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Balls
Posted on April 21, 2023 by David M Willis

264 thoughts on “Balls”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    I feel like this is standard issue wardrobe from the broclone factory

    warbrobe

    1. Roborat

      Brodrobe?

  2. Doctor_Who

    Asher: “Man, brunch didn’t fill me up at all. Ooh, there’s a McDonald’s down the street. I could really go for some-”

    Jennifer: “Don’t say it.”

    Asher: “McNuggets!”

    (Asher’s body was never found. Billingsworth remains at large.)

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      “Do ‘X’ or we’re through.” Sure this is teen drama comix, but… people don’t deserve to be treated like that. If you ever hear stuff like that and you’re wondering if you deserve it, you don’t. Even Asher deserves better than… whatever Ms.Billingsworth insists on being.

      1. Jamie

        Queen of the (Drama) Nerds?

      2. Daibhid C

        “Babe, if all you have is leavin’/Imma need a better reason”.

      3. maarvarq

        Ms. Billingsworth seems to have become more than usually toxic of late. She wasn’t ever dating Walky, right?

      4. Jason

        Hard agree. We don’t actually know much about who Asher really is, beyond him potentially still being tied to shady shit he may have tried to escape- but regardless of who he really is, nobody deserves “do this or we’re through”. Obviously “this is a boundary I have and you need to respect it for us to have a relationship” is different (when my husband crossed a boundary of mine I had to pull out the “I can’t be in a relationship if you do this”) but Jennifer is just weaponising the threat of the relationship ending to get her way and that’s… disgusting.

      5. Bibliholic93

        Eh, I am pretty sure Jennifer doesn’t actually mean it that way, he was the one who started the unlayering. He only hesitated because of the temperature presumably. (And is probably only wearing that t because it wasn’t going to be seen.) I do agree that if it was more clearly serious, that’s a definite boundary pushing, relationship belittling move. And no one deserves that.

        If it were me I’d assume it was because the lady wanted to admire her goods without ghosts of the past haunting her. All this made me laugh pretty well because of a similar, definitely playful discussion I had with my own S.O..

        1. Liliet

          Yeah, I read it as playful / something Asher could have easily pushed back on too.

  3. Animedingo

    How have you not figured out youre dating a big walky

    1. Thag Simmons

      Because Asher is also a big Sal. He’s a perfect fusion of the twins

      1. Sirksome

        This implies Jennifer is subconsciously attracted to both Walkertons which….yeah that kind of checks out.

        1. Thag Simmons

          That’s a pretty well supported theory at this point.

        2. Dark_T_Zeratul

          Yotomoe has, shall we say, expounded upon that subject.

        3. StClair

          at length.

          *cough*

        4. Dr. Sharks

          Oh? I saw the Jennifer and Walky one but I guess I missed the one with Sal. Does Yotomoe post these anywhere?

        5. RassilonTDavros

          She did straight-up try to kiss Sal once. Sure, Jennifer would probably claim that it was just the alcohol talking, but was it? Was it really?

        6. StClair

          Everyone gets curious, right?
          that’s normal. completely normal.

        7. Clif

          Completely.

        8. Jay

          Being bi is also normal.

          If you ask anyone but Jennifer. Or Mary.

        9. eh, whatever

          In vino veritas.

          Alcohol can’t make you do things that are really out of character for you. “Things can only ‘slip out of you’ if they were in you to begin with.”

        10. Dr. Sharks

          I really feel like that isn’t true. Drunk me has said things in the past that sober me just straight-up cannot empathize with. I think sometimes you just hear an opinion somewhere and drunk brain goes “let’s try this one on haha”

        11. pope suburban

          Same. I have said things while drunk that are just…not thoughts I have ever had. I really wasn’t sure why but I think you nailed it with your explanation. Brains get bored and do new stuff, for whatever reasons.

        12. Meagan

          It does doesn’t it.

        13. Dday

          Member when she got all flustered sitting between the two of them at that party?

        14. Vukodlak

          Who isn’t?

        15. eh, whatever

          Those who are 0 or 6 on the Kinsey scale. We’re rare, though.

      2. JBento

        Oh hey, it’s a Pentiment gravatar!

        1. Thag Simmons

          I finally got around to playing it and it only ripped my heart out a few times. 10/10, would recommend.

      3. Liliet

        Oh my god. Oh my god he IS

    2. Dean

      Asher and Walky are part of a set of Russian nesting dolls.

    3. Yotomoe

      Big where it counts.

