I thought it was his uncanny ability to figure out any and all plot twists after the first ten minutes. Or maybe his ability to recognize distant relations even after not seeing them for more than a decade. Or that he helps the FBI identify suspects from grainy security videos in his spare time. Or his tight glutes.
Nope. It’s his ability to go anywhere unnoticed, making him the perfect spy and/or assassin. All corporate hostile takeovers and bloody revolutions in the last 5 years have him to thank for their successes.
She’s smart, sufficiently geeky, and hot. On top of that, she’s asking you out and offering to pay. I swear to all the gods, Danny, if you do not go, I will tear asunder the boudaries between dimensions just to smack you upside your clueless head.
Which is why being one of the few guys who break that mould to ask girls out made me get ALL THE SEXY, GEEKY bongoES! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! ALLLLLLLL THE LADIES! Really, willpower is the most important thing of anything. LIFE IS GOOD! Thank goodness I decided to emulate the chutzpah of Wolverine rather than someone like Spider-Man or something.
When I graduated from high school seven years ago, I wasn’t able to get a date, even if I was the one who asked. And I was/am a bespectacled, geeky girl. But the very next year I was able to get a date. Multiple dates! What happened between 2005 and 2006?
Just spitballing, but guys in your age bracket grew up a bit and got a little less dumb? Because, speaking as a guy, when we’re in our teens and twenties, we are dumb.
Guys like Danny are rare. Let’s be honest. How many of you have stared at her rack even once since this comic started. Danny hasn’t once and she’s right in front of him.
He talks to her politely. He made his interest known, once, before he decided to go in a new direction). They have similar interests and have a repore set up. He is not from her original social group, which she is trying to leave behind, even though they keep dragging her back kicking and screaming. And he really isn’t bad-looking by today’s standards — shaggy-haired and skinny. This is enough to justify a mild crush.
Gahhhh. I knew I was spelling it wrong. I’m updating it from my iphone, so it was either spell it phonetically or close the entire comment to look up the proper spelling. Thanks for correcting me.
No, no, you’re right, Danny, Amazi-Girl is going to be totally blown away by your ability to spend entire days, sitting on a step, waiting for her to walk by.
Okay, I guess this was too obvious for everyone else to point out?
Amber just displayed serious athletic prowess right in front of Danny. Far more than you’d expect from a shy, WoW-addicted girl. In addition to advertising her general fitness, birthin’ hips and the large posterior Dina mentions (“Mate with me, my mulleted monkey”) she’s dropping Danny a subtle hint that she’s capable of MOVING like Amazi-Girl, guiding him gently to the realization he wants to make, and the realization she wants him to make, without condescending to him.
Huh. I didn’t even think that Amber was trying to send that sort of message to Danny. The sticking-the-landing was too subtle, I think. They’ll probably Dance the Dance for a while.
This was the first thing that I thought, too, but then I looked at the bottom of the panel and realized that she only jumped about three feet, rather than the six or so that I first thought. Perspective is a tricky mistress.
What begbert2 said. I mean, she was able to climb up the short wall, which isn’t a big distance to begin with, so I don’t see how jumping down the wall is any more athletic. If she starts challenging him to a foot race to Galasso’s, or offering him a piggy-back ride or something, you might start having a point, but this wall is not some grand Olympic event.
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I thought it was cluelessness…
I always thought it was his attention to detail.
I thought it was his uncanny ability to figure out any and all plot twists after the first ten minutes. Or maybe his ability to recognize distant relations even after not seeing them for more than a decade. Or that he helps the FBI identify suspects from grainy security videos in his spare time. Or his tight glutes.
Nope. It’s his ability to go anywhere unnoticed, making him the perfect spy and/or assassin. All corporate hostile takeovers and bloody revolutions in the last 5 years have him to thank for their successes.
No! That’s my job!
Your gravatar makes that all the funnier XD
Listen to the girl, Danny.
If for no other reason than she wants to buy you pizza.
