1) The Pity Meal should be a real thing at McDonalds. It consists of oversalted fries, a 96 oz drink, and a McDLT. And a toy that’s not as good as you remember the toys being when you were a kid.
2) I have, on occasion, compared Joyce with her blonde hair, giant blue eyes, triangular grin, and general perkiness to Gwenpool. But Becky’s blatant medium awareness in panel 5 has me wondering…
The Arch Deluxe was my favorite burger they’ve ever had in my lifetime and I’m still sad it failed when I remember it.
Bicycle Bill
I seem to recall something called a “McFeast” back in the 1980s that isn’t on their menu any more either. And then there was a larger burger (quarter-pound or maybe a third-pound patty) called a “Big Classic” that was served on a Kaiser roll.
There seems to have been a lot of various sandwiches that McD’s have tried and cancelled over the years.
Ryek Hvek
none of which explains McRib (aka McGristle)
Needfuldoer
You can make a McRib at home!
– Microwave a Banquet “Backyard BBQ” meal
– Slap that rib-shaped, meat-related-substance patty on a bun
– Add more sauce to taste
– Add pickle and onion
Ryek Hvek
I will have a McRib when Zombie Ross MacIntyre points a McRifle at me.
Charles Spencer
They tested individual pizzas in our area back in the ’90s. I wish those had made the cut.
Shellshockbp
From Wiki: McFeast – a hamburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise, in most markets from April 1977. McFeasts has been served since the mid-1980s in Sweden and was later introduced to the rest of the Nordic countries; the McFeast in Sweden contains a quarter pounder patty, lettuce, modified mayonnaise with lemon juice, onion and tomato. In the rest of the countries, the McFeast also contains ketchup, but not in Sweden. The same burger was sold under the name Mega Feast in New Zealand for several years during the 1990s but has since been discontinued. The McFeast Deluxe was sold in Australia until the late 1990s and contained: mustard, ketchup, large onions, McFeast Deluxe sauce, lettuce, a tomato slice, dill pickles, regular cheese and a quarter pounder patty served in a Quarter Pounder/McChicken Bun. It returned to the Australian menu in 2009 and in August 2011 using the same ingredients, however,it contained McChicken sauce in place of the original ‘McFeast Deluxe’ sauce.[13] The McFeast has been sold in Germany and Austria since the 1990s under the name Hamburger Royal TS (T for “Tomate” (tomato); S for “Salat”, the German word for lettuce). It contains a quarter-pounder patty, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese and the McChicken sauce. For special occasions, it is sold in Germany as a McFresh which also contains cucumber slices. Renamed in U.S. as Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe since July 2019.
Needfuldoer
Remember the “Big n’ Tasty”, their attempt at competing with Wendy’s? I liked it better than the Big Mac, especially if you could get them to put Big Mac sauce on it for you. I think it was a continuation of the McDLT. The big, two-compartment styrofoam box was a marketing gimmick more than anything, but came out when people were starting to care about the environment, so that went over well…
Now if I’m going to any of the big three, Wendy’s is the first choice, Burger King following behind. The food’s better and they still look like real restaurants; all the McD’s around here look like prisons that give you diabetes. (The local BK actually hasn’t changed all that much since the 80s. ‘Member the BK Kid’s Club?)
Easy, just order an adult meal and a kids meal to go. They’ll just assume the kid is at home and you are bringing it home for them. Heck order 2 or 3 kids meals without an adult meal and they’ll probably make the same assumption.
I have no shame. I don’t even eat at McD’s because I am a vegetarian and they don’t really have much of anything veg (even the fries are cooked in beef) so whenever they have Pokemon cards I just walk right in and ask to buy the toy, by itself, without a meal.
No one has ever been weird about it, they probably assume I have a kid at home or am a giant nerd (both answers are correct…I keep the TCG card for my collection and give the accompanying Pokemon toy to my kid).
woobie
The fries are cooked in veg oil with beef flavoring.
