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by David M Willis on September 3, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit
└ Tags: sal, walky

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    September 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    EEW HUGS

    • EvilPenguin
      EvilPenguin
      September 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      still gonna ship them

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        dats incest :U

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

          Your point being….

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            September 3, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

            it’s the game the whole family can enjoy!

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 3, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

              Slightly dated, but “Incest is best – roll your own.” was always a catchy motto. :-P.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                September 3, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

                It’s not just incest, it’s TWINcest!

                • Mc
                  Mc
                  September 3, 2014 at 3:07 am | #

                  You ought to get pun-ishment for that one.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  September 3, 2014 at 12:05 pm | #

                  more like WINcest, amiright.

                • gwalla
                  gwalla
                  September 3, 2014 at 12:23 pm | #

                  Hate to break it to you, Mc, but Jen didn’t come up with that one.

                  (It’s been the rallying cry of the Supernatural fandom for years)

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  September 3, 2014 at 8:56 pm | #

                  FWIW, I first heard it in relation [HURR] to this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/BetterDays?from=Main.BetterDays

                  [WATNING: TV Tropes]

                • Jen Aside
                  Jen Aside
                  September 3, 2014 at 8:59 pm | #

                  …wtf is watning, shitty iPad keyboard |=<

                • Kelly
                  Kelly
                  September 4, 2014 at 1:10 am | #

                  It has been used on 4chan since there was a 4chan. Guessing it was used on places like usenet before that…

          • newllend
            newllend
            September 3, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

            What the fuck man, what makes it worse is that their twins it be like doing it with someone of the opposite sex that looks exactly like you.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 3, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

              Oh God, how horrifying

              • AriBerri
                AriBerri
                September 3, 2014 at 1:30 pm | #

                I can’t stop laughing. But ew. But hehe.

              • Random832
                Random832
                September 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

                Yeah, I bet you think all mouse people look alike, you racist.

                • -JAD-
                  -JAD-
                  September 4, 2014 at 1:11 am | #

                  Mousist?

            • Clif
              Clif
              September 3, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

              Well, the incest tabo is a perfectly reasonable one for several reasons including potential abuse of power and genetic problems, but that said, what’s the big problem of doing it with someone who looks exactly like you? Unless, of course, you look terrible to begin with.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                September 3, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

                I don’t think people care about genetic problems in this climate-change-denier age so much as the fact that incest generally happens most when underage children are involved.

                Hopefully I don’t have to explain why any kind of paedophilia is wrong |=(

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  September 3, 2014 at 1:28 am | #

                  Though with college age twins, that’s certainly not the issue.

                  I’m reminded of H. P. Lovecraft’s relatives, a brother/sister pair who apparently lived together and passed themselves off as married after moving away.

              • Drunken Nordmann
                Drunken Nordmann
                September 3, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

                My opinion on that matter was always: If they want to do it, let them do it. As long as they’re not siring children, nobody’s come to harm.

                • Farmer_10
                  Farmer_10
                  September 3, 2014 at 2:48 am | #

                  I always felt Incest was one of those lifestyle choices you get a free pass to be intolerant about.

                • tinfoil theory
                  tinfoil theory
                  September 3, 2014 at 3:19 am | #

                  As long as it stays in the family.

                • Dranorter
                  Dranorter
                  September 3, 2014 at 9:18 am | #

                  Also the genetic issues are fairly rare, and these days you could test for them ahead of time.

                • Rutee
                  Rutee
                  September 3, 2014 at 3:06 pm | #

                  First generation doesn’t have problems anyway. Chucky III didn’t get to be the way he was until he had a horizontal family tree for several generations. That’s why Charles III is the famously inbred Hapsburg and not his parents. Egyptian Dynasties would have been a lot shorter if marrying family immediately resulted in monster babies.

                • Kaoy
                  Kaoy
                  September 4, 2014 at 10:13 pm | #

                  @Rutee: The royals of most lineages wised up after a few “wrong” generations. They started marrying second cousins or further out more frequently which, as I previously stated, added about as much to their genetic diversity as marrying a random person. Generally, most “mad kings” in history can be traced back to 3+ generations of cousin-cousin or uncle-niece pairings leading to their birth.

                  The effects of incest are exponential. If your mating cousins are twice as likely to cause genetic problems, then the children of two such pairings are four times as likely. Their children are, in turn, 16x as likely to cause problems, despite still being a cousin pairing. Third generation “lovin’ cousins” are still only half as likely as to cause problems as sibling mates. Two generations of sibling mates has the ridiculous potential cause problems of 32^2, or 1,024x the pairing of random strangers. These are rough models, but surprisingly accurate based on lab animal studies that have been done concerning the passage of genes that have been indicated to predispose an individual a particular type of cancer.

