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May 12, 2026

What the

by David M Willis on August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: blaine, jennifer, sal

Discussion (289) ¬

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  1. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    …what the hell?

    • Ryorin
      Ryorin
      August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

      …what the hell?

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

        …what the hell?

        • Squall
          Squall
          August 25, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

          http://5sgif.me/18Swvn2

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          August 29, 2013 at 5:09 am | #

          וואָס די גענעם?

          Hmm, seems it’s not that easy to provoke right-to-left input mode any more.

          • tahrey
            tahrey
            August 29, 2013 at 5:11 am | #

            But appropriately enough I just realised that the final half-panel should itself be horizontally reversed, otherwise Billie’s doing a double take at something that actually isn’t Sal.

            • Bill
              Bill
              September 4, 2013 at 4:08 pm | #

              She’s looking out at the reader.  It’s called “breaking the fourth wall”.

              • David Willis
                David M Willis
                September 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm | #

                No, she’s not.

            • David Willis
              David M Willis
              September 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm | #

              No, that would make her be suddenly running the opposite direction.

            • Znayx
              Znayx
              December 7, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

              People can look surprisingly far over their shoulders with just a small turn of their heads, which I explained in a similar DOA occurrence. And she’s turned about 90 degrees, so that’s plenty.

        • Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          Digidestined of Trust (Tim)
          September 9, 2013 at 2:01 pm | #

          Da heck?

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        ?lleh eht tahw…

        • Squall
          Squall
          August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

          What the hell…?

          • Mr. Random
            Mr. Random
            August 25, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

            WHAT…
            THE…
            HELL!!!

            • Squall
              Squall
              August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

              What the bongo…?!

            • Alyssa
              Alyssa
              August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

              怎么FUCKING了?!

              • Squall
                Squall
                August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

                Is that a proposition?

                • Alyssa
                  Alyssa
                  August 25, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

                  Nah, it’s basically “WTF” except done part in English part in Chinese.

            • GoldStarz
              GoldStarz
              August 25, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

              *waves wands* Tahw Eht Lleh!

            • Ruck Bogers
              Ruck Bogers
              August 25, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

              Hell the what!

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                August 25, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

                The What Hell!?

                • Wack'd
                  Wack'd
                  August 25, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

                  No, no, this is the Who Hell. You need to go downstairs.

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  August 25, 2013 at 1:46 am | #

                  What about the I Don’t Know Hell?

                • Viredae
                  Viredae
                  August 25, 2013 at 2:36 am | #

                  Nanda korya…?

                • Wack'd
                  Wack'd
                  August 25, 2013 at 3:01 am | #

                  *Kernator gets hit with green slime*

                • Skud
                  Skud
                  August 25, 2013 at 9:26 am | #

                  twat the fuck?

              • Starscreamer
                Starscreamer
                August 25, 2013 at 1:23 pm | #

                The hell you say?

            • JA
              JA
              August 25, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

              The hell what?

          • Cholma
            Cholma
            August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

            “WTH?”
            “What the hell does WTH stand for?!”
            “What the hell.”
            “Oh, right.”

            • Wack'd
              Wack'd
              August 25, 2013 at 3:05 am | #

              THERE’S ONLY ONE JENNIFER BILLINGSWORTH!

              • Toastie
                Toastie
                August 26, 2013 at 11:16 am | #

                One Billie to rule them all!

        • NF
          NF
          August 25, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

          ʍɥɐʇ ʇɥǝ ɥǝןן¿

          • Whittier
            Whittier
            August 25, 2013 at 1:59 pm | #

            You win!

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          August 29, 2013 at 5:09 am | #

          SIERRA AVATAR FLOOD!

          • tahrey
            tahrey
            August 29, 2013 at 5:10 am | #

            Oh wait, that didn’t post where I expected it to. Disregard.

      • tahrey
        tahrey
        August 29, 2013 at 5:05 am | #

        Yr hyn y mae’r uffern?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      What in the heck?

      • Squall
        Squall
        August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

        Heck in the what?

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

          what what?

          • Garrub
            Garrub
            August 25, 2013 at 3:30 am | #

            In the butt

            • Ocbrad1
              Ocbrad1
              August 25, 2013 at 11:54 am | #

              Avatar win!

        • GoldStarz
          GoldStarz
          August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          Heck in the hell

          • Squall
            Squall
            August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

            Hell’s bells quell gel!

    • andmangrewproud
      andmangrewproud
      August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      …hell the what?

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        August 25, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        ¿Qué C_r_j_s?

        • CapnPanda
          CapnPanda
          August 25, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          ¿Qué demonios?

          • ICSM
            ICSM
            August 25, 2013 at 6:49 am | #

            Que porra é essa?

