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Trust

by David M Willis on April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: amber, danny

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  1. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Smooth man, smooth…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Smooth as 2 hour old bourbon.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        April 3, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        Smooth as a drive down a Missouri highway

        • deepblueink
          deepblueink
          April 3, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

          WINNER! (says the Missouri native)

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            April 3, 2012 at 9:32 am | #

            Smooth smooth Michigan
            Along interstate 69
            The driving is fine

          • The Heir of Rage
            The Heir of Rage
            June 13, 2015 at 11:21 pm | #

            Seconded! (also a native missourian)

        • Tylertlat
          Tylertlat
          April 3, 2012 at 9:06 pm | #

          Which is considerably smoother than any road in Michigan.

          • OhHayMike
            OhHayMike
            April 3, 2012 at 11:49 pm | #

            Truth.

        • Narf
          Narf
          March 1, 2013 at 8:56 pm | #

          Hah! I get it! 😀

          Although srsly, you should come to Nova Scotia if you wanna see shitty roads. You wouldn’t believe your eyes!

          • CrazyPete
            CrazyPete
            June 30, 2013 at 5:44 pm | #

            Dude in India we barely have any roads that dont have potholes

        • JustcallmeSoul
          JustcallmeSoul
          November 14, 2013 at 3:52 am | #

          i concur, our roads are aweful.

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      April 4, 2012 at 6:04 am | #

      Smooth like a sledgehammer.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    April 3, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Maybe you’re transparent as glass, Danno!

    • The Sound Defense
      The Sound Defense
      April 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Transparent as glass, think as concrete. Miracle Danny, used by NASA in their spaceships.

      • The Sound Defense
        The Sound Defense
        April 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

        THICK. God damnit.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      April 3, 2012 at 7:02 am | #

      Speaking of glass, Danno is chuggin’ that root beer.

  3. CaptainTempest
    CaptainTempest
    April 3, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    He just can’t take a hint.

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 3, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Danny can’t talk with food in his mouth but he can talk while drinking. Dude’s got skill.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Maybe he is a budding ventriloquist.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        April 3, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

        A budding ventriloquist on the cusp of ventriloquist manhood.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 3, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

          Will his voive break if he throws it too hard?

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            April 3, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

            Chicks dig ventriloquists.

            • N0083rP00F
              N0083rP00F
              April 3, 2012 at 9:34 am | #

              And we bring our own shovels.
              Just like the in the Scout Motto – Be Prepared

              • karishi
                karishi
                April 3, 2012 at 1:32 pm | #

                Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared!

                • OhHayMike
                  OhHayMike
                  April 3, 2012 at 11:50 pm | #

                  BE PREPAAAAAAAAARED!!!

              • Random Guy
                Random Guy
                April 3, 2012 at 4:13 pm | #

                Still better than mimes.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 3, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      I interpreted as talk and then sip. But ventriloquism works, too!

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 3, 2012 at 3:37 am | #

      “Don’t dub with your mouth full, kid.”

  5. Jetstream
    Jetstream
    April 3, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    He IS a dumbass, apparently. Shut your hole while you’re ahead, boy!

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      April 3, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

      > Shut your hole while you’re only behind by ten, boy!

  6. TemplarKnight
    TemplarKnight
    April 3, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    “I’ve decided to trust you after I-I mean Amazi-Girl, informed me that you had in fact, had done nothing.”
    “So you trust me only because you have confirmation that I did nothing”
    “That’s a kind of trust.”

    • madd
      madd
      April 3, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

      That’s my kind of trust.

      • StClair
        StClair
        April 3, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

        “Trust, but verify.”

  7. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    April 3, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Yes, yes he is.

  8. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    April 3, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Any sentence with both “obfuscating” and “dumbass” in it is a sentence I like.

    • MeHael
      MeHael
      April 3, 2012 at 3:05 pm | #

      (test sentence) You are an obfuscating dumbass.

      • Random Guy
        Random Guy
        April 3, 2012 at 4:14 pm | #

        (test sentence) You are a Mime Sympathizer.

        • Usayasha
          Usayasha
          April 3, 2012 at 11:19 pm | #

          Both sentences pass with flying colors.

  9. Chuck
    Chuck
    April 3, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Clearly this is all an attempt by Willis to juxtapose the chemistry of Danny and Amber with that of Walky and Dorothy

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      April 3, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

      That, or he’s demonstrating that maybe Dotty didn’t dump Danno *just* because he has no plans for the future… >.>

      • Shippy McShipper
        Shippy McShipper
        April 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm | #

        She didn’t dump him for having no plans. She dumped him because his plan was “go wherever she goes”.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          April 4, 2012 at 5:46 am | #

          She dumped Jim because he was Danny.

