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What Changed
Posted on September 13, 2013 by David M Willis

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183 thoughts on “What Changed”

  1. Jen Aside

    Ah, that trademark Danny Dannyness.

    1. thecanvashat

      Danny is famed for his Dannyness, which has been theorized as being a method of self defense. The will use the Dannyness to ward off any potential predators by Dannying the area, making it too uncomfortable for the predator to remain in the area. However, this adaptation does not aid with the introduction of modern humans to the Danny’s environment.

      1. FlashXX

        By Joe…*drops the pipe* You’re correct sir! I faintly recall this happening during a…”journalism” moment.

    2. GoldStarz

      But is it copyrighted?

      1. Bilfred

        It’s so copyrighted that Jen Aside has been charged $6.7^8384 for the mere mention of it. That’s pretty damn copyrighted.

    3. desolation0

      Doesn’t it make sense though this time? It’s not like he’s introducing them to his actual girlfriend. That he doesn’t have to care if his parents like Amber gives him free reign to say what’s on his mind, even if it’s a touchy subject for his friend.

      1. Reepicheep-chan

        Well, yes, that is the joke in the alt text, right? Amber is super nervous about making an impression because Danny is her bf and Danny gives no shits because as far as he knows Amber is NOT his gf.

        He could stand to be more sensitive, but that is his flaw to overcome.

  2. Bilfred

    Danny is channeling me right now.
    Like, if I had a girlfriend.

  3. xain

    yup just danning this up at every opportunity

    1. Yotomoe

      I think Danny hates himself or something.

      1. timemonkey

        Well, he has to spend all day every day with Danny. he probably hates Danny most of all.

      2. Doctor_Who

        It’s like his brain won’t accept good things happening to him, so he subconsciously fucks it up at every opportunity.

        He’s the Arnold Rimmer of DoA.

        …Guess that would make Walky Lister and Joe the Cat.

        1. Aizat

          So, there’s also an Ace Rimmer version of Danny then?

        2. Doctor_Who

          A Danny from another universe who started out the same but turned out heroic? Weird to think this, but it might be the Walkyverse’s Danny.

          I mean, he actually saved the universe once. By being nice to his ex, sure, but it still counts.

        3. Historyman68

          Whoa that actually makes sense…

        4. Roborat

          Yay, a Red Dwarf reference. Been a coon’s age since I saw on of these in these parts.

        5. Reepicheep-chan

          BUT WHO IS THE KRYTEN?

    2. mechaqua

      So danning is the DoA universe’s equivalent of britta-ing?

      1. Yotomoe

        Or getting Yamcha’d

        1. Aizat

          I have this headcanon where Yamcha winded living happy with a harem of ladies by his side ala Chibodee Crockett.

        2. Yotomoe

          According to GT Yamcha moved back into the desert and became a bandit again.
          Of course GT’s not canon.

        3. Aizat

          The only thing I could consider canon from GT is Super Saiyan 4 and even that is pushing it. GT had so much potential and they fucked it up..not as much as “that movie” but still…

        4. Keroshino

          Hey let’s not kid ourselves here…
          Chibodee is more Bad-ass then Yamcha could ever hope to be!

        5. mechaqua

          Perhaps someone should start a Danny fails counter though it would probably overload quickly.So far this strip has 2 fails.

      2. JessWitt

        Danny is the AT&T of Indiana University students.

        1. Historyman68

          For a while, you could only get an iPhone from him?

        2. Kernanator

          Danny sells blackmarket iPhones?

  4. Yotomoe

    Oh Danny. Don’t you just want to drop kick him?

    1. Wonder Wig

      Or pick-up punch him.

    2. Keroshino

      Nah! I would rather “SHORYUKEN” him!!!

      1. Oxyvolt

        I gotta agree that sometimes, it’d feel good to HYAKURETSUKYAKU his FAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

    3. AJBulldis

      I feel a need for a “BEHOLD, OPTIC BLAST” myself.

