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Warning: do not take a dose of Danny’s Right if you’re allergic to criticism or while operating heavy machinery. Side effects may include lack of sleep, depression and bruised knuckles.
At least when you’re the target of the hypocrisy. If you’re a bystander, it’s possible for there to be nicer than this… but when striving to be nicer than this, it’s important to make a distinction between which “nice” you’re trying to be, because one of the definitions is really different from the others in a way that would be really pertinent here.
That said, I think it would be slightly nicer to say nothing while in public and talk gently about it in private after. “Now that you’re hanging out with Sal again, is there any way that we could be a couple again and have it be healthy and comfortable for you?”
Of course, the downsides of that approach is that it skates close to passive aggressive, and you probably need to have more certainty of character than Danny has to avoid a misstep into that, *and* in a one on one situation, there are no witnesses. It may not necessarily be easier for them to get away with it, but it’s certainly a lot easier for heat of the moment actions to happen.
Let me be blunter: there’s no reason to be nice when calling someone out for the bullshit hypocrisy they subjected you to and this is the best they have any right to expect.
There’s still a difference between being right, and being a dick.
Their emotions were true at the time, and they’re allowed to change. But if he’s trying to get back into that new good situation… back together with Amber, and friends with Sal… he’s not doing it right. He’s just being a jerk.
He’s allowed to call them out on it, especially when neither of them have apologized to him for being hypocritical. This isn’t even the first time he’s called Amber out on this specific thing, and the last time she backflipped away from the truth.
I mean, they’re both points that I and I’m sure plenty of other readers saw coming (one of which Marcie already made). I’m not shocked at hearing them–just excruciatingly shocked that we’ve heard them from *Danny*.
Naturally, I don’t mean to make that sound as if I’m the only one who’s pointed that out or had that thought. I too am shocked to hear Danny point as much out, but it’s a good shock! It’s a point that has needed to be addressed in the comic itself since from Danny’s POV, it would be extremely hypocritical. Especially since both points lead directly to the breakup with Amber which was pretty unfair to him.
“Egg mode” in the LGBTQ+ sense is basically a way for people to refer to themselves before they realized they were “x” identity. I mostly see it with trans people, not sure if other identities use it as well. But as an example, I was 17 when I realized I was non-binary, so I might say that before that I spent 17 years in “egg mode,” or say something like, “when I was a non-binary egg…”
A gay man in college referred to me as an egg. I’m male, and he was attracted to me (a point he made quite often, just to be sure it made it through my autistically thick skull. I think his lack of interest in women means he was hoping I was an unaware homosexual rather than thinking I was an unaware transsexual.
As it happens, I’m very mildly genderqueer, but my interests are decidedly oriented towards women. I was aware of my gender queerness at the time but unaware of the language to properly express it. The LGBTQPK scene at college was *not* helping that at all… and I do mean that limited acronym rather than the full one, and the Q they accepted was Questioning. I wish I had an acronym to clarify how limited their K was, but it was another aspect that wasn’t helpful to me because they talked like BDSM was only worthwhile if it includes all of those elements, and the D/s aspect is only real if it’s master/slave, and that’s so very not true.
Your explanation of egg mode makes me think of the chick speech from Utena, which is appropriate in a bizarre way given the heavy lesbian subtext (okay, it becomes pretty much text by the ending, but still).
It’s basically someone before they figure out what they are, though it’s usually applied to trans women specifically. It’s sort of “the stage before baby” as in the (mostly in-group) phrases baby gay, baby trans, etc..
He’s reasonably a little snarky about how his friend grilled him about him enabling his gf doing dangerous things, he took that advice and got dumped, and then said friend joined ex-gf in dangerous activities not too long after. And now their sporting together.
Im also pretty sure Danny doesn’t know that Amazi-girl started acting outside of Amber’s control. Like, of course he knew about the super compartmentalizing, but it really stepped up a notch after.
Considering he knew he had a thing with Amazi-Girl but not with Amber (as Amber pointed out to him on several occasions), he has the data but might miss the relevant information to,process that correctly.
