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Applications
Posted on November 24, 2016 by David M Willis

241 thoughts on “Applications”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “…what, (some of) her eyes are up there!”

    Spike Trotman working at Galasso’s now?

    1. Doctor_Who

      I was just about to make the exact same “eyes are up there” joke.

      1. Orion Fury

        I think a good chunk of the commenters wanted to make that joke.

    2. Reltzik

      Yeah, the tags and alt-text kinda undercut your joke.

      1. Ana Chronistic

        I admit, not the greatest of my hair-brained schemes

    3. TheAnonymousGuy

      this may be interesting. consider my attention gained

  2. miados

    My eyes are down here

    1. Aeron

      I wish a woman would look at me the way my girlfriend looks at my head.

  3. butts

    wait, why isn’t dina smiling anymore

    1. butts

      also SYDNEY YUSSSSSSSSSSS

      1. Mattyos

        SYDNEY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

        1. Wheelpath

          SYDNEY POSSIBLE!
          FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS

        2. MatthewTheLucky

          FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! GALASSO SHALL WIELD THIS ‘DIPLOMA’!

      2. DarkoNeko

        I like Sidney’s new hercut

      3. Martin Smith

        aw yussssssss.

        1. Deanatay

          Au jus? I love au jus! Especially with sammidges!!

        2. Dean

          But it makes the sandwiches soggy!

    2. That Damn Rat

      I think she’s beginning to be disturbed by Becky’s hat fixation

      1. Clif

        No fair paying attention.

      2. Yet_One_More_Idiot

        Not disturbed by it per se, merely…perplexed.

        Whereas if Dina was covered in plastic, she may be…perspexed. xD

        1. Nathan Blood

          no she would be spandexed

  4. Idontcarenomore

    What is going on?

    1. Opus the Poet

      Sydney has been introduced into the cast, her NCA with Shortpacked! finally expiring.

    2. jeffepp

      Someone just came in?

    3. Scoops

      And I say, hey yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah! Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah! I said hey!

      What’s going on?!

  5. Bagge

    Dooooooooooooooooooooofuses

    1. Bagge

      ….maybe I should elaborate a bit.

      This is when we leave shenanigans and enter the truly intimate moment Becky craved. Look into her eyes, Becky (not the hat-eyes, the Dina-eyes) and use your words. Tell her the experience you want to have with her. Tell her why. Tell her about how she makes you feel.

      And Dina has finally registered that even for their standards, there is something amiss in their relationship. She is anxious for small changes in Becky’s behavior. She has understood that Becky wants SOMETHING, but what?

      Now they will talk and they will reassure each other of their relationship, and there might be mouth smooches, and hats might come off and there will be a truly intimate moment and EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

      Or in short: Dooooooooooooofuses 🙂

      1. Fart Captor

        I’m gonna be SO CROSS if there aren’t smooches preceded by talking

        1. Bagge

          You and Becky both

        2. butts

          ‘and then they did it’

        3. Geneseepaws

          “Fade to Black.”

        4. Bagge

          Second to last panel – closeup on Dina’s hat hitting the floor

  6. tim gueguen

    Hi, Syndey. Guess the tag indicates we’ll be seeing you again.

    1. JustCheetoDust

      Well, Sydney does appear in a preview panel for a different comic (for the 28th) on the tumblr page.

      1. zoelogical

        honestly i’m nostalgic for a good old “take over the world” plot

        1. Historyman68

          After this election?

        2. Orion Fury

          A more “comical” one, and not “oh dear god it’s happening to us”.

        3. Clif

          The two are not mutually exclusive. The next four years should be entertaining whether it dips into horror territory or not.

  7. Idontcarenomore

    Hypnotism?

  8. shadowcell

    FOOLS

    1. Stephen R. Bierce

      MR.T: Someone here demanding my PITY–AGAIN?

      1. Stephen R. Bierce

        *plays the theme to THE A-TEAM on the hacked Muzak*

    2. Jay Eff

      *Galasso gets papercut*

      SYDNEY: “Galasso has fallen! Say hello to your new manager!!“

    3. Tomas

      THIS IS NOT EVEN MY FINAL FORM

      1. Fart Captor

        Becky: GEEZ, THERE’S LIKE, EIGHT MORE PAGES

        1. Dana

          And two of them are questions about combat skills.

