Yes, but had she gone home with Ruth she also would’ve deserved better. As a fan of Ruth who would genuinely like to see her happy, I doubt that it would have been good for either of them. Not that I’m particularly into Jason v Freddy Ruther slash either.
I don’t actually care if they went home. My problem is that as far as we know Daisy is still strung along. Thanks to fake porn of Alyson Hannigan she might think that date ended with future prospects of another one. Ruth actually does need to like at least talk to Daisy one more time to clear the air on this. Or y’know be a douche and never talk to her again. It was only one date. Still Daisy deserved better.
C.T. Phipps
Ruth may actually want to date Daisy and dom Jason.
No commitments.
Sirksome
I was actually considering some sort of poly romantic options but Ruth still would need to communicate that to both Daisy and Jason and frankly none of the three have shown any previous inclination to want to try that.
Felix
Correct.
Demoted Oblivious
Oh, yes absolutely Daisy deserves better communucation, and an apology.
Jennifer’s “Operation: Get Daisy Laid” will have to go to Plan B.
Don’t feel bad, Jennifer. Daisy’s “Operation: Get Daisy Laid” hit plan Z years ago, and she had to switch to Unicode Characters, and then emoji when she ran out.
She’s currently on Plan ?, and is very unhappily aware of that fact.
It’s like a scene I remember from Urusei Yatsura, when Lum had been undercover as a human girl student up till Ataru did something so stupid it made her angry and her horns poked out of her hairdo.
Wow, that is a blast from the past. I read the manga for that last year, when I was on a Takahashi retrospective and read through all her old stuff. Spotting the influence that manga had on newer stuff, particulary To Love Ru, was very interesting.
Ah, but if you believe New Coke was a marketing ploy to make Coke classic sell better, Jennifer might be on to something – Be horrible as Jennifer and then everything will finally love her when she goes back to Billie. Perhaps even Billie will love Billie
RassilonTDavros
…huh. Y’know, I think you’re onto something there.
chuckroast
Dear god…
Josh Spicer
Everything is just branding, even people.
HeatherJean
New Coke was introduced to cover up that the US bottlers were switching over to High Fructose Corn Syrup from the more-expensive Cane Sugar. People would have noticed the different taste immediately, so New Coke was introduced as an intermediary to prevent side-by-side comparisons, then the “Old” Coke was re-introduced with HFCS.
Amurricans can get an idea of the difference by comparing their current HFCS Coke product with bottled-in-Mexico Coke, which uses Cane Sugar. Or “Kosher-for-Passover” Coke, ditto. Dunno about other countries though: I seem to remember that the HFCS switchover was also part of sanctions against the USA buying any cane sugar from Cuba.
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Mnemnosyne
I’ve tried mexican coke and pepsi side-by-side with US-bottled/canned versions, and I honestly have never been able to tell the difference. Maybe my taster isn’t as sensitive as some people’s, but I can’t discern between them.
Roborat
I live in Canada, and I can definitely tell the difference between coke from the two countries when I visit the U.S.
I hope so. I really liked Billie when she was starting to let herself be vulnerable and realize her mistakes. This new Jennifer is so fake it’s cringey.
Doki
Yeeeeah. This makes for some interesting drama, and does track with how she’s acted in the past, but… OOF.
You see Jennifer? This is why the cliche exists of stalking the date set-up. So you can be sure that shenanigans like this don’t happen. Only the shenanigans you WANT to happen.
I like to think there’s one student here from last semester, auditing the class because they need it (and to actually learn the material) for their major and it got derailed so damn many times by Joyce and Roz.
Yeah, I’d been wondering how Jennifer was going to react to this news (and how Ruth was going to drop it). Next few days should be… fun.
I’m kinda curious as to what in particular makes Becky think they’re a bad couple. The suicide-pact part is obvious, assuming she knows about it, and I know she sees “Billie” as a “queer role model” and Ruth as a fellow-orphan in need, but I’m wondering how exactly she came to the conclusion they were bad for each other. I can see why someone who thinks of them that way would want to try to keep them apart even after the breakup, though– I mean just look at them, the tension is off the charts even now.
If I had to think about it and apply a serious reason with some basis in past strips, probably the suicide pact.
Becky had a pretty bad reaction to finding out Ruth had been hospitalized and glued herself to Billie when she was complaining about therapy and pills, and the transparently obvious connection was that Becky was freaking out because her mom committed suicide and two people in front of her were in danger and she had no idea even though “she’s supposed to.”
152 thoughts on “Filled me in”
Ana Chronistic
“I hope you mean BARB”
“nope”
“Whaaaaaaa–“
Rose by Any Other Name
Ruth: “No, not the fucking bartender. I just handcuffed him to the door. No fucking occurred.”
