You know, that is the kind of douchey thing that you’ll always look back, and thank everything you hold dear that it wasn’t the last thing you ever said to someone.
But sometimes you look back on that sick burn, you realize that they were right, and that it no longer hurts. It doesn’t hurt because that burn made you finally confront your problem. You’re better now than you were then, and even if it was the last thing they said to anyone and it was so hateful, you thank them for it.
Well, Willis was, what, 20 at this time. There’s no way he would know how disgusting it’d taste just yet, what with how uncorupted he was at this time.
True, but, hey, I’ve been a coffee drinker since I was four or five. (Blame my grandmother.) People said it would stunt my growth, but I ended up 6′ 2″, so it’s probably just as well if it did.
It’s like golf—you don’t play golf in order to knock balls into tiny holes, you play it in order to make business deals. Similarly, you don’t drink beer for the taste, you drink it in order to bond with your peers. Eventually, you’ll acquire a taste for it, but until then you have cocktails, alchopops, mead (honeyed and otherwise), cider (fizzy and scrumpy), ale (I love a good dark ale), several more I’m probably forgetting, all of which taste different. Experiment a bit and you’ll find one you like.
People like the effect, even if not the taste. And it’s way cheaper than alcohol that tastes better, and no more expensive than alcohol that tastes way worse.
Agreed with all of the above. I only drink when I have no work and I’m able to relax, so to me the taste of alcohol is equated with relaxation inside my brain. Therefore, I LOVE the taste of alcohol. (Specifically brown liquors and ciders. Clear liquors taste like hand sanitizer to me.)
You know, I’ve heard jokes about American beer, but I guess I just always thought they were exaggerating and it couldn’t be *that* bad. You’d never get this kind of discussion in England – beer tastes nice here.
I think part of the thing is that everything Americans drink is basically flavored sugar. And so when you get around to having your first beer, it’s… well, it’s not sugary. It’s something entirely different. It’s a good taste, but it’s not Mountain Dew. From my limited experiences abroad, there are more drinks which aren’t just out-and-out sugar water.
The jokes about American beer are mainly aimed at megabrewery beers like Bud Lite – which really are marketed more for their alcohol than for their taste, and designed to avoid having anything to *dislike* about them. So they tend to be a lot weaker in terms of flavor than most European beers. Too, most Americans aren’t as fond of bitter flavors, so some of the things that make beer beer end up getting downplayed.
Thing is, though, the US produces any number of beers that don’t follow that pattern. Any decent microbrewery is going to produce beer that “tastes nice,” as you might say, and there are plenty of those.
I was going to argue that you’re just drinking the wrong kind of beer, but then two things occurred to me:
1. CRtwenty is right, beer is a bit of an acquired taste; few people get really into it on the first try.
2. They’re at a college party, so they’re probably drinking something cheap that really does taste like rancid baboon urine. (Not I’ve ever (knowingly) drunk baboon urine.)
Oh, well, the trick with cheap beer is to make sure it’s really cold and to drink it quickly before it has a chance to warm up. That way, you can get a decent buzz going without really tasting it. Love in a canoe, baby!
I was going to talk about how bad Drunk Danny is for making fun of his clinically depressed friend, but then I remembered that Sober Danny has been doing that all along.
More refreshing, the author (some dude named David Willis, apparently, but I don’t think it could be the same David Willis who writes the wonderful Dumbing of Age) doesn’t pretend that drunken Danny isn’t a huge jerk. Even though he acts just like sober Danny, except maybe a little more up-front about it.
That’s the part that annoys me most about this story arc, I think – Roomies! in general, really, but this arc and the road trip arc in particular – the way everybody acts like Danny is a perfect paragon of virtue, clearly far above their own tainted and sinful selves, when really he’s just a sanctimonious prick.
Everybody except Billie, but then it turns out that SPOILER ALERT she’s just being tsundere when she notices that Danny’s actually an insufferable twit.
It bleeds into It’s Walky!, too, though I generally just chalk that up to Billie having Stockholm Syndrome and Sal being bugfuck nuts.
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BURN
FROM DANNY
DOUBLE BURN
Danny burns are the best burns, because Danny burns don’t stop until you are sad forever.
Yeah, that one’s gonna simmer for a while.
But only for a short while.
I. Hate. You. So. Much.
Of all the Danny Wilcoxen in the world, you’re the Danny Wilcoxest.
And he gets dannyer
You know, that is the kind of douchey thing that you’ll always look back, and thank everything you hold dear that it wasn’t the last thing you ever said to someone.
Oh…
Ouchie.
Be careful where you point those spoilers, you might hurt someone.
Spoilers, what spoilers, there’s no spoilers. Just move along, move along.
But sometimes you look back on that sick burn, you realize that they were right, and that it no longer hurts. It doesn’t hurt because that burn made you finally confront your problem. You’re better now than you were then, and even if it was the last thing they said to anyone and it was so hateful, you thank them for it.
Yeeeeahhh, that’s not what happens here.
I’m surprised Danny’s so into the beer. It’s not exactly the best tasting thing around.