    4. Bagge

      FOOLS

  9. Doctor_Who

    Sydney looks good with that hair. And is that a purple tint? Nice.

    1. Bagge

      FOOOL, she is RAD, and with this symbol of independence she will CONQUER THE WORLD! FOOL!

    2. Delicious Taffy

      ¿Quien es Sydney?

      1. Doctor_Who

        Minor recurring character from Shortpacked.

        She worked in a toy store and acted like a supervillain. But she’s not the much more notable character who worked in a toy store and acted like a supervillain, she’s a different one.

        …Retail changes people, man. For example, I’ve never met a current or former retail worker who doesn’t react violently to Christmas music.

        1. TheStranger

          /twitch

        2. Inspector Hound

          Eh, real Christmas music is okay, it’s the faux-music with “rich” choruses (sort of like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s take, but more schmaltzy) that drove me up the wall.

          Still not as bad as the endless loop of sort-of-Mexican horns adorning the covers of the pop music of that year. That lasted far longer than the Christmas season.

        3. Yet Another Laura H.

          You naughties and teenies retail workers had it easy. We 90’s kids had WNUA. Smooth jazz, 100-song playlist, Kenny G on a loop, 60-80 hours a week. It RUINED 80’s porn for me.

        4. Geneseepaws

          You know you were working late when Danae Alexander came on with “Lights Out, Chicago.”

        5. Inspector Hound

          Heh. We had WJZZ growing up, a station that did not play jazz (I have standards). Prepending “smooth” in front of anything (with the exception of peanut butter) is not a good sign.

          I actually met Kenny G. back when he replaced the saxophonist in a band I liked. Nice fellow, but no, he definitely didn’t play as well as the original.

        6. TheGrammarLegionary

          I work two jobs. One is in retail, where I’ve been for years. The other is as a music teacher. My boss is mandating that these kids learn Christmas songs. One of them has been learning Paint It Black all month. I’m not changing course.

        7. Needfuldoer

          Use the melody, tweak the lyrics!

          “I see a bare gift I must bring it to get wrapped
          No labels anymore they will be under wrap”

        8. Leorale

          I worked at a coffee shop and sang songs for all our flavours.
          I see a Red Roast and I want to drink it bla-ack
          No cream and sugar here, I want to drink it bla-ack
          I see the girls walk by, they’re drinking frappuccinos,
          I have to turn my eyes until my darkness goes
          Dwenh dweenh dweenh dweenh dweenh dweenh dweenh
          Dweenh dwenh dweenh dwenh dwenh dwenh…

        9. Leorale

          (Similarly, My Sharona became My Verona. And “c’mon baby, brew the mocha-potion” cracked up the baby boomers. I’m really lucky my co-workers liked me.)

        10. EvolutionistX

          Back in my teen days, I worked retail at a toy store during Christmas and don’t hate Christmas music or retail. 🙂 I actually thought it was a lot of fun, connecting people to presents that would make their children happy and generally getting to celebrate a lot of good cheer. Oh, and getting paid. Teenage me thought that was pretty sweet, too.

        11. CJ

          I thought it wasn’t working retail but working at a mall that made people twitchy? You get incredible levels of noise from one promotion-scheme or another, i.e. someone talking over a mike with or without music ‘appropriate to season’ playing. Having that around 8h a day 5 days each year would have me stark raving mad, I cannot imagine how people deal with this shit on a daily basis.

        12. PlainMarie

          I worked in a mall for many years, only a couple doors down from the singing bears. Those suckers were on a 5-minute song cycle, man.

      2. Zakrael

        That question will be answered as soon as this countdown finishes.

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        1. Clif

          Um.

    3. Disloyal Subject

      I now choose to believe that she mains Sombra.

  10. newllend(henryvolt)

    Excuse me Becky but her real set of eyes are down there…no that’s to low damn it.

  11. Kater

    Sydney looks amazing!