              • Kaoy
                Kaoy
                September 3, 2014 at 5:05 pm | #

                This is mostly a reply to Dran and Rutee, but the thread has gotten to long to comment to them directly.

                @Dranorter. that is not, strictly speaking, true. First gen incest between individuals of close genetic make up (fraternal twins = regular siblings, so far as genetics are concerned) has a nasty habit of bringing recessive traits to surface. No, they might not all have clotting disorders and severe and crippling scoliosis, but anything that has a habit of running in a family is about 32x more likely to crop up when a pair of siblings have a child vs. unrelated individuals. One way to think of this is if you have a couple of uncles and aunts with asthma and a couple more with eczema, you can bet some pretty good money that the child of you and your sibling with have one, the other, or both.

                @Rutee: Royalty often paired with first cousins, aunt/uncles, ect. Rarely (as in, none come to mind) did they breed with their siblings. This may seem seem like a “so what?” difference, but when you explore genetics, it isn’t. Your siblings genetics are roughly 50% identical to yours. Your fathers are roughly 25% like yours. This means your uncles genetics are roughly 12.5% of yours (50% * 25% = 12.5%, this is actually true of your grandparents, fyi). Your cousin shares roughly 1/16th, or 6.25%, of your genetics. Any further out then that, and you may as well be mating with a stranger off the street.

                If a few generations of Cousin on Cousin and Uncle on Niece parings screwed up certain royals as much as it did, imagine what a pair of siblings can do.

                • Rutee
                  Rutee
                  September 3, 2014 at 5:22 pm | #

                  Clearly not as much as our taboos dictate, given that we have dynasties that did it over multiple generations.

                • Rutee
                  Rutee
                  September 3, 2014 at 5:31 pm | #

                  Merde. I left a ‘generally’ out of my first post on the matter. My bad on that.

              • lightsabermario
                lightsabermario
                September 4, 2014 at 1:25 am | #

                You know what makes this conversation even more disturbing? Look up the Westermarck effect. Siblings separated at birth, meeting each other and not knowing that they are siblings, tend to find each other highly sexually attractive. Disgusting, and yet… it explains Luke and Leia kissing! George Lucas got it right!

                • Kaoy
                  Kaoy
                  September 4, 2014 at 9:44 pm | #

                  Uh, no. I have no idea where you are getting the second half of your comment. All the Westermarck effect tells us is that you don’t find your own sister/brother sexy because you grew up with them and have some biologic/mental resistance to thinking of them as a potential mate (through Darwinism, pheromones, or some other less explained reasons).

                  Two siblings who never met are no more likely to find the other sexually attractive than any other two individuals. Unless you believe the VERY messy – and heavily refuted – logic of Freud, I really can’t figure out where you are getting that idea. Freudian theory is the basis of modern psychology in much the same way alchemy is the basis for chemistry.

            • Ancestral Hamster
              Ancestral Hamster
              September 3, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

              For a narcissist it would be the Ultimate! After all, if you are perfect, there is no one better to have sex with!

              Also regarding incest, that reminds me of a punchline, “If she ain’t good enough for her own kin, she ain’t good enough for you.”

              • David
                David
                September 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm | #

                If you were perfect why would you need to have sex?

                • TJ Baltimore
                  TJ Baltimore
                  September 3, 2014 at 5:47 pm | #

                  If you were perfect, why would you want to stop having sex?

            • masterofbones
              masterofbones
              September 3, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

              If I had a clone, I wouldn’t go outside very much.

              I’d be busy.

              • tinfoil theory
                tinfoil theory
                September 3, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

                Oh, give me a clone
                Of my own flesh and bone
                With the Y chromosome changed to X.
                And when she is grown,
                My very own clone,
                We’ll be of the opposite sex.


                Clone, clone of my own,
                With the Y chromosome changed to X.
                And when we’re alone,
                Since her mind is my own,
                She’ll be thinking of nothing but

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  September 3, 2014 at 9:12 am | #

                  I think I’m a clone now,
                  There’s always two of me
                  Just a’hanging around
                  I think I’m a clone now
                  (A clone now)
                  ‘Cuz every chromosome
                  Is a hand-me-down

                • Betty Anne
                  Betty Anne
                  September 3, 2014 at 12:35 pm | #

                  On a warm summer day the doctor went away
                  to a place where he could make it real
                  his assistant’s hips were nice
                  so he cloned her once or twice
                  now his hips are aching what a deal

                • Drunken Nordmann
                  Drunken Nordmann
                  September 3, 2014 at 6:46 pm | #

                  Ich lass mich klonen
                  Ich lass mich
                  klonen
                  ich lass mich klo-nen
                  ich lass mich klonen

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                September 3, 2014 at 3:12 pm | #

                Because you’d be sending your clone to your work/school?