      1. Roborat

        “Star Gentle Uterus” would be my recommendation.

    4. John

      Personally, I’ve always just hoped he’d get hit by a truck, in a sort of karmic retribution.

      1. Nathan

        Ouch! Right below the belt-way!

  5. Luke

    Danny can enunciate well with a straw in his mouth…

    1. Yotomoe

      And also his foot in his mouth.

      1. Luke

        Well, I felt that didn’t need to be mentioned, as it is his natural state of existence.

    2. Doctor_Who

      That’s not a straw, Danny just has a weird tongue.

      1. Luke

        XD Danny’s a fly! He’s invading the human gene pool, EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE!

  6. Kiggy

    Well, D’oh!

  7. Paul

    Oh, Danny. Boy…

    1. Wonder Wig

      The (pizza) pies, the (pizza) pies are calling.

      1. saltchocolate

        I see what you’re doing there, Wonder Wig.

  8. Aizat

    You know what, I don’t think Danny is that bad of a person…why? Because I just found out in the news that three guys set a woman on fire because she rejected them and a few years back, in Malaysia we have a dude who doused his girlfriend in acid…though acid crimes are equal gendered as there are cases where a woman throw acid at her husband’s face.

    1. Raen

      I think your standards might be a liiittle too low.

      1. Aizat

        Well, humanity nowadays have lowered my standards quite a bit…and making me lose my faith in them every waking moment and making me wish I was a robot so I can wipe them out and replace them with super-intelligent animals.

        1. begbert2

          Don’t kid yourself – the superintelligent animals would be slaughtering each other withing a week.

          I recommend superintelligent pottery. Made with no limbs, so all it can do is sit there, and scream.

      2. Opus the Poet

        You mean “does not kill or maim until the second date” is a standard?

    2. Kaci

      I have to agree. Sadly, as far as boys go… He is an average, slightly oblivious one

    3. Yotomoe

      Yeah, but were any of them DANNY!!!!???
      Point, Yotomoe

      1. Aizat

        Dude, obliviousness is not as bad as setting someone on fire for petty reasons.

        1. Yotomoe

          Yeah, and rape isn’t as bad as genocide.
          Doesn’t make me like Danny anymore than I like rapists.

        2. Aizat

          Point taken there.

    4. Count Dracula

      The problem with Danny isn’t that he’s a horrible person, it’s that he reminds us of ourselves in ways that are embarrassing to remember.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Yeah, I was Danny for most of my life.

        And to make it even more embarrassing, my name is actually Dan.

        1. Kaci

          don’t feel bad, I was a Danny too. And I’m a girl named Kaci

        2. Aizat

          I have a friend named Danny and he’s good with the ladies.

        3. desolation0

          All that build up for what your real name is. Whole big secret of the universe big deal. And it turns out to be Dan? Color me a bit disappointed.

        4. Doctor_Who

          Now you know why I changed it. You think people would tell legends of Dan and his amazing blue box?

        5. Historyman68

          Yes…?

        6. Roborat

          That statement would be way funnier if you were a girl.

      2. Aizat

        But it is from that embarrassing moment that we learn not to do it again. Danny is more or less a cautionary tale.

    5. Valdrax

      You have a strange definition of equal-gendered if all it takes is for it to happen once to the other side.

      1. Aizat

        The acid thing…it didn’t just happen that one time. Last time I remembered, there were 30 cases in a week where a guy got acid to the face.

  9. Kaci

    Danny, I know you can’t possibly understand your words, but your ways of blurting out personal details will never impress the ladies

    1. Yotomoe

      They will make an impression on your face. With their fists. Or perhaps their shoes.

    2. JessWitt

      Yeesh, I guess that’s what Dorothy broke up with him, among other things.

      1. JessWitt

        *why

  10. Count Dracula

    Not pictured: 10 or so empty glasses of soda Danny has gone through so far

    1. Kaci

      Danny is secretly my husband James?

