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by David M Willis on January 31, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: danny, dorothy, jennifer, ruth, sal, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 31, 2024 at 12:03 am | #

    *Dotty loads up CeeLo Green, “Fuck You”*

    *but also says “neighbor” instead of the other word*

    • pope suburban
      pope suburban
      January 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

      Ahahaha, as Danny was about to use “ninja” when he thought Sal had asked him to play “WAP.” Which is great, actually, I love an appropriate substitution there.

      • Enkrod
        Enkrod
        January 31, 2024 at 5:53 pm | #

        Only a ginger, can call another ginger ginger!

    • pyrock_mania
      pyrock_mania
      January 31, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      I was thinking more like Hairy Soul Man’s “Fuck Everything” but she has beef with enough people in this room to justify the more personal approach as well.

    • JR
      JR
      January 31, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

      The clean version just extends the “know” across the second note in “Just thought you should knowwwwww” – fittingly, through the use of a (musical) slur.

    • Freezer
      Freezer
      January 31, 2024 at 1:16 am | #

      Maybe Black Sheep’s “Go To Hail” – which is two minutes of “Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuuuuuuck you fuck you!”

    • SpaceDorf
      SpaceDorf
      January 31, 2024 at 2:32 am | #

      I always find Limp Bizkits “Break Stuff” very cathartic.

    • Dark_T_Zeratul
      Dark_T_Zeratul
      January 31, 2024 at 2:32 am | #

      It’s a bit more upbeat and less angry, but maybe Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq’s “I’ve No More Fucks to Give” would be more accurate to her mental state?

      • Plain Marie
        Plain Marie
        January 31, 2024 at 5:48 am | #

        I love that song. Hum it my myself occasionally even when I can’t remember all the lyrics.

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      January 31, 2024 at 9:10 am | #

      And its the cleaned up version, “Forget you”.

  2. Karla Jean
    Karla Jean
    January 31, 2024 at 12:04 am | #

    Because she’s cheesed?

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      January 31, 2024 at 1:02 am | #

      Because Ruth will want to eat is off of her :p

  3. Nono
    Nono
    January 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    I mean, it could be a triple date.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 31, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      Dorothy and Ruth get drunk and start making out. Walky and Jennifer tangled up in the red string of fate.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        January 31, 2024 at 9:04 am | #

        Wonder if Walky’s actually sneaking away. I don’t see him in the last panel.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      January 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

      Depends on how you quantify it I guess. Both Ruth and Jennifer are in another relationship at the moment, and I don’t think they want to get back together (at least consciously), yet here they are hanging out together bound likely still bound together by the kind of love known almost exclusively to honeymooners and the kind of hate nearly unique to an old couple how have each hired a hitman because they can’t stand the idea of letting the other get anything in the divorce.

      • Dave the Inverted
        Dave the Inverted
        February 1, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

        That is some gloriously *evocative* writing. Thank you for improving my day.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      January 31, 2024 at 1:08 am | #

      They tripped and triggered the triple-tryst trap?

      • Joshua Kronengold
        Joshua Kronengold
        January 31, 2024 at 1:51 am | #

        LOL. It’s like the parent trap only with nobody running it (on purpose)!

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      January 31, 2024 at 7:29 am | #

      @Nono
      Yeah, that was the comment I was gonna make.
      **grabs some virtual popcorn and awaits the fireworks**

  4. Coatl
    Coatl
    January 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    The showtime begin

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 31, 2024 at 2:11 am | #

      Sal is wonderfully perspicacious.

  5. brumagem
    brumagem
    January 31, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    I mean, Ruth’s arm is a tantalizing five inches away from Jennifer’s shoulder. They’re about 3 hours away from moving in together.

    • Dara
      Dara
      January 31, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      ikr? it’s like “RUTH! ARM!” xD

    • morleuca
      morleuca
      January 31, 2024 at 5:25 am | #

      They won’t even need the uhaul

  6. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    January 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Walky is the only one present Danny hasn’t dated in any universe… so far.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      January 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      There’s a universe where Danny dated Ruth?

      • TDKnave
        TDKnave
        January 31, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

        It was one of the first plot arc in Roomies

        • cbwroses
          cbwroses
          January 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

          Danny and Ruth?
          Man it’s been awhile, because I definitely do not remember that.

        • Nono
          Nono
          January 31, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

          They definitely didn’t date. They kinda bonded through apathy but they didn’t even get anything close to even teenage lust for each other.

