I’m assuming either she was waiting for Billie, or she’s drinking again. Or maybe she just likes hanging around the bar part of Galasso’s for some reason.
That actually brings to mind something – Ruth very briefly attempted to hit on Tony near the start of the strip, only for him to say, ‘I’m not buying you beer, freshman.’
Is Tony legal? And why would Billie assume anybody in the dorms could buy her beer anyway?
You mean Billie, of course. And there must be 21-year-olds in the dorm.
And it’s not like everyone has a jewel in their palm that changes colors on significant birthdays.
Nono
Yeah, I knew what I meant, my brain just crossed wires while typing.
Maybe it’s just my old tired brain but I feel like 21-year olds would just have moved out of the dorm at that point and away from dorm drama. Or Tony just looks older.
Marsh Maryrose
IU-Bloomington is insanely big, student-population-wise, and I assume nearby apartments are priced accordingly.
I haven’t done a serious investigation, but in the IRL world it looks like campus housing is currently a bargain compared to nearby rentals, so you’d expect to see more upperclassmen in the dorms than you would in normal times.
And I would be crushed that you missed my Logan’s Run reference were it not for the fact that Logan’s run came out when I was…a lot younger than I am now.
Marsh Maryrose
And really, how is Carousel any different from ascension to the Heaviside layer?
jmsr7
Hey, i got it
Geneseepaws
Are you rocking it for the Sci-Fi geeks, or the old fogies?
Yes!
StClair
Renew! Renew!
Needfuldoer
Maybe the school houses upperclassmen of legal drinking age in a different building, so they don’t become alcohol suppliers to younger students?
thejeff
Also, from that strip, it’s not clear that Billie was expecting him to be able to buy her beer, but that what he thought she wanted. I think she was just looking for the prestige of hooking up with an upperclassman.
In my (now long ago) college experience, while few were legal to buy alcohol, older students were more likely to have figured out how to access it – fake ids, older friends, places that wouldn’t card, something. Certainly more so than freshmen in their first days on campus. So he’d probably been asked. (Honestly, at this point, I don’t even remember how I got booze. I didn’t have a fake id, but I never had trouble having alcohol around.)
Billie, of course, had a good fake id to start with and needed no one to buy for her.
LR
My state raised the drinking age 10 days before my birthday. Maybe I misunderstood the law, but I remember losing my right to drink for 10 days. Fortunately, drinking wasn’t very important to me. Two of my housemates and I once took about a week to get through a six pack. I suppose that MIGHT have had something to do with the quality of the beer.
At some point I remember her saying she was 2 years older than the freshman. Based on the timing, she might have an October or earlier birthday making her legally 21.
On the other hand, she did buy alcohol earlier in the series. So either she is already 21 or looks old enough with a decent fake.
Wear your glasses, folks! You might notice that the free beer isn’t until tomorrow!
… And you can see that your maybe-girlfriend maybe-ex-girlfriend is sitting right there just kinda watching you and probably about to try to discuss some heavy shit and probably try to dissuade you from coming back tomorrow for that free beer and you aren’t sure if you want that or not so wouldn’t it be great if you could at least see her before you sit down?
Discussion (119) - “Curse”
Ana Chronistic
interestingly, I just got a new passport photo taken and I look horribly old in it, vs. pretty okay with my glasses on
(I may try again but idk, it’s not like I ever look at my passport photo, and $15 for another round is a lot)
Bathymetheus
Passport photos are deliberately taken with high contrast. This brings out wrinkles, making people look old.
Bathymetheus
Or in my case, older.
Delicious Taffy
Older? What are you, 16-20ish? That’s when you start getting old, according to every blonde white girl I ever went to school with.
Bathymetheus
Haha. No.
keithcurtis
You can take your own passport photo. I took them for my family.
Ana Chronistic
I don’t have the patience to get photo paper and fuss with our dubious refurbished printer
keithcurtis
Fair enough. Just pointing out that you don’t have to put up with whatever sort of photo your passport office takes.
Neveth
(as a passport acceptance agent, you aren’t allowed to wear glasses in your passport photo. they’ll just reject the application)
Jon Rich
Why on Earth would they have that rule?
thejeff
Likely to keep people from hiding their face in the photo, so it’s more easily identifiable.
Tan
As I understand it, to make both human and software facial recognition easier if you’re not wearing glasses (or are wearing different glasses)
Ana Chronistic
(what if I’m not a passport acceptance agent)
[haha grammar pedantry about dangling modifiers]
butts
drink with integrity
Freezer
All the regrets.
ValdVin
What is she doing there?
Dean
She’s on a date!
RuthIsBestGirl
Oh god no. We don’t need a bar fight getting them kicked out of school.
Kat
Those Lessons with Dina are paying off.
JetstreamGW
Nice slasher movie entrance there, Ruth.
Danielle
OH. SHIT.
Stephen Bierce
*plays Garth Brooks “Friends In Low Places” on the hacked Muzak*
shadowcell
is this my curse
or my destiny
Isactuallyabear
It’s your cursed destiny!
Marsh Maryrose
Are you human? Or are you dancer?
MixMax
I’m calling it now to say that Ruth hasnt actually been drinking, but is instead telling her woes to Jason, kinda just cuz he’s there.
