Haven’t we been told Robin’s a Republican? It certainly wouldn’t be the real Hilary and Barack, then, then add to that that Walky wouldn’t call Hilary a “girl,” and Barack hasn’t called himself “Barry” in several decades. No, it’s either a funny coincidence, or as Walky said, a bit.
Robin presented Becky live on tv as her new campaign manager, word would easily get around that Robin hired some homeless queer youth for “diversity”, and from there to thinking of Becky and fact checking isn’t a long jump
Okay. What did the Skittles make her do, then? I seem to recall the Walky!pedia mentioning something Skittles-related, but I forget what.
timemonkey
Robin wanted to own all the Skittles. She never did anything notable because of them though.
Needfuldoer
Robin’s light-speed metabolism essentially ran on sugar in the Walkyverse, with the occasional laundry detergent chaser. IIRC she always had fruit-flavored candy on her breath, or that’s what the cartoon dust clouds she left behind smelled like.
Here she’s just on a collision course with type 2 diabetes before 40. At least she’s not eating detergent pods (unless she starts chasing stale memes for “youth outreach”).
I love that Leslie still cares about Becky and is concerned enough about her to want to know if she is alright. Makes me wish Becky would stop long enough to come see Leslie and let her know.
In exchange for serving as here Social Media Advisor. Actually convincing people to vote for her was technically never part of the arrangement (a loophole which Becky cheerfully exploits at every opportunity).
Even if Robin isn’t elected, so what? Becky still gets at least a semester of tuition and room and board. That’s more than she had before
BBCC
She already had room and board from Leslie and again, Robin is an untrustworthy flake. I understand why Becky’s taking it, but making a deal with Robin is tripping all my ‘deal with the devil bad idea’ moments.
thejeff
Well, it’s about getting her reelected, but success is not required. Campaign managers still get paid if their candidates lose.
BBCC
I’m more worried about if she succeeds.
Needfuldoer
Becky’s putting in just enough effort to look like she’s doing the job, and counting on Robin’s polling deficit to hold.
Thing is, what we’ve seen Becky doing shouldn’t work. Neither her changing Robin’s positions by Tweet or whatever minor outreach Becky’s doing on campus. The first should lose her more votes than it gains and the second just can’t scale.
If Robin wins it’s through shenanigans and authorial fiat, not because of Becky’s deal with the devil.
BBCC
@ Bagge – You know better than to use that phrase in a Willis comic. I’m taking away one of your good noodle stars. 😛
@ thejeff – Well, sure, if you’re being all Doyleist about it. Watsonian wise, it’ll probably be about Becky.
thejeff
The shenanigans may revolve around her, but I’ll have a lot of trouble believing it’s her masterful campaigning that wins it for Robin.
If it was, for example, a massive sympathy vote in the wake of a public Blaine/Ross attack, I can’t really blame Becky for not foreseeing that.
@ Thejeff – I have a hard time believing it too, but we’re supposed to believe these are the only things popular about Robin right now.
thejeff
@BBCC – I can certainly see her getting social media likes for them and that could seem popular, but it’s harder for me to believe they’ll translate into votes.
And suddenly I have the total crack idea that this ends up intersecting with the League Of Evil Dads plot when Toedad comes after Becky again and Leslie goes Mama Bear on him and Becky suddenly realizes that no, this wasn’t nearly as conditional a situation as Becky had thought.
And then everyone beats the shit out of the dads and gets ice cream, Linda and Carol reveal that they’ve run off into the sunset to be horrible together forever, Sir gets hit by a truck, Ryan went to jail once he left the hospital, Leland got kicked out of Yale for doing drugs or something and nothing bad happened to anyone again ever! Totally what happens.
*pours milk into blender*
*adds bag of Skittles (the whole bag, unopened)*
*adds a bananna (unpeeled)*
*purees for two minutes*
*pours into large glass*
Becky: Here ya go, Senator!
Robin: Mmmm, breakfast!
Smelling like skittles is not a good sign. Robin may be physically harmless, but Becky living with her is a REALLY bad idea. I doubt Robin can keep a hamster alive! Becky could suffer from malnutrition and and diabetes because of those candy eggs.
I looked it up. Yeah, sweet, fruity smelling breath – like, say, a bag of skittles – is a sign of ketoacidosis, apparently, which can be a preliminary sign of, “Turn your diet around RIGHT now else you gonna be diabetic”
That’s not a preliminary sign. That’s a ‘you’re already diabetic’ sign and also a sign that you’re going to die if you don’t get to a hospital – ketoacidosis can kill you. You can still get diabetes even if you have a perfectly healthy lifestyle, a good diet and exercise plenty because it’s not directly caused by diet or sugar intake.
You could have the worst and most sugar-filled diet in the world and not get diabetes because it is not a 1 to 1 link. And like, someone as young as Becky probably has a good enough pancreas to handle her diet regardless.
