yeah i didn’t mean to be away for so long, i had a minor freakout that other time and felt silly and confused about it, whatever i’m over it, and i also got distracted because i had some intense procrastinating to do before i leave to work at a festival in italy the day after tomorrow, i have loads of shit to get done before leaving and i have done basically nothing (which is my customary MO). i was extremely creative as a result haha. nothing like procrastination to get in that flow zone. and the reason that has anything to do with anything is because i refuse to acknowledge that playing music might count as wasting time. it’s axiomatic. but hanging here does (and i do spend A LOT of time here some days)
..anyway, Clif that sounded like something i would say because it’s something Joshua Barkman would say and they are my role model and secret crush and their comic is the best thing since sliced bread so i quote them all the time ^^
milu
(oh yeah so, i will also most likely not be seen here a whole lot while i’m gone because for about 10 days i’ll be in a tiny village on a mountain and overworked, sleep-deprived and (probably, most days) hungover. also there’s no network up there and the only place with wifi is a 30′ walk lol)
Yumi
I was really over here reading that as “a thirty foot walk” and thinking, “That’s really close?”
Anyway, I get it now.
Demoted Oblivious
To any still missing it (I stared at this too long too). 30′ =30 minutes
(like degrees,minutes,seconds °,’,”)
milu
….y’all don’t use ‘ and ” for minutes & seconds in like texts and such? i wonder where i picked that up. it’s not really a french thing either i don’t think. thanks for translating Demo
Demoted Oblivious
‘ and ” are used for feet and inches respectively in north america (mainly USA, with residual hold-over in Canada due to cross border trade in construction materials)
You will find ‘(minutes) and “(seconds) used here, but it’s less common to the general public and is more commonly associated with polar coordinates, (ergo my inclusion of degrees ° above) either in nautical/aeronautical navigation, or astronomy. But it’s is definitely not as familiar to the general public (speaking anecdotally)
Yumi
I mean, I understood it (after a minute), so there is familiarity with it. I’d think it less popular in the US where we use feet and inches and use ‘ and ” for feet and inches.
Wagstaff
Yeah, using those symbols for minutes and seconds is something done most often internationally, especially in the European Union.
Hopefully when the time comes to use it, we won’t misidentify light-years as a measurement of time.
Nah. Walky’s always talked like that. I don’t know what kind of accent it is but it ‘s more like slang and abbreviated words than what Sal’s more prounounced southern accent is. He also doesn’t say “dang” nearly as much.
Yes in that Walky clearly reckognised a certain type of behaviour in his sister that is not healthy.
I mean, either she is basically being a bit stalker-ish against a prospective friend/romantic/sexual interest…
…or this person already belongs in one of these categories, and Sal wants to see them, bur without appearing that she wants to see them, because aloof coolness must be maintained at all times.
Neither option is that good, and it’s probably a good idea to have her confronted with what she is doing…
But that brings us to the “and no” part.
Because it’s Walky doing the confrontation here, and having a sibling confronting you with your behaviour is often… less than ideal. Especially when, despite one’s best efforts, one cannot help but get some sibling ribbing in. Double especially when said sibling just ribbed one first, just minutes ago. Better persons than Walky have tried and failed that.
There are a few theories though. From the possibility she’s just choosing not to ride in snow (which I doubt since she misses it so much) to the far more likely theory she either sold it or got in legal trouble for violating traffic laws in multiple high speed chases.
Wagstaff
Who knows? We might just get our answers to our Halloween questions AND the mystery of the missing motorcycle all at the same time!
Yumi
It was a Ghost Rider situation.
Clif
What lead to the Halloween break-ups between Ruth and Billie/Jennifer, between Walky and Amber, and who or what is in the forbidden rooms at the end of the hall?
I fear the mysteries of the Forbidden Zone will remain unsolved
Wagstaff
Honestly I’m more curious about Hunter x Hunter’s Dark Continent myself.
