Yep, we’re well known for our forgiveness. Just look at how we forgave Japan towards the end of World War II.
Oh, you mean cults of personality. Yep, just look at how we forgave Joe McCarthy.
If you’re talking about current cults, I figure it will be just the same. After they’re gone there won’t be a single supporter or ex-supporter to be found anywhere. And almost as many that fought against it from the inside as there were in the French Resistance.
The better example of cultlike behavior was the treatment of Japanese American citizens during WWII by the government and society at large, which many people still insist was perfectly fine rather than what it actually was, which was horrific and racist.
Perhaps they think she has at least a few good qualities in addition to her clearly intense Mental Health Shit She’s Going Through, and want to know her better even if that means she’s not perfect?… Naaaaah.
Realtalk though it is a bit sad that both Billie and Ruth are so used to thinking so little of themselves (never forget that this relationship truly started with ‘we’re both poison. We can touch each other’ and Billie was the one saying it) that they seem to assume Decent Normal People knowing about their worst moments definitely means they’re totally rejected, by everyone, always. Ruth’s reputation in the hall still isn’t great because of her past RAing (and a nonzero amount of her present, to be frank,) but we’ve also seen people express actual concern for her, too. And Billie’s clearly a mess, but that doesn’t mean they might not want to know about her secret nerddom and such.
Or, this being Forrest Quad, that they haven’t all decided that since she clearly needs Help and Love and Support, they will provide all of these things in spades! Their niceness hivemind is strong.
I’d say the cure is actually assign yourself your own gravatar but I’m sure it could be accidentally ironic even if you chose something like the Twitter egg
I’m actually surprised, I would have expected them to just not acknowledge her. Maybe what’s-her-face talked to them and smoothed things out? I suppose they could just like her now without worshipping her, which would be a nice change of pace.
Unless a whole lot of stuff changes really really quickly, in about two months, the real-life calendar date will pass the DOA in-universe calendar date for the tenth time, and it will be the first time it’s happened that the strip that day could not have plausibly occurred on the day it was published.
Maybe they each thought about it, and decided Billie shouldn’t be their idol, but can just be a person? What is this sane, reasonable, non-dramatic hall?
It eventually becomes revealed that each of them actually went through their own phase of idol worship before being downgraded to a regular cult member.
Rose was a valedictorian. Beatrice was prom queen. Nash shot a man and watched him die.
Or maybe you’re still their friend even though they’re no longer obsessing over you as a cultural guide-icon? I know that you’d find that hard to believe Billie but it is a possibility!
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Social media never forgets
Not so with social media consumers!
Cults can forgive anything. *looks at united states*
Yep, we’re well known for our forgiveness. Just look at how we forgave Japan towards the end of World War II.
Oh, you mean cults of personality. Yep, just look at how we forgave Joe McCarthy.
If you’re talking about current cults, I figure it will be just the same. After they’re gone there won’t be a single supporter or ex-supporter to be found anywhere. And almost as many that fought against it from the inside as there were in the French Resistance.
We’re well known for our forgiveness.
Ann Coulter wrote a book about how wronged Joseph McCarthy was.
You’d be wrong to think that demagogues don’t maintain supporters.
Televangelists like Baker are a perfect example.
The better example of cultlike behavior was the treatment of Japanese American citizens during WWII by the government and society at large, which many people still insist was perfectly fine rather than what it actually was, which was horrific and racist.
Maybe they actually like her? Nah, couldn’t be.
Perhaps they think she has at least a few good qualities in addition to her clearly intense Mental Health Shit She’s Going Through, and want to know her better even if that means she’s not perfect?… Naaaaah.
Realtalk though it is a bit sad that both Billie and Ruth are so used to thinking so little of themselves (never forget that this relationship truly started with ‘we’re both poison. We can touch each other’ and Billie was the one saying it) that they seem to assume Decent Normal People knowing about their worst moments definitely means they’re totally rejected, by everyone, always. Ruth’s reputation in the hall still isn’t great because of her past RAing (and a nonzero amount of her present, to be frank,) but we’ve also seen people express actual concern for her, too. And Billie’s clearly a mess, but that doesn’t mean they might not want to know about her secret nerddom and such.