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          August 25, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

          From English: the plot is always weirder on the other side of the fence
          To Arabic: الأرض دائماً أغرب على الجانب الآخر من السياج
          Back to English: The Earth is always a stranger on the other side of the fence
          To Bulgarian: Земята винаги е непознат от другата страна на оградата
          Back to English: The Earth is always a stranger on the other side of the fence
          To Chinese Simplified: 地球始终是一个陌生人在栅栏的另一边
          Back to English: Is always a stranger in the Earth on the other side of the fence
          To Czech: Vždy je cizinec v zemi na druhé straně plotu
          Back to English: It is always a stranger in the land on the other side of the fence
          To Chinese Traditional: 它始終是一個陌生人在柵欄的另一邊的土地
          Back to English: It is always a stranger in the land on the other side of the fence
          To French: C’est toujours un étranger dans la terre de l’autre côté de la clôture
          Back to English: It is always a stranger in the Earth on the other side of the fence
          To Estonian: Alati on võõras maa teisel pool tara
          Back to English: It is always a stranger in the land on the other side of the fence
          To German: Es ist immer ein Fremder im Land auf der anderen Seite des Zauns
          Back to English: It is always a stranger in the land on the other side of the fence

          (via Bad Translator)

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 25, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

            ^How to have fun with Babelfish.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              August 25, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

              Close, but I actually used this: http://ackuna.com/badtranslator

          • Alyssa
            Alyssa
            August 25, 2013 at 10:52 am | #

            Actual simplified Chinese:
            情节在篱笆的另一边就更奇怪。
            Or pretty close to that, anyways. “Plot at the fence’s other side is even stranger.”

          • Aeyt
            Aeyt
            August 25, 2013 at 8:26 pm | #

            the problem with the translation is that it’s translating plot as in a piece of land and not as the driving force of a story. To get the correct translation you’ll have to substitute plot simply for story, and then the translation will come out better. This is the main problem when you try to translate English into other languages. we have too many meanings for one word.

            • Znayx
              Znayx
              December 7, 2015 at 3:38 am | #

              Incidentally, I believe the original english IS about a plot of land. I think it is supposed to be a physical metaphor about how the land appears differently from the other side of a fence, as opposed to standing in your plot and looking to the other side. It just seems like it should be a story plot because we’re reading a comic, so it doesn’t feel as relevant the other way, but it actually makes just as much sense. It’s about not being able to see in the other person’s shoes (from their POV) thus causing a distortion in perception.

      • Jenny Creed
        Jenny Creed
        August 25, 2013 at 4:05 am | #

        Heal the vat?

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          August 25, 2013 at 1:59 pm | #

          Wet the hall.

          • das-g
            das-g
            August 25, 2013 at 5:16 pm | #

            Ew.

          • Far
            Far
            August 26, 2013 at 12:25 pm | #

            Clean that up
            or I’ll tell Ruth!

        • das-g
          das-g
          August 25, 2013 at 5:15 pm | #

          Value added tax doesn’t heal, sorry.

    • Spack
      Spack
      August 25, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

      …what the dilliyo?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      August 25, 2013 at 2:22 pm | #

      Looks like they’re both surprised by those speed lines!

    • mysss
      mysss
      August 25, 2013 at 4:10 pm | #

      What what the the hell hell?

    • Aemn
      Aemn
      August 25, 2013 at 9:10 pm | #

      Aeeh hhl lttW

    • ed rhodes
      ed rhodes
      August 25, 2013 at 9:18 pm | #

      Whiskey
      Tango
      Hotel?

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 26, 2013 at 4:12 pm | #

      The Hell! What?

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      August 29, 2013 at 5:05 am | #

      Ne oluyor?

  2. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    This has to be the most eventful visiting day in the school’s history.

    • Super Duper
      Super Duper
      August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      Nah, they’re all like this. Its rather tame this time around.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

        Ruth did warn them…

      • JBO
        JBO
        August 25, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

        Yeah, last time the school was attacked by British ninjas!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

          Not to mention the time they were attacked by those turnip monsters.

          • Super Duper
            Super Duper
            August 25, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            Damn turnips… I’ll never forgive them.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              August 25, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

              …at least they were tastier than the artichoke/prune hybrid monster.

        • Spack
          Spack
          August 25, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

          …and then there was the year with the fresh-water sharknado.

        • Lumino
          Lumino
          August 25, 2013 at 3:36 am | #

          Funny, I thought Jason was older then a Sophomore.

      • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        Thanks, I'll Have Another!
        August 25, 2013 at 1:54 pm | #

        A visiting day without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair.

        • Cara Rahl
          Cara Rahl
          August 25, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

          Mine had 12

  3. VizardJeffhog
    VizardJeffhog
    August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    GET ‘IM, BILLIE!

  4. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    August 25, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    GO GET HIM SAL!!!!!

    • Aeyt
      Aeyt
      August 25, 2013 at 8:28 pm | #

      That’s what I was thinking. He needs a Sal beat down.

  5. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    What the hell?

  6. Geminia999
    Geminia999
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Isn’t Billie’s head turning the wrong way for looking back at Sal?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Yes but would you really want to see only the back of her head?

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      August 25, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Only if this is real life and not a work of visual fiction, in which stage-left and stage-right will suffice in situations in which a camera angle flip would cause confusion or a head turn would obscure an important facial expression.

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        August 25, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Willis-Sensei hath spoken!

        • JBO
          JBO
          August 25, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

          That’s kami Willis for you, punk.

          • GoogerGeiger
            GoogerGeiger
            August 25, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

            Super Kami Willis

            • JBO
              JBO
              August 25, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

              I AM AN ADULT!!!!
              -Super Kami Willis

              • Kiggy
                Kiggy
                August 25, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

                I kneel corrected.

                Now off to stand under a frigid waterfall to wash away my transgression -_-

              • Mr. Random
                Mr. Random
                August 25, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

                Does that make us ALL Nale?

