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May 12, 2026

Deadpan

by David M Willis on October 26, 2024 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Love Dares You To Change
└ Tags: carla, ruth

Discussion (188) ¬

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 26, 2024 at 12:05 am | #

    “What bizarro universe would THAT happen in?!”

    • Clif
      Clif
      October 26, 2024 at 12:13 am | #

      Obviously not the Rutten one.

      And who cares about the rest.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        October 26, 2024 at 4:29 am | #

        Quantum mechanics’ ‘many universes’ interpretation posits that there do exist other such universes. But since the position is unfalsifiable, we don’t need to be concerned with them.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          October 26, 2024 at 10:01 am | #

          Having an infinite number of universes does not guarantee that every conceivable universe exists. Despite there being infinitely many permutations, there can still be some that cannot or will not exist.

          • Mark
            Mark
            October 26, 2024 at 5:37 pm | #

            I am intrigued by the notion of a universe that refuses to exist.

            • Michael Steamweed
              Michael Steamweed
              October 26, 2024 at 7:24 pm | #

              Some universes exist on a spectrum of willful existence. On one end, “I exist, therefore I am.” On the other end, “Nope, you can’t make me.”

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 26, 2024 at 5:45 am | #

      Carla’s not to that point yet. It’s like Oklahoma! where someone asks “You can put a ballet in a musical?”

  2. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    October 26, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    IT IS FORBIDDEN

    FORBIDDEN BY LAW

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      October 26, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      Breaking up with Carla and visiting the west wing of Beast’s castle have something in common now.

  3. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 26, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Wait a fuckin’ minute, can people break up??????

    • Dday
      Dday
      October 26, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      Well, yeah, just not with Carla, obviously. You can’t break up with the most important person in the universe.

      • Carla's #2 Fan
        Carla's #2 Fan
        October 26, 2024 at 3:52 am | #

        That’s 100% correct, no breaking up with Carla

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          October 26, 2024 at 4:30 am | #

          Re: your name, am I correct in concluding that Carla’s #1 fan is Carla? 😀

          • eh, whatever
            eh, whatever
            October 26, 2024 at 4:54 am | #

            I thought that was obvious…

            • Clif
              Clif
              October 26, 2024 at 10:00 am | #

              I mean she is best positioned to appreciate her own awesomeness.

      • Pylgrim
        Pylgrim
        October 26, 2024 at 5:28 am | #

        Is Carla Elon Musk if she transitioned in her teens and as result, became colossally less of an asshole (but still quite a bit) than the one in our current timeline?

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          October 26, 2024 at 7:25 am | #

          I don’t really see much similarity between them beyond the narcissism. And I mean, the narcissism is a very large part of both thier personalities, but that’s true of all narcissists.

        • zee
          zee
          October 26, 2024 at 10:31 am | #

          Given her parents are tech giants already it’d probably be closer to say she’s like the muskrats trans daughter if she were born to a halfway decent man and not the living embodiment of the word “ew”. And I don’t even like drawing that parallel

    • anon
      anon
      October 26, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

      I wonder who will last longer, carla/charlie or becky/dina

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        October 26, 2024 at 4:32 am | #

        Whichever one gives us the larger number of Slipshine episodes. That’s what I’m hoping.

        (now i gotta figure out if i want carla/charlie slipshines…there’s gonna have to be headgear involved…hmm)

        • Nymph
          Nymph
          October 26, 2024 at 3:18 pm | #

          why would there need to be headgear involved?

          • Michael Steamweed
            Michael Steamweed
            October 26, 2024 at 7:27 pm | #

            Either a Dina hat or a lizard. Maybe other items will work, but that could involve some experimentation. Such items are needed for providing the focus of attention. I feel that sex with someone who can’t give attention could be a tad rapey.

            (unless it’s been discussed and agreed upon in previous times)

            • Nymph
              Nymph
              October 26, 2024 at 10:51 pm | #

              I would desperately love this comments section to stop calling everything out as rape. She has attention issues not an inability to consent, that’s creepy and ableist to assume.

              • NGPZ
                NGPZ
                October 26, 2024 at 11:23 pm | #

                It was just like this durin Trial and Sarah, where people were like Dina was just gonna somehow suddenly forget about consent,

                like what the FUCK?

                Like they were waitin for the time to slide her way the R-word or some shit :/

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          October 27, 2024 at 12:00 am | #

          I feel like, while there have been Slipshines that weren’t *as heavily* focused on the bumpin’ uglies (and, TECHNICALLY, one of Willis’s didn’t have sex in it so much as people remembering sexy times), a Slipshine centered specifically around asexuals would be counter to the point.

          Unless it were a “stand around and look sexy” like Iris & Angel or something.