Clif
Depends. If he’s still handcuffed to the door, I’d say he’s screwed.
In other news, the little smile in panel four is delightful.
Reltzik
Jennifer: “Don’t try to trick me with that crap, I know exactly how you flirt. THOSE USED TO BE OUR HANDCUFFS!”
Other students: “…”
Schpoonman
Excellent timing, Becky.
Sirksome
Daisy deserved better. We all know it.
Doctor_Who
She’s one cropped deepfake of Alyson Hannigan ahead of the game, at least.
Demoted Oblivious
Yes, but had she gone home with Ruth she also would’ve deserved better. As a fan of Ruth who would genuinely like to see her happy, I doubt that it would have been good for either of them. Not that I’m particularly into Jason v Freddy Ruther slash either.
Sirksome
I don’t actually care if they went home. My problem is that as far as we know Daisy is still strung along. Thanks to fake porn of Alyson Hannigan she might think that date ended with future prospects of another one. Ruth actually does need to like at least talk to Daisy one more time to clear the air on this. Or y’know be a douche and never talk to her again. It was only one date. Still Daisy deserved better.
C.T. Phipps
Ruth may actually want to date Daisy and dom Jason.
No commitments.
Sirksome
I was actually considering some sort of poly romantic options but Ruth still would need to communicate that to both Daisy and Jason and frankly none of the three have shown any previous inclination to want to try that.
Felix
Correct.
Demoted Oblivious
Oh, yes absolutely Daisy deserves better communucation, and an apology.
Keulen
I’d like to hope that eventually Daisy at least gets a one-night stand with a girl, if not an actual girlfriend.
Jhon
Calling it now – Daisy will steal Jason from Ruth.
StClair
“That doesn’t get me anything I want!”
Prince Mech
So much for them being on friendly terms again..
Thag Simmons
No, half of her big dumb plan to get her ex and her boss laid went swimmingly
The other half not so much and it was probably the more important one
Needfuldoer
That’s not Ruth’s problem.
Thag Simmons
leaving out some important details here ruth
Demoted Oblivious
Deets which aren’t Jenniferno’s business anyways. Especially in a class setting.
Doctor_Who
Jennifer’s “Operation: Get Daisy Laid” will have to go to Plan B.
Don’t feel bad, Jennifer. Daisy’s “Operation: Get Daisy Laid” hit plan Z years ago, and she had to switch to Unicode Characters, and then emoji when she ran out.
She’s currently on Plan ?, and is very unhappily aware of that fact.
Suitora
Hey, there are some cute girls with ?…
Well, TBF Daisy probably isn’t getting lucky with them either.
Doctor_Who
Daisy couldn’t get lucky with a girl who had a little plastic spigot where you blow the air in.
I bet that picture Ruth sent her got corrupted as soon as she got home. The universe will simply not permit her to get laid.
StClair
It took me a full day to realize that you did not, in fact, mean a CPR mannequin.
Demoted Oblivious
If Daisy needs “Plan B” she’s a worse lesbian than Monette.
electriccombines
“Was it at least a FEMALE koala?”
ADLegend21
man that rebrand does not stick whatsoever for Jennifer Billingsworth.
Stephen Bierce
It’s like a scene I remember from Urusei Yatsura, when Lum had been undercover as a human girl student up till Ataru did something so stupid it made her angry and her horns poked out of her hairdo.
Roborat
Wow, that is a blast from the past. I read the manga for that last year, when I was on a Takahashi retrospective and read through all her old stuff. Spotting the influence that manga had on newer stuff, particulary To Love Ru, was very interesting.
Sirksome
That’s typically what happens with rebrands. New Coke didn’t last long either.
TheKelliestKelly
Ah, but if you believe New Coke was a marketing ploy to make Coke classic sell better, Jennifer might be on to something – Be horrible as Jennifer and then everything will finally love her when she goes back to Billie. Perhaps even Billie will love Billie
RassilonTDavros
…huh. Y’know, I think you’re onto something there.
chuckroast
Dear god…
Josh Spicer
Everything is just branding, even people.
HeatherJean
New Coke was introduced to cover up that the US bottlers were switching over to High Fructose Corn Syrup from the more-expensive Cane Sugar. People would have noticed the different taste immediately, so New Coke was introduced as an intermediary to prevent side-by-side comparisons, then the “Old” Coke was re-introduced with HFCS.
Amurricans can get an idea of the difference by comparing their current HFCS Coke product with bottled-in-Mexico Coke, which uses Cane Sugar. Or “Kosher-for-Passover” Coke, ditto. Dunno about other countries though: I seem to remember that the HFCS switchover was also part of sanctions against the USA buying any cane sugar from Cuba.