                • Rabbling Rouser
                  Rabbling Rouser
                  August 25, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

                  well Willis keeps on hurting us but we still stay with him so yeah

                • Totz the Plaid
                  Totz the Plaid
                  August 25, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

                  *Nail.

                  …and only the ones that aren’t “Little Green” instead.

                • NightmareWarden
                  NightmareWarden
                  August 25, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

                  If I’m Nale, who is planning on ripping my arm off…repeatedly…while making horrible puns.

                • JBO
                  JBO
                  August 25, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

                  We can’t be Nale.
                  Willis hasn’t taught us in the old ways.

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  August 25, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

                  How old are the old ways? Roomies! is old. Truly we ARE all Nail/Nale/Nayul/Naiel.

              • Starscreamer
                Starscreamer
                August 25, 2013 at 1:24 pm | #

                NAAAAIIIIIIILLLL! I see a bird. It is pretty. … … … kick it’s ass.

          • Squall
            Squall
            August 25, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

            Kami-nii-san!

            • silvestercrow
              silvestercrow
              August 25, 2013 at 7:33 am | #

              He’s the god of conquest?!?! I have even more respect now!

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            August 25, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

            Super Kami Willis, to be exact. Lord Super Kami Willis.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 25, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          Willis has the glasses but until he gets himself a beret, he hasn’t truly earnt the suffix of -sensei. *nods sagely*

          • CapnPanda
            CapnPanda
            August 25, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

            What would he be if he got a top hat?

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 25, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

              Abraham Lincoln?? 😛

              • Totz the Plaid
                Totz the Plaid
                August 25, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

                Nah. Stovepipe hats and top hats aren’t the same thing.

            • The Candyman
              The Candyman
              August 25, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

              An honorable gentleman, of course.

            • Felix Kütt
              Felix Kütt
              August 25, 2013 at 6:33 am | #

              Lord master of the Universe?

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        August 25, 2013 at 12:57 am | #

        Good point, except you already broke convention by reversing the angle of view! Last time we saw Blaine he was running stage right, and now he’s running stage left!!

        Altough right now that means the villain (Blaine) is on stage left so I’ll let this reversal stand.

        • Nym
          Nym
          August 25, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

          Maybe he turned a corner?

          • Andrew_C
            Andrew_C
            August 25, 2013 at 5:35 am | #

            Well, they are in the men’s wing now so that extremely likely.

            • Andrew_C
              Andrew_C
              August 25, 2013 at 5:36 am | #

              that’s, not that

        • Kurai Seraphim
          Kurai Seraphim
          August 25, 2013 at 2:23 am | #

          The 180 degree rule only applies within a scene (and in some cases only within a shot-to-shot transition). By going back to the inside of the room for the Walkerton family bit, Willis reset his angle.

          • David Willis
            David M Willis
            August 25, 2013 at 2:32 am | #

            Yeah, suddenly everyone thinks they know what the 180 rule is.

            • Mandy_Pants
              Mandy_Pants
              August 25, 2013 at 11:30 am | #

              More accurately, everyone has access to Wikipedia and can get a general sense of the “rule” in 30 seconds.

              • David Willis
                David M Willis
                August 25, 2013 at 11:52 am | #

                Perhaps they should be better at diagnosing it, then!

                • Squall
                  Squall
                  August 25, 2013 at 2:27 pm | #

                  How about we understand that it would not be as interesting if we only saw the back of her face.

                • Mandy_Pants
                  Mandy_Pants
                  August 25, 2013 at 8:51 pm | #

                  Oh! I am sorry! I thought you were saying that in response to Kurai’s claim that you don’t need to keep the same angle across scene changes.

                  I didn’t follow the chain of comments well enough and got all jumpy to be smug.

                • David Willis
                  David M Willis
                  August 25, 2013 at 9:20 pm | #

                  Oh, no, Kurai is very correct.

                  But even so, the time we see Blaine immediately prior to this is in one of those “buffer” angles mentioned in the wiki article. So there’s both a scene in the middle and a helper transition. You know, doubling up just to be safe.

            • Ocbrad1
              Ocbrad1
              August 25, 2013 at 11:58 am | #

              I dunno. Something almost 6 times Rule 34 has to be pretty freaky.

              • das-g
                das-g
                August 25, 2013 at 5:29 pm | #

                That’s not how it works. Instead, it’s Rule 34 factorial, divided by 2066629593277228985933330267504640000000.

          • JustDucky
            JustDucky
            August 25, 2013 at 4:56 am | #

            So would this be a reverse cut or not? And are reverse cuts considered to be jumping the line?

            (I was only introduced to the concept of the 180 degree rule recently thanks to Multiplex. So apologies for my cluelessness. ×-×)

      • Andrew_C
        Andrew_C
        August 25, 2013 at 5:31 am | #

        Wouldn’t really confused me if you flipped that panel to make it clear Billie’s looking right. That said, I’m sure it would confuse someone.

        • Andrew_C
          Andrew_C
          August 25, 2013 at 5:39 am | #

          And having said that. I didn’t even notice amisss with the final panel anything until it was pointed out.