    4. angel

      i wonder how he’d react if jennifer decided to buy hi ma new wardrobe, she could certainly afford it but being a sugar momma /buying your friends/partners nice gifts isn’t always the best love language

    5. thejeff

      It’s kind of weird since even our first clue was at the start of brunch.

  4. Sirksome

    Oh no. She’s been dating Walky in an Asher skinned suit the whole time!

    1. Doctor_Who

      That or Walky’s personality is somehow transmittable via facepunch.

      (That has implications if he keeps up the superhero shtick)

      1. Yotomoe

        The Walky viral outbreak is gonna be how the story ends. Resident Walky.

        1. cbwroses

          “You’re ALL going to eat McNuggets down here” says the Dorothy shaped Red Queen hologram.

        2. Rose by Any Other Name

          …?
          … was that a really disturbing metaphor for cunnilingus?

        3. cbwroses

          It can be now that you’ve said it.

        4. MM

          The Last of Butts.

        5. drs

          Walkies may rule!

        6. Leorale

          The Walkyng Dead

    2. cbwroses

      And Walky is hot now, which means there’s still a possibility for Walky x Jennifer in the future, just like Joyce wanted back at the beach.
      In the past, I guess their ship name would have been Willy, a bit bland to be sure.
      In the future, if their current relationships end, their ship name could be Jaywalker.

      1. Yotomoe

        I still ship it, but I mean…that much is obvious.

      2. darkgloomie

        Nah, see, for Walky and Jennifer to be a thing, she needs to date Danny first, and she kinda shot her shot there already.

  5. Cholma

    Oh, this is pure WIN.

  6. Ray Radlein

    “Take off that shirt!”

    [has brand new Monkey Master tattoo on chest]

    1. David M Willis

      fffft

  7. AntJ

    she’s gonna actually crack before the storyline ends

    1. Clif

      Either that or next strip she wakes up from her nightmare.

  8. butts

    well that can’t be good

  9. Kyrik Michalowski

    Jennifer needs to take stock of her own hangups and figure out how to function rationally. Then again, I don’t think she is capable of that, it is /Dumbing/ of Age after all.

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      Relatedly, what are the chances that she causes another scene and/or breaks up with Asher as a result of Walky’s and Asher’s similarities?

      At the moment I’m guessing 70/30 in favor of her causing a scene/breaking up with him.
      Anyone else have different odds and/or situations?

      1. Clif

        As above. She wakes up from this nightmare.

        1. Mark

          There’s a knock at the door. It’s Asher. Wearing pajama jeans. Hysterical laughter from Jennifer. Iris out.

  10. newlland(Henryvolt)

    YEEEEEEAAAAAH!

  11. Thag Simmons

    Alright, RIP to Jenn/Asher, a relationship which likely will not live long after that last panel.

    1. True Survivor

      From absolute sex to absolute ex just like that.

      1. Thag Simmons

        There are many worse ways this relationship could end.

        1. Jamie

          15 years later, Asher comes home to their mansion and meets Jennifer in the foyer, hands covered in blood. “Babe, I need to talk to your dad.” She throws him out, which gets blood all over her, too. After everyone’s arrested, Jennifer ends up screaming at him in the courtroom, accidentally confessing everything. They both end up in jail. They serve each other divorce papers two days later.

          Raidah is Asher’s attorney.

    2. newlland(Henryvolt)

      This pairing will forever have a place in my heart because of this one strip alone.

  12. Paradoxius

    I for one am happy the universe has continued on its streak of being a non-stop waking nightmare for Jennifer in a way that’s funny instead of the usual tragic.

    1. Meagan

      Ditto

    2. Thag Simmons

      Poor girl just can’t catch a break. Even Daisy manages to score wins on her.

  13. Switchchris

    I love that Asher is just a taller and more Sociable Walky, sure his past isnt good, and he can sometimes be a bit of a asshole, but so can walky. Dude seems to actually be cool now and enjoys some fun.

    1. ColdFury

      I feel like we’re blowing past the accessory to multiple felonies part, here.

      1. Formerly Glenn

        Eh, pobody’s neefect.

        1. System_Anomaly

          Who doesn’t help orchestrate a mass kidnapping every once in awhile? 😛

        2. Jamie

          Specifically in this context? Walky.

      2. Liliet

        That’s the Sal part

    2. Hoboturtle

      I think the common factor is controlling parents.

  14. Van Jealous

    Here come the pajama pants!!!! (feels like it’s September 2010 all over again!