I think he’s closer than anyone else to figuring out what’s going on there. He’s got the most clues and I think he’s the only one we’ve actually seen trying to work through it.
I’d say that depends on whether Amazi-Girl remembers that Sal made up with Amber and knows who she is. The next time they meet could get really awkward.
In your eyes, THEY’RE the victims here? I think it’s safe to say Danny got some collateral damage unfair treatment in their little hatefeud. Their expressions say they kinda know it- even if knowing it can’t undo anything. Like, Amber/Danny won’t just magically spring back up even though the stated break-up reason has been totally nulled. Then again, Amber might get something sort of karma-like in the form of Walky deciding to Nope out, if he does. Not that two sads will make a happy in that case either.
Wow, I feel like Danny has somehow pulled a Mike here. Incredible. I’m reminded of Mike’s quote from before, about Ruth. “Oooh, I have some material for her. It will be a good death.”
Okay, fine, why does Danny have to make TWO GOOD POINTS? What webcomic are we in?!
He’s basically doing in person what most people can only muster up the courage to do from behind a keyboard. And he has justification, which also sets him apart from the average keyboard commando.
Indeed. Keep in mind that Danny seems to be attracted to women with quick tempers, who are prone to murderous rages. Retractible testicles are a survival trait to such men.
He’s attracted to Dorothy, who doesn’t have murderous rages, and Ethan, who is a teddy bear. The only one of his love interests who fits those criteria is Amber/Amazigirl.
Y’know, this IS actually super unfair from Danny’s perspective. And yet, if they decided to explain the whole situation to him, he’d probably still be super nice and understanding about it all.
I’m pretty sure Danny was present during the fight that took place the previous night and, afterwards, heard them explain their shared backstory to Ruth. So he should know about the stabbing.
When a comment is that well pitched and that accurate one can only stand in silent admiration for how well it was done, while bemoaning the fact that there is no counter to it
Also possibly a chaste ‘thank you for always being true to us’ kiss from both ladies that would only cement that theirs is a comic books three-way relationship!
That comment would have made more sense if I used the term “V” instead of triad. however given Sal and Amber’s forming emotional connection, it could still be a triad. And then Ethan could be Danny’s boyfriend on the side. Put that in your marriage matrix, Joyce!
Impressive. I wonder when the day will come when it overtakes Questionable Content. the 7 days a week schedule means it ought to happen eventually, plus I don’t think Jeph numbers guest strips.
If you click on the Archive button below the page tab, it has an option that says ‘comic’. That has all the strips instead of just the number by storyline.
In Danny’s defence, he’s taken a lot of flak from Amber and Sal for doing stuff with the other when they went on and did it anyway. I’m hoping that they’ll both be able to realise this and offer him an apology. Either that or they’ll decide that he is indeed a good egg and want to share him, something that I wonder would end up a death sentence of sorts! :-p
So… Does Danny know that Sal knows who Amber is? Because Amazi-girl was the one who broke up with him and it wouldn’t make much sense for him to bring Amazigirl up if he wasn’t in on them knowing who the other was.
Who filled him in? Is he just lucky things were hashed out?
He was present for the fight and all that, so I think he knows enough to probably know. Barring that, Ethan probably would have filled him in on any of the blanks he’d have.
They were yelling about it during the fight, even after he showed up – which was after the bit where Sal first figured it out. Sal was calling her Amazi-Girl throughout.
Ok maybe I’m misunderstanding the dialogue but why would Danny have egg on his face for Amber breaking up with him for that? Ambers still the one in the wrong there?
To be fair, if you want to replace the violence in your life, roller derby is not the best choice to start with. That’s more a redirecting than a replacing.
