Outta here
Posted on July 9, 2013 by David M Willis

192 thoughts on “Outta here”

  1. Geegles

    Meaningful Glances: The Webcomic
    It’s happening

    1. NerdHerder

      Next time: STARES

      1. Geegles

        Someday we will upgrade to Hand Gestures

        1. Doctor_Who

          Mike has one prepared.

        2. Leorale

          Mike could ask Marcie to teach him some more, but he really only needs the one.

        3. EvergreenFir

          Or Roz…

        4. Khrene Cleaver

          I’m sure after a few def moms he’s learned to sign “for a nickel.”

        5. Neospector

          This gave me the strangest thought; when mutes do the dirty, does it make a sound?

      2. TheLurkerAbove

        ALL. THE. STARES.

        (And here’s your background music.)

      3. Kazumei

        Next time: STAIRS

        1. Dean

          Next time: BEARS

        2. Wombat

          And then: EARS

    2. Luzahn

      Billie’s just upset that Ruth insulted One Direction.

      1. MrMercury

        I’d be happy :3 1D suck

        1. Somebody

          Yeah 2D is better.

    3. saltchocolate

      Looking meaningfully into each other’s FAAAAAAACE!!! . . . I mean, eyes.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        ‘Til I saw your face, now I’m a believer
        Now there’s not a trace of doubt in my mind

        1. saltchocolate

          I’m a believer,
          I couldn’t leave her if I tried

        2. N0083rP00F

          I thought love was only true in fairy tales
          Meant for someone else but not for me.

        3. Somebody

          That’s how I feel about bacon…

      2. nothri

        Eyes are a part of the face. Your joke is acceptable.

        1. Doom Shepherd

          Though you can have Eyes Without a Face.

        2. Makkabee

          You can, but they’re not really sufficient. The last time she saw eyes without a face she cried “more, more, more!”

        3. saltchocolate

          I see what you’re doing there, Doom Shepherd and Makkabee. I see it, and I like it.

        4. N0083rP00F

          When you hear the music you make a dip
          Into someone else’s pocket then make a slip.

    4. Kernanator

      Meaningful Glances 2: Glance Harder.

      1. CiaranLovejoy

        Shouldn’t it be “Meaningful Glances 2: Electric Boogaloo”?

        1. Totz the Plaid

          The internet’s declared a moratorium on “Electric Boogaloo” jokes.

        2. James

          Freakin’ Obama…..

          now all the boogaloos went overseas.

        3. Crimson Doom

          Thanks, M.A. Larson!

        4. kiapdx

          Nah, just electric boogaloos. All other boogaloos are free game so long as they do not require electricity.

          Amish boogaloo anyone?

    5. eddy_h

      meaningfulglances.com isn’t currently registered as far as I can tell. Who wants to claim it?

      1. das-g

        If you’re at it, also grab meaningfulglances-the-movie.com

        You never know.

  2. Yotomoe

    If you wanna blare One Direction at top volume you can go ahead and get out.

    1. Totz the Plaid

      If you wanna blare One Direction at top volume, wear some fucking headphones, and the PE Department will rent you some of their gym mats to use as soundproofing. If you don’t follow those guidelines, we’ll rent the gym mats to smother you. Understood?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I thought that in this day and age, the only time you listen to music through a loudspeaker was at a party, otherwises headphones are the norm.

        1. Totz the Plaid

          Full-on amps and loudspeakers are still only for parties, but I only wear headphones out in public. When I’m at home listening to music, I just let it play out of the speakers on whatever I have it playing from (usually my laptop, but sometimes my turntable or the TV when I’m watching a concert).

        2. AgentKeen

          It’s not uncommon for people in dorms to point speakers out windows and blare music outside on nice days.

        3. Yotomoe

          What better way to welcome a nice day than to pollute the air and violate the ears of all within earshot with forcibly loud music.

        4. Tom Speelman

          And it’s ALSO not uncommon for a good deal of that music to be crap! XD

        5. Makkabee

          I had a friend who lived in a dorm when Kurt Cobain committed suicide. She got sick of pretty much everybody playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” constantly as a sign of herd mentality — er, I mean mourning — so she put Weird Al’s “Smells Like Nirvana” on top volume in her room, locked the door, and left for the day.