          But it *feels* like asking for a commission of a known vegan eating a deer carcass.

      • Hof1991
        Hof1991
        October 26, 2024 at 10:22 am | #

        Both will last out the semester which will be until DYW retires.

      • tunasammich
        tunasammich
        October 26, 2024 at 11:34 am | #

        Both couples will end up married and live happily ever after

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 26, 2024 at 11:42 am | #

        The both last until thelastdumbingofagecomicever

    • Rolf of Many Doors
      Rolf of Many Doors
      October 26, 2024 at 1:03 am | #

      Given how Walky and Whatsherface’ relationship ended, that’s a valid question

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 26, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh no, suddenly Carla has to care what another person thinks of her! This girlfriend situation was just a trap!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      October 26, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

      “Love dares you to change.”

      • AniDanny
        AniDanny
        October 26, 2024 at 12:40 am | #

        “…nevermind, I choose truth.”

        • Clif
          Clif
          October 26, 2024 at 10:05 am | #

          You can’t handle the truth.

  5. Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    October 26, 2024 at 12:06 am | #

    Carla found something that she likes more that bragging about herself: bragging about her awesome girlfriend.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 26, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      I mean, it’s still just bragging about herself.

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        October 26, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

        It is different in the fact it involves giving praise to a separate not Carla person.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          October 26, 2024 at 12:39 am | #

          She’s bragged about her parents before too. If making herself look good means praising someone else, she’s historically been more than happy to do it.

          • Jeremiah
            Jeremiah
            October 26, 2024 at 1:08 am | #

            Okay but in this case it is very clear she cares more about the fact she has a cute girlfriend that if it makes her look good.

  6. Dara
    Dara
    October 26, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Ruth’s just jealous she doesn’t have a girlfriend anymore.

    • Wraithy2773
      Wraithy2773
      October 26, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

      Gravatar checks out. 😀

      • Dara
        Dara
        October 26, 2024 at 2:47 am | #

        I just love her lucy van pelt frown 😀

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          October 26, 2024 at 4:34 am | #

          Billie (er, Jennifer): “Okay, Walky Brown, I’ll hold the football steady and you come running up and kick it.”

          • eh, whatever
            eh, whatever
            October 26, 2024 at 4:56 am | #

            plot twist: it’s a handegg

  7. cmasta1992
    cmasta1992
    October 26, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    I don’t think Charlie is aware enough to break up with someone.

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell
      October 26, 2024 at 12:23 am | #

      She’ll just stop showing up, and when Carla hunts her down (completely casually, y’know, not because she’s in any way concerned or worried), she’ll go, “Oh, well, we broke up, I think?”

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      October 26, 2024 at 12:25 am | #

      She *could* be… if Dina hadn’t rudely taken back the hat she gave her!

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        October 26, 2024 at 4:35 am | #

        The hat or the lizard. Getting her own hat probably is less troublesome than getting her own lizard.

        • Shadowsnail
          Shadowsnail
          October 26, 2024 at 11:31 am | #

          It will not be a hat. It will be a luchador mask.

    • anon
      anon
      October 26, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

      Well, despite her…spaciness? (sorry if that term’s rude to say), she did say “Carla’s my gf, i think!” so she was fine with dating her and other than her behavior changing i wouldn’t think she would initiate a break up versus “I haven’t seen Carla for six months, I guess she dumped me” (Which i can’t imagine happening unless something happened to where carla had some situation to where she suddenly had to ghost everybody and somehow couldn’t get in contact with anyone else but it’s not like this is an action thriller)

  8. Jamie
    Jamie
    October 26, 2024 at 12:07 am | #

    Isn’t … isn’t Carla across the hall from Ruth? Maybe not directly across, even?

    • anon
      anon
      October 26, 2024 at 12:34 am | #

      I’d like to think she had this convo with like 3-4 other ppl before ruth lol

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        October 26, 2024 at 1:37 am | #

        I mean wouldn’t you if you catch yourself a Charlie?

        • eh, whatever
          eh, whatever
          October 26, 2024 at 4:57 am | #

          What for? Extroversion?

          • Jeremiah
            Jeremiah
            October 26, 2024 at 12:18 pm | #

            I don’t get what you mean

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      October 26, 2024 at 2:40 am | #

      Ruth’s room and Carla’s room share a wall: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/sure/

      • Mark
        Mark
        October 26, 2024 at 8:54 am | #

        Maybe it was just that loud.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 26, 2024 at 11:44 am | #

      they share a half-bath.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 26, 2024 at 11:48 am | #

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/orbiting/
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/forbidden/

  9. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    October 26, 2024 at 12:08 am | #

    Its a little rude for Ruth to say “when” and not “if”, but I’m totally on her side here otherwise :D.