Or, this being Forrest Quad, that they haven’t all decided that since she clearly needs Help and Love and Support, they will provide all of these things in spades! Their niceness hivemind is strong.
I’m guessing mind control.
It’s too bad their only character trait is being interested in Billie. Pretty low tier character to obsess over
Ironic Gravatar Strikes Again.
We must find the cure for Ironic Gravatar Syndrome.
Is there an entry in Tropes yet?
Clearly caused by irony deficiency. Consume lots of meat, leafy greens (heheh, Leafs), and online comics. Should fix ya right up.
I’d say the cure is actually assign yourself your own gravatar but I’m sure it could be accidentally ironic even if you chose something like the Twitter egg
He’s a good egg.
But sometimes they’re also extremely fitting! (Ah, sweet AmeWhut.)
It could be worse, they could all be inexplicably obsessed with Roomies Danny.
Hard disagree about Billie’s tier.
That WOULD explain a lot.
When in doubt, assume there is a time loop involved, 9 times out of 10 you’ll be right.
Only because that one guy in a time loop was right 101,374 times in a row, which threw off the statistics!
Time loop Georg is an outlier and should not have been counted.
Time loop Georg is an outlier and…
I have the weirdest feeling of deja vu.
Glad to see that you are right. …again. Again.
I saw that anime. The trick is to make the one with the Reality Distortion Power do her homework.
*resists the urge to play from the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack*
Resistance, as they say, is futile.
Ω mani padme Ω.
But obviously the perfect tune here is “I Got You, Babe.”
“Be sure to put on your booties, little campers….
It’s COLD out there!”
I’m actually surprised, I would have expected them to just not acknowledge her. Maybe what’s-her-face talked to them and smoothed things out? I suppose they could just like her now without worshipping her, which would be a nice change of pace.
well now she’s friends with people who got kidnapped! what’s cooler than that???
Lucy?
Hand-to-Hand contact?! No, Nash, No! Oh, right, this isn’t Earth-Prime; no COVID to worry about. Lucky bastards.
Unless a whole lot of stuff changes really really quickly, in about two months, the real-life calendar date will pass the DOA in-universe calendar date for the tenth time, and it will be the first time it’s happened that the strip that day could not have plausibly occurred on the day it was published.
Earth-Prime has worse things to worry about than COVID. Specifically, Superman-Baby Prime.
Yeah. Ignore him too long he’ll punch reality.
They’ve all been touching the same doorknobs. It’s fine. The fact that they’re all super close to each other and not wearing masks is less fine.
Jeeze. Ego. They just don’t care that much anymore 😛
I need a time check. The whole DUI reveal thing happened, when, yesterday? Two days ago?
Couldn’t have been more than two days, I think. Might’ve been yesterday, not sure.
Maybe they each thought about it, and decided Billie shouldn’t be their idol, but can just be a person? What is this sane, reasonable, non-dramatic hall?
That would make me dislike them a lot less.
That was my thought. She’s just been downgraded from idol-goddess to a regular person who can be nice to hang with.
It eventually becomes revealed that each of them actually went through their own phase of idol worship before being downgraded to a regular cult member.
Rose was a valedictorian. Beatrice was prom queen. Nash shot a man and watched him die.
Not particularly related to this, but Rose, Ruth, and Carla have never appeared together. Will we ever have have full glasses redhead power?
We’d also need Howard, to complete the Glasses Redhead Club.
But doing so would also bring about the end times, so. *shrugs, checks calendar* Maybe next week?
Oh God, what are these pod people up to now???
Oh my God, these bongoes gay
Good for them, good for them
Hey. Thats the Sonic picture. I love that one. Penny Parker said it and I knew it. Fuck yes Sonic says gay rights
These Forrest Hall folks still weird me out.
Nah, this is the work of the secret antagonist of persona 5 royal.
Maybe… just maybe… they just like you.
Hmmm.
This is either deeper or shallower than I expected.
I have no idea witch
and that scares me
“Sometimes your shallowness is so profound it’s almost like depth.”