    1. chris2315

      *Syndey

      1. Jason

        Guess again, FOOL

      2. Disloyal Subject

        *Sydney

        1. butts

          *syzygy

        2. StClair

          xyzzy
          plugh

        3. Orion Fury

          Can we trick her into saying Yendys?

        4. GLaDOS

          It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit.

        5. thejeff

          You have been eaten by a grue.

  12. achallenger

    see something you like?

  13. Idontcarenomore

    Sydney?
    That the crazy world power takeover person who was Shortpackeds
    Gallasso’s greatest protagonist!

    1. Reltzik

      …. you’ll have to narrow that down some.

      1. Clif

        A bit.

  14. AngelBadman

    Dun dun dunnnnnn. I sense…

    …RESOLUTION!!!

    1. Reltzik

      Nah, I predict we’re going to get this drawn out for at least a month, more like a month and ten days, before we see a resolution.

  15. Hopeful Sarcastic

    Dina sees the church of scientology in the distance

  16. DinaWho

    Please tell me I’m not the only one who stared at the last two panels thinking they hadn’t finished loading yet…

    1. BBCC

      Oh thank god it wasn’t just me

    2. Jay Eff

      You’re not.

    3. JessWitt

      Same.

    4. Tacos

      You are not the only one.

    5. Reltzik

      You’re not.

      …. granted *I* wasn’t fooled, because I know full well that the comics are all a single image file and thus wouldn’t load with some panels completely full and others just partially there. But, you know, apparently 3 other peeps had the same thought.

      1. BBCC

        It was just a split second. 😛

    6. butts

      Eeyup.

    7. John

      I didn’t, but it did take me a couple seconds to figure out that Willis hadn’t accidentally uploaded an incomplete strip.

  17. Nono

    To quote Lisa Kudrow: ‘Hey what’s my phone number? ….Well, I never call me!’

    I mean I can recite my phone/bank numbers now out of memory, but it took a while of repeatedly having to use it/give it out.

    1. Kelly

      your bank account numbers? Wow I’ve never memorized them at any point. Really only use them if setting up direct deposit or something, and it’s not like I change jobs that often!

      As for phone numbers, now with cell phones mine is the only one I know. My brother, my aunt, my best friend… I’d have to look in my phone for any of them.

      1. JustCheetoDust

        I guess it varies with circumstances. I memorized my savings and checking account numbers when I had a lot of checks to cash at one point. I also ended up memorizing one of my credit card numbers and the 3 digit CVV on the back as a result of making frequent payments online (and choosing not to store that information).

    2. Bicycle Bill

      Get a phone number that is meaningful.  In my case, the last four numbers are 7335 … which spells out P-E-D-L.  A perfect choice for someone who goes by the moniker of Bicycle Bill.

    3. John

      I have my phone set to display the number on the home screen, because that’s the only way I know what it is. I not only never call myself, I don’t have any reason to keep anyone’s number in meat memory anymore. The phone does that. I still remember friends’ home phone numbers from 35 years ago, but Mom’s current cell number, which is the number I call most often? Not a clue.

      I do have one ex-girlfriend’s number that I remember because it had a funny and mildly obscene mnemonic. I haven’t talked to her in years, but I still remember her phone number.

      I thoroughly memorized my SSN long before I finished filling out paperwork for college. I was kind of surprised that Becky hadn’t memorized hers the same way, because it implies that butthole dad did her paperwork for her. I would have guessed that he’d hand her a pile of stuff and say, “This is where you’re going to college, fill it out.”

  18. Mr. Random

    Her eyes are down here.

  19. Kernanator

    Stop getting tunnel vision, Becky!

    1. Emperor Norton II

      More like letterbox vision, am I right?

      …

      I’ll see myself out.

  20. Fart Captor

    Okay Becks, it’s fessin’ up time. TALK TO HER ALREADY

    1. Reltzik

      NO! IT’S GONE TOO FAR NOW! ANY RATIONAL CONVERSATION WILL BE AN ANTICLIMAX!

      1. Fart Captor

        BUT ONE THAT DOESN’T LEAD TO SAD DINA

        NO WANT SAD

        1. Reltzik

          NO! IT’S TOO LATE! THE HAT HI-JINKS MUST ENSUE FOR LO, WE ARE ALREADY SPEAKING IN CAPS!