          • Andrew_C
            Andrew_C
            August 25, 2013 at 5:42 am | #

            that should be -anything amiss-

            Crap, my typing is terrible today

          • merbrat
            merbrat
            August 25, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

            When I do a WTH take, I don’t continue to stare at the target,
            I kinda look away (politely) to not alert the target that I’m gawking
            at them. I can do an eye-roll discreetly. That’s what I figured she did.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          August 25, 2013 at 10:16 am | #

          If you flip the panel, it looks like she’s running the opposite direction suddenly. That’s a huge-ass no-no.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      You’re thinking three dimensionally. Don’t forget that Billi and Sal exsist in a two dimensional plane.

      • Ocbrad1
        Ocbrad1
        August 25, 2013 at 11:59 am | #

        Except for Billie’s boobs. I don’t even think three dimensions can contain them!

    • AsimovSideburns
      AsimovSideburns
      August 25, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      Oh god, she’s breached the Fourth Wall Universe Containment System!

      SHE KNOWS WE’RE HERE!

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        August 25, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

        Time for SPC Foundation to step in?

        • Kiggy
          Kiggy
          August 25, 2013 at 12:45 am | #

          SCP

          S
          C
          P!!!!!

          D’oh!

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          August 25, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/10-30-a-m

          Nah. The SPC would do just fine if you claimed that Blaine wasn’t human.

          • Bemmie
            Bemmie
            August 25, 2013 at 4:26 am | #

            Where I am SPC is a popular brand of baked beans….

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      August 25, 2013 at 12:48 am | #

      Other possible answers:
      – There is a mirror on the opposite wall
      – Billie didn’t realize she was looking the wrong way until an unseen next panel
      – Billie is actually staring a startling event in the dorm across from Sal’s
      – Billie can turn her head in a full circle, like the owl do

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        August 25, 2013 at 9:09 pm | #

        She’s not looking at Sal, but at us.

    • George
      George
      August 25, 2013 at 2:22 pm | #

      I suppose Willis could have drawn that panel from Sal’s side of the hall, but then everybody would be wondering why Billie changed directions. It’s kind of a no-win.

      • John
        John
        August 25, 2013 at 6:37 pm | #

        I think I probably would have gone with a “camera” down the hall ahead of the running folks some.

        • David Willis
          David M Willis
          August 25, 2013 at 7:37 pm | #

          I didn’t like that, because I wanted to keep consistent the energy and momentum of the action lines. It would cloud what is otherwise a very simple idea. One girl sees another, they have mirrored reactions. Orchestrating the strip like a stage play was way more preferable than a technically-accurate quagmire.

          • xKiv
            xKiv
            August 25, 2013 at 9:19 pm | #

            did you also intentianally have them run in the counter-progress direction?
            (to the left = against the progression of the panels = not advancing the story, according to what I learned from David Morgan-Mar’s interpretation of Herge)

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      August 25, 2013 at 8:21 pm | #

      I read it as Billie looking vaguely backwards in thoughtful reflection of what she’d just glimpsed, as opposed to looking left or right in particular. Plus at the speed they’re currently going, Sal wouldn’t be so much to the left or right as simply ‘behind’ by the time we got to panel 5, and if Sal took as much as a single step out unto the hall to watch them go, then looking backwards over either shoulder would be equally effective.

    • NaYa
      NaYa
      August 25, 2013 at 8:44 pm | #

      Pretty sure Billie has eyes on the back of her head.

  7. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    PUT THOSE THIGHS TO WORK, BILLIE!

    • Squall
      Squall
      August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Who’s clapping?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      These thighs were meant for chokin’ and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these thighs will have a choke hold on you.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 25, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

        And I will welcome that day….

  8. Psycho
    Psycho
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Quickly Billie! Go for his neck! With your thighs!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

      Launch yourself horizontally at a faster rate of speed than you’re running!

      • thomas0comer
        thomas0comer
        August 25, 2013 at 1:35 am | #

        Can I just point out how idiotic “rate of speed” is?
        Rate is best defined as the change of a value over time. Speed is how fast something is going, or, if you wish to get technical, the rate of distance over time. If you have a rate of speed it means your speed is altering, so you are accelerating faster or slower.
        I almost invariably hear this phrase used to refer to a static value of velocity. In your comment in particular, you detail a rate of a rate of a rate. /pedantism

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 2:15 am | #

          But assuming the Rate is Zero it doesn’t change. Rate of speed is technically correct so long as we assume the rate is zero. Of course there’s no proof Billie is not accelerating and descelerating around corners or some shiz.

  9. TheOthin
    TheOthin
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Billie why are you looking away from Sal

    You are not versed in the art of turnways sprite flipping

  10. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    4 comments already? Wow you guys are mental!

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      10 by the time I posted that.

      It’s futile to keep up.

      *self-disintegrates*

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 25, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

        It’s past fifty already.

      • Ocbrad1
        Ocbrad1
        August 25, 2013 at 12:01 pm | #

        That’s why I just wait until morning. It’s easier that way.

      • Avenger_Reloaded
        Avenger_Reloaded
        August 26, 2013 at 12:35 pm | #

        I am dyslexic of borg. Fusistance is retile. Your ass will be laminated!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      If DoA didn’t have at least a dozen comments within two minutes of the latest comic appearing, chances are there was some kind of ISP issue.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        August 25, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        DoA comments are like a clock. You can tell time by them.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          Not really. Some days the comments are WAAAAAAAAAY more flooded by the 30 minute mark.