    Also, Ruth, do you mean relative to you and Billie? Because… yeah, I can definitely see that.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 26, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

      I feel like this is a situation where a rude reply is kind of deserved.

    • anon
      anon
      October 26, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

      i mean, i’d be more surprising a college story/comic series like this would have one couple stay together for the whole run without like one breakup. Even joyce’s parents got a divorce (which was for the best in their situation) and they were together for decades

      • Nono
        Nono
        October 26, 2024 at 10:37 am | #

        Richard/Stacey seems like it’s going to last.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 26, 2024 at 12:41 pm | #

          It seems likely that it should. Even when Richard does start cheating again, that’s likely to take longer than the comic lasts to blow up.

          Narratively though, I’d really rather see some resolution there tie into Joe’s arc.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      October 26, 2024 at 4:29 am | #

      Carla needs that tradition Roman generals had when coming back to Rome and being celebrated. They had a guy riding in the chariot with them whispering into their ear “You are not god.”. Carla could use something like that.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        October 26, 2024 at 7:28 am | #

        Carla: Of course not. I’m better than that. I’m better than John Lennon and Jesus combined!

    • zee
      zee
      October 26, 2024 at 10:33 am | #

      I mean yeah that’s the point. Ruth is being a dick. It’s like, her thing

  10. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    October 26, 2024 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m on the bottom level of DYW’s Patreon, which means I don’t get the comic a day early, just bonus and unused strips, etc.

    Occasionally I get the a strip early, but a few hours later it is gone. I assume this means he clicked the wrong button and corrected it when he noticed.

    But for the last three days I’ve gotten an Early Update email with the strip blurred out. Is this just a run of errors as above, or is this some new deal where Patreon is trying to nag me to upgrade?

    Asking here because I can’t ask on the Patreon posts.

    • Cassie
      Cassie
      October 26, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

      I’ve seen similar stuff on creators I follow, and even once it gave me a notification I was able to open and see the post. So either someone’s clicking something wrong or Patreon is just having random weird issues.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        October 26, 2024 at 1:10 am | #

        OK, thanks. Not just me then.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      October 26, 2024 at 4:38 am | #

      Not just you. I’ve been getting the same for 5 creators I’ve subbed to.

    • zee
      zee
      October 26, 2024 at 10:34 am | #

      Patreon just emails me whenever a creator i follow posts something, regardless if i have access to it or not. I just assumed that was normal

      • AK
        AK
        October 26, 2024 at 1:36 pm | #

        That has definitely not been normal for me, but this week I’ve been getting that same problem. I don’t know if it’s something that I can deal with on my end settings wise or if he deals with it on his end settings wise if it’s just patreon fucking up.

  11. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    October 26, 2024 at 12:12 am | #

    I recommend Antarctica. The cold won’t deter Carla, but without a sufficiently large human population to feed her ego, she will eventually have to move elsewhere in search of sustenance.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 26, 2024 at 12:15 am | #

      Wait, so is Carla an emotion-feeding entity like in that old Star Trek episode, only she feeds on admiration rather than terror?

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        October 26, 2024 at 12:44 am | #

        Aren’t we all.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 26, 2024 at 12:57 am | #

      Yeah, but during the period in which she’s starving she will focus on you all the harder. With a large population pool she’ll at least seek attention from more people than just you.

  12. Suet
    Suet
    October 26, 2024 at 12:19 am | #

    Can ain’t will

    That won’t stop Carla from following Ruth, though.

  13. VolticEXE
    VolticEXE
    October 26, 2024 at 12:22 am | #

    Torn between wanting Carla to be able to enjoy something genuine in her life & having more emotions over another person VS relishing the thought of having very bad things happen to her because GOD, that rich smarmy girl attitude gets REAL OLD after awhile & I still haven’t reset my tolerance for her yet from the other panels she’s been in recently.

    • anon
      anon
      October 26, 2024 at 12:26 am | #

      Charlie might be a good influence on her tho i imagine some ppl might want her to affect her behavior more directly/suggest stuff but Charlie does seem to be indifferent about carla’s ‘ego’ compared to others that’d be annoyed/roll their eyes at it

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 26, 2024 at 12:30 am | #

      It’s a defense mechanism. Reaction formation, I think it might be called.

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      It’s a toss up over how much of Carla’s egotism is from dealing with trans issues and how much is simply from being the daughter of billionaires.

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        October 26, 2024 at 12:48 am | #

        I mean, there’s no rule saying it only has to be one.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        October 26, 2024 at 2:09 am | #

        Now I’m a little curious about something. Carla’s parents are billionaires, but how much capital/money does Carla herself possess? If something French were to suddenly happen to Mr. And Mrs. Rutten and none of their unique assets were transferred to her, what would she still have?