          • Cattleprod
            Cattleprod
            January 31, 2024 at 12:47 am | #

            Huh. It’s been over 10 years since Ruth’s death was published over on the reprint site, let alone how long it’s been since I read the story the first time, I guess I remembered them as a couple.

            • HueSatLight
              HueSatLight
              January 31, 2024 at 1:30 am | #

              http://www.itswalky.com/comic/head-alien-prime/
              Bo Wilcox, the one that looks like Howard, is Danny and Ruth’s kid in an alternate universe.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              January 31, 2024 at 3:10 am | #

              [Ages into dust like that guy from Last Crusade who chose poorly]

        • RacingTurtle
          RacingTurtle
          January 31, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

          Have I forgotten something? I remember them as friends. Maybe friends who would have been interested in dating one another if the opportunity arose, but friends

  7. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    January 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Plot twist, this somehow ends up with everyone in this scene paired up… but not with who we’re expecting.

    • anon
      anon
      January 31, 2024 at 12:51 am | #

      i mean, as long as there’s no sal/walky (which i don’t think willis is the type to write that), i think everytrhings fair game lol

      • Dark_T_Zeratul
        Dark_T_Zeratul
        January 31, 2024 at 2:44 am | #

        I think Walky would absolutely have them wake up in bed together, just in that “ugh, I’m in bed with my BROTHER” way rather than any suggestion of incest.

      • Mark
        Mark
        January 31, 2024 at 7:08 am | #

        They’re the last two un-paired. They look at each other.

        Walky: Somehow I shoulda known this would happen.
        Sal: Wanna watch me beat you at Skee-Ball again?
        Walky: Sure, why not?
        [Exeunt]

    • Firseal
      Firseal
      January 31, 2024 at 7:16 am | #

      So… Walky and Ruth, Sal and Dorothy, and Danny and Jennifer?

      Walky and Ruth might actually work (ennui can take a lot of punishment if it knows to brance for it coming and Ruth can vent a lot of greivences in the day and a half before the experiment is over), Sal and Dorothy ends once Sal stops humoring the situation or Dorothy sobers up, and Danny and Jennifer… will end in therapy – for both, and a hospital, for one.

  8. morhek
    morhek
    January 31, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    That’s ridiculous Sal, Walky would never date Ruth. He’s not nearly violent or toxic enough.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      January 31, 2024 at 9:00 am | #

      …Is Jason?

      • Mturtle7
        Mturtle7
        January 31, 2024 at 1:22 pm | #

        Good point! I think @morhek is missing the fact that Ruth isn’t necesarily attracted to violent or toxic PEOPLE, she’s just attracted to any REALTIONSHIP which she can MAKE mutually toxic in some way. Getting together with Dorothy’s ex while ostensibly trying to comfort Dorothy just might qualify!

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      January 31, 2024 at 9:12 am | #

      He might enjoy watching her Wrestling Moves though

  9. Joel
    Joel
    January 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Seems more like previous AND otherwise!

  10. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    January 31, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Karaoke Slipshine about to solve the student loan debt crisis

  11. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    January 31, 2024 at 12:09 am | #

    So Sal and the Boys (not a bad band name if a little simplistic) walk in and suddenly Dorothy is in the mood to sing.
    I wonder who motivated her (of course it’s Walky) and what they motivated her to choose.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      January 31, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

      I just know that the song will be very intense

      • Sav
        Sav
        January 31, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

        Maybe the Monkey Master theme song?

        • Coatl
          Coatl
          January 31, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

          She knows Walky very well, so yeah

          • Clif
            Clif
            January 31, 2024 at 2:27 am | #

            It’s the rain.

    • Laura
      Laura
      January 31, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

      “You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you”?

      “Fuck you and your untouchable face for existing in the first place”? (Ani DiFranco)

      “I hate everything about you”? (Ugly Kid Joe)

      “As cool as I am, I will not be afraid of [other] women”? (Dar Williams)

      “Closer to Fine”? (Indigo Girls)

      “I am not a pretty girl” / “I am 32 flavors and then some”? (Ani DiFranco)

      Hmmm… What do y’all / youse / yinz think? Any other ideas?

      • Laura
        Laura
        January 31, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

        “Sell out (with me tonight)”?

        “I don’t want to save the world”? (Cock Robin)

        “Everybody must get stoned”? (Bob Dylan)

        C’mon, help us out here… what could it be?
        😉

        • Laura
          Laura
          January 31, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

          Oh, I got it: “I hate myself for loving you”

        • Firseal
          Firseal
          January 31, 2024 at 7:20 am | #

          “The Rains of Castamere” (Sigur Ros)

          • Firseal
            Firseal
            January 31, 2024 at 7:31 am | #

            Or she could just sing Lone Ranger (by Rachel Platten), throw the mic at Jennifer’s head, and leave.

