Because Robin is the living embodiment of “God looks out for drunks and fools”, and has a diet that simultaneously encourages Type 8,000,000 diabetes and discourages possession of teeth?
Robin is the kind of person that if you said something in front of her that you didn’t want some other person to know about it . . . that other person would somehow find out the EXACT MOMENT you shared it with Robin.
GreyICE
But they’d also find it out from Robin. So like 50/50 if they believe it.
cauise people are still mad at her for her fictional politics regardles that she been an angel in Beckys life
Deathjavu
Right, let’s paper over the blatant corruption she showed in class, and therefore almost certainly exercised elsewhere. Or the casual disrespect she showed for her staffers, and disdain for her voters in her post-truth attitude of just saying whatever she thinks people want to hear, with her faked up personas.
Or, y’know, when she invaded Leslie’s house, refused to leave, and is currently demonstrating her continued disrespect for Leslie’s boundaries in panel 5.
Or, the fact that it took Becky hacking her phone, blackmailing her, and then an actual kidnapping for Robin to actually be good to one person, vs. all the people she undoubtedly hurt as a politician.
You’re falling victim to the same fallacious bs that moderates and tv pundits will use to defend the most assholish of assholes: “But they were nice to me and the people I know, so they must be a good person!” Nope. Not how it works, too small a sample size. And as I outlined, the sample size we do have is *still* pretty damning!
Great. Leslie’s still dating that awful women. Just great. I really hope we eventually see a better side of her so I don’t have to dislike her because we only have evidence of her being horrible to Leslie.
I ship her with whatserface that left a minute ago. No conflict since they’re not outranking each-other (I assume), she has… a face… she’s not the dentist
I’m hoping an actual police officer, given the phrasing there. I doubt it – probably just means they moved in together – but I can hope, damn it!
Beef
I’d rather her be with Anna than a cop, dentists actually help people and at least she’d only be emotionally abusive.
Also I’m pretty sure the joke is “break into my home again and you’ll need a dentist”
Clif
The reason we keep cops around and pay them is because they generally do help people. That just generally doesn’t make the news.
Thag Simmons
Cops hurt people a hell of a lot more than they help
Mr D
*In America
Spencer
I dunno man the UK ain’t doing so hot right now either.
BBCC
Police abuse is far from an America only issue. Similar systemic problems regarding civil rights abuses and treatment of marginalized groups exist all over the place. Here in Canada is a pretty good example.
drs
Evidence? What are your measurements for people helped vs. hurt?
Spencer
When someone does their job wrong, they get held accountable, fired, even get prevented from practicing again.
When a cop does their job wrong at the expense of another life, they get a paid vacation.
Or (and I’m just spitballing here) the reason we keep cops around is because:
-It’s a system that’s been around for a very long time and has gotten entrenched, and momentum is hard to break
-We’re surrounded by popular media that extolls the virtues of cops and constantly casts them as the good guys, papering over constant civil rights violations as a necessary means to an end, normalizing things that we should be outraged about
-Proposals of alternate methods are often met with fear-mongering, threats of chaos in the streets, and sometimes veiled threats from the cops themselves
Also, things that cops do right makes the news all the time. Stories about hero cops are all over the place.
drs
Organized police haven’t been around all that long, actually.
And pre-cop society was not a peaceful utopia.
Q
And in the US cops apparently abuse their partners at a rate of 40%.
Said partners have nowhere to turn because cops protect other cops, so no police reports really get filed.
I mainly remember this strip. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/lovesleuth/
And basically every strip with her has been a play on this. Criticizing Leslie’s appearance or just criticizing in general. She has a big nose, she has bad teeth. Leslie’s apartment has bad tap water. Not every person has to be likeable, maybe Anna’s just a blunt person, but I like Leslie and so it kind of bothers me that the person she might be with only ever criticizes her. That’s pretty rough. But who knows? Maybe Anna has another side to her? We don’t, that’s for sure.
RassilonTDavros
Honestly, I think Guns herself would be preferable to Anna.
…okay, maybe not Guns. Lemme just hit random on Walkypedia a few times and see what I get.
…how about Monique or Rashida? I don’t believe either of them have shown up yet.
He Who Abides
Wouldn’t Guns be a student in this universe? Not really relevant, but just curious about her age if Willis ever suffers enough brain damage to forget that Guns is verboten.