        • Daibhid C
          Daibhid C
          October 26, 2024 at 7:33 am | #

          Why would Carla’s parents have caramelised onion and brie added to them?

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            October 26, 2024 at 7:34 am | #

            …Okay that’s probably a bit obscure, even for the comments of the comic itself. It’s a reference to this: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/farm-2/

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 26, 2024 at 9:34 am | #

          Probably not much by her standards, but short of being deliberately cut off and disowned, it’s hard to see how none of their assets would transfer to her

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            I may have been less clear than I thought in my sleep deprived state. “Something French” in this case means guillotine or other form of execution, followed by seizure of their assets in some manner. Basically, I’m assuming Carla gets neither jack nor squat from them after they’re taken out.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              October 26, 2024 at 6:43 pm | #

              Well, in a proper revolution, you get the heirs as well. 🙂

              But yeah, I’m not really familiar with the common approach to finance among the really rich, especially the nouveau riche. Still wouldn’t surprise me if there was some kind of trust fund. A college fund to cover the rest of that. And she could quite easily have accumulated a modest personal account along with expensive stuff that could be sold.

        • Clif
          Clif
          October 26, 2024 at 10:15 am | #

          Taffy, if she lost all her parents assets somehow, she would still have her engineering ability.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            October 26, 2024 at 12:37 pm | #

            Goblin Jr. type behavior is imminent.

        • zee
          zee
          October 26, 2024 at 10:44 am | #

          I mean she’s next of kin. If something were to happen to them she’d probably inherit some stuff of insane value even without a will. And it’s never been mentioned so it’s just speculation for now, but she probably has a trust fund set up for when she gets a little older

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            October 26, 2024 at 12:36 pm | #

            See, I’m a little shaky in the “next of kin” department. I mentioned all of their unique assets but didn’t elaborate, so let’s assume that means anything either parent has built up and could pass on from their own endeavors, but not anything Carla may have invested using what they may or may not have already given her, if that makes sense. I’m no lawyer or economist, so I apologize if my lingo isn’t very accurate.

        • TerribleTransit
          TerribleTransit
          October 26, 2024 at 8:10 pm | #

          Probably a lot, mostly in the form of investments that list her as the beneficiary. If we’re entering some hypothetical where all assets relating to her parents vanish somehow and she’s only left with her own bank account, I can’t imagine it’s very light. The financial situation for what belongs to a minor and what to their parents is always complicated, and can take many, many years to sort out… and I’m sure the sheer amount of money involved only makes that more complicated.

          Hypothetically, if we’re looking at some highly extra-legal situation where everything vanished except a small personal bank account her parents were using to teach her fiscal responsibility by living like regular folks… well, I guess she’d have about the same amount of assets as if you did that to anyone else. But she’d also be an engineering genius in her own right with no small amount of celebrity attached to her name, so even stripped of any financial tools that even had a whiff of her parents she’d be relatively well positioned in life.

          In short even stripped of her parents’ wealth she’d probably be better off than most of her peers’ entire families.

      • Strain of Thought
        Strain of Thought
        October 26, 2024 at 4:00 am | #

        You know this is a really interesting point in the context of the Walkyverse because while Ultra Car was never more than a shallow gag character for Willis- no matter my repeated foolish attempts to project depth onto her which I always got punished for- it never before occurred to me to interpret Ultra Car’s extreme egotism as stemming from a kind of genuine privilege. I guess being born and being immediately told by your parents “You are far larger and stronger and tougher and faster than any human and you can do amazing things impossible for humans like fly and phase through matter.” and then getting to go on secret Martian fighting adventures with your parents as a toddler and receiving regular expensive super science technology upgrades or even just cosmetic features you ask for might be a genuine reason to adopt an inflated sense of self, even if Ultra Car still did develop an inferiority complex over the basic human things she could not do.

        • Michael Steamweed
          Michael Steamweed
          October 26, 2024 at 4:41 am | #

          Hm. The loss of Charlie could be devastating to Carla. She might indeed develop an inferiority complex even temporarily. :O

          • Mark
            Mark
            October 26, 2024 at 9:02 am | #

            So that would bring her down to a normal level of smug self-satisfaction?

            • Michael Steamweed
              Michael Steamweed
              October 26, 2024 at 7:30 pm | #

              Indeed, she would briefly dip down into mere mortality.

              Such an abysmal state should be mercifully brief. However, it’s best that we don’t chance it.

