Dumbing of Age

Fifty

by David M Willis on January 31, 2011 at 12:01 am

03 - Men are from Beck, Women are from Clark

└ Tags: joe, joyce, mike

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Scotty Van

January 31, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

Bribing = inappropriate.
- Scott
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:13 am | #
  
  I’m just impressed he had $50 to spare. $50 buys a lot of college romen noodles.
  - David Herbert
    
    January 31, 2011 at 12:28 am | #
    
    And a lot of moms.
    - alex
      
      December 19, 2011 at 7:10 am | #
      
      25000 to be exact.
      i don’t think even he can do that…
  - Rognik
    
    January 31, 2011 at 1:44 am | #
    
    He’s still new. probably got a lot of family money and hasn’t yet needed to ration it out.
  - octobar
    
    March 14, 2012 at 9:53 pm | #
    
    It’s ramen. Learn it. Live it. Be it.
    
    BE THE RAMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jen Aside

January 31, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

A punch is worth a thousand dollars.
G.S. Mercs

January 31, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

I’m surprised Mike didn’t take the fifty and THEN punch Joe in the FAAAAAAACE!
- addude
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:04 am | #
  
  I assumed he did
- Reboot
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:07 am | #
  
  Mike’s a sociopath, but not a thief. He wouldn’t try to AND an OR.
- arjay2813
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:30 am | #
  
  i thought he punched then took the fifty, but either works
- Jack
  
  January 31, 2011 at 11:49 am | #
  
  Mike is nothing if not fair. A jerk, yes, but a fair one.
Darth Shadow

January 31, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

PUUUUUUUUUUUNCH
Ragnal

January 31, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

“I’ll take punches, thanks.”
MercyDispensorMan

January 31, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

Let’s face it, we all would punch Joe in the face instead of taking the fifty.
- sun tzu
  
  January 31, 2011 at 2:47 am | #
  
  Hell, I’d PAY fifty to punch Joe!
  - dchorror
    
    January 31, 2011 at 11:40 pm | #
    
    Does that mean Joe will come out the night richer for the affair?
- Ancestral Hamster
  
  January 31, 2011 at 11:44 am | #
  
  That’s a “Hell Yeah!”
Undrave

January 31, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

Mike is the Eliot Ness of punching in the FAAAAAAAACE!
- dchorror
  
  January 31, 2011 at 3:07 am | #
  
  I’m surprised it took this long for FAAAAAAACE! to pop up, considering the comic.
  - Roborat
    
    January 31, 2011 at 4:11 pm | #
    
    Nah, it’s too easy. Oh ok, just for you:
    
    Joe is going to have trouble romancing Joyce with that bruised FAAAAAAAAACE!
    - dchorror
      
      January 31, 2011 at 11:39 pm | #
      
      Ooooo, and inventive too. Bravo, I love it.
      
      ^Not sarcasm
- goatman95111
  
  January 31, 2011 at 4:32 am | #
  
  Now all that’s missing is a “Steps of Oddessa” reference to Battleship Potempkin, and Sean Connery sitting by Joyce, asking “And what are you prepared to do now?”
JackNapier

January 31, 2011 at 12:05 am | #

The first punch of the evening, and they haven’t even left the building yet. This doesn’t bode well for Joe…
Wackd

January 31, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

I misread Joyce’s comment in the final panel as “What’s wrong with you okay?”

I think it’s a decent question.

I also love Mike’s expression in the third panel, like he’s actually considering it.
- Viktoria
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:08 am | #
  
  I’m pretty sure he was considering whether or not he could take the $50 while punching Joe in the face.
  
  The answer, by the way, is yes.
Jabberwocky

January 31, 2011 at 12:08 am | #

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzFD-CU9wv4
- Dedlok
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:31 am | #
  
  Awesome video+ Awesome comic= Win post.
Taylor

January 31, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

I hope he still took the 50.
- Rognik
  
  January 31, 2011 at 1:47 am | #
  
  I’d be very disappointed if he didn’t. It seems like a very Mike thing to do. In fact, I first thought he had the money in his hands in the last panel until I read the comments. Nope, he’s just warming up his fists.
DrDVD

January 31, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

wow, mike seems to be a decent guy in this comic.
- MM
  
  January 31, 2011 at 1:08 am | #
  
  I think it’s more that he can either get $50 now, or unlimited punching opportunities if he stays. Clearly he’s a firm believer in long-term gain.
- Blandalf
  
  January 31, 2011 at 3:07 am | #
  
  Y’know, the only other things we’ve seen Mike do by now are shutting down Billie and dragging Amber off her computer… could DOA!Mike be a dark, brooding force for justice? A silent defender of the night? Could he be… Batman?
  - Bill M.
    