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            August 25, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

            True. But then, sometimes clocks do run fast . . . : )

            • Squall
              Squall
              August 25, 2013 at 2:29 pm | #

              Sometimes the comments just stop for several minutes.

      • Rabbling Rouser
        Rabbling Rouser
        August 25, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        makes you wonder about the kind of people who are able to get first comment

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          I’ve gotten it probably 5 times.

          • Squall
            Squall
            August 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm | #

            I think I got three in a row once.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 25, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

          I have had being the first commenter on DoA a number of times over the years and when it happens, I am always surprised.

        • JBO
          JBO
          August 25, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

          Jen Aside gets like 30%.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            August 25, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            Clearly, Jen Aside chose Lightning Reflexes at some point.

            • Kiggy
              Kiggy
              August 25, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

              I will get 1st comment some day. O yes!

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                August 25, 2013 at 1:21 am | #

                You need to be able to post as soon as it becomes 00:01 NY time but whatever you do, don’t post “FIRST” or Willis will erase that shite.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  August 25, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

                  I live in GA so it goes up right at midnight (give or take a minute)

                • Squall
                  Squall
                  August 25, 2013 at 2:32 pm | #

                  The real challenge is that you always start at the cover page. Then you have to hit the comment link, read the comic, and type something out. I missed top comment a couple times because of difficulties hitting the comment link.

              • Regalli
                Regalli
                August 25, 2013 at 5:02 pm | #

                I’ve managed a couple times, but I seem to recall it taking at least a couple nights before I was fast enough to get them in. And getting both it and Shortpacked’s firsts is almost impossible.

                • Squall
                  Squall
                  August 26, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

                  Getting first on Shortpacked is worthless in the new comment system.

                • David Willis
                  David M Willis
                  August 26, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

                  That is at least one major plus.

                  Removing that one guy who always tries to show up and yell nothing but FIRST! is something I can live with not doing ever.

  11. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Billie taking time out to notice Sal’s odd attire. Love it, even if looking wrong way 🙂

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

      Ruth: “Note to self; get myself a Catholic schoolgirl uniform”.

      • FreakeyStyler
        FreakeyStyler
        August 25, 2013 at 5:32 am | #

        Catholic School Girls Rule

    • carl320
      carl320
      August 25, 2013 at 2:30 pm | #

      I noticed that she was using a door :O

  12. JBO
    JBO
    August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    No you are doing it all wrong. You need to go INTO the doors of various rooms then come out of the doors of other rooms then go back into another room then come out with Blaine chasing Billie, then go into a new one, then come out with Blaine and Billie running from Mike etc.

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      COTD^^^^

      (for now anyway…)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      And then one time you come out with Blaine chasing Billie before you realize they messed up and Billie turns around and starts chasing him again. Finally they will all continue to run through doors long after Blaine is gone.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      August 25, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

      Scoobydoobidoo!!!!

    • Eromer
      Eromer
      August 25, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

      All the while the Benny Hill music is played in the background.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        August 25, 2013 at 10:43 pm | #

        That’s Boots Randolph’ “Yakety Sax”, Benny Hill just borrowed it.

  13. OkamiKing
    OkamiKing
    August 25, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    OH MY GOD! ITS GOING IN THE ORDER!

    First Ruth, then Billie, now Sal….

    IS MIKE GONNA JOIN THIS CHASE?

    In all seriousness that outfit would look a lot better in every other color but that green.

    • JebJeb
      JebJeb
      August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Mike will appear around a corner and trip Blaine, which will cause Billie to crash into him and Sal to crash into Billie. And then maybe a few more, because hey, how often do you get to be in a person pile up?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 25, 2013 at 12:25 am | #

        And then he’ll reveal he greased the floors leading up to the stairs and they all slide down.

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      August 25, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      I’m missing something… What order?

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 26, 2013 at 4:27 pm | #

        Final Destination.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      August 25, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

      Mike will appear with a boom box and follow them around playing Yackety Sax.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 2:08 am | #

      OkamiKing: here is some different colours for Sal’s uniform.

      Sorry about the low rez of it.

  14. Luzahn
    Luzahn
    August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Billie didn’t realize that Billie was Amazi-Girl all along.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      …How did Billie hide it from Billie? They always hang out!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 25, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

        I don’t know why, but when I read your comments, I imagined that one of Billie’s breasts was Amazi-Girl, and was hiding it from the other breast.

        …My mind is a very weird place.

        • JBO
          JBO
          August 25, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

          Gives a whole new meaning to “calm your tits”.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        August 25, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

        Yeah, and besides, Billie has to live with herself. I imagine that’d make keeping the secret difficult.

  15. Ryune
    Ryune
    August 25, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Billie must have one hell of a bra to be running that fast with boobs that big and a shirt that low cut and NOT be highly uncomfortable.

    • John
      John
      August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      She was a cheerleader! She’s equipped for it.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      Sports bras are known to be very good at keeping chest-puppies to behave themselves after all.

      • Ryune
        Ryune
        August 25, 2013 at 5:24 pm | #

        Sports bras are not that low cut.

        • Squall
          Squall
          August 26, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

          She orders them custom-made.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

      Her shirt is actually made of reinforced polymourized steel.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        August 25, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

        I thought it was a gold-titanium alloy?