  14. anon
    anon
    October 26, 2024 at 12:24 am | #

    oof more anxieties to worry about, although unless carla does something extreme, i don’t think charlie would intiate a breakup. versus just getting some job that requires them to be long distance and her being in another country for like 3 months straight and forgetting to text/vid call her or so

  15. mindbleach
    mindbleach
    October 26, 2024 at 12:28 am | #

    Carla is somehow the worst-adjusted person in this comic, and it is fantastic.

    • Colin McKenzie
      Colin McKenzie
      October 26, 2024 at 9:04 am | #

      But Mary is the most generally evil.

  16. Yumi
    Yumi
    October 26, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

    And seeing how Carla wasn’t sure when they got together, Charlie could potentially break up with her without her realizing it as well.

    • Mark
      Mark
      October 26, 2024 at 9:03 am | #

      Maybe it’s already happened.

  17. Laura
    Laura
    October 26, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

    …With Charlie you always have to specify “on purpose”. Both Carla and Charlie have a tendency to sometimes be in people’s rooms on accident.

  18. Endplanets
    Endplanets
    October 26, 2024 at 12:31 am | #

    Yea, they banned ‘no fault dumping your GF’

  19. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 26, 2024 at 12:32 am | #

    Canada is on the same continent, Ruth.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      October 26, 2024 at 12:48 am | #

      Why would she go to Canada? Her grandpa’s there.

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        October 26, 2024 at 12:56 am | #

        So are the Leafs. And Gramps has to die sooner or later.

        • Jeremiah
          Jeremiah
          October 26, 2024 at 1:04 am | #

          It would be a win-win, she get away from her grampa and the disappoinment of being a maple leaf fan.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 26, 2024 at 12:58 am | #

        She can go to a part of Canada where Sir Grampus isn’t. BC, maybe.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        October 26, 2024 at 1:13 am | #

        Her grandpa isn’t there, I thought? That’s why she and her brother had to move from Canada to Indiana when their parents died.

        • Rotunda
          Rotunda
          October 26, 2024 at 1:35 am | #

          Her grandfather is in Carmel, Indiana.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            October 26, 2024 at 2:10 am | #

            What kind of name is Carmel? That’s a confection. Ridiculous.

            • Mark
              Mark
              October 26, 2024 at 9:13 am | #

              Northeast side of Indianapolis. Or in California, where it is -by-the-sea.

              See also Mount Carmel. It’s a namesake for a number of places and, I think, a religious order.

              In places where people know how to pronounce English (but not around here), car·a·mel is a confection.

              • Clif
                Clif
                October 26, 2024 at 10:29 am | #

                Carmel was on the Medina River near the site of present Losoya in southern Bexar County (county wherein the capital of Texas lies). It was settled around the time of the Civil War. Mount Carmel is near Waco and is otherwise known as the Branch Davidian compound.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 26, 2024 at 1:17 am | #

      Who said she’s not going to Peru?

      • Clif
        Clif
        October 26, 2024 at 10:43 am | #

        I hear the Amazon is lovely this time of year.

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        October 26, 2024 at 12:21 pm | #

        Your mom say that to me. I don’t know how she got my number or why called specifically to tell me that, I am freaking out a little about it honestly.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          October 26, 2024 at 12:42 pm | #

          The funniest part of this is, my mom would absolutely do that. I get at least 50% of my mischievous shithead vibe from her.

          • clif
            clif
            October 27, 2024 at 12:16 am | #

            So the kumquat didn’t fall far from the tree?

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      October 26, 2024 at 4:27 am | #

      If her and Jason want to get off the continent and not go to Britain where Jason’s family is and somewhere that’s Commonwealth… I suppose Australia it is!

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 26, 2024 at 4:51 pm | #

        I’m pretty sure Brexit means it physically left the continent and sank into the sea.

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          October 26, 2024 at 6:51 pm | #

          Naah it still barely holds on by the virtue of all the inflated egos.

    • Dday
      Dday
      October 26, 2024 at 10:04 pm | #

      She’ll just build her OWN continent! With blackjack! And hookers!

  20. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 26, 2024 at 12:56 am | #

    Welcome to the second edge of the “intentionally in your room” sword, Carla.

    … though we should award her extra points for Charlie being intentionally in her room, because I don’t think there are many places that Charlie intentionally goes.

  21. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    October 26, 2024 at 1:11 am | #

    Carla is bloody unbearable, innit? She and Malaya should go sex-wrestle on the rim of the nearest volcano.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      October 26, 2024 at 5:03 am | #

      Carla would find that gross.

      • Clif
        Clif
        October 26, 2024 at 10:44 am | #

        Malya is a toss-up.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      October 26, 2024 at 12:22 pm | #

      Then you and Carla have something in common.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      October 26, 2024 at 3:11 pm | #

      Nah she’s awesome.