But yeah, point to Danny, even if it is a dick move.
Yeah, he really killed with that one.
Well, Willis was, what, 20 at this time. There’s no way he would know how disgusting it’d taste just yet, what with how uncorupted he was at this time.
I’ve never figured this out. If it tastes so bad, and you need to drink a good amount for it to taste good, why is it so popular?
Peer Pressure
Once you get a taste for it it tastes fine. Just like coffee
True, but, hey, I’ve been a coffee drinker since I was four or five. (Blame my grandmother.) People said it would stunt my growth, but I ended up 6′ 2″, so it’s probably just as well if it did.
Personnally I goti nto it by force of “Ral liquor is too expensive ? Why can’t we find a cheap replacement to … Oh !”
But still, I’be never really been a fan.
It’s like golf—you don’t play golf in order to knock balls into tiny holes, you play it in order to make business deals. Similarly, you don’t drink beer for the taste, you drink it in order to bond with your peers. Eventually, you’ll acquire a taste for it, but until then you have cocktails, alchopops, mead (honeyed and otherwise), cider (fizzy and scrumpy), ale (I love a good dark ale), several more I’m probably forgetting, all of which taste different. Experiment a bit and you’ll find one you like.
Because seriously, who likes golf?
People like the effect, even if not the taste. And it’s way cheaper than alcohol that tastes better, and no more expensive than alcohol that tastes way worse.
Agreed with all of the above. I only drink when I have no work and I’m able to relax, so to me the taste of alcohol is equated with relaxation inside my brain. Therefore, I LOVE the taste of alcohol. (Specifically brown liquors and ciders. Clear liquors taste like hand sanitizer to me.)
You know, I’ve heard jokes about American beer, but I guess I just always thought they were exaggerating and it couldn’t be *that* bad. You’d never get this kind of discussion in England – beer tastes nice here.
Is it really that bad?
I think part of the thing is that everything Americans drink is basically flavored sugar. And so when you get around to having your first beer, it’s… well, it’s not sugary. It’s something entirely different. It’s a good taste, but it’s not Mountain Dew. From my limited experiences abroad, there are more drinks which aren’t just out-and-out sugar water.
The jokes about American beer are mainly aimed at megabrewery beers like Bud Lite – which really are marketed more for their alcohol than for their taste, and designed to avoid having anything to *dislike* about them. So they tend to be a lot weaker in terms of flavor than most European beers. Too, most Americans aren’t as fond of bitter flavors, so some of the things that make beer beer end up getting downplayed.
Thing is, though, the US produces any number of beers that don’t follow that pattern. Any decent microbrewery is going to produce beer that “tastes nice,” as you might say, and there are plenty of those.
I was going to argue that you’re just drinking the wrong kind of beer, but then two things occurred to me:
1. CRtwenty is right, beer is a bit of an acquired taste; few people get really into it on the first try.
2. They’re at a college party, so they’re probably drinking something cheap that really does taste like rancid baboon urine. (Not I’ve ever (knowingly) drunk baboon urine.)
Oh, well, the trick with cheap beer is to make sure it’s really cold and to drink it quickly before it has a chance to warm up. That way, you can get a decent buzz going without really tasting it. Love in a canoe, baby!
3. I’m not actually drinking any beer since the smell alone gags me long before I could even try to drink most of it.
Sucks to be you, beer’s delicious.
Nailed the Charlie Brown expression on Ruth in the last panel. I can hear her thinking “good grief.”
*cue “Christmastime is Here”*
It’s Cerebus Syndrome, Charlie Brown!
It is absolutely a dick move but he has a point
danny is such an admirable protagonist
I was going to talk about how bad Drunk Danny is for making fun of his clinically depressed friend, but then I remembered that Sober Danny has been doing that all along.
Danny is awful.
It’s sad that drunken asshole Danny is actually a refresher from sober asshole Danny. At least drunken Danny doesn’t pretend he isn’t a huge jerk.
More refreshing, the author (some dude named David Willis, apparently, but I don’t think it could be the same David Willis who writes the wonderful Dumbing of Age) doesn’t pretend that drunken Danny isn’t a huge jerk. Even though he acts just like sober Danny, except maybe a little more up-front about it.
That’s the part that annoys me most about this story arc, I think – Roomies! in general, really, but this arc and the road trip arc in particular – the way everybody acts like Danny is a perfect paragon of virtue, clearly far above their own tainted and sinful selves, when really he’s just a sanctimonious prick.
Everybody except Billie, but then it turns out that SPOILER ALERT she’s just being tsundere when she notices that Danny’s actually an insufferable twit.
It bleeds into It’s Walky!, too, though I generally just chalk that up to Billie having Stockholm Syndrome and Sal being bugfuck nuts.
Drunk Danny is asshole Danny.
Sober Danny is asshole Danny, too!
Danny’s just an asshole. 😛
I see drinking has made him more open about his douche-i-ness.
Also, That was a Joe-level move, I can’t believe he’d say that to her.
Originally posted:
March 10, 1999