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Fresh start

by David M Willis on March 22, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Guess Who's Coming to Galasso's
└ Tags: danny, dina, dorothy, joyce, walky

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  1. NCP19
    NCP19
    March 22, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    “That’s our, Walky!”

    • Skull025
      Skull025
      March 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s also a fiiiiiiine trophy.

      • Resne
        Resne
        March 22, 2013 at 4:01 am | #

        Dat caramel.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 22, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    That’s a “That FIEND” face in panel 1!

    On a side note, I saw that “Brony Scalping” was coined as stealing the fedoras off of bronies and nailing them to the wall as trophies if they don’t try to get them back.

    • Audiophillie
      Audiophillie
      March 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      I don’t have a fedora…

      • The Cakemeister
        The Cakemeister
        March 22, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

        Neither do I, I’m not sure how well this scalping trend will go.

        • Kavonde
          Kavonde
          March 22, 2013 at 4:04 am | #

          I don’t know, but I’m leaving mine at home from now on.

          • Sir Robin
            Sir Robin
            March 22, 2013 at 7:04 pm | #

            I only take fashion advice from one pony, and she says fedoras are not fabulous

            • Aeyt
              Aeyt
              March 22, 2013 at 8:33 pm | #

              Well we all should at least be aware that there is a one fedora per group of friends rule. Nobody wants to look extra foolish.

    • Baroncognito
      Baroncognito
      March 22, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

      That sounds like Pick-up artist scalping to me.

      http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/20-reasons-you-shouldnt-date-men-who-wear-fedoras

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 22, 2013 at 4:22 am | #

        That list infuriates me. For many reasons, such as the complete tonal inconsistency. Some lines are sarcastic, some are not, and there’s no rhyme or reason to it.

      • Hest
        Hest
        March 22, 2013 at 4:51 am | #

        Looks like OKCupid user scalping to me.

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      March 22, 2013 at 8:31 am | #

      It’s they own fault, they have no business wearing a fedora without a three-piece suit to match.
      And most of them are wearing trillbies anyway. They lose nothing of value.

      • Ross_Varn
        Ross_Varn
        March 22, 2013 at 7:47 pm | #

        This. Exactly this.

  3. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 22, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    I vote Ethan become a shirt thief on the run from the law in the next crisis! Who’s with me?!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 22, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      And starts dating Malaya.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 22, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        Who is now a dude.

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          March 22, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          Malaya is apparently a unisex name…

          • JoeMerl
            JoeMerl
            March 22, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            “I’m Mal. Short for ‘Malaya.’ My stupid mom wanted a girl.”

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              March 22, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

              He COULD get out of it by claiming it’s short for ‘Malcolm’, but someone mentioned Firefly once and he had to stop or else someone might associate him with nerds.

              And according to the first baby name website I pulled up, it apparently is unisex.

            • Mal
              Mal
              March 22, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

              I… I just… I’m not…

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 22, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          That or she’s a lady-boy. 😀

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            March 22, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

            Malaya is more man than Ethan can handle.

            • Andy
              Andy
              March 22, 2013 at 7:42 pm | #

              Please don’t.

          • fit-to-freak
            fit-to-freak
            March 24, 2013 at 8:19 pm | #

            Plasma, I would say you probably shouldn’t be using that word as it can be offensive to transgendered people.

        • John
          John
          March 23, 2013 at 5:51 pm | #

          Nah, she’s still a chick. Takes Ethan out on a nice romantic date, and they kiss… and that’s when he realizes he’s not into girls.

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 22, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Macho, macho man,
    Walky thinks,
    He’s a macho man.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Next thing you know, he will accuse him of staying at the YMCA and being in the Navy.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 22, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

        I don’t know what you’re talking about. You can tell by the way he walks that he’s a woman’s man, no time to talk.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 22, 2013 at 1:00 am | #

          I’ve been kicked around since I was born.

          • AndromedaRage
            AndromedaRage
            March 23, 2013 at 4:39 pm | #

            Now, that joke’s alright…it’s ok. I guess I’ll look the other way.