No those are the exact type of things you do say out loud, both Sal and Amber have treated Danny really badly so they deserve to be called out for it especially given that neither have offered Danny an apology for their actions
Just generally everything, she damn near tore his head off when he called her Sally yet she has no problem calling him wonder bread, she orders him around and puts his life at risk simply because she wants to without even asking if wants to go for a bike ride (because it’s such a privilege to be allowed on her bike) and yeah the whole hypocrisy thing as well
Danny is such a good egg its easy to take advantage of his good nature and Sal can easily slip into the “I know best” mindset so it’s good Danny’s letting her know her behaviours not the best
Speaking of “Unfair things Danny’s controlling friends have intentionally or unintentionally pushed onto him, constraining his relationships with others,” now’s a good time to ask Amber how she feels about her ex-boyfriends going at it. Danny and Ethan shouldn’t have let that stop them from going out or hooking up, and I honestly doubt Amber would have minded either way.
While they do owe Danny an apology, there is less tooth to an attack over something you’ve already admitted you were wrong about. Amber has admitted she was wrong about Sal, and Sal has realized she was wrong to be out punching people to relieve her interior stuff.
No, Danny doesn’t know that and he’s not doing anything wrong here. I’m just saying that there’s really no need for them to be defensive here. “Ha ha, remember when you made that mistake/bad choice?” “Yeah, that sure was a mistake/bad choice.” When you’ve already admitted it was a mistake/bad choice, that shouldn’t be that hard of a response.
Why is he doing this? Who benefits, how? Hes giving them shit because they didn’t remain stuck back where they were when they each gave him shit about his interactions with the other?
I mean, you’re assuming he’s not fishing for an apology from both girls for yelling at him and abusing him over something that seems pretty darn hypocritical right now. He may just be a bit upset that they got attacked him over something that is clearly no big thing now.
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what horrible nightmare reality have we stumbled into
in which danny
can be right
and that’s exactly why he’s gonna die now
Probably not, but that boy is missing a sense of self preservation.
Not so much missing a sense of self preservation as oblivious until the death stares triggered it.
The Comments Section: Danny! What did we TELL you about being right?
Danny: That I’m going to get murdered?
TCS: THAT YOU’RE GOING TO GET MURDERED!!
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There is a distinction between Danny being right, and danny Danning it up by stating the truth.
Equilibrium is maintained.
Danny’s been right pretty often in DoA.
Warning: do not take a dose of Danny’s Right if you’re allergic to criticism or while operating heavy machinery. Side effects may include lack of sleep, depression and bruised knuckles.
Yeah, he’s right, but IMO he’s being kind of an ass about it right now. >_>;
And maybe that’s fine. Amber didn’t treat him the best.
There’s not exactly a nice way to call someone out for their hypocrisy but this is about as nice as it gets.
At least when you’re the target of the hypocrisy. If you’re a bystander, it’s possible for there to be nicer than this… but when striving to be nicer than this, it’s important to make a distinction between which “nice” you’re trying to be, because one of the definitions is really different from the others in a way that would be really pertinent here.
That said, I think it would be slightly nicer to say nothing while in public and talk gently about it in private after. “Now that you’re hanging out with Sal again, is there any way that we could be a couple again and have it be healthy and comfortable for you?”
Of course, the downsides of that approach is that it skates close to passive aggressive, and you probably need to have more certainty of character than Danny has to avoid a misstep into that, *and* in a one on one situation, there are no witnesses. It may not necessarily be easier for them to get away with it, but it’s certainly a lot easier for heat of the moment actions to happen.
Let me be blunter: there’s no reason to be nice when calling someone out for the bullshit hypocrisy they subjected you to and this is the best they have any right to expect.
He’s kind of earned the right to be imo. He was treated unfairly by both of them.
Yeah, that’s what I meant by “and maybe that’s fine. Amber hasn’t treated them the best”.
Just not used to Danny being any kind of mean. It’s interesting!
^* “treated them” > “treated them”
There’s still a difference between being right, and being a dick.
Their emotions were true at the time, and they’re allowed to change. But if he’s trying to get back into that new good situation… back together with Amber, and friends with Sal… he’s not doing it right. He’s just being a jerk.
He’s allowed to call them out on it, especially when neither of them have apologized to him for being hypocritical. This isn’t even the first time he’s called Amber out on this specific thing, and the last time she backflipped away from the truth.
If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
-Turkish proverb
In which Danny says exactly what I said in the comments a few weeks ago, go Danny.
