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Stunt
Posted on April 12, 2019 by David M Willis

221 thoughts on “Stunt”

  1. Doctor_Who

    Superpowers or no, Robin apparently still has the metabolism of a coked up hummingbird.

    Hopefully this is a paying gig. Like, at least on a “Can take girlfriend to Taco Bell” level.

    1. butts

      last time i checked, republican congresspeople don’t generally pay like AOC

      1. Dr T

        It depends. If she is going to run the social media platform for her campaign, that’s likely a paying gig funded by the campaign itself. It’s the congressional staffers who might not get paid, which still doesn’t make sense since those funds would come from their congressional budget paid by the taxpayer, so refusing to pay is an ideological choice rather than a practical one. It also ensures that most staffers be from rich families as those are the only people who can afford to live in DC without a real salary.

        1. Terry

          Actually, there is a practical reason as well. In theory, if they aren’t getting paid, the only people who will do the job are the ones who want you to get elected (for whatever reason). If pay comes with it, people will take the job who just view it as a job and will may just go through the motions. Of course, that won’t guarantee they will be competent, but nothing is perfect.

        2. butts

          that argument doesn’t really hold up to scrutiny when congresspeople get six-figure salaries and a generous pension

        3. krveale

          Agreed. Also doesn’t hold to scrutiny compared to how things work… in most of the rest of the world?

        4. Daibhid C

          Reminded of a thing someone said when BuzzFeed was using a similar argument to say an unpaid journo was a dedicated and impartial journo: If you’re not paying them, who is?

        5. Needfuldoer

          Not to mention all the sweet, sweet bribe lobbying money they’ll get while in office.

        6. Deanatay

          This is why no one should ever be in a position to decide how much they get paid to do their job.

        7. Fart Captor

          That’s really flawed logic. If there’s no pay, then nobody CAN take the job if they’re not already wealthy

          I’d much rather have politicians who treat it like a job than rich assholes who’ve never worked a day in their lives

        8. thejeff

          It’s also just wrong. Staffers get paid, though often not much – at least for the lower level peons.

          Campaign staff also gets paid, but a lot of the grunt work is done by volunteers.

        9. Someone's Ed

          Correction: only people who are wealthy or corrupt will take the job. If they’re interested in getting all their income through bribes, it’s a great job.

        10. LookingIn

          You have it the other way around. Congressional staffers are paid through the feds, it’s one of the perks of the job. Campaign staffers are paid by the campaign and MIGHT NOT actually get paid, especially if they work for cash-strapped candidates.

          She could be one or the other, but if she’s smart she’d be a Congressional staffer. That way she’d be able to work from Indiana doing tweets and Facebook posts and Instagram posts, and if she did have to travel to DC she’d have it picked-up as a write-off as part of the job.

        11. Matthew Davis

          The tax cut actually eliminated the deduction for work travel, unfortunately.

        12. thejeff

          Some misconceptions floating around here: Congressional staffers are paid – Congresscritters get a budget to staff their offices. However junior level staffers are paid relatively poorly, especially for an expensive town like DC. AOC made the decision to bump her staff’s minimum salary to what she considered a living wage for the area. This still came out of her staffing budget, I believe at the expense of the normally better paid top level staff.

          Official campaign staff are also normally paid, though a lot of the low level work is done by volunteers – Robin commented at the start of the rally arc about the bros being unpaid interns.

          Either way, low paid by Congressional staff standards is still almost certainly more than Becky’s making at Galasso’s unless she’s really cleaning up on the tips.

      2. DailyBrad

        I can’t imagine it’s amazing money, but it’s probably a good side gig to help put some money in the bank.

        1. thejeff

          More likely waitressing at Galasso’s would be the side gig.

    2. Inahc

      damnit, now I have this perverse urge to make cadbury cereal. … and easter is coming, so creme eggs should be easy to find. >.<

      since I can eat sugar again, I've picked up a bad habit of mixing maple syrup and lime juice lately. it is delicious and so so wrong.

      1. The Lurker

        Maple syrup and… Lime. This may be what forces me out of the lurk….

      2. Tacos

        I had never heard about maple syrup and lime before but it made me physically shudder.

      3. Dandi_Andi

        Have you ever used tamarind paste? It has a very similar combination of sweet and acidic to maple and lime. In fact, I have often seen people recommend lime juice and molasses to replace tamarind in recipes if you can’t find it locally.

        1. Inahc

          Mmmm, tamarind. 🙂 My MIL has jars of tamarind concentrate, I was using it like Marmite last time I petsat. I totally forgot to find out where to buy it!

