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Freeloadin’

by David M Willis on April 26, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Sometimes the Sky Was So Far Away
└ Tags: becky, robin

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    April 26, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    “also, can I borrow ten dollars”

    …dangit Beckers, did you opt out of “vote for what you’re campaigning” ’cause now you aren’t homeless like Robin SAID you were so she’s already a liar D=

    • Kelandrea
      Kelandrea
      April 26, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      Right??? I was REALLY hoping she’d go for “vote for what you’re campaigning”+tuition. Though i’m not sure if her being paid real campaign manager money was automatically included- but if it was, she could have Definitely afforded a small place nearby- if not a pretty decent one.
      Though… here’s to hoping this’ll be one of those “Robin learns her lesson and isn’t a giant jerk when it comes down to vote” things.

      • clif
        clif
        April 26, 2019 at 3:26 am | #

        Becky didn’t go for the vote because she figured that Robin didn’t stand a chance. This will of course come back to bite her.

        • StClair
          StClair
          April 26, 2019 at 10:11 am | #

          probably, yes.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

      The problem is that I think that Robin is a bit like Shao Kahn or Doctor Doom. Yes, you can get them to promise anything you want but unless it’s immediate, they will BREAK that promise eventually.

      • geno
        geno
        April 26, 2019 at 1:30 am | #

        I mean they will go along with it if you convince them sticking with the promise is in their best interests. Robin now has to spend a lot of time with Becky. That builds character. Also how do actually believe Robin would stick to a promise like that if she didn’t have to spend a bunch of time with Becky. At best she would pretend to follow it until she had an excuse to drop it

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      April 26, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

      Figured this was the case when Becky called Robin a pinata. Also explains why Robin whisked her offstage when she spewed liberal policy.

      This makes everything way more chaotic, especially if Robin ends up winning. I’m totally here for it.

      • geno
        geno
        April 26, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

        Yeah this definitely the best choice narratively. Willis always plays the long game

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      April 26, 2019 at 6:45 am | #

      She’s not really any less homeless than she was, she’s just crashing at someone else’s place now. Which can still be withdrawn at any time, making it a nice weapon for Robin to hold over her head.
      The blowback from all of this is going to hit Leslie, so she’s probably lost the place she was staying and may wind up worse off overall.

      • TemperaryObsessor
        TemperaryObsessor
        April 26, 2019 at 8:38 am | #

        That depends on if Becky got her contract in writing. You need to house for this long can be legally enforced. I still think Becky should have asked herself if a couple months rent is really worth more economically and/or emotionally than her friends good graces.

    • Kinoko
      Kinoko
      April 26, 2019 at 1:03 pm | #

      Not necessarily a lie. Robin said “a homeless youth who I’m taking under my wing”. Becky was homeless until right now, and this is the taking under her wing part. I think, honestly, it would be MUCH worse for Robin’s PR if Becky remained homeless despite working for her.

  2. butts
    butts
    April 26, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    you’re paying for it, robin, it’s your couch

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      April 26, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Well, she’s now paying for it to pay Becky /with/, so I don’t know if it still qualifies as hers.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      April 26, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      Oh great. Now the bonus comic polls are going to be runoffs between “Leslie’s couch”, “Robin’s couch”, and “Becky’s couch”.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        April 26, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

        With the privacy chairs as a runner up

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      April 26, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      It’s entirely possible Robin bought it outright, transferred the paperwork, and Becky now owns the apartment. I doubt it was very expensive in politician terms, especially if it’s a “place to crash when I can’t be where I want to live”

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        April 26, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

        Wouldn’t Robin need a legal residence in Indiana to be a congressional representative of that state? This could be that place for Robin.

        • not someone else
          not someone else
          April 26, 2019 at 12:58 am | #

          Yeah, she would, so it could be her main local place. I would think most Congressfolk would still choose to live in, like, Indianapolis or something, but then again, she might be low on funds given how her campaign is going.

          • DSL
            DSL
            April 26, 2019 at 1:35 am | #

            Have to have a legal residence in the district, not just anywhere in the state. Whether you spend any time there is up to what your constituents (those who know who their representative is, at any rate) will let you get away with.