          *flees for dear punning life*

        2. Emperor Norton II

          The latest development of this storyline certainly is a thrillby-er.

        3. Deanatay

          “I’m… I’m sorry, Dina. I only love you for your scalp.”

        4. Reltzik

          Perverse Scalp Lust.

          … sounds a lot worse than it actually is.

  21. Shiro

    Undercuts for all! I’ve been debating getting one too.

    1. butts

      I considered it at one point, but then I remembered that’d involve getting off my ass to go to a barber.

  22. Derek

    is Becky passing out? is she ok?

    1. Reltzik

      She’s swooning.

      She’s a swooning broad.

    2. JustCheetoDust

      Sugar crash. How many refills has she had?

  23. JessWitt

    Sydney’s got a new ‘do. And I wonder if Galasso placed an ad that really clicked with her.

  24. Synnerman

    I really hope it’s a hat fetish thing and not a passing out thing. Dina’s expression is concerning.

    1. SgtWadeyWilson

      “I really hope it’s a hat fetish thing” is the next DoA book title, right?

    2. Yet Another Laura H.

      Ditto.

  25. Tenchan

    Her eyes are down there, Becky!

    1. motorfirebox

      But her hat’s eyes are up there!

  26. tim gueguen

    Guys, you’re spelling Syndey’s name wrong.

    1. tim gueguen

      Or is it Willis who is spelling it wrong, I’m so confused!

      1. Tomas

        It’s Sydney on his Twitter.

      2. BBCC

        The tag is probably a typo.

  27. motorfirebox

    Awwwwwww yussssssss

  28. Romanticide

    Sydney looks very different in DOA XD

  29. Just Here

    Wait, the waitress has a character tag in her first appearance? Damn you Willis!

    1. void

      Pretty sure everyone from the old comics does I think.

  30. Badgermole

    C’mon Becky, enough with skull-king around this.

    1. tyersome

      … are you suggesting that it is time for her to bring things to a head?

      1. Badgermole

        She needs to come clean and admit she wants to bonnet.

  31. Escobarbaedos

    So does working at glasses automatically come with a minor in villainy?

    1. Bagge

      I think it’s some sort of intern-ship. Learning by the heels of the master… until it’s time to backstab him and shout FOOL

      1. Chris Phoenix

        Intern-ships are the best ships. Hm… I ship… Ryan and… a tree chipper.

        1. Miri

          Please may I name your ship Rypper?

        2. DonDueed

          Well, here’s a bottle of champagne. Have at it.

      2. StClair

        how very Rule of Two.

  32. vlademir1

    I always knew this day would come, but now that it has I’m uncertain how to feel about Sydney actually showing up.

    1. Bagge

      And that uncertainty will be your undoing. FOOL

  33. SgtWadeyWilson

    Subtle, Sydney, real subtle.

  34. Emperor Norton II

    Judging by Bagge’s comments tonight, I feel like she is having a positive reaction to the introduction of Sidney.

    Possibly.

    Maybe.

    Maybe not.

    But maybe.

    1. Bagge

      FOOL

      1. Emperor Norton II

        Oh, and did you ever see the link I sent you to my groom’s speech?

        1. Bagge

          Yeah, but I haven’t had time to click it yet. I’m busy shouting FOOL on the internet.

        2. Emperor Norton II

          And that will be -your- undoing!

        3. Bagge

          Actually, I can’t find it right now. Mind posting it again?

        4. Emperor Norton II

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxoOx2tk5GA&feature=youtu.be&t=47

        5. trlkly

          Huh. Hadn’t checked out your guys’ podcast yet, so I had no idea you had such a regal voice! Guess I should have expected it.

        6. Bagge

          That was suitably badass! She’s a lucky woman.

    2. BBCC

      Aren’t we all?

      I didn’t think I’d be this excited by it – she wasn’t one of my favourites or anything – but seeing made me realize how much I MISSED her oh my goodness <3

      1. Bagge

        Me to.

        I love how she is the one person that fully and truly buys into Galasso’s madness. OF COURSE the path to global dominance comes with running a toy store or pizza (and subs) restaurant. Only FOOLS disagree.

