That’s only because most kids have limited access to sharp knives.
Arawn
Oh come on now; Ben Carson isn’t our age and when HE was a kid he went around stabbing people. Lucky for the person he stabbed he ‘hit his belt buckle.’
TachyonCode
I stabbed my childhood bully at age 6, in the hand, with a pencil. That was not quite three decades ago. All that happened was we both got suspended for a week.
Twice, though I’m pretty sure Ethan is the only other person who knows she stabbed Sal. Even Sal doesn’t seem to recognize her. (*insert banned joke here*)
But, this being Amber, I’m sure she believes everybody knows about that, now, too.
NotPiffany
Did she stab two people as a kid? I thought she only stabbed Sal.
(Stabbing Ryan doesn’t count. She wasn’t exactly a kid three days ago in comic time.)
Judging by this strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/wellyikes/
“Stabby” might be a misnomer. More like “Slashy”.
It would also explain how Ryan survived since slash wounds are generally less lethal but bleed more and are probably more painful.
One stab to the thoracic region has a good chance of killing or incapacitating him, after which further attacks could be considered excessive force. Slashing him probably left him mobile which could justify more attacks. For example, a slash to the forehead would cause massive bleeding which would blind him but the small blood vessels would close preventing him from bleeding out. After that, she can simply pick any target she chooses since he would be blind and disoriented by pain and fear, yet on camera it would look like he’s still a threat.
unrelated to your comment: Heck, that was already more than a month ago??!
related to your comment: maybe she also considers the incident with Sal from earlier parts of her life too (there indeed it was “stabbing”). Also: Now I need to get this version of what we didn’t get to see out of my head…
I remember saying, “Amber has a chance of not being punished for stabbing the respected white boy rapist. After all, she is a attractive Caucasian girl.”
If you are going to be charged with a crime, you are far better chance of getting a lighter sentence if not getting away with it as a white girl, on the other hand, if you are a black man facing the same charge, you are pretty much screwed.
darkgloomie
Depends on the crime, iirc. Apparently juries are waaay harder on white people committing fraud and other white collar crimes
As a witch I would say no, but I suppose it depends on one’s path?
Jamie
I feel like it really ought to depend on what you’re trying to achieve, but I don’t know anything about real magick.
Friscovi
I doubt it, but I’m pretty sure it can used to cure impotence. I for one at least got a bit of an erection watching Richard Spencer getting hit in the face.
Vincent
I believe there are certain laws that say you keep what you kill..?
In Skyrim, the fine for killing a member of the Thalmor (Nazi elves, basically – even other high elves don’t like them) is the same as that for littering.
She could easily pull self-defense. You don’t go to jail for that. Unlike those downers at the Bad Webcomics Wiki, in many states, the use of force and weaponry in the use of self defense can be a *lot*, up to and including the death of your attacker.
Amber not in jail? Granted I know shit all about the justice system but, even though it was obviously self-defense, I’d assume she’d still be held for more than 3 days for what I imagine she did to Ryan.
Not necessarily. America can have wildly different attitudes on the use of violence than European countries, depending on the state. That includes cops not arresting people in this sort of thing.
When Amber broke her glasses, she had to wait days until her mom had the money to replace them. I doubt she’d be able to afford bail.
MeghanTheDreamCrusher
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure she was just waiting for them to be made and come in.
Whenever I’ve gotten a new pair it usually takes about three to seven days.
Discussion (447) - “Sweeten”
Ana Chronistic
“your nickname as a baby was Stabby McStabface, before you got to kindergarten and became Li’l Disembowler!”
“MOOOOOOOM”
Ana Chronistic
yay Stacy!
Tofusmith
I mean wasn’t she a pretty stabby kid though?
Tofusmith
I mean wasn’t she a pretty stabby kid though?
NotPiffany
Just that one time.
Clif
I’m just yay! Amber is alive.
Baf
Is she? Or is Amber’s mom talking to a tree?
Djaevlenselv
So, Amber died in the brawl with Ryan and was reincarnated as a tree. Yeah, I can work with that.
Ragingagnostic
We still don’t get to see what she did to Cryin’ Ryan. That is disappointing.
Lingo
That’s still pretty significantly stabbier than the average kid.
At least, back in my day. I don’t keep up with the latest fads.
Pablo360
Kids these days always going around stabbing each other. Why don’t they resolve their conflicts like adults, with pistols at twenty paces?
Clif
That’s only because most kids have limited access to sharp knives.
Arawn
Oh come on now; Ben Carson isn’t our age and when HE was a kid he went around stabbing people. Lucky for the person he stabbed he ‘hit his belt buckle.’
TachyonCode
I stabbed my childhood bully at age 6, in the hand, with a pencil. That was not quite three decades ago. All that happened was we both got suspended for a week.
Kamino Neko
Twice, though I’m pretty sure Ethan is the only other person who knows she stabbed Sal. Even Sal doesn’t seem to recognize her. (*insert banned joke here*)
But, this being Amber, I’m sure she believes everybody knows about that, now, too.
NotPiffany
Did she stab two people as a kid? I thought she only stabbed Sal.
(Stabbing Ryan doesn’t count. She wasn’t exactly a kid three days ago in comic time.)
Kamino Neko
Hmm…I think I misinterpreted some of the down-thread conversation.
In my defense I had just woken up.
MechaBill
Judging by this strip:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/wellyikes/
“Stabby” might be a misnomer. More like “Slashy”.
It would also explain how Ryan survived since slash wounds are generally less lethal but bleed more and are probably more painful.
One stab to the thoracic region has a good chance of killing or incapacitating him, after which further attacks could be considered excessive force. Slashing him probably left him mobile which could justify more attacks. For example, a slash to the forehead would cause massive bleeding which would blind him but the small blood vessels would close preventing him from bleeding out. After that, she can simply pick any target she chooses since he would be blind and disoriented by pain and fear, yet on camera it would look like he’s still a threat.