        • geno
          geno
          April 26, 2019 at 1:18 am | #

          As she said “in town” Presumably Robin still has a place in either DC or elsewhere in Indiana

      • Falcon
        Falcon
        April 26, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

        Even if Robin doesn’t own it, it doesn’t matter so long as she has the legal right to possession of the premises *and* has the right to sublet. Assuming Robin doesn’t own the apartment, if she can sublet it then she’s entirely within her rights to transfer her right to possession to Becky. The implied agreement seems to be a furnished place, so that includes the furniture. At that point, then Robin would indeed need Becky’s permission to crash on the couch Robin herself owns (but does not own the right to possession to).

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 26, 2019 at 6:48 am | #

          Assuming she actually did any of that, which I kind of doubt.
          I’m not sure what the terms of such a lease would look like, but they’re not going to be “rent-free forever”.

        • Seregiel
          Seregiel
          April 26, 2019 at 11:00 am | #

          I think she’s asking to go back to the Leslie’s couch, which beck was occupying.

          • Falcon
            Falcon
            April 26, 2019 at 2:28 pm | #

            That makes a lot more sense actually.

  3. Regalli
    Regalli
    April 26, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Welp, we’re all doomed but Becky most of all.

  4. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    April 26, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    *plays Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” on the stereo* (For Confederate Memorial Day)

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      April 26, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      And how much you wanna bet that one of the walls is insulated with crack pipes?

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      April 26, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      Freedom’s just another word for no voters left to lose…

    • pdp15
      pdp15
      April 26, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

      Actually, with the mouseover text, a little Tom Petty would fit right in…

  5. Yumi
    Yumi
    April 26, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Dammit, Becky. I mean, I know you were in a tough spot, but…dammit, Becky.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      April 26, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Though like some have said, it’s easier to get concrete proof for “give me somewhere to live” than it is for “stick to your word on these policies if elected.” And of course, she’s betting on Robin not getting elected, but…

      • TemperaryObsessor
        TemperaryObsessor
        April 26, 2019 at 8:48 am | #

        Any attempts of concrete proof about voting your campaign could get them both in major trouble.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

      Yes, I think she made the right call. She can persuade Robin to become a better person and that will work much better than a promise that she’d break anyway.

  6. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    April 26, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean, sweet gig’s a sweet gig, but I get where Becky’s worried, feeling like she’s shaking the devil’s hand. I guess now we learn if Robin’s learned anything or not, given her former constituents abandoned her, and Becky’s tweets are her only way back to relevance. Shows what the people want.

  7. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    April 26, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Hovertext wins!!! Best song.

    • Screwball
      Screwball
      April 26, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      For those who don’t know the song, Daniel the Human has introduced me to it…
      https://youtu.be/1lWJXDG2i0A
      I don’t have to worry about freefalling, I just transform into my large RC plane mode and fly away…

      …Till I get hit by lightning. That does more than tingle…

  8. Newllend(henryvolt)
    Newllend(henryvolt)
    April 26, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Oh no no no please don’t tell me this means she backed out of the last option because she thought it was an easy lost. No no no- https://youtu.be/umDr0mPuyQc

    • Woomy
      Woomy
      April 26, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Yup, she chose a nice apartment for a couple months! Good job Becky!

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      April 26, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

      a href=”https://youtu.be/u5k_arVcqR8″>Oh man oh god!

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        April 26, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        Oops, bad html. You know the link at least.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

      It is the Dumbing of Age but I think 3# was a pie in the sky anyway.

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        April 26, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

        Yeah, if she was unwilling to change on her own, making her promise wasn’t gonna work

  9. ShinyNeen
    ShinyNeen
    April 26, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Those might just be the least confident thumbs-up I’ve ever seen. And honestly, Becky? Same.

    … Of course the space used to be an addiction center. Of course it was.

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

      Did she shut it down to have a place to live?

      • ShinyNeen
        ShinyNeen
        April 26, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

        If so, better not tell Becky. Rational or not, she looks like she’s doing enough second-guessing herself already!

  10. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    April 26, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    I see one of Robin’s staff in the corner.

    That’s right, I see you, Lamp.

    • ShinyNeen
      ShinyNeen
      April 26, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      Sheesh, what has Lamp done for the team lately? That slacker’s gonna get demoted all the way down to *some sort of half-hearted gesture* at this rate.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        April 26, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        I still think lamp has a bright future in politics.