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              September 3, 2014 at 6:59 pm | #

              What about someone of the opposite sex who *is* you, and your child, and both of your parents, and all of you(r) zombies?

              • Opus the Poet
                Opus the Poet
                September 3, 2014 at 9:57 pm | #

                Ah, someone who knows his classic Science Fiction.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 3, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

          Incest is wrong, relatively speaking.

          • Clif
            Clif
            September 3, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

            Tighten it up to “Incest is Relatively Wrong,” and you’ve got your slogan.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              September 3, 2014 at 5:13 am | #

              I believe you just came up with Arkansas’ new motto. 😛

              • Azhrei Vep
                Azhrei Vep
                September 3, 2014 at 8:03 am | #

                Oh no no no. We’re not giving up our current slogan so easily: “Incest is best, put your sister to the test!” is just too catchy to drop.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  September 3, 2014 at 8:59 am | #

                  Arkansas.

        • LiaHansen
          LiaHansen
          September 3, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

          As long as they act responsibly, I support them however they choose to express their love.

          Plus, did you read Timemonkey’s comments the other day? How could you pass that up?

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            September 3, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

            I don’t recall.

      • Lord Geovanni
        Lord Geovanni
        September 3, 2014 at 10:51 pm | #

        Walky’s third leg approves… Or is that just mine

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      September 3, 2014 at 1:35 am | #

      HUGS ARE DA BEST

    • Insanenoodlyguy
      Insanenoodlyguy
      September 3, 2014 at 1:10 pm | #

      yes. Kisses would be far more appropriate. Kisses with tongue.

  2. An Average Loser
    An Average Loser
    September 3, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    At least it came out.

    • Sensedog
      Sensedog
      September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      That’s what she said.

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        September 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        Is she gay?

    • Willoughby Chase
      Willoughby Chase
      September 3, 2014 at 2:42 pm | #

      And Walky didn’t

  3. etybolik
    etybolik
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    They hug from a distance with facial expressions…which isn’t nearly as poetic-sounding as I’d like.

  4. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Feels?

    • APersonAmI
      APersonAmI
      September 3, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

      Feels!

  5. John
    John
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    If they hug, I might die of the cute.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      If twins hugged they merge into a single person.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 3, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        They recombine into their pure form and finally are more powerful than you can possibly imagine!!!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          “Behold the might of SALKY.”

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            September 3, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

            Salvid

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              September 3, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

              Dally

              • BalRog gets a "D"...and PASSES!!!
                BalRog gets a "D"...and PASSES!!!
                September 3, 2014 at 3:44 am | #

                Salvid or Dally. Either one works. Two mustache tips way up!

                • dralou
                  dralou
                  September 3, 2014 at 9:59 am | #

                  Salvid Dally… why does that make me think of the metamorphosis of Narcissus ?

                • Hannah
                  Hannah
                  September 3, 2014 at 10:37 am | #

                  I know this has absolutely nothing to do with the ship or the strip and I should be ashamed of myself for destracting from the strip that started the shipping of this incestual ship, but if you start to google “Salvid”, it corrects you and asks if you’re referring to “Salvador Dalli.” I found that to be awesome and totally appropriate to add here in response to your mustache tipping! 😀

                • gwalla
                  gwalla
                  September 3, 2014 at 12:25 pm | #

                  It autocorrects to a misspelling of Salvador Dali? Weird.

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  September 3, 2014 at 10:52 pm | #

                  That is an AWESOME PUN!

                • Lord Geovanni
                  Lord Geovanni
                  September 3, 2014 at 10:57 pm | #

                  Guess even Google doesn’t know

      • Nono
        Nono
        September 3, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

        WONDER TWIN POWERS ACTIVATE

  6. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Soooo. Quick completely ineffective poll.
    How many people here have siblings?

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      September 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      +1

      • SUGauthor
        SUGauthor
        September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        +1

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      September 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      I have a younger brother…

    • -Sentinel-
      -Sentinel-
      September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      I have a sister, about a year younger than me.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        September 3, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

        I’ve stopped counting, honestly.

        • insomniac
          insomniac
          September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

          Are you secretly a DeSanto?

          • Shadlyn
            Shadlyn
            September 3, 2014 at 8:17 am | #

            +1 brother
            +2 half sisters I don’t know
            +2 stepsisters I’ve never met
            +1 stepbrother I actually know
            +1 stepsister I actually know
            +1 halfstepbrother I’ve never met.