      • Weatherheight
        Weatherheight
        January 31, 2024 at 1:56 am | #

        You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)

      • Mark
        Mark
        January 31, 2024 at 7:12 am | #

        “My Way”

        • Mark
          Mark
          January 31, 2024 at 7:16 am | #

          Although I can’t get an unlikely outcome out of my head: Dorothy gets sozzled enough to fix Walky with a sultry gaze and pour out “I’m in the Mood for Love”.

      • NickG
        NickG
        January 31, 2024 at 8:47 am | #

        Further to Dar Williams’ ‘As Cool As I Am’, Dorothy is definitely ‘falling in a slow descending funk”.

        • Laura
          Laura
          January 31, 2024 at 1:12 pm | #

          True, that!

      • Nobody
        Nobody
        January 31, 2024 at 2:49 pm | #

        Everyone Else is an Asshole – Reel Big Fish

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      January 31, 2024 at 1:45 am | #

      I do wonder if this is Dorothy giving up on not letting this be a complete mess, it’s too late, this might as well sing.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 31, 2024 at 2:16 am | #

        No, I think she’s suddenly energized and is about to do something she needed a bolster of alcohol before attempting.

        Don’t underestimate the Dorothy.

        • Imogen
          Imogen
          January 31, 2024 at 3:03 pm | #

          IDK, Dotty has been self-sabotaging ever since Billie and Ruth showed up, if not earlier. I could see her using this song as a chance to blow up at everyone in the room. You know, like a breakup song about one partner making the other worse/making you compromise yourself. That would hit everyone in the room.

  12. Warcodered
    Warcodered
    January 31, 2024 at 12:11 am | #

    Feels like a someone pull the fire alarm sort of situation, level of awkwardness.

    • anon
      anon
      January 31, 2024 at 12:52 am | #

      Cue a waiter entrance, ending up somehow being ruth’s granddad down on his luck

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      January 31, 2024 at 4:03 am | #

      On one hand awkwardness has increased, on the other hand aggression has dismissed? Maybe

  13. Hazel
    Hazel
    January 31, 2024 at 12:14 am | #

    Rank the best and worst possible hexagon outcomes. Honorable mention to the most surprising configuration.

    I don’t really want to see Walky/Dorothy happen, especially not right now, but I think Dorothy/Ruth has some surprising potential.

    Most surprising would be Dan shifting gears to anyone else, since he’s been so comfortable with Sal, lately.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      January 31, 2024 at 12:21 am | #

      I agree, I still appreciate Walky/Dorothy and I am even aware that it is not healthy for both of them to return right now, first it is worth letting Dorothy vent, which will provoke a whole series of reactions, obviously.

      But even with the anger she has, she knows she should stop and not create a bigger retaliation. Walky will be in for a tremendous surprise, but I hope this allows him to see Dorothy face to face and not on a pedestal.

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        January 31, 2024 at 5:28 am | #

        I really hope they get a chance to actually talk, though. Maybe discuss boundaries, and acknowledge where they are both at, and what it is they both need right now.

        • Coatl
          Coatl
          January 31, 2024 at 11:07 pm | #

          Indeed, it is the top priority now.

    • Nono
      Nono
      January 31, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      Walky/Ruth, Jennifer/Sal, Dorothy/Danny.

    • Xaeon
      Xaeon
      January 31, 2024 at 9:09 am | #

      Walky/Ruth, Dorothy/Sal, Danny/Lucy (Danny finally saw an opportunity to turn the tables on Walky) Jennifer is just sitting in the corner bewildered.

  14. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 31, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

    Jennie is your karaoke somehow manage to fuck up Danny and Sal’s relationship I’m gonna be angry.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 31, 2024 at 2:18 am | #

      Who is Jennie?

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        January 31, 2024 at 3:14 am | #

        She’s mentioned a bunch of times in that phone number song.

      • Derek
        Derek
        January 31, 2024 at 4:48 am | #

        I think they meant Jennifer?