        (Well spotted, King Daniel)

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          April 26, 2019 at 1:53 am | #

          Lamp will shine a light on the corruption in politics! Lamp is plugged in to the local community! Lamp stands tall as a shining beacon of hope in these trying times!

          Lamp Aide 2020: because at this point even an inanimate object would be an improvement.

          • Ryek Hvek
            Ryek Hvek
            April 26, 2019 at 5:40 am | #

            “It’s a lamp! It’s an aide! Lamp ‘n’ Aide 2020 !!”

          • Jhon
            Jhon
            April 26, 2019 at 1:41 pm | #

            No ‘Like’ button. 8-( Can we have a LOL button?

    • Kinoko
      Kinoko
      April 26, 2019 at 1:04 pm | #

      I, too, am happy to see the return of Lamp!

  11. Screwball
    Screwball
    April 26, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    Finishing off with a great confidence booster. “Congrats, you’re no longer a burden on everyone around you, or getting in the way.” Yeah, Robin seems to still need to work on her “Basic Humanity 101″…

    • Ascension
      Ascension
      April 26, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      I wouldn’t be surprised if Becky herself said something to Robin about getting out of Leslie’s way in explaining why she chose the two-out-of-three she did. In retrospect, this is why we got the scene with Leslie being awkward about having “snuck” Anna into the apartment past Becky on the sofa earlier; to explain why Becky would later prioritize housing over Robin’s voting record.

      • poofdepoof
        poofdepoof
        April 26, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

        ooh good idea about the reason for the Anna scene.

      • Chrissy
        Chrissy
        April 26, 2019 at 7:06 am | #

        But Leslie chose the 2 of 3, not Becky

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      She’s GOP. Becky isn’t human to her for several reasons. Like being poor.

    • Newllend(henryvolt)
      Newllend(henryvolt)
      April 26, 2019 at 3:48 am | #

      Considering how heinous Society has gotten lately I think we might actually need basic human decency and conduct classes just to teach future Generations how to not be assholes going forward.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        April 26, 2019 at 7:43 am | #

        I’d object to that characterization, only I think you are right on this point.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 26, 2019 at 11:01 am | #

        I suspect we’ve needed that basically forever. I’m not at all sure society has gotten any more heinous in recent years.
        When was basic human decency actually common – except between relative equals.

  12. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    April 26, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Okay, I’m genuinely confused. Is Robin asking to stay on the couch that Becky used to sleep on, i.e., the couch in Leslie’s apartment? Or is she asking to stay on the couch in Becky’s new apartment which she (Robin) is paying for, and if so, why?

    • Ascension
      Ascension
      April 26, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

      The latter, because Robin gave Becky the place where she herself was staying when in Indiana. She presumably still has another apartment in D.C., but if she doesn’t want to drive / fly there tonight, it’s either “Becky’s” couch or a hotel.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        April 26, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

        I think Robin wants to stay around Leslie because Becky provides a similar “lesbian fun happy time” vibes that Robin enjoyed tremendously.

        Which is all manner of Squick if Robin thinks Becky would be interested in her.

        • geno
          geno
          April 26, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

          I don’t think Robin wanting Becky has been forshadowed at all outside of insane fanfiction.

          • clif
            clif
            April 26, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

            Insane fanfiction is the best fanfiction.

    • Zero
      Zero
      April 26, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

      A landlord owns a building, but doesn’t just barge in on tenants.

      Of course, designating the place to be Becky’s own for a time is more then she had to do, and actually respecting that after saying it is… surprising.

    • Seregiel
      Seregiel
      April 26, 2019 at 11:04 am | #

      I think she’s asking after Leslie’s couch. She tried to steal the couch from Becky previously and (paraphrasing) said: let Becky stay at her girlfriends, you’re “clitblocking her, yo” to Leslie. The fact Leslie still doesn’t get a say is of course wildly disturbing. It means she still doesn’t get Becky wasn’t the obstacle but her own behavior was…

      • Anonymsly
        Anonymsly
        April 26, 2019 at 4:27 pm | #

        I’m actually pretty sure the couch Robin is asking for is the one in this apartment. Robin’s saying ‘ok, this is your place now, but since it was my crash pad I need someplace, can it still be here but on the couch as your guest?’