            Everyone got divorced and remarried. 🙂

            • JWLM
              JWLM
              September 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm | #

              Do all their names start with R?

            • Lord Geovanni
              Lord Geovanni
              September 3, 2014 at 11:16 pm | #

              2 half sisters 2 half brothers 1 of each on my moms side 1 of each on my dads side
              Moms side 5 and half years onee chan, me, 6 years and 4 months otouto.
              Dads side me, 10 years 2 months otouto, 15 years 2 months imoto.

    • nothri
      nothri
      September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      I have no siblings. I have many rivals.

    • Marc in MN
      Marc in MN
      September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Older sister. Younger brother. Yes, I am the dreaded middle child.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 3, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Middle children unite! Really peacefully, with social skills and ignorability!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      Far too many. Will you take some off my hands?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      1 brother + 1 sister.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      I got siblings but due to the age difference and having a different parent, I was raised as an only child.

      • Romanticide
        Romanticide
        September 3, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

        ah me too. I have one half brother and one half sister.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 3, 2014 at 5:15 am | #

          I got one half sister and three half brothers that I know of and they are all many years younger than me.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      -1

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 3, 2014 at 11:18 pm | #

        You have a negative sibling?

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      September 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      One older brother.

    • Kas
      Kas
      September 3, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      +4, which is to say I have four siblings. And I’m exactly in the middle, with two older and two younger.

    • etybolik
      etybolik
      September 3, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      I have a younger sister, and like Walky, have not exactly been a great brother on a number of occasions. Trying to/am doing better.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      September 3, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

      +1 younger sister

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 3, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

      One twerpy little bro who nonetheless outgrew me *shakes fist*

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        September 3, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        I feel your pain…

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 3, 2014 at 12:55 am | #

      I have younger sisters.

    • Versen
      Versen
      September 3, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

      Twin.

    • APersonAmI
      APersonAmI
      September 3, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

      I have one six year younger sister. My favorite family member. I can actually talk to her about stuff! It’s pretty cool.

      well, these days I can. Not when she was young, though. Not because of my own opinion of her or something like that, but because she couldn’t argue. When she became twelve, suddenly she had reactions beyond Cry and Get Angry And Shout when a disagreement happened, and I was immediately ready to treat her like a human. We’ve gotten along swimmingly since.

      • Koms
        Koms
        September 3, 2014 at 2:04 am | #

        +1 Same here!!!

    • Bill
      Bill
      September 3, 2014 at 1:39 am | #

      1 sister, fourteen months younger than me.

    • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      Gadgeteer Smashwidget
      September 3, 2014 at 1:54 am | #

      I do. A rather annoying younger sister who thinks she’s more mature than me.

    • marshystrawberri
      marshystrawberri
      September 3, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

      I have a twin brother.
      2 older half brothers.

    • masterofbones
      masterofbones
      September 3, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

      3. Why, whats up?

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        September 3, 2014 at 2:48 pm | #

        Base curiosity.

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      September 3, 2014 at 2:55 am | #

      I’m the oldest of 5 siblings

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      September 3, 2014 at 3:23 am | #

      And another one.

    • Evil Midnight Lurker
      Evil Midnight Lurker
      September 3, 2014 at 3:28 am | #

      Younger sister, she was given up for adoption, when she got back into contact with us it seems she was almost certainly better off for it.

    • BalRog gets a "D"...and PASSES!!!
      BalRog gets a "D"...and PASSES!!!
      September 3, 2014 at 3:49 am | #

      +2 younger brothers. Yes, I am the smug, know-it-all eldest brother, and damned smug about it. So there!

      • Hannah
        Hannah
        September 3, 2014 at 10:42 am | #

        Two younger siblings, twice the uses of the word “smug” in one sentence when you’re describing your relationship with them… Yep, the math checks out!

        I only have one younger brother, so I only get to be a normal amount of smug. :[

    • Alice
      Alice
      September 3, 2014 at 4:48 am | #

      +2 sisters, one older and one younger. They often fight with each other, but as the timid middle child I get along quite well with both of them :3 Sometimes it feels like I’m the youngest one though >_<

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      September 3, 2014 at 9:38 am | #

      Well. That worked much better than expected.
      I have four myself. 1 half sister. 2 sisters. And then a brother. In that order.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        September 3, 2014 at 9:40 am | #

        Oh yeah, and one step brother and sister. And recently a step brother in law.