Piiiiiizza.
(Or sub)
Or better yet, a Pizza Sub.
I imagine a submarine made completely of pizza.
Powered by white hot cheese.
Nuclear cheese!
The red Sauce-tober.
“Give me a pickle, Vasily. One pickle only please.”
I imagine a pizza that’s a bit kinky about being dominated.
That’s disturbing!
She’s smart, sufficiently geeky, and hot. On top of that, she’s asking you out and offering to pay. I swear to all the gods, Danny, if you do not go, I will tear asunder the boudaries between dimensions just to smack you upside your clueless head.
Way to tear time/space a new one.
If people told me 20 years ago that geekiness would be classed as a highly desirable trait for women to possess, I would not have believed you.
Hell, if you’d told me that 12 years ago*, I wouldn’t have believed you.
*(i.e. when I was still in school. Seriously, where the hell was all this love for bespectacled geeky redheads when I was in school!?)
Dammit, missed closing a tag.
Hey, a Red panda! Cute!
Unfortunately, most guys who are really into bespectacled geeky girls are also the guys most likely to be too shy to make a move.
A conundrum indeed…
…wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in luscious dark chocolate.
Smothered in secret sauce.
Or the ones who’d unintentionally date her superhero counterpart.
Which is why being one of the few guys who break that mould to ask girls out made me get ALL THE SEXY, GEEKY bongoES! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! ALLLLLLLL THE LADIES! Really, willpower is the most important thing of anything. LIFE IS GOOD! Thank goodness I decided to emulate the chutzpah of Wolverine rather than someone like Spider-Man or something.
When I graduated from high school seven years ago, I wasn’t able to get a date, even if I was the one who asked. And I was/am a bespectacled, geeky girl. But the very next year I was able to get a date. Multiple dates! What happened between 2005 and 2006?
Just spitballing, but guys in your age bracket grew up a bit and got a little less dumb? Because, speaking as a guy, when we’re in our teens and twenties, we are dumb.
Hooray, more Galasso. Wonder if Danny will do better than Joe did when it comes to Conquest showing up?
Danny seems to be channelin’ some lovestruck Walky in that last panel.
He’s thinking “Dat large posterior…I am predisposed towards such.”
Let’s face it, he’s not the only one.
He is incapable of prevarication. As are the other brothers.
Too Much Availibility = Loose, therefore Danny is a man-slut.
Joe’s finally rubbed off on him. and not in that way.
Is that better or worse than Joe rubbing him off?
And thus were a thousand slash fics launched.
Tell that to Billy.
All the girls love it when I tell them I have absolutely no plans and I’m free all week.
/\sarcastic
^ Confirming Sarcasm
^ Totally not confirming sarcasm
^ Confirming the confirmation of sarcasm.
^etcetera
You can get anything you want at Galasso’s restaurant. (Except Galasso.)
But that is what I want most of all!
Galasso/Alice OTP!
Alice…in Wonderland?
Alice…in Chains?
Alice … Cooper?
Galasso?! When did this happen?
Man, even Danny admits he’s got nothing to ofter.
Amber’s interest continues to baffle me.
Guys like Danny are rare. Let’s be honest. How many of you have stared at her rack even once since this comic started. Danny hasn’t once and she’s right in front of him.
By the looks of that last panel, t’s probably cause Danny’s an ass man. XD
Oh, he stares. He just does it between panels.
…Well, NOW I’m staring. Probably. Maybe. No. Don’t hit me.
He talks to her politely. He made his interest known, once, before he decided to go in a new direction). They have similar interests and have a repore set up. He is not from her original social group, which she is trying to leave behind, even though they keep dragging her back kicking and screaming. And he really isn’t bad-looking by today’s standards — shaggy-haired and skinny. This is enough to justify a mild crush.
I know people aren’t supposed to do this, but I find it difficult to resist and weakly try to justify it by imagining it’s a public service.