MatthewTheLucky
On the contrary, she’s gone through about a pimt of root beer.
krylani
There’s now a part of my brain that’s shouting about wanting a Wreck-It Ruth crossover, and I think I agree with it.
CJ
Ruth would be Shank who owns the car Ralph and Vanellope try to steal?
Nono
What IS Ruth doing there?
AntJ
Perhaps waiting to see if Billie would show up.
Anyway, maybe THIS is what finally gets Billie to stop.
Kyoulkoa
Ruth’s finally going to get those femurs
Dean
Galasso’s has a special this week, quattro fromaggi et femur pizza.
Keulen
I’m assuming either she was waiting for Billie, or she’s drinking again. Or maybe she just likes hanging around the bar part of Galasso’s for some reason.
Felian
“hanging around the bar“ isn’t particularly conducive for a recovering alcoholic, though… Ruth what are you doing
DailyBrad
Relapses are either going around these days, or Ruth went here to see her.
Is Ruth legal either?
Chronos
I was under the impression she was only a year older than the freshmen.
Nono
That actually brings to mind something – Ruth very briefly attempted to hit on Tony near the start of the strip, only for him to say, ‘I’m not buying you beer, freshman.’
Is Tony legal? And why would Billie assume anybody in the dorms could buy her beer anyway?
Rotunda
It was Billie who accosted Tony: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/card/
Marsh Maryrose
You mean Billie, of course. And there must be 21-year-olds in the dorm.
And it’s not like everyone has a jewel in their palm that changes colors on significant birthdays.
Nono
Yeah, I knew what I meant, my brain just crossed wires while typing.
Maybe it’s just my old tired brain but I feel like 21-year olds would just have moved out of the dorm at that point and away from dorm drama. Or Tony just looks older.
Marsh Maryrose
IU-Bloomington is insanely big, student-population-wise, and I assume nearby apartments are priced accordingly.
I haven’t done a serious investigation, but in the IRL world it looks like campus housing is currently a bargain compared to nearby rentals, so you’d expect to see more upperclassmen in the dorms than you would in normal times.
And I would be crushed that you missed my Logan’s Run reference were it not for the fact that Logan’s run came out when I was…a lot younger than I am now.
Marsh Maryrose
And really, how is Carousel any different from ascension to the Heaviside layer?
jmsr7
Hey, i got it
Geneseepaws
Are you rocking it for the Sci-Fi geeks, or the old fogies?
Yes!
StClair
Renew! Renew!
Needfuldoer
Maybe the school houses upperclassmen of legal drinking age in a different building, so they don’t become alcohol suppliers to younger students?
thejeff
Also, from that strip, it’s not clear that Billie was expecting him to be able to buy her beer, but that what he thought she wanted. I think she was just looking for the prestige of hooking up with an upperclassman.
In my (now long ago) college experience, while few were legal to buy alcohol, older students were more likely to have figured out how to access it – fake ids, older friends, places that wouldn’t card, something. Certainly more so than freshmen in their first days on campus. So he’d probably been asked. (Honestly, at this point, I don’t even remember how I got booze. I didn’t have a fake id, but I never had trouble having alcohol around.)
Billie, of course, had a good fake id to start with and needed no one to buy for her.
LR
My state raised the drinking age 10 days before my birthday. Maybe I misunderstood the law, but I remember losing my right to drink for 10 days. Fortunately, drinking wasn’t very important to me. Two of my housemates and I once took about a week to get through a six pack. I suppose that MIGHT have had something to do with the quality of the beer.
BarerMender
Two years older. Ruth is 20.
BarerMender
I agree. Ruth is hoping Billy will show up at the bar.
BBCC
Ruth’s 20, so not in the states.
I’m HOPING she’s either here to see Billie or here to get something to eat without alcohol (I do it in bar sections all the time).
Geeky Warrior
At some point I remember her saying she was 2 years older than the freshman. Based on the timing, she might have an October or earlier birthday making her legally 21.
On the other hand, she did buy alcohol earlier in the series. So either she is already 21 or looks old enough with a decent fake.
AntJ
wow, I thought this would happen two storylines ago
Yumi
Oh, shit, Ruth! 🙁
PB
Why … is Ruth at a bar.
Marsh Maryrose
Why do fools fall in love?
Marsh Maryrose
Why are there so many songs about rainbows? And what’s on the other side?
Marsh Maryrose
Why must I be a teenager in love?
C.
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
DaveM
https://xkcd.com/348/
Marsh Maryrose
It was a zombie jamboree!
Geneseepaws
And Who wrote the book of Love.
That’s what I just asked you, who?
That’s right, Who.
Clif
You can’t blame everything on the Doctor.
Roborat
No, it was The Monotones, Who is on first.
Ed Rhodes
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
‘Cause you don’t love me anymore
Kyrik Michalowski
So what are the odds they have a mature and adult conversation here, like they need to? And what are the odds Billie makes an ass of herself?(again)
Delicious Taffy
I give it 25:1
Clif
Optimist
ShinyNeen
Wear your glasses, folks! You might notice that the free beer isn’t until tomorrow!
… And you can see that your maybe-girlfriend maybe-ex-girlfriend is sitting right there just kinda watching you and probably about to try to discuss some heavy shit and probably try to dissuade you from coming back tomorrow for that free beer and you aren’t sure if you want that or not so wouldn’t it be great if you could at least see her before you sit down?
Bicycle Bill