      4. Maul_Junior

        Cadbury cereal is the same as Smarties cereal.

        1) Take out bowl (preferably clean)
        2) Put in Smarties/Cadbury eggs
        3) Put in milk
        4) ???
        5) Enjoy?

        1. Deanatay

          a) Step 3 is ‘Profit’.

          b) Step 4 is ‘Share with friends’, maybe? Or, maybe, you’d rather keep them.

    3. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet

      Especially since calling Taco Bell “the best tacos” will likely get her blacklisted from the food service industry (except for Taco Bell)

      1. thejeff

        Only until Taco Bell wins the Franchise Wars.

  2. Ana Chronistic

    the secret ingredient is kook

    …

    does Robin for serious have any more money than Beckers tho, I mean, I know how congressfolks haveta fundraise

    1. Ana Chronistic

      mad muffins

      1. butts

        krazy kake

        1. Schpoonman

          Kwazy Kupcakes.

        2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Great combo of gravs there, both Sal and Joyce disliking the butt.

        3. butts

          …

          it’s

          it’s joyce’s own butt though

        4. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Wouldn’t be the first woman unhappy with a part of her body.

        5. Schpoonman

          Something something Joyce’s cake butt–

          I don’t know where that was going and I’m afraid to see.

        6. Deanatay

          Megalo-muffins.

          Schizo-schnitzel.

          Bipolar Puffs.

    2. Doctor_Who

      Kook, eh? We haven’t seen Sydney Yus since she was fired.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Cupcakes, anyone?

        1. mrnoidea

          I don’t get the reference.

        2. Delicious Taffy

          That’s probably for the best.

        3. Djenk

          It comes from one of the very dark corners of MLP fandom. Don’t look it up, you are better off that way

        4. Sunny

          Ooh, I remember that. It is gloriously disturbing.

      2. Rotunda

        YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAST OF SYDNEY YUS!!!!

        1. Clif

          Don’t give butts ideas.

        2. Clif

          Unless you really do want to see the end of Sydney His.

        3. butts

          wait what do i have to do with this

        4. RacingTurtle

          Ends—Rear Ends. *shakes martini by shakin’ it*

    3. James

      Congresscritters get a stipend specifically for hiring staff, so yeah she has the money for it.

  3. butts

    YEAHHHHHHHHHH

    (because everyone knows congressional staffer jobs pay great

    1. butts

      end parenthesis

      1. Reltzik

        Avatar win.

    2. JetstreamGW

      Probably better than a waiter gig at a restaurant run by Galasso.

    3. Tilt

      It depends if she’s labelled a staffer or as a social media consultant. As a social media consultant, though, I can tell you the pay still aint great.

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        Can they just make her funded by a dark money PAC or something?

        1. Schpoonman

          Robin’s been cut off from the right’s money after her Twitter started calling for humane treatment of US citizens.

        2. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          Maybe Leslie can put her in touch with left money?

        3. Dean

          Some of that fat George Soros cash.

    4. Yotomoe

      Probably (slightly) better than minimum wage

      1. Clif

        So, Taco Bell then.

        1. Yotomoe

          I mean that’s still, objectively, an upgrade.

        2. Needfuldoer

          If Taco Bell employees are paid minimum wage and aren’t tipped, then yeah it’s objectively a higher paying job.

        3. Yotomoe

          Most fast food restaurants do not give you tips, no.

    5. LookingIn

      Average Congressional staffer makes $40,000 a year…

      Campaign staffers make next to nothing unless they are the chief of staff or chief of communications or a hired consultant. These are the folks you are thinking of, it sounds like Robin isn’t hiring her for this job.

      1. Rogue

        Next to nothing is still more than I get paid. 🙁

  4. ValdVin

    I don’t know if Robin’s order has enough sugar for her. Can’t we stir some Cadbury eggs into that Coke?

    1. Doctor_Who

      Maybe there’s sugar packets at the table for coffee. Just keep adding them until the spoon won’t move.

      1. Tacos

        That reminds me of this one experiment our teacher showed us in high school. You put in salt or sugar into some liquid and stir it until you can no longer dissolve any more into the liquid and then you heat up the liquid so you can dissolve in more salt or sugar so you got a super saturated solution. Then add a grain of salt or sugar once its cooled down and the whole thing just precipitates out of the liquid into a tower. Have Robin do something similar.

        1. King Daniel

          Now I want to try that.

        2. Clif

          Nothing stopping you.