  22. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 26, 2024 at 1:14 am | #

    Carla’s a delight and I’d love to be around her frequently.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      October 26, 2024 at 1:21 am | #

      I think she is very funny and cool and everyone should listen to her all the time.

      • Michael Steamweed
        Michael Steamweed
        October 26, 2024 at 4:43 am | #

        Carla told you to say that, didn’t she.

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      October 26, 2024 at 2:36 am | #

      I would genuinely vibe with Carla. Give me an over confident extrovert transbian any day. I’d never have to talk or forget that I’m dating them.

      • Amelie Wikström
        Amelie Wikström
        October 26, 2024 at 4:19 am | #

        And think of all the engineering projects and charity projects you could spend time together on.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      October 26, 2024 at 3:11 pm | #

      Literally one of the best characters in the comic and I wish she was around more.

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        October 26, 2024 at 4:32 pm | #

        Maybe it’s better she apparences are sparce because then we don’t have to listen to people complaining about her as often.

        • Nymph
          Nymph
          October 26, 2024 at 10:51 pm | #

          False. More Carla!!!

  23. IntangibleMatter
    IntangibleMatter
    October 26, 2024 at 1:17 am | #

    A disturbing reality has presented itself to Carla

  24. Zamperla
    Zamperla
    October 26, 2024 at 1:20 am | #

    Ah, redhead to redhead communication. I like when my favorites talk.

    • Nymph
      Nymph
      October 26, 2024 at 3:10 pm | #

      …now kiss.

  25. not someone else
    not someone else
    October 26, 2024 at 1:26 am | #

    ………….I officially know which part of the psyche Carla represents: the part that probably follows a bunch of trans girl shitposting accounts on Twitter (like all people of good taste).

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      October 26, 2024 at 2:33 am | #

      Wrong. Carla IS the trans girl shit posting accounts. All of them. Every single one. Yes, even that one.

      Actually that makes her behaviour make a lot of sense. I know many trans girls whose greatest defence against transphobes is being unshakeably confident and over the top.

  26. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    October 26, 2024 at 1:27 am | #

    its me, im carla

  27. staszu13
    staszu13
    October 26, 2024 at 1:32 am | #

    YES SHE CAN CARLA BWAH HA HA HA

  28. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    October 26, 2024 at 1:40 am | #

    Dumbing of Age, Book 17: what, you maniac

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      October 26, 2024 at 4:45 am | #

      I’m favoring “Dumbing of Age, Book 17: Please do not engage in any of your usual disruptive noises.”

  29. shrub
    shrub
    October 26, 2024 at 2:04 am | #

    Just due to current events I have to say I’m a bit over wealthy, bragging a-holes

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      October 26, 2024 at 2:11 am | #

      The difference is that Carla is actually cool and her brain isn’t being eaten by racist maggots.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        October 26, 2024 at 2:13 am | #

        Yeah, Carla’s maggots are bronies.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 26, 2024 at 2:12 am | #

      “Over wealthy” sounds like a way to cook eggs. Something basically like over easy but it’s got like, gold flakes or whatever.

      • Mark
        Mark
        October 26, 2024 at 9:24 am | #

        You think that’s funny, but people really do cook with gold. I imagine that it’s every bit as silly as it sounds.

        OK: I, too, think it’s funny.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          October 26, 2024 at 10:02 am | #

          Of course I know people cook with gold. That’s why I brought it up.

        • Nymph
          Nymph
          October 26, 2024 at 3:09 pm | #

          I cook with edible glitter and it’s great. Everyone should do it unless you’re a coward.

          • Mark
            Mark
            October 26, 2024 at 5:47 pm | #

            is a coward. Or just hates glitter.

            • Nymph
              Nymph
              October 26, 2024 at 10:52 pm | #

              Hating glitter makes you a coward AND a grinch. Don’t be like this.

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        October 26, 2024 at 4:43 pm | #

        gold leaf covered eggs would be the most lucrative way to ruin eggs.

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      October 26, 2024 at 4:21 am | #

      Wait, you weren’t before?

  30. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    October 26, 2024 at 4:32 am | #

    Yes, Carla. That’s how mutual relationships work.

  31. Abel Undercity
    Abel Undercity
    October 26, 2024 at 5:02 am | #

    AH-OOGA! AH-OOGA!

  32. Tan
    Tan
    October 26, 2024 at 6:27 am | #

    I have decided to go through the Cast page and consider the relationship histories of each character shown there. Executive summary at the bottom.