Which wasn’t good enough for Hindus so that may make no difference for you, either.
davidbreslin101
The McDonalds menu in India looks… different. I’m sad we can’t get a McSpicy Paneer or a Mexican McAloo Tikki where I live.
Psychie
Yeah, back when my Dad and I played Yu-Gi-Oh! and they’d occasionally have those 2-card packs, he and I’d go down to McDonald’s once or twice a week and buy, like, 6-10 kid’s meals and split them down the middle. I was in high school and he was in his 40’s. I come from a long line of “gives no fraks”
@ Pilot, Kali, Rel, King Dan:
You’re all right, and you’re all wrong.
This has been your arthropod Rorschach test for the week.
Tune in next week when my avatar will have compound eyes, wings and mandibles.
It could also be that interim grades are hardcoded to be in or else soon. I don’t usually think midterms are, but every school data infrastructure is its own unique breed of Fucked Up.
That said, I’m assuming at least one instructor who’s the ‘If you ACTUALLY DIE the day before the midterm I will still expect your corpse to show up and take this exam’ level of hardass.
Today’s alt text makes me wonder when those get written. I mean…it’s certainly plausible that that alt text joke got written in April (ish? I’m estimating here), but it’s just close enough to make me curious.
Given we have reached Animal Crossing Is Relevant To The Author’s Thoughts (including the ‘oh shit I just got a supportive letter from my fake mom and I’m having Complex Emotions’ type,) sometime after March 20th or so, which was just when social distancing really entered the cultural lexicon.
Could’ve been written when the strip was uploaded to the buffer, could’ve been written yesterday.
Come on Robin, why do you have to block Becky’s chances of getting to second (maybe even third) base? After all she’s been through, that could really cheer her up.
As a doctor* I propose makeouts and cuddling for solving all your mental health needs. Any questions?
149 thoughts on “Flaunt”
Doctor_Who
Okay, couple of observations.
1) The Pity Meal should be a real thing at McDonalds. It consists of oversalted fries, a 96 oz drink, and a McDLT. And a toy that’s not as good as you remember the toys being when you were a kid.
2) I have, on occasion, compared Joyce with her blonde hair, giant blue eyes, triangular grin, and general perkiness to Gwenpool. But Becky’s blatant medium awareness in panel 5 has me wondering…
3) What a Superhot girlfriend may look like.
Stephen Bierce
1) Arch Deluxe. It was supposed to be better than the McDLT but it turned out to be worse.
Cass
The Arch Deluxe was my favorite burger they’ve ever had in my lifetime and I’m still sad it failed when I remember it.
Bicycle Bill
I seem to recall something called a “McFeast” back in the 1980s that isn’t on their menu any more either. And then there was a larger burger (quarter-pound or maybe a third-pound patty) called a “Big Classic” that was served on a Kaiser roll.
There seems to have been a lot of various sandwiches that McD’s have tried and cancelled over the years.
Ryek Hvek
none of which explains McRib (aka McGristle)
Needfuldoer
You can make a McRib at home!
– Microwave a Banquet “Backyard BBQ” meal
– Slap that rib-shaped, meat-related-substance patty on a bun
– Add more sauce to taste
– Add pickle and onion
Ryek Hvek
I will have a McRib when Zombie Ross MacIntyre points a McRifle at me.
Charles Spencer
They tested individual pizzas in our area back in the ’90s. I wish those had made the cut.