      1. Lavaticmay

        Daning things up is hard work, that why he had not done it in a while, he needed to refuel. Now he’s at full power!

  11. Sammie1053

    He seems to get worse every day… how is that even possble given recent events?
    I mean, you can’t exect him to know what he’s getting into here, he legitimately doesnt know, but still. That’s just plain rude.

    1. Kaci

      In all seriousness, a major personality change takes a lot of time, AND realizing you need the change. I would believe it if it took all college

    2. Memyself

      Danny did nothing wrong here. Not unless you think having divorced parents is something to be ashamed about.

      1. vonnegut

        It’s not that it’s shameful, I think, it’s just that someone’s family situation may be a sensitive subject for them and they should be the ones to decide how comfortable they are talking about it with other people.

  12. Aizat

    It’s fine for Danny being honest and all but….how did he speak with a straw in his mouth?

    1. Kaci

      ventriloquism.

      But it was the straw

    2. Yotomoe

      Danny is a ventriliquist and he is just bragging right now.

      1. Kaci

        no, no, no! You’ve got it all wrong. It was the straw throwing it’s voice

        1. Aizat

          So, the straw is like Saul’s moustache?

        2. Yotomoe

          Danny isn’t actually a person. He’s a giant dummy for that straw and noone notices it holding him up.

        3. Kaci

          YES! Thank you

        4. Thasvaddef

          Later: The straw is introducing Amazi-Girl to its parents, and she doesn’t realise that it’s Danny.

  13. Kernanator

    GOD DAN IT, DANNY, STOP DANNING THIS UP.

    1. Yotomoe

      ONCE IT’S SET INTO MOTION IT CAN’T BE STOPPED.

      1. AJBulldis

        THE DAN TRAIN STOPS FOR NO ONE.

        1. Kaci

          ….no one works on that railroad…

          or if they do, it’s strictly 9 to 5

      2. Historyman68

        * DAN’T

  14. Nono

    Willis has some kind of… plan for Danny right? To redeem himself? I mean, even Malaya in SP! had some… redeeming… moments?

    Then again… there’s Harold…

    1. AJBulldis

      Danny will be the only one to successfully graduate college.

      1. The Candyman

        Because everyone else dropped out to become billionaires.

    2. Aizat

      Wait, Malaya HAD redeeming moments?

      1. Yotomoe

        She’s totally awesome!

        1. Aizat

          Malaya….awesome? I’m sorry, I need to sit down for a moment.

        2. Keroshino

          Exactly! The very concept of Malaya in any way being awesome has disloged somthing in my brain…thing…

          DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!

        3. Historyman68

          Agree! She reminds me of my friends who hate everybody.

      2. Luzahn

        Malaya makes Ultra-car seem less evil.

        1. Doctor_Who

          I’m just going to assume you were talking about Duncan.

        2. Thasvaddef

          You really hate tildes I guess?

        3. Luzahn

          For some reason our automotive friend’s name was censored?

        4. TheKelliestKelly

          Willis is censoring said friend’s name right now because he’s tired of all the “Amazi-Girl is CLEARLY UC,” jokes.

      3. Kaci

        she seems to really like Leslie for real….

  15. AJBulldis

    I wonder if Randal Randal’d up every situation when he was Danny’s age.

    Or does he get it from his mom?

    1. Historyman68

      Mulholland?

  16. Memyself

    I see alot of hate towards Danny for mentioning that Amber’s parents are divorced. Is that weird personal information somehow? Taboo?

    1. AJBulldis

      We would be hating Danny if he announced his favorite color.

      1. Memyself

        I’ve noticed. Can’t understand why.

        1. Yotomoe

          I mostly do that for jokes. I totally up-play my hatred of Danny but I hate saying that cuz it kinda ruins the joke.