    Joyce: took Joe on one date, dated and broke up with Ethan, basically had a date with Jacob, now back with Joe

    Walky: dated and broke up with Dorothy, then Amber, then Lucy, now back with Dorothy

    Dorothy: started out with Danny but immediately broke up with him, dated and broke up with Walky, back with Walky

    Amber: Sorta poly relationship with Danny alongside Amazigirl, relationship-ish with Walky, now single

    Jennifer: dated and got dumped by Ruth, then Asher, now in denial both that she was in a relationship and that she no longer is

    Becky: unclear dating/friends-with-benefits with her Anderson roommate, now dating (and technically kinda engaged to) Dina

    Sal: inappropriate relationship with Jason, now dating Danny

    Sarah: no known relationship except Other Jacob

    Joe: took Joyce on one date, slept with Roz at least once, screwed around with Penny until she got fired, slept with Malaya, uncertain amounts of other activities, now back with Joyce

    Dina: has only dated Becky, still dating Becky

    Ruth: dated and dumped Jennifer, now with Jason

    Danny: started out with Dorothy until immediately got dumped, officially dated Amazigirl though kinda also dated Amber, now with Sal

    Ethan: dated Joyce, slept with Mike and a bunch of other hook-ups, dated the concept of emo, now with Asher

    Carla: now dating Charlie

    Jacob: dated Raidah, had weird kinda date with Joyce, now with Lucy

    Leslie: I have no explanation for her and Robin. Went on a date with Mindy. Slept with Mindy’s awful roommate. I have no explanation for her and Robin.

    Roz: the ethical slut Joe wished he was

    Jason: inappropriate relationship with Sal, now with Ruth

    Malaya: besides sleeping with Joe, I don’t know if it’s ever been made clear if she actually got together with Marcie? Maybe there’s a patreon bonus strip about it somewhere

    Booster: no known relationships

    Asher: dated and broke up with Jennifer, now with Ethan

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Of the people on the Cast page who have been shown dating in the comic, only Dina and Carla have an unbroken relationship with their respective first partners, the latter of which is of course extremely new. Interestingly both Joyce and Walky, our main-est characters of sorts, have wound up back with their first partners. So far, anyway.

    • Tan
      Tan
      October 26, 2024 at 6:43 am | #

      Whoops, skipped a few.

      Mike: something with that one football player in the flashback, hooked up with Eric, slept with Ethan, implied to have had other hook-ups, now doing the Grim Reaper’s mom for a nickel to pay Charon’s fee

      Lucy: dated and dumped Walky, now with Jacob

      Robin: I have no explanation for her and Leslie. Married to the concept of zaniness.

      Executive summary unchanged.

      • Yeet
        Yeet
        October 26, 2024 at 8:41 am | #

        ruth also dated a kieran Back Home iirc, but he’s not relevant to the social circle here just to her psyche (and relationship to her dick of a grandparent)

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 26, 2024 at 9:39 am | #

          If we’re expanding to back-story, Jennifer slept with Alice (and apparently a bunch of unnamed dudes) back in high school.

          Alice dated Jennifer.

    • Colin McKenzie
      Colin McKenzie
      October 26, 2024 at 9:07 am | #

      It has not been proven that Charlie KNOWS she’s dating Carla. Carla is ace (I think?) and hasn’t made a move on Charlie, and Charlie is. . . . well, Charlie.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        October 26, 2024 at 9:21 am | #

        Charlie figured it out before Carla did.

      • Nymph
        Nymph
        October 26, 2024 at 3:09 pm | #

        Carla is indeed ace, this doesn’t preclude girlfriendhood.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      October 26, 2024 at 12:25 pm | #

      Malaya and Marcie are dating,, there been a bonus strip recently where Marci sit on their face.

    • Drain
      Drain
      October 26, 2024 at 6:07 pm | #

      Thank you Tan

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      October 26, 2024 at 8:50 pm | #

      Yes, thanks Tan, you performed a public service ^^

  33. DJTsurugi
    DJTsurugi
    October 26, 2024 at 9:53 am | #

    rubbish, no one can break up with Carla. ~<3

    • Da Boy
      Da Boy
      October 26, 2024 at 10:07 am | #

      Probably because she will go 50 Shades of Grey with all the tech and surveillance at her disposal

      • Lysbeth
        Lysbeth
        October 26, 2024 at 12:38 pm | #

        I do hope she does it better than that glorified twilight fanfic, though

        • DJTsurugi
          DJTsurugi
          October 26, 2024 at 9:34 pm | #

          I will forever stan my trans sister. ~<3

  34. Justnobodyfqwl
    Justnobodyfqwl
    October 26, 2024 at 9:58 am | #

    I don’t think I’ll ever really wrap my head around how Carla is written. I just feel like there has to be better ways to establish that a characters role is “comically self important and craves attention” than having her repeatedly, over and over again, just say her personality traits out loud.

    • Woof McGee
      Woof McGee
      October 26, 2024 at 10:20 am | #

      I’ve accepted that Carla is written kind of like Chevy Chase’s character from Community.

