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saint » neu 1 years ago
look at him...covering his head from all the Fuck You's zinging by!
mc_white » neu 1 years ago
Fuck all those nineteen year olds, they better have the sense to cover their head when a chair man comes by.
sean1058 » neu 1 years ago
No one should be a cock to a stranger, ever.
jonmw » neu 1 years ago
dick
scorpio_nadir » neu 6 months ago
Wrong. They are not strangers, they are bad juju agents.
This is Ray at his best. Calling it like it is in his universe, establishing Ray-order from chaotic stupidity. If it were easy, they'd fix themselves.
atticusonline » neu 1 years ago
Says the twenty year old!
nighttoad » pro 1 years ago
wow. the title of this strip just made me realize that tonight will be the 21st night of september. i want to have an earth wind and fire dance party tonight. who's with me?
zefiel » neu 1 years ago
I'm with you, let's do this. Freakin' Stars always stealing the night away.
tombsgrave » pro 1 years ago
Ba~de~ya
Say do you remember
Ba~de~ya
Dancin' in September
Ba~de~ya
Never was a cloudy da-a-a-ay....


Thank you kind, Elite Beat Agents, for exposing this under-funked white kid to that most soulful tune.
brycemidas » neu 1 years ago
As a child I was pretty convinced the lyrics were:

Hay-ee-yay
Say that you remember
Hay-ee-yay
The Galaxy Defender.

I always wondered who the Galaxy Defender was, and why nobody remembered him.
philosophe » pro 1 years ago
That's called a mondegreen.

natashamarie » pro 1 years ago
my own personal mondegreen:
the "partridginapear" tree

someone else please tell me they thought this until they were approximately 14 years old :(
snowman » neu 1 years ago
i feel like that's a little too different to be a mondegreen. i think that's just a misheard lyric, plain and simple.

still chubbied for "the more you know" and for even knowing what a mondegreen is.
tatterdemalion » neu 2 months ago
You know, she's damn right about mondegreen's being somehow better than the original lyrics. Even Seal pointed that out (explaining why there aren't lyrics in his liner notes) and Lord, I have no idea wy I remember that. All I know is that when I misheard a line from E&TB's 'Nocturnal Me' I heard 'knocked-up dreams of starry skies' which, by the by, is the best lyric EVER EVER EVER.
gormster » neu 1 years ago
too busy having my 19th birthday
ferryboy » neu 1 years ago
dude, not only would there be an awesome EWF party, but this is also the date I turned 18, making this comic very dear to my heart, as Ray told a character who is 18 feel very bad about being that age. Ray told my charicature to fuck off. AWESOME.
rolotonybrowntown » neu 1 years ago
i majored in english. I'm never gonna get that chair!
zefiel » neu 1 years ago
I'm majoring in english and i basically never get up ever.
lacrimus » neu 1 years ago
I'm majoring in English, too. I currently own one chair.
lacrimus » neu 1 years ago
But it's not a nice one =\
loneal » neu 1 years ago
I'm also an English major! I have a nice chair,but...my mommy gave it to me. Additionally: no chair at work. Who knew that my love for literature would condemn me to such a seatless life?
boheeka » neu 1 years ago
as a theatre major with minors in art and music, I can only
a. act like i have the chair
b. draw the chair
or c. play a song about a chair.
boheeka » neu 1 years ago
the theatre program at my school is actually quite good. I'm a much better actor than I was two years ago.
euphemisms » neu 1 years ago
as a theatre-major, feminist-studies minor college dropout, i:
a) bought a chair with the hundreds of thousands of dollars i decided not to waste
euphemisms » neu 1 years ago
oh yeah, and now i'm living on couches and commandeered wi-fi connections. you should probably stay in school.
apatfan » pro 1 years ago
As an engineer, I designed a better chair and then sat on it.
cassandrakazenzakis » neu 1 years ago
what we need more of is...
SCIENCE!!!
tenshanhan » neu 1 years ago
It works, bitches!
jthompson » neu 1 years ago
As an engineer, I found and fixed up an old chair from an alleyway.