        3. Needfuldoer

          Except diabeetus.

          [Wilford Brimley intensifies]

        4. HeySo

          I’m sad that I can’t seem to find any videos for that. 🙁

        5. Paradox

        6. Inahc

          The A tag needs to go around something, like <a href=”http://example.com”>this</a>

        7. Paradox

          I’m also sorry for the double post of paranoia with the same link. I just assumed I got the HTML tags wrong and somehow posted a blank post. Here’s the link just in case.

          https://youtu.be/1y3bKIOkcmk

        8. HeySo

          Thanks!
          I’ve done similar experiments, so the appearance and effects of the crystallization process wasn’t anything new to me, but it’s still cool to learn that you can just leave supersaturated fluids sitting for a year and still activate them much like you would an instant ice pack, via a simple chemical contact trigger. Much appreciate you digging that up for me. 🙂

        9. Knayt

          Ahh, supersaturated fluids. The bane of my existence every time I make the mistake of trying to make fudge.

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      I have heard tell of eldritch comestibles known as “dessert pizzas.” Is it possible that Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs!) has such on its menu?

      If so, perhaps Robin could order one that was half Feats-O-Meats and half Cadbury Creme Egg.

      1. HeySo

        Dessert pizzas are served cold, though, in large part ’cause dessert ingredients tend to taste a lot less tasty after they’re melted [seriously, try melting gummi bears at some point, and see if you can manage to keep them down].

        So maybe a bit hard to half-and-half-it, unless Galasso serves a cold cuts version of the meats pizza. 😛

        1. Marsh Maryrose

          I’ve never seen a dessert pizza in the wild, but Willis has. Or at least half a dessert pizza.

        2. Bicycle Bill

          Come with me, friend Maryrose … to the Pizza Doctors restaurant in La Crosse, WI.  More dessert pizzas than you can shake a stick at.

        3. Axel

          I’ve been to a bakery that sold it by slice, room temperature. I was like 12 but I remember liking it a lot. Chocolate cookie crust, chocolate spread of some kind (this was maybe pre-nutella, definitely pre- nutella being a trend and acceptable for decent bakeries to replace their own chocolate with), and I think like, nuts and m&ms on top?

        4. Deanatay

          Aha! Delusional Dessert-pizza!

        5. Reltzik

          …. but what if it’s, like, an apple cobbler pizza, served hot and gooey?

        6. Chris Phoenix

          One, crucial, amazing counterexample: S’mores. A S’mores dessert pizza would be AWESOME.

        7. BBCC

          The dessert pizzas I’ve had were thin crust with chocolate sauce, topped with chocolate chips. Perfectly suited to heating up.

        8. Zero

          I’ve mostly had warm dessert pizzas, but they also have an entirely different… everything. Not the same crust, for starters. Certainly not the same sauce.

        9. HeySo

          Well, I mean, there are the kind of desserts you get at pizza joints, typically cinammon, apple, or a combination of both, but those usually aren’t- to my experiences- listed as “dessert pizzas”, even in those instances when they do use the same kind of dough. I’ve typically seen the label applied to [cookie or pastry crust] offerings with assorted toppings (to a resulting visual effect similar to that of a pizza with assorted pizza toppings).

          But yeah, hot pizza-esque desserts definitely do exist, and that may certainly have been the intent of the comment I replied to. Even still, it’d be pretty hard to match the cooking temperature if you were to half-and-half those, since they cook a lot quicker than normal pizza.

          Well, I guess they can always just cut two pizzas into halves and append the halves together like frankenstein’s monster parts. 😛

        10. thejeff

          That’s the only way I eat gummi bears. Toast them on a toothpick over a candle flame until they just melt. Gooey and delicious.
          Otherwise, they’re like sweetened rubber.

        11. HeySo

          But.. but gummi bears instantly turn into a fluid when they melt, so how do you even manage that? Or by “just melt”, do you mean “warm and soft”? ’cause yeah, that’s not bad. It’s the chemical reaction that happens with the gelatin [remember, that’s crushed bone powder] at high temperatures that’s the issue that results in the disgusting flavor I mentioned. So long as you don’t get to that point, it’s fine. 😛

      2. Khno

        seen that, hot, in a pizza-joint held by a napolitan.

  5. AnvilPro

    Lol, Robin doesn’t have money to hire people

    1. Delicious Taffy

      So, basically any employer in the United States?

      1. HeySo

        There’s a difference between not having money, and not being willing to give money.. :X

        1. Delicious Taffy

          Yeah, the difference is how many of us go to sleep for dinner.

