I never liked dabbing. My son relentlessly dabs. To the point I think he does it without even realizing it. So if you read and went ‘Dabbing? Chris NO” this is why. I see it 30 times a day. I want to invent a medication to stop it. But my son is like a Stage 4 Dabber at this point. It’s super obnoxious. Now Ellie’s being super obnoxious bragging to her more experienced sisters, knowing full well they’ll be eager to know exactly who it was with. Great time for the Sister Approval Ratings to come back. Juniper still riding high from Ellie’s motivational speech to her at LoveCon.
(..I also get The Floss and T-Poses, but I’ll spare you from seeing that crap in the comic too.)
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first?
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*reverse Dab*
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*GASP* You don’t mean…BAD?!?
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Wipe?
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I mean…post coital dabs should be allowed. In a controlled environment.
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It’s been a while since we saw the sister ratings, did Tarra’s just go down?
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Good question. I’ll make sure to keep track of the Sister Approval Ratings once I get to that point in the archive.
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I can confirm Tarra’s rating did drop one notch. And Ginger’s is down two from the last time we saw her, however, I suspect the boost she got in http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/and-baby-makes-too-many/ was always temporary and not a disapproval of Ellie’s activities.
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It would be extra effort… but it would be cool if there was like a symbol for +3 or -2 etc, whenever it did shift… nah… it makes us more curious otherwise without.
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If Shotgun Shuffle ever has a booth at a convention, now we all know that we should greet Chris with a dab, T-pose, or floss dance.
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Or three of us coordinate our arrival and hit him with all three simultaneously.
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The he hits all three of US simultaneously
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It would be worth it
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I’d buy a Webcam for $1 just to see that.
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And then I’ll rush in and do the Fresh dance from Fortnite in the background while everyone rubs their bruised faces.
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As long as no yeeting is involved
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YEET!
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Ah, time for the sister ratings to become relevant again. I’m assuming Ellie’s gonna need to get those numbers up before the day is done, or else.
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By the end of the day Ellie will probably be living with Juniper in her ditch, at least metaphorically.
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I’m fairly sure I’ve read this comic from the beginning, but I’ve forgotten what the ratings bars are for, or just didn’t notice them in the first place.
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Those are indicators of sisterly approval, in this case, pointed by the various sisters at Ellie. She’ll be needing their approval for a relevant plot point to follow, if I remember it right.
And as soon as Tarra finds out who Ellie had all the sex with, Tarra’s bar will not only drop to zero, but drop to zero so hard it will shatter and send Anise’s bar flying off the page. There’s a good chance Pumpkin’s bar will end up embedded in the bottom of the strip that day.
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I’m going to guess that the Cinnamon eye effect is not dominant but an involuntary reaction in the other sister’s when they first hear unusual news.
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Gotta love the turkey burger box, “Dr. Porkum’s Genuine Horsefed turkey burgers now with 100% Chickenbeef”. the turkey must have been imported to have been horsefed.
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I’m hearing the SNL fake commercial with Jessica Simpson that started with Chicken of the Sea brand tuna.
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Correct me if I am wrong… but isn’t/wasn’t tarra crushing hard on ellies current paramour? Like to the point of obsession?
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I believe that’s the case, yes.
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Apparently Llama Brothers lady’s polos have boob holsters. My wife wants a couple of them in Navy and Khaki
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Somehow I suspected we had not seen the last of that particular storyline. Not by half!
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Aww, my poor Tarr-Bear. Need an ice pack? Cold drink/? Fluff your pillow?
Any girl with her own car brand that also foreshadows deserves to be pampered a little on her road to recovery.
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[psst…Tarra…that’s not where that road leads…]
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Oh, is that the road paved with good intentions?
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I don’t even know what dabbing is.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dab_(dance)
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I will not deny that I have in fact dabbed.
Hey, it was the 2018 World Series, I was drunk and the Sox won…anyway.
However, i never played fortnite due to the outbreak of the “Floss dance”
Whoever invented that seizure of a dance gets sent to the fifth circle of Hell.
Don’t worry the Macarena dance inventor will be there too.
What?
Hey, I didn’t write the rules, man!
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I have no idea what you’re talking about, the Sox won the 2005 series.
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Evidently it was some kid, and IIRC he(his parents) are suing fortnite over the use of it because evidently you can copy right dance moves?
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So sad, well, rules are rules.
It’s to the flaming spider pits with him.
Hey, it’s cold-hearted I know, but unless she/he does something noble?
Well…that’s how it’ll be.
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C’mon Ginger, don’t you watch the local news any more?
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Tarra is going to be so jealous!
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That Polo logo is getting the crap stretched out of it.
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No clue what dabbing is. I don’t think we had this in the 60’s.
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It’s the thing Cam Newton was doing in 2015.
That’s where I know it from, I don’t know if that helps at ALL.