96 thoughts on “All right”
Ana Chronistic
“also she’s only been sending me Blowjob Cat PoGo gifts as of late”
Stephen Bierce
*plays “All Right Now” on the hacked Muzak*
Stephen Bierce
Aye, Blame The Scots!
Shane Wegner
It’s the Skittles Breakfast Smoothies DeSanto insists on. Fruit is healthy!
Doctor_Who
One bag skittles for vitamins, one tub cool whip for calcium, and some Swedish fish because seafood is high in protein.
ValdVin
And make sure it’s the little Swedish fish. The big ones, like all long-lived seafood, accrue mercury.
Plasma Mongoose
Skittles counts towards your 5 fruit a day as -2.
He Who Abides
Only -2, eh? They’ve gotten healthier, then.
Deanatay
Great! 5-2=3, so only 3 more servings needed!
Mmm, more Skittles will help!
Plasma Mongoose
Wrong maths 5-(-2)=7
ValdVin
Walky is the first person on campus I’d pick if I wanted to be in the dark about it being the real Hillary and Barack.
What odds are there on him knowing who they’re supposed to be?
Raen
Haven’t we been told Robin’s a Republican? It certainly wouldn’t be the real Hilary and Barack, then, then add to that that Walky wouldn’t call Hilary a “girl,” and Barack hasn’t called himself “Barry” in several decades. No, it’s either a funny coincidence, or as Walky said, a bit.
BBCC
They’re old Shortpacked characters.
yamikuronue
I kinda figured they didn’t want to give their real names just in case this campaign goes south
Pocky
. . .t-. . . taste the rainbow?
Delavan
Glad someone made this one so I didn’t have to XD
Catman
Hillary Barry is a famous news anchor in New Zealand, so it took me a few moments to realize what Walky was talking about.
Yumi
Obviously, he was talking about the famous news anchor from New Zealand.
Clif
It’s the first thing I thought of.
Jamie
Wait. Did Becky seriously never say a word to Leslie? What the hell, Becky?
Lingo
Well clearly Leslie must have already known Becky was working for Robin, or she wouldn’t have asked if she was at Robin’s booth.
darkgloomie
Robin presented Becky live on tv as her new campaign manager, word would easily get around that Robin hired some homeless queer youth for “diversity”, and from there to thinking of Becky and fact checking isn’t a long jump
Bagge
She’s got a bad role model.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/benefactor/
HeySo
@Jamie Last time on Dragonball Z: http://www.dumbingofage.com/comics/2019-05-16-benefactor.png
By which I mean, last time we heard of Becky putting Leslie to thought.
HeySo
Sorry, didn’t mean to be redundant. It’s a blargh morning. 😛
Tacos
Oh no. Becky is at the “smelling-like-Skittles-stage”.
He Who Abides
Skittles were what Walky!verse Robin binged on before becoming a representative, right?
Keulen
I think it was cadbury cream eggs or something.
RowenMorland
Cadbury cream egg as a breakfast cereal.
He Who Abides
Okay. What did the Skittles make her do, then? I seem to recall the Walky!pedia mentioning something Skittles-related, but I forget what.
timemonkey
Robin wanted to own all the Skittles. She never did anything notable because of them though.
Needfuldoer
Robin’s light-speed metabolism essentially ran on sugar in the Walkyverse, with the occasional laundry detergent chaser. IIRC she always had fruit-flavored candy on her breath, or that’s what the cartoon dust clouds she left behind smelled like.
Here she’s just on a collision course with type 2 diabetes before 40. At least she’s not eating detergent pods (unless she starts chasing stale memes for “youth outreach”).
Kyrik Michalowski
I love that Leslie still cares about Becky and is concerned enough about her to want to know if she is alright. Makes me wish Becky would stop long enough to come see Leslie and let her know.
timemonkey
Leslie is good people.
Dr T
Wonder who is calling Joyce.
Cholma
If they’re *calling* then it’s a telemarketer; none of her friends would be so cruel. It’s most likely that’s actually a text notification anyway.
BBCC
I mean, she’s making a fucking awful decision, but she’s not dead in a ditch or anything.
Reaver
Getting tuition and a home doesn’t seem like the worst decision
BBCC
She’s getting them from an untrustworthy flake in exchange for getting her elected, despite her being a terrible human being. I’m dubious.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
In exchange for serving as here Social Media Advisor. Actually convincing people to vote for her was technically never part of the arrangement (a loophole which Becky cheerfully exploits at every opportunity).
BBCC
1) No, she’s the campaign manager.
