There are a few new female characters that were pictured on Tumblr a couple months ago: Beatrice, Nash, Rose, and (Carly) Spencer. They were posted along with Billie in tomorrow’s outfit, so I think it’s reasonable that they might be Billie’s new floormates. There were also new shots of Malaya and Lucy, so maybe they’re also floormates.
Michael Chandra
Nice try, but we all know Marys cannot be trusted.
But yeah, seems reasonable.
Jhon
Malaya and Lucy are roommates. Much to Malaya’s disgust.
Dana
I’m so happy we’ll have a second Rose strip. Yay for McAwesome’s employees!
“It’s the Unknown Avenger, and he’s ON FIRE! Let’s give him a hand, folks. That looks painful! We really should put him out right away, but what a show, huh?”
At our last office Christmas party, someone brought in a couple big Costco cookie platters. Chocolate chip disappeared almost instantly. Soon after, the chocolate/chocolate-chip ran out. White chocolate macadamia held on a little longer, but once those were gone nearly everyone just skipped the platters. Two or three of us out of 100 ever touched the oatmeal raisin. Joke’s on them; we had as many cookies as we wanted, they got one, maybe two.
KSClaw
I don’t understand what people have against raisin cookies. I think raisin cookies are awesome!
Paradox
I have no problem against honestly labeled cookies but sometimes you get a cookie that looks like it has chocolate chips at first and then you now bite into sweet delicious raisin based lies.
Your mind is prepped for one type of goodness and your tastebuds prepare for one type of goodness but it was all a trap.
begbert2
Well, some people (me included) simply don’t like the taste of zombie grapes. (Or black grapes in general.) That’s one possible reason.
N0083rp00F
Also those black raisins that are so popular in the states, especially in cereals, are at best used as aggregate. Almost as bad as those Grape Nut thingies – no relation to grapes or nuts at all, just lies.
Halpful3
Hmm.
It was about the time I moved to Canada that raisins went from “delicious” to “feels like I’m eating a bug”.
I bought a bag of Sun-Maid raisins a year or two ago for some reason, and they actually taste nice, but my aversion to raisins runs too deep to properly enjoy them now.
Dana
I couldn’t really tell you why, but while I love a handful of raisins, raisins as an ingredient just don’t work for me. It’s a texture that conflicts with most others I guess.
Needfuldoer
Maybe because they tend to half-reconstitute themselves when they’re used as ingredients? Cookie raisins are always a bit softer and juicier than the ones straight from the box.
. . . . I mean in some circles threats of casual violence means you care and might actually help but I can understand why that would not work in Ruth’s situation.
Mayhaps go grab a nice cool glass of Sweet Tea? Always calms me the hell down.
What do RAs typically do when their charges act up? Granted, this isn’t actually a situation that would merit punishment, but it made me realize I don’t actually know what kind of power RAs have over their charges. Only ever did the community college thing.
Generally my RAs talked to me at the beginning of the year and trhen we rarely interacted for the rest of the year. One time one of my RAs lost her position because she was found passed out drunk in the bathroom.
I did have a friend who was an RA, and his hall always seemed to be full of drama. But I never got the sense of what power he had over residents as much as what he did to help.
I think they can be there for you and give you resources, like a well-connected aquaintance. I don’t think they have any leverage over you.
Murgatroyd
At least in my experience as an RA, that was more or less the case. We did write people up, though.
Sometimes it wasn’t a disciplinary thing – like, if two roommates came to me with a disagreement, but neither was abusing the other or anything serious, the write-up would just be a formality and I’d mediate the argument or something. A mild disciplinary write-up – say, for playing music too loudly – would result in a conversation between the resident and my boss (although it wouldn’t usually even get to that point because as soon as the RA asked a resident to stop doing something, they usually did, so no need for a write-up).
If I had to write someone up for something actually illegal, like alcohol or weed, they might get in trouble with the university conduct board (also if it was alcohol I had to have them dump it in the sink, and if it was an illegal drug it got confiscated by campus security). So, there wasn’t zero power in the position, but it wasn’t crazy authoritative either.