        6. Makkabee

          “Had” should be “have” — didn’t mean to imply a falling out or death (other than Kurt’s, of course).

        7. John

          Right now Leonard Cohen and my 8″ speaker cones are filling my house with music in a way that no headphones or crappy laptop speakers ever dreamed of.

          I’m old, though. And I despise earbuds.

        8. Totz the Plaid

          I’m young and despise earbuds.

        9. phlebas

          I’m old. Earbuds are SO much better than the crappy phones I had on my first walkman.
          Still. Full cans for listening to music in the office, speakers at home.

        10. eddy_h

          In which case I’m happy to be your 31 y.o. anachronism, with my 38 y.o. amplifier and turntable and 8 month old blu-ray/dvd/cd player (mostly used for the latter)

          Earphones are for when you’re outside.

        11. eddy_h

          Or, I suppose, in the office.

        12. Cybersnark

          You obviously haven’t been in a college/university dorm.

          What’s the point of listening to music unless EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE FUCKING BUILDING CAN HEAR IT TOO?

  3. Jen Aside

    “Your LIFE is not a toy, so… THERE”

  4. Lumino

    Sexy time?

    1. cyoung

      I’m waiting for anger kiss/sex

      1. Asurasur

        Seconded!

  5. Wonder Wig

    Bets on who was listening to one direction?

    1. Geegles

      Sal. Definitely Sal. Totally her thing

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Hah, she’s more likely to be a secret Bieberer.

        1. Geegles

          Imagining Sal in a Belieber shirt now

        2. Yotomoe

          Well her parents said Bieber was terrible and that made him cool.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          That’s disturbingly plausible.

        4. Totz the Plaid

          She probably still hates his music, and just blares it on her rare visits home to rebel against her parents.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Mary? 😛

      1. Yotomoe

        You’ll have to take me out to dinner first.

        1. AJBulldis

          I now ship this.

        2. Khrene Cleaver

          Yotomo and Plasma… Huh…

        3. Wonder Wig

          *tears* I thought we had something special

    3. Yotomoe

      My money’s On Joyce.

      1. Totz the Plaid

        Mary. Sarah would smash the stereo if Joyce listened to that crap without headphones.

    4. Doctor_Who

      Dina.

      Yeah, okay, kind of a stretch.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        I see Dina as more of a retro music lover, listening to groups like T-Rex.

        1. Doctor_Who

          “Walk the Dinosaur” is a favorite of hers.

          And “I Am a Paleontologist” by They Might Be Giants.

        2. Totz the Plaid

          Ha! We probably both typed our comments about “Walk the Dinosaur” at the same time.

          Speaking of that song, I’m _still_ kinda buzzing over having a close encounter with Don Was on Saturday (okay, technically Sunday morning)!!!

        3. Totz the Plaid

          T. Rex is probably a given.

          “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was) maybe?

    5. Geegles

      …but actually it was probably Walky

      1. Yotomoe

        While he was in Dorothy’s room. Touchin’ boobs to One Direction.

        1. kurodansei

          When you love a girl it starts with a kiss
          Next is the breast for man who know best
          Go in One Direction and you surely can’t miss

        2. kurodansei

          When you love a girl it starts with a kiss
          Next is the breast for a man who knows best*
          Go in One Direction and you surely can’t miss

    6. ninja_jesus

      Amazi-girl. Why? Because she sends all criminals in one direction: justice.

    7. RobJustRob

      I don’t know if he Blares it at full blast but I bet Walky is a closet one direction fan, he bad mouths them in public but it’s his secret shame.

    8. Jen Aside

      My bf

      =|

  6. Doctor_Who

    Thought you weren’t trying to date this comic; 1D’s gotta be on like minute 13 of fame already.

    1. Shade

      Eh I think most people will realise it’s some annoying generic boy band.

    2. Totz the Plaid

      They’ll still be remembered as purveyors of shitty pop.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Or at best, a boy-band that was popular back in the early 2010s.

