I’m pretty sure they have and just have no idea what to say or do.
Jacob at least confronted her about it, but it clearly didn’t have an effect.
Disastroid
Just because you know someone’s going to crash their car doesn’t mean you should jump in front of it.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Jumping in front is not the only way to stop a car. A spike belt works remarkably well. There are also run-away lanes, safety barricades, and shrubberies. (There’s cops too, but well… the point is to keep Sarah alive)
Fuzzy
All of those take considerably more time to set up.
thejeff
I suggest jumping onto it from the car behind and throwing caltrops under the tires while using your grappling hook to cling to the roof.
S.R.
You kinda need to both have those on hand (or on nearby roadside) and know how to safely and effectively use them.
Yeah, Sarah is not going to be able to keep this going for much longer. We’re probably overdue for a Raidah encounter, which would send Sarah back into sneer mode.
Sarah is talking so weird; who the heck says “I, for one, [person’s name]”?
Saying “I for one” is starting a statement about yourself or your opinion, why would you call attention to a specific person in the middle of that sentence?
It doesn’t flow naturally.
It would be better to say “Well Carla, I, for one” or “I, for one, would be grateful to be included in your capers, Carla.”
In this case, “for one” is a descriptive phrase describing “I”, and it is not necessary for the the sentence, so it is offset by commas. “Carla” in this case, is a vocative expression, clarifying that she is addressing Carla.
With the correct intonation and circumstance, this would be a clear and reasonable declaration to make.
I, for one, Derek, think that it is something that I myself would say.
That’s pretty much it. Sarah is talking weird because she doesn’t really know how to not be sarcastic, so she seems to be aiming for something between Joyce and a public service anouncement.
Yeah, but the “for one” isn’t really the problem. In fact, it illustrates why Sarah’s version is weird. That meme reads fine if you remove the “for one”, though it’s less funny: “I welcome our new invading overlords”.
Sarah’s doesn’t: “I, Carla, am grateful to be included in your capers”.
Michael Steamweed
I thought it just helped to clarify whom Sarah was addressing.
It took me way to long to realize what you were talking about. I would counter that their relationship is purely queerplatonic. (Although I know both that you are joking and that I want Dorothy to happen to be a little bi so that we can have a Dorothy/Amazi + Amber/Walky + Dorothy/Walky thing go on.)
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Ana Chronistic
sarah: i have loved Mankind
dotty: you fucked up my perfectly good identity is what you did. look at me. i’ve got anxiety
NGPZ
anxiety is right
im almost expectin Sarah to pull a “knock knock” soon XD
Clif
How has no-one realized that Sarah has totally snapped?
Queen Anthai
I’m pretty sure they have and just have no idea what to say or do.
Jacob at least confronted her about it, but it clearly didn’t have an effect.
Disastroid
Just because you know someone’s going to crash their car doesn’t mean you should jump in front of it.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Jumping in front is not the only way to stop a car. A spike belt works remarkably well. There are also run-away lanes, safety barricades, and shrubberies. (There’s cops too, but well… the point is to keep Sarah alive)
Fuzzy
All of those take considerably more time to set up.
thejeff
I suggest jumping onto it from the car behind and throwing caltrops under the tires while using your grappling hook to cling to the roof.
S.R.
You kinda need to both have those on hand (or on nearby roadside) and know how to safely and effectively use them.
Laura
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Synnerman
This post is perfect… so perfect.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
I don’t know Dotty, Sarah’s reply sounded waaaaaaaay sarcastic to me. ^^
Davus
I thought that this was legitamite, because she’s a smile vampire and everyone’s being angsty.
Nono
Over/under on the time before Sarah’s face cracks?
chuckroast
I’ll give it a week.
John Campbell
Their time or ours?
Laura
“Your face is badly sprained.”
Thag Simmons
You can probably wait Sarah out, I’d be shocked if she can maintain this for more than 48 hours.
tim gueguen
Yeah, Sarah is not going to be able to keep this going for much longer. We’re probably overdue for a Raidah encounter, which would send Sarah back into sneer mode.
mindbleach
With the height advantage, a good punch might bury Raidah to the waist.
To the knees if the ground is frozen.
shadowcell
fortunately for us that’s probably another six weeks
Nathan
Is she……rollerskating down those steps? Now THAT’S superiority.
Dara
Yeah I wanna see her try to skate in the snow xD
Doctor_Who
She can also ice skate uphill.
Proxiehunter
Both ways.
Clif
In the dark.
Laura
Four Yorkshiremen:
https://youtu.be/sGTDhaV0bcw
(On the hacked Department-store TV, watched through a pane of store glass window, as we shivered in the street…)
cbwroses
Nobody tell Blade!