        • HMRC4EVR
          HMRC4EVR
          September 3, 2014 at 6:57 pm | #

          Only child. I was born 3 weeks early and weighed 2.2 lbs. Needless to say I survived (although my pediatrician confided in me before my 18th birthday he had no clue how I made it those first few months).

          Mom and Dad figured it was too risky to try again.

    • Slinx
      Slinx
      September 3, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

      I have siblings. I don’t talk to them much. I don’t have the age excuse, though, since two of the three are literally my age.

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      September 3, 2014 at 12:22 pm | #

      o/

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      September 3, 2014 at 12:44 pm | #

      +2

    • chisci
      chisci
      September 3, 2014 at 1:20 pm | #

      +3, give or take one

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      September 3, 2014 at 3:07 pm | #

      +1.

    • clodia
      clodia
      September 3, 2014 at 3:31 pm | #

      Just a younger brother!

  7. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    aw man you assholes better hug at some point now

  8. addude
    addude
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Ah, they going to be okay, aren’t they? Probably not Billie but these two yes.

  9. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Again I have to say that Walky is showing a heretofore unknown adorkable side.

  10. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    September 3, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Dang, knew the ‘awkward sibling hug’ wasn’t really going to happen, but it came close.

  11. Taigan
    Taigan
    September 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Because it’s easier being a brother to someone you’re not actually related to.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      September 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I was expecting Sal to be offended by that.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        As the whiter brother, I gotta help out my whiter sister first. Then you and I can Sibling it up.

        • Gigafreak
          Gigafreak
          September 3, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

          Aren’t they all equally white

          Or if the Walkertons’ dad is half-white in this universe like he is in the other one, Sal is technically probably whiter than Billie

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 3, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

            Well I’m basing it on Walky bieng the “whiter” sibling according to Sal while Billie is just visually whiter.

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              September 3, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

              We’re at a point where Asians are almost passably white now, privilege-wise.

              Dammit why should I have to be a cracker

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                September 3, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

                Don’t be sad. Crackers get all the Cheese! And you can always stay at The Ritz.

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  September 3, 2014 at 1:45 am | #

                  If this was a different forum I would be directing you towards the Multi-Dimensional Larger-on-the-inside Pun Vault. As it is I will just remind you that there is still a Head Cheese in this universe, and he dislikes crackers…

          • Kerry
            Kerry
            September 3, 2014 at 1:03 am | #

            being black is as far away from white as you can get, like, ever
            and sal’s skin is darker than billie’s

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              September 3, 2014 at 1:23 am | #

              I was gonna contend that being, like, a cockroach is farther from white, but I’m sure racists will disagree

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        September 3, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

        He did just admit he’d been a bad brother to her.

  12. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    September 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Most of my family are huggy/kissy people, I AM NOT!

    • APersonAmI
      APersonAmI
      September 3, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      Oh god, this. So much this. I’ve actually found out after I became an adult that it could be calming, and even enjoyable, to have physical contact with someone, such as holding hands or hugging. That was huge, and a big surprise to me. Turns out when I’m not considered a monster or abnormal for not wanting to be touched at any time my family wants to, including after every quarrel and disagreement we ever had, and I could touch other people on my own terms, it was actually enjoyable! I never knew!

      Once, my grandmother was enormously offended, and refused to talk to me until the next time we met, because I asked her not to touch my shoulder from behind without warning me first or asking if it was okay.

      Some people do not like to be touched, or do not want to be touched at specific times or when in specific moods, or need to have a say in whether the touching should be initiated before it already has been. Before I was an adult, I met no one who had any understanding for or sympathy with this.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 3, 2014 at 5:22 am | #

        I had a great grandmother who was in one of those Death’s waiting room type nursing homes, well anyway she did not believe that I was me and insisted that I was someone else entirely, she continued to assume this of me until my mother told me to give her a hug, well I gave her one of my awkward pseudo-hugs and suddenly she realised that I really was her great-grandchild.

        It sounds like we both share Susan’s uneasiness with touching/hugging/kissing.

        • Slinx
          Slinx
          September 3, 2014 at 10:21 am | #

          I am a hugger and am generally okay with light physical contact as long as I have notice. However, I do not like being touched while I am eating, and it took longer than you might expect to set that precedent with my mother.

          • Lord Geovanni
            Lord Geovanni
            September 3, 2014 at 11:21 pm | #

            Parents are unreasonable if you extablish anything with them I consider you touched by God

        • APersonAmI
          APersonAmI
          September 3, 2014 at 10:31 am | #

          It does. I love EGS. I see aspects myself in so many of the characters.

  13. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    September 3, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Uhh, Walky? How about trying to be a good brother to your ACTUAL SISTER? You know, the one related to you by blood?