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          January 31, 2024 at 5:23 pm | #

          …I mean, yeah, who else ? -_-

  15. Bryy
    Bryy
    January 31, 2024 at 12:17 am | #

    Dorothy is about to bring the heat.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      January 31, 2024 at 12:20 am | #

      [Aggretsuko is approaching]

      • Coatl
        Coatl
        January 31, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

        An inevitable reference

  16. Pocky
    Pocky
    January 31, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

    Might be a triple date if the night keeps going like this

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      January 31, 2024 at 1:08 am | #

      tripped into a triple date

  17. Dday
    Dday
    January 31, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

    Taking all bets! Who thinks Dotty’s gonna get so ripped she tries to kiss Walky but turns out it aint Walky?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 31, 2024 at 12:35 am | #

      Plants one on Sal?

      • Puppeteer Nessus
        Puppeteer Nessus
        January 31, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

        Ruth would be fun as well

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          January 31, 2024 at 1:39 am | #

          Danny would be the most destructive option

          • Dr. Sharks
            Dr. Sharks
            January 31, 2024 at 7:52 pm | #

            Oh no. That could happen. RIP twiggy poindexter.

      • Dday
        Dday
        February 1, 2024 at 1:14 am | #

        FTR yes that’s precisely what I meant, just posting this for posterity so I can say I was right when it happens.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      January 31, 2024 at 6:59 am | #

      OH

  18. brute
    brute
    January 31, 2024 at 12:37 am | #

    she chooses an incomprehensible death metal song so she can just yell a gutteral AAAAAAAAAAAA for five minutes

    • I Know Why the Mowed Lawn Screams
      I Know Why the Mowed Lawn Screams
      January 31, 2024 at 12:55 am | #

      I’ve actually done this before, genuinely always a fun time, 10/10 on the cathartic release scale.

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 31, 2024 at 2:54 am | #

      In a pinch, Immigrant Song will do.

    • zee
      zee
      January 31, 2024 at 10:09 am | #

      Ah, aggretsuko style

    • v.gay.person
      v.gay.person
      January 31, 2024 at 9:33 pm | #

      Me, sister and friends will do growl covers of disney songs. Buncha punk/metal head nerds

  19. Stanistani
    Stanistani
    January 31, 2024 at 12:41 am | #

    [a complimentary brace of tequila shots arrives]

  20. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    January 31, 2024 at 12:43 am | #

    If they can get enough beer, maybe the clothes will come off and they’ll have a Sense8 style orgy.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      January 31, 2024 at 1:11 am | #

      honestly I should try watching that again sometime

  21. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 31, 2024 at 12:46 am | #

    If that happens I’ll cackle.

  22. KM
    KM
    January 31, 2024 at 12:48 am | #

    So, Sal’s basically hinting that Walky and Dorothy are going hook up here right?

    • drs
      drs
      January 31, 2024 at 12:52 am | #

      Sal seems to be looking at Ruth and Jennifer.

      But hey, with luck we can get a triple date!

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        January 31, 2024 at 7:12 am | #

        honestly it’s probably a fifty/fifty shot, I could see both

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 31, 2024 at 3:15 am | #

      We’ll find out in a few days (our time), when it’s the next morning in-universe.

  23. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    January 31, 2024 at 12:48 am | #

    Wow somehow this became even more uncomfortable

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      January 31, 2024 at 12:53 am | #

      It was already uncomfortable before the others arrived, the discomfort simply increased.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 31, 2024 at 2:20 am | #

        Dorothy is no longer uncomfortable. Not sure where we are going from here, but she has something in mind.

        • Mark
          Mark
          January 31, 2024 at 7:24 am | #

          I just got it: somehow the machine has “I Hate You” from Star Trek IV, and Dorothy gives it an unforgettable rendition, pointing to each in turn and adding shout-outs to several people not present.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      January 31, 2024 at 7:13 am | #

      don’t worry it’s probably gonna get worse before it gets better

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      January 31, 2024 at 1:25 pm | #

      However, it’s the kind of uncomfortable that motivated Dorothy to ACTION, rather than just wanting to leave! I call this progress (for her at least)!

  24. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    January 31, 2024 at 1:38 am | #

    Dorothy drinking. Did not have that on the bingo card

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      January 31, 2024 at 7:13 am | #

      It’s hardly the first time

  25. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    January 31, 2024 at 1:40 am | #

    I feel bad for Jennifer, she was trying to get some sober approximation of fun for Dorothy, away from stressors, and now Dorothy’s drinking and her options are most likely sad drunk or pissy drunk. She might still have some sort of catharsis, but the plan is off rails, no wonder she’s frustrated in the last panel.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      January 31, 2024 at 1:49 am | #

      She was already pissy sober, maybe she just needs to burn through all the pissiness first.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 31, 2024 at 8:48 am | #

      She’s got Sal’s one beer, so it’s not really going to serve as more than an excuse to do what she wanted to do sober.

