I'm coming back to Hallowed Dumbing of Age Ground, the lands of Bloomington, Indiana, next weekend! Find me at Vintage Phoenix Comics, downtown, from 1-3pm on Saturday, November 2! That's right, it's the afternoon, not the evening as per usual. And it's a Saturday! I'm shakin' stuff up.
I'll bring books and magnets! Expected
I'm coming back to Hallowed Dumbing of Age Ground, the lands of Bloomington, Indiana, next weekend! Find me at Vintage Phoenix Comics, downtown, from 1-3pm on Saturday, November 2! That's right, it's the afternoon, not the evening as per usual. And it's a Saturday! I'm shakin' stuff up.
I'll bring books and magnets!
77 thoughts on “Expected”
Ana Chronistic
“ah, the expected unexpected is comforting”
Shane Wegner
Sneak sitting though?
Doctor_Who
Yeah, if video games have taught me anything, it’s that if you crouch down slightly you are nearly invisible.
Makes sense that sitting would work even better.
Delicious Taffy
If we follow this train of logic, it stands to reason that sleeping is the ultimate form of stealth. Nobody will ever expect you to be behind them, if you’re elsewhere taking a nap.
Zach
Sleepwalker!
A spooky thought, indeed.
Delicious Taffy
Rick Sheridan is the greatest infiltration expert of all time.
Deanatay
There is a theory that mammals initially developed sleep as a way to lower their emissions signatures during the day, when their predators (dinos) were hunting.
thejeff
Which would imply that dinosuars didn’t sleep, which seems unlikely, given that their living relatives do. Theoretically, mammals could have evolved it separately, but it seems more likely that sleep is inherited from a common ancestor.
SeanR
Lots of things have happened repeatedly. Two different groups of humans have evolved the ability to survive high altitudes. One in Asia and the other in South America. The two approaches are different but they both allow that population of humans to function well at mountainous altitudes.
Sleep is, if nothing else, a good way to not waste as much energy during the part of the day you aren’t optimized to function in. This allows those who sleep the ability to subsist on fewer calories during the day.
Also, I’m pretty sure we use sleep to basically compile our newest experiences and observations into useful, but storage compact, skills.
thejeff
Which applies to most animals, not just mammals. Thus the assumption that it’s inherited.
Parallel evolution is a thing, but it’s generally only assumed when the common ancestor didn’t share the trait.
vitalProximity
“I’ve been preparing for this moment for years…”
Marsh Maryrose
“While you were smoking, I studied the sneak”
Sol Karas
Ooohh, I’m excited for this development! 😀
Stephen Bierce
Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette!
Puff puff puff…
Wizard
Tell St. Peter at the Golden Gate
That you hate to make him wait…
BarerMender
“[S]he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette.”
LeslieBean4shizzle
It sounds like he expected her to slit his throat.
I tried to make a joke out of that, but yeesh.
Delicious Taffy
Based on his interaction with Walky and Amber, I don’t think he’d blame Sal for giving him the Sweeney Todd treatment.
Tan
I mean, he did give her the cellphone for it.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/lookout-2/
Delicious Taffy
Look at this absolute pancake, thinking he can smoke in peace. Thanks to increasing social pressure, that’s getting harder than ever.
Needfuldoer
I don’t give a shit if other people smoke. Just take it outside, please.
Vaping is worse, it’s like half the reason it’s a thing is because you can make obnoxious vapor clouds. (The other half is to push the magic reset button on marketing to youth because “it’s not smoking”.)
Br44n5m
“I’m not being a nuisance to those around me nor being inconsiderate for blowing clouds in their face cause it’s vape! It’s not cigarette smoke, it’s healthy and smells like candy!!”
Foxhack
I grew up with a heavy smoker.
I would much rather have cigarette smoke blown in my direction than vape shit. At least with cigarettes the smell doesn’t linger. Vape shit makes me choke.
SeanR
Are you kidding me? I received a package about a week ago and I could tell immediately that it came from a smoker. That stuff lingers in your clothes, upholstery, hair.
When I visit a smoker, I keep all my soft goods, laundry, “clean” and dirty, in a separate place for a week after, just so it can air out a bit before I mess with it.
Then I wash everything, whether or not I wore it during that visit or not.
timemonkey
Definitely, cigarette smoke lingers for ages.
Foxhack
You misunderstood me.
I can tolerate the smell of tobacco while outside. Because at least the smoke drifts away.
Vape *doesn’t* drift away, it STICKS around, and it makes me choke.