    • BlueRam
      BlueRam
      March 22, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      You can best believe that, he’s a macho man~
      And you he’s down with, anyone who can~

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 22, 2013 at 3:58 pm | #

      Don’t you mean “Nacho man”?

      • Narf
        Narf
        March 25, 2013 at 9:51 am | #

        I want to be a – *homph homph* – nacho man!!

  5. Count Dracula
    Count Dracula
    March 22, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Amber is many things, but a hussy she is not.

  6. Thores
    Thores
    March 22, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    I love how Joyce looks like she’s considering the possibility of Walky’s theory being true in the last panel.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 22, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      You can almost hear her gears grinding as she thinks “Holy pifflesticks, Walky just might be onto something…”

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 22, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

        I’ve been underestimating him all this time.

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      March 22, 2013 at 4:15 am | #

      Dina looks like she’s completely on board with it.

  7. Memyself
    Memyself
    March 22, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    “What does that hussy think she’s going”?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

      She’s going your mom for a nickel.

  8. John Madden
    John Madden
    March 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh Walky, you rascal.

  9. addude
    addude
    March 22, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    And the one Dina is going to say Ethan’s gay and hiding it and they won’t believe her.

    • John
      John
      March 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Nah, Dina’s too busy trying out her new Twitter account.

      (The everybody link, incidentally, isn’t working.)

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        March 22, 2013 at 8:21 pm | #

        It works for me, and this browser doesn’t even have javascript (I was surprised; so many “social” sites today simply don’t show any content if they can’t load it dynamically).

        • John
          John
          March 23, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

          Yeah, it’s working again now. Dunno if Willis fixed something or if Twitter just unfucked itself.

          • Kelly
            Kelly
            March 24, 2013 at 3:23 am | #

            The name changed, it did not have hyphens in it before.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      She IS Amber’s roommate, and they’ve been hanging out, Amber may have mentioned it.

      • SUGauthor
        SUGauthor
        March 22, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

        She’s known the whole time but she didn’t think it was worth mentioning.

        • JoeMerl
          JoeMerl
          March 22, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

          Maybe she knows he’s “gay” but doesn’t actually know what that means, so she doesn’t see any reason it complicates her and Joyce’s relationship.

          • JoeMerl
            JoeMerl
            March 22, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

            *”HIS and Joyce’s”

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              March 22, 2013 at 8:24 pm | #

              Well .. it certainly doesn’t complicate Dina’s and Joyce’s relationship, or does it?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 22, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

          She doesn’t even know how normal relationships work. She just assumed people kiss each other casually.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            March 22, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

            If she’s trying to be more normal does that mean she’ll go around kissing random people now? Will Amber’s first unwanted kiss with a girl be with Dina in this universe?

      • Greenygal
        Greenygal
        March 22, 2013 at 1:27 am | #

        Specifically, Dina was standing behind the door when Amber and Ethan discussed the drama of Ethan’s coming out. I’m not sure if she was paying attention, or for that matter if she knows what “coming out” means, but potentially she knows.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 22, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Walky, your logic is impeccable… 😛

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      try as I might, I cannot pec his logic.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        Its ABSolutely perfect.

        • SUGauthor
          SUGauthor
          March 22, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

          It sounded kind of ASSinine to me

          • Geegles
            Geegles
            March 22, 2013 at 2:17 am | #

            I’m personally going to stay thighlent on the issue.

            • Zababcd
              Zababcd
              March 22, 2013 at 4:21 am | #

              I’m not entirely sure that I get the pun chain theme. However, because I’m not posting in the pun chain, I kneed to at least make an attempt to join in.

              • Zababcd
                Zababcd
                March 22, 2013 at 4:22 am | #

                *now

                • Andiemus
                  Andiemus
                  March 22, 2013 at 4:26 pm | #

                  It took me a second. I didn’t see your pun before(arm).

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      March 22, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

      It’s like it’s sculpted out of chocolate. Chocolate logic.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        March 22, 2013 at 2:25 am | #

        Close! It’s Caramel logic.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        March 22, 2013 at 4:52 am | #

        Chocolate logic is more Sarah’s specialty.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 22, 2013 at 4:01 pm | #

      And the pecs aren’t bad either.

      I’m sorry, I couldn’t think of a pun.