    Oh well. Baby steps.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      But is that even natural? 😛

      • Lord Geovanni
        Lord Geovanni
        September 3, 2014 at 11:23 pm | #

        Nope

    • poofdepoof
      poofdepoof
      September 3, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      I think they understand that that’s an implicit part of their conversation.

      • shietka
        shietka
        September 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        Also, Billy kinda needs him more right now. Sal has her problems, but none of them are really urgent. And their relationship (Walky and Sal’s) is gonna take time to heal.

        • Slinx
          Slinx
          September 3, 2014 at 10:24 am | #

          Still, it would be nice to have an explicitly-stated apology

          • Insanenoodlyguy
            Insanenoodlyguy
            September 3, 2014 at 1:14 pm | #

            She gave him a pass on that, he took it. This was the right move. She knows anyway.

        • Yoohoo
          Yoohoo
          September 3, 2014 at 10:44 am | #

          Didn’t know a person only has the capacity to love and be a good sibling to one person at a time :-\

    • deathjavu
      deathjavu
      September 3, 2014 at 2:04 pm | #

      I think the idea here is showing what the twins DO have in common-a disdain for normal methods of showing affection

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      September 3, 2014 at 3:18 pm | #

      This may be Walky showing uncharacteristic sense in interactions between people. “I can’t fix what happened between us overnight, but I can help Billie now.”

      When Billie’s all happy after making out with Ruth it’s going to be awkward for him since he’ll be expecting her depressed, huh.

  14. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    The Walkertons season 3 premieres this fall.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 3, 2014 at 6:34 pm | #

      Aww…No Awkward Sibling Hug?

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        September 3, 2014 at 6:40 pm | #

        This comment was not meant to be a response….sorry!

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 3, 2014 at 6:41 pm | #

      When can we expect a Movie?

  15. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 3, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    “Everytime I think about it, I feel like I’m hugging myself with boobs…it’s wierd…”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 3, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      So how big are your moobs anyhow? 😛

    • newllend
      newllend
      September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      You think boobs would make things less stressful but no.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 3, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

        Joyce believes that Billie’s boobs would reduce stress as this comic below indicates.

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/curiosity/

        • newllend
          newllend
          September 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          Well her boobs can colm anyone down.

  16. synnerman
    synnerman
    September 3, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Empathic hugging. Next stage is air kissing.

  17. Cynthia
    Cynthia
    September 3, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Also Walky smells. And has cooties.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      …and smells like tacos and McNuggets.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        September 3, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        And also Billie’s puke

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 3, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

          How did I forget THAT?

          • Cynthia
            Cynthia
            September 3, 2014 at 2:21 pm | #

            I’m also pretty sure he didn’t brush his teeth or his morning face!

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      September 3, 2014 at 2:56 am | #

      ^^^Amethyst!!!^^^

      • Cynthia
        Cynthia
        September 3, 2014 at 2:22 pm | #

        YEAH!!!

  18. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 3, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    They may as well do Troy and Abed’s handshake.

  19. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Come on guys, it’s really easy!

    Step 1: Open arms
    Step 2: Close arms around target
    Step 3: Throw target into the air to set up your combo move

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      September 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      Or just walk ’em off the edge of the arena to piss everyone else off.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      You gotta do your chain grab.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 3, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

      Step 4: Advancing Guard
      Optional Step 5: Aegis Reflector

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      September 3, 2014 at 4:38 pm | #

      What if they A instead of guard though? I bet Walky’s one of those jerks with a ridic fast jab D:

  20. Khaner
    Khaner
    September 3, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    Sympathy via light physical contact?

    • Koms
      Koms
      September 3, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

      Yeah..now Dina could give some pointers to the twins.

    • Koms
      Koms
      September 3, 2014 at 2:14 am | #

      I love smiling Sal… I’m a bigger fan of Sal. Take that Joyce!!

  21. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    September 3, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m probably just being dumb but is the “to her” there a typo? It sounds awkward to me. Did you mean “But I want to be a good one now”?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      September 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      no

      • advancecasette
        advancecasette
        September 3, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        my bad

        I needed to be sure.

    • shietka
      shietka
      September 3, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

      He means that he wants to be a good brother to Billie. It’s kind of like he’s saying “I failed you, I’m not gonna fail her,” only less melodramatically, and more Walkyishly.

      • advancecasette
        advancecasette
        September 3, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

        Ohhhh. Yeah I’m dumb.

  22. Mattyos
    Mattyos
    September 3, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    There’s an aquabats song about hugs that could help this along…

    • Khaner
      Khaner
      September 3, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

      Hey Homies!