    January 31, 2011 at 5:18 pm | #
    
    No, Sal is Batman. Mike is the Green Hornet.
Kater

January 31, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

It just gets better
- Jabberwocky
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:23 am | #
  
  Ominousk coming from the Mike avatar. It’s like he’s predicting something…
Socks

January 31, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

gotta say, i love mike XD
Alice Macher

January 31, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

Now that’s the Mike we’ve been expecting!
AsinineAxioms

January 31, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

Joe should’ve offered Mike a nickel… And the key to his mom’s house.
Dierna

January 31, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

Joe got punched in the Faaaaaaaaaaace.
wynne

January 31, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

Nice to see that Mike still sticks to his principles.
arjay2813

January 31, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

if that’s getting to know mike, by the end of the night they’ll be married. it will be a marriage built on trust, principals…and punches to the FAAAAAACE
- nitpicker
  
  January 31, 2011 at 12:11 pm | #
  
  Well, Joe wants to get laid, and Joyce wants to wait until marriage…
  - arjay2813
    
    January 31, 2011 at 5:43 pm | #
    
    i was not talking about joe and Joyce…
agentksilver

January 31, 2011 at 12:36 am | #

Mike’s will cannot be bought. Mike’s will cannot be tamed. You WILL get punched. The $50 will only stop the nutkicking.
- Ancestral Hamster
  
  January 31, 2011 at 11:46 am | #
  
  Re: “The $50 will only stop the nutkicking.”
  
  Maybe.
Lone Wolf

January 31, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

I’ve been wanting to see Joe get punched in the face for a good, long time now. While we don’t actually get to see Mike punch him in the face, this is the next best thing, and Willis is the best.
Locke

January 31, 2011 at 1:28 am | #

I’m just glad he wasn’t getting to know him with his- *Is punched for attempting to use that meme*
Azumango

January 31, 2011 at 2:14 am | #

$50. Assuming your mother’s rates haven’t changed, that’s enough for… ONE THOUSAND SEXINGS!

Also, I thought Joe was gonna get punched in the face, but dang, I didn’t thing it would happen this soon!
- TheStranger
  
  January 31, 2011 at 7:09 pm | #
  
  Well you’d have to figure there’s a buy five, get the sixth free in there once you start talking about those volumes, wouldn’t you?
ScytheAkse

January 31, 2011 at 2:42 am | #

i am not as nice as joe, had mike punched me in the faaace i would have decked him right back.
Chad from Canada

January 31, 2011 at 2:49 am | #

I’m so glad to see Mike is himself in this universe, and has his priorities straight. Money can’t buy happiness, but a punch in the face sure can!
- dchorror
  
  January 31, 2011 at 3:13 am | #
  
  It can buy a lot of mom’s, however.
dchorror

January 31, 2011 at 3:13 am | #

Considering the comic, I’m disappointed by the low FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! count in the comments.

For the first few seconds, it looked like Mike had caved Joe’s face in.

Also, I just saw the ad right under the comic, it certainly felt appropriate today.
Shift

January 31, 2011 at 3:47 am | #

Oh Mike, how I love you for that. Can he do it again? Please?!
Paul_Bags

January 31, 2011 at 4:55 am | #

I don’t think I could go out with someone who couldn’t just kick me in the nuts themselves. And I certainly wouldn’t go out with someone whose idea of a chaperone was a guy who wanted to punch me in the face.

That aside, FFFFACCCCCCCCCCCEEEE.
- begbert2
  
  January 31, 2011 at 10:54 am | #
  
  I’m fairly confident that Joe has no problem dating girls who don’t nutkick.
  - Ancestral Hamster
    
    January 31, 2011 at 11:50 am | #
    
    Joe’s criteria for dating.
    