Regalli
Honestly as someone who lived in a single at the end of the hall my last semester, it’s pretty straightforward to me. It is REALLY EASY to isolate yourself in the dorms when you’ve got a single that’s out of the way like that. You might see people in the halls or the bathroom, but you don’t have a roommate to share the space with who might, therefore, want that space to themselves (under circumstances that are hopefully equitably negotiated.) That means you’ve really got no reason to hang out in the common areas. Add exaggeration for joke, and voila, you have Joyce and Walky reacting to the end of the hall like it’s incredibly haunted, because they never really encounter these people.
I had a single in the middle of the hall, but before that, I shared with someone on the end unit. It sucked bc we were DIRECTLY above a loose pipe that intermittently banged VERY LOUDLY against the wall until I discovered this and filled in the gaps with insulating foam
Why me? …bc heck if I could bring myself to talk to anyone ??♀️
Jhon
Pipe, not neighbors? (Just keeping it clear.)
Chris (the other one)
I prefer to simply believe that Sal’s smart enough not to ride her (extremely fast) motorcycle when the weather is below freezing. It’s all fun and games until you find the puddle that froze and have to replace your pants due to street burn, or worse. I have and ride a small Harley to commute to/from work, and those are the rules I live by.
Living in Northern Virginia, I get more ride time than further North and West, but still, temps hovering about 32 degrees F and I drive. Even going slow, having the bike slide out from under you is not fun, and picking it back up solo in the slippery is worse.
Although, this is Fuck You Willis and all of that ^ is real life and not very popcorn-ish enough….
Needfuldoer
Get a Kawasaki KLR650 with studded winter tires, laugh in Mother Nature’s stupid face.
Regalli
It’s the part where Sal doesn’t want to talk about it and is noticeably sad about it that makes a lot of us think it isn’t the practical, non-permanent reason. That implies a lot more drama than even ‘I learned the hard way you don’t do this in the winter.’
I’m “the baby” (who, by now, can LARP as an anorexic ogre if he wants, which I find hilarious for some reason), and we’re fraternal (two girls, one boy).
“You’ve Always Been Way Too Cool Fer That, What With Bein’ a Dispassionate Motorcycle Outlaw or Whatever” seems like a good choice for one of those sentence-length book titles; bonus points for being less precious than some of them
It might have been the winner if “My Code Also Demands I Adhere Strictly To Renamings, Even When Corporate Acquisition-Based” didn’t already have it locked up.
105 thoughts on “Looped”
Ana Chronistic
Sal is in fact just practicing her bird calls
*Gob’s “chicken” dance* “Fuck OFF! Fuck OFF! Fuck OFF!”
Clif
Technically it could be a bird call.
Technically a tomato is a marsupial. Which sounds like something that milu would say.
You know, speaking of milu, it’s been over a week since we heard from them here. I hope they’re okay.
Wagstaff
Me too. I wonder what they’re doing right now….
milu
awww you cuties are thinking about me? ^,_^
yeah i didn’t mean to be away for so long, i had a minor freakout that other time and felt silly and confused about it, whatever i’m over it, and i also got distracted because i had some intense procrastinating to do before i leave to work at a festival in italy the day after tomorrow, i have loads of shit to get done before leaving and i have done basically nothing (which is my customary MO). i was extremely creative as a result haha. nothing like procrastination to get in that flow zone. and the reason that has anything to do with anything is because i refuse to acknowledge that playing music might count as wasting time. it’s axiomatic. but hanging here does (and i do spend A LOT of time here some days)
..anyway, Clif that sounded like something i would say because it’s something Joshua Barkman would say and they are my role model and secret crush and their comic is the best thing since sliced bread so i quote them all the time ^^
milu
(oh yeah so, i will also most likely not be seen here a whole lot while i’m gone because for about 10 days i’ll be in a tiny village on a mountain and overworked, sleep-deprived and (probably, most days) hungover. also there’s no network up there and the only place with wifi is a 30′ walk lol)
Yumi
I was really over here reading that as “a thirty foot walk” and thinking, “That’s really close?”
Anyway, I get it now.