        2. HeySo

          Apt.

  6. Aolbain

    @repdesanto go on chapo

  7. Stephen Bierce

    Isn’t THAT a kick in the Prosciutto?

  8. Jade

    I wish it was “I need to change” and not “I need to get reelected”.

    1. Jade

      And pay her well! And maybe not wedge yourself into Leslie’s life until you stop sucking so much!

  9. Slartibeast Button, BIA

    On that apron, shouldn’t the ties be longer, in case someone larger is working there? (No, it isn’t wrapped around all the way once, see http://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/happier/ )

    1. John

      Galasso only employs waitstaff small enough that he’s confident he can defeat them in hand-to-hand combat in case of challenges to his authority.

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      This is a universe where Amazi-Girl’s skintight uniform conceals a grappling hook AND caltrops. I think we can safely assume that the apron strings will stretch out to whatever length is required to make visual sense.

      In other words: “Forget it, Jake. It’s the DoA-verse.”

      1. Bicycle Bill

        Amazi-Girl’s uniform is a jump suit.  Unless you were Diana Rigg as ‘Emma Peel’ in “The Avengers” (the Brit TV show, not the super-hero thingie) I can’t recall the last time anyone ever considered a jump suit to be “skintight”.

        1. dralou

          Looking at it here:
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/lamppost/

          I’d say it’s still tight enough to be called a Jumpsuit of Holding if it can conceal a grappling hook.

    3. moon

      they could have aprons is different sizes, Galasso seemed to be wearing the same apron buy yknow bigger

  10. General Tekno

    Ha; saw this coming.

    Though granted should she be trying to reelect someone who probably won’t change once reelected.

    1. MatthewTheLucky

      I get the feeling memes dictate everything Robin does already. She could indeed be a force for good under a more benevolent puppetmistress.

      1. HeySo

        Robin’s politics in DoA were, at the start, indicated to be a sort of parody of real world, extreme rightwing politicians [with Trump and Palin seeming to be the two primarily referenced], but with her intentions being based less in maliciousness and more casual thoughtlessness.
        She panders very much to expectations [as her real world counterparts do], without consideration of the consequences [again, as per real world politics], but without any ill intentions [to her distinct credit].
        A clearer example of that is in Robin’s reactions to Roz’s sex video [link], where she shows absolutely no hostility to her sister, despite having a clear focus on meeting voter expectations; On the other hand, she also showed little awareness or consideration for her sister’s motivations, treating the whole matter as a publicity affair, thus further showing how thoroughly Robin’s perspectives lay only on surface considerations.

        Of course, the encounters with Leslie seem to have given Robin a more thoughtful perspective on things, and Becky’s political considerations should be in line with Leslie’s, so Robin may actually be giving the matter a touch deeper consideration than her norm. ..on the other hand, with her line about her popularity, it’s easier to just assume that she’s adapting by switching her superficially held political views to ones that are giving her improved popularity.
        Hence, while she does cater to tropes and memes for the sake of being ‘hip’ or otherwise catering to voter expectations, the real basis for what dictates her actions is just her desire to stay in office by utilizing whatever rhetoric keeps her there.

        In short, despite her extreme character, she’s actually just a pretty average politican, I think. 😛

        1. Piotr W

          But, if she has no political views of her own, how come she became a politician and ran for Congress when 25 y.o.? Is she such a careerist?

        2. Aletheia

          In the Walky-verse, she kind of just fell into the job. Her motivations in the DoA-verse haven’t been discussed yet. 🙂

        3. Piotr W

          I hope this gets explored!

          Also, I wish I’d just fell into an MP job…

        4. Nep

          Just here to say that was really good, thoughtful analysis! Thank you!

    2. drs

      She fired her staff because they didn’t like her last change, her wanting to haul in Ryan.

      1. Piotr W

        Yes, she does seem to have some basic decency…

    3. Roborat

      I would say pretty much the entire readership saw this coming.

  11. Tacos

    Hopefully it pays better at least.

  12. Bagge

    Poor Becky. 🙁

    I never think I’ve seen her as scared as in panel 2. Pleading to be kept out of jail. It speaks to Robin’s credit that she is genuinely surprised that Becky ever thought that was a thing that could happen.