BBCC
Per Willis, Guns can’t afford to go to college and so is never going to show up in DOA.
Beef
For the best. They’ve had guns on campus too many times this year
To bad, I saw re-imagined guns I expected something like her competing in a roller derby game playing against Sal, Amber, and the others.
Thag Simmons
Yeah, her getting a role as sports rival is probably her only chance at making an appearance
RassilonTDavros
I mean, Marcie isn’t a student either and she’s shown up plenty. And I believe she lives with like twelve other people in an apartment IIRC, so Guns could easily be one of them. Y’know, apart from the fact that Guns is never showing up.
Clif
And Willis never changes his mind.
BBCC
Well, sure, he could’ve, but bar evidence he has, I can’t comment on that. 😛
David M Willis
*scratches head* I said that?
I mean, maybe I did
but it’s not technically accurate, even if the on-panel result is the same
He Who Abides
Really hope you change your mind when you start showing roller derby activities. Her redesign looks like a derby girl, and since friggin’ Whitney showed up at least once . . .
David M Willis
but it’s not funny to me if whitney never shows up
BBCC
I believe it was the in universe answer for why she wasn’t showing up. The out of universe answer being petty refusal at every turn.
I found the post! It’s from over a decade ago so, as usual, notes about the possibility of Willis’ mind being changed and/or me missing him joking stand.
David M Willis
between us, guns actually lived in joyce’s floor for the first ten years of the strip, you just never saw her
Sirksome
I now really wish I knew who this “Gunz” person is because they sound pretty awesome. And poor. Pooresome!
BBCC
@ Willis – Ooooh! Agatha’s notorious roommate?
@ Sirksome – Nah, she’s a hipster. Clearly better off exiled from the strip. xD
MrSmith
Yeah that It was almost like Anna was doing that pick up thing where you denigrate someone enough to make them think you’re doing them the favour in going out with them and that they should be greatful
Beef
I can’t believe I didn’t initially realize that the reason Mindy got so jealous was because of Anna’s negging
Alaric
Leslie clearly has pretty extreme self-esteem issues. I’d personally rather see her work on those issues and take better control of her life than have it all happen magically off-panel. having said that, we don’t really know what’s happened while we weren’t watching.
No, she met someone who wields torture instruments for a living. Pain-killer is for paying customers only.
Demoted Oblivious
While I suspect you’re refering to the hygenist, i choose to interpret your comment thus:
Your substantiation of a disagreeable position is not in contradiction to the hypothesis that Leslie is now dating a cop. Torture instruments: gun, taser, tear gas, night stick, cuffs (check). For a living: cops are well paid as public servants go (check). Paying customers get pain killers: cops typically neither accept direct pay (well… hopefully that’s typical) and do not render first aid (which not rendering first aid, should be atypical, but there we are.) (check?)
183 thoughts on “Relevant”
Ana Chronistic
kinda surprised Becky would ask this kinda question in front of a third person, particularly Robin
granted, she let everyone know she’s a lesbian
Mr D
I thought Robin gave up her position at government for Becky, why wouldn’t she trust her?
He Who Abides
Because Robin is the living embodiment of “God looks out for drunks and fools”, and has a diet that simultaneously encourages Type 8,000,000 diabetes and discourages possession of teeth?
Kim
I agree, Mr D!
Also, Robin rules, so why wouldn’t she! <3
TheScreenJockey
Robin is the kind of person that if you said something in front of her that you didn’t want some other person to know about it . . . that other person would somehow find out the EXACT MOMENT you shared it with Robin.
GreyICE
But they’d also find it out from Robin. So like 50/50 if they believe it.
Dracke
cauise people are still mad at her for her fictional politics regardles that she been an angel in Beckys life
Deathjavu
Right, let’s paper over the blatant corruption she showed in class, and therefore almost certainly exercised elsewhere. Or the casual disrespect she showed for her staffers, and disdain for her voters in her post-truth attitude of just saying whatever she thinks people want to hear, with her faked up personas.
Or, y’know, when she invaded Leslie’s house, refused to leave, and is currently demonstrating her continued disrespect for Leslie’s boundaries in panel 5.
Or, the fact that it took Becky hacking her phone, blackmailing her, and then an actual kidnapping for Robin to actually be good to one person, vs. all the people she undoubtedly hurt as a politician.