        2. taekwondogirl

          Yeah, but is it really a funny joke if everyone makes it? It’s like how all the inside jokes get run into the ground here. ._.

        3. Yotomoe

          I was one of the first ones who did it though. ‘s not my fault that people steal my bit.

        4. Carlos

          Poor Yotomoe and your unfortunate ability to set trends. for real though people, how about some originality? Dont just fight for seats on the bandwagon

        5. Roborat

          You are missing the point, that is the joke. Must beat the faint stain from that dead horse to death.

        6. taekwondogirl

          The joke of returning to a used up joke is also done to death, and isn’t even humorous in an ironic sense at this point. It’s stupid and tiresome and just kind of embarrassing to see.

        7. Milosh

          Maybe because Danny is actually so inoffensive that it’s funnier to make fun of him than someone who actually deserves it? Like Meg from Family Guy.

        8. Kaci

          really it’s his general obliviousness. Divorce is never a good topic to bring up, and neither is a lot of what he says

        9. Milosh

          Yeah, but in general Danny is pretty much a normal 18-year-old.
          I never got all the hate towards Shinji Ikari either, though, so maybe I’m the wrong person to ask.

        10. Daibhid C

          And being a normal 18-year-old doesn’t strike you as a reason to hate him?

          What are you, young or something?

        11. vsophi

          Oh god, I hate Shinji.

          It probably has to do with the fact that Shinji is the one the audience is supposed to identify with, but he is just a bucket of flaws with nigh zero redeeming qualities. Sure, realistically, people may be able to relate to him, but nobody wants to. They want to relate to the kind of person that deserves admiration or respect. Shinji deserves neither.

          The only time I like Shinji is when he’s with Kaworu, who manages to bring out the few positive traits Shinji possesses. He makes him a better person.

    2. Memyself

      And lets keep in mind that Amber forced her way into a situation Danny didn’t want, and he’s doing something he’d rather not do to accommodate her. Between the two, she has been far ruder.

      1. KKoro

        Also, I mean…Danny’s a dumbass, but Amber could just pull him to the side real quick and put an end to the charade.

        I mean…it’s a stupid charade, but it’s one she’s willfully humoring.

        1. Jen

          Yeah, I gotta agree here. Danny would like to know who Amazigirl is. Amber is the one who is being dishonest (granted, she’s got a lot of issues she’s working through).

          I’m personally surprised that Danny was paying enough attention to realize that Amber’s parents are divorced and that she lives with her mom. That makes him a little less oblivious than I gave him credit for. 😉

        2. xKiv

          Danny doesn’t want to know who Amazi-girl is. She tried to tell him, he refused.

        3. vsophi

          She’s afraid Danny will reject her again if she does so. She is at a period in her life where the thought of that is unbearable to her, which makes all kinds of sense.

          Still, I wish she’d look elsewhere for acceptance and support. Danny’s lame.

        4. Memyself

          He was very upfront with her about not wanting to date her. Just because she’s afraid of rejection does not forgive deception.

    3. Aizat

      Yeah, I have no idea why.

    4. vonnegut

      It’s just a personal thing that he doesn’t really have much right to bring up. Amber should be able to decide how much she wants to talk about her family.

    5. Spiny Creature

      It’s not that he mentioned the divorce. It’s going out of his way to mention her dad when he KNOWS Amber doesn’t live with him and never talks about him. And by saying “Amber hasn’t told me much about him…” he’s pressuring her to talk about Blaine.

      I know some kids are sheltered about the realities of divorce, but I think it just shows a plain old lack of empathy. Most people would rather not discuss their estranged/absent parent with strangers. This is why Danny needs to be told off.

      1. vsophi

        Uh, there is no evidence to suggest that he knows Amber’s feelings towards her father, a solid chunk supporting him not knowing in the very line you quoted. You can’t blame him for that (as much as I’d like to, unfortunately).

    6. The Candyman

      I personally think he was just being rude here, but that’s just me.