      Unless she’s even more of a lightweight than Sal.

  26. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    January 31, 2024 at 2:08 am | #

    Told you Dorothy would end up with the alcohol Sal brought to the room.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 31, 2024 at 2:31 am | #

      So what spectacular thing do you predict Dorothy is going to do next.

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        January 31, 2024 at 2:51 am | #

        1. Get drunk.
        2. Knock on Joyce’s door.
        3. See March 22, 2012.
        4. Oops, turns out Joyce is with Joe, and Sarah answered the door.
        5. Die of awkwardness.

        • Mturtle7
          Mturtle7
          January 31, 2024 at 1:26 pm | #

          Alternately:
          5. Make out with Sarah instead.

          • Mark
            Mark
            January 31, 2024 at 6:20 pm | #

            Alternate alternate:
            4. Oops, turns out Sarah’s been banished for an hour or two, and Joe answered the door.

        • Imogen
          Imogen
          January 31, 2024 at 3:07 pm | #

          It’s happening. The Chaos Theory I’ve been prophesizing for, like, a year is coming true. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, if we’re lucky. THEY ALL SAID IT WAS CONTRIVED. CONTRIVED!
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-14/02-its-the-love-i-havent-got/autonomy/#comment-1764632

          • Imogen
            Imogen
            January 31, 2024 at 3:09 pm | #

            So here’s how it plays out: All our expectations for Dorothy smooching Walky/Danny/Sal/Ruth are averted, because Joyce shows up to the party and finds Dorothy improbably drunk on a single beer. She helps Dorothy back to the apartment. Dorothy impulsively kisses her just as, say, Dorothy’s roommate comes into the room.

            • Imogen
              Imogen
              January 31, 2024 at 3:14 pm | #

              Actually, I *know* it’s been over a year, because I’ve definitely used the phrase “just in time for Valentine’s Day” about this theory before.

              • HueSatLight
                HueSatLight
                January 31, 2024 at 9:51 pm | #

                Shakespearean levels of romantic chaos.

                • Imogen
                  Imogen
                  January 31, 2024 at 10:24 pm | #

                  I wanted to make a bet like, “At this point, if it actually happens, I will send $50 to the Patreon/to a charity of Willis’s choosing.” I couldn’t make it not sound like a bribe.

  27. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    January 31, 2024 at 2:22 am | #

    We’re either getting another song to end the storyline or someone’s doing a bad hookup.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 31, 2024 at 2:31 am | #

      Maybe both.

  28. Now
    Now
    January 31, 2024 at 2:24 am | #

    Panel 2 Walky biting his lip and hosting all of the night sky in the twinkling of his button eyes is sending me

  29. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 31, 2024 at 3:11 am | #

    Plot twist: Dorothy actually has what it takes to make it as a singer. She’s been chasing the wrong vocation this whole time.

  30. Taffy
    Taffy
    January 31, 2024 at 3:16 am | #

    In a shock to everyone, Dorothy starts singing “Birthday Cake” by Cibo Matto.

  31. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    January 31, 2024 at 3:57 am | #

    Props to Danny for going ten minutes without giving Walky any shit. Maybe not every interaction they have has to be negative.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      January 31, 2024 at 9:53 pm | #

      Walky still probably running on low intensity from relationship trouble and earnest telling off of parents.

  32. Archieve
    Archieve
    January 31, 2024 at 4:06 am | #

    She’s volunteering to sing now, so progress?

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      January 31, 2024 at 8:29 pm | #

      I still think karaoke was a perfect idea–it’s a fun silly thing that forces the singer to abandon her perfectionism and dignity and just relax with friends.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 31, 2024 at 11:31 pm | #

        It’s also a great chance to pick songs to sing that’ll let you snipe more or less nastily at those friends.
        Which seems to have backfired on Ruth, but we’ll see what Dorothy chooses to sing.

  33. Adept
    Adept
    January 31, 2024 at 6:05 am | #

    Is that “beer handed to you at the door because you’re a hot girl” thing real, because it sounds dodgy as hell?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      January 31, 2024 at 6:53 am | #

      Hot girls deserve beer too.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 31, 2024 at 7:09 am | #

      It’s Sal’s curse.

  34. AGV
    AGV
    January 31, 2024 at 6:16 am | #

    Dunno if this is happening to anyone else, but I haven’t been able open this website through my phone’s browser. It says “Request header field too large” and “the server refused this request because the request header fields are too large”.