Ironic Gravatar Syndrome strikes again. Once you see it, it’s everywhere.
Or maybe you’re still their friend even though they’re no longer obsessing over you as a cultural guide-icon? I know that you’d find that hard to believe Billie but it is a possibility!
I’m not sure she knows that when she sees that.
Maybe they’ve decided she’s Amazi-Girl because, you know, who isn’t?
It was ME
IT WAS ME THE WHOLE TIME
they grew over it.
I’m fucking agender out to you all and my life partner soulmate bit tonight also my best trans friend thank you UV apple vodka and the USMC? Willis and Cerberus and the rest you gave me the courage to be me to at least two 2 people. Fucking love this comic you all my partner and Jason David Frank you all kick enormous ass. Gosh bless us everybody and I love Fizzy
I’m drunk rn and I’m assuming you are too.
Who is Fizzy. What is the USMC. If you remember this post tomorrow please for the love of god give me context.
Gomer Pyle and my catgirl FFXIV spouse
Fuck yeah dude.
I wanna play FFXIV again.
USMC = United States Marine Corp.
We can only assume Taffy got wasted and enlisted last night.
Just remember, you don’t have to go out and spend all of your salary on a $75,000 lifted Duramax.
Why, surely a prestigious organisation like the Marines would never allow a person to enlist if they were severely inebriated.
Surely.
Congrats! Glad you’ve got people you can be open with and that you found the courage to be open with them.
Welcome to your true-self – may you enjoy your truth, and, apparently, may the hangover not be too bad.
Dry toast and some aspirin, DT. Hope your hangover isn’t too bad.
Congrats!
Congrats on coming out! I believe this requires an internet high five.
there is only one L in ‘canceled’ according to spelcheck
Spell check ain’t Tweeter. For one thing it has potential to enrich a human’s life
Spellcheck is usually not hip to memetic phenomena until they’re positively ancient.
Like hip.
But “canceled” is a perfectly normal English word – the slang version isn’t spelled any differently.
Two Ls is British English and older American English. Modern American English uses one L. This only became dominant in the 1980s, apparently.
Ruth saying cancelled is how we know she is speaking with a Canadian accent.
There is no Canadian accent. It’s all you furriners who have accents.
The Canadian accent is the basic American Midwest accent; the only difference is adding ‘eh?’ to the end of every other sentence.
There is no basic Canadian accent, the accent depends on where you live, and in some cases, is down to the individual town level.
The classic science-fiction RPG Traveller, despite being a mostly American thing, uses the British spelling, which messes me up sometimes.
To be a nice person you need to forget a lot of things really quickly.
Cancelled? Why? I’m going through her tag, even, and I’m not finding anything like that.
Probably referring to the time when she shattered their illusion of her being a hyper-cool alpha bongo cheerleader.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/olympus/
Didn’t she realize that being a flawed hyper-cool alpha-bongo cheerleader with a heart of gold was even cooler?
Wait, I had forgotten that strip.
She is so out of touch with The Young People of Today if she didn’t realize that their response to this was gonna be “One Of Us! One Of Us!”
It’s funny because it’s a massive exaggeration of a minor thing that actually happened.
Yeah, it’s funny what’s humorous.
1. There is another shoe left here. Maybe Lucy smoothed the waters? That would be like her.
2. Maybe that song wasn’t forever?
Or maybe they accept you as a flawed human being they can still appreciate even if she isn’t the role model they thought you were.
Or they’re robots. IDK.
RYERSON!!!!
*bing*
It turns out Rose is the one with comic book superpowers. She’s not bound to the confines of the panels, the entire page is her playground.
maybe they don’t use social media and therefore are still decent human beings
You didn’t know that the last person on Earth that had never looked at social media died in 2020?
Presumably because they didn’t wear a mask.
Or basically any pre-1990 sitcom.
Awww, look at you, Ruth, enjoying things without feeling the need to add a bitter punchline! Good for you, kiddo.
Now for Course 102: holding her hand in public. Go on, you can do it!
They’ve come to view Billy as a cool rebel now!
DUI is cool now!
“Get me out of here!”