        • Seregiel
          Seregiel
          April 26, 2019 at 5:53 pm | #

          Way more polite, and I’m hoping you/others are right. Robin would be improving versus… being Robin.

  13. Tacos
    Tacos
    April 26, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Well I guess we now which options Becky chose. Though since Becky doesn’t think Robin’ll win anyways, I guess I can see why she didn’t pick to make Robin change her political ideals.

    On another note, I see Leslie’s lamp that Robin took there in the corner.

  14. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 26, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    Last panel Robin is SO MUCH Robin.

  15. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    April 26, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    I wonder what Leslie thinks of this

  16. LeslieBean4shizzle
    LeslieBean4shizzle
    April 26, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    Robin presenting people with Real Estate? I’m having pleasant Shortpacked! flashbacks. I approve.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      April 26, 2019 at 6:18 am | #

      Actually, this is a quintessentially Robin moment. The apartment is hers; the lease is likely in her name as are all bills. She’s letting Becky live there because that’s the deal she made but doesn’t have anywhere else to go so she’s still going to live there too! However, she wants Becky to use the bed because the whole deal was that Robin give Becky a place of her own.

      Only Robin’s brain could work in this way.

  17. Lia47
    Lia47
    April 26, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    god i love robin

  18. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    April 26, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    Is it disturbing that I think Robin wants Becky to be her replacement Leslie.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      April 26, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

      …yes.

      And also, probably true.

    • Rotunda
      Rotunda
      April 26, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

      I too fear this, but Robin is actually an avatar of Whimma, the Goddess of Impulsiveness, and she has never has anything like a plan to separate desires from actions.
      Anyhow, Leslie probably did a spit-take watching CNN tonight.

      • Zero
        Zero
        April 26, 2019 at 2:05 am | #

        Just one?

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      April 26, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

      I don’t? She’s shown exactly zero signs of being attracted to Becky. Robin sucks at boundaries but I don’t think she’s gonna go there

      I have no doubt she’ll be obnoxious in OTHER ways though. She probably doesn’t have a lot of friends at the moment so I can totally see her trying to be a third wheel even when Becky’s not on the clock

  19. Carms
    Carms
    April 26, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    I’m surprised she didn’t opt for permanent political change and tuition, rather than tuition and accommodation. I know she felt real awks, but now she’s in the pocket of the enemy – which one will really have the greater mental detriment?

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      I don’t think Robin has Stark-levels of oathkeeping.

    • geno
      geno
      April 26, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

      She was gonna be in the pocket of the enemy either way. The political change was never gonna happen over a single promise. This is the much smarter play for any rational person

  20. 1 2 2 50 in Roman numerals
    1 2 2 50 in Roman numerals
    April 26, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

    God after bingereading shortpaccked going back to dumbing of age fundamentally a not good person robin is defenitely gonna take some readjusting to

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 26, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

      Both versions of Robin are shortsighted and selfish, but she’s a lot less endearing here.

      (If it helps any, just imagine this is Walkyverse Robin, phased into the DoA universe thanks to the Cadbury egg bender.)

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      April 26, 2019 at 2:53 am | #

      Completely selfish cartoon politicians was a lot funnier pre-2016.

  21. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    April 26, 2019 at 12:43 am | #

    I’m not sure if an addiction center being converted to apartments is a good or bad thing. Like, are there less addicts now or more need to gentrify an area?

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      April 26, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

      It’s HIGHLY unlikely they ran out of addicts

      More likely the wealthier residents nearby worked to shut it down because it lowered properly values, or something to that effect

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        April 26, 2019 at 12:34 pm | #

        But where did they go? Somewhere nice?

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/nina/

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          April 26, 2019 at 2:26 pm | #

          A nice farm upstate?