Shellshockbp
From Wiki: McFeast – a hamburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise, in most markets from April 1977. McFeasts has been served since the mid-1980s in Sweden and was later introduced to the rest of the Nordic countries; the McFeast in Sweden contains a quarter pounder patty, lettuce, modified mayonnaise with lemon juice, onion and tomato. In the rest of the countries, the McFeast also contains ketchup, but not in Sweden. The same burger was sold under the name Mega Feast in New Zealand for several years during the 1990s but has since been discontinued. The McFeast Deluxe was sold in Australia until the late 1990s and contained: mustard, ketchup, large onions, McFeast Deluxe sauce, lettuce, a tomato slice, dill pickles, regular cheese and a quarter pounder patty served in a Quarter Pounder/McChicken Bun. It returned to the Australian menu in 2009 and in August 2011 using the same ingredients, however,it contained McChicken sauce in place of the original ‘McFeast Deluxe’ sauce.[13] The McFeast has been sold in Germany and Austria since the 1990s under the name Hamburger Royal TS (T for “Tomate” (tomato); S for “Salat”, the German word for lettuce). It contains a quarter-pounder patty, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cheese and the McChicken sauce. For special occasions, it is sold in Germany as a McFresh which also contains cucumber slices. Renamed in U.S. as Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe since July 2019.
Needfuldoer
Remember the “Big n’ Tasty”, their attempt at competing with Wendy’s? I liked it better than the Big Mac, especially if you could get them to put Big Mac sauce on it for you. I think it was a continuation of the McDLT. The big, two-compartment styrofoam box was a marketing gimmick more than anything, but came out when people were starting to care about the environment, so that went over well…
Now if I’m going to any of the big three, Wendy’s is the first choice, Burger King following behind. The food’s better and they still look like real restaurants; all the McD’s around here look like prisons that give you diabetes. (The local BK actually hasn’t changed all that much since the 80s. ‘Member the BK Kid’s Club?)
Foxhack
… Didn’t Gwenpool have that same haircut at one point?
Foxhack
As Becky, I mean
RowenMorland
You might be thinking of Spider-Gwen (Ghostspider/Gwen Stacy) during Into the Spiderverse.
showler
Which Miles still isn’t allowed to have an opinion on.
Chaucer59
Your Pity Meal sounds like a standard Happy Meal with a Super-Soaker soda.
Mollyscribbles
honestly the option of being an adult and getting a toy along with my food without having to ask awkward questions is very appealing.
Regalli
Right? Sometimes I just want a Pokemon keychain, some fries, and no judgment.
Abel Undercity
Speaking as someone who once walked out of a Jack in the Box with an armful of Justice League toys, I can only agree.
Thanatos
Easy, just order an adult meal and a kids meal to go. They’ll just assume the kid is at home and you are bringing it home for them. Heck order 2 or 3 kids meals without an adult meal and they’ll probably make the same assumption.
autogatos
I have no shame. I don’t even eat at McD’s because I am a vegetarian and they don’t really have much of anything veg (even the fries are cooked in beef) so whenever they have Pokemon cards I just walk right in and ask to buy the toy, by itself, without a meal.
No one has ever been weird about it, they probably assume I have a kid at home or am a giant nerd (both answers are correct…I keep the TCG card for my collection and give the accompanying Pokemon toy to my kid).
woobie
The fries are cooked in veg oil with beef flavoring.
Which wasn’t good enough for Hindus so that may make no difference for you, either.
davidbreslin101
The McDonalds menu in India looks… different. I’m sad we can’t get a McSpicy Paneer or a Mexican McAloo Tikki where I live.
Psychie
Yeah, back when my Dad and I played Yu-Gi-Oh! and they’d occasionally have those 2-card packs, he and I’d go down to McDonald’s once or twice a week and buy, like, 6-10 kid’s meals and split them down the middle. I was in high school and he was in his 40’s. I come from a long line of “gives no fraks”
ThresherK
I’m a guy who really enjoys his sodium–my doctor says I shouldn’t so much–and I can’t imagine what “oversalted McD’s fries” would be like.
Ana Chronistic
ROBIN NO
JetstreamGW
ROBIN YES 😛
Cass
ROBIN MAYBE
King Daniel
ROBIN PERCHANCE
Doctor_Who
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF ROBIN
Opus the Poet
ROBIN GOODFELLOW! Shakespeare drop.
clif
With the right choke hold she could BE a Blue Robin.