        1. Emperor Norton II

          Could Mr. T be Sydney’s father?

        2. zoelogical

          sydney must be a rebellious child then. mr. t pities the fools. sydney has nothing but scorn for them!

  35. Lipke the Articulate

    Oh jeez, Sydney exists
    Forgot that that was a thing

    1. Bagge

      AND THAT WILL BE YOUR UNDOING!

      1. butts

        FOOOOOOOOOOL

    2. BenRG

      I think we’ve met the new RA who will make the cast beg to have Ruthless back!

      1. Bagge

        That would be a wonderful twist

      2. Gamaran Sepudomyn

        Heck, I think most of the cast would accept Sydney, since she’s easy to please and would probably kill Mary with an acid pit within her first week of RA-ing.

  36. Bagge

    I love the page design in the end. Becky staring at the hat, and Dina moving into view. THIS is where the intimate moment begins.

    1. ety

      I KNOW I LOVE THIS STRIPS ENDING PANEL(S)!

    2. SgtWadeyWilson

      And that moment will be your undoing! (But, like… in a good way?) FOOL!

  37. ety

    Bagge seems quite happy tonight and for that I am glad. It is fun to see/read and awesome people being happy is good, regardless.

    1. Bagge

      I didn’t realize my mood was part of the comment section reading experience, but I’m glad for it 🙂

      And I am indeed happy today, because today is BECKY AND DINA DAY!!!!!

      1. butts

        Don’t forget Sydney.

        FOOL.

  38. Keulan

    OMG It’s Sydney Yus!

  39. Gesc

    Welp, Dina just realized something’s going on here. Will Becky finally girl up and spill the beans?

  40. BBCC

    Having fun, Bagge? XD

    1. Bagge

      ….and here I thought I was all subtle and shit 🙂

      1. BBCC

        XD So am I, honestly. I missed Sydney.

      2. Keulan

        You thought wrong… FOOL!

      3. Emperor Norton II

        Bagge.

        A few years ago, my oldest son wanted to be a stealthy ninja.

        So he crouched down behind the bush and announced loudly that he was now hiding and therefore being a ninja.

        Just apropos of nothing.

        1. Bagge

          That’s awesome, but that’s a level of stealth I cannot yet aspire to.

          My youngest kid has been various animals this last week. Yesterday it was a dog, now some kind of dinosaur. Parenting – it’s never boring.

  41. MatsuoTanuki

    Couldn’t think of any fitting music for Dina and Becky, so here’s some Your Favorite Martian for Sydney!

    My grandmama used to tell me one day I would be queen!
    And that it could be me to put these dreams into a sling
    And fling ’em like a bullet til they bean the whole ruling regime in the melon!
    Then I tell them I’m gonna reign supreme!
    But it seems I’m a damn salmon swimmin’ upstream!
    I scream cause I know why the caged bird sings…
    I’ll adorn the king’s throne, wear his treasure with pleasure!
    Cause this Jobe is temporary, success if forever!

    Workin’ every week at a job I can’t stand!
    I always tell myself that one day I’ll be the man!
    What we gonna do tonight, Brain?!
    We’re gonna take over the world! (gonna take over the world! )
    Nananannanana nananana!
    What we gonna do tonight, Brain?!
    We’re gonna take over the world!

  42. Dana

    Becky uses her words, takes off Dina’s hat. This leads organically to behavior that ensures she will never have a job at Galasso’s.

    1. Scar Man!!!

      save it for the slipshine, kids

  43. Inspector Hound

    I want to know what Sydney is getting her degree in, because I never got true power with mine, and I feel cheated.

    1. Scar Man!!!

      i would like to know so i can enroll in that degree program. I’m kind of out of ideas and true power sounds nice

      1. SgtWadeyWilson

        Well, while you look into true power, Wolfen asked if anybody’d seen you around, so you might want to stop by and say hello.

    2. Joe Archer

      Enlisted at Trump University?

    3. Dean

      I want it to be modern poetry or Russian literature or something similar.

      1. Inspector Hound

        French. I need an excuse to learn French again.