Admit it, you actually are Danny, posting via some ultratec provided by Carla.
*sips soda casually and not at all suspiciously, hiding a hat and ukelele behind back* What a bizarre accusation and most definitely not true at all!
I mean, they’re both points that I and I’m sure plenty of other readers saw coming (one of which Marcie already made). I’m not shocked at hearing them–just excruciatingly shocked that we’ve heard them from *Danny*.
Naturally, I don’t mean to make that sound as if I’m the only one who’s pointed that out or had that thought. I too am shocked to hear Danny point as much out, but it’s a good shock! It’s a point that has needed to be addressed in the comic itself since from Danny’s POV, it would be extremely hypocritical. Especially since both points lead directly to the breakup with Amber which was pretty unfair to him.
Let us be fair- Doopyboop is exactly the kind of nickname that Danny would have.
Man, New Danny is the best
Dammit, Danny! >>>>> Daaaamn, Danny!
Small difference, big change.
He definitely is.
A one-man Greek Chorus, self-accompanied on a banjo.
Sure, there’s egg, but it’s Danny. He’s a good egg.
No, he’s already started to come out to various — oh wait you didn’t mean that in the LGBTQ+ sense. Unless you did.
I mean everything in the LGBTQ+ sense, but also in the callback way.
I don’t know what that means in the LGBTQ+ sense and I’m not even sure how to google it.
“Egg mode” in the LGBTQ+ sense is basically a way for people to refer to themselves before they realized they were “x” identity. I mostly see it with trans people, not sure if other identities use it as well. But as an example, I was 17 when I realized I was non-binary, so I might say that before that I spent 17 years in “egg mode,” or say something like, “when I was a non-binary egg…”
Thanks, Yumi. “Egg mode” was a new one on me, too.
A gay man in college referred to me as an egg. I’m male, and he was attracted to me (a point he made quite often, just to be sure it made it through my autistically thick skull. I think his lack of interest in women means he was hoping I was an unaware homosexual rather than thinking I was an unaware transsexual.
As it happens, I’m very mildly genderqueer, but my interests are decidedly oriented towards women. I was aware of my gender queerness at the time but unaware of the language to properly express it. The LGBTQPK scene at college was *not* helping that at all… and I do mean that limited acronym rather than the full one, and the Q they accepted was Questioning. I wish I had an acronym to clarify how limited their K was, but it was another aspect that wasn’t helpful to me because they talked like BDSM was only worthwhile if it includes all of those elements, and the D/s aspect is only real if it’s master/slave, and that’s so very not true.
Speaking from my own background in the BDSM community, I’m sorry you had to deal with people like that.
Your explanation of egg mode makes me think of the chick speech from Utena, which is appropriate in a bizarre way given the heavy lesbian subtext (okay, it becomes pretty much text by the ending, but still).
Utena is notable because it is so blatant you could call it text from the beggining and it transitions into overtext by the end.
It’s basically someone before they figure out what they are, though it’s usually applied to trans women specifically. It’s sort of “the stage before baby” as in the (mostly in-group) phrases baby gay, baby trans, etc..
I wasn’t familiar with that one. Thanks to you and Yumi for the info.
He’s no longer anywhere near her face, though.
She hasn’t washed her face in like. Weeks.
Nice burn Danny. Until you crumpled.
Danny dropping the bombs
No filter and somehow give a clear sitrep…
I got caught between two different comments. I meant “no self awareness and somehow…”
Pffft!
I mean, neither of those situations was QUITE that simple, but dude has a point!
Good job, Danny.
Sal didn’t force him to do a 180 in his support of his girlfriend. He did that of his own free will.
Which doesn’t mean I disagree with what you said.
He didn’t do a 180, he did a 20 and she flipped the fuck out.
It looked more like a 15 to me, but it’s really hard to eyeball angles at that granularity, especially when it’s just a metaphor.
You tell em Danny
Me, looking at the comic’s url: “Mmm, watchaway-y~”
Honestly that song is pretty on point if you read the lyrics.
I wish everyone would be a little nicer to Danny.