    Heh, I commented two days ago on the EPIC entry Robin did. I’m glad to get confirmation that it was staged 🙂

    1. HeySo

      Not sure if it’s to her credit or not, since Robin tends to be rather myopic. Since her focus was on the positive feedback she was getting from the twitter changes, it probably simply never occurred to her to respond negatively, which is the more fundamental reason she was so surprised at Becky’s expectations.
      That said, Robin isn’t really the grudgey, take-it-to-heart sort to begin with, so it may be fine to credit her on the matter regardless.

      1. thejeff

        It can’t really be “never occurred to her”, since she threatened Becky with the gulag last strip.

        1. HeySo

          “never occurred to her to respond negatively”

          I’m not sure joke-threatening someone with a GULAG [we’ll assume that just means ‘labor camp’ in modern application, since the soviet union no longer exists] is really a negative response, or at least not to the serious, harsh sense I was referring to.

          Well, it’s not like the United States doesn’t currently have active labor camps.. and, to a pervasiveness the typical American likely isn’t aware of. There are ones you can sign up for voluntarily, ones you can get forced into by being homeless, the judicial concept of forced community service, and even states or private prison chains where forced penal labor is still a thing.

          Still, probably wouldn’t refer to any of those things by ‘gulag’ if you were being remotely serious about the intent to punish. 😛

    2. Rabid Rabbit

      Robin often has the instincts of a decent person; recall how her immediate, no-questions-asked, no-need-to-think-about-it reaction to finding out one of her interns was a rapist was that she’d get him thrown in a cell.

      Unfortunately, those instincts are mostly buried under her unique combination of self-absorption and seemingly deliberate lack of substance. And she did kind of threaten Becky with jail last strip.

    3. Adam Black

      She just literally threatened her with the gulag, so she can’t be that surprised. I

  13. DarkoNeko

    Well I guess Becky’s money problems are revolv—wait, she didn’t pay her interns, either :/

    1. MatthewTheLucky

      Becky already gets name privileges, so she ranks higher than an aide, at least.

    2. BarerMender

      Yeah, but that wasn’t her idea.

    3. Bagge

      Trickle-down economics totally works! WOOOO! http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/frieda/

      1. Piotr W

        What’s trickle-down economics?

        1. Zero

          If we give rich people all of our money, they’ll end it and you might eventually have a few dollars trickle down.
          It’s a justification used for politics that give rich people more money and not anybody else.

          It didn’t work, shocking nobody. Despite it demonstrably not working, politicians still mention it occasionally.

        2. Bicycle Bill

          A polite way for rich, powerful people to say, “Pizz on the poor people.”

        3. Axel

          Does pizz mean piss AND jizz?

        4. Bicycle Bill

          No, just an intentional misspelling of ‘piss’ that I’m in the habit of using which gets past the autocensor on most other websites.  Although, in retrospect, it could…

        5. Bagge

          Apparently NOT an euphemism for a kinky sex practice that involve pee, to my great surprise.

        6. Wolfbeckett

          A smear that was invented by Democrats when Reagan was in office. Ostensibly it refers to the theory of supply-side economics:

          https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/SupplySideEconomics.html

          Trickle down economics is simply the way Reagan’s critics tried to brand a completely non-controversial economic theory, believed by a large percentage of economists, as being crazy because Reagan liked it.

        7. 3oranges

          Or, you know, because Reagan’s economic policy was something that greatly increased the US debt-to-GDP ratio while undermining public goods that poorer people depend on, exactly like his critics said.

        8. Kit

          “Whereas general supply-side theory favors lowering taxes overall, trickle-down theory more specifically targets taxes on the upper end of the economic spectrum.

          The term “trickle-down” originated as a joke by humorist Will Rogers and today is often used to criticize economic policies which favor the wealthy or privileged while being framed as good for the average citizen.”
          — Wikipedia

  14. Plasma Mongoose

    So she’s like JK Rowling, struggling to remain relevant?

  15. BBCC

    Becky, honey, no, bad idea.

    I’ve never had ham on pizza, but bacon on pizza is great. So’s Little Caesar’s crazy bread.

    1. Chris Phoenix

      Wait, you’ve never had a Hawaiian pizza? Ham and pineapple? AFAIK it’s one of the standard pizza flavors on both coasts of the U.S.

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        It oughta be called Ontario pizza, because that’s where it was invented. And ham and pineapple are great together, but pineapple and tomato sauce…I don’t believe in taste-shaming, but this combination comes close to making me rethink that policy.

        1. Bicycle Bill

          Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.  Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.

      2. BBCC

        My pizza order is simple – crust, marinara sauce, as much pepperoni as can humanly be piled on, done. Occasionally with other meats as well, like bacon.