Demoted Oblivious
To any still missing it (I stared at this too long too). 30′ =30 minutes
(like degrees,minutes,seconds °,’,”)
milu
….y’all don’t use ‘ and ” for minutes & seconds in like texts and such? i wonder where i picked that up. it’s not really a french thing either i don’t think. thanks for translating Demo
Demoted Oblivious
‘ and ” are used for feet and inches respectively in north america (mainly USA, with residual hold-over in Canada due to cross border trade in construction materials)
You will find ‘(minutes) and “(seconds) used here, but it’s less common to the general public and is more commonly associated with polar coordinates, (ergo my inclusion of degrees ° above) either in nautical/aeronautical navigation, or astronomy. But it’s is definitely not as familiar to the general public (speaking anecdotally)
Yumi
I mean, I understood it (after a minute), so there is familiarity with it. I’d think it less popular in the US where we use feet and inches and use ‘ and ” for feet and inches.
Wagstaff
Yeah, using those symbols for minutes and seconds is something done most often internationally, especially in the European Union.
Hopefully when the time comes to use it, we won’t misidentify light-years as a measurement of time.
Sirksome
Sal….so cool…..and yet so fakey.
Yumi
Oh god…middle school flashbacks…
carms
is Walky developing a Sal-therner accent?
Sirksome
Nah. Walky’s always talked like that. I don’t know what kind of accent it is but it ‘s more like slang and abbreviated words than what Sal’s more prounounced southern accent is. He also doesn’t say “dang” nearly as much.
DailyBrad
Yeah, there are some differences. Walky probably speaks more like Becky than he does Sal.
He Who Abides
Just not nearly as loud.
Marsh Maryrose
Walky and Sal are from Evansville, literally just across the river from Kentucky. So not southern but maybe southern-influenced
Wagstaff
*plays “My White Bicycle” by Tomorrow on Voxola PR-76*
Josh Spicer
“Driver’s License” only with a bike and Sal is surprisingly Olivia.
RassilonTDavros
Ahh… the best and worst part of having siblings.
Regalli
Indeed. It is both wholesome and terrible. Good job, Walky.
Kyrik Michalowski
Ah yes, such productive dialogue between siblings.
Not that I can say much considering my own sibling issues.
Emperor Norton II
I mean, yes and no.
Yes in that Walky clearly reckognised a certain type of behaviour in his sister that is not healthy.
I mean, either she is basically being a bit stalker-ish against a prospective friend/romantic/sexual interest…
…or this person already belongs in one of these categories, and Sal wants to see them, bur without appearing that she wants to see them, because aloof coolness must be maintained at all times.
Neither option is that good, and it’s probably a good idea to have her confronted with what she is doing…
But that brings us to the “and no” part.
Because it’s Walky doing the confrontation here, and having a sibling confronting you with your behaviour is often… less than ideal. Especially when, despite one’s best efforts, one cannot help but get some sibling ribbing in. Double especially when said sibling just ribbed one first, just minutes ago. Better persons than Walky have tried and failed that.
Wereg
Also having this done in a semi-public area.
Reltzik
From the sound of it, your sibling issues would allow you to say a great deal.
River
What happened to he motorcycle? I missed something…
River
* her
Wagstaff
I don’t think anyone is really clear on that yet, so you didn’t miss anything.
Dara
I miss the motorcycle.
River
Thank you.
Sirksome
There are a few theories though. From the possibility she’s just choosing not to ride in snow (which I doubt since she misses it so much) to the far more likely theory she either sold it or got in legal trouble for violating traffic laws in multiple high speed chases.
Wagstaff
Who knows? We might just get our answers to our Halloween questions AND the mystery of the missing motorcycle all at the same time!
Yumi
It was a Ghost Rider situation.
Clif
What lead to the Halloween break-ups between Ruth and Billie/Jennifer, between Walky and Amber, and who or what is in the forbidden rooms at the end of the hall?
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/01-this-bright-millennium/forbidden/
Thag Simmons
I fear the mysteries of the Forbidden Zone will remain unsolved
Wagstaff
Honestly I’m more curious about Hunter x Hunter’s Dark Continent myself.
Regalli
Honestly as someone who lived in a single at the end of the hall my last semester, it’s pretty straightforward to me. It is REALLY EASY to isolate yourself in the dorms when you’ve got a single that’s out of the way like that. You might see people in the halls or the bathroom, but you don’t have a roommate to share the space with who might, therefore, want that space to themselves (under circumstances that are hopefully equitably negotiated.) That means you’ve really got no reason to hang out in the common areas. Add exaggeration for joke, and voila, you have Joyce and Walky reacting to the end of the hall like it’s incredibly haunted, because they never really encounter these people.