    • geno
      geno
      April 26, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

      Yeah those things usually only shut down because the run out of funding or get purposefully shut down

    • ESM
      ESM
      April 26, 2019 at 10:52 pm | #

      It’s gentrification. People want to live in Bloomington, and there aren’t enough apartments for everyone, so your options are

      1. Allow limited apartment contrusction via zoning laws, driving up rent by limiting the amount of apartments available and giving renters oligopoly
      2. Go full YIMBY and allow apartments everywhere, which keeps rent down but means replacing buildings that are already there, some of which are important.
      3. Control rents and have a very small number of rent-controlled apartments that a whole bunch of people enter lotteries to try to win

      I’m mostly on the YIMBY side, but every single option hurts poor people in some way.

      Of course, this comic takes place in Bloomington where you can rent an entire goddamn house for less than what I pay to sublet a room, so maybe the landlords were just unusually mean here

  22. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    April 26, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

    …. ouch. I wonder if Robin will hold fast to that 2/3.

    • geno
      geno
      April 26, 2019 at 1:25 am | #

      Tuition plus apartment. She already did

  23. BBCC
    BBCC
    April 26, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

    Goddammit, Becky.

    • geno
      geno
      April 26, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

      The political change was a pipe dream. People don’t change their ways over a single promise; especially not someone like Robin. Becky chose the smartest long term option

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        April 26, 2019 at 12:01 pm | #

        Except, no, she didn’t. Now instead of at least TRYING to get Robin to agree to keep to what she campaigns on, she hasn’t even tried.

        • Anonymsly
          Anonymsly
          April 26, 2019 at 4:24 pm | #

          Becky is certain Robin will lose the election, so she won’t be doing ANY voting either way except as a private citizen. That being the case, two out of three where the options are ‘something’, ‘something’, and ‘nothing’ seems like a no-brainer.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            April 26, 2019 at 11:29 pm | #

            Then Becky better hope she does lose the election or this can bite her in the ass hard.

  24. Pearl
    Pearl
    April 26, 2019 at 1:17 am | #

    Guys, “pick two of three” was a punchline, not a plot point.

    I love the last panel, though. Takes a certain kind of humility.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      April 26, 2019 at 1:23 am | #

      Things can be both.

    • geno
      geno
      April 26, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

      Yeah I think it was both. She’s gotten an apartment, and tuition. I don’t see Robin changing her ways without a lotta work. Though given that she will now have to spend a great deal of time with Becky this might actually work out better than a silly promise

      • Zero
        Zero
        April 26, 2019 at 2:04 am | #

        Given that she doesn’t actually care about her positions all that much, I’m not sure why it’d be in her interest to go back on the things she’s promising now.

        • C.T Phipps
          C.T Phipps
          April 26, 2019 at 2:52 am | #

          To keep her Republican masters and donors happy.

  25. Masumi
    Masumi
    April 26, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

    Doesn’t last panel Robin almost sound like she knows that Becky doesn’t really want her to win?

  26. BenRG
    BenRG
    April 26, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

    Possible incoming Robin/Becky bonding scene whilst the two of them compare hard luck tales.

  27. Archivist
    Archivist
    April 26, 2019 at 2:04 am | #

    Robin giving people houses strikes across timelines.

  28. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    April 26, 2019 at 2:25 am | #

    Becky will soon find that betraying someone, even Robin, feels bad. She can make Robin win by using liberal means, but then she would become an enemy of more left leaning people like Dorothy and Roz. Roz can fuck herlself, but Dorothy is Joyceñs friend, which will make things complicated.

  29. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    April 26, 2019 at 2:26 am | #

    How the tables have turned.
    Also Becky is starting to realize that Robin failing is not such an absolutely unavoidable outcome XD

    • Fogel
      Fogel
      April 26, 2019 at 6:32 am | #

      “Springtime for Hitler”, eh?

      • Eldritch Gentleman
        Eldritch Gentleman
        April 26, 2019 at 3:42 pm | #

        Ohohoho would be hilarious if Becky started sabotaging Robin but everything she did would only result in more good press for her XD

  30. Keulen
    Keulen
    April 26, 2019 at 3:17 am | #

    If Robin had that place in town this whole time, then there was no need for her to try to stay in Leslie’s apartment.

    • clif
      clif
      April 26, 2019 at 3:39 am | #

      And your point is?

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      April 26, 2019 at 5:18 am | #

      Didn’t Robin escape to Leslie because paparazzi were besieging her apartment?