  23. nothri
    nothri
    September 3, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

    I’d forgotten that Billie is basically walk’s surrogate sister.

    • nothri
      nothri
      September 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      *Walky’s

    • LockeZ
      LockeZ
      September 3, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      I’m still forgetting this. What?

      • Nono
        Nono
        September 3, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

        Billie sees her parents so little that she almost calls the Walkterons Mom and Dad.

        Walky and her are close enough they’re practically siblings.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          September 3, 2014 at 1:14 pm | #

          I may be reading too far into this, but is it possible that kid-Walky was kinda replacing Sal with Billie? Like, Walky and Sal never really got each other, and so Walky missed Sal. Billie was much more accessible, and they feel very sibling-ish towards each other.

          It’s more likely that Walky and Billie were just friends independently, but it’d be kinda touching if he was looking for Billie because he was really looking for a certain sisterly relationship.

  24. Khaner
    Khaner
    September 3, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Hey Homies!

  25. newllend
    newllend
    September 3, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Ah look at this adorable family of Douchebags.

  26. Xailenrath
    Xailenrath
    September 3, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

    Hugs are for the WEAK!! One must NOOGIE to show affection to siblings! it is the ONLY acceptable way!

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      September 3, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

      But you must BUY them DINNER first!

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        September 3, 2014 at 12:33 am | #

        NOPE. If it’s FAMILY, you must PUT UP WITH THEM when they COME OVER UNANNOUNCED for a TWO-WEEK VACATION (including ROOM AND BOARD at YOUR HOUSE)!

        • TJ Baltimore
          TJ Baltimore
          September 3, 2014 at 5:55 pm | #

          You sound like are speaking from personal experience. It sounds awful.

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        September 3, 2014 at 4:51 am | #

        I see what you alluded to here.

    • Dean
      Dean
      September 3, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

      A punch to the upper arm or shoulder is also acceptable.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        September 3, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

        especially for blind earthbenders

      • Slinx
        Slinx
        September 3, 2014 at 10:30 am | #

        Yeah, the only really acceptable way for siblings to interact is to smack the other’s shoulder once or twice and then pretend it didn’t happen. (Not actually serious, but kind of actually serious)

  27. katiuska
    katiuska
    September 3, 2014 at 12:30 am | #

    Our appreciation can be expressed in grunts and approving nods.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      September 3, 2014 at 7:14 pm | #

      Meh…/nods approvingly

  28. Yoohoo
    Yoohoo
    September 3, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    That was worse than not saying anything.

    they’re a different breed, the Walky twins

    • tinfoil theory
      tinfoil theory
      September 3, 2014 at 4:53 am | #

      Maybe they’re a different breed
      Maybe they’re not listening
      So blame it on their ADD baby

  29. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    September 3, 2014 at 1:05 am | #

    DAMN YOU AGAIN, WILLIS! YOU WON’T LET ME HATE LEO, AND NOW YOU’RE NOT LETTING ME HATE SAL! *shakes fist in impotent rage*

  30. Raptorman
    Raptorman
    September 3, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

    Go on hug it out, y’all won’t die.

  31. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    September 3, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

    Sal is being surprisingly cute and relaxed, here…

  32. Aasta8
    Aasta8
    September 3, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    Sooo…. is anyone else even remotely entertaining the idea that perhaps Billie is indeed Walkie’s sister biologically? Cause that kinda feels like whats going on to me,

    • Nono
      Nono
      September 3, 2014 at 3:42 am | #

      ‘Dad’s British, Mom’s Chinese.’

      Considering Mr. and Mrs. Walkerton are half-black and white, respectively, I’d say it’s a pretty far cry.

    • 4th Dimension
      4th Dimension
      September 3, 2014 at 4:06 am | #

      That would mean Walky’s father had an affair with Billie’s mother which is kind of plausible at least from Billy’s mother side. On the other hand since Walky’s father is black wouldn’t Billie be much more darker skinned?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 3, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

      The racial mix wouldn’t line up.

  33. APersonAmI
    APersonAmI
    September 3, 2014 at 1:18 am | #

    I love their smiles. It feels so good to see them share that.

  34. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    September 3, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

    If you never did it, it doesn’t work to start now.

  35. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    September 3, 2014 at 1:53 am | #

    As long as Walky and Sal understand each other who cares what anyone else thinks.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm | #

      That’s at the heart of a lot of sibling interactions, isn’t it!

  36. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    September 3, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

    *plays the Full House theme*
    This warms the cockles of my heart, dammit.