    • Jeremiah
      Jeremiah
      October 26, 2024 at 12:27 pm | #

      There might be but they are less funny

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      October 26, 2024 at 12:38 pm | #

      My take is that is emphasized so much because it’s not actually her. It’s her defense mechanism. Her cover. It seems performative because it is.

      We see this with other characters like Becky, but Carla gets less focus, so it’s easier to miss.

  35. Lysbeth
    Lysbeth
    October 26, 2024 at 12:37 pm | #

    As someone who got girlfriends in-between Carla getting a girlfriend and Carla bragging about getting a girlfriend, snerk

    (am I bragging? I may be bragging. if it works for Carla it shall work for me)

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 26, 2024 at 12:43 pm | #

      Don’t think your plural has gone unnoticed. Is this consecutive or simultaneous girlfriendology?

  36. John
    John
    October 26, 2024 at 1:42 pm | #

    Oh god, the meltdown Carla would have if/when Charlie breaks up with her will be glorious to see.

  37. bcb
    bcb
    October 26, 2024 at 2:49 pm | #

    “Oh, another continent? Like where the Amazon is? So you do admit to the superiority of Ultra Car!”

  38. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    October 26, 2024 at 2:57 pm | #

    Probably because of that time she came over to spend time with Carla, and Carla left to talk to Ruth.

  39. bcb
    bcb
    October 26, 2024 at 2:57 pm | #

    It continues to amuse me how many DoA characters are unknowingly watching media about alternate-universe versions of themselves.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      October 26, 2024 at 6:48 pm | #

      Hadn’t really thought about it in these terms before, but is Carla’s love of Ultra-Car really just another facet of her fascination with herself?

      • Jeremiah
        Jeremiah
        October 26, 2024 at 6:50 pm | #

        More like the other way around, Carla seem to have based a lot of her personal presentation and style off the ultra car character.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          October 26, 2024 at 11:09 pm | #

          Sure. Makes no sense within the fiction, since Ultra Car isn’t Carla, but on the meta level?
          Her favorite cartoon is about her alternate universe self.

  40. StClair
    StClair
    October 27, 2024 at 12:02 am | #

    “I dunno, I can imagine quite a lot.”

  41. Poyo
    Poyo
    October 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm | #

    oh, I read Carlas “closer” as in like, she was commanding the panning of the camera closer. and then i realized she probably meant Ruth was closer. and now i cant actually decide

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Screenshot of Jonathan Frakes on the set of Beyond Belief
brendelbored.bsky.social's user avatarBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social ⋅ 1y
Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com ⋅ 2d
Here's an entertaining cite at the bottom of the first page
The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the
government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset. See Trump v. United States,
603 U.S. 593, 630 (2024).
joshgerstein.bsky.social's user avatarJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
JUST IN: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts & judicial immunity and 10th Amendment. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Up, continued" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomic #webcomics
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Up, continued
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The Onion @theonion.com ⋅ 2d
Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
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I’ve loved movies ever since I was a little kid. Just stepping into that dark theater, with the smell of fresh popcorn, was like being transported to a whole other world. It used to be so magical. But now I’m thinking about boycotting movies altogether. Why? Because I can’t seem to watch one anymore without […]
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
GOTTEM
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908. "You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
atrupar.com's user avatarAaron Rupar @atrupar.com ⋅ 2d
Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social ⋅ 11d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 11d
Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
AI generated ad by a company called Travello showing the 10 most visited cities in Europe, except the cities are hilariously poorly placed. London is in Wales, Paris is in Ireland, Rome is in France, Rom (yes like Rome but without an E) is in Spain, Barcelona is in Morocco, Prague is in Germany, Vienna is in Italy, Istanbul is in Austria, Milan is in Libya, and Antalya is correctly shown as in Turkey but is in the wrong place. Also a few of the borders like Switzerland and Austria or Hungary and Slovenia are missing.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
*at the very end of Andor, cassian travels through a vortex that makes everyone look a decade younger*
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(May 14, 2026)
a bemused lucy watches as somebody collapses on her dorm room floor
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
wilbur, savvy enough to know he's in a comic strip but still not a great actor, awkwardly lifts a muffin up into frame so that we, the audience, understand that he has a muffin right now, which is very important narratively, but he's not really selling it well as an organic, human action
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Up" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic #dofa
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
i mean i... guess there are people who want toy-accurate hyper-articulated original-toy-look guys but in cartoon colors for some reason
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Fuck you, Clayface!!!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609982... selling my LG34 Mindwipe, minus Servant
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Menace Level: up to date on his vaccinations
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned Gran is back from the grave so she can jerk it to furry porn with her daughter
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