  15. UrsulaDavina

    Return of fhe Butt Taco!!!

  16. RacingTurtle

    Hahahahaha oh Jennifer, how did you get yourself into this situation

    1. Cholma

      Ryan wasn’t available, so she went with the next best option.

  17. NGPZ

    *plays “Dream Island Obsessional Park” from Paranoia Agent OST on nearby passing car radio*

  18. RassilonTDavros

    That awkward moment when you realize that you’re dating what is essentially just a your childhood surrogate-sibling-figure but slightly taller and with a little more facial hair.

    1. Yotomoe

      Turns out Walky was always just a few inches and a beard away from being Jennifer’s Dreamboy.

  19. True Survivor

    If peel of two more layers, is it just Walky wearing an Asher disguise?

    Also, do you think this is a coincidence or do you think Walky and Asher are working together on a world class prank?

    1. Thag Simmons

      Asher in his early appearances very much gave off the vibe of being dude!Sal, but I think it’s clear at this point that he is some sort of Walkerton twin gestalt that combines their character traits into a single composite entity.

  20. Tarnagh

    The point where she realizes she’s dating another version of Walky.

  21. CMasta1992

    The self-sabotage is killing me.

    Also I’m a little surprised Asher is so willing to just ask how high when Jennifer says to jump.

    1. Council

      He is just taking off his clothes. If they were passionate fashion statements, I’d be with you on this, but he doesn’t seem particularly attached to them.

      1. Jamie

        In winter. There’s chill and then there’s chill.

        1. Council

          Come now, Indiana winter can’t be that bad-

          *brief google trip*

          I take everything back, holy sh*t Asher this isn’t worth it

        2. EA West

          Laughs in Canadian

        3. zee

          I mean you can see the snow
          I may just be a humble Jamaican who has never seen snow before but.
          I assume snow means it’s fucking cold out

        4. HueSatLight

          it doesn’t actually. 0 F is fucking cold (and 100 F is fucking hot, that’s by design). 32 is kind of cold. Its not unusual for snow to linger on the ground when the air is 40-45. When the giant pile of snow from the snow plow has melted, it’s chilly at worst.
          There’s probably no snow in today’s strip. The lightest gray is sidewalk cement. The medium gray is dirt/dormant grass. If there were snow anywhere, it’d be in shady areas in the dirt/grass.

        5. Morleuca

          keeping in mind it can snow at 44° below

        6. Fred

          I grew up in Ohio: For Asher, it’s chilly out. New friend from Jamaica? It’s f-ing cold outside. Dress in puffy layers.

  22. Ty34er

    I need a link to a butt taco thing. I’m so confused.

    1. Ty34er

      Never mind, I found it. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/butttaco/

      1. saltchocolate

        I’d forgotten that happened! Seeing it was great, though a bit of a shock to stumble upon Mike unexpectedly.

        Brilliant writing, Willis. You really play the long game, & you know these characters so well! I can’t wait to see how this strip ends! (Actually, I can wait a very long time. Do not end it, ever.)

    2. Needfuldoer

      Is it a taco, or a butt? It’s both and neither!

      That’s all you need to know.

  23. EpochFlame

    joyce was right lmao

  24. newlland(Henryvolt)

    So Asher is Just a somewhat more mature version walky with a hard past….But that also makes him a male version of Sal….Sals coolness and maturity along with Walky light heart goof ball Tendencies.

    Perfect combination for Jennifer.

    1. Yotomoe

      Yeah! What’s she complaining about? I’d wanna fuck male Sal, and I’m straight!

    2. thejeff

      It’s weird to me, since there’s been little hint before now of Asher’s “light heart goofball” side. A little bit at brunch this morning, but before that?

      1. Yumi

        I’m mixed on this– as an audience, we haven’t seen much of Asher before more recently, so him having a light-hearted goofball side that we haven’t seen gets a pass from me. However, Jennifer has seen a lot of Asher before this current arc, and it seems like this is new to her. That, to me, raises more questions.

        1. zee

          I think she’s seen it but just didnt make the connection in her head until she saw him with walky
          Most Asher scenes before he hooked up with Jen were pretty tense in one way or another so i can buy him having a lighter personality in his day to day

        2. Yumi

          That’s fair. I’ve been thinking, and I think it’s also possible that him showing this side of himself is connected with feeling more comfortable in his relationship– he’s willing to let some walls down. How sad for him if that ends up being why Jennifer decides to break up with him.