  11. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 22, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Well, folks were right about the idea that Ethan being gay wouldn’t even register as a possibility for Joyce.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 22, 2013 at 10:48 am | #

      To be entirely fair to Joyce, she is pretty, and stacked, and they obviously know each other, and Amber was pissed to see Ethan kissing another woman. The evidence could easily lead to the opposite conclusion: that Ethan’s a womanizer.

      Which, of course, would be Amber’s fault.

  12. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    I love that Danny is just standing there. He hasn’t said anything, and nobody is even acknowledging that he’s there.

    Crud, he’s sort of the male Dina, isn’t he. I’d ship it. Their dates will consist entirely of awkward silences, while louder characters do funny things in the foreground.

    • DanielleM
      DanielleM
      March 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      He said, “I’m sure you’re safe.” in the last panel. That’s a shared speech bubble and he also looks pretty pissed off.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 22, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        Oops, didn’t realize it was a two person bubble.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        March 22, 2013 at 4:53 am | #

        Which begs the question, is Danny being witty here? I didn’t think he had it in him. Plus, he agrees completely with Dorothy. Perhaps there is something to the two of them…

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          March 22, 2013 at 10:49 am | #

          Danny has a very low opinion of Walky. The notion of him being ‘manly’ just begs for correction. Even by his girlfriend!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 22, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Is it awkward if Dina has no problem being silent and largely ignored?

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 22, 2013 at 4:02 pm | #

        No. That’s how you avoid being eaten, after all.

  13. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 22, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Also, don’t forget that you can discuss this comic in GLORIOUS REALTIME on super-modern IRC at Nightstar.net, channel name #dumbingofage !

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      March 22, 2013 at 4:54 am | #

      Subtle.

  14. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 22, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

    …oh wait Amber mentioned that she used to date a gay guy to Danny, so he in fact totally knows what’s going on.

    • John
      John
      March 22, 2013 at 6:28 pm | #

      Danny? Putting together clues to reach an obvious conclusion? Boy hasn’t even figured out that the two women that he’s seeing are really Sal and Spider-Car.

  15. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    March 22, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    I’d laugh if Danny figures it out, somebody in this group needs some common sense.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 22, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      As I just mentioned, Danny probably already has! At last if he’s been paying attention to Amber at all.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 22, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

        I think he’s too busy glaring at Walky to have put it together yet. he may not have been paying attention to anything else.

  16. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    March 22, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    I wonder if Dorothy gets what’s going on. There was that time Amber and Ethan were talking, and afterwards Amber was saying how nice a guy he was, and Dorothy was like, “…he’s gay, isn’t he?”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      March 22, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      That was Joyce, not Amber.

      • Ragnal
        Ragnal
        March 22, 2013 at 4:52 pm | #

        Thank you, this is what I get for not proofing.

    • SUGauthor
      SUGauthor
      March 22, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      The second Danny mentions Amber dated a gay guy, they’re all gonna realize it at once.

  17. BlueRam
    BlueRam
    March 22, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    So what’s a “talk dark stranger”?

  18. ridtom
    ridtom
    March 22, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    Wow it looks like Danny’s still pissed at Walky, he didn’t even crack a smile!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

      Walky is *presumably* banging his ex.

  19. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    March 22, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

    Dina’s doing what Dina does best in this type of situation: she can’t help anyone, so she will just watch.
    If more people followed her example there would be a lot less drama in the world.
    Joyce has done well. Now to see if Ethan can redeem himself.

  20. La Vida Mocha
    La Vida Mocha
    March 22, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

    It’s not quite Amber about to rain down the wrath of God, but I’m still enjoying Joyce’s diabolical supervillain pose in panel 1

  21. Somebody
    Somebody
    March 22, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    First panel: I hate when girls do that!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

      I just don’t like people assuming others are hussies. Stop it. All the real hussies aren’t getting the credit they deserve when you do that.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      March 22, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

      I hear you man. If only girls wouldn’t go around frowning and clenching their fists like that.

  22. Tagg
    Tagg
    March 22, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    Typical Walky, and I see Danny still likely hates his guts.

  23. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    March 22, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

    Dina: Or he’s gay. I mean, I’m not the only one who got a gay vibe from him, right?