You’re falling victim to the same fallacious bs that moderates and tv pundits will use to defend the most assholish of assholes: “But they were nice to me and the people I know, so they must be a good person!” Nope. Not how it works, too small a sample size. And as I outlined, the sample size we do have is *still* pretty damning!
StClair
she hasn’t asked the question, only clarified what kind it is.
Doctor_Who
Robin: Our daughter is growing up so fast!
Leslie: I hate that the first two words of that sentence are only 95% wrong.
justin8448
90% wrong, tops.
Sirksome
Great. Leslie’s still dating that awful women. Just great. I really hope we eventually see a better side of her so I don’t have to dislike her because we only have evidence of her being horrible to Leslie.
RassilonTDavros
Not necessarily. It could be somebody else.
Please let it be somebody else
Diner Kinetic
I ship her with whatserface that left a minute ago. No conflict since they’re not outranking each-other (I assume), she has… a face… she’s not the dentist
drs
Vivian.
Stu
I’m hoping an actual police officer, given the phrasing there. I doubt it – probably just means they moved in together – but I can hope, damn it!
Beef
I’d rather her be with Anna than a cop, dentists actually help people and at least she’d only be emotionally abusive.
Also I’m pretty sure the joke is “break into my home again and you’ll need a dentist”
Clif
The reason we keep cops around and pay them is because they generally do help people. That just generally doesn’t make the news.
Thag Simmons
Cops hurt people a hell of a lot more than they help
Mr D
*In America
Spencer
I dunno man the UK ain’t doing so hot right now either.
BBCC
Police abuse is far from an America only issue. Similar systemic problems regarding civil rights abuses and treatment of marginalized groups exist all over the place. Here in Canada is a pretty good example.
drs
Evidence? What are your measurements for people helped vs. hurt?
Spencer
When someone does their job wrong, they get held accountable, fired, even get prevented from practicing again.
When a cop does their job wrong at the expense of another life, they get a paid vacation.
Clif
Don’t see how you can claim police officers are never fired. Why in Florida alone 3% of police officers were previously fired. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/16/what-happens-when-police-officer-gets-fired-very-often-another-police-agency-hires-them/
/sarcasm
Devin
Or (and I’m just spitballing here) the reason we keep cops around is because:
-It’s a system that’s been around for a very long time and has gotten entrenched, and momentum is hard to break
-We’re surrounded by popular media that extolls the virtues of cops and constantly casts them as the good guys, papering over constant civil rights violations as a necessary means to an end, normalizing things that we should be outraged about
-Proposals of alternate methods are often met with fear-mongering, threats of chaos in the streets, and sometimes veiled threats from the cops themselves
Also, things that cops do right makes the news all the time. Stories about hero cops are all over the place.
drs
Organized police haven’t been around all that long, actually.
And pre-cop society was not a peaceful utopia.
Q
And in the US cops apparently abuse their partners at a rate of 40%.
Said partners have nowhere to turn because cops protect other cops, so no police reports really get filed.
Newllend(henryvolt)
The only interaction I’ve seen between her a Leslie is the two of them shit talking Jesus together and implied fucking.
Sirksome
I mainly remember this strip.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/lovesleuth/
And basically every strip with her has been a play on this. Criticizing Leslie’s appearance or just criticizing in general. She has a big nose, she has bad teeth. Leslie’s apartment has bad tap water. Not every person has to be likeable, maybe Anna’s just a blunt person, but I like Leslie and so it kind of bothers me that the person she might be with only ever criticizes her. That’s pretty rough. But who knows? Maybe Anna has another side to her? We don’t, that’s for sure.
RassilonTDavros
Honestly, I think Guns herself would be preferable to Anna.
…okay, maybe not Guns. Lemme just hit random on Walkypedia a few times and see what I get.
…how about Monique or Rashida? I don’t believe either of them have shown up yet.
He Who Abides
Wouldn’t Guns be a student in this universe? Not really relevant, but just curious about her age if Willis ever suffers enough brain damage to forget that Guns is verboten.
BBCC
Per Willis, Guns can’t afford to go to college and so is never going to show up in DOA.
Beef
For the best. They’ve had guns on campus too many times this year
Newllend(henryvolt)
To bad, I saw re-imagined guns I expected something like her competing in a roller derby game playing against Sal, Amber, and the others.