  25. Yotomoe

    Ok I hate to shill my own dumb fancomic but…
    This strip is way funnier to me if I pretend Jennifer hooking up with Walky is canon.

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      I’m hoping this leads to her realizing she wants Walky. Then they have a one night stand that ends up ruining their respective relationships. That would be the best way to get rid of Asher and Lucy at the same time.

      1. Gigafreak

        On the one hand, this would mean Walky has three girls after him, turning this into a harem romcom plot

        On the other, that kind of thing has actually happened to me at least once (possibly twice), somehow, so I can’t say shit about how implausible or cliched those are anymore.

    2. cbwroses

      It’s Head Canon for me, and that’s close enough.
      Jaywalker for life (or at least for the amount of time they hooked up in Yotomoe’s comic)!

    3. butts

      yeah not gonna lie, i saw this and thought of you

    4. Dark_T_Zeratul

      Shill away, it was good!

    5. Jamie

      Hear me out: what if she doesn’t realize that’s who she’s hooking up with.

    6. aelfwine

      Is there a place I can see your fancomic?

      1. Yotomoe

        https://imgur.com/a/9Ob1cy3 (NSFW)
        At least until imgur removes it

  26. Bittersweet

    Jennifer, it’s cold outside. Dudes’re gonna wear jackets and hoodies and some will own the same clothes.

    Like, I know this is part of your hang up that I admittedly don’t understand at all, but you should wait until you’re indoors before demanding your boyfriend shed layers (if you absolutely must).

    I try to give you benefit of the doubt, but are you going to forcibly strip mannequins at the store if they happen to wear the same outfit as one Walky owns? You’ve got to talk to someone, this is becoming an issue that runs the risk of seriously adversely affecting your current relationships.

    [And I know Asher isn’t exactly the most trustworthy relationship and her current group isn’t exactly a good fit for her, but this behavior is problematic even with that.]

    1. Liliet

      I think it’s about the general taste in clothes / culture of picking clothes. Also shes’ not DATING mannequins at the store, they’re irrelevant here. Up until how she has managed to successfully miss how similar Asher is to Walky, but now it’s a “saw a naked grandma” level brainworm.

  27. Sirksome

    Wait, we can all down. We don’t have to jump to obvious Walky based conclusions. Maybe Asher is just an average college male! Meaning 90% of them have the same low effort wardrobe. It was either but taco, a generic colored undershirt, or a jersey from a sports team he doesn’t even care about, all to be stuffed under one of five hoodies he’ll wear all year!

    1. Yotomoe

      Unless he’s a cool guy like me and it’s just an anime character he likes.

      1. a/snow/mous/e

        he’s been a fan of Butt Taco since the manga, and he’s watched every episode of the anime on release date

        1. Yotomoe

          It’s a pretty solid adaptation. They had to tone down a bit of the violence for broadcast but other than that it’s pretty spot on.

  28. Archieve

    Jennifer, your going to have to accept that Asher and Walky might have some similarities or you two are really going to be through.

  29. Dr. T

    Am I going to start liking Asher? I never saw that coming.

    1. Thag Simmons

      Asher has many likeable qualities. If it wasn’t for the Sword of Damocles looming above his head he’d be very easy to like.

    2. Yotomoe

      I’ve liked Asher for years now. Outside of that one thing he seems like an upstanding Gent.

      1. Clif

        Setting Sal up to be arrested or having Amber’s dad bumped off?

        1. Formerly Glenn

          Probably the Sal thing.

          While not a great or legal thing to do, I can’t say the world isn’t a better place without Amber’s dad in it.

          And IIRC, he did express remorse about both things.

        2. Yotomoe

          I actually meant that Amber’s dad thing cuz that’s the thing most people focus on. I can forgive the Sal thing by him being young and dumb and also he apologized and Sal seems to have no hard feelings.

        3. Jamie

          FWIW, I am 100% with you on this.

  30. BBCC

    Welp, THIS relationship just got way more entertaining.

  31. AY

    Even his hair in the last panel. Jennifer is in a waking nightmare

  32. foducool

    ahahaha I get it now, she’s slowly realizing she’s going out with walky XD
    like she couldn’t have him so she went after someone who’s sorta like him instead and that’s messing her up kek

    1. Moonlighter

      On it’s own, it’s a pretty funny situation, if a little sitcom-y.

      It feels a little too ‘random’ to me though that Asher’s character is Walky 2.0 now but not at all before this plotline.