    • Mr Soviet
      Mr Soviet
      March 22, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

      I really wanna see this happen. even though everyone would probably just stare at her

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      They make gay vibes? That sounds hot.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      March 22, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

      It’s a little-known fact that many dinosaur species possessed excellent gaydar.

  24. Sloth
    Sloth
    March 22, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

    …Can someone please shut Joyce up alread–oh. …thank you Walky.
    He’s just so convenient.

  25. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    March 22, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

    Alt text has a typo. You put Talk dark instead of Tall dark

  26. 31stwalker
    31stwalker
    March 22, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

    Uh-oh is Joyce gonna have to choke a hussy?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 1:17 am | #

      Is Joyce Brown gonna have to Choke a B-word?

  27. Markus
    Markus
    March 22, 2013 at 1:23 am | #

    Oooookay. I can see where this is going. In the end, Joyce and Walky can be delusional together.

  28. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    March 22, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

    By the way, I talk dark stranger too 😀 Anyone else does?

  29. Underachiever007
    Underachiever007
    March 22, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

    I’m just starting to read this, and I’ve got a question: are the pairings going to work out the same way they did in Shortpacked? Or is this going to go with the whole alt-universe conceit and be all new pairings? I’m so used to Joyce and Walky being a couple that it might break my heart if they were, you know, not a couple.

    Also, something tells me this question is irrelevant and none of the readers are equipped to answer it.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 22, 2013 at 2:22 am | #

      We’re, in fact, all equipt to answer it. No. These will not be the same as the Walkyverse. This is a different universe. Different relationships will be formed by people who hadn’t even met initially. Anything goes.

    • SUGauthor
      SUGauthor
      March 22, 2013 at 10:03 am | #

      I really can’t imagine Joyce and Walky ever getting together in this universe.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 22, 2013 at 3:01 pm | #

        I can, but they both need to grow first. Granted, I’m not shipping them but I could see it happening.

  30. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 2:31 am | #

    …. Somehow Walky even has me convinced that’s way more likely XD
    Except wouldn’t he steal Transformers and G.I. Joe collections??

  31. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 22, 2013 at 2:38 am | #

    Panel 1: She will rue the day she messed with Joyce Brown!

  32. HEYOUGUYZ!
    HEYOUGUYZ!
    March 22, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

    I pity the hussy who husses with Joyce brown.

  33. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 3:25 am | #

    —-^
    They always seem friendly and peace loving but Joyce looks like she’d go holy crusade at any moment now XD

  34. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    March 22, 2013 at 3:26 am | #

    Ah, Joyce. Stupid, insecure, suspicious Joyce. Even if Ethan was totally not hot for men and their penises and stuff, this attitude would damn their relationship.

  35. kurlykris
    kurlykris
    March 22, 2013 at 3:30 am | #

    I sat down and read these all in one night. I had no prior knowledge of these characters but I started reading roomies and shortpacked. Where can I read its walky and joyce and walky? I am in love with these characters!

    • Kelly
      Kelly
      March 23, 2013 at 7:46 pm | #

      It’s Walky is the same site as Roomies (ItsWalky.com), it starts here: http://www.itswalky.com/d/19991225.html

      But things got rolling with the aliens before that, Roomies pretty much blends into It’s Walky. And of course things are a disorganized over there, the design is terrible, etc, which is why Willis has started http://bringbackroomies.com If you can stand to wait and not archive binge, I would just read that.

      As for Joce and Walky, that is here: http://shortpacked.bigcartel.com/product/joyce-and-walky-complete Well worth the money!

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        March 23, 2013 at 8:58 pm | #

        *Joyce

        • kurlykris
          kurlykris
          March 25, 2013 at 3:14 am | #

          Thank you so much!