Br44n5m
When I was little we always knew if something came from grampas house cause it smelled like him, or rather, like cigarettes. To this day I recognize it and think of him. Not a good stink and it can stay for ages!
Kyrik Michalowski
I’m not sure how this is going to go down but I have faith in Sal and her desire to stay out of trouble, for the most part. On the other hand, Asher has been in contact with Blaine so his likability is already taken down a notch.
Durandal_1707
He didn’t seem very happy about it, though.
Ophidiophile
No, Blaine was in contact with Asher (another smoke break interruption), so don’t slight Asher. Real question is when will he find out that the girl with Walky was Amber?
Robbie
I actually expect this to go really well. That might be naive, but Sal has been trying really hard, and I feel certain she’s not trying to make any problems.
jeffepp
Yeah he’s still a liverpool accent. Liverpool-Accent-Tan? Wait, no, he’d need to be a hot pinup drawing.
Delicious Taffy
He’s a born lever puller.
Lawzlo
I’ve got a hole in me pocket.
He Who Abides
Dammit, you two scarfed the only two lines I remember from that movie. Time to finally rewatch it, I suppose.
Delicious Taffy
There are simply no holes in my education.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Kill them! Destroy them! oBLUEterate them!
Zach
He’s tan, and hot. I don’t know why I like the smell of cigarettes but if it’s light, it’s also hot.
That’s some successful Malboro advertising
abysswatcher1993
Sal’s mind: Mention his betrayal.
Sal: Hows life?
Sal’s mind: Goddamit!
Asher’s mind: Mention the psycho trying to harm the chubby girl with glasses.
Asher: Cool.
Asher’s mind: Fair enough. You don’t really care.
Sal: Good.
Asher: Good.
Clif
If Asher ever gets a haircut, I shall interpret it as a sign he is joining the main cast.
BBCC
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
That being said, move out of the doorway if you’re gonna smoke, guys, don’t be assholes. 😛
AGV
So much this
Zee
It looked like he was just exiting so I assume he wasn’t just gonna stand there. Didn’t really have a chance to move yet
BBCC
Sal is smoking there though.
Yotomoe
https://imgur.com/a/jSF6hGP
BONUS activity. If you can figure out a way for AG=AoM gets bonus points.
Quintuple Bonus points if you can make X=58008
abysswatcher1993
If Willis adapts this you both will have made a good slipshine.
Yotomoe
😛 I’d be more than willing to collab with Willis on a slipshine if he’d have me.
Delicious Taffy
Thank you, Yoto. You’re an inspiration to us all.
Bagge
Poor Walky won’t know what hit him.
Schpoonman
Yeah, that’s a new fetish.
Delicious Taffy
And on top of that, it’s working. We’re all learning some new things, like who among us will get horny on main for body writing.
abysswatcher1993
Don’t kinkshame me!
ValdVin
Ahhh, that’s the stuff.
(I’d have gotten better math grades in college with Amber around. And I don’t think I’m alone in that.)
Sporky
Sweet, you’re back in action! I missed your Dumbing of Age lewds.
Especially since DoA rule 34 is all inflation porn now for some reason
Foxhack
I’m sorry. What?
Delicious Taffy
Don’t let Sporky mislead you, it’s not all inflation. Just the grand majority. We’re only talking ~95%, here.
Kat
Was initially sad when I checked DoA after the weekend and realized I had missed the time to comment on yesterday’s strip. Not disappointed now. Though, I have to say, I don’t want the problems during math class that this Pavlovian association could bring…
Delicious Taffy
Boners during class are only a problem if someone is staring at your dick instead of paying attention. And then it’s their problem to sort out, not yours.
Keulen
If Asher’s hair gets any longer and crazier, he might be headed towards anime main character hair.
Bagge
“Wanna date my friend Danny?”
Bagge
I have this running gag* where I call asher a piece of shit whenever he shows up. But in this case I have the distinct feeling that Sal will do it for me.
*) Well, I think it is funny
BenRG
I think that this is where Blaine’s plans will start going seriously awry.
Bagge
Well, that was when he recruited ToeDad, but I think you are right it will go more awry
Tan
Blaine’s plans went awry when Blaine got involved.
Bagge
Yeah, that sounds about right.
TrueVCU
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SAL-ISH INQUISITION!
Bagge
…yeah he did?
TrueVCU
And I’m calling him a damn liar
Alanari
I’d be more excited about this if I didn’t expect to be taken back to Danny or so when the best part starts.
Rabisch
The reborn of a old friendships?
TheFlamingonator