Murgatroyd
But like, if a resident explicitly asked me to keep an eye on them, especially if I knew they’d recently had a traumatic experience, obviously there wouldn’t be a disciplinary response. I’d probably talk to them and ask them what sort of support they could use and then, obviously depending on what they needed, either provide it myself or connect them with appropriate resources. I’d probably still write it up, but just so my bosses had a record of the resident’s request, not for any sort of consequence type of thing.
In the brief period of time I spent with the whole 4 year thing, the most interaction I had with my RA was signing in at move-in, weekly floor meetings, the occasional email threatening to revoke our whiteboard privileges (that seriously happened), then signing out at the end of spring semester.
Unfortunately no, it was one community whiteboard that a group of idiots decided to write some sexist crap on.
Needfuldoer
Pathetic. Scrawling bile all over the wall just gives the perpetrator temporary catharsis at everyone else’s expense.
Whatever happened to creativity? Add “Weasel Stomping Day” to the calendar! Write “for a good time call” and the dean’s office number in the corner! Draw a line of stickmen doing a Monty Python silly walk across the bottom. Half the fun is watching to see how long it lasts before someone notices and erases your nonsense.
The RA position is, in most schools I know of, sort of like that of a low level mod on a forum. You basically are there to help with any issues those under your care have (usually directing them to existing school resources and deescalating interpersonal tensions before they become an issue), to take care of minor discipline concerns (like say inappropriate door decorations) and to report any serious issues up the chain (in Ruth’s case to ol’ Puddin’ Head) so they can take care of discipline.
198 thoughts on “Eye”
Ana Chronistic
“Or I’ll, uh… call you names!”
“OooOOOoooo… like what.”
“Like Diapered Dynamo!”
“…the fuck”
Deathjavu
“The Femurless Wonder”
Needfuldoer
“Poindexter McNofun.”
cesium133
Walky: “How does Ruth know about that!?”
Zaidyer
“Remember that time you tried to kill me?”
“Yeah, we really taut you a lesson.”
chris2315
This is completely off topic, but do you know who that is in your profile pic? I honestly can’t remember.
DrWattson
The image file says it’s Beatrice. There’s a good chance it’s a character we haven’t seen yet. There’s been a few like that in the new Grav batch.
Michael Chandra
Yup. No comics yet: http://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/beatrice/
NotPiffany
Hmm. Maybe she’s Sal’s new roommate. Or Billie’s.
UniqueSnowflake2
There are a few new female characters that were pictured on Tumblr a couple months ago: Beatrice, Nash, Rose, and (Carly) Spencer. They were posted along with Billie in tomorrow’s outfit, so I think it’s reasonable that they might be Billie’s new floormates. There were also new shots of Malaya and Lucy, so maybe they’re also floormates.
Michael Chandra
Nice try, but we all know Marys cannot be trusted.
But yeah, seems reasonable.
Jhon
Malaya and Lucy are roommates. Much to Malaya’s disgust.
Dana
I’m so happy we’ll have a second Rose strip. Yay for McAwesome’s employees!
StClair
“It’s the Unknown Avenger, and he’s ON FIRE! Let’s give him a hand, folks. That looks painful! We really should put him out right away, but what a show, huh?”
StealthMarmot
You get a cookie for a Full Throttle reference.
Ana Chronistic
I’d feel awesomer if it hadn’t JUST gotten a Steam release
Doctor_Who
Ruth should bake chocolate chip cookies for the whole floor, and tell them that if they don’t stay in line the next batch will be oatmeal raisin.
Clif
That’ll work.
Nobody
She’s supposed to stop threatening people not up the ante
Br44n5m
Misbehave and everyone gets rewarded!
Dara
fuck yeah oatmeal raisin!
Ed Rhodes
Damn straight! Oatmeal raisin is great!
Reltzik
“But I’m allergic to chocolate and gluten-intolerant. Does that mean I SHOULD misbehave?”
