Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (38) ¬

1. 
   Haesslich

   June 9, 2010 at 12:04 am | # | Reply

   Well, an iPad’s one way to browse. I guess she had to find something to put pseudo-excitement in her life after the comedown from the Yuus arc.
2. 
   David

   June 9, 2010 at 12:06 am | # | Reply

   LeGasp! Product placement. And in a comic about toys and shit. I am ashamed of you Mr Willis.

   And how can you be bored with the internet? There’s comics and porn and blogs and videos and other things.

   • 
     Jaocb

     June 17, 2010 at 12:56 am | # | Reply

     And also Lady GaGa. She ALWAYS has something going on.

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       Valil

       November 19, 2011 at 9:43 pm | # | Reply

       On the InterWebs!
3. 
   milk experiment

   June 9, 2010 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

   Amber’s now neighbors with the recovering sex addict that has a little crush on her? This could be interesting.
4. 
   DCHorror

   June 9, 2010 at 12:16 am | # | Reply

   She didn’t say she was bored with the internet. She just said it’d be more exciting with an iPad.

   Of course, that begs the question of if anyone’s ever linked her to tvtropes.

   • 
     J.P.

     June 9, 2010 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

     I’m pretty sure I’m missing a couple of years of my life to that site…shhh…

     • 
       landbasered

       June 9, 2010 at 2:40 am | # | Reply

       oh, do you mean

       http://www.tvtropes.org/

       ?

       • 
         CJ

         June 9, 2010 at 2:59 am | # | Reply

         oh, you bastard
       • 
         Jim 028

         June 9, 2010 at 7:27 am | # | Reply

         Well that’s three hours of my life lost. Damn you sir! Thankfully the boss interrupted me breaking the sites grip.
   • 
     FirstReality

     June 9, 2010 at 12:18 am | # | Reply

     Yeah, tvtropes is the single BEST way to lose entire hours of your life and not even realize it.

     • 
       Malph

       June 9, 2010 at 2:22 am | # | Reply

       It’s how I spend my days off from work… as well as every other waking moment of my life.
     • 
       Derik

       June 9, 2010 at 6:38 am | # | Reply

       On average, TV Tropes is about twice as time-predatory as TFWiki.

       And TFWiki killed someone last year. (An entire human lifetime worth of eyeball time was spent viewing it.)
   • 
     PedanticJerkass

     June 10, 2010 at 4:34 pm | # | Reply

     Of course, that begs the question of if anyone’s ever linked her to tvtropes.

     No. No it does not “beg the question”.

     http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouKeepUsingThatWord
5. 
   Rosicrucian

   June 9, 2010 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

   That… that shirt!

   Dawson has gotten to Jacob!

   • 
     Abrovic

     June 9, 2010 at 1:15 am | # | Reply

     Is this the first time we’ve seen Jacob outside of his store colors? Either way, I assumed that was pajamas at first, since he said “good morning”
6. 
   Cholma

   June 9, 2010 at 12:57 am | # | Reply

   Aww, Amber, don’t be that way! Just sign up for the My Little Pony MMO and you’ll never be bored again!

   • 
     Pat

     June 9, 2010 at 1:08 am | # | Reply

     …i-is that a joke?

     • 
       Cholma

       June 9, 2010 at 2:52 am | # | Reply

       Only hotshot reporter and ace cartoonist David Willis knows for sure!

       (I hear the first 10 levels are relatively boring/safe, but after that your ranch is open to attacks from Elite Boss Sodomuffin. Oh, the humanity! The Equine Pr0n!)
     • 
       Gin

       June 9, 2010 at 10:53 am | # | Reply

       No. http://www.ponystars.com

       WHY INTERNET, WHYYY
7. 
   Cara

   June 9, 2010 at 1:08 am | # | Reply

   I like how her reaction at first is to try to be social. She’s come so far <3
8. 
   Power Ranger Skull

   June 9, 2010 at 2:06 am | # | Reply

   how will amber afford an ipad didn’t she lose income when she and miked moved out of the rent free house

   • 
     begbert2

     June 9, 2010 at 10:14 am | # | Reply

     She had some time to build up savings, though.

     • 
       StClair

       June 9, 2010 at 11:16 pm | # | Reply

       Which she will now swiftly blow through trying to fill the empty void of her life.
9. 
   Chris

   June 9, 2010 at 2:21 am | # | Reply

   Poor Amber, she moved out and now she is lonely.
10. 
    Malph

    June 9, 2010 at 2:28 am | # | Reply

    How did she go from being a Megadeus to buying an iPad?

    • 
      Fanboy

      June 9, 2010 at 3:04 am | # | Reply

      Even Megadeus need a change of pace?

      • 
        Malph

        June 10, 2010 at 11:41 am | # | Reply

        I was just thinking about your answer and realized something. Maybe THAT’S what the Megadeus do when not being used.

        Is there a fanfic written with this concept yet? If not I will write one (warning: my fics DO NOT have weird sex scenes, if you are the type of person offended by the lack of human-on-mech the size of a skyscraper sex I advise you not read the story. Reader discresion not really needed in this case)
11. 
    Stew

    June 9, 2010 at 3:17 am | # | Reply

    She’s gonna get bored with the internet on that iPad pretty fast what with no flash and all.

    • 
      JPLC

      June 9, 2010 at 11:36 am | # | Reply

      My thoughts exactly.
12. 
    Marrock

    June 9, 2010 at 9:04 am | # | Reply

    An ipad… now that’s a joke.
13. 
    VigilanteMark

    June 9, 2010 at 9:23 am | # | Reply

    That last panel sums up one of the major themes of this strip nicely.

    • 
      deathpigeon

      June 9, 2010 at 5:32 pm | # | Reply

      It also explains why Ethan is like he is! Awesome Willis!
14. 
    pakopako

    June 10, 2010 at 1:17 am | # | Reply

    Ah, it’s like that joke: “We all wanted to be adults when we were kids. Now we’re adults, we all want to be dead.”
15. 
    Chaz

    June 11, 2010 at 5:06 pm | # | Reply

    My newest favorite line: “Buying toys to help pass time between birth and death”
16. 
    Plasma Mongoose

    May 5, 2011 at 5:12 am | # | Reply
17. 
    Plasma Mongoose

    May 5, 2011 at 5:13 am | # | Reply

    I must have used the tags wrong.
18. 
    BlueMario

    December 13, 2011 at 3:15 pm | # | Reply

    HSSSSS! Apple! My sworn product-enimy!

    I’d rather have an Android Galaxy Tab or a Windows XP based Tablet PC