  35. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 31, 2024 at 7:58 am | #

    Dotty: “This next one’s going out to all the young men in the room. Both of ’em. But don’t read too much into it.”

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

  36. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    January 31, 2024 at 10:02 am | #

    I don’t think Danny was trying to avoid a double date with Ruth, but one with Walky.

    Dorothy has come to realize that maybe she should choose her own mental health and Walky over an Ivy.

    Walky stood up for himself but didn’t really do it for Lucy. Lucy would be a choice that Charles would make, just drifting along and not really choosing. He’s gonna make a Jacob choice here and let Lucy down easy and go with his heart. Dorothy was trying to achieve a childhood fantasy. Walky was living in his drifting childish way. Time for less dumbing and more semi-adulting.

    • Seregiel
      Seregiel
      January 31, 2024 at 7:03 pm | #

      I mean, Walky is a better version of his dad. Dotty is kind of a better version of his mom. It works.

  37. zee
    zee
    January 31, 2024 at 10:13 am | #

    Damn Wally looks so menacing behind sals hair in panel 3

  38. Cloud
    Cloud
    January 31, 2024 at 10:16 am | #

    I’ve never hoped for an aggretsuko reference more

  39. OBBWG
    OBBWG
    January 31, 2024 at 10:56 am | #

    Love Sal’s look in panel three. That panel wonderfully defines Dorothy and Sal’s relationship.

  40. poyo
    poyo
    January 31, 2024 at 12:11 pm | #

    I think Dorothy will be fine, she just needs a support group that she knows she can trust and talk her through this transitional period of her life.

    …………..okay maybe she won’t be fine.

    • nicoleandmaggie
      nicoleandmaggie
      January 31, 2024 at 1:23 pm | #

      :sobbing face emoji:

  41. Shogo
    Shogo
    January 31, 2024 at 12:30 pm | #

    I really hope she’s going to chew out Jennifer and Ruth, and not swerve into some stupid bitter ex nonsense. But given past behavior, I’m prepared to be disappointed.

    She broke up with Danny at the start of the comic, then got upset when he moved on instead of wallowing in misery.

    She broke up with Walky because she thought he was a distraction, then got upset because he wouldn’t cheat on his girlfriend when she tried to come crawling back.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      January 31, 2024 at 1:22 pm | #

      Could you point me to the strips where any of those things happened? Are they anywhere near the strips where she helped Danny realise his bisexuality, broke up with Walky because she didn’t think she was being fair on him, and made a vague pass at him which she immediately said was unfair on him, and on Lucy, and was a sign of just how messed up she was?

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        January 31, 2024 at 2:17 pm | #

        “I’ve not been fair to you” is her way of making it sound like she’s ditching him as a favor, and not because she doesn’t want to schedule him into her rock solid plan to be president of the US in a couple of decades. Some people, when they do something for themselves, have to make it sound like they’re inconveniencing themselves to do it for someone else.

        Its fine for her to break up with someone because whatever reason, she’s not obligated to stay with someone if she doesn’t want to. But both times it’s been because she doesn’t want to, not because she knows what’s best for them. She’s ordinary, and broke up with them for ordinary reasons. Not as a grand act of selflessness.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          January 31, 2024 at 6:20 pm | #

          She also did realize she’d been unfair to him and didn’t want to continue to set boundaries she wasn’t going to be able to keep, because that’s not cool.

          She would have needed another pause and that pause also would have been a lie.

    • Mturtle7
      Mturtle7
      January 31, 2024 at 1:27 pm | #

      Don’t worry, she’s Dorothy! She’s GREAT at multitasking!

  42. Roam85
    Roam85
    January 31, 2024 at 2:16 pm | #

    This could be a great set up for a polycule if two of them weren’t related.

    • ari
      ari
      January 31, 2024 at 2:43 pm | #

      Yeah, it feels like if you’re gonna do the twincest, it probably should be the only thing on your plate.

  43. Taellosse
    Taellosse
    January 31, 2024 at 6:29 pm | #

    Naw, Sal – aim higher. You’re 3 beers away (1 more for Dotty, 2 for Walky) from the coveted triple date achievement!

  44. HoopsieDaisy
    HoopsieDaisy
    January 31, 2024 at 7:27 pm | #

    I’m about as excited for the next few comics as ever, but that dang Willis guy’s going to cut away any second! Darn the cliffhangers!

  45. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    January 31, 2024 at 8:15 pm | #

    And then they all fucked.

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