  10. fellixe
    fellixe
    April 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU WILLIS!!!

  11. gambit320
    gambit320
    April 3, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    I don’t have a Tumblr. I hope you don’t mind me answering this here:

    The second issue goes into how the prisoners were being forced to take a drug. It highly changed the users personality. I think it was a new strain of Venom and Scarecrow’s fear toxin mixed together? I forget. I read the entire first arc but I don’t like reliving it. Two-face was on it at the time. It’s actually an interesting plot but it’s written pretty badly overall. So the One-Face thing was explained. DRUGS.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      April 4, 2012 at 6:00 am | #

      ???

  12. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    April 3, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Goddammit, Danny, you’re making it hard to ship the both of you.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 3, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      This ship is stuck in dry-dock.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        April 3, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

        A dab of KY would help that.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 3, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

          A dab? You need a fuel tanker full of that stuff to get any effect.

          • Jim
            Jim
            April 3, 2012 at 12:55 am | #

            the bigger the tanker, the stickier the KY gets.

            Use what we pro’s use. Alboline!

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 3, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

              Um what kind of pro are you Jim?

              • Jetstream
                Jetstream
                April 3, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DALqAb5q_5I

                ~\o
                Just a gigolo
                everywhere he goes
                people know the part
                he’s playing

                Paid for every dance
                selling each romance
                every night some heart
                betraying

                There will come a day
                youth will pass away
                then what will they say
                about him

                When the end comes he knows
                they’ll say just a gigolo
                as life goes on
                without him

                ‘Cause he aint got nobody
                nobody nobody cares for me
                he’s so sad and lonely
                sad and lonely sad and lonely
                Won’t some sweet mama
                come and take a chance with me
                cause he aint so bad

                o/~

                • Jetstream
                  Jetstream
                  April 3, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

                  Goddamn you lack of edit feature.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              April 3, 2012 at 2:51 pm | #

              Alboline? never heard of it, a big fan of Astroglide however, nothing like a NASA developed sex lubricant.

              • JoeShep
                JoeShep
                April 3, 2012 at 11:33 pm | #

                The fact that Richard of LFG is saying this has both scared me and roused my curiosity…

  13. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    April 3, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Geez and I thought I was bad with women. Still, at least he has a girl talking to him that’s possibly interested in him as more than a friend!

  14. ParkRNDL
    ParkRNDL
    April 3, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    “…hot and horny biracial cheerleader…”

    nice. that’s gonna stay with me. in a good way.

    • Thor
      Thor
      April 3, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s a little bit racist, but in a positive way? Sorta?

      Whatever it is, it certainly doesn’t make me like Danny more, that’s for sure.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 3, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

        Biracial is pretty vague as races go.

        • Jim
          Jim
          April 3, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

          Better than BiSpecies, like Santorum. Oh wait… he’s only one. Chimp. Since evolution is impossible in his blood line!

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        April 3, 2012 at 3:39 am | #

        Everyone’s a little bit racist, okay?

        And besides, perhaps he’s got a fetish for biracial chicks, and he’s bringing it up because that’s one more reason why he might’ve done stuff with her.

        I personally think it’d be hilarious if he brought up the glasses.

        • Julia A
          Julia A
          April 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm | #

          Besides, it’s not like he’s going around commiting hate criiiiimes.

          • Historyman68
            Historyman68
            April 4, 2012 at 6:01 am | #

            Not haaaaaaaaaaate crimes?

      • das-g
        das-g
        April 3, 2012 at 6:02 pm | #

        Biracist, even.

  15. Shirashima
    Shirashima
    April 3, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

    Just cuz it is your birthday doesn’t mean that you can make Danny eat his foot. Sheesh Willis

  16. John
    John
    April 3, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

    What does Amber see in this guy?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 3, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      A better-looking than average nerd maybe?

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      April 3, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

      Perhaps there’s some appeal in the notion of a man who seems psychologically incapable of lying?

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        April 3, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

        Hm, that would be kind of appealing, I guess.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 3, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

          She won’t like it so much if she ever asks that dreaded question: “Does this make my ass look big?”

          • Wack'd
            Wack'd
            April 3, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

            Well, if she’s dating him for that reason, knowing he can’t lie, it’d be pretty low of her to get pissed off over that.