I'm guessing that your university is much better than mine.
coldfrog » neu 1 years ago
I am a computer science major. I can design a chair that can perform multiple functions but it takes up the entire room. I can add more functions to it, but you'll have to wait a while before you can sit in it.
jackparsons » neu 1 years ago
It reads your mail, too.
oplem » neu 1 years ago
man you picked a really shitty combination of majors and minors
euphemisms » neu 1 years ago
it was fun for a while, until i realized i was forced to coexist with feminists and theatre-people in close quarters.
oplem » neu 1 years ago
no i mean it's only really useful if you were going to be a professional feminist or work in theatre
euphemisms » neu 1 years ago
well i am doing both activism and performance art, though even with a degree it's hard to call either a profession.
twoply » neu 1 years ago
I have a film degree:
Should I feel depressed about not using said degree I can buy a beaten up chair and shoot an indie film about it's neglect and subsequent retirement to China.
After it makes the rounds I'll be forced into adding softcore porn by the man to make it more sellable. Following years of depression I end up at a mall and hear someone say "I know you!". In that moment I feel the bliss of being recognized. Followed swiftly by the realization it was a ploy by a fine airhead to look at a deluxe kiosk of scrunchies.
zefiel » neu 1 years ago
Years later Hollywood makes a remake of it with a now legal Dakota Fanning as a girl who just moved into NYC after her boyfriend from Alabama died in the Iran-US war, where she meets a wizened old antiquarian played by Adrien Brody, who will teach her the ways of love again, with softcore porn sequences staged in a small old red chair she found. It will be called 'The Red Chair'


/later on we find the chair was painted with the blood of a small chinese girl who had nothing but the chair in her life, kthxs.
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
Hey, you could be in a play that involves a chair. There are lots of those. Good for you; you'll never own the big swivelly chair of corporate power but you won't spend your life burping up Satan's jizm either.
tropicana » neu 1 years ago
As a philosophy major, I can question the existence of the chair.
tropicana » neu 1 years ago
Shit. Someone beat me to it. I lame myself.
morelaak » neu 1 years ago
majoring in english. in fact, was just up all night writing a paper.

oh, and by the way...

professor, thanks to your extremely open-ended essay prompt and your inability to specify what exactly you want out of this paper/offer any prerequisite structuring aside from MLA format, i will probably fall asleep in every single one of my classes today. FUCK YOU.
twotonturkey » pro 1 years ago
oh my fellow english majors, we should all get together and have a drink to lament the loss of tuition dollars spent that will never translate into a livable salary and a chairless future workplace.
zem » neu 1 years ago
psh, yeah... if you could afford it
lacrimus » neu 1 years ago
Drink specials were made for English majors.
brycemidas » neu 1 years ago
Most of my English major friends (myself included) work at bars so as to avoid the whole "paying for drinks" thing. (Commandeering wifi at work, eating free food and drinking free beer, how sweet it is.)
wae » neu 1 years ago
Psychology and Political Science: I understand that this chair has attachment issues, and that it prefers to pursue bilateral trade policies.
ricnine » neu 1 years ago
Psych also, and I believe the chair to have an INTP personality, and that the chair will not likely form any lasting relationships due to its arrogance and all-around jackassery.
sargasm » neu 1 years ago
I'm a philosophy major; I don't even know whether or not there is a chair.
electra310 » neu 1 years ago
I majored in philosophy. I can think about chairs that are almost real enough to sit on, but if my mind wanders I fall on my butt. Thanks a lot, Plato.
nigelchaos » pro 1 years ago
That's why I just sit in a cave at stare at the shadow of a chair. It's my God.
howl » neu 10 months ago
My chair has an inferiority complex from reading too much Plato. It thinks it will never live up to its ideal.
solobuttons » pro 1 years ago
Working in IT and graphical design (for clothing) this year: I can put a vector image of a chair on your shirt.
Studying journalism next year: I can give you the latest news about all chair-related developments.
nickb285 » pro 8 months ago
Political science major. I have one chair. I stole it from work the day I quit.
fermatprime » neu 5 months ago
As a math major, I can prove that the chair exists, I can even show that a random object has a nonzero probability of being a chair, but I can't actually find that fucking chair.
el_connor » neu 1 years ago
Definitely a fuck you Friday.
lacrimus » neu 1 years ago
Fuck!
grantasaurus » neu 1 years ago
Best fuck-you friday yet
rolotonybrowntown » neu 1 years ago
Yell "fuck you" for every burden you had to shoulder in the name of getting the fuck by this week.
boheeka » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU ROOM MATE FOR GETTING "MAMBO NO. 5" STUCK IN MY HEAD.
jlynes » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU, BALD OVERWEIGHT SPECIAL NEEDS 20-YEAR-OLD WHO WORKS AT 7-11 AND WON'T RESTOCK THE COFFEE CUPS
jugglegod » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU SICKLY LAB MICE WE SPENT HALF A YEAR AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON WHO KEEP GETTING DAMN TUMORS AND NECK AND EAR INFECTIONS AND KEEP DYING ON US.

