Dumbing of Age

That’s an acronym. Anagrams are when you rearrange a word or words to spell something different (often used as a hint of something’s true nature). /pedantry

Oh right, mixed my words up there. That or my phone auto correct strikes again.

Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 23rd 2019 at 12:33:16 PM

You got what you wanted

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Be Careful What You Wish For.

Narrator: Our Hero comes across her surrogate little-sister in despair after their plan achieved a Pyrrhic Victory. Does she:

• A. Console Joyce and ask her whats wrong?
• B. Celebrate the victory part and worry about the other part when its not her Birthday?
• C. Go after Jacob regardless?
• D. Break out the Bat and beat the crap out of Raidah with like she actually ever needed a reason to?
• Or E. Think about her life choices and realize this is not what she should be doing with her life?

If you picked any answer other than A., congratulations, you not only don't know Sarah, but you're reading the wrong comic. As much as both she and we would want to pick option D.

And now we switch to another disaster

This is reminding me of my time in college despite me failing math in high school too.

Dear lord, Mike is being helpful. He doesn't even have the angry eyebrows!

Edited by RodimusMinor on Oct 25th 2019 at 12:51:23 PM

OK, Walky has ADHD.

He's reacting to whoever sent him a message- his smartphone is buzzing in the first panel.

WE HAVE A WINNER!

So he's on the spectrum? Explains a lot, especially how easy it is for me to relate to him.

Though if he is, I blame Linda for not getting him diagnosed. My moms a colossal bitch, but even she got me diagnosed for ADD and Aspergers.

Supposedly, Walky's grades were fine until he got to college. They probably never realised there was a problem.

I assume that it's going to prove that Mike's (completely untrained) diagnosis is correct, but it would be interesting if his attempt to be sort of genuinely helpful turned out disastrously wrong.

It's time for another fated meeting

Geez, this chapter's jumping around quite a bit, innit? Can't spend more than two strips in the same scene this time around.

Not that I'm complaining. This looks interesting, at least.

Oh no he's hot!

.....they're going to bone, aren't they.......

If they do get intimate, I can see this going one of two ways:

• 1. Asher strings Sal along because he's forced to listen to Blaine.
• 2. Asher feels remorse for what he did to Sal in the past and after remembering how Walky lashed out at him and thinking he'll just destroy another relationship if this goes any further, cements his status as a Reformed Criminal and tells Sal about Blaine's wannabe Legion of Doom, allowing Sal to tell Amber and Becky so they can get away from the campus, and tell the authorities so they'll be alerted to the man who brought a gun to a college campus is out on bail and likely to return.

By god I hope its the second one. I've actually come to like Asher, and I hope he doesn't turn into a douche canoe.

Reminder that Asher's stated motivation for calling the cops was it being funny.

Reminder that he admits he was a stupid teenager and regrets its now.

We don't actually know that yet. All he's said is "it wasn't actually funny" in hindsight and then Walky punched him.

But I do think Asher redeeming himself is extremely likely.

Edited by RodimusMinor on Oct 28th 2019 at 3:12:30 PM

He said then, "I thought it'd be funny, I didn't say it was funny."

And he does regret it now. So the possibility of them boning is still on the table.

Oh they fuckin'

Edited by CountofBleck on Oct 29th 2019 at 12:21:21 PM

For those who may not know, Piggly Wiggly is a Southern and Midwestern grocery chain known for being the first true self-service grocery store. All of the major current concepts we know of grocery stores (checkouts, individual price marking and shopping carts) were started by this company. The first store opened 103 years ago.

Interestingly, Indiana, where the comic is set, is one of the few Midwestern states (including Iowa and Michigan) which do not have a Piggly Wiggly or one of its franchisees.