Ana Chronistic
I had a single in the middle of the hall, but before that, I shared with someone on the end unit. It sucked bc we were DIRECTLY above a loose pipe that intermittently banged VERY LOUDLY against the wall until I discovered this and filled in the gaps with insulating foam
Why me? …bc heck if I could bring myself to talk to anyone ??♀️
Jhon
Pipe, not neighbors? (Just keeping it clear.)
Chris (the other one)
I prefer to simply believe that Sal’s smart enough not to ride her (extremely fast) motorcycle when the weather is below freezing. It’s all fun and games until you find the puddle that froze and have to replace your pants due to street burn, or worse. I have and ride a small Harley to commute to/from work, and those are the rules I live by.
Living in Northern Virginia, I get more ride time than further North and West, but still, temps hovering about 32 degrees F and I drive. Even going slow, having the bike slide out from under you is not fun, and picking it back up solo in the slippery is worse.
Although, this is Fuck You Willis and all of that ^ is real life and not very popcorn-ish enough….
Needfuldoer
Get a Kawasaki KLR650 with studded winter tires, laugh in Mother Nature’s stupid face.
Regalli
It’s the part where Sal doesn’t want to talk about it and is noticeably sad about it that makes a lot of us think it isn’t the practical, non-permanent reason. That implies a lot more drama than even ‘I learned the hard way you don’t do this in the winter.’
Adam Black
Dannys Hat stole it.
Mr. Random
Knows each other the way only siblings can.
Kitschensyngk
The more you say “F off” the more suspicious you look.
Wagstaff
Why, I could say the same about you just for such a bold claim…..
Demoted Oblivious
Foff , Foff, foff, FOFF.
DailyBrad
It makes me laugh when Walky reads her like a book.
JessWitt
Twin powers will do that.
He Who Abides
Am a triplet, can confirm.
Demoted Oblivious
Which one are you? And identical or fraternal?
He Who Abides
I’m “the baby” (who, by now, can LARP as an anorexic ogre if he wants, which I find hilarious for some reason), and we’re fraternal (two girls, one boy).
Demoted Oblivious
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Clif
Really? Whose attention at McNutt is she trying to get? Not Asher’s, so who?
Leorale
Why not Asher’s?
Clif
As if she would even notice Asher.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/laps/
Reltzik
Billie’s?
Nono
Billie stays at Forest Quad.
Reltzik
When she isn’t staying with Asher, that is.
BBCC
Look, Walky, either get her to spill about the motorcycle or stop teasing me by bringing it up.
Nayann Martinelli
Poor Sal, she will never escape the gaze of the Mount Mcnutt king. He can see as far as the blowjob Cat.
Clif
He could see further, but his attention stops there.
Clif
On account of it makes him think of pizza.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/jim/
Nayann Martinelli
In Walky’s defense, I find that pizza easily derails my attention, too.
Spencer
A Patreon strip revealed that Sal rejects indie comics for the MCU.
Which is to say that she is and always has been a Giant Fucking Poser.
Thag Simmons
Alternatively she just doesn’t have anything stronger than a casual interest in comics or movies.
Barf Ninjason
“You’ve Always Been Way Too Cool Fer That, What With Bein’ a Dispassionate Motorcycle Outlaw or Whatever” seems like a good choice for one of those sentence-length book titles; bonus points for being less precious than some of them
Clif
It might have been the winner if “My Code Also Demands I Adhere Strictly To Renamings, Even When Corporate Acquisition-Based” didn’t already have it locked up.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/sip/
Calibus
She just wants to talk with her goof brother that has somehow got hot.
Kravis
It’s a time-honoured trope that in every great SAGA there’s a history in which a one or more characters get stuck in a time loop.
Since “we don’t do that here” (Ei, T’Challa!) (“that” meaning sci-fi hijinks), that is as close as we’ll get to having a “time loop adventure”!
brionl