          • madd
            madd
            April 3, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

            My husband is one of those bluntly honest people. You learn not to ask questions you don’t want honest answers to.

            Also, anyone who asks “Does this make my ass look big?”, deserves whatever answer they get.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              April 3, 2012 at 2:53 pm | #

              The proper answer is: No, it’s not (insert item of clothing) that makes your ass look big.

              • Pain in the
                Pain in the
                April 3, 2012 at 10:36 pm | #

                Exactly! “Nah! The kettle corn does THAT, Honey! How’s the dress gonna make your ass look big? It’s all roughage!”

      • Dragon Nataku
        Dragon Nataku
        April 3, 2012 at 9:42 am | #

        Sure, if you find mythical creatures appealing

        ^<__<^

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 3, 2012 at 3:40 am | #

      Presumably organs, muscles, a skeletal structure…

      Anyone else just here a drum kit fall off a cliff?

    • PhysicsLB
      PhysicsLB
      April 3, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

      a Y Chromosome?

  17. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    April 3, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

    She really doesn’t trust him tho. She only trusted him once she verified the truth.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 3, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

      well as the law says, you’re innocent only until someone breaks into your house and finds the evidence to prove you as such.

    • CP
      CP
      April 3, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

      She didn’t really have a reason to trust before that. Yeah, it was crazy weird and creepy to go and break into Billie’s dorm just to satisfy her curiosity, but she was completely justified in her suspicions. Now, on the other hand, she DOES have a reason to trust him, and it will be pretty disappointing when the inevitable paranoia sets in and she damages the relationship because she continues to need independent confirmation for any of her suspicions.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        April 3, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

        This is true, but neglects the important fact that he really didn’t owe her anything, at this point. The closest they had come to commitment was smiling awkwardly at one another right before his ex popped in.

        • Aegon01
          Aegon01
          April 3, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

          ^this. Exactly how was her trust violated in the first place?

          I’m actually pretty annoyed at Amber. Like this is such a magnanimous gesture on her part? And I’m annoyed at Danny for thinking he needs her “forgiveness” in this respect. GGGRRR.

          • Raiser
            Raiser
            April 3, 2012 at 3:56 am | #

            He flirted with her. (And openly admitted it.)
            The next time she sees him, he appears to be sleeping around (and lying about it).
            Thus, the trust violation.
            The amorous affectations of a potential suitor carry far less gravitas when said suitor casts their attentions willy-nilly. Her mistrust is quite valid.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              April 3, 2012 at 2:05 pm | #

              But not everyone believes in courting only one person at a time. Without an explicit statement of exclusivity, Danny has no clue whether his flirting is going to lead anywhere. He’s well within his rights to play the field a little bit on week 2 of his Freshman year. Now, if they’d gone on a nice date or two and THEN he had popped out of his room, shirtless, on the heels of a sexy half-asian girl, Amber might have had cause to be upset. But until they make it official, it’s really none of Amber’s business what goes on inside that dorm room.

          • SalmonLeap
            SalmonLeap
            April 3, 2012 at 8:26 am | #

            Couldn’t agree more with Blob Marley and Aegon01. There was no commitment, no justification for mistrust. (Flirting is not commitment and it’s not betrayal to flirt with multiple people when no one is doing anyone yet)

            Also, I might be in the minority with this one, but personally I think even if he’d slept with Billie it shouldn’t be some horrible black mark against him forever. No one had committed to anyone, and if nothing else happened between Billy and Danny afterwards, then there’s no emotional commitment at all and it’s over.

            Sorry for not articulating this well, but this particular strip sort of bugged me.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              April 3, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

              To many people, flirting is commitment to the precise degree that it has any effectiveness at all on the flirtation front. Raising somebody’s expectations on false pretenses is kind of a dick move, and making them feel like you’re interested in them personally and then giving them the impression that nope, you were just a Joe looking for something to Joe can make people feel bad if they’re not thinking along those lines to start with. And all this applies even if you haven’t exchanged rings.

              Very unfair, I know.

    • Pain in the
      Pain in the
      April 3, 2012 at 11:10 pm | #

      Actually, she probably does trust him now. She has good reason to! And he’s just giving her more reason by caring about her point of view more than his own… Which is foolish, because most girls don’t go for guys they can trust.

  18. DoomDarts
    DoomDarts
    April 3, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

    Just noticed Amber’s shirt. Awesome.