  36. kurlykris
    kurlykris
    March 22, 2013 at 3:35 am | #

    Also, the avatar they picked for me is perfect <3

  37. Notebooked
    Notebooked
    March 22, 2013 at 3:40 am | #

    Lookit Danny’s disdainful face as he delivers that vaudeville gag. He does not approve.
    Joyce is sort of interesting here, especially given the context. Earlier, she was very insecure about her desires, and now she’s clinging to the image of Ethan as her boyfriend like a rabid wolverine. (Which is basically the same thing as a regular wolverine, except it froths when it says ‘bub’.) Indicating more that she wants a relationship because she’s supposed to, not because she actually wants one. Dotty and Walky want what they’re in, and that’s why they seem perfect to her, but she can’t really force those desires or force that feeling of rightness. Hopefully she’ll realize that before getting into a sham marriage.

    • Notebooked
      Notebooked
      March 22, 2013 at 12:53 pm | #

      Also, does Joyce seriously think secret girlfriends are A Thing?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      March 22, 2013 at 2:22 pm | #

      Joyce is insecure about her sexual desires, but rock-solid secure in her desire to have a steady loving fundamentalist christian husband for whom to be barefoot and pregnant, especially the latter due to lots of pastor-authorized post-marital hanky-panky.

      • Notebooked
        Notebooked
        March 22, 2013 at 5:52 pm | #

        That’s true — and I hadn’t really considered her view on post-marital hanky-panky. Mentally she accepts that, but if she hasn’t had any physical experience before, it’ll probably be more or less awkward for all parties.

  38. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 3:56 am | #

    ..how is it Dina totally shoved the evolution argument right back into Joyce’s throat, yet she has absolutely no good info to divulge at the one moment she should?

    A: BECAUSE SHES SMART XD
    Dinosaurs are simple. Homo-sapiens are a chaotic mess that somehow resemble mammals

  39. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 4:12 am | #

    http://www.facebook.com/JHorner27123

    Do with it what you will Mr. Walky 😉

  40. KLG
    KLG
    March 22, 2013 at 4:57 am | #

    Gonna make us wait for the Amber talk eh Willis?

  41. Josh
    Josh
    March 22, 2013 at 5:33 am | #

    Replace “cops” with closet, and “murderin'” with ogling and Walky isn’t too far off.

  42. HLY
    HLY
    March 22, 2013 at 6:05 am | #

    …walky was so close, and then he just… well, he’s walky after all

  43. Farmer_10
    Farmer_10
    March 22, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

    This weekend Cliffhanger isn’t sexy at all. Willis you oathbreaking rapscallion!

    • SUGauthor
      SUGauthor
      March 22, 2013 at 10:04 am | #

      Maybe Willis has a shirt thief fetish.

  44. Dr.Z
    Dr.Z
    March 22, 2013 at 7:34 am | #

    Where’s the laugh track???

  45. drs
    drs
    March 22, 2013 at 9:35 am | #

    From the way they’re drawn I’m guessing that a population survey would rank Joyce as prettier than Amber…

    • McKathlin
      McKathlin
      March 22, 2013 at 10:31 am | #

      Hard to tell; practically all the characters are drawn in a way that’s ambiguously “cute”. But Amber does dress for comfort more than looks, and Joyce has just seen her in an unflattering angry-faced moment, so Joyce’s sizing Amber up as “pretty” is interesting, and probably says more about Joyce than it does about Amber.

    • John
      John
      March 22, 2013 at 4:37 pm | #

      *eyes the population survey on the right*

      Doesn’t look that way! Actually, she’s apparently the least attractive lady in the room.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        March 23, 2013 at 7:53 pm | #

        which population? this one?

  46. Das BookPimp (@The_BookPimp)
    Das BookPimp (@The_BookPimp)
    March 22, 2013 at 9:45 am | #

    But…What if Walky is Right?

  47. EKHawkman
    EKHawkman
    March 22, 2013 at 10:43 am | #

    Man, more drama and stuff! Dumbing of Age delivers the best birthday presents EVER!

  48. JBO
    JBO
    March 22, 2013 at 10:53 am | #

    BEST. ALT TEXT. EVAR.

    Well maybe not evar. Xkcd had some better ones.
    But still pretty funny.

  49. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 11:23 am | #

    :3

  50. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 11:24 am | #

    –^
    It still wont let me have a different picture. fair ‘nough

  51. Li
    Li
    March 22, 2013 at 11:43 am | #

    Just going on record to say that I feel like part of Joyce is right now enthusiastically roleplaying as every jilted woman she’s ever seen in media, and I think it’s pretty darned cute.