  31. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 26, 2019 at 3:27 am | #

    what

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      April 26, 2019 at 4:48 am | #

      Basically, I think that we’re about to have DoA’s version of The Odd Couple.

      I wonder if Becky is going to end up trying to hook Robin up just to stop her death spiral? I’m sure that there are some nice queer ladies at the university who would be interested in dating a basically quirky, kooky and upbeat political operator!

      • NickG
        NickG
        April 26, 2019 at 2:53 pm | #

        We’re thinking Daisy then?

  32. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    April 26, 2019 at 5:31 am | #

    welp, bad decision confirmed. Tuition, grab it. But I would’ve stayed with Leslie or Joyce before supporting untenable right wing positions that clash with my lifestyle. But hey, I guess learning that is part of growing up.

  33. BenRG
    BenRG
    April 26, 2019 at 5:41 am | #

    I’m thinking that CNN’s report on Robin’s presser was likely the ‘end of the quarter-hour comedy final story’ segment.

  34. Fogel
    Fogel
    April 26, 2019 at 6:29 am | #

    Robin had something to do with the treatment center being closed & the building being converted to apartments, to someone”s profit, right? And this is a case of Chekov”s treatment center? There’s some scandal in the back story that’s going to go “BOOM”?

    • John Smith
      John Smith
      April 26, 2019 at 2:05 pm | #

      Hmm. Bet it’s going to go the other way. The Democratic candidate will have the scandal hit, further lowering their support. The combination of Becky and and scandal suffice to push Robin to the top of the polls. The unthinkable happens – Becky made Robin win an unwinnable election.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 26, 2019 at 2:36 pm | #

        Some scandal hitting the Democrat is about the only realistic way for her to win. And then she likely would have won anyway – probably more likely if it wasn’t for Becky and she’d had somebody sleazy working to play down the initial Leslie scandal.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 26, 2019 at 2:42 pm | #

          Mind you, this is Robin so “realistic” doesn’t really apply. Wacky hijinks are more likely.

        • John Smith
          John Smith
          April 26, 2019 at 3:08 pm | #

          Wild-ass guess: Becky is going to wonder why this “used to be” an addiction center, dig, break the scandal that sinks the other candidate. Bam, she was essential in the win, and bonus Dorothy-backed-the-wrong-horse pathos.

  35. JBento
    JBento
    April 26, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

    So, that’s the two out of three. It makes sense if Becky thinks there’s no way Robin would win, because unless she does she’d be wasting one of her two picks.

    I’m sure this will in no way come back to bite her in the ass.

    • Byron Orpheus
      Byron Orpheus
      April 26, 2019 at 12:56 pm | #

      Bite her in the ass? I don’t think Robin’s into that. The whole cast is pretty vanilla.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 26, 2019 at 2:38 pm | #

        Except for Amazi-Girl and Danny on the grappling hooks. And Joe’s sex swing. And the whole violent sex thing Ruth and Billie have going on.

        I mean, no one’s into serious kink that we know of, but I don’t think most who do get into that early in college anyway.

  36. Charlotte
    Charlotte
    April 26, 2019 at 9:32 am | #

    Hm. Since this means that Robin is basically going to vote for shitty stuff (or against good stuff) again if she wins, where is the incentive for Becky to actually help Robin win?
    (I have no idea how this will turn out.)

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      April 26, 2019 at 9:38 am | #

      Think about it: Becky has Robin in a trap as far as policy is concerned. If she gets re-elected on a radically progressive platform and then starts voting in line with GOP party lines, she’ll probably recalled so fast that her feet will catch fire. So, a promise to follow Becky’s idea is the easiest one for Becky to enforce even if she isn’t present.

      • Charlotte
        Charlotte
        April 26, 2019 at 10:37 am | #

        Oh — can Representatives in the US be voted out before the end of their term?

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          April 26, 2019 at 10:42 am | #

          It depends on the State; different States have different laws but at least some of them have that provision, yes.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            April 26, 2019 at 11:05 am | #

            Some may, but recalls are incredibly rare. I know some states have them for state elected officials. I’m not at all sure about for federal politicians.
            Theoretically the House could refuse to seat her, but that’s again incredibly rare and generally only happens for blatant election fraud or some such. Or oust her, but again that’s only happened in criminal cases and it’s usually just held as a threat to get someone to resign.