CoMa
unrelated to your comment: Heck, that was already more than a month ago??!
related to your comment: maybe she also considers the incident with Sal from earlier parts of her life too (there indeed it was “stabbing”). Also: Now I need to get this version of what we didn’t get to see out of my head…
merbrat
Seems legit. Amber *does* like Slash Fic!
Doctor_Who
Amazi-Tree will cast her shade over evil-doers.
Achallenger
At least she it’s behind the tree instead of in it
Doctor_Who
Amber’s future.
Lone Wolf
I suppose there are worse fates than being Bill Murray.
Needfuldoer
What if you’re Groundhog Day Bill Murray?
N0083rp00F
Slightly soggy Oh Henry Bar anyone?
Achallenger
Why wood evil doers care about shade? If they got legs they could just leaf it.
Michael Steamweed
Are you trying to start a branch of puns in these comments?
LookingIn
Why not? It’s fertile ground!
Plasma Mongoose
Wood you mind if I joined in with the sappy puns?
adjudicus
Yew wood be very welcome to
tyersome
Yesssss, let us embark upon this treemendous endeavor.
N0083rp00F
The root of the issue is where everyone pines for puns yet the harvest is meager at best.
Cephalo the Pod
No! This is all too much! I must seek a-xylem!
tyersome
So sorry, but they’re really phloem now
Dean
I’ve been pining for a good pun thread.
jy3
Oakay, this has gone on long enough.
tyersome
Sorry, nothing will stem the flowering of this divine pun thread.
Whirlwitch
You’re right, the jokes are all getting acorny now. If I get subjected to too many I wight twig out and go barking mad.
tyersome
Sorry, while I beleaf it is wrong I now want to seed that.
transgressingwaffle
Leaf these puns alone. Oakay
Southern Belle
I don’t wanna be a birch but these are getting repetitive now. Yule need to be more creative than that.
tyersome
I’m knot sure bud I hope more cambium covered …
Rob of Ages
You guys are so chol-ordinated with these puns that I should probably leaf these to the professionals. I’ve had my phyll.
Dusk Rain
Like, literal shade or verbal shade? Cause she is pretty good with those snappy oneliners (and kudos on that pun).
Aeron
My leaves of justice will BLOT OUT THE SUN!
LeslieBean4Shizzle
What really? No one has made a “stabbing tree” joke yet?
Cause… she’s like the Giving Tree… but she gives stabs.
… I see, perhaps, why no one else made this joke. It seems like a winner, but the set-up is more difficult than I expected.
Time Sage
Well at least she’s not in jail?
C.T Phipps
I remember saying, “Amber has a chance of not being punished for stabbing the respected white boy rapist. After all, she is a attractive Caucasian girl.”
Plasma Mongoose
If you are going to be charged with a crime, you are far better chance of getting a lighter sentence if not getting away with it as a white girl, on the other hand, if you are a black man facing the same charge, you are pretty much screwed.
darkgloomie
Depends on the crime, iirc. Apparently juries are waaay harder on white people committing fraud and other white collar crimes
RandomDude
LAW FACT: Stabbing a neo-nazi is a misdemeanor charge for vandalizing an object you don’t own.
AeromechanicalAce
But what if you DO own the object you’re sullying with nazi blood?
Plasma Mongoose
Can Nazi blood be using in mystical rituals?
Dusk Rain
As a witch I would say no, but I suppose it depends on one’s path?
Jamie
I feel like it really ought to depend on what you’re trying to achieve, but I don’t know anything about real magick.
Friscovi
I doubt it, but I’m pretty sure it can used to cure impotence. I for one at least got a bit of an erection watching Richard Spencer getting hit in the face.
Vincent
I believe there are certain laws that say you keep what you kill..?
motorfirebox
Yes sir, killing a gang member’s only an $18 fine, you can mail it in.
StClair
In Skyrim, the fine for killing a member of the Thalmor (Nazi elves, basically – even other high elves don’t like them) is the same as that for littering.
Ferdinand Rosenthal
She could easily pull self-defense. You don’t go to jail for that. Unlike those downers at the Bad Webcomics Wiki, in many states, the use of force and weaponry in the use of self defense can be a *lot*, up to and including the death of your attacker.
Ferdinand Rosenthal
Specifically, there’s no real ‘duty to retreat’ in Indiana.
DSL
You take Bad Webcomics seriously? The overbearingly self-absorbed rant site whose logo is the Civil Defense logo reimagined as Goatse?
C.T Phipps
Wow, Mrs. O’Malley is having a normal parental reaction!
Charie Spencer
“Yeah, we’re all pretty much still 4 to our parents”, said the 58-year-old.
AnvilPro
Amber not in jail? Granted I know shit all about the justice system but, even though it was obviously self-defense, I’d assume she’d still be held for more than 3 days for what I imagine she did to Ryan.
Emperor Daniel
Given that her mom is here, Amber may be out on bail.
C.T Phipps
Not necessarily. America can have wildly different attitudes on the use of violence than European countries, depending on the state. That includes cops not arresting people in this sort of thing.
Fart Captor
When Amber broke her glasses, she had to wait days until her mom had the money to replace them. I doubt she’d be able to afford bail.
MeghanTheDreamCrusher
I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure she was just waiting for them to be made and come in.
Whenever I’ve gotten a new pair it usually takes about three to seven days.
Fart Captor
I’m afraid you is wrong:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/astigmatism/
Halpful
oh! another thing I have in common with amber. (except mine’s so mild I was around 30 when I got my first pair)
MeghanTheDreamCrusher
Well sonovabongo