    • Alan / Falcon
      Alan / Falcon
      April 6, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

      I need that shirt for my birthday, along with a coupon I can spend to make my wife wear it. Because it would be for her to wear and me to look at.

  19. Jim
    Jim
    April 3, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

    Billie is biracial? Doesn’t say that in her bio… that I recall.

    • CP
      CP
      April 3, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

      She’s half british and half chinese. It was in Thursday, somewhere, iirc.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        April 3, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

        “It was in Thursday, somewhere”? Isn’t that like saying, “I found this great take-out place. It’s in Alabama”? 🙂

        In one morning conversation in the bathroom with Joyce (I personally don’t recall which morning; sometime north of the Mason-Dixon line, I think it was) Billie thought that Joyce was quite dim for not recognizing that she was biracial – Joyce just thought she was tanned. Presumably Billie wouldn’t be impressed by Jim either.

    • David
      David M Willis
      April 3, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

      Sneaking ethnicities into all the bio prose seems like it’d be pretty awkward… Best to focus on personality, yes?

      • David
        David M Willis
        April 3, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

        Though maybe I’ll sneak in penis and bust size. Y’know, the important things.

        • David
          David M Willis
          April 3, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

          (the answer to either stat for everybody is 44″)

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            April 3, 2012 at 2:03 am | #

            I like where this is going…

          • Bickendan
            Bickendan
            April 3, 2012 at 2:09 am | #

            44″ long?! Holy shit!

            Oh. OH.

            Well, that’s embarrassing!

            • Kai Gon
              Kai Gon
              April 3, 2012 at 6:50 am | #

              No. He clearly meant the diameter. 😀

          • Just for kix
            Just for kix
            April 3, 2012 at 3:34 am | #

            You know what, now I see the answer “42” in a completely different light.

            • Lieutenant Dan
              Lieutenant Dan
              April 3, 2012 at 10:09 am | #

              Also the importance of a towel.

              • Blob Marley
                Blob Marley
                April 3, 2012 at 2:06 pm | #

                I laughed too loud. Now everyone on the first floor of the language building thinks I’m some kind of crazy man.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          April 4, 2012 at 6:04 am | #

          “maybe I’ll sneak in penis” — David Willis

  20. NCP19
    NCP19
    April 3, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

    In Danny’s defense, best to get everything out in the open than awkwardly double check it later. Right? Hopefully?

    • madd
      madd
      April 3, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

      It works for me.

  21. aba
    aba
    April 3, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

    Kenan and Kel “Obfuscaaatiing?”

  22. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 3, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    remind me to never ask Danny to defend me if I’m ever trying to prove my innocence.

  23. Splash*Boogie
    Splash*Boogie
    April 3, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

    DANNY. Shut up and roll with it!

  24. iggzy
    iggzy
    April 3, 2012 at 1:53 am | #

    Did he just read Billie’s character sheet?

  25. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    April 3, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

    Somebody watches porn. Brazzers couldn’t have written that description any better.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      April 3, 2012 at 2:41 am | #

      I don’t get guys who like Brazzers.

      I’m also ashamed that I know what Brazzers is.

      • Aegon01
        Aegon01
        April 3, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

        Who the heck actually pays for porn, anyway?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 3, 2012 at 5:32 am | #

          N00bs do.

        • Zababcd
          Zababcd
          April 3, 2012 at 6:51 am | #

          Porn industry workers checking out the competition?
          The insanely wealthy?
          Infinitely many monkeys sitting at keyboards attached to computers connected to the internet and in possession of valid credit cards (next on their to-do list after the complete works of Shapespeare)?

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        April 3, 2012 at 2:08 pm | #

        There’s no shame in watching porn. And also, anyone who browses Reddit learns what Brazzers is pretty quickly (like, the first time you see somebody slap their logo on a compromising-looking screencap from the Lion King). I’m actually not a fan of them myself, but to each his own, I guess.

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          April 3, 2012 at 6:39 pm | #

          No. You misunderstand. I have nothing against porn. It’s Brazzers I’ve the problem with. Every dude I know says fake boobies are for yuckies. But all the Brazzers porn I’ve seen (I make it sound like I’ve seen so much) is all these fugly fake tittied wannabe actresses taking a shot in the bum to put themselves through film school or whatever.

          Seriously, I don’t get the appeal.

  26. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 3, 2012 at 2:04 am | #

    That’s right Danny, seduce her with your lack of common sense.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      April 3, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

      She plays World of Warcraft. She’s used to committing to people who have no common sense. It’s called a guild.