        • Kiggy
          Kiggy
          August 25, 2013 at 1:07 am | #

          Unstable Molecules™

  16. wandering-dreamer
    wandering-dreamer
    August 25, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Man I’m tired, had to read the first panel a few times to realize it said “painless” not “pantless” Then again, since Sal WASN’T wearing pants for that scene…

  17. John
    John
    August 25, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Billie’s Freshman Fifteen is lookin’ more like twenty or thirty.

    Blaine better watch out. Her center of gravity’s getting lower with every passing second.

    • DSL
      DSL
      August 25, 2013 at 2:10 pm | #

      Damn inflation. In my day it was only the Freshman Ten.

  18. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    That 3rd panel shows Bilie’s curves realy well. :9

    • LiamAldam
      LiamAldam
      August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Her legs are bigger than Blaine’s O_O

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        August 25, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        Yup

      • David
        David
        August 25, 2013 at 3:39 pm | #

        Well, she had instructions to crush him between her monster thighs, and it would appear that she is in the process of conjuring them up.

  19. Darth
    Darth
    August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    “I picked a bad time to stop drinking.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      “…and even a worse time to give up glue-sniffing”.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        August 25, 2013 at 12:54 am | #

        But it’s an especially bad time to quit drinking bleach.

        • Tristan B.
          Tristan B.
          August 25, 2013 at 1:10 am | #

          Its all about dry erase markers. Who needs brain cells?

      • Ocbrad1
        Ocbrad1
        August 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm | #

        Don’t forget about the amphetamines!

  20. etyb
    etyb
    August 25, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Later: while on her way to her hair appointment, Sal “accidentally” rams her motorcycle into Blaine. Bilie and Ruth jump on and the three ride off into the sunset.

    • Nym
      Nym
      August 25, 2013 at 12:44 am | #

      Man, now I want to see a picture of the three of them on her bike, riding into the sunset.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        August 25, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

        The sunset is upset at being left out and also hops on.

      • DSL
        DSL
        August 25, 2013 at 2:11 pm | #

        Yotomoe? You’re being paged …

  21. Gram91
    Gram91
    August 25, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    I would also be confused by such events had they been out context…Though I still lact some context for Sal’s.

  22. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    August 25, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    Cue Billie crashing hard into the wall at the end of the hallway because she’s not paying attention.

    • JBO
      JBO
      August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      Or falling over Mike’s leg.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 25, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        Mike is actually nowhere near there. His leg just appears where people are not paying attention.

        • JBO
          JBO
          August 25, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

          Mike’s “leg” appeared inside your mom for a nickel

        • The Candyman
          The Candyman
          August 25, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

          Mike sets various traps throughout the halls just in case someone runs through them.

  23. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Needs moar Yakety Sax!

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      August 25, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      New COTD^^^^

      • JBO
        JBO
        August 25, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        YOU COTD WHORE!
        I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL!

        • Kiggy
          Kiggy
          August 25, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          Oh noes. Mike’s gonna kick my ass.

          *runs i the opposite direction*

          • JBO
            JBO
            August 25, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

            While you are running you should play yakety sax in the background 😉

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 25, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        Does COTD = Catch Of The Day??

        • Kiggy
          Kiggy
          August 25, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          *stops running*
          Comment of the Day
          *resumes running*

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 25, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

            3 out of 4 ain’t bad! 😀

    • TheKelliestKelly
      TheKelliestKelly
      August 25, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      Yakety Sax improves everything

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        August 25, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

        Even funerals!

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        August 25, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7XZv_VOP8 Indeed it does.

  24. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 25, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Lots of plot events probably look or sound weird out of context.

    • JBO
      JBO
      August 25, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      Like Walky having a girlfriend. Even his mom can’t believe it!

      • Rabbling Rouser
        Rabbling Rouser
        August 25, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Walky with a girlfriend is weird even in context

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 25, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          Dina avatar!

          • Luzahn
            Luzahn
            August 25, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

            Truly the best avatar.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 25, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

          RR, did you create/modified that Dina grav yourself?

          • Rabbling Rouser
            Rabbling Rouser
            August 25, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            nope, Willis just posted it on his tumbler and I couldn’t resist Dina in a feathered dino costume

            • Tristan B.
              Tristan B.
              August 25, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

              I dig it.

              • Squall
                Squall
                August 26, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

                Are you saying that you like the avatar, or are you just really into boners?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

          Not as weird as Danny with a girlfriend.

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            August 25, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

            Nah, he gets girlfriends with some regularity. It’s him not being a whiny douche that’s weird.

            • Totz the Plaid
              Totz the Plaid
              August 25, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

              Well, he is probably not bad looking and eager to please, so it’s no surprise that he _gets_ girlfriends. The surprise would be if he was able to keep the relationship going!

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          August 25, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

          He threw a toy at her head. Of COURSE they ended up being together! How could they not?

  25. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    August 25, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

    I so want to see Sal take off behind Billie, ripping off her Catholic school uniform in motion, revealing her tank top and rolled up motorcycle pants on underneath. Ready for action!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 25, 2013 at 12:39 am | #

      “I so want to see Sal take off behind Billie, ripping off her Catholic school uniform in motion, revealing her I AM BOSS singlet and Applejack undies.”

      FIXED!