        1. Schpoonman

          I’m being pedantic, but no cheese? You gotta have cheese to bind the pizza together, it’s one of the unifying forces of the universe, like gravity, or magnetism, or nice throw rugs.

        2. BBCC

          I’m allergic to the mould in cheese and don’t care enough to memorize what cheeses have that kind of mould. Seriously, I had a bunch of cheesies the other day (and some rat bastard decided about 8 or so years ago to go back to real cheese, not whatever fake stuff they had before) because goddamn they’re delicious, and I had a stomachache for three days. So no, no cheese on my pizza. I will risk it for cheesies and crunchits and that is it. The only fake-cheese snack I really eat consistently these days is Doritos.

        3. Schpoonman

          I remember you saying that now and I’m sorry.

        4. BBCC

          No worries, it’s okay to forget things. I just wanted to complain about that stomachache tbh because seriously, body, three days? I get it, you think cheese is a threat, you don’t need to punish me for that long. XD

        5. kgy121

          Ooo, Doritos pizza with pepperoni.

        6. BBCC

          Why

  16. ProfessorDetective

    Okay, I know that SOMEONE called this. I just can’t remember if it was ME or someone else.

    1. Tacos

      I think most of us did.

    2. Mollyscribbles

      I got in pretty early two days ago, but yeah it was an easy guess.

      1. Clif

        I didn’t think we were going here, but I’m delighted we are.

    3. vlademir1

      I don’t think I called it publicly, but this is the outcome I’ve been expecting since Becky took over Robin’s Twitter and I know several people were predicting something like this whenever that topic has come up since. It’s hard not to predict, mind, when one considers Robin’s clear “whatever does the trick for me to keep this gig” approach to public office.

    4. Keulen

      A lot of us called it. I was definitely hoping Robin would ask Becky to work for her campaign. As long as Robin pays better than what Becky’s currently making at Galasso’s, I think Becky should take the offer.

    5. Roborat

      It is probably easier to count how many didn’t call it.

  17. Yotomoe

    Is…Is that a Euphemism?

    1. Bagge

      I can’t figure out if it’s a horrible euphemism or an euphemism for a horrible thing.

      1. Yotomoe

        Let’s be fair here. It could very easily be both.

        1. Clif

          Insani tea-biscuits are always a euphemism.

  18. Mr. Random

    … Well at least she’s pragmatic?

  19. Robbie

    Yes! There is literally no way this could go wrong.

    1. Jess

      Haha, no, not at all!

    2. Bagge

      Glad we sorted that out, because for a moment there I thought it sounded like a thing that could go wrong.

      1. Clif

        Nah.

      2. RacingTurtle

        Indeed, worry not, friend Bagge, for it is inconceivable that this could proceed toward wrongness.

        1. Bagge

          The chart points UP

    3. Keulen

      Absolutely. This is a foolproof plan, what could possibly go wrong?

  20. mrnoidea

    Huh. I actually guessed Robin would be angry. Guess my pessimism is wrong.

    1. regina phalange

      Well, a reasonable mistake, considering your “pessimism” is also realism. Politicians of Robin’s sort (who campaign actively against their own personal interests/the interests of those like them with the goal of reelection) follow the money. The young people on twitter making her popular are doing just and only that: making her popular. That’s not going to stop the NRA/churches/big oil from funding her campaign, and that’s really what it’s all about y’all.

      1. thejeff

        Except the NRA/churches/big oil are going to stop funding her campaign (assuming they haven’t already) if she goes pro-LGBT and pro-worker.

        1. BBCC

          And god only knows the hell she’ll catch if she goes pro-immigration. That seems like a particularly good way to bring on GOP backlash these days.

        2. thejeff

          Becky needs to hang out with Marcie a bit and then we’ll see.

        3. BBCC

          Preferably before Robin gets re-elected because I’m not sure how well Sal will stick to her new ‘no more punching game’ rule if Becky helps re-elect someone who proceeds to screw Marcie over. 😛

  21. Romanticide

    That sounds a too little sugar for Robin… is she actually trying to cut back? XD

    1. HeySo

      Robin’s absurdly high sugar intake in the original universe related to the fact that her powers were fueled by sugar [much like Rikido’s Sugar Rush quirk in My Hero Academia]. I don’t think we’ve yet seen signs in DoA that she’s quite as extreme sans powers?
      As I see it, in either universe her general tendency is just toward junk food in general, and that’s reflected just fine with her current meat-heavy, sugar-heavy, high-quantity order. Just, in the original universe, her eating habits were weighted towards sweeter junk foods due to the improved benefits of consuming such.