    4. foamy

      Mechanical or electrical engineering would strike me as valid candidates :v

  44. Chaucer59

    Come on, Becky: use your words.

  45. trlkly

    I take it this Sydney is a fun character? I clicked the name and see one DofA comic. Which comic should I look into to find out more about her?

    (Only know she’s female from the comments. Would have said “them.”)

    1. Emperor Norton II

      Shortpacked is the comic you should look for.

      1. Joe Archer

        Or you could take a look at the Walkypedia:
        http://walkypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sydney_Yus

        1. Josh Spicer

          Oh it’s THAT Sydney. It’d been so long since I read Shortpacked who she was managed to get lost.

    2. butts

      Prepare for ham.

  46. brasca1

    If Sydney has yet to get her diploma then that means she’s still in high school so at least her megalomania can be attributed to her age thus making her a realistic character in a more realistic universe.

    1. Bicycle Bill

      Don’t you also get a diploma when you receive your bachelor’s degree from a University?

    2. Needfuldoer

      If Sydney is a senior in high school she’s only about a year younger than the main cast.

      She hasn’t had the humbling small-fish-in-a-big-pond experience yet, but it probably wouldn’t make a difference anyway.

    3. JBento

      As she refers to Becky and Dina as “freshmen,” I think she’s talking about her university diploma.

  47. BenRG

    Wow! Suddenly I have a bad feeling that Becky will end up in the bed next to Ruth’s after going berserk and trying to rip off the hats of everyone in town whilst screaming something about ‘the forbidden fruit’.

  48. Needfuldoer

    No, Dina! What are you doing?! Get out of the Phantom Zone!!

  49. Joey245

    Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’m thankful for this webcomic, and the fact that it can elicit so many emotions out of so many people. So, yeah. Awesome!

  50. StClair

    FOOL!

  51. Ivy

    I lost it
    10/10, quality comic

  52. Penguin Zero

    “I see you have been distracted by the false eyes on my hat. Do not be alarmed. This is a common method to deter predators used in the animal kingdom, though insufficient evidence exists to indicate whether any of the known dinosaurs had similar patterns.”

    1. Bagge

      +1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1

      (and not entirely inaccurate, even if alarm was not the feeling evoked in Becky)

  53. NinjaNick

    Sydney, long time no see.

    “Why are you looking at me so strangely, Becky?”

    1. BenRG

      Becky’s next line seems likely to be a cry of: “I must see her scalp” followed by an undignified tussle.

  54. Wispy

    Is the new girl Sombra during her early years ?
    I mean, Carla is a thing, so Omnics can’t be that far.

    1. Council

      Pssst Wispy Carla is a fleshsack here

      1. Wispy

        As a general rule of thumb, all people are synthetic infiltrators in disguise until sufficient evidence to the contrary is provided.

        1. BenRG

          THIS ONE KNOWS! SEIZE THEM…! Er, I mean: I have no idea what your post is supposed to mean.

  55. Zatar

    I’m disturbed to find out that Sydney Yus is basically me.

  56. Heavensrun

    (Comes to comment to make “Eyes are down here” joke.)

    (CTRL-F’s that shit first)

    Dammit.

    1. Peter

      I feel your pain, for it is mine.

  57. Commodore Jeep-Eep

    Do I see drama starting with that expression?

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      I wonder if she’s seeing something behind Becky.

  58. Spencer

    Sydney Yus’ new haircut is so good it makes me forget that now both she and Lucy have lost the the giant adorable pigtails.

    Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs) spinoff when? You’ve got Lucy, Sayid, Zangief, Conquest and Sydney there.

    1. Bagge

      I’m starting to think Willis is setting the stage for being able to make Shortpacked-style jokes again.

    2. JBento

      After the “Walking with Dina” sequence, follows “A Day at Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs.”

    3. BBCC

      Who is Zangief?

      1. JBento

        A hairy-chested russian wrestler.

        1. BBCC

          Where did HE show up? Is this a Patreon thing?

      2. JustCheetoDust

        I think Spencer meant Guile Balrog Dhalsim.

        1. Spencer

          Yeah, Blanka. How could we forget him?

        2. JBento

          That’s the chinese sumo wrestler. You know, the one named after a bike.