      • JBO
        JBO
        August 25, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

        “I so want to see Sal take off behind Billie, ripping off her Catholic school uniform in motion, revealing her “One Direction” singlet and Applejack undies.”
        DOUBLE FIXED.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 25, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

          “I so want to see Sal take off behind Billie, ripping off her Catholic school uniform in motion, revealing her birthday Hello kitty sports bra and applejack undies, as she forgot that she did not dress and layers.”

          • saltchocolate
            saltchocolate
            August 25, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

            Had to look up applejack undies. Pro: my comment was definitely FIXED! Con: can’t unsee the pony porn…

          • Ocbrad1
            Ocbrad1
            August 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm | #

            I want to see Yotomoe draw that!

    • Nym
      Nym
      August 25, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

      <q cite="I so want to see Sal take off behind Billie, ripping off her Catholic school uniform in motion, revealing her tank top and rolled up motorcycle pants on underneath Amazigirl costume. Ready for action!”>

      Fixed that for you! 😀

      • Nym
        Nym
        August 25, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

        Urgh, it is apparently too late at night for me to do html tags.

        • Totz the Plaid
          Totz the Plaid
          August 25, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

          I want to see Sal wander off to boink Jason and only find out about Blaine later.

  26. Nym
    Nym
    August 25, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

    Does anyone else think that Blaine looks kind of like one of those newfangled fast zombies in panel two? Meanwhile, in panel three, we have action-hero!Billie.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

      Back in MY day Zombies were slow and said “Braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnns”. Damn kids with their running Zombies and flyin’ machines.

      • Totz the Plaid
        Totz the Plaid
        August 25, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

        Back in MY day, zombies were slow, but didn’t actually say anything, instead they just moaned incoherently and ate any flesh or organs they could, not just brains.

        I count George A. Romero’s stuff as “my day” despite not being born yet when his first couple Dead films came out.

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          August 25, 2013 at 12:36 pm | #

          In my days zombies were black smurfs who went ‘GNAP!’

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            August 25, 2013 at 1:59 pm | #

            Well in MY day zombies were people that had heavily drugged by Voodoun witch-doctors, buried alive, and dug up to become slaves of the aforementioned witch-doctors.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              August 25, 2013 at 10:52 pm | #

              Ditto in my day.

            • Crimson Doom
              Crimson Doom
              August 25, 2013 at 11:53 pm | #

              In my day, zombies didn’t exist! Back in my day, we had dinosaurs, and we LIKED ’em!

              Also, there were no humans.

  27. Jeffrywith1e
    Jeffrywith1e
    August 25, 2013 at 1:41 am | #

    Who in the what now?

  28. james
    james
    August 25, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

    Blaine ( Biggest Dickius)

    Billie ( Bata bongous Maximums)

    • Evil Midnight Lurker
      Evil Midnight Lurker
      August 25, 2013 at 1:52 am | #

      *Blaine stops and hands out a business card* Blaine O’Malley, SOOOOPER asshole.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      August 25, 2013 at 2:01 am | #

      Pfffff Bigus Dickus~!

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        August 25, 2013 at 2:19 pm | #

        He has a wife, you know.

        • Evil Midnight Lurker
          Evil Midnight Lurker
          August 25, 2013 at 2:49 pm | #

          Her name is Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 25, 2013 at 2:28 am | #

      But wouldn’t that make the Billie the Coyote. I dont’ want to see her get flung into a wall.

    • Squall
      Squall
      August 25, 2013 at 2:37 pm | #

      Blaine (Bigot Dickiosaur)

  29. Varangian
    Varangian
    August 25, 2013 at 2:02 am | #

    SAL, QUICKLY

    PURSUE THE SHITSTAINE

    BE THE HERO

  30. John Cabot
    John Cabot
    August 25, 2013 at 2:13 am | #

    Be a hero, Sal! Make your parents see what a great person you’ve become

    • Aulayan
      Aulayan
      August 25, 2013 at 2:37 am | #

      “SAL! Leave that poor man alone! Now we’ll see you later, we’re going to meet your brother’s girlfriend!”

  31. Axel
    Axel
    August 25, 2013 at 2:16 am | #

    Sal! Thank goodness, now she can “go get” Amazigirl, who will solve all this nonsense.

  32. espanolbot
    espanolbot
    August 25, 2013 at 5:03 am | #

    Huh, it occurs to be that Mike actually know what Blaine is like, what with him going to high school with Amber in this universe, so him joining the chase might actually make more sense than him doing so just to be an ass.

    • Luzahn
      Luzahn
      August 25, 2013 at 9:50 am | #

      Oh don’t worry, it will always be because of both of those things.

      • Neospector
        Neospector
        August 25, 2013 at 2:12 pm | #

        Also, I paid him a nickel to join in earlier.

  33. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    August 25, 2013 at 6:13 am | #

    And here’s where the story lines start to intertwine!

  34. The Phantom's Belch
    The Phantom's Belch
    August 25, 2013 at 8:08 am | #

    Next strip:

    Panel 1: Sal giving chase.
    Panel 2: A nameless foot sticking out the door, catching Blaine; far side of the panel are the stairs.
    Panel 3: Everyone falling past Amber, who repeats the “What the hell?”
    Panel 4: Mike placing a hand on Amber’s shoulder, saying “No nickel this time. He had this coming.”

