.

      I do agree with you, though.

  14. Kitschensyngk
    Kitschensyngk
    July 3, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    I don’t suppose a regular bicycle would be the same.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      July 3, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

      She wants ‘VRRROOOM’, not ‘ding-ding’

      (especially not Jason’s ding-ding)

      • AbelUndercity
        AbelUndercity
        July 3, 2021 at 8:01 am | #

        She can put a playing card in the spokes.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      July 3, 2021 at 11:38 pm | #

      Vroom sound of power. https://youtu.be/MC0dK42wOOA

  15. Sporky
    Sporky
    July 3, 2021 at 12:40 am | #

    Wait, she lost her motorcycle? Did this come up before and I missed it?

    • Larathiel
      Larathiel
      July 3, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

      I’m wondering the same thing. Did it get wrecked when defeating the evil dads?

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      July 3, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/01-this-bright-millennium/northstar/

  16. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    July 3, 2021 at 12:48 am | #

    Don’t let the pigeon drive the motorcycle.

  17. BenRG
    BenRG
    July 3, 2021 at 1:24 am | #

    On the other hand, Sal, riding angry is never a terribly safe idea.

    • milu
      milu
      July 3, 2021 at 6:33 am | #

      i think safety ranks low-ish among Sal’s priorities

      • Clif
        Clif
        July 3, 2021 at 9:41 pm | #

        And the other hand, her original beef with Amazigirl was that she was recklessly endangering herself and others. She even convinced Danny of it.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          July 3, 2021 at 10:37 pm | #

          After which she joined AG in beating up gangs and in her own reckless endangerment kidnap rescues, so …

  18. bryy
    bryy
    July 3, 2021 at 1:50 am | #

    SO MANY HALLOWEEN QUESTIONS.

  19. Pocky
    Pocky
    July 3, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

    Invest in an angry dome

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 3, 2021 at 9:26 am | #

      Rage flying is why we don’t have jetpacks.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        July 3, 2021 at 3:27 pm | #

        It seemed to work fine for those birds that were so popular.

  20. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    July 3, 2021 at 3:00 am | #

    what happened to the bike?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 3, 2021 at 9:14 am | #

      what happened to Jason’s bowtie?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 3, 2021 at 1:28 pm | #

      We don’t know – all we know is

      A) Sal doesn’t want to talk about it

      B) It wasn’t a public enough spectacle for Walky to know about it.

      and

      C) It’s recent enough that Walky doesn’t know yet.

  21. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    July 3, 2021 at 3:14 am | #

    No motorcycle…? What kind of bullshit Bearded Spock Universe are we in here?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 3, 2021 at 9:18 am | #

      She sold it to help keep Marcy from being homeless between jobs.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        July 3, 2021 at 10:30 am | #

        Oof, that’s a tragic but plausible headcanon I can get behind. 🙁

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        July 3, 2021 at 1:29 pm | #

        Possibly, especially if her other job wasn’t enough to keep up her share of rent and other expenses once she lost her security job.

  22. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    July 3, 2021 at 3:22 am | #

    OK. WHAT HAPPENED TO SAL’S MOTORCYCLE??? I can accept everything. But Sal without motorcycle….. NO!

  23. Bagge
    Bagge
    July 3, 2021 at 3:42 am | #

    You have roller skates, Sal, just roll with it.

    • Lone Duck
      Lone Duck
      July 3, 2021 at 6:07 am | #

      I find that whenever I need to blow off steam, a nice pot of tea does the trick.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        July 3, 2021 at 3:56 pm | #

        Sal is not really the pot of tea type

  24. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    July 3, 2021 at 4:33 am | #

    Sal have you ever heard of the movie “Speed”?

  25. Amos Batista
    Amos Batista
    July 3, 2021 at 5:04 am | #

    Instead blow off the angry, a bus only helps to build more and more hate.
    – So much people inside.
    – Stops every time
    – People inside
    – Rush time, all dignity goes away.
    I hate buses so much…

  26. Keulen
    Keulen
    July 3, 2021 at 5:27 am | #

    You can always be a weirdo angry muttering to yourself on the bus I guess. Though you don’t really need a bus for that either. I definitely don’t talk to myself a lot or anything. >_>

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      July 3, 2021 at 2:09 pm | #

      Oh, for sure. Same here. <_<

  27. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    July 3, 2021 at 6:36 am | #

    How did she even GET a motorcycle to begin with?
    Thats an odd “welcome home from boarding school” gift from mom and dad.