It’s ‘rapport’.
Gahhhh. I knew I was spelling it wrong. I’m updating it from my iphone, so it was either spell it phonetically or close the entire comment to look up the proper spelling. Thanks for correcting me.
I love you, begbert2.
She’s still at the point where she’s choosing to find his cluelessness charming.
Modesty!
‘dat butt jiggle
Yes! Stuck the landing.
Next up is the pole-vault.
If you know what I mean…
Oh I know what you mean. Wink wink, nudge nudge, imply imply
Say no more!
Aw, there’s the Amber we all know and love. There. In that last panel.
Pizza (or subs), Pizza (or subs), Everything’s better with pizza (or subs)!
From GALASSO’S!
DON’T TELL ME WHAT YOUR BEST FEATURE IS
So, uh… Danny hit a growth spurt since last time…
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/through/
Those proportions are crazy, y’all.
http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/34279498382/confused-after-visiting-indiana-university
I saw that! I just didn’t realize how big a difference it was before.
I’m sorry, what did you say? All my attention was taken by your… sudden movement.
No, no, you’re right, Danny, Amazi-Girl is going to be totally blown away by your ability to spend entire days, sitting on a step, waiting for her to walk by.
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Seriously, though. At the rate he’s going, is Danny ever going to get that basis-of-comparison kiss?
He has to do it. For science. Its the only way.
—–Top of the head commentary.
This comic is like Community, but care-free as if it was aired on SciFi, and paced as if it was produced by CBS.
I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or a criticism (spits on CBS) – probably a compliment. The real point is, I love Community.
I will kill all of the children of all of your executives NBC if you don’t start airing that shit soon. Real soon.
/disclaimer: I don’t kill children – only adults.
No more 2:30AM posting for me I think…
…This is starting to feel like a bottle episode.
Just remember, October 19th is a state of mind.
Apparently it’s February 7th now.
It’s okay. We’ve all stricken this comment from our headcanon.
WELL YOU’RE NOT BEING VERY AVAILABLE FOR PIZZA (OR SUBS) RIGHT NOW, DANNY.
Okay, I guess this was too obvious for everyone else to point out?
Amber just displayed serious athletic prowess right in front of Danny. Far more than you’d expect from a shy, WoW-addicted girl. In addition to advertising her general fitness, birthin’ hips and the large posterior Dina mentions (“Mate with me, my mulleted monkey”) she’s dropping Danny a subtle hint that she’s capable of MOVING like Amazi-Girl, guiding him gently to the realization he wants to make, and the realization she wants him to make, without condescending to him.
AND SO THEY DANCE THE DANCE.
Huh. I didn’t even think that Amber was trying to send that sort of message to Danny. The sticking-the-landing was too subtle, I think. They’ll probably Dance the Dance for a while.
I guess so. It doesn’t seem like a very effective way of doing so; we’ve already seen that Danny isn’t trying very hard to make connections.
This was the first thing that I thought, too, but then I looked at the bottom of the panel and realized that she only jumped about three feet, rather than the six or so that I first thought. Perspective is a tricky mistress.
What begbert2 said. I mean, she was able to climb up the short wall, which isn’t a big distance to begin with, so I don’t see how jumping down the wall is any more athletic. If she starts challenging him to a foot race to Galasso’s, or offering him a piggy-back ride or something, you might start having a point, but this wall is not some grand Olympic event.
Large and speechless, huh? Just the way I like my [insert appropriate noun].
Complete the joke, win a nonexistent prize!
Just the way I like my elephants.
Seriously, small, talkative elephants really drive me crazy.
Cheeseburgers
Boats
Trains
Women
Robots
Penis
Beers
Fries
Trucks
House
(pick your fav)
And she sticks the landing
But it’s also the least appreciated Danny.
Someone’s gonna forget her bag…
It really does scare me when Danny reminds me of myself.
For some reason I love it how everyone always adds the (or subs) for Galasso’s 😀