      1. Samantha

        Nah it was always like that we just saw little we see him more walks is a hott boy with rich well connected parents and a lazy geeky side they were all friends as kids they have always been alike walkie has?shone the steel and ruthlessnes asher has too once think too.

      2. thejeff

        Agreed. I guess we’ve seen so little of Asher that it’s plausible, but it still feels out of the blue to me.

      3. HueSatLight

        Sometimes Asher has Walky days and sometimes he has Sal days.

      4. Sam

        I feel less that it is that Asher is Walky 2.0 so much as he has a similar sense of humour/clothing to Walky. In more ways he is more similar to Sal, but he is more laidback and open to goofiness than Jennifer is and she’s starting to realise that he isn’t ENTIRELY dissimilar to Walky.

        You can have similar traits to someone without being the same person, but because she hates on Walky for those traits, her own dumb toxicity is causing her unnecessary problems again, in true Jennifer fashion, because Asher is partly similar to Walky.

  33. DailyBrad

    This is such a fun mindfuck.

  34. Bryy

    I don’t quite think she’s shadow-dating Walky. I think this is her still in the middle of her rude awakening.

  35. BOOSTER SHOT

    Asher continues to do nothing wrong

  36. IniquitousKing

    Frankly kinda baffled as far as what the heck Asher even sees in Jennifer.

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      Boobs and a nice butt? That’s the only logical explanation that I have. Jennifer may be pretty but her personality could use some work.

    2. Yotomoe

      His penis.
      Naw but I’m sure she’s a joy to be around when she’s not having a moment, like she is right now.

      1. newlland(Henryvolt)

        To be fair, personal Self-realizations can sometimes be scary.

        1. Bryy

          …. could this also be Asher’s weird form of atoning for his role in this group’s kidnapping?

        2. Jamie

          That seems like a huge stretch, tbh. Trolling Billie does nothing for the kids who got kidnapped. They’re not even present to find it funny.

    3. Mturtle7

      The same thing lots of people have seen in Billie/Jennifer! Confidence, poise, independence, problem-solving skills, fashion…
      Of course, all the people who have previously seen those things in her have eventually discovered that they’re all an incredibly thin facade over a , but I don’t think that’s Asher’s done that quite yet. I’m very curious to see what will happen when he does!

      1. Mturtle7

        Whoops, messed up the title for the link there a bit. Oh well, it still works.

    4. zee

      Pretty, great figure, and given his previous love interest was sal I’m guessing he likes girls that are a little spicy in personality
      Potential bonding over shitty family too (more vague on his part)

    5. Morleuca

      I think he misses his connection with the Walkertons, which by extension means Jennifer as well.

  37. Victor Riley

    Wow, threatening to break up because the outfit he wore?

    Jennifer/Billie continues to be one of the most toxic people in this strip. (And given she’s competing with murderous dads, that’s saying something)

    1. Yotomoe

      Dorothy beat her to it.

      1. Zero

        Dorothy disapproving of Walky’s pants is a little different from Billie demanding that Asher remove layers outside int eh cold while threatening him.

        And Walky still responded by just walking away, which was the right choice and is definitely what Asher should be doing.

        1. Yotomoe

          True but it’s the exact wording of “I can decide I don’t find you attractive anymore” that’s always rubbed me the wrong way.

        2. Yeet

          Yeah that was… technically reasonable? because anyone can technically do that whenever in a relationship? but pretty manipulatively worded.

        3. Yotomoe

          I don’t think you could or should “decide” to not be attracted to someone. You are or you aren’t. Your attraction shouldn’t be a switch you can decide to turn on/off because someone’s wearing pants you don’t like. Either you’re less attracted to him or you’re not. Don’t threaten to be less attracted to him.

        4. Dday

          Maybe the word “determine” would have been a little better?

        5. Yeet

          yeah that’s what I’m saying
          “hey that outfit makes you look like shit, please wear something else” would’ve been harsher but way less manipulative and threatening as well as far more direct

        6. Dday

          Dorothy actually meant it though, whereas this feels more like Jennifer just continuing to be ambiently Jenniferish.
          Dorothy was perfectly within her rights to not be attracted to someone she found too childish, though it should have been a pretty strong clue what she was getting into when Walky was chucking toys at her head.

          As for Asher/Jennifer… *I* sure wouldn’t put up with this, but if Asher wasn’t ok with dating an insecure, endlessly confrontational jerk this relationship would have been over a long time ago.