    • milu
      milu
      July 3, 2021 at 6:42 am | #

      I’m pretty sure she said she paid for it herself

      • Edwin I Callahan
        Edwin I Callahan
        July 3, 2021 at 7:15 am | #

        She did.

        • Alan in DC
          Alan in DC
          July 3, 2021 at 7:52 am | #

          Ok, but HOW?

          • Segnosaur
            Segnosaur
            July 3, 2021 at 7:55 am | #

            Sal has shown a lot more work ethic than walky. Maybe she worked odd jobs/part time over summers to rais the cash.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            July 3, 2021 at 10:28 am | #

            With money, of course.

  28. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    July 3, 2021 at 7:21 am | #

    Sal don’t want a pickle …

  29. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    July 3, 2021 at 8:33 am | #

    We still don’t know what happened to it… did she have to sell it ? Did it turn into a pumpkin during halloween ?

    • Clif
      Clif
      July 3, 2021 at 9:23 am | #

      She sold it to get the money to buy Walky more pajama jeans for Christmas.

  30. Hydrohead
    Hydrohead
    July 3, 2021 at 9:46 am | #

    We could start a GoFundMe to get it replaced.

  31. Jhon
    Jhon
    July 3, 2021 at 10:28 am | #

    I strode out of the apartment and angrily boarded a bus.
    The bus driver looked at me and said “Huh, you too?”

  32. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    July 3, 2021 at 3:16 pm | #

    So a few people are quick to blame Linda for taking the bike away. But here’s why that’s very unlikely. It was Sal’s bike and being eighteen Linda has no way to take it away from her. And before you launch into any counter argument. We know Sal owned that bike because does Linda sound like the kinda mom who’d have bought either of her kids a motorcycle?
    The only way Linda could have taken that bike away is if you think she bought it for her daughter to begin with.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      July 3, 2021 at 3:36 pm | #

      I’m not 100% sure Linda took the bike away (and if she did, I doubt it was as straightforward as ‘she bought the bike so she can legally’ – plenty of parents do things they can’t do their adult children), but given that it’s

      1) Bad enough Sal doesn’t want to talk about it, as opposed to just saying ‘It’s too slippery to ride right now’ – Linda by herself is a PITA.

      2) It’s quiet enough that Walky doesn’t know from a spectacle or whatever, so it’s PROBABLY not a legal thing and

      3) It’s recent enough that Walky’s only just now noticing that she’s not riding it, which means it’s more likely something new. They just returned from winter break, which included several weeks with her parents.

      • Amos Batista
        Amos Batista
        July 3, 2021 at 9:25 pm | #

        What’s PITA?

        • Clif
          Clif
          July 3, 2021 at 9:48 pm | #

          Pita is a type of yeast-leavened round flatbread baked from wheat flour, common in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas. I understand making it is a Pain In The Ass.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          July 3, 2021 at 9:57 pm | #

          Pain in the ass.

          The thing is that while LEGALLY, Linda has no way to get rid of the motorcycle unless she bought it (and she obviously didn’t,) EFFECTIVELY, there’s plenty of ways for a parent who we already have seen financially abuse and steal from her child to get rid of something she deems unacceptable. For example, while Sal most certainly paid for the motorcycle herself, I could see her not having insurance for it, and Linda refusing to cover for her because of how ‘dangerous’ they are or the like. Or threatening to stop paying tuition for college if Sal didn’t get rid of it. The latter in particular would be extortion, and either option would probably qualify as financial abuse given the pattern of behavior we’ve already seen from Linda, but because Sal is still by and large financially dependent on her parents, she doesn’t have any way to fight it. (We know she’s not totally financially independent because college is outlandishly expensive, and I suspect Sal might not have chosen IU given other options. I genuinely do not see any outcome to this subplot where Sal doesn’t someday go No Contact with Linda.)

          (I could also see Sal somehow having had insurance without her parents knowing it was for a motorcycle – or maybe if Charles is in fact less shitty than Linda, him knowing and not telling her but being unwilling to bat for Sal once Linda found out – and this becoming a problem once she was at home and they found out.)

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            July 4, 2021 at 2:08 am | #

            I can’t imagine Sal depending on her parents for insurance money, not after what happened with Marcie. I can definitely see Linda saying to sell it or she’ll stop paying for college. She’s not paying for Sal to become a ‘hoodlum’ after all.

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            July 5, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

            just FYI regarding who bought the motorbike https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/drop/

  33. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    July 5, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

    I keep getting blindsided by these time skip things and wondering whether I’m just clueless but nope, it seems everyone is as clueless as me (I think??)

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