*plays Bruce Springsteen’s “Murder Incorporated” on the hacked P.A. speakers*
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As best I can estimate, Bloomington is about 75 miles from the banks of the Ohio.
Danny is a confirmed Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts III.
We have reached the point where the ukelele guy is the voice of reason.
Go Team!
Just call me at like it sees it and whipping out the Ugly Truth.
LMAO the shaaaaaaaaaaade
[Latrice voice] The shade, the shade of it all!
Does Danny know Amber isn’t Amazi-Girl?
I don’t think there’s definitive word on that. He does know that even Amber finds it hard to keep them straight.
I think the more important thing here is that Danny thinks he is qualified enough to be judging Amber’s mental state.
Well, she told him it was amazing girl who broke up with him http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/02-everything-youve-ever-wanted/blame-2/
I got autocorrupted, dagnabit.
I don’t think there’s any sign of that here, but then I’m not entirely sure what you mean by it.
Oh come on, you know that’s not what he’s doing.
He’s reasonably a little snarky about how his friend grilled him about him enabling his gf doing dangerous things, he took that advice and got dumped, and then said friend joined ex-gf in dangerous activities not too long after. And now their sporting together.
Im also pretty sure Danny doesn’t know that Amazi-girl started acting outside of Amber’s control. Like, of course he knew about the super compartmentalizing, but it really stepped up a notch after.
Considering he knew he had a thing with Amazi-Girl but not with Amber (as Amber pointed out to him on several occasions), he has the data but might miss the relevant information to,process that correctly.
I think he’s closer than anyone else to figuring out what’s going on there. He’s got the most clues and I think he’s the only one we’ve actually seen trying to work through it.
I’d say that depends on whether Amazi-Girl remembers that Sal made up with Amber and knows who she is. The next time they meet could get really awkward.
Every time I think I see something “Peak Danny” a new “Peak Danny” moment happens.
This is now currently “Peak Danny”
(Or at the very least “Peak New Danny”)
Damn, Danny.
Too bad being right doesn’t make you popular.
After a while you realize which one’s important.
Proud of Danny calling them out before his brutal murder. You’ve come so far, man.
He will be missed.
His sacrifice will be honored.
In fairness, Amazigirl dumping Danny was the best thing that’s ever happened to him.
I love Sal and Danny’s dynamic. I do hope this’ll lead to Amber and Danny talking again, from a healthier place.
Somebody better know some dark arts to resurrect Danny then or have some Phoenix Down, or know how to Retcon Punch.
Also, props to Danny for finally getting the Amber/Amazi-Girl distinction correct.
Danny, you and your hat are truly the gifts that keep on giving.
Nice observations, Danny. We’ll make sure you have a nice gravestone after they put you in the dirt.
And then put his hat on the tombstone.
And his tombstone will have the the epitaph, “He was a good egg.”
Hey, someone had to do it.
The garbage man is right, promote him to garbage boss.
danny this is a good thing don’t needle them over it
In your eyes, THEY’RE the victims here? I think it’s safe to say Danny got some collateral damage unfair treatment in their little hatefeud. Their expressions say they kinda know it- even if knowing it can’t undo anything. Like, Amber/Danny won’t just magically spring back up even though the stated break-up reason has been totally nulled. Then again, Amber might get something sort of karma-like in the form of Walky deciding to Nope out, if he does. Not that two sads will make a happy in that case either.
Let’s not forget the possible Danny/Ethan ship sailing. That’s karma enough, I think.
It’s cool to see Danny stand up for himself. His character development is really nice, even if he’s still wearing that hat.
This hat is stylish and sexy!
Danny, are you trying to convince yourself?
What if the Danny avatar actually represents… the hat!?
It’s finally taken direct control. No wonder he’s been so ballsy.
My god, he’s more hat than man!
Part of me really wants an avatar that’s centered on Danny’s hat now.
There’s the strip where Joyce is trying to remember him — someone ought to be able to make something from that.
Daaaamn Daniel.
Back at it again with the hard truths.
Wins the internet
I was gonna post that if nobody else had already.