      Well, let me know if I overlooked something that contradicts those impressions. ^.^

      1. Romanticide

        Oh I know about other universe Robin, I even littered the comment section there in real time with my comments. I was trying to make a joke that a large coke probably counted like she was trying to cut back, but I guess it didn’t come across clear… oh well it happens…

        1. HeySo

          Sorry~ ^.^;

  22. Bagge

    “The only popular thing ’bout me right now”

    …is she talking about her voters or about Leslie?

    1. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet

      … yes?

  23. All-Purpose Guru

    What the F is Kooky Bread?

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Presumably, it is Galasso’s Pizza (And Subs!)’s far superior answer to Little Caesar’s Cray Bread.

    2. Clif

      It’s the bread used on the kookamonga burger. http://www.kookycanuck.com/kookamonga-challenge

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        I’m just glad it’s not bread made with kookaburras as a flavoring ingredient.

    3. Screwball

      I’m wondering if it’s their version of Australian Fairy Bread – bread, butter, plenty of 1000s and 1000s. I can see her liking that…

  24. Bagge

    Dorothy is going to be so DISILLUSIONED when she learns what it takes to get into politics.

    Heh, if we are lucky, we might even have a “Dorothy-is-jealous-of-Becky”-storyline.

    1. Schpoonman

      Becky’s eyes are gonna get bigger than they did last time she saw Hank.

  25. BarerMender

    The way people eat in this strip is going to wreck my blood sugar.

  26. MatthewTheLucky

    Calling it now: Dumbing of Age’s epilogue features Becky as Dorothy’s Chief of Staff. We see her relaying the funny story of how they were rivals for the same girls affection before the cut-away to Sal and Amber winning the national rollerskating cup.

    1. Felgraf

      Given that Dorothy would need to be 35 to run for President.. 17-18 years from in-strip time, and the current rate of strip progression, that puts that epilogue…
      … Somewhere between “When the sun burns out” and “The heat death of the universe.”

  27. BadRoad

    Glasso’s is definitely the best pizza place for extra ham.

    1. BarerMender

      Heh.

  28. Deepbluediver

    Ah, there’s the mercenary-esque side of Robin we all know and love! Or know, anyway.

    Seriously thought I was wondering why she didn’t just switch political parties or something- she clearly doesn’t actually believe in ANY of the stuff she spouts.

  29. Nono

    Nice job threatening someone before immediately begging to hire them, Robin.

    1. Bagge

      That’s the famous Galasso managing style.

      1. fire_daws

        FOOLS! Galasso NEVER begs.

  30. Piotr W

    I really wish some politician just came to me and offer me job! *sigh*

    1. Shane Wegner

      How many popularity gaining tweets are you sneakily sending out?

  31. BenRG

    This could be a huge moment for Becky. That said, Robin’s political career seems to me to be a speedboat rocketing around a tightly-packed bay practically looking for a rock to crash into. Are you sure you want to be riding a disaster waiting ot happen, Becky?

  32. Bicycle Bill

    I have to assume that Ms. De Santo is a Republican, or at least has Republican leanings.  So follow one of the last pieces of advice that a Republican gave us that actually was good for us as and “Just say no”, Becky.

    Of course, we all know that Becky needs money even more than a fish needs water, and poverty and the desire for financial security can cloud a person’s mind far better than the Shadow ever could (and of course, the name of this comic is *NOT* “Making Good Decisions”), so we can all see where this is going to go.

    1. Schpoonman

      Robin’s DoA (and I think Shortpacked) political career is based on Sarah Palin and that racist orange fuck.

      1. BBCC

        And occasionally elements of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in case we didn’t hate her policies enough.

        And yeah…eek. Robin being the kind of person who would ‘deport Marcie’s parents if it would get her more votes’ is a LOT more worrisome in the age of Trump.

        Any odds on whether Becky’s updated her views on immigration yet? I know she’s heading more and more to the left but she’s probably still got some cobwebs running around and the sooner Robin gets away from that the better.

      2. Lawzlo

        “Robin’s DoA (and I think Shortpacked) political career is based on Sarah Palin…”

        So what you’re saying is that when Becky informed her that Galasso’s was serving pickles again, her response should have been “Dill, baby, dill!”

        I’ll see myself out.

    2. thejeff

      Make a ton of money (relatively speaking) and influence her policy away from the hateful crap she’s been running and retroactively legitimize her legal jeopardy for hacking?