    Day after tomorrow:
    Panel 1: Blaine, Billie, and Sal landing in a heap at the foot of the stairs, birdies circling their heads.
    Panel 2: Amber’s mom and Joe’s dad show up.
    Panel 3: ???
    Panel 4: PROFIT!

    • Random832
      Random832
      August 25, 2013 at 9:53 am | #

      Eh, I don’t know. My instinct is that Richard can take him in a fight, especially if he’s injured/disoriented, but I don’t think it would be good for Stacy to interact with Blaine.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 25, 2013 at 4:17 pm | #

        Which is exactly why Stacy and Blaine will interact.

  35. hof1991
    hof1991
    August 25, 2013 at 9:24 am | #

    Don’t think that time with parents was painless as possible for Sal, though she may want to believe that. Looks like she has some hurt she would like to share with Blaine or any random stranger.

  36. The1exile
    The1exile
    August 25, 2013 at 12:02 pm | #

    Plot twist: Amazi-girl was Billie ALL ALONG, in a Fight Club-esque reveal.

    • hmrc4evr
      hmrc4evr
      August 25, 2013 at 12:51 pm | #

      Everyone keep referencing that movie. I guess I should watch it sometime.

      • John
        John
        August 25, 2013 at 6:33 pm | #

        If you’ve seen the references, you know everything you really need to know about it.

  37. hmrc4evr
    hmrc4evr
    August 25, 2013 at 12:50 pm | #

    Maybe Billie is just looking off to one side to say check that no one is going to cross her path when she realizesthat was Sal.

    At any rate when I saw this strip the 6 million $ man `running effect’ popped right into my head.

  38. TheKFV
    TheKFV
    August 25, 2013 at 9:54 pm | #

    ¿ןןǝɥ ןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ

  39. newllend
    newllend
    August 26, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    This is LAPD, where in pro suit of the perk ,there is absolutely Noway he can get away now and wait…what in the blue hell was that

  40. Daniel Jacobs
    Daniel Jacobs
    August 26, 2013 at 1:34 am | #

    Kill HIM!!!

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Dumbing of Age: "Arch-nemmy" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Arch-nemmy
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
I don’t know who needs to see this beyond 99% of users here
It’s a screenshot of the dictionary definition of “rhetorical question”
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social ⋅ 12h
Me if I ever see Tony Hawk: Hey you’re Tony Hawk the famous skateboarder. That’s right I recognise you. Won’t be able to get any content out of this will you, you piece of shit
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
This is never going away, is it.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
Ordered a TFOne Megatronus card from overseas and it came with some other random cards as packing thanks for the super high Squidward
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Sean Kelley McKeever @seanmckeever.com ⋅ 1d
How to read all 28 issues of my Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane run on Marvel Unlimited: 1: The first four issues were published as the miniseries "Mary Jane." www.marvel.com/comics/serie...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
www.ebay.com/itm/23610614... selling my stege shockwave
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Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Shockwave, loose, complete | eBay
Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Shockwave, loose, complete at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many pro...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
Dorothy!
dorothy in a dark purple collared shirt and her usual black vest, with cuffed pants
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
i want to change the caption's image to a photo of a mountain of ET cartridges in a landfill
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned we have to be shown children learning and relearning what sex is, for Reasons, even though they already clearly know and have prepared nuanced questions about it! also that Gran must hate, if she's still alive, how Old Juliette is the same but with gray hair
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
one of my favorite things is when a commenter explodes WHEN DO THESE CHARACTERS GET THERAPY but directed towards a character who canonically has a regular therapist
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609624... Three hours left on this murder machine
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Transformers MPM-4 Movie Optimus Prime, boxed/complete but with extra hooks! | eBay
He's been opened, stood on a shelf for a while, and placed back inside.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
mary: dawn says your girlfriend is trying to murder her wilbur: but what about MY happiness okay can we kill wilbur now
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
help I had a big yawny stretch after I got into bed and threw out my back
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Dotty" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
fuck off
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Phew, they made NoHo Hank wear pants.
A McFarlane Toys action figure of Metamorpho, from James Gunn's Superman movie.  He's wearing pants.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
where's my hour loop of Vader fist-dancing
preternia.com's user avatarpreternia @preternia.com ⋅ 2d
Hot Toys Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 1/6 Scale Darth Vader Deluxe ($495) & Standard ($315) is up for preorder at Sideshow - shrsl.com/4wcx6 #ad If you preorder make sure to hit the Exclusive versions since they include a commemorative plaque and cost the same.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca ⋅ 2d
hey, FANTASTIC FOUR got an Eisner nomination for best ongoing series!! I think this news is... really great! Fantastic even :0
the cover of FF #1 featuring some beautiful art of said Fantastic Four
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
oh no, new content over at the nsfw patreon joe introduces joyce to fingers that aren't breaded chicken www.patreon.com/posts/joe-fi...
tastefully cropped art of joe and joyce discovering the joys of fingers
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I may have to pin this
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 5d
btw if you're one of those rando bluesky weirdos who doesn't know me but sees me in the wild being sarcastic and don't know i'm being sarcastic because you haven't taken like 30 seconds to, like, maybe look at my user profile or something, keep walking, you're not going to score internet points here
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
#relatable
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a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
ALT: a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
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OSMOTE @osmote.net ⋅ 2d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 2d
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 ⋅ 3d
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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You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
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 ⋅ 3d
GOTTEM
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 12d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
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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