Wow, I feel like Danny has somehow pulled a Mike here. Incredible. I’m reminded of Mike’s quote from before, about Ruth. “Oooh, I have some material for her. It will be a good death.”
Okay, fine, why does Danny have to make TWO GOOD POINTS? What webcomic are we in?!
He’s right but also don’t be that guy, Danny.
Eh, he’s earned a little passive aggressiveness.
Pretty much. If you lecture someone on something, and then you go and do it, you’re going to get sassed for it.
I think he’s just earned a little aggresive aggresiveness too?
He’s assertive now, not suicidal.
He’s basically doing in person what most people can only muster up the courage to do from behind a keyboard. And he has justification, which also sets him apart from the average keyboard commando.
Daaamn, Danny, you grew a couple testicles and then in the last panel you sucked ’em in inside.
Orochi Doppo would approve of his use of that technique
An evolutionary development that would be quite useful.
Indeed. Keep in mind that Danny seems to be attracted to women with quick tempers, who are prone to murderous rages. Retractible testicles are a survival trait to such men.
He’s attracted to Dorothy, who doesn’t have murderous rages, and Ethan, who is a teddy bear. The only one of his love interests who fits those criteria is Amber/Amazigirl.
That’s what happens when you stay Drama free like Danny. You can just sit back and comment on how absurd everyone is. You go, Ukulele man.
“Drama free like Danny” is possibly the weirdest sentence I ever read associated with this comic.
Also not one I would put money on.
A phrase that should only be used ironically, possibly while wearing hipsterish retro haberdashery.
Y’know, this IS actually super unfair from Danny’s perspective. And yet, if they decided to explain the whole situation to him, he’d probably still be super nice and understanding about it all.
Oh, Danny.
I don’t trust any whitebread dudes in funny hats. Clearly he’s negging them.
Danny doesn’t know about the stabbing.
Don’t mind me, I’m just here preparing some schadenfreude.
The teaming up happened before Sal knew Amazi-Girl stabbed her, though. It’s not really impacting his point one way or another.
I’m pretty sure Danny was present during the fight that took place the previous night and, afterwards, heard them explain their shared backstory to Ruth. So he should know about the stabbing.
He was. I don’t think he got the full details but he knows about the stabbing.
I choose to believe that there is nothing but ice left in that cup but Danny keeps trying to drink it anyway.
Until Willis says otherwise, we must now consider that to be canon.
At least it looks like Danny’s enjoying that drink. Might be his last.
He’s right and he should say it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Amen to that.
On the one hand, he’s right. On the other hand, he’s Danny.
It has to be said: Danny may be a dink, but he sure gets good pussy. Dorothy? AMBER? Damn, son.
Bet that could have gone unsaid.
Not with me in the mix. No filter.
Danny’s the sensible one, telling it like it is. #TeamWonderbread
Even when it’s not in any way a good idea to tell it.
Well done Danny, I know you want to be a good egg but with observations like that you might just graduate to hard boiled instead
Provided that Sal won’t get him scrambled, we can hope.
When a comment is that well pitched and that accurate one can only stand in silent admiration for how well it was done, while bemoaning the fact that there is no counter to it
I mean, he deserves to die for unironically using the phrase ‘up in my fries’ alone.
Yeah, that was new to me.
I didn’t know there was an ironic way to.say it. I’m not aware of all internet traditions; when did “up in my fries” become a thing?
Aw man, I was hoping you’d reply with another egg pun. Because I’ve got nothing.
Really? You can’t come up with a single yolk?
These puns just crack me up
When all else fails, poach one from somewhere else.
I have nothing to add other than my last name translated into English is literally “Benedict”, so I guess I AM the pun?
I’m afraid Sal will fry him with onions. And Amber will say, “Ah, smells like breakfast.”
“Aw man, I was hoping you’d reply with another egg pun. Because I’ve got nothing.”
So just poach somebody else’s.
If he’s lucky, it’ll all be over easy.
I gotta say, Danny’s really come out of his shell here.
Do you think it’d really be over so easy?
Oooooh!