Okay, I know, probably nerdiest damn "Fuck You" ever, but I am pretty pissed off at them.
coldfrog » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU BEST BUY EMPLOYEE FOR PRETENDING TO KNOW WHAT I NEED TO BUILD MY OWN COMPUTER WHEN ALL YOU DO IS DOWNLOAD THE NEW KID ROCK CD OVER AND OVER.
jar » pro 1 years ago
FUCK YOU BITCH ASS THUNDERSTORM BORDERLINE TORNADO THAT TRIED TO KILL ME ON MY DRIVE BACK FROM MY GRANDMA'S FUNERAL
lazarusloafer » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU PHIL SPECTOR FOR RUINING SOME PERFECTLY GOOD BEATLES SONGS.
luckyg » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU MY COUSIN FOR GAINING MY TRUST THEN RIPPING ME OFF FOR FIFTY BUCKS AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOU LIVE

Actually, fuck me for being an idiot.
delzhand » neu 1 years ago
Yeah, fuck those guys for charging people fifty bucks to install an external hard drive, too.
robobogle » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU (MY JOB) WHERE YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE ME SHIT TO DO, EVEN WHEN I ASK FOR IT, AND THEN COMPLAIN THAT I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME LOOKING AT WEBCOMICS ONLINE.
nbgreene » neu 1 years ago
ohh i hate your fucking roomate
jrpigman » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU PIZZA STREET! YOUR STUPID REPETITIVE JINGLE IS THE WORST THING EVER AND I HATE THE GOOGLEY EYED KID IN YOUR FUCKING COMMERCIAL!

WHILE WE'RE AT IT, FUCK YOU SPANGLES FOR PRETTY MUCH THE SAME REASONS!
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
'Fuck sodomy' is, philosophically, a hard one to visualize.
zefiel » pro 1 years ago
It depends on the context
redsalesperson » pro 1 years ago
A link alleging to be applicable to "fuck sodomy" is quite possibly the last thing I'd ever click.
augeno13 » neu 1 years ago
Thank you for saying what I, and by extension I assume everyone else, was thinking. Chubbied.
rawk5tar » neu 1 years ago
The previous posts speak untold truths. Chubbies for all.
zefiel » pro 1 years ago
Wusses.
nighttoad » neu 1 years ago
i clicked it because seeing fucked-up and depraved images is the reason the internet was invented. also, i am not a wuss.
ravindra108 » neu 1 years ago
And for that, you've earned a hearty FUCK YOU!
laserblade » pro 1 years ago
I clicked it. ^_^
euphemisms » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU, THE PATRIARCHY FOR DE-LEGITIMIZING MY VERY EXISTENCE.
sargasm » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU ACHEWORLD FOR NOT LETTING ME GIVE CHUBBIES TO ALL THE REPLIES I WANT TO CHUBBY!

also fuck me for that being the worst burden i had this week
ttagxamm » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU, PHLEGMY OLD GUY AT THE GYM WITH THE REVOLTING HORKING COUGH, SHOULDN'T YOU BE HOOKED UP TO A MACHINE THAT BREATHES FOR YOU?
tibcoolbreeze » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU, SARGASM, FOR SAYING "ACHEWORLD."
ttagxamm » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU, DIM DUMB 'COMIC ACTRESS' ON THE EVENING TALK SHOW
I SAW THE WAY YOU TALKED TO YOUR DISABLED SON AS IF HE WERE A GODDAMN PUPPY
GLUTEN DIDN'T GIVE YOUR CHILD AUTISM YOU HALF-WITTED CLOWN
BUT YOU WANT HIM TO GROW UP AFRAID OF BREAD