2) Robin explicitly makes getting her elected part of the deal here:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/stunt/
darkgloomie
Even if Robin isn’t elected, so what? Becky still gets at least a semester of tuition and room and board. That’s more than she had before
BBCC
She already had room and board from Leslie and again, Robin is an untrustworthy flake. I understand why Becky’s taking it, but making a deal with Robin is tripping all my ‘deal with the devil bad idea’ moments.
thejeff
Well, it’s about getting her reelected, but success is not required. Campaign managers still get paid if their candidates lose.
BBCC
I’m more worried about if she succeeds.
Needfuldoer
Becky’s putting in just enough effort to look like she’s doing the job, and counting on Robin’s polling deficit to hold.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/pinata/
BBCC
That first part is fine, but it’s the second I’m concerned about.
Bagge
What could possibly go wrong?
thejeff
Thing is, what we’ve seen Becky doing shouldn’t work. Neither her changing Robin’s positions by Tweet or whatever minor outreach Becky’s doing on campus. The first should lose her more votes than it gains and the second just can’t scale.
If Robin wins it’s through shenanigans and authorial fiat, not because of Becky’s deal with the devil.
BBCC
@ Bagge – You know better than to use that phrase in a Willis comic. I’m taking away one of your good noodle stars. 😛
@ thejeff – Well, sure, if you’re being all Doyleist about it. Watsonian wise, it’ll probably be about Becky.
thejeff
The shenanigans may revolve around her, but I’ll have a lot of trouble believing it’s her masterful campaigning that wins it for Robin.
If it was, for example, a massive sympathy vote in the wake of a public Blaine/Ross attack, I can’t really blame Becky for not foreseeing that.
Bagge
BBCC: That’s fair 🙂
BBCC
@ Thejeff – I have a hard time believing it too, but we’re supposed to believe these are the only things popular about Robin right now.
thejeff
@BBCC – I can certainly see her getting social media likes for them and that could seem popular, but it’s harder for me to believe they’ll translate into votes.
Reaver
..At least she’s not jumping on top of cars…?
Reltzik
Huh.
Leslie’s developing mom-priorities.
…..
… Absolutely nothing could possibly go wrong with this, and I unreservedly endorse it.
Thursday Violist
But is she all right?
Regalli
Leslie’s third panel face kills me.
And suddenly I have the total crack idea that this ends up intersecting with the League Of Evil Dads plot when Toedad comes after Becky again and Leslie goes Mama Bear on him and Becky suddenly realizes that no, this wasn’t nearly as conditional a situation as Becky had thought.
And then everyone beats the shit out of the dads and gets ice cream, Linda and Carol reveal that they’ve run off into the sunset to be horrible together forever, Sir gets hit by a truck, Ryan went to jail once he left the hospital, Leland got kicked out of Yale for doing drugs or something and nothing bad happened to anyone again ever! Totally what happens.
Bagge
Suddenly a wild Joyce appears out of nowhere to make a social situaion less awkward.
I’m a surprised as anyone.
Clif
But now we’ll never know if Walky would have run out of pizza eventually.
Bagge
Leslie… I know this is stressful for you, but please, TRY to put some distance between your role as a teacher and the rest of your life.
Bicycle Bill
“…smelling like Skittles.”
Is that supposed to be a reference to “tasting the rainbow”?
Bagge
When it comes to Robin, it’s close enough.
abysswatcher1993
Dina: “I tasted the rainbow, and she hasn’tr showered in days!”
ValdVin
*Golf clap*.
I knew there was a great joke in there but couldn’t come up with the right glancing, sharp words.
Deanatay
*pours milk into blender*
*adds bag of Skittles (the whole bag, unopened)*
*adds a bananna (unpeeled)*
*purees for two minutes*
*pours into large glass*
Becky: Here ya go, Senator!
Robin: Mmmm, breakfast!
JessWitt
Well, so long as it’s not zombie Skittles.
abysswatcher1993
Smelling like skittles is not a good sign. Robin may be physically harmless, but Becky living with her is a REALLY bad idea. I doubt Robin can keep a hamster alive! Becky could suffer from malnutrition and and diabetes because of those candy eggs.
Icalasari
I looked it up. Yeah, sweet, fruity smelling breath – like, say, a bag of skittles – is a sign of ketoacidosis, apparently, which can be a preliminary sign of, “Turn your diet around RIGHT now else you gonna be diabetic”
Sam
That’s not a preliminary sign. That’s a ‘you’re already diabetic’ sign and also a sign that you’re going to die if you don’t get to a hospital – ketoacidosis can kill you. You can still get diabetes even if you have a perfectly healthy lifestyle, a good diet and exercise plenty because it’s not directly caused by diet or sugar intake.
You could have the worst and most sugar-filled diet in the world and not get diabetes because it is not a 1 to 1 link. And like, someone as young as Becky probably has a good enough pancreas to handle her diet regardless.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
I mean, nothing’s stopping her from buying her own groceries. It’s a paid gig, after all.