(
Mnemnosyne
I’ve tried mexican coke and pepsi side-by-side with US-bottled/canned versions, and I honestly have never been able to tell the difference. Maybe my taster isn’t as sensitive as some people’s, but I can’t discern between them.
Roborat
I live in Canada, and I can definitely tell the difference between coke from the two countries when I visit the U.S.
C.T. Phipps
I like manipulative crazy plan Jennifer! She’s upping her game!
Bryy
Booster is going to pop Billie like a goddamn balloon.
Emily
I hope so. I really liked Billie when she was starting to let herself be vulnerable and realize her mistakes. This new Jennifer is so fake it’s cringey.
Doki
Yeeeeah. This makes for some interesting drama, and does track with how she’s acted in the past, but… OOF.
Roborat
Surprised it hasn’t set Malaya’s radar off yet.
William Leonard Reese Jr.
*Cackles*
You see Jennifer? This is why the cliche exists of stalking the date set-up. So you can be sure that shenanigans like this don’t happen. Only the shenanigans you WANT to happen.
Wagstaff
“time is a circle”
I beg to differ. For all we know, time is more like…. wibbly wobbly, timey wimey…. stuff.
Nayann Martinelli
Ahem, actuuualy, it’s “a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey…. stuff.”
– Nayann said, in the dorkiest, nerdiest tone he could.
Demoted Oblivious
“CUT!”
You failed to push your glasses up the bridge of your nose, or to grab your suspenders.
“Reset”
“Take 2”
“Rolling and… ACTION”
Reltzik
“Are you sure it’s not a circle? We seem to keep repeating this twenty-second sequence over and over in a loop.”
“Cut! Reset! Take 17!”
“And now it’s starting agai-”
“Cut! QUIT MUGGING FOR THE BLOOPERS AND GET SERIOUS!”
Josh Spicer
Time is an illusion Doc.
Clif
Lunch time doubly so.
Regalli
I like to think there’s one student here from last semester, auditing the class because they need it (and to actually learn the material) for their major and it got derailed so damn many times by Joyce and Roz.
That student is doomed.
Thag Simmons
Poor Jen
Thag Simmons
Oh right she’s tagged as ‘Sue’ not ‘Jen’.
Regalli
I forgot there actually was a student tagged as the Hapless Gender Studies Class Bystander! Perfect.
But also, poor her indeed.
Jon Rich
There is?! Where can I find them?
Needfuldoer
Here you go:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/sue/
Her last appearance was in 2018, so she’s overdue for another cameo.
ian livs
RIP, random student
BBCC
Wow, what did that random student do to you, Regalli? XD
Regalli
Sometimes, comedy needs a truly hapless victim.
They may also sell cabbages at the local farmers market, which is CLEARLY just tempting fate.
Demoted Oblivious
So much for pathos.
Clif
Pathos. Wasn’t he one of the three Musketeers.
BBCC
Mean. Cruel. Unkind. I’m reporting you to Background Character Protective Services, you MONSTER. 😛
He Who Abides
To be fair, wasn’t it revealed in LoK that Cabbage Guy ended up founding some kind of produce shipping company and became ultra-wealthy?
Khyrin
Yup: Cabbage Corp.
His descendant was dragged out of a building, wailing “NO, NOT MY CABBAGE CORP!”
Opus the Poet
That was the same guy as the cabbage cart vendor.
Diner Kinetic
This is now 1000% my head-canon as well
Katosen27
NGL, funniest setup in a while.
RassilonTDavros
Yeah, I’d been wondering how Jennifer was going to react to this news (and how Ruth was going to drop it). Next few days should be… fun.
I’m kinda curious as to what in particular makes Becky think they’re a bad couple. The suicide-pact part is obvious, assuming she knows about it, and I know she sees “Billie” as a “queer role model” and Ruth as a fellow-orphan in need, but I’m wondering how exactly she came to the conclusion they were bad for each other. I can see why someone who thinks of them that way would want to try to keep them apart even after the breakup, though– I mean just look at them, the tension is off the charts even now.
Spencer
If I had to think about it and apply a serious reason with some basis in past strips, probably the suicide pact.
Becky had a pretty bad reaction to finding out Ruth had been hospitalized and glued herself to Billie when she was complaining about therapy and pills, and the transparently obvious connection was that Becky was freaking out because her mom committed suicide and two people in front of her were in danger and she had no idea even though “she’s supposed to.”
Thag Simmons
I assume she came to her conclusion after watching them interact with each other.
Regalli