      • JBento
        JBento
        April 26, 2019 at 11:14 am | #

        It There’s absolutely 0 chance of that happening. If she’s voting shittily, the Republicans wouldn’t do it because she’d be doing what they want, and the Democrats wouldn’t do it because that would be “rude.”

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        April 26, 2019 at 1:31 pm | #

        There is no recall process for federal office holders. If Robin gets elected, she’s there for the next two years, no matter how the voters feel about her. (She could be expelled by the other members of the House, but that’s extremely rare.)

        This is because there is no recall process in the U.S. constitution. That is also why states can’t set term limits for federal offices.

        There are only nineteen states where state and local officials can be recalled. Indiana is not one of those.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        April 26, 2019 at 2:25 pm | #

        I think it’s important to note Robin wouldn’t be the first politician to lie to get elected or break promises.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 26, 2019 at 2:41 pm | #

          Certainly not, but it’s very rare for someone to campaign way on one side of the political spectrum and then switch way to the other after being elected.
          Much more common to either move towards the center or pretend to be more centrist to get elected.

          Of course, I can’t think of any examples of anyone running on such a drastic switch, much less winning on it.

          • Piotr W
            Piotr W
            April 26, 2019 at 3:55 pm | #

            Uhm. You should google Poland’s Magdalena Ogórek. She ran for President claiming to be a progressive / leftist… then, after she lost and the right-wing government took power, she immediately switched sides and is currently a right-wing pundit on the state TV.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              April 26, 2019 at 11:05 pm | #

              I didn’t say that there weren’t any such 🙂

              Still, it’s not quite the same, since she didn’t do the switch in office after winning.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            April 26, 2019 at 11:30 pm | #

            Well, she’d be elected as a Republican, since there’s not time to get that removed from the ballot. That would make it easier to justify by saying she’s ‘just voting the party line’.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      April 26, 2019 at 11:19 am | #

      1) If this kind of campaign helps her win this time, it’ll help her keep winning in the next election, while betraying it will hurt her, so there’s at least some incentive to keep it up. Given how easily manipulable Robin seems to be, just staying with her as an aide or recruiting other more liberal staff to guide her could keep her on the right path, especially if it stays popular.
      2) While Robin in office with her old stances is a bad thing, she’s only one of many Representatives. Her influence is diluted. The effect of a Republican in Indiana winning a race by campaigning for LGBTQ rights and redistributive taxes would be a political sea change. Even if she betrays that, it’s probably worth it for that alone.
      3) Becky’s signed on to the campaign to keep her popularity up the same way she was doing it illicitly on social media. Talking up LGBTQ rights and leftist policy ideas is how she’s supposed to help Robin win. I don’t really see a downside to that.

      • Charlotte
        Charlotte
        April 26, 2019 at 2:06 pm | #

        No, me neither, I’m just wondering if, given that Robin is likely to stray off the liberal path as soon as she can, Becky will get moral qualms about helping Robin do better, should her poll numbers actually improve, and then stop helping Robin at all — at which point there may be trouble, one way or another?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 26, 2019 at 2:34 pm | #

          Becky may be subtle enough to stop helping her while still helping her. 🙂

  37. Megz
    Megz
    April 26, 2019 at 9:37 am | #

    I don’t see Becky picking tuition and a home out of the 3 as a bad thing. The thing a lot of folks seem to be overlooking is Robin was campaigning the way she did to get the votes. She never seemed 100% into what she was pushing for, only that it got her butt in congress. It’ll be a harder road to walk but Robin can still get what she wants by leaning liberal AND she could learn to be a better person for it.

    Plus it definitely wouldn’t have worked if Becky just made Robin promise to lean liberal. Robin needs to learn and reach that conclusion on her own.

  38. djhash
    djhash
    April 26, 2019 at 11:00 am | #

    She’s a good girl, loves her Dina
    Loves Jesus and America too
    She’s a good girl, she’s crazy ’bout Lezbis
    Loves Joyce and her girlfriend too

  39. Byron Orpheus
    Byron Orpheus
    April 26, 2019 at 12:54 pm | #

    Oooooo! Robin and Becky! I shipwreck that!