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Dabbing has been around a long time. I think it was part of like Japanese idol dancing for a while in the 90’s, and when anime closing animations started doing the whole dancing bit (Haruhi Suzumiya style), it kinda caught on over here. Then it passed into regular hip-hop dancing in the most recent decade, so even more people started doing it. Baron Trump did it at one of his dad’s appearances in Washington.
And then I’ve seen it in a lot of video game character animations (in Destiny, in Fortnite, etc) of late, so it’s everywhere. You can’t escape it. Just accept it.
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As a DJ, I take the blame for my son doing it a lot. I also take blame for him doing finger-guns at girls and going “Sup chicks?” since one of my closest DJ associates does it as his bit. And then I also take blame for my son telling people “GOLD STARS” when they do something great, since that’s another thing we’ve encountered in the DJ culture (I DJ’ed at EDC in Vegas, and that was like the thing EVERYONE was saying, so now I catch myself saying it randomly).
If it makes you feel any worse, just wait. I just caught sight of the new clothing trend they want to bring back – Neon colors with big block text from the 80’s. And an increase of people saying “Dude,” to just about everything.
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Not many comics could survive 2 dabs on a single page. Bravo sir, bravo!
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….horse-fed turkey burgers with 100 percent chickenbeef.
Dr. Porkum’s test kitchen is clearly located on ISLA NUBLAR.
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Is this the first appearance of Ginger’s husband??
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No, he was in the comic where Ginger did her Kim Possible thing, after Ellie called the sisters in to help out with Love Con.
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[blows dust off archivist’s hat]
It’s been a while since I did a full archive dive, but I believe the earliest posted comic with William in it is All Right Ramblers (current post date December 4, 2013).
The story chronologically earliest comic he shows up in is definitely originally Patreon exclusive comic The War at Home (now in the archive with post date of December 11, 2014), though technically his words are pictured seven comics earlier though that seems to be describing the other comic’s events.
[stumbles away coughing over dust from archivist’s hat]
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Thank you! I’ll check out the references fellas.
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Only appropriate use of dabbing, IMHO.
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XTARRA; that can’t be good
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I notice Tarra isn’t carrying a gift. I’m guessing she’s going to end up making Kyle’s gift be from both of them. Unless the car is the gift.
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She has a BOYFRIEND and made LOVE
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Tarra’s eyes – extra creepy. Suddenly her mapping to Envy makes more sense.
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*Gets to work on antidabbing medication*
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I’d submit you for a Nobel Peace prize and Nobel Science prize.
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I don’t need a Nobel or a reward of any kind. The work is it’s own reward.
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[Ed McMahon voice] “How huge was it?”
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Honestly surprised her happiness didn’t break the meter.
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oh nutcrackers, i missed the 10th birthday of this comic by 6 days! happy 10th!
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Am I the only one who thinks Ginger is the hottest sister?
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I realized much too late who my icon is.
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Always was partial to Anise myself really.
She’s got that hot goth girl thing going.
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I think this avatar is much better!
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Nope
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I have never heard of dabbing before.
Mind you, my web search said this is an American phenomenon.
Looks idiotic.
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I, for one, would like to see someone actually try llama polo. It would make for a very short but very amusing video on InstaYourFaceInATube. Maybe he first GIF ever filmed in real time.
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Isn’t Asper the baby?
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I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the amount of sex Ellie and her sisters have, but it just hit me out of the blue: Tarragon has probably had lots of sex, without ever forming a true romantic connection with anyone.
Tarra seems to approach everything as a competition that she has to win. I’ll bet she has had sex with men, sex with women, lesbian orgies with entire team(s) of beautiful assassin women, BDSM, and more… mentally checking off boxes in a list. I’ll bet that if the sisters ever start comparing sex lives, she will “win”, because that’s what she has to do, all the time.
She has the body of a goddess, which helps her pick people up; and I’ll bet she quickly developed real skills at sex. But as I imagine it, her various partners quickly start to get unnerved by her and no relationship ever lasts. Not that she ever puts any effort into a relationship. (“I’m breaking up with you.” “I’ll have you replaced before bedtime tonight.”)
Now that I started this:
Ginger: Unremarkable sex life; married for love, content with her husband, doesn’t care if Tarra “wins”.
Anise: Probably has a lot of experience with bearded men by now; too unstable to keep a man long.
Juniper: Her life is one big party and her metaphorical bedpost is mostly notches.
Cinnamon: Got started with sex before Ellie did, but is dead inside so hasn’t had a romantic relationship yet.
Pumpkin: Absolutely no experience yet.
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OMG! My oldest nephew used to dab on everything. Then I taught him about “The Law of Diminishing Returns” or “Why your dab becomes less of a flex the more you do it”.
Now, his dabs have become less frequent…but they are appropriate when they happen.