    1. Female.
    2. Same species.
    3. Still breathing.
    4. Under thirty.
    - Roborat
      
      January 31, 2011 at 4:07 pm | #
      
      And 4 is negotiable.
      - ScytheAkse
        
        January 31, 2011 at 4:38 pm | #
        
        i can totally see joe hitting on a professor.
      - Bill M.
        
        January 31, 2011 at 5:20 pm | #
        
        Actually, Roborat, all but #1 is negotiable.
TemplarKnight

January 31, 2011 at 5:19 am | #

okay, this is starting to poke holes in my “softer, kinder mike” theory.

Still need to see more though. He still seems somewhat interested in the affairs of those around him.
- Ancestral Hamster
  
  January 31, 2011 at 11:51 am | #
  
  Don’t give up on it yet. This Mike still isn’t at the violence and asshole level of the IW/Shortpacked! Mike.
Charlie Earl Owens

January 31, 2011 at 5:58 am | #

With Mike, there is ALWAYS an “all of the above” option.
Gianni

January 31, 2011 at 7:27 am | #

Good on you Mike! Live by your principles and punch them in the FAAAAAAACE!
NF

January 31, 2011 at 8:28 am | #

1st Rule of Mike: Never make an offer to Mike that has violence as a possible option if you are not hoping for violence.
- Magnus369
  
  September 26, 2011 at 4:19 pm | #
  
  No… 1st rule of Mike: He’s whatever you don’t want him to be.
Loki

January 31, 2011 at 12:17 pm | #

Yeah, it seems that Joe is learning about Mike’s personality the hard way.
XRL

January 31, 2011 at 12:30 pm | #

he kept the 50 didn’t he?
- Jack
  
  February 9, 2011 at 8:03 pm | #
  
  Yes. Yes he did.
Sporkaganza

January 31, 2011 at 6:59 pm | #

This is pretty much the best way I can think of to introduce Mike to a new audience.
ziggy78eog

January 31, 2011 at 7:36 pm | #

Be glad he did not punch you in the face AND take your $50.
Opus the Poet

January 31, 2011 at 7:39 pm | #

OK this is officially my favorite DoA comic thus far…
Gianni

January 31, 2011 at 8:35 pm | #

At least in this universe, Joe hasn’t had the misfortune to ask Mike to kick him in the crotch yet.
HMRC4EVR

January 31, 2011 at 11:10 pm | #

This is probably the first…and only…time I like Mike.

Well, ‘like’ is such a strong word.

I don’t hate him as much as I usually do, and I don’t overall hate him as much as Joe.

So…uhm..yea…compliment!
Narwhals

February 1, 2011 at 2:18 pm | #

http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-26/

Yeah, full circle.
Maite

February 16, 2011 at 2:20 am | #

Mike reminds me of Johnny from an old Cartoon Network show. You know, Johnny with the slicked back hair and the sun glasses? The flashy smile? Okay, whatever. I’m the only oneee
- Chris Ashtear
  
  February 16, 2011 at 8:27 pm | #
  
  Johnny Bravo?
  - Izzy
    
    July 20, 2011 at 9:50 am | #
    
    he ha hu
    Man I’m pretty.
    Oh Mama
    Do the monkey with me!
Kelsey

March 23, 2011 at 1:08 am | #

Everyone knows it’s a bad idea to get to know Mike….. Unless he’s drunk, of course.
Pickle

November 19, 2011 at 11:01 pm | #

I feel like this has happened before….anyone know when?
- Maycroft
  
  January 16, 2012 at 12:46 am | #
  
  I think Mike did something similar to Faz in shortpacked.
Maycroft

January 16, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

maybe every friendship Mike ever made started this way.
That guy

August 16, 2014 at 4:01 pm | #

Mike’s definitely gonna mike this date up
themanwithnoname

February 6, 2015 at 7:54 am | #

Say what you want to about mike, but at least he has his integrity.
BrokenEye, True False Prophet

September 15, 2015 at 3:17 am | #

First week of college and you’ve already learned about the dangers of the false dilemma fallacy.

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