      Why not? What’s the downside? She’s not being hired to reverse Robin’s positions back to what they were originally.

  33. Threshold

    I’m tempted to print out that last panel and keep it in my wallet for ease of pizza ordering.

  34. Axel

    yesss

    saw others saying this possibility but didn’t think it would happen, especially with outright asking.

  35. abysswatcher1993

    Becky: “Hey babe, guess who is a political intern now?”
    Dina: “Are you on the side of evil science deniers or the side of slightly less evil but centrists?”
    Becky: “I just post left wing memes for an independent DeSanto.”
    Dina: “That is somehow morally neutral and acceptable.”

  36. Saucistophe

    On the last panel, I’m not sure if Becky’s hair is transparent, or if she is a super-saiyan

  37. Lone Duck

    I worked for an election, just a small, special election for state representative (not national congress). Started out as a volunteer, later got hired and was payed 20 bucks an hour. The work was a cathall of everything, like stuffing envelopes, building campaign yard signs, going door-to-door, cold calling people. Had my fill of campaigning, but yeah. (This was also in my younger, naive days when I was a Republican.)

    The main question is whether Robin is making a pivot to the left, with a party change, or if she wants memes that supports the GOP.

    1. BBCC

      GOP’s already dropped Robin’s endorsement. The election’s only a few weeks away (it’s oct. 16thish) and so she’s probably still going to have the letter beside her name, but I don’t think she’d be an actual member? Is crossing the floor to the Dems allowed in the States? I do know the Dems are running a candidate already so she’s not going to be able to run for them afaik.

      1. BenRG

        If I understand correctly, who Robin would sit with is mostly determined by the House organisation chaired by the house leader and the whips, rather than the national party. If the GOP in the House is happy to have her then she sits with them, no matter how much that would annoy the state- and national-level RNC.

      2. thejeff

        She’d still be a member – not that it’s really that official most of the time. There are definitely cases where someone wasn’t endorsed, won anyway and remained in the party. Lisa Murkowski (Sen-Alaska) lost the primary to a Tea Partier, won the general election as an Independent and was seated as a Republican Senator.

        She could cross the floor to the Democrats. Or declare herself an Independent. Or some other party, but that’s essentially the same thing since she’d be the only Representative in the House from it. If she did, she’d most likely choose to caucus with one of the two parties in order to have a chance at committee assignments and the like. What kind of deal she could strike depends on how critical her vote was – if it determined which party held a majority, the stakes would be high.

        I don’t where Willis is going to take this, but in reality, this shouldn’t work. She should lose. If she had years of incumbency and was well-known and popular, she might be able to survive it. If she’d switched much earlier and was able to run as a Democrat she’d have a chance, depending on the swing of her district. But there’s a real Democrat in the race and anyone who might support her change is likely to already be behind him. Even if she’s getting popular feedback on social media, that doesn’t translate into votes.
        And she should really be getting hatestorms from trolls on the right.

        1. NoOneLikesRobin

          In all universes, Robin has magical hijinks powers that make the improbable probable, as long as the end result can be punctuated with a slide whistle.

          It was a dark pact she made to get these powers however, as she gave up the ability to be interesting or relatable in a comic about exploring relationships, insecurity, and one’s religious faith.

      3. Solenoid

        Changing party affiliation happens. See: Arlen Specter, Jim Justice

  38. Josh Spicer

    I get that Becky’s hair is transparent to see the rest of her face when seen from the front, but when seen from the back the perspective looks all messed up.

  39. Heavensrun

    (clear throat)

    (deep breath)

    CAAAAAAAAAALLLED IIIIIIIIIIIT

  40. timemonkey

    Now, will this work be paid for in any way?

    1. BenRG

      I’m thinking that Robin’s budget is small right now but what she will offer Becky is a golden future rubbing shoulders with the Elite in the highest corridors of power. Whether or not that future is realistic is something Becky will need to decide for herself.

      1. ziggy78eog

        Hey, what did we say about getting paid in, “exposure”!

  41. ziggy78eog

    Becky is moving up in the world!

  42. Borg

    I don’t know what an insanibiscuit is, but I kind of want one.

  43. Beef

    I don’t know a whole lot about the people who work for political candidates but from what I’ve heard she may be better off waiting tables. Though if she’s just getting paid to keep doing what she’s been doing I guess she can do both

  44. PSadlon

    Come to the dark side we have cookies. The only questionis who whe dark sider isl

    1. Ed Rhodes

      “Welcome to the dark side… are you surprised we lied about the cookies?”

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