        3. BBCC

          GodDAMN I missed the joke. Shame on me! How could I forget Chun-Li?

  59. JackStamper

    I love the panel arrangement. Really sells an important detail: The two last panels are the same height. Becky didn’t look back down, this is Dina moving up to reestablish eye contact, all confused.

    1. Bagge

      Very true. And the smile is gone. Shit just got real, Becky!

    2. JBento

      It took me longer than I’m embarassed to admit to realise whether that was Becky looking back down or Dina propping herself up. I believe we have a hat-talk inbound – fortunately, Dina’s already used to find people’s behaviour odd and people finding her behaviour odd, so, strangely for a Willis comic, and especially ironic for this particular strip, there are FOOOOLS, but I very much doubt this will be their undoing.

  60. Vulcanodon

    Don’t snatch the hat off, Becky. Just ask.

  61. Gamaran Sepudomyn

    Guys, there’s evidence for potential voter fraud on Trump’s part (more votes were tabulated for him than ballots were actually cast) in three of the most important swing states, and Jill Stein is trying to fund recounts to reveal said fraud. They already managed to fund one recount and are about 1/4 of the way to the next one. If fraud is revealed, not only would this prevent a Trump presidency, it would disempower his supporters tremendously. Seriously, please look at it.

    https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount

    1. Bicycle Bill

      From the website:

      Election integrity experts have independently identified Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as states where “statistical anomalies” raised concerns. Our effort to recount votes in those states is not intended to help Hillary Clinton.

      These recounts are part of an election integrity movement to attempt to shine a light on just how untrustworthy the U.S. election system is.
      (emphasis mine)

      I did not vote for Trump, and if this turns out to be true and causes him to have to step aside, then so be it and I’m all for it.  But it is still a bad precedent to set, twisting other peoples’ words for your own purposes.

    2. BBCC

      ^ The effort may not be intended to help Clinton, but since Trump is the one who won, getting busted for election fraud would definitely hurt him. Hurting Trump =/= helping Clinton.

      It COULD, but the OP didn’t say that either.

      1. JBento

        Well, not quite. If Trump got busted by election fraud (and that’d be a long stretch, even if the recount came to anything), then Clinton wins by default. In a race between only two people, hurting one IS helping the other, even if only collaterally.

        1. BBCC

          I was talking about intention wise – the OP was talking about how this would hurt the Trump administration, not how it would help the Clinton one. Bill was talking about how this wasn’t intended to help Hillary and I was pointing out the OP never said anything about helping Hillary, just hurting Trump.

          You are correct that hurting one is helping the other in a two person race.

        2. JBento

          Oh, right. Carry on, then.

  62. MaybeI'maMaze

    So… I thought the comic was still loading for, like, a minute.

  63. Damned

    For some reason the first few panels made me think that Becky’s storyline was about to veer off into identity theft since she’s shouting in a public place about her SSN and how she has it on a separate piece of paper on the table. But that would be weird lmao

    1. Needfuldoer

      Glad I’m not the only one. Chekhov’s Gun, after all…

      1. Emperor Norton II

        I’m sure we’ll see that happen… About 13 years from now, when Willis attempts the world record of callbacks.

        1. BBCC

          What IS the world record of callbacks I wonder?

        2. Emperor Norton

          I think it’s currently 8-bit Theater with a callback about nine years in the making. Could be wrong, though.

  64. Bicycle Bill

    I wonder if it isn’t Willis emphasizing the juxtaposition of the menacing eyes on Dina’s hat alongside the besmitten look in Dina’s own eyes.

  65. penguintruth

    Loving Sydney’s new ‘do.

  66. rectilinearpropagation

    The last two panels being shorter made me think Becky was losing consciousness and a panicked for a second.

    1. Fart Captor

      After prolonged, up-close Dina exposure, Becky is finally succumbing to the deadly effects of cuteness overload

  67. pessimist

    With all the stress Becky has gone through it is unreal how well she has been doing. When she saw all her family in her house then told everyone she was fine, made me think she was faking it. Now she is having a nervous breakdown of sorts.

  68. Onion

    What’s the deal with all these diminished panels now?

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