    2. Vukodlak

      No she’s threatening to breakup with someone because they’re turning out to be exactly like someone they consider a sibling.

      1. Victor Riley

        She treats Walky more like an annoying enemy, always has. We’ve never seen them be “close”, that I can recall. Even when Walky and Sal were at their most distant, it still seemed closer than with Jennifer (Formerly known as Billie). No matter how nice Walky was to her… she never returned that basic kindness.

        Jennifer has always been cold to anyone she deems “lesser”… and as a bragging cheerleader, she considered that to be everyone. So the thought of Walky now being on her level, socially… because those she perceives as “equal” liking him? She’s losing her perceived power, and she hates that.

        That’s why she steps in and “helps” Joyce… so she can be the authority. The one above. The weaker folks “need” her, as she sees it. It’s never been because she gives a crap. It’s only about power.

    3. angel

      you’d think she’d get the rage out after tossing walky. tho this could lead into a hate fuck or awkward 3 way/4 way?

    4. HueSatLight

      She’s being hyperbolic.

      1. HueSatLight

        Also, she’s competing with a murderous undergrad.
        Is this a bit that half the comment section is doing? Jennifer or Malaya or Raidah are all in the running for the worst person ever, but participating in a murder rolls off Asher like water off a duck’s back?

        1. Victor Riley

          I’m not sure Asher was told all the details, so I’d believe that he didn’t know exactly what his part was.

          I believe he just pulled the fire alarm at a certain point, and then walked away. That may be all he knew.

        2. HueSatLight

          Fairly certain he knew his part in Blaine’s murder.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/blammo/

        3. HoopsieDaisy

          “It’s done” is pretty vague, to be fair. I mean, it’s far from a smoking gun.

        4. HueSatLight

          he might not have been the “head mastermind” as Victor Riley commented on Blammo. But at the minimum he was in the “hey, let’s do a murder” group chat.

          Like water off a duck’s back.

        5. Victor Riley

          Good point… he seems to be receiving that text. Maybe he didn’t appreciate being roped into Blaine’s plan with the fire alarm (when he found out what it became), and called his dad (who I believe it was established was a bigger mafia guy) who “took care of it”.

          I can’t imagine Asher having that clout to call those shots himself.

        6. Mark

          I got a strong impression that Asher was very unhappy at being roped into that assignment but felt he couldn’t refuse it.

        7. thejeff

          OTOH, it got rid of the person who was blackmailing him, probably about stealing money from his grandfather.

    5. Liliet

      Yeah I’m pretty sure it was jokey and Asher knew it was.

  38. Schpoonman

    I was caught up in a game and when I finally opened this page there were 69 comments. Sometimes we all pull through for a perfect moment.

    1. Zero

      That’s just how counting works.

  39. AbacusWizard

    “Oh, you don’t like butttaco either? Hold on, I have another hoodie in my backpack; it’s just plain white with a yellow stripe across the chest.”

    1. NGPZ

      An It’s Walky throwback! Have an internet, earthling! ?

      1. AbacusWizard

        hooray!

  40. Tan

    This strip is everything i didn’t know I needed today.

  41. Warcodered

    This might be the best thing ever.

  42. Nono

    For some reason, I read ‘butt-taco?!’ in the same cadence as one would shout ‘blowjob cat?!’.

  43. JessWitt

    Asher has their next date all planned out: a 50-piece McNugget meal while binge-watching Dexter & Monkey Master.

  44. James Starkey

    And with each step, he falls further from Grace.

    Grace is surprisingly ok with this, as it lets her focus on her treatise on the dangers of spinach worship.

  45. NGPZ

    Who’s that Pokemon!?!?!

    It’s Bro-Clone!!!! ???

  46. Enaluxeme

    Even if he takes that off, the caramel sculpted abs will still remind her of Walky

  47. JA

    Sometimes the universe sends you signs, and sometimes it smacks you in the face with a baseball bat.

  48. Suet

    I know Jenny’s yellow top matches Asher now…

    But did Asher buy the bucco shirt from Willis’ merch store? ?

    1. angel

      maybe it’s a popular brand in universe, like hello kitty/sanrio or so lol

      1. tbf

        IIRC, the Dumbiverse’s David Willis is the rich and reclusive creator of “Dexter and Monkey Master” so it tracks that his merch would have a market here.

  49. Ophidiophile

    That’s right, Jennifer, you’re in the Walkyverse now.