Abel Undercity
HOLY VARIATIONS ON A THEME, BATMAN!
a/snow/mous/e
ROBIN SPARKLES
oh were we done
Charles Spencer
The Weather Channel says the Rob-Con is 6 today.
ScarvesandCelery
ROBIN COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?
Kelli
ROBIN YOU”RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW AND YOU’RE NOT SO BIG!
Jamie
Robin: Still Trying.
He Who Abides
ROBIN MOVE.
OtterBoy1
Oh that’s right, they all still go to school
Hornet
Achievement Unlocked!
SpaceshipPilot
I know your avatar is meant to be a face, but I can’t help but see it as a two-headed alien throwing their hats in the air.
Kali
I see a squat black bug with a gold coloured head on a yellow background… personally…
Reltzik
… a guy with a hardhat, a beard, and eyebrows on the outside of the hardhat?
King Daniel
Wearing a mask, because we’re in a pandemic.
Hornet
@ Pilot, Kali, Rel, King Dan:
You’re all right, and you’re all wrong.
This has been your arthropod Rorschach test for the week.
Tune in next week when my avatar will have compound eyes, wings and mandibles.
Sirksome
Wait. Dorothy was kidnapped and they still made her take her midterm? Boo!
Diane
Knowing Dorothy’s work ethic, I think she insisted on taking it as a further shining example that she should be in Yale.
Despite Rage
I could see Dorothy finally having a breakdown if they tried to stop her
Twirls
Ethan took his too, it may depend on the class/instructor
Regalli
It could also be that interim grades are hardcoded to be in or else soon. I don’t usually think midterms are, but every school data infrastructure is its own unique breed of Fucked Up.
That said, I’m assuming at least one instructor who’s the ‘If you ACTUALLY DIE the day before the midterm I will still expect your corpse to show up and take this exam’ level of hardass.
Chris
They could be cuddling right now if it wasn’t for you, Robin!
Bagge
Maybe even touching forheads
clif
Hey! There could be children reading this comic.
Thanatos
Even kids need to know about safe forehead touching. Dina must keep her hat on at all times.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Needs more Senso-Rings!
Deanatay
Or fondling scalps!
BBCC
It’s fun to watch what makes Becky f-bomb.
And the Keeners are good people.
vile_gamer
Hey! Dorothy’s wearing her glasses again!
Devin
Today’s alt text makes me wonder when those get written. I mean…it’s certainly plausible that that alt text joke got written in April (ish? I’m estimating here), but it’s just close enough to make me curious.
Jo Giggles
I always thought he draws the comics months in advance, but the alt-text is written day of and is current
Kyrik Michalowski
That might be the case, since the alt-text seems to be more like something written as a retrospective look.
Regalli
Given we have reached Animal Crossing Is Relevant To The Author’s Thoughts (including the ‘oh shit I just got a supportive letter from my fake mom and I’m having Complex Emotions’ type,) sometime after March 20th or so, which was just when social distancing really entered the cultural lexicon.
Could’ve been written when the strip was uploaded to the buffer, could’ve been written yesterday.
a/snow/mous/e
Yeah, probably one of those.
Kyrik Michalowski
Come on Robin, why do you have to block Becky’s chances of getting to second (maybe even third) base? After all she’s been through, that could really cheer her up.
As a doctor* I propose makeouts and cuddling for solving all your mental health needs. Any questions?
*Not actually a doctor.
Rose by Any Other Name
If you’re talking second/third base, then that should be makeouts, cuddling, and orgasms.
Kyrik Michalowski
Fair point.
clif
Wait. If first, second and third base are makeouts, cuddling and orgasms, what the heck counts as a home run?
Thanatos
Well, they are in lesbians with each other, so… moving in together?
Dean
Getting a cat.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
As always, XKCD has the answer:
https://xkcd.com/540/
clif
After careful study of the diagram, I’m even more confused. It seems a home run would reenter the virginity line.
Geneseepaws
What Mike does with our Moms.