AND FUCK YOU CRAVEN INTERVIEWER
PRAISING THE ACTRESS FOR HER BRAVERY
SHE TOOK HER CHILD'S CARE INTO HER OWN HANDS
AND WENT ON THE INTERNET TO FIND A CURE
HAVE YOU SEEN THE INTERNET?
IT MIGHT BE EVEN STUPIDER THAN TELEVISION
I HAVE A QUACK THEORY TOO, THAT THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT:
YOUR BRAIN IS A STICKY CLOUD OF HAIRSPRAY
YOUR CONSCIENCE A CRUMPLED TISSUE SMEARED WITH LIPGLOSS
PUT ME ON TV
I WILL TREPANATE YOU AND WE'LL FIND OUT IF IT'S TRUE
twoply » neu 1 years ago
Here's an added fuck her! Fuck her for making people think she's being so amazing for taking care of here own fucking child.
tatterdemalion » neu 2 months ago
Wow, I don't even know who this person is that you're talking about, but your fierce passion kinda makes me hate them, too!

Fuck you, my friend, and heartily.
delzhand » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU INTEGRATION BY PARTS! FUCK YOU, C POINTERS THAT CAUSE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND SEGFAULTS! FUCK YOU, INTERNET EXPLORER 5/6 FOR YOUR SHITTY PNG TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT! FUCK ME FOR NOT BACKING UP A MONTH'S WORTH OF GAME CODE BEFORE FORMATTING MY HARD DRIVE! FUCK YOU XSI MOD TOOL FOR YOUR BIZARRELY HARD TO FOLLOW TUTORIAL! FUCK YOU POLITICAL ACTION WEEK ORGANIZERS FOR LETTING ME STAND IN 85 DEGREE WEATHER TO SEE OBAMA! FUCK YOU ENSUING RAINSTORM FOR NEARLY TRASHING MY LAPTOP! Whew!
katsura » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU PARENTS FOR GETTING DRUNK AND LOUD AND RANDY WHEN I DID NOT WANT YOU TO GET DRUNK AND LOUD AND RANDY. I WASTED A PERFECTLY GOOD MORNING DEAD ASLEEP BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF YOUR DOUCHEHATTERY.
gormster » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU JOB THAT REQUIRES ME TO WORK WEEKENDS WHEN I WANT TO DO OTHER THINGS ON THE WEEKEND
awko » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU "FRIENDS" FOR MAKING ME LOSE THE GAME
rawk5tar » neu 1 years ago
YEAH. FUCK YOU RACHEL AND PHOEBE AND DAVID SCHWIMMER AND THAT OTHER GUY CHANDLER I THINK IS HIS NAME AND THE REST OF THEM. LEARN HOW TO MAKE A SHOW THAT DOESN'T SUCK. IT'S DISTRACTING AWKO AND CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS GAME.
snowman » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU FOR PRETENDING LIKE YOU ARE UNSURE WHETHER HIS NAME IS CHANDLER. YOU KNOW DAMN WELL HIS NAME IS CHANDLER, AND YOU KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL THE REST OF THEM, TOO. SO DO I, AND I HATE THE SHOW. FUCK YOUR PRETENTIOUS HIPSTER FAUX-IGNORANCE.
tatterdemalion » neu 2 months ago
FUCK YOU SNOWMAN FOR BEING A COCK TO A STRANGER AND FORCING US ALL TO CONFRONT OUR PRETENTIOUS HIPSTER FAUX-IGNORANCE WHEN WE WERE ALL PERFECTLY HAPPY PRETENDING TO NOT KNOW ABOUT FRIENDS BECAUSE GODDAMIT, IT'S A SAD, SAD WORLD.
rawk5tar » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU CAPS LOCK
nighttoad » neu 1 years ago
FUCK YOU NEW PSYCHIATRIST FOR TELLING ME ALL MY PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY PMS AND THAT YOUR GOD DAMNED PILLS WILL MAKE ME BELIEVE IN GOD, THEREFORE SOMEHOW GIVING MY LIFE "MEANING."
alzuna » neu 11 months ago
FUCK YOU NEW YORK HOTEL FOR "MISPLACING" MY NINTENDO DS AND ALL OF ITS GAMES WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY LEFT IT IN MY ROOM, YOU ARE NOT AWESOME. (yea I'm late to the party but I've got some rage man)
dersquirrel » pro 1 years ago
with god as my witness, i will one day find the opportunity to repeat ray's final words.
epicurus » neu 1 years ago
Panels 5 and 6 are fine advice to any young person!
drskradley » neu 1 years ago
So angry.
werthog42 » neu 1 years ago
I think this strip explains the other strips this week pretty clearly.
boheeka » neu 1 years ago
I use to be a cashier, and I think that, if i'd had a chair I wouldn't have gotten myself fired for having a case of the dignities when I was told to, "shove a grocery cart up my ass." *