      Also Blizzard.

  27. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    April 3, 2012 at 2:13 am | #

    Biracial?? I’m sure that word doesn’t even exist.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      April 3, 2012 at 2:16 am | #

      Nnnnoooo, I think it does.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 3, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

        It’s like bifocal but with races.

        • Wack'd
          Wack'd
          April 3, 2012 at 3:43 am | #

          For some reason I read that as bifocal but with braces. Sounds painful.

        • Arkadi
          Arkadi
          April 3, 2012 at 4:22 pm | #

          You mean… like running two races at the same time?

    • David
      David M Willis
      April 3, 2012 at 2:48 am | #

      This is one of those times you’d think a quick Googling would be prudent before posting.

      • J.J.Rocker
        J.J.Rocker
        April 3, 2012 at 3:47 am | #

        ^^^
        This

      • Raiser
        Raiser
        April 3, 2012 at 4:01 am | #

        Someone needs to make an addon for browsers that runs a quick cross-check of a word against Dictionary.com if you highlight it, returning “Yep, it’s a word” or plays the Inigo Montoya quote depending on the result.

        (The quote which follows “He didn’t fall? Inconcievable!”:)
        “You keep using that word… I do not think it means what you think it means.”

        • Zababcd
          Zababcd
          April 3, 2012 at 7:00 am | #

          Dictionary.com is not the most reliable resource. For example, I have yet to see the word ‘quadrangularness’ used, ever. And it doesn’t appear on the internet except in other similarly sketchy dictionary sources or word collections. As far as I could tell within the first seven pages of Google results, anyway. I am not inclined to go through the 7890 results individually to make sure.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            April 3, 2012 at 10:56 am | #

            Please – quadrangular is obviously a word, so by standard suffix rules you get quadrangularness for free.

            Floccinaucinihilipilification, on the other hand, is a tad more suspicious.

          • Jackson
            Jackson
            April 3, 2012 at 12:54 pm | #

            What begbert2 said.

            This isn’t ‘Nam. This is grammar. There are rules.

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            April 3, 2012 at 2:10 pm | #

            Most people have never seen “squamous” or “vigintillions” either, but they’re totes legit.

          • Pain in the
            Pain in the
            April 3, 2012 at 10:58 pm | #

            I dunno. Don’t you want to be able to quantify the quadrangularness of a parallellogram? Or show off your rhobussitudinal attributes? (Though circular attributes are more interesting…)

  28. Zababcd
    Zababcd
    April 3, 2012 at 7:05 am | #

    More food headed into Danny’s mouth. He can talk fine while drinking, but I wonder what will happen in the next strip. Not in a curious way. More like an “I’m bored so I’m going to write a comment” way.

    • Lieutenant Dan
      Lieutenant Dan
      April 3, 2012 at 10:14 am | #

      I misread that as “More foot headed into Danny’s mouth.” How oddly appropriate.

  29. Pat
    Pat
    April 3, 2012 at 10:00 am | #

    Wait, he was only half undressed?

    • Shippy McShipper
      Shippy McShipper
      April 3, 2012 at 12:15 pm | #

      He had his socks on.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 3, 2012 at 3:24 pm | #

      Only his front half was naked. His back was fully clothed.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      April 4, 2012 at 7:12 am | #

      And half dressed. Funny how that works.

  30. johannhowitzer
    johannhowitzer
    April 3, 2012 at 7:32 pm | #

    Danny’s final comment here makes perfect sense to me. Amber has shown unreasonable trust (from his perspective – he doesn’t know she listened to the tape). He is, naturally, performing a sanity check on her. Amber’s retort has decreased my respect for her a few notches…

  31. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    April 3, 2012 at 9:23 pm | #

    It’s kind of sad that she does not, in fact, trust him. Relationships are sad.

  32. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    April 3, 2012 at 9:34 pm | #

    If someone has Dave Herbert’s e-mail addy could you contact him for me that “Living with Insanity” has been blacklisted by my malware blocker. The only thing I see when I try to read the site is a red banner telling me his site has malware and white. No other files loaded, even when I tell Firefox that I want to see the page anyway (that used to allow blocked pages to load before)

  33. Fauxlosopher
    Fauxlosopher
    April 3, 2012 at 9:46 pm | #

    Obfuscate. TRIPLE WORD SCORE.

    I love that word.

  34. Potatamoto
    Potatamoto
    August 7, 2013 at 1:10 pm | #

    Their strange, inconclusive food is making me hungry for some reason.

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