  37. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    September 3, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

    Awww, that’s adorable. In a walky way…

    • Killjoy
      Killjoy
      September 3, 2014 at 4:39 pm | #

      So… instead of adorkable, it’s… awalkable?

  38. Jesse
    Jesse
    September 3, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

    I heard feelings make you gay. That’s why I lift weights instead of emoting.

  39. Osaru Sensei
    Osaru Sensei
    September 3, 2014 at 6:45 am | #

    Todays Trope brought to you by David “DAMN YOU” Willis.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      September 3, 2014 at 8:49 am | #

      TVTrope Warning

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        September 3, 2014 at 12:31 pm | #

        Way to trigger my ADD/OCD there people. (Must click… ALL … the links). Fortunately I know TV Tropes is a bad one for me and keep my hands away from the pointing devices attached to the computer, and just used the keyboard to navigate the page and ONLY the page until complete, then close the page out.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          September 3, 2014 at 6:25 pm | #

          In my (weak) defence, I posted it mainly to test to see if I can successfuly do the hovertext thingy.

  40. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 3, 2014 at 8:37 am | #

    Being a brother at 18 is an entirely different game than being one as a kid. Walky can learn to play this game.

    Plus, baby steps. Be a good brother to Billie and he will learn to handle the nearly adult Sal better.

  41. Slinx
    Slinx
    September 3, 2014 at 10:35 am | #

    Walky, this is nice and all, but you should also probably say you want to be better to your actual sister. Then again, it’s possible Sal can take care of herself.

    • clodia
      clodia
      September 3, 2014 at 11:52 am | #

      I agree, but I think the subtext is that he also wants to be a good sister to his actual sister as well. But he decided to smile awkwardly and use subtext rather than using words as neither of them are good at feelings, as indicated in the last panel.

  42. andmangrewproud
    andmangrewproud
    September 3, 2014 at 11:38 am | #

    “Awkward sibling hug?” “Awkward sibling hug.”
    http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3odlEjsU1r6hkw6o2_500.gif

  43. Michael
    Michael
    September 3, 2014 at 12:42 pm | #

    So Billie, Walky, and Sal are all siblings? Did I miss something? Nothing about it in the Cast Gallery.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      September 3, 2014 at 12:48 pm | #

      No. Walky and Sal are siblings (twins,) although they have very, very different life stories. Billie is Walky’s closest frenemy from childhood. She’s so alienated from her family that she almost thinks of Walky and Sal’s parents as her own parents. Walky (and, I assume Sal) think of Billie as a sibling to the extent that when somebody suggested they were lovers, they both reacted as if that were a suggestion of incest.

      • Eukie
        Eukie
        September 3, 2014 at 4:40 pm | #

        To add to this, Linda Walkerton and her husband also considers Billie to be a daughter, and according to Sal they like Billie more than Sal.

        Though while Walky reacts to the suggestion of being sexually involved with Billie as he would to being sexually involved with Sal, Billie seems to be somewhat sexually attracted to Sal.

        • JWLM
          JWLM
          September 3, 2014 at 6:21 pm | #

          Billie’s just…confused. Not necessarily about her sexuality, but about…everything.

          I mean, seriously, Ruth? Ruth is my favorite character, bar none, but I wouldn’t have a relationship with her for anything.

    • Betty Anne
      Betty Anne
      September 3, 2014 at 12:52 pm | #

      Billie’s an “adopted sibling” in the sense she and Walky have been friends forever and she used to spend all her time at his house.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        September 3, 2014 at 1:04 pm | #

        Also, at least her dad is pretty neglectful of her (and we don’t know if her mom’s in the picture at all), hence why she didn’t have family at Fall Freshman Family Weekend and didn’t expect them.

  44. Kerry
    Kerry
    September 3, 2014 at 2:29 pm | #

    my family was basically the opposite
    “[family name]s don’t hit, they hug”
    kinda sucked for me, since I’m really averse to touch :/

  45. Aolbain
    Aolbain
    September 3, 2014 at 2:41 pm | #

    Thanks Willis, I needed this one.

  46. neeks
    neeks
    September 3, 2014 at 3:43 pm | #

    I love how they both just take it for granted that Billie is part of their family.

  47. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    September 3, 2014 at 6:36 pm | #

    Aww…no Awkward Sibling Hug?

  48. Tenn
    Tenn
    September 3, 2014 at 7:19 pm | #

    *tilts head, smiles*

    And nothing to provoke ignorant comments about race issues either. Almost too good to be true. 🙂

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 3, 2014 at 11:30 pm | #

      But wait till next time.

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B: We gotta go! We're gonna miss the march! 
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B: Right. 
B: Jesus God
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