*cashier abuse is an ugly thing in this country.
drskradley » neu 1 years ago
Nah, I've worked in a bank for a while when I needed the money (...as opposed to now. Yeah), and I had a chair, but it still sucked because we got abused on a minute-by-minute basis. Although, perhaps the fact that we had chairs helped us survive. But then, I quit that as soon as I could. Ah well, fuck them.
mobro_4000 » neu 1 years ago
Voltaire said that.
mobro_4000 » neu 1 years ago
At my job (where I have a chair), the other managers and I are instructed never to make emotional decisions or statements around other employees. When the urge arises we are to walk to the supermarket down the street and kick a cashier. These are our exact instructions.
slalvation » neu 1 years ago
There is basically no excuse for not giving cashiers chairs. What is worse is when all of the other people at your store think you're lame for wanting one, because That's Just The Way It Is and This Is How Things Work and None Of Us Have Chairs What Makes You So Special.
stormagnet » pro 1 years ago
Man, I wish I had a chubby left for that. I actually got "fired" (forced to quit on threat of firing, technically) from my crappy job at Jo-Ann Fabrics because I was on fucking crutches. God forbid they could have let me sit on a fucking stool at the register.
tekende » neu 9 months ago
Fuck you for being handicapped!
alzuna » neu 11 months ago
It is an epidemic.
rolotonybrowntown » neu 1 years ago
Jim '08!
apatfan » neu 1 years ago
*CHECKMARK*
tim_simmons » neu 1 years ago
this is the most fuckingest of fuck you fridays.


(fuck yeah)
jeannetteandre » neu 1 years ago
I now realize how hard it is to successfully render a "hot dumbass" cat.
laserblade » neu 1 years ago
Heh, "insert".
mikemcg » neu 1 years ago
Pity the poor kid with no chair. I am with you, bro.
killerlimpet » neu 1 years ago
I used to be that kid.

Then I got a megaphone.
cpnglxynchos » neu 1 years ago


..something like this?
atmus » neu 1 years ago
I've had to deal with all of those people (but as people, not cats) and I had the same reaction to all of them... but only internally :(

Once again Ray Smuckles, you prove that you are better than I could ever hope to be.
nihraguk » pro 1 years ago
Random-thing-I-noticed: candidate Jim looks like R. Beef and some-hot-dumbass looks like Teodor when he took off his snout that one time in a dream (sorry, too lazy to find the link).
lateadopter » neu 1 years ago
I completely share Ray's anger at hot dumbasses. They are not fair. Actually, the unfairness of all hot women, dumbass or not, is extremely aggravating to me. Don't they realize I have eyes?

I think I'll just go fuck myself, and save everyone the trouble of telling me what to do about my problems.
saint » neu 1 years ago
...it's those women that carry pepper spray. it's also those women that call men sex-pigs. irony? stupidity? i don't know, but what I do know is FUUUUUUUUCK it.
werthog42 » neu 1 years ago
werthog42 » neu 1 years ago
Hmmm... Apparently, if you refresh after submitting a comment, it posts a blank post. Good to know.
phy » neu 1 years ago
Ray generally treats Fuck You Fridays as a genial event. Today he is unloading with both barrels. Rock on, Ray. Cuss till it bleeds when they pee.
zefiel » pro 1 years ago