  50. Mr.Morningstar

    …Asher is just another walky huh

  51. Acher4

    Walky is transmittable it seems. 😛

  52. CianM1301

    This is the part where Jennifer thinks that there’s no possible way that this could be happening in real life and therefore must assume she’s in a dream or some terrible nightmare, and then starts doing wild things like streaking through the college campus since because she’s in a dream, there are no negative repercussions.

  53. Keulen

    This is glorious.

  54. insertname

    Ha! Go suck a butt (taco), Billy!

  55. DiktatrSquid

    Any partner who says “you need to freeze or I dump you because I don’t like your hoodie” is an abusive partner. I hope Asher realizes this and keeps on living, dressing exactly how he likes, cus he’s killing it.

    1. angel

      well she is/was a teen that was ‘head cheerleader’/the popular clique and stuff so i feel it’s not the first time he’s made this ultimatum

    2. HueSatLight

      he’s also killing snitches.

  56. angel

    lol asher is somehow an alternate timeline ver of walky that got displaced into this universe XP

  57. Enkrod

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/nicer/

    Hehehe, same pose, and in the last panel, same hair. Completely different reaction from the girlfriend.

    1. Enkrod

      And same shirt obvsiously

  58. Plain Marie

    hahaha. Asher is slowly turning into Walky. An improvement? Discuss.

  59. Sombrero

    Welcome to Jennifer’s Nightmare.

  60. DarkoNeko

    he’s wearing 3 layers of clothes and she wants to force him to freeze in a single T-shirt, wtf

    1. Lily

      she could easily exchange jackets with him, i think it’d look nice on her too despite her disliking it because walky wore it

  61. Dot

    Book 1 Joyce would have had a field day with this

  62. Taffy

    I’m very upset that Asher is in actual immediate danger of hypothermia and it’s very serious.

    1. milu

      you know who else didn’t vibe with hoodies???
      NAZIS THATS WHO

      (i’m aware i’ve done that bit before, i’m starting a gimmick)

    2. zee

      I get it’s a funny haha jokes but also I’ve been in actual cold weather like twice (never snow cold) and my skin hurts looking at this

  63. Plaaaa

    The sex must really be amazing for Asher to put up with this nonsense.

    1. Jodka

      It’s not, turns out he’s just a really nice guy.

  64. Sean Smith

    Fairly certain Asher is a literal murderer, but maybe dating Jennifer is punishment enough.

  65. Yeet

    So is Jennifer going to have a crisis about Asher being like Walky or about Jennifer being like Billie?

    Also, man, a lot of people in this college really hate dumbass funny shirts. It’s college, there are probably people attending class in their actual pajamas all the time. I can only assume I’d get crucified for my pokémon shirts.

    1. Big Z

      So is Jennifer going to have a crisis about Asher being like Walky or about Jennifer being like Billie?

      Both? Both is good.

  66. torrent29

    That sinking feeling when you realize that you’re dating your old friend.

  67. ValdVin

    “Are thise…pajama jeans?”

    Jennisher. It was nice while it lasted?

  68. Daibhid C

    I like how Jennifer says “it reminds me of someone”. She’s not saying who! Maybe it’s the guy she and Asher met wearing that exact outfit earlier today, and maybe it’s not! It’s a mystery!

  69. Stephen Nedland

    Jennifer will never be able to escape David Walkerton!

  70. Username Taken

    If Asher ever goes full heel, I’m begging for a confrontation between him and Walky with the “We’re not so different, you and I” cliche.

    1. Jodka

      In that story line, Asher wears a Taco-Butt shirt

  71. Some Guy

    You know, I thought it was just a haha funny during ????????? ???? ??????, but I didn’t see a real resemblance between Walky and Asher. But with that shirt, and that tousled hair… oh dear. This is going to become A Thing™.

  72. ArcaneDarkness

    From all plot twists, Asher being Walky with some cool polish over it was one that I could not even start considering.

  73. Deviant

    Oooh, ultimatums like “do this or we’re through” very rarely leads anywhere good.

    1. Adept

      They really don’t. Jennifer remains a terrible person.

      1. HoopsieDaisy

        Being less pleasant than Raidah or Malaya is pretty remarkable. I feel like even Mike was nicer.

      2. Clif

        Do y’all know any real people?

        1. Adept

          Plenty. Anyone who behaves like this would become somebody “I used to know, but they turned into a toxic shit head”

    2. Liliet

      I’m pretty sure that this, in this context, was a joke.