    3. Yotomoe

      I gotta get to know a comic before I date it.

    4. David

      Old folks are always quick to dismiss anything the youngins are into as forgettable nothings.

      But then, I just got back from a store that was playing “Bye Bye Bye,” so.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Hey, I lived through the Boy Band Wars. All those groups my sisters listened to and swore were more talented than the Beatles? Not one is still around.

        1. Totz the Plaid

          They occasionally have reunions, as does New Kids on the Block, but the only one with actual personal talent (Justin Timberlake, and I’ll admit to liking a few of his solo tunes), is the only one who most people can name.

        2. saltchocolate

          N’Sync.

        3. Astfgl

          Word.

        4. saltchocolate

          Backstreet Boys.

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          The main thing I remember about Backstreet Boys was all the Backdoor Boys jokes.

        6. Historyman68

          On that note, I always wonder how One Direction can avoid people calling them Wonder Erection. Though I guess the English accent makes that confusion a bit harder.

        7. begbert2

          One Dirirection?

        8. Doctor_Who

          They had one song I thought was actually pretty good, “Everybody”. Even liked the video.

          Then every other song they did was schmaltzy love junk that all sounded the same.

        9. Cheryl

          Umm what about The Call? that was a pretty cool song

        10. marr

          The Call is an Excellent band. She Sells Sanctuary is a classic.

        11. Roborat

          My introduction to them was the Key of Awesome parody video. Still think it is better than the actual song.

        12. Totz the Plaid

          I meant the members themselves.

        13. Piccolo

          The Beatles haven’t been around since 1970, if we want to get technical.

        14. Astfgl

          The surviving Beatles had a reunion at the
          London Olympics, but no-one remembered to invite Ringo.

        15. John

          That was the worst rendition of Hey Jude I’ve ever heard.

        16. patrick

          Pretty sure that is not a reunion then. That is just Paul doing Beatle songs.

        17. Kernanator

          Pretty sure that’s the joke.

        18. Historyman68

          You know who else isn’t around any more? The Beatles.

        19. Doctor_Who

          The two who aren’t dead are still pretty famous and influential.

          I don’t think it will make national news when Joey Fatone kicks the bucket.

        20. Cybersnark

          Sadly, the Boy Band Wars were not nearly as exciting as that name makes them sound.

        21. das-g

          The browser wars however …
          (And let’s not speak of the editor war.)

      2. Animal

        Who are you calling old?

    5. Asurasur

      Look Willis can blow his budget on grunge shirts and Spice Girls posters, or he could use it on killbots and explosions.

      1. The Candyman

        Unnecessary Cracked references FTW.

  7. ASmellyOgre

    GAH.
    Poor Ruth…
    Poor Billie…
    Poor everybody except Joe.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Poor Joe!

      …All the hot chicks are in the same room, two of them are giving each other subtext-filled looks, and he’s not around to witness it.

      1. Yotomoe

        He’s always around to witness it. He’s just disguised as a lamp.

  8. Yotomoe

    Now I’m imaginig this comic with background music.
    And it’s One Direction
    DAMN YOU WILLIS.

  9. piemanpie24

    Plot twist; Ruth was the one blaring One Direction.

    1. Yotomoe

      In Billie’s room. TO FRAME HER.

  10. Gram91

    For sake of the status quo, they’re lucky no one looked back lol

  11. Joe

    Stop brooding, Billie. What you did was noble, and you know damn well that Ruth appreciates it. But it still broke a rule, and when the RD doesn’t have the noble context, they’re going to make the RA remind the residents of it.
    But it’s not gonna matter, because Sal is going to pull the alarm before any conversation between Ruth and Billie can happen anyway.

  12. Doom Shepherd

    Before I noticed the high collar, I had a brief imagining that Ruth had tolen Jean-Luc Picard’s jacket. (Also I am red-green colorblind, so that may not actually look anything like said jacket…)

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      It’s green for your information and now you have pointed it out, I can totally see Ruth as a Trekkie.