Sorry for MSpaint, it's all i have around for now.
zem » pro 1 years ago
is nice
capnb0b » pro 1 years ago
I agree that today's strip has taken "fuck you Friday" to a whole new level. I honestly don't know what I love more, "casual fuck you Friday" or "double-barreled fuck you Friday"
wae » neu 1 years ago
One day we may experience the rare situation of judas priest in both barrels.
afkpuz » neu 1 years ago
You're true blue, Manflesh.
wargasmic » pro 1 years ago
Ray is being ridiculously cruel and unfair, yes. But in expressing a little bit of what everyone thinks to themselves on those shitty days when it seems as though all the stupid, unnecessary people in the world have decided to say hello, he is hilarious.

There is also a great deal of humor, terrible as it is, in the complete destruction of a fictional nineteen-year-old cat's ego.
honesttom » neu 1 years ago
It's not hard to sign a petition, but Ray knows that when the petition is presented, the recipient will just say, "Fuck you for thinking we're going to waste several million dollars and years of planning just because some kid and his friends whose spending choices will in no way affect us have collected an unverifiable selection of signatures!"
wae » neu 1 years ago
Everybody thinks it, but only assholes say it out loud.

(Sort of like alien fan-fiction space porn. I guess.)
capnb0b » neu 1 years ago
I started to agree with you until I re-read the last 2 panels. While yelling at people is generally bad, Ray just cracks me up with the way he does it. I guess it's all in the delivery.
euphemisms » pro 1 years ago
i agree, though ray as a character is also the one that gave a mentally challenged person twenty bucks saying "hey, kid - no retard should pay to eat".

upon appraisal, one would think a big portion of those that read achewood are privileged college-age students. but i read this more as the kind of pent-up "fuck everything" that is oft taken out on anything that seems to inconvenience you. then again, maybe onstad is slowly transforming the comic into a megaphone for the bourgeois opressors.
lacrimus » neu 1 years ago
Basically, you should never be a cock to a stranger, EVER. Well said, Dr. Manflesh!
killerlimpet » neu 1 years ago
At my school, we have a lot of this: rich kids who act like their money and education make them superior to other humans. As a homeless man I know once said, "Where were they when I was wiping my buddy off of my face in Viet Nam? They were still shitting mustard! And now they come and throw a half-eaten bagel at me and tell me to get a job?"
The inhumanity which class differences can create will never cease to amaze me.

However, what do you think about this fuck-you friday?
http://achewood.com/index.php?date=05112007
At risk of further wearing my politics in the manner of cufflinks, I think Pat's first two fuck yous are also undeserved (note Ray's response, in particular.)

On the other other hand, I do tremendously enjoy any variety of Fuck You Friday, so I tend to actively re-interpret them as more ideologically pleasing commentary. (Because that's the kind of guy I am.)

Those are my thoughts. Lame at will.

killerlimpet » neu 1 years ago
I agree that it is a generalization, and one which many to whom it is applied do not deserve. (I would like to think of myself as a college student who recognizes the humanity of all homo sapiens sapiens) However, the thrust of my comment was that such a generalization is, in my observation, based on reality: there are many people who treat very poorly those who are less educated and who have more menial jobs. This is true of the population at large, but my closest experience with it is with people in college and in college towns. It has certainly been more visible in those locations for me. I would tentatively hypothesize that it stems from a combination of new social dynamics, a sudden lack of supervision, and inhibition-lowering activities, but again, I could quite easily be wrong.

As for class, different interpretations of the strip, I'm sure, all have validity. I simply feel that Manflesh's comment that "of the three people ray does a fuck-you to in this strip, the last two of them are working shitty minimum wage jobs that they probably hate," next to Ray's wealth is one which particularly rings true to me, and fits with my observations of certain groups of people who are so embedded in their privilege that they feel they can treat others as invisible at best. Again, I am not running the comic down, I am simply voicing my interpretation of it, and adding my thoughts to ManFlesh's post.
wae » neu 1 years ago
The thing is, Ray isn't yelling at people who are destitute or lower-class, so much as people who are just sort of "paying their dues" in society.
The nineteen year old with the crappy job isn't being derided for being "lower-class," but just for being nineteen. He's not saying that he will never get respect, just that, at nineteen, he hasn't earned a whole lot of it yet. If working for minimum wage wasn't shitty, it wouldn't be working for minimum wage.
aplomb » neu 1 years ago
The thonged squirrel is defending the cartoon cat's cultural perceptions.
dr_manflesh_desires_anal_play_immediately » neu 1 years ago
i wasn't trying to label all college students, only the big pricks among them. college is a wonderful thing and if you're lucky enough to go, that's fantastic! i think i was being unclear though when i said something about those who have mentioned their college majors in this thread--i was trying to ask those people if their experiences in college are like the ones i'm describing. i wasn't trying to accuse them all of being rich assholes! sorry that i didn't write that out very well.
seanbad » pro 1 years ago
Or perhaps people who feel a bit snippy should double-check their reading comprehension.