Danny, don’t push your luck with your ex and your alternate universe ex.
Aprapos,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhqyg_dTaTg
This feels relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-rnxuijVjs
Damn, how is that tea you’re sipping, Danny?
Yeah, at this point he REALLY earned the right for a snarky “I told you so”
Also possibly a chaste ‘thank you for always being true to us’ kiss from both ladies that would only cement that theirs is a comic books three-way relationship!
That only needs Ethan to be complete.
Long shot.
I am so here for this OT3 triad (cuz both Amber and Sal are straight, right?)
That comment would have made more sense if I used the term “V” instead of triad. however given Sal and Amber’s forming emotional connection, it could still be a triad. And then Ethan could be Danny’s boyfriend on the side. Put that in your marriage matrix, Joyce!
This is shipping. What’s canon straightness got to do with it?
Indeed. :/
God having characters called out on their hypocrisy is my specific kink, it seems
I don’t know what it says about me that I find that level of inconsistency unsurprising.
it says you pal around with humans, you big ol pervert, you.
What’s left of him will be buried in his ukelele.
Murder him! Murder him!
Wonderbread is toast.
I believe this is the definition of “Fuckor”
Does anyone know how many Dumbing of Age comic pages there are?
Also, great shade, Danny
An exact number? I don’t know but there’s well over one thousand.
As of today there are 2788 strips.
Impressive. I wonder when the day will come when it overtakes Questionable Content. the 7 days a week schedule means it ought to happen eventually, plus I don’t think Jeph numbers guest strips.
Thank you! How did you know?
If you click on the Archive button below the page tab, it has an option that says ‘comic’. That has all the strips instead of just the number by storyline.
*below the tag page button.
Hmm. And how many of the Patreon bonus strips? (To say nothing of the Slipshine ones, but that starts making counting things complicated.)
About 102 patreon strips and 9 slipshines if we take Welcome to the Fuck Zone as one (since you click through it I assume).
In Danny’s defence, he’s taken a lot of flak from Amber and Sal for doing stuff with the other when they went on and did it anyway. I’m hoping that they’ll both be able to realise this and offer him an apology. Either that or they’ll decide that he is indeed a good egg and want to share him, something that I wonder would end up a death sentence of sorts! :-p
I’m ready for that slipshine.
Danny: *quoting Fry* I never thought I would die this way but I always sort of wanted.
The ukulele “did* make him cooler. My man Danward!
Good lord, how uncool do you have to be to have possessing a ukulele make you cooler?
It’s impressive that he can speak clearly with a straw in his mouth.
Way to go Danny!
I LOVE Danny here. And he totally gets the Amber Amazi Girl distinction. Amaz-ing!
Obviously he dies in the next page.
So… Does Danny know that Sal knows who Amber is? Because Amazi-girl was the one who broke up with him and it wouldn’t make much sense for him to bring Amazigirl up if he wasn’t in on them knowing who the other was.
Who filled him in? Is he just lucky things were hashed out?
He was present for the fight and all that, so I think he knows enough to probably know. Barring that, Ethan probably would have filled him in on any of the blanks he’d have.
He shouldn’t however know that Marcie knows, which means he kind of outed her – at least by implication.
They were yelling about it during the fight, even after he showed up – which was after the bit where Sal first figured it out. Sal was calling her Amazi-Girl throughout.
Very true! Thanks for the reminder, guys.
Daniel Wilcox died of sudden organ removal, he was survived by his mother and father, he was 18
+1 Respect points for Danny.
All that remained of Danny was a cup of pulp and a bloodied flatcap.
I’m impressed he can talk with something in his mouth the whole time.
He’ll make Ethan very happy with that talent.
So does this mean that though she /can/ roller skate from the truth?
I love nuDanny. Second-favourite character place secured!
Danny’s got a point there… XD
When I was in high school I read roomies. (Jumped on about the point of the sluggy freelance crossover).
I can say this is Danny’s best moment.
Throwing shade from the shade
Danny is playing with fire
I wonder if he really wants to get burned by Sal (and possibly Amber too)?
