If you have Netflix, you have a delightful adventure ahead of you. Chidi Anagonye is a lead character in a smart-funny series called The Good Place. He’s a professor of Ethics, he’s dead, he has anxiety. Enjoy.
motorfirebox
Oh my god you’ve never watched The Good Place. You lucky bastard, you get to experience it for the first time.
Nah, Walky already killed the mood pretty well. What Ruth has done is the equivalent of farting in a room someone else already took a shit in. Diminishing returns.
“Who died?” is a pretty common reaction to seeing an unexpectedly low mood in a room. The idea is to go to a logical extreme by presuming the worst, so that the people in the room can respond with a relieved, “Oh, it’s not that bad.”
I once showed up from a summer party wearing all black soliciting that quip. I had just been at a funeral.
I’m disappointed by how much people are dumping on Walky. Dorothy needed to know her audience before trying that. Considering that Mike’s roommate and his close friend were in the room, she should have left it to either of them to say anything, neither of whom would have. It wasn’t her place to give a speech at all, though she could have gotten away with saying almost anything else.
marillius
You deserved it then for going from a funeral to a party in the funeral attire, unless your hope was to illicit that joke
It’s a reference to The Good Place. There’s a scene where Chidi is teaching another character about the history of Ethics, and his student asks, “Who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?”
To which Chidi gestures at his blackboard where the name Plato is circled and says, “Plato”.
“TV shows” are forms of serialized audiovisual entertainment transmitted remotely through radio, satellite and optical technologies to receiving devices including a visual and sound output typically owned by individuals or family units.
“ownership” is a religious concept tying objects (or buildings, land and immaterial entities) to individuals; the objects may be transmitted synchronically and generationally through a highly complex set of rituals; it is first found in western european societies, which later imposed it through colonial expansion to the rest of the planet.
“Europe” is a subcontinent of the Eurasian landmass variously construed as a geographic, historical, cultural, religious, political or racial territorial expanse. It’s complicated. Maybe google that one.
Clif
What’s a subcontinent and how do the differ from supracontinents?
91 thoughts on “Doesn’t”
Ana Chronistic
it was Justin Bieber, wasn’t it
Ana Chronistic
could you imagine if Chidi was a student with these jokers tho
Doctor_Who
I bet there was an iteration of The Bad Place where Chidi had Leslie’s job and had to TEACH these jokers.
The Wellerman
“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.”
— Mark Twain
Decidedly Orthogonal
Who or what is a Chidi?
Leorale
If you have Netflix, you have a delightful adventure ahead of you. Chidi Anagonye is a lead character in a smart-funny series called The Good Place. He’s a professor of Ethics, he’s dead, he has anxiety. Enjoy.
motorfirebox
Oh my god you’ve never watched The Good Place. You lucky bastard, you get to experience it for the first time.
Yoder of Kansas
The best part is I started rereading DoA and just got to this comic like 2 minutes ago!
Clif
Welcome to what passes as real-time.
Chaucer59
Oh, God, if only.
TrueVCU
Billie: high enough perception stat to immediately know the score
Devin
And yet simultaneously low enough to still completely whiff on Amber and Amazi-Girl.
A mathematical marvel.
James
High insight, low perception maybe?
Nathan
I think she crit-failed on her first attempt to ID amazigirl and since then she’s just not allowed to roll for it and always auto-fails
Clif
Amber looks nothing like Sal.
Librain
Wait, Sal is AmaziGirl???
Damn, it’s so obvious in hindsight!
Rognik
I think it’s more like the inverse. High perception to spot Amber, low insight to realize that she looks a lot like Amazi-Girl.
Doctor_Who
Billie, you dunce.
Ruth, you bigger dunce.
Stephen Bierce
*cues up some Grateful Dead*
The Wellerman
Favorite? I need a trip.
Opus the Poet
“Truckin'”
Decidedly Orthogonal
Do they actually repeat a song ever? I was umder the impression they just rocked out.
Elle L
Oh I am always HERE for a Good Place reference.
Doctor_Who
Appropriate for this strip: Kirby Howell-Baptiste from that show is now Death.
Even more appropriate: she’s killing it.
Andy
Dead-on casting, you might say.
Rose by Any Other Name
Likewise.
Wasn’t expecting one, so it was a nice surprise. Well played, Alt Text.
RassilonTDavros
…i love these idiots
i love them so much
Sirksome
Halloween died I guess?
The Wellerman
Wow, the most RANDOM choice of words, and possible world record for bad timing! ???