    7. Chrissy

      Family info like that is personal. But even things that aren’t necessarily personal can be rude to bring up. Example: I hate and fear horses. Most people think they’re great, but this opinion isn’t private information either way. On one occasion in particular, an acquaintance of mine told a group of equestrians that I don’t like horses, and it became pretty uncomfortable for me to try to explain.
      It’s rude of Danny to bring up because he is actively making a social situation harder for Amber.

      1. vsophi

        The acquaintance actually told the horses? Are they the Horse Whisperer?

        1. Chrissy

          Haha! I meant to type the more pedantic “equestrienne” but autocorrect got the best of me. If I were friends with a horse whisperer perhaps I wouldn’t be so terrified of the things though!

  17. dailybrad

    I like Danny. Feel free to lynch me, but I like him. Most of his faults are either shared with a good portion of the cast or are pretty much to be expected of an 18-19 year old who has a lot to learn, which is basically what college is for, anyway. I don’t get why he gets singled out.

    Then again, I guess like Yotomoe, some are doing it for humor, and others, like the one person who holds a grudge over the shoe thing, have their own reasons for the bias.

    1. Fay

      He gets singled out because he’s the “normal” guy, which is abnormal in this universe.

      1. dailybrad

        That might be it, since it’s not like we haven’t seen essentially everyone in the cast do something oblivious or socially clumsy. There is the whole of Joyce/Ethan, there’s a lot of what happens with Dorothy/Walky, and Billie pretty much flies through her social life by the seat of her pants. It’s a little depressing in that Mike is probably the only named character who hasn’t unintentionally hurt someone’s feelings besides Dina.

        1. Historyman68

          Unintentionally.

    2. Theozilla

      same here.

    3. Logician

      I don’t hate Danny, and everything you say is more-or-less true, but like him? No. Someone who is so self-absorbed, so oblivious, so wrapped up in his own fantasies is just not a good companion, let alone friend. He assigns everyone a role in his personal story, and simply ignores their attempts to say “but that isn’t me”. Amber really needs someone supportive right now (as a friend, not a lover), but he hasn’t noticed, because he never looks outside his own head.

      In real life, would you want to spend any time with him? He’s the sort of person I try to politely avoid.

      1. Memyself

        When Amber put Danny in an awkward position in front of his family, he pulled her aside rather than just shove her away or publicly point out her “lie”. Then he agreed to do something for her that made him uncomfortable without asking her why.

        Oh yeah, he’s pretty unsupportive.

        1. Logician

          She’s supposed to be his friend: shoving her away or publicly pointing out her lie would be way beyond unsupportive, it would be malicious, which he isn’t.

          But he didn’t ask why because he didn’t care why: all he was interested in was how it would impact on him and his precious fantasy romance. He didn’t notice how upset she was, which must have been pretty obvious after what had just happened to her.

        2. Memyself

          Your friend comes to you and says “Just play along” and you would ask questions? And if if you don’t, you’re a bad friend? I disagree.

      2. dailybrad

        Let’s review what he has done as a companion, to see if he is a bad one.

        He asks Amber for advice, wanting to be a good boyfriend. He then applies that advice and remembers it, bringing her baked goods as suggested to him. He is there for her to help her out, as he did with the sign. He also grudgingly entered into the deal here with Amber out of not wanting to hurt Amazigirl, and was very clear he would tell her about it so as to not keep secrets.

        He really is not sounding like such a bad companion for an 18 year old guy. He’s TRYING, which is more than a lot of guys, or girls, do at that age. That he does not know Amazigirl is Amber can be frustrating, of course, but this is what she has signed up for, and could put a stop to at any time she wants and tell him.

        1. Logician

          Maybe I’m just a curmudgeonly old bastard who doesn’t like 18 year olds.