  74. Mo

    totally wearing my own butt-taco shirt today when I read this, broclones

  75. John

    Ugg, Jennifer just can’t be anything but a POS, can she?

    1. Liliet

      I don’t think Jennifer has done anything wrong in the strip.

  76. Superducked

    “Take that off or we’re through”

    Okay, then we’re through. Bye.

    Done.

    1. Jodka

      And then she walked up the stairs, and never came back down.

    2. Liliet

      It was. An obvious joke in context. Asher was the one who started asking her what was wrong and taking off layers to make her feel better.

  77. milu

    <3 Hot murderboyyyyyy <3

  78. milu

    why is no one talking about how horny panel 4 is

    or is it just me ?

    1. HueSatLight

      It’s more concerning how Jennifer has only ever said she’d break up with someone over something trivial in complete earnest.

      1. milu

        “in complete earnest” ?‍♀️

        1. milu

          [citation needed]

        2. milu

          oh you were being sarcastic maybe

          …well if so then so was i, hah

        3. HueSatLight

          To be as clear as humanly possible: I am nothing if not unsarcastic in my pronouncements of earnestness.

        4. milu

          well ok then ?‍♀️

    2. milu

      have some manners, commenters, and say thank you Jennifer for the fanservice ?

      1. milu

        what jennifer says: “why are you wearing those clothes? take them off!!! ?”
        what jennifer means: “why are you wearing those clothes? take them off!!! ?”

        1. milu

          (this is still one of the less unhinged readings of today’s strip)

        2. HueSatLight

          “Not thrilled with that belt with those pants.”
          (thrill me)

        3. milu

          beautiful ^^

        4. Yotomoe

          “And those have to be my least favorite underwear on you. I prefer them off you.”

  79. Chiatroll

    I wish there was a butt-taco tag so I could find all comics that reference butt taco easily. Just Ashton and Jennifer.

    1. Clif

      Yes, there is a crying need for a butt-taco tag.

  80. AGV

    In which Jennifer keeps on shooting herself on the foot

  81. Joy

    Feel like it’s a matter of Time before Asher gets himself dumped.
    I hope Jennifer actually finds someone good enough (or just enjoys being single?)

    1. NGPZ

      Dorothy and Jennifer get together. Everyone set your wagers. And grab some popcorn.

    2. S.R.

      I don’t know that this is a “gets himself dumped” situation? He’s not doing anything wrong. /She/ is, threatening a breakup over clothes. Hopefully that’s a joke.

      1. Liliet

        Yeah I’m pretty sure it is. She didn’t even say anything about his clothes until he started poking her for what’s wrong.

    3. Jodka

      I think the problem is that Billie isn’t good enough for anyone else.

  82. Some Guy

    Hm. I feel like Asher is operating under the assumption that Jennifer is not being 100% serious about breaking up with him for not taking off a shirt. That was my original assumption as well, since one of my love languages is toothless sarcasm. I seem to be in the minority in these comments, though. I wonder how serious she actually is?

    1. milu

      yeah, a big chunk of this comment section has a tendency to take things more seriously than the comic itself. it’s weird, cos i feel like DOA is sarcastic or hyperbolic like, really often?

      1. milu

        in fairness: sometimes willis teases us that way. i don’t remember now but i think a few times i’ve assumed something had to be unserious and it turned out the character did mean the batshit thing. so! ymmv! ig! idk!

    2. a/snow/mous/e

      I think it’s an idle threat, but she is kinda peeved.

  83. Poppakat

    Is it wrong of me to enjoy Jennifer’s consternation? Because it is hella entertaining.

  84. Wendy

    C’mon, Jennifer, the guy’s gonna get cold!

  85. DailyBrad

    I kind of wonder if Asher is intentionally antagonizing her to a degree, if that’s part of the plan here.

    1. Liliet

      I don’t think so, he’s barely met Walky. He’s actually being really sweet, and I’m getting the impression they mesh really well. Like, the “she knew full well he would love the opportunity to take off his upper layers for his girlfriend and played up the drama to make light of the problem and reassure him he hasn’t been doing anything actually wrong” reading.

  86. Yakumo

    Admit your true feelings, Billie.

    I did a find search for “admit”, “true”, and “feelings” and, at least using that, was surprised not to see any comment like this one in the 222 that were here when I looked.

  87. Stanistani

    It’s apparently turtles all the way down.

    1. Clif

      Butt-tacos all the way down,.

      Fixed that for you.

  88. Juanoku

    HE REALLY IS A WALKY CLONE

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