Sirksome
Nah, Walky already killed the mood pretty well. What Ruth has done is the equivalent of farting in a room someone else already took a shit in. Diminishing returns.
Jamie
“Who died?” is a pretty common reaction to seeing an unexpectedly low mood in a room. The idea is to go to a logical extreme by presuming the worst, so that the people in the room can respond with a relieved, “Oh, it’s not that bad.”
Alas.
Queezle
which does not work when someone in your acquaintance actually died recently.
Needfuldoer
And Ruth is well aware of this fact. Billie even reminded her earlier in this chapter.
I don’t know if that makes it worse, or better because it’s the kind of response Mike would’ve said if he was here instead of someone else…
Ryan
I once showed up from a summer party wearing all black soliciting that quip. I had just been at a funeral.
I’m disappointed by how much people are dumping on Walky. Dorothy needed to know her audience before trying that. Considering that Mike’s roommate and his close friend were in the room, she should have left it to either of them to say anything, neither of whom would have. It wasn’t her place to give a speech at all, though she could have gotten away with saying almost anything else.
marillius
You deserved it then for going from a funeral to a party in the funeral attire, unless your hope was to illicit that joke
anon
considering she’s gonna break up with billie soon i imagine she’d want to start off abrasive to everyone else as well
Yumi
Several people died. In fact, panel two killed me, so add me to that list.
Needfuldoer
Pressing F right now.
F
o7
darkoneko
…RUTH.
Kyrik Michalowski
Who is Chidi? Is this some new meme I’m unaware of?
True Survivor
It is a reference to a scene in season one of The Good Place.
Yumi
It’s a reference to the show The Good Place. Not exactly new, just out of your field of experience, it seems.
Lillian
Chidi is a character from the show The Good Place
I think a scene from the show has seen some use in memes lately
Skater Girl
It’s a “The Good Place” reference.
Maxy
It’s a reference to The Good Place. There’s a scene where Chidi is teaching another character about the history of Ethics, and his student asks, “Who died and left Aristotle in charge of ethics?”
To which Chidi gestures at his blackboard where the name Plato is circled and says, “Plato”.
Yumi
The most thorough of many answers so far. Let’s see if there’ll be more.
milu
It’s from a TV show.
“TV shows” are forms of serialized audiovisual entertainment transmitted remotely through radio, satellite and optical technologies to receiving devices including a visual and sound output typically owned by individuals or family units.
“ownership” is a religious concept tying objects (or buildings, land and immaterial entities) to individuals; the objects may be transmitted synchronically and generationally through a highly complex set of rituals; it is first found in western european societies, which later imposed it through colonial expansion to the rest of the planet.
“Europe” is a subcontinent of the Eurasian landmass variously construed as a geographic, historical, cultural, religious, political or racial territorial expanse. It’s complicated. Maybe google that one.
Clif
What’s a subcontinent and how do the differ from supracontinents?
Kyrik Michalowski
Thank you all for answering, and yes the memes I know a small bit about, are gg and games memes.
Cerusee
Here’s the scene in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6bz8yWHsIg
chuckroast
PLATO.
Suet
The mood, that’s what.
So we’re not meeting the
FockersBillingsworths, wherever they are right now?The Oracle
I assume it takes longer to contact them and arrange a visit than it takes to walk down a short hallway.
Casi
If this had been before they had been outed, i would think they’d call their ship the Worthless
Sam
Since it will likely take them 3 years to scrounge up an attention to spare, probably not.
Jess
[Mike voice] YOUR MOM
Hof1991
La petit mort.
LiterallyJustSomeGuy
Panel 2 is wonderful. I wonder what Billie actually sees/remembers when interacting with people.
Amber did a good job making her Halloween costume different enough from Amazigirl’s uniform while also being a believable attempt.
King Daniel
Remember, she’s still convinced herself that Sal is actually Amazi-Girl.
Thag Simmons
She has been told to her face multiple times and still hasn’t figured it out
Casi
That’s because that’s what amazigirl would want her to think.
Axel
there’ve been pictures of amazigirl in the paper
Schpoonman
Ruth.
The Oracle
Billie, you dense goobus. Ruth, excellent timing as usual.
Icalasari
Billie would be a horrible reporter with how she misses the complete obvious
StClair
oh, I see it now.
somehow, Ruth is going to end up being “forced” to make this breakup as messy and as public as possible.
SDRainbow
our akita!
evita?!
Taffy
In all her glory?
Nova
Poor Evita. She didn’t deserve to yap herself to death.
ADLegend21
Damn the hits just keep on coming
Johan