Thag Simmons
Yeah, her getting a role as sports rival is probably her only chance at making an appearance
RassilonTDavros
I mean, Marcie isn’t a student either and she’s shown up plenty. And I believe she lives with like twelve other people in an apartment IIRC, so Guns could easily be one of them. Y’know, apart from the fact that Guns is never showing up.
Clif
And Willis never changes his mind.
BBCC
Well, sure, he could’ve, but bar evidence he has, I can’t comment on that. 😛
David M Willis
*scratches head* I said that?
I mean, maybe I did
but it’s not technically accurate, even if the on-panel result is the same
He Who Abides
Really hope you change your mind when you start showing roller derby activities. Her redesign looks like a derby girl, and since friggin’ Whitney showed up at least once . . .
David M Willis
but it’s not funny to me if whitney never shows up
BBCC
I believe it was the in universe answer for why she wasn’t showing up. The out of universe answer being petty refusal at every turn.
BBCC
https://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/6946346976/and-heres-marcie-im-not-as-confident-in-her#notes
I found the post! It’s from over a decade ago so, as usual, notes about the possibility of Willis’ mind being changed and/or me missing him joking stand.
David M Willis
between us, guns actually lived in joyce’s floor for the first ten years of the strip, you just never saw her
Sirksome
I now really wish I knew who this “Gunz” person is because they sound pretty awesome. And poor. Pooresome!
BBCC
@ Willis – Ooooh! Agatha’s notorious roommate?
@ Sirksome – Nah, she’s a hipster. Clearly better off exiled from the strip. xD
MrSmith
Yeah that It was almost like Anna was doing that pick up thing where you denigrate someone enough to make them think you’re doing them the favour in going out with them and that they should be greatful
Beef
I can’t believe I didn’t initially realize that the reason Mindy got so jealous was because of Anna’s negging
Alaric
Leslie clearly has pretty extreme self-esteem issues. I’d personally rather see her work on those issues and take better control of her life than have it all happen magically off-panel. having said that, we don’t really know what’s happened while we weren’t watching.
Jhon
“Maybe Anna has another side to her?”
Anna kicks puppies. But only small evil puppies.
Proxiehunter
Maybe she’s dating a completely different awful woman.
Needfuldoer
No, just the one.
RassilonTDavros
Place your bets on which obscure character you think it’s going to be!
Booyahman
It’s probably still Anna, right? The dentist?
Thag Simmons
Kinda can’t see it being anyone else
Demoted Oblivious
“Try breaking into my place again…” is Leslie’s girlfriends phone number 911? Did she meet a cop?
Reltzik
No, she met someone who wields torture instruments for a living. Pain-killer is for paying customers only.
Demoted Oblivious
While I suspect you’re refering to the hygenist, i choose to interpret your comment thus:
Your substantiation of a disagreeable position is not in contradiction to the hypothesis that Leslie is now dating a cop. Torture instruments: gun, taser, tear gas, night stick, cuffs (check). For a living: cops are well paid as public servants go (check). Paying customers get pain killers: cops typically neither accept direct pay (well… hopefully that’s typical) and do not render first aid (which not rendering first aid, should be atypical, but there we are.) (check?)
Keulen
I’m hoping it’s not still Anna. The few strips we’ve seen with her and Leslie didn’t make me like her much so far.
Clif
I really wanted to choose to believe that Leslie was dating Anna Chronistic but the cognitive dissonance was too great.
Demoted Oblivious
But it might explain Anna’s capacity for consistently FP’ing the forum.
Demoted Oblivious
*Ana’s
BBCC
Okay, I laughed, but I need to see Robin vs Anna.
Doctor_Who
They’re both totally wrong for Leslie, so knowing Leslie she’ll actually end up with both of them.
Mydnyt
Have we had a threesome slipshine?
BarerMender
There must’ve been one for Sierra-Grace-Mandy.
ShellShockBP
Negative. Closest thing is one of the pinups where Grace and Mandy oogle a post-shower Sierra.
I just went and checked, I didn’t know that by memory.
Clif
Uh-huh.
Nono
Ugh. Robin.
Can we go back to something mundane now, like the Joyce/Joe will they/won’t they or something.
Thag Simmons
If it’s still the dentist the answer is no to both.
I’m kinda impressed Les found someone who’s a step down from the decidely less-than-ideal Robin and decided to go for it
JessWitt
Which dentist? Yeah, Anna and Mindy are both dentists.
BarerMender