Delicious Taffy
I think it just means you can never go to France.
Reltzik
“Wine and cheese are okay?”
SgtWadeyWilson
So it’s a win-win? If you happen to be able to be good: more cookies, if you screw up, a bit of variety.
Now, if she threatens to burn the cookies…
poofdepoof
oatmeal raisin are great I’d have them over chocolate chip any day
that’s right I said it
you disagree? then more chocolate chip for you, more oatmeal raisin for me, good day to you
Needfuldoer
Oatmeal cookies are the best cookies!
At our last office Christmas party, someone brought in a couple big Costco cookie platters. Chocolate chip disappeared almost instantly. Soon after, the chocolate/chocolate-chip ran out. White chocolate macadamia held on a little longer, but once those were gone nearly everyone just skipped the platters. Two or three of us out of 100 ever touched the oatmeal raisin. Joke’s on them; we had as many cookies as we wanted, they got one, maybe two.
KSClaw
I don’t understand what people have against raisin cookies. I think raisin cookies are awesome!
Paradox
I have no problem against honestly labeled cookies but sometimes you get a cookie that looks like it has chocolate chips at first and then you now bite into sweet delicious raisin based lies.
Your mind is prepped for one type of goodness and your tastebuds prepare for one type of goodness but it was all a trap.
begbert2
Well, some people (me included) simply don’t like the taste of zombie grapes. (Or black grapes in general.) That’s one possible reason.
N0083rp00F
Also those black raisins that are so popular in the states, especially in cereals, are at best used as aggregate. Almost as bad as those Grape Nut thingies – no relation to grapes or nuts at all, just lies.
Halpful3
Hmm.
It was about the time I moved to Canada that raisins went from “delicious” to “feels like I’m eating a bug”.
I bought a bag of Sun-Maid raisins a year or two ago for some reason, and they actually taste nice, but my aversion to raisins runs too deep to properly enjoy them now.
Dana
I couldn’t really tell you why, but while I love a handful of raisins, raisins as an ingredient just don’t work for me. It’s a texture that conflicts with most others I guess.
Needfuldoer
Maybe because they tend to half-reconstitute themselves when they’re used as ingredients? Cookie raisins are always a bit softer and juicier than the ones straight from the box.
keithcurtis
But, but I like oatmeal raisin. Looks like I aim to misbehave.
Ryek Hvek
beware the Raisinator
Koms
This comment section makes me hungry. First the doughnuts now cookies mmmmmmmmm…
Remmington Steele
Eye for a cookie.
Them’s the old ways…
thejeff
“My God, how the cookies roll in”
AnvilPro
Ruth is gonna be concerned all over your cold, dead corpse
maxyai
I’ll give your femurs a good talking to.
N0083rp00F
In situ or extracted?
BBCC
That’s telling them, Ruth.
BBCC
Huh. Arnold. Neat!
William Leonard Reese Jr.
. . . . I mean in some circles threats of casual violence means you care and might actually help but I can understand why that would not work in Ruth’s situation.
Mayhaps go grab a nice cool glass of Sweet Tea? Always calms me the hell down.
vlademir1
So long as it ain’t “Granny’s Peach Tea”…
There, I finally got something akin to value out of having seen that abomination…
William Leonard Reese Jr.
. . . . I was referring to my own brand of home made sweet tea. What is “Granny’s Peach Tea”?
SgtWadeyWilson
A piss-poor excuse for a punchline?
N0083rp00F
Just don’t touch Granny’s Jamaican Iced Tea. That’s made special for her rheumatism [sage nod]
Shiro
Ruth is…trying.
What do RAs typically do when their charges act up? Granted, this isn’t actually a situation that would merit punishment, but it made me realize I don’t actually know what kind of power RAs have over their charges. Only ever did the community college thing.
Yumi
Generally my RAs talked to me at the beginning of the year and trhen we rarely interacted for the rest of the year. One time one of my RAs lost her position because she was found passed out drunk in the bathroom.