    4. Reepicheep-chan

      I like him in DoA just fine since his flaws are frames as flaws. In a good chunk of the Roomies run he was just as holier-than-thou but framed as being the only sane man (sort of), which made him just super awful. I can understand people carrying residual dislike of him for that, haha.

      But yeah, while Danny is tactless but this whole situation is a little unfair for him as well.

  18. Gottawonder

    Danny is really not doing anything wrong here. He is humoring Amber by going along with her ‘pretend we’re together act’.

    Nothing wrong with saying her parents are divorced I guess, but it’s not his place to tell it really. It they were really together he would know it’s painful for her, but he doesn’t. And that’s obvious, which it would not have been if Amber hadn’t made it an issue.

    He’s oblivious but he’s not spiteful.

    I gotta wonder about Amber’s choice in men.

    1. Lilly

      You’re right. He’s not a terrible person, he’s just obnoxiously unaware of social situations. He makes Walky look like the Fonz.

      1. vsophi

        Everyone keeps on saying Danny is awkward and bad at social situations, but he’s always seemed normal to me…?

        …Maybe I can’t tell the difference because I’m awful with them myself (may or may not have to do with my AS diagnosis).

  19. Steve-Dave

    And let’s not forget that while all of this is going on such as Amber’s issues with her father, Ethan masking his sexuality in front of his and Joyce’s parents, Dorothy discussing the nature of her relationship with Walky to her parents…..

    …..Joe’s dad is banging Amber’s mom.

    1. rustygreenscales

      Don’t forget Faz creeping the hell out of Dina and robbing her brain of theropod information.

  20. Kevin

    Perhaps we can deduce that some of Danny’s dumbness is in fact deliberate, a dubious decision drawn from a desire not to draw the ire of the dashing damsel with a decidedly destructive disposition that he knows as Amazigirl. Additionally, Danny doesn’t do devious deeds nor deviate from the dames he dates; what we define as dunce-ly doings, Danny may defend as discrete efforts not to dab into disloyalty, for a cheat he ain’t.

    On the other hand, he’s an idiot for not noticing Amber is Amazigirl.

    1. Alden

      The example of this particular comic makes me think it’s a good thing he hasn’t noticed yet, because he’d probably have blurted it out to everyone by now.

    2. Thasvaddef

      Aye, and also actively avoiding asking about Amazi-Girl’s actual appearence.

      Alas, aping Ambers acting amplifies awful awkwardness

    3. Jen

      Kevin & Thasvaddef, amazing alliteration. 🙂

    4. Roborat

      You have used up your quota for “d”s for the month.

      1. The Candyman

        Any further expenditure of “d”s will result in increasingly harsh fines and possible jail time.

  21. Brando

    I like Danny as well. So those of you who like him know that you’re not alone. In all actuality I think most of the people who “hate Danny” are just exaggerating for humorous effect.
    Guys really, you can’t say Danny is an idiot for not noticing Amber is Amazigirl, NO ONE ELSE HAS NOTICED THIS EITHER.

    1. MLEst1

      They pick on Danny for not noticing because he is the only one who spends extensive amounts of time with BOTH girls.

      1. Kevin

        Quite right. You’d think he’d pick up on the hair or voice. Most people aren’t around Amazigirl long enough to be able to recognize her voice.

        1. Creativerealms

          He probably thinks it’s a common hair style, after all the main difference between Amber and Dorothy is their hair color.

        2. Random832

          Amber’s hair goes in front of her ears, Dorothy’s is behind it; it only looks the same because we never really see them in profile. Also their bangs are different.

        3. Random832

          Proof:

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

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/liar/

    2. rustygreenscales

      I think Ethan has implied that he knows her identity

    3. Logician

      Everyone else only sees Amazi-Girl either in stressful situations where she’s doing her vigilante thing, or running away in the dark. Danny spent most of a night making out with her. He also spends a lot of time hanging out with her as Amber. There comes a point where obliviousness goes beyond idiocy and becomes pathological.