  40. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    April 26, 2019 at 3:37 pm | #

    I think Robin will win because the Republican voters won’t vote for Manley as an alternative and the only thing she’s losing is people who wouldn’t show up to vote now.

    So she gets some crossover votes and she wins.

  41. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    April 26, 2019 at 3:57 pm | #

    I positively love Robin in the last panel. That’s one of the things I find cute about that: she may seem like this imperious / pompous politician on the surface… but scratch a little and you can see her dorky side 🙂

  42. Christian Connor
    Christian Connor
    April 26, 2019 at 4:20 pm | #

    Robin’s outfit seems to match Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s dance outfit. Didn’t think that would be Robin’s journey in Congress!

    • Piotr W
      Piotr W
      April 26, 2019 at 5:33 pm | #

      And that, again, makes me wonder: how old is Robin? Is she AOC’s age, or older?

      • Christian Connor
        Christian Connor
        April 26, 2019 at 5:57 pm | #

        I’d guess about the same age, more or less, given Roz is at uni.

        • Piotr W
          Piotr W
          April 26, 2019 at 10:01 pm | #

          Oh? So young?

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            April 26, 2019 at 10:41 pm | #

            As I recall, this is supposed to be Robin’s first re-election campaign; we also know that she ran for congress as soon as she was constitutionally able to, i.e. at age 25.

            So that makes Robin about ~27 years old, if she was elected the first time she ran – placing her as two years younger than AOC.

            • King Daniel
              King Daniel
              April 26, 2019 at 10:50 pm | #

              Alright, Mary calls Robin “thirty” here, which if she’s not generalizing/rounding up, would place Robin as being one year older than AOC. And also imply Robin’s first campaign didn’t end with her election: url=http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/fraud/>here</url

              • King Daniel
                King Daniel
                April 26, 2019 at 10:51 pm | #

                I always seem to mess up with the HTML for links: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/fraud/

  43. AutobotDen
    AutobotDen
    April 26, 2019 at 9:51 pm | #

    Honestly, I’m just glad Becky has a safe place to live right now. And she’s close by so she can visit Dina and Joyce regularly, too.

  44. Lingo
    Lingo
    April 26, 2019 at 10:20 pm | #

    I can’t believe nobody asked why the couch is placed right in front of a closet!

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      April 26, 2019 at 10:37 pm | #

      It happens; my bed is in front of a closet. Makes it kind of inconvenient whenever something needs to be retrieved from there. 😛

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today in #9chickweedlane i learned the cartoonist definitely forgot the 2023 storyline in which mary showed up again and amos didn't recognize or remember her and mary was very clearly into him, and also her hair is just Juliette's Hair But Black today, rather than Mary's curly hair
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Jubs is auADHD @jubster.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social Well that's interesting
josiahhawthorne.bsky.social's user avatarJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Today I learned...
Psalty's Salvation Celebration: The Movie, starring a young Bethany Joy Lenz
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Timmerjoe @timmerjoe.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
It's a thing of beauty.
Screenshot of the disambiguation page for
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M Sipher @msipher.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
God, the story of this wiki. It's quite a ride.
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#DidYouKnow we just turned 20 years old? Yes, really! The original incarnation of TFWiki was originally founded on Wikicities on this day in 2005. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
www.ebay.com/itm/23611446... my mp movie megatron auction ends in 8 hours???
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Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 LAKE YELLOWWOOD SLAUGHTER on Kickstarter now @alejandrobot.com ⋅ 2d
Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Fingering" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Fingering
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
liz lemon was a soothsayer
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Smell like a hero (who won't do cunnilingus)
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🎄 Barb O. Saur 🎄🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @brentosaur.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
It’s giving…
Sentry body pillow.
saintwalker98.bsky.social's user avatarDarci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.social ⋅ 10d
I just stumbled onto this Marvel puzzle Game art of Sentry and wow I have some feelings
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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com ⋅ 2d
A reminder for all that Peter's wife Kathleen still needs a lot of help with the massive medical debt of his long-term care. If you can help. 💙 www.gofundme.com/f/help-peter...
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Donate to Help Peter David, organized by Graham Murphy
Hi, friends. I'm restarting a fundraiser for Peter David and his family. Peter's health issues continue… Graham Murphy needs your support for Help Peter David
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