    What she has absorbed from media is, of course, depressing — like it would be if a robot announced: “Now replicating pattern D56-ALPHA of FEMALE BEHAVIOR: assume other women are all after my man and proceed to hate them irrationally. JUDGING THEM BASED ON THEIR ATTRACTIVENESS RELATIVE TO MY OWN and DEVELOPING LOW SELF-ESTEEM modules installing…”

    It’s a big box of really unfortunate and really prevelant cliches that the naive human emulator bot has decided are just The Way Women Work (TM), and who can blame it, with all the information it’s absorbed through study of our culture?

  52. djhash
    djhash
    March 22, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

    Even though he keeps on being ragged on, I’d love to be Walky any time of the day!

  53. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 12:43 pm | #

    Who wouldn’t want to be Walky?
    Not only is he smart enough to breeze through his courses (apparently. High school slackers dont get into secondary education)
    He’s smart enough not to let the overload to get to him
    Unlike Dotty xD
    (Amber’s problems stem from way too much time spent in front of her computer)

    • John
      John
      March 22, 2013 at 6:43 pm | #

      Based on my own experience as a literal genius who slacked through high school and got into college on the strength of what I could do when I wasn’t even trying and an amazing SAT score… Walky’s going to have some problems if and when he hits subject matter that actually challenges him (and, however smart he may be, a major university can do that), and doesn’t have the skills or habits to actually study.

      With luck, his relationship with Dorothy will help him develop those skills and habits before he gets there. And help her loosen up a little, which she also needs or she’ll burn out.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        March 22, 2013 at 8:23 pm | #

        Yeah, I know what that’s like, too. Soon after I got to college, I was going around asking my classmates, “How do you study?”

      • Tagg
        Tagg
        March 23, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

        Story of my college life.

  54. Ciaran Lovejoy
    Ciaran Lovejoy
    March 22, 2013 at 1:08 pm | #

    The Hovertext says Talk Dark Stranger? Shouldn’t it be tall?

  55. Ray
    Ray
    March 22, 2013 at 1:45 pm | #

    There’s the Joyce that old fans know and love and some of us have only just recently read about.

    Considering how sheltered and naive she is generally, the jealous rages and psychotic stalking (both here and in the old Roomies) seems a little odd, but I suppose those two personality quirks aren’t really mutually exclusive. Keeps things exciting, anyway.

    Meanwhile Walky keeps things stupid, but lots of people other than myself love that kind of humor, so I shouldn’t criticize. Much.

  56. Jim
    Jim
    March 22, 2013 at 2:29 pm | #

    I wanna spoof the Cheers song for Galasso’s now.

    Makin’ yer way through four years of college
    Takes everything ya got
    Takin’ a break from all your studies sure would help a lot

    Wouldn’t ya like to an easy grade?

    Sometimes you wanna go

    Where it’s okay if you’re gay
    And there’s pizza during the day
    You wanna be where you can see
    the drama come out and play
    You wanna be where it’s okay if you’re gay

    You wanna go where people know
    People are all the same
    You wanna go where it’s okay if you’re gay

    • Jim
      Jim
      March 22, 2013 at 2:30 pm | #

      Danny-me, Y U NO proofread?

      • TPman
        TPman
        March 22, 2013 at 10:43 pm | #

        I ask Richard Garfield me the same thing all the time.

        • Jim
          Jim
          March 22, 2013 at 10:56 pm | #

          if we’re semi us does that mean our high fives hit like a mack truck?

  57. Aeyt
    Aeyt
    March 22, 2013 at 8:34 pm | #

    I wish she had blurted out GAY! it would have been spectacularly hilarious.

  58. Jay
    Jay
    March 22, 2013 at 11:06 pm | #

    While I may have technically specified Canadians in the challenge, does anyone have any designs they’d like to submit anyways?
    http://goo.gl/5oVok

  59. newllend
    newllend
    August 15, 2013 at 5:22 am | #

    BURN!

  60. Chris
    Chris
    November 23, 2014 at 7:22 am | #

    Oh God, I think Roomies Joyce is starting to take over.

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