  22. Charles Phipps

    Wait, I just realized that we need a joke where someone more observant realizes DOROTHY is Amazi-Girl.

    1. The Candyman

      I have a feeling that’s the closet Danny is ever going to get when it comes to discovering Amazi-Girl’s identity.

  23. MsSchiff

    Oh FFS Amber. Ditch the idiot who ignores you in favor of your larger-than-life alter-ego and find a boyfriend (or girlfriend! Whatever!) who loves and respects you without the mask.

    Oh wait! You’d need self-respect for that! My bad.

    1. dailybrad

      He did like her without the mask, though, but was worried he was jumping into a relationship with her out of her superficial similarities to Dorothy, and was worried he would be using her. That he had the self awareness to do that much is surprising of a guy unable to connect the dots with other things in his life, but all the same, it was a pretty big sign that he does care about Amber and her feelings.

      You read the comic from the beginning and forget or just come in later? I am not trying to be a smartass, it’s just this was explicitly stated in the strip.

  24. Rani

    Why is Danny the only college character who’s sole redeeming characteristic is the fact he’s so unremarkable? Even Rainah is shown to aggressively draw the line at insulting the mentally disabled, and Ethan at least has the Freudian excuse going for him.

    1. Luzahn

      But the thing is, he doesn’t have any negative traits to need offsetting with positive; he’s just…neutral.

      And I’m fine with it. He plays a good straight man in this strip, anyway.

  25. Bill

    Given the characters in this strip – and discounting the parents who are, after all, only tertiary elements of the plot – about the only one who I could work up a dislike for is Ruth for her shameless abuse of her position as RA (and of course the sleazeball that tried to roofie Joyce at the party)…and then we see a side of Ruth that shows that she too has her problems.  If we think back we’ve all known people who are as clueless as Danny; as naive as Joyce; as aloof as Dina; and as much a horndog as Joe.  Rare indeed is the person who comes to college and does not experience a huge culture shock as they are taken out of their own comfortable environs and forced to confront the rest of the world in all its various colors and flavors.

    So bring it on, Willis; I’ve got a ticket to ride this train and I’m going to take it all the way to the end.

    1. Bill

      Forgot to add re: the culture shock – and that’s what we’re seeing with all these people.  It’s going to take time for Joyce, Danny, Walky, Billie, et al to become comfortable in the strange new world that is life at a major university, and it’s going to take longer for some than it will for others.  Remember too that with only one or two exceptions (Ruth and Joyce’s roommate Sarah, f’rinstance) they are all freshmen and that while it has taken three years in real time to get here, little more than a month has supposedly transpired in the lives of our characters.  This could be a very long journey and as I noted above, I’m willing to settle in for the full trip.

  26. joeyo

    Am I the only one who remembers poor Dina, trapped alone with Faz?

    1. Jen

      Not alone! Her parents are there, too!

      1. Carlos

        Always silently watching and waiting for the chance to strike. DINO-OBSESSING-FROM-BEHIND-YOUR-DOOR STYLE SNEAK ATTACK!!

      2. Valdrax

        Like that’s going to help. She doesn’t strike me as an apple that fell far from the tree.

        1. Carlos

          And by that you mean…..

      3. Carlos

        As soon as they get angry enough they will attack with prehistoric fury.
        to Dina: are you guys angry yet
        Dina:…
        Me: this could take a while

  27. someguywithakatana

    Every time I think he isn’t THAT stupid, he just goes ahead and surprises me…

  28. The_Master

    Oh my gosh, is he going to fall in love with Amber and dump Amazigirl?

    1. Kintrex

      He’d better not. Amazi-Girl might attack Amber in a jealous rage.

      1. Roborat

        That made me laugh, nice one.

  29. Charles Phipps

    Poor Danny has been beaten by his parents into a state of pure neutrality. He doesn’t even realizing banging the cheerleader when she’s willing is entirely normal. He’s got a lot of growing up to do.

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