I did have a friend who was an RA, and his hall always seemed to be full of drama. But I never got the sense of what power he had over residents as much as what he did to help.
Leorale
I think they can be there for you and give you resources, like a well-connected aquaintance. I don’t think they have any leverage over you.
Murgatroyd
At least in my experience as an RA, that was more or less the case. We did write people up, though.
Sometimes it wasn’t a disciplinary thing – like, if two roommates came to me with a disagreement, but neither was abusing the other or anything serious, the write-up would just be a formality and I’d mediate the argument or something. A mild disciplinary write-up – say, for playing music too loudly – would result in a conversation between the resident and my boss (although it wouldn’t usually even get to that point because as soon as the RA asked a resident to stop doing something, they usually did, so no need for a write-up).
If I had to write someone up for something actually illegal, like alcohol or weed, they might get in trouble with the university conduct board (also if it was alcohol I had to have them dump it in the sink, and if it was an illegal drug it got confiscated by campus security). So, there wasn’t zero power in the position, but it wasn’t crazy authoritative either.
Murgatroyd
But like, if a resident explicitly asked me to keep an eye on them, especially if I knew they’d recently had a traumatic experience, obviously there wouldn’t be a disciplinary response. I’d probably talk to them and ask them what sort of support they could use and then, obviously depending on what they needed, either provide it myself or connect them with appropriate resources. I’d probably still write it up, but just so my bosses had a record of the resident’s request, not for any sort of consequence type of thing.
BBCC
I guess they can write people up?
Doctor_Who
I was never very clear on what that meant.
“Behave, or I’ll write you up.”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
“Oh yeah?” (furious scribbling) “There. You are now the star of an erotic fanfic featuring Sonic the Hedgehog and a kiddie pool full of egg yolks.”
“No…NOOOOO!”
Emperor Norton II
The last line obviously meant to say:
“Yes…. YESSSSSSSSSS!”
timemonkey
I’d assume write ups would go to their superiors and with enough you’d get kicked out of the dorms.
Doctor_Who
But what if their superiors don’t like Sonic the Hedgehog?
SgtWadeyWilson
The number they consider enoug
SgtWadeyWilson
Gah! Phone keyboard blinked out of existence mid-word!
The rest would’ve been: h would be lower… or maybe higher?
Delicious Taffy
Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve had writer’s block for months, ever since I canceled my Levi/Akuma slashfic.
Come to think of it, I’ve never written any non-MLM fanfiction…
NotPiffany
…Multi-Level-Marketing fanfiction? You fiend!
Of course, the insurance company fanfiction works, so….
(If anyone can find part 3, I’d be grateful.)
DrWattson
In the brief period of time I spent with the whole 4 year thing, the most interaction I had with my RA was signing in at move-in, weekly floor meetings, the occasional email threatening to revoke our whiteboard privileges (that seriously happened), then signing out at the end of spring semester.
Wind
Revoked your whiteboards eh? Did Joyce go nuts with a permanent marker in your hall to?
DrWattson
Unfortunately no, it was one community whiteboard that a group of idiots decided to write some sexist crap on.
Needfuldoer
Pathetic. Scrawling bile all over the wall just gives the perpetrator temporary catharsis at everyone else’s expense.
Whatever happened to creativity? Add “Weasel Stomping Day” to the calendar! Write “for a good time call” and the dean’s office number in the corner! Draw a line of stickmen doing a Monty Python silly walk across the bottom. Half the fun is watching to see how long it lasts before someone notices and erases your nonsense.
(Please don’t do those things.)
Scar Man!!!
I’m for all of thesep
Ed Rhodes
I concur.
vlademir1
The RA position is, in most schools I know of, sort of like that of a low level mod on a forum. You basically are there to help with any issues those under your care have (usually directing them to existing school resources and deescalating interpersonal tensions before they become an issue), to take care of minor discipline concerns (like say inappropriate door decorations) and to report any serious issues up the chain (in Ruth’s case to ol’ Puddin’ Head) so they can take care of discipline.
Keulen