Azhrei Vep
Some motherfucker always tryin’ that.
BBCC
It’s the balance of the universe, Dorothy. 😛
But really, you’re not.
RassilonTDavros
Carla is polycaperic confirmed.
Cmasta1992
Sarah is gonna have an all time crash out before the end of the year (real life time)
Jammy
Pissyball is probably only a little bit worse than pickleball.
Clif
Almost the same, but less sanitary.
Adam Black
Theory: after 15 years Willis is just bored and wants to break the remaining characters personalities beyond recognition.
killing Dina is probably the fastest way to break Becky.
Thag Simmons
I really don’t think the stakes here are death.
NGPZ
Yeah and if breaking Becky gonna happen, it’d probably be via an involuntary break-up.
Clif
I don’t know. They are in a locked bank vault. Starving to death would probably be a straightforward development.
NGPZ
Do you know how long it takes for a human body to starve?
It would be YEARS IRL considering how slow this comic goes XF
Adam Black
dehydration would occur much quicker.
Since once can eat the other you could last a while for food
Adam Black
Dina disappers is an involuntary breakup.
Adam Black
They werent… UNTIL they were.
the stakes werent about superpowers for 10 years;
until they were.
Now its about Author interest.
Jeremiah
For once I don’t what Adam was meant to be taken seriously. It looks absurd enough to be a weird joke.
eh, whatever
No main characters die. Dina is mainer than Mike.
Derek
Sarah is talking so weird; who the heck says “I, for one, [person’s name]”?
Saying “I for one” is starting a statement about yourself or your opinion, why would you call attention to a specific person in the middle of that sentence?
It doesn’t flow naturally.
It would be better to say “Well Carla, I, for one” or “I, for one, would be grateful to be included in your capers, Carla.”
Davus
In this case, “for one” is a descriptive phrase describing “I”, and it is not necessary for the the sentence, so it is offset by commas. “Carla” in this case, is a vocative expression, clarifying that she is addressing Carla.
With the correct intonation and circumstance, this would be a clear and reasonable declaration to make.
I, for one, Derek, think that it is something that I myself would say.
Lee
My husband def speaks that way too
Taffy
Sometimes people talk like lunatics.
Clif
Though, in fairness, many of those people are lunatics.
Clif
I for one, Taffy, welcome our comma wielding overlords.
eh, whatever
Hyphen-wielding, too.
Effie
I welcome our lunatic overlords
Opus the Poet
Take, Clif, my imaginary upvote!
Aura
“Some people talk, like lunatics.”
Mark
[raises his hand]
Yumi
It does seem a little weird to me, but I could hear someone speaking that way. Mostly, I’m distracted by the weirdness of Sarah’s whole thing today.
Doki
I think that might be part of the point. This IS incredibly forced for Sarah LOL
Daibhid C
That’s pretty much it. Sarah is talking weird because she doesn’t really know how to not be sarcastic, so she seems to be aiming for something between Joyce and a public service anouncement.
Michael Steamweed
Some years ago, the “I, for one, welcome our new invading overlords” meme went around some circles on the internet. With many variations.
thejeff
Yeah, but the “for one” isn’t really the problem. In fact, it illustrates why Sarah’s version is weird. That meme reads fine if you remove the “for one”, though it’s less funny: “I welcome our new invading overlords”.
Sarah’s doesn’t: “I, Carla, am grateful to be included in your capers”.
Michael Steamweed
I thought it just helped to clarify whom Sarah was addressing.
Ana Chronistic
Actually it’s weirder if everyone speaks PERFECT grammar at all times; who talks that way in normal conversation 100% of the time without fail??
thakoru
Yeah, Carla, Joyce is right here, conspicuously not lost.
Davus
It took me way to long to realize what you were talking about. I would counter that their relationship is purely queerplatonic. (Although I know both that you are joking and that I want Dorothy to happen to be a little bi so that we can have a Dorothy/Amazi + Amber/Walky + Dorothy/Walky thing go on.)
Alongcameaspider
The balance must be maintained, if Sarah’s not going to be the grumpy sarcastic one someone has to be Dorothy
Clif
Someone has to be Dorothy in any case.
It might as well be Dorothy.
Mark
Just as well — I am much too busy to be Dorothy just now.
Tesset
Sounds like you’re already halfway there!
Dan
For some reason Sarah is reminding me of the Joker’s conversion to the side of good in the Harley Quinn animated series…
EtchJetty
aw, poor beckster lolol
Charles Phipps
You’re becoming a politician at last, Dorothy!
You’ll get to committing war crimes!