      1. Yotomoe

        Her brother definitely was.

    2. Shade

      Yeah the shoulders are green. Similiar design though besides the collar.

      1. Totz the Plaid

        Yeah, like Shade said, the Trek uniform had a different collar (that style actually had like a turtleneck-style undershirt and no collar on the uniform jacket), but also, the band extended down to a triangle pointing down the top of the arms.

        …and, of course, green wasn’t a regulation Starfleet color…

        1. TheBenenator

          I thought Dr. Bashir’s was green.

        2. Totz the Plaid

          Nope. Blue. It looked teal sometimes due to the lighting, but it was blue.

        3. N0083rP00F

          Green was command in STTAS,
          Medical in the motion picture – the one with the cowardly Klingons
          During generations there was light and dark green but for the life of me I can’t remember which divisions were which.

        4. Cybersnark

          Actually, it was teal; they had to change the colour in the DS9/Voyager era because of camera tech/lighting reasons.

    3. c

      Even though the shoulder color is green, I was totally thinking it had a Star Trek look to it before I even read your comment. Like that awesome leather jacket Picard wore in the “Darmok” episode.

    4. Blue

      It’s actually more a DS9/VOY era jacket though, since the coloured bit is on the shoulders at the top. In TNG it was the middle part of the uniform that had the division colour.

      1. Totz the Plaid

        The TNG movies had that style, though, so Doom’s not wrong.

    5. marr

      I was picturing that collar hiding a hickey.

  13. Kafloobop

    Trying to decide if it’s Billie or Ruth that’s thinking the alt text.

    1. Totz the Plaid

      I really wish I didn’t know it, but the alt. text is a reference to one of One Direction’s many shitty songs.

      1. Yotomoe

        This comment made me laugh more than it should have.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        I feel lucky in that I can honestly say that I wouldn’t recognise a 1D song if one was played.

        1. Arkadi

          Me neither; and I want it to stay that way.

  14. John

    Those last panels are making me expect those two to leap past each other with katanas.

    Then they stop, turn, look at each other, and Ruth says, “You missed.” And Billie says, “Um. Yeah. I guess. So did you.” “No, I didn’t,” Ruth says, and Billie’s scrunchy flutters to the ground in two pieces, and her hair falls loose all slow-motion-like down around her face. And then they make out.

  15. mathiasmindblade

    Sexy Time. Billie become Bi-sexual for the sake of Baby Ruth. Go.

    1. Doctor_Who

      She tried to smooch Sal once, she’s probably already there.

      Although, it’s SAL. Everyone wants her, regardless of gender.

      1. mathiasmindblade

        I do know Joyce is aching for that chocolate river…

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Chocolate river? Where I come from, that’s slang for diarrhea.

        2. mathiasmindblade

          Yeeeeeaaah, that’s a bit too kinky for this comic.

        3. mathiasmindblade

          I was referring to sal’s hair

      2. timemonkey

        Not with that hair they don’t

    2. saltchocolate

      I like “Baby Ruth” so much better than “Ruth-less”! (Both the nickname and her more human side.)

  16. Ragnal

    Make out.

    MAKE OUT AND MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY BETWEEN YOU!

    1. CianM1301

      The fact that your icon is Joe makes that comment SO much funnier!

  17. Yotomoe

    Sierra’s hair….it looks cuter. Sierra are you trying to make me love you more than I already do?

    1. vsophi

      Looks like it’s getting kinda Roz-y in the back.

      1. Yotomoe

        Sierra can pull off a good roz, methinks.

        1. Kernanator

          Sierra with the Condom Cap?

    2. Yotomoe

      Seriousely though. I friggin’ love Sierra SO MUCH

      1. saltchocolate

        Adorable!!!

      2. Tenn

        And we love you for it. 🙂

  18. vsophi

    Ruth… that face… ; – ;

    1. Jackson

      That FAAAAAAAAACE!

      What?

  19. Kernanator

    This is her death glare.

  20. EvergreenFir

    Dat alt-text…

  21. ALLxISxGONE

    Can you feel the love tonight?

