Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (32) ¬

1. 
   Fata Morgana

   May 24, 2010 at 12:15 am | # | Reply

   So, wait, Faz is a masochist now? Does that mean he’s secretly attracted to Mike?!
2. 
   captainswift

   May 24, 2010 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

   I think the intent isn’t “Hey, do something to hurt me.” It’s “I will never tell you! Oh, wait, if you do something that causes me pain, I will tell you because I will want you to stop causing me pain.”

   I could be wrong.

   • 
     David Willis

     May 24, 2010 at 12:20 am | # | Reply

     You are correct. Faz has no inner monologue.

     • 
       K. Ivan Ruppert

       May 24, 2010 at 3:20 am | # | Reply

       Really! I figured Faz has become so accustomed to people doing the opposite of what he demands that he’s trying to account for that with bad Reverse Psychology.

       How did I overestimate Faz?
     • 
       TheBananaFish

       May 24, 2010 at 2:37 pm | # | Reply

       So any time Faz isn’t saying something, we can asume it’s not because he has nothing to say, but because he is, in fact, not thinking at all? Does that make Faz a zen master?

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         K. Ivan Ruppert

         May 26, 2010 at 7:40 am | # | Reply

         And does this explain why, if we meet the Buddha on the road, we are to kill him? Because he’ll be so smug we’ll need to?
       • 
         Kai Gon

         February 25, 2011 at 8:38 am | # | Reply

         No, basically that makes Faz a woman.

         • 
           Random Webcomics Junkie

           May 4, 2013 at 6:10 am | # | Reply

           This bizarrely sexist comment brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood bigot, Kai Gon. Thanks, Kai Gon!
3. 
   David

   May 24, 2010 at 12:32 am | # | Reply

   Poor Ethan and Leslie. I hope they weren’t hurt. Would love to see Faz get hurt though.
4. 
   Jimfromtx

   May 24, 2010 at 12:53 am | # | Reply

   Wait…faz is giving robin an *excuse* to pound him? Woohoo for her! Go for it, girl!
5. 
   Prior Semblance

   May 24, 2010 at 1:15 am | # | Reply

   Hopefully it’s not a trap involving security cameras.
6. 
   KitsuneTwoTailed

   May 24, 2010 at 1:30 am | # | Reply

   Its Faz, of course theres no security cameras… that he knows of at least.
7. 
   BlueNight

   May 24, 2010 at 2:38 am | # | Reply

   Escalators aren’t moving stairs, they’re faster stairs. You use them to climb faster and farther than an average person. The only time I stand still on an escalator is when the person in front of me stands still too.

   I also climb home stairs on all fours.

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     PowerToast

     May 24, 2010 at 3:49 am | # | Reply

     Who doesn’t?
   • 
     Sili

     May 24, 2010 at 5:50 am | # | Reply

     I hate people who didn’t get the Rechts stehen, Links gehen memo and block the way for the rest of us.

     • 
       bean

       May 24, 2010 at 10:14 am | # | Reply

       Get behind them and shout “Left!” with increasing volume until they move. If they continue to not move, politely get their attention and explain escalator etiquette to them.

       It is bad manners to point out other people’s bad manners.

       Example: You are being very rude by not moving over to the right and blocking the way.

       But it is also impolite to not educate others on proper manners.

       Example of doing it right: Pardon me, I was shouting left because there is an expectation that when using escalators, people who wish to climb them more rapidly keep to the left while those who wish to stand and ride keep to the right. Would you mind clearing the path on the left?

       • 
         begbert2

         May 24, 2010 at 10:49 am | # | Reply

         ‘Round these parts escalators aren’t double-wide – if one person tried to pass one another they’d both get stuck against the sides, presumably causing their feet to get chewed off by the still-moving stairs, or possibly an explosion. I take it they’re wider where you are?

         And you ain’t supposed to run on those meat grinders, by the way.
     • 
       gwalla

       May 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm | # | Reply

       “I swear, I’m not a bitter person
       But all these minor things can sometimes leave ya cursin’
       It’s enough to make you wanna clench your hands tight
       When you’re on an escalator, walk left, stand right”
       – Abdominal, “Walk Left / Stand Right”, Escape from the Pigeon Hole
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     Kasdarack

     May 24, 2010 at 7:15 pm | # | Reply

     I run up home stairs hunched over so I can use my my feet and knuckles like a gorilla. Weird?
8. 
   bean

   May 24, 2010 at 10:08 am | # | Reply

   I had to study this to get the visual joke at the end because the middle panel is such a slight advancement that I could not immediately tell that she had gone a little bit up.
9. 
   Cara

   May 24, 2010 at 10:26 am | # | Reply

   USE THEM LIKE STAIRS!
10. 
    Massdestruction

    May 24, 2010 at 10:34 am | # | Reply

    This thing is really about to escalate!!!

    Someone had to say it.

    I just hope that Ethan and Les, don’t have that “hostages falling for each other and kissing” thing. Would hate to see such nice people get turned “straight”.
11. 
    name

    May 24, 2010 at 11:43 am | # | Reply

    Shorpacked’s got escalators? This is a new revelation, right?

    • 
      David Willis

      May 24, 2010 at 12:29 pm | # | Reply

      They’ve been there since the Grand Reopening: http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-9/09-grand-reopening/tour/
12. 
    captainswift

    May 24, 2010 at 1:04 pm | # | Reply

    The real joke, I think, isn’t simply that somebody’s in a hurry and still just standing on the escalator.

    It’s that it’s Robin, ostensibly the Fastest Person Alive in the Walkyverse. And she’s just standing on the (seemingly excruciatingly slow, if Willis uses the ‘one panel=7 seconds’ formula) escalator.
13. 
    John the Great

    May 24, 2010 at 7:24 pm | # | Reply

    Behold the sinister machinations of the Axis of Something!
14. 
    Zakrael

    May 24, 2010 at 7:38 pm | # | Reply

    I just like how Faz is sitting there waiting for her to get to him. Run away? Don’t be ridiculous. Got to wait for the escalator.

    • 
      Jewbacca

      March 11, 2013 at 4:48 pm | # | Reply

      It’s surprisingly difficult to run up an escalator.
15. 
    cappadocius

    May 24, 2010 at 11:55 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t have anything to contribute, I just want to see what my avatar is.

    • 
      quietdevious1

      May 6, 2011 at 4:38 pm | # | Reply

      It’s mine, give it back.
16. 
    Historyman68

    September 26, 2011 at 6:20 am | # | Reply

    Robin’s wearing her suit to work.
17. 
    Jay

    October 11, 2011 at 8:11 pm | # | Reply

    Off the Bi!(#. Yus gotta lotta probs. One may be suddenlike type I hope.