…I’m pretty sure it’s a ukulele?
I mean, he has a point, doesn’t he?
Ok maybe I’m misunderstanding the dialogue but why would Danny have egg on his face for Amber breaking up with him for that? Ambers still the one in the wrong there?
I believe Sal was talking TO Amber.
That was to Amber, yes, which is why Sal is so keenly peeved to have herself called out next.
Ah, thank you, my reading comprehension is bad!
Confirmed: Danny’s still my favorite character
Speaking of AG, we still haven’t seen her react to Sal leaving the punching game behind.
Won’t that be fun?
now remind Sal and Amber that roller derby is suppose to replace the violence in their lives
To be fair, if you want to replace the violence in your life, roller derby is not the best choice to start with. That’s more a redirecting than a replacing.
Careful Danny, you are never going to gain any “sexy time” points if you keep saying things like that, no matter how correct it may be.
Danny.
My man.
It appears Danny has been practicing his trolling.
I hope his little hat isn’t going to become a substitute MRA fedora.
Though, it would be interesting for him to become the new villain… hmmm…
I want Lucy and Danny to either date or be friends. They’re both good eggs a day deserve each other
Danny boy, those are the quiet things you don’t say out loud.
No those are the exact type of things you do say out loud, both Sal and Amber have treated Danny really badly so they deserve to be called out for it especially given that neither have offered Danny an apology for their actions
I don’t think Sal has really treated Danny badly.
This is her hypocrisy he’s calling out, but it wasn’t anything aimed at him.
No it was pretty bad
Okay. Still no real idea what you’re talking about though.
When she talked to him about enabling Amazi-girl? Or something else?
Just generally everything, she damn near tore his head off when he called her Sally yet she has no problem calling him wonder bread, she orders him around and puts his life at risk simply because she wants to without even asking if wants to go for a bike ride (because it’s such a privilege to be allowed on her bike) and yeah the whole hypocrisy thing as well
Danny is such a good egg its easy to take advantage of his good nature and Sal can easily slip into the “I know best” mindset so it’s good Danny’s letting her know her behaviours not the best
I fecking love you, Danny. I will remember you fondly when you are murdered.
Speaking of “Unfair things Danny’s controlling friends have intentionally or unintentionally pushed onto him, constraining his relationships with others,” now’s a good time to ask Amber how she feels about her ex-boyfriends going at it. Danny and Ethan shouldn’t have let that stop them from going out or hooking up, and I honestly doubt Amber would have minded either way.
And then it turns out Amber’s been writing slashfic about exactly that this whole time.
Except I’m not sure if Ethan is even an option anymore considering his new-found attractiveness and Mike messing around.
Yeah, Ethan’s been fooling around with that other guy whose name escapes me, not sure if that’s casual or if they’re going to be an item.
RIP DANNY
so here is where you put the meme whit those teens after a burn
Good for Danny, he’s earned a couple of snarky remarks about this whole mess.
I just noticed that in panel 4, Amber has clearly been guest-drawn by Uncle Randy.
While they do owe Danny an apology, there is less tooth to an attack over something you’ve already admitted you were wrong about. Amber has admitted she was wrong about Sal, and Sal has realized she was wrong to be out punching people to relieve her interior stuff.
No, Danny doesn’t know that and he’s not doing anything wrong here. I’m just saying that there’s really no need for them to be defensive here. “Ha ha, remember when you made that mistake/bad choice?” “Yeah, that sure was a mistake/bad choice.” When you’ve already admitted it was a mistake/bad choice, that shouldn’t be that hard of a response.
Why is he doing this? Who benefits, how? Hes giving them shit because they didn’t remain stuck back where they were when they each gave him shit about his interactions with the other?
I mean, you’re assuming he’s not fishing for an apology from both girls for yelling at him and abusing him over something that seems pretty darn hypocritical right now. He may just be a bit upset that they got attacked him over something that is clearly no big thing now.
Quick reminder that it’s been, like, a week since that happened.
This might be the most vindictive/confident/assertive i’ve ever seen Danny. Ever.
GO, DANNY!
(Burn City!)