  22. Jenny Creed

    I’ve never heard One Direction, but they’re okay in my book due to the fact there’s one autistic boy who can speak with the aid of their songs.

  23. NF

    Cutest Ruth ever in the last panel.

  24. Uniqueantique

    Took me a minute to connect to the Star Trek clothing ref. until I read the one about Picard, and realized these ref. are to Second Gen. clothes. Not the original Trek. The original Star Trek featured more than one kind of uniforms: besides the dress and the working: they had a crisis midway thru the first season. If you not that the sleeves look longer and the shirts fit better in the beginning-the first shirts were velour, and they shrunk. By mid season the things were well about the wrists and barely at waist level. With very little budget because all of was eaten up by the super high cost transporter beam and phasers, they did the best they could on everything else. They couldn’t replace them until the second season was secured.

  25. Drazisil

    Testing if I can get a sexy icon

    1. Arkadi

      Success! ^^

  26. Drazisil

    Fine. silly system can’t beat me.

  27. nothri

    I have a feeling Billie is gonna let Ruth have it. Not sure if that’s harsh words, a knee to the stomach, or a savage make-outing, but something is definitely about to happen.

    1. Astfgl

      I’d expect nothing less than all three in succession.

      1. Josh

        In succession, how dull? I’m expecting them simultaneously!

        1. Astfgl

          I’m not sure Ruth would be able to understand harsh words if Billie’s making out with her while saying them. But I would approve of one at a time simultaneous with knee violence. She’d probably enjoy it.

        2. nothri

          Well, maybe if she wrote it down first…

    2. Platinakettu

      They will have an private shouting discussion in public. After all the staring taht has been going on.

  28. gangler

    What part of “Get Outta Here” don’t you understand?

  29. Björn

    Willis, those two last panels are really beautifully executed.

  30. Notebooked

    Ooh. Tension! Now that Billie’s helped Ruth out a little, seen her at a vulnerable time, Ruth can’t quite keep up the barrier towards her. I expect this means there’s going to be a frank and honest discussion about the nature of their relationship.

    Hah hah, who am I kidding. Emotional hurt ahoy!

    1. EvergreenFir

      No! You must believe in the ship! That’s what keeps it afloat! It’s like ET’s bicycle or something.

      1. EvergreenFir

        Oh, like Peter Pan! That’s it!

  31. Just for kix

    Woohoo, now its on! Approaching night time, intense exchange of glances, *drum roll* make out, make out, make out ….

  32. Gravatanator

    Ruth, you had me at panel 1

  33. zack_falcon

    Awkward…

    Commence hate-filled make out scene.

  34. RobJustRob

    Thankfully one direction wasn’t a thing when I was in the dorms. But if someone did want to blare one direction at top volume well, remember the soap party scene from Full Metal Jacket?

  35. DARKFIRE32

    epic stare off

  36. OmegaDez

    Yay. It’s starting again. =D

  37. Raen

    Do people actually listen to One Direction, y’know, intentionally? I thought it was just something radio stations played…

    1. Raen

      …then again, I went through a huge Killers phase in college, so I’m one to…

      …

      …nope, still better than One Direction.

      1. cdot

        hey the killers arent terrible, they still release 1 lsitenable song/album

  38. Potatamoto

    Fools! Here’s a thought… “You wanna try hanging out without booze? Maybe we could go do something, again, no drinking, and just see what happens?” This line could come from either party.

  39. CianM1301

    *looks into microwave* Dammit, popcorn! Why aren’t you cooking fast enough?!

  40. HiEv

    I’m kind of amused that the URL says “outta-her” instead of “outta-here”.

  41. DJTsurugi

    Why do I hear “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid during this?

    1. lightsabermario

      I hear that every time they look at each other. Actually, I hear that all the time, period. Especially that one whale. I think I’m going deaf. With whales.

  42. Roborat

    So, apparently that meeting took less than 10 minutes.

  43. lightsabermario

    Not long ago, in a galaxy kinda close…

    STARE WARS!

  44. Corronchilejano

    You know, I just love how Rachel looks in that last panel.

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