Quote (dr_manflesh): there's been a lot of talk of college majors in this thread: doesn't ray's behavior today make you think of the sense of entitlement (and willingness to say fuck you to anybody who has to work hard to pay the bills) that fratty, college-aged children of rich families often have?

Which part of that said "all college kids are snotty rich fuckheads?"
stormagnet » pro 1 years ago
Agreed- I think it speaks more to the fact that pretty much anyone in college has seen enough of that particular breed of fuckhead to recognize their characteristic behavior? It doesn't accuse Ray or the readers of being the same, simply pointing out a parallel ripe for digression.

That said, I have to admit I didn't actually read Dr. Manflesh's post, as I have him on my ignore list. (No malice, I think a lot of his stuff is hilarious. Rather, my sanity has proved too fragile for those fanfic posts of his >_<)
slalvation » neu 1 years ago
No one should be a cock to a homeless veteran, ever.
peterjoel » neu 1 years ago
Ordinarily these would be good points. But it is Fuck You Friday after all...
seanbad » pro 1 years ago
Nice counterpoint.

I'm wondering how my wife would react if I said, "I just gave dr_manflesh a chubby."
apatfan » neu 1 years ago
never... EVER... apologize for MS Paint
elzilcho » neu 1 years ago
Am I seeing things, or did you bust out an interrobang?
solobuttons » pro 1 years ago
rad chillies there
becauseofaproblem » pro 1 years ago
You don't see a lot of hot dumbasses with card tables blocking the entries to retail outlets in the New York metro area. I think it is because many of us would punch them, repeatedly.
zedpower » neu 1 years ago
I like how Jim's campaign sign only means something to people who already know who he is and why his name is there.
kkrusty » neu 1 years ago
achewood has made me laugh out loud uncontrollably for 4 days running. Word up, chris.
kkrusty » neu 1 years ago
my bad, 5 days. sorry, everybody.
rogergs » neu 1 years ago
It doesn't take a Stephen Hawking to calculate them pants.
randombeing » neu 1 years ago
I feel bad for intentionally giving this strip a low rating to bring it into balance with the harsh reality that it is nowhere near as funny as yesterday's.
wae » neu 1 years ago
Disagreement bOx
ntopp » pro 1 years ago
Well, fuck me. Is it Fuck You Friday already? God bless us, every one.
lateadopter » neu 1 years ago
Don't you mean, "God Fuck Us, Everyone"? Amen.
ntopp » pro 1 years ago
Fuck you for assuming you know what I meant. ;D
lateadopter » neu 1 years ago
Fuck you for thinking I give a shit what you meant. Little Timmy can die of polio for all I care, I just wanted to make a fucking joke!

- This pre-Friday fuck-you brought to you by Boring Thursday
jordstar » neu 1 years ago
Those shades can't hide it. Ms. Hot Dumbass is at the medallion-midpoint of hardcorely eyefucking Ray from specs to thong.
plezure » neu 1 years ago
Ah. Fuck you Friday. Such memories.
stabones » pro 1 years ago
Fuck you Fridays = automatic 5. its like they make all the bullshit that goes on throughout the week worth it.

actually, they are like a kickstart to the weekend...like the first hangover beer. at first you dont feel like drinking again, then you get that first one down and its all downhill from there...
jrpigman » neu 1 years ago
Chubbied because that is my favorite beer.
wae » neu 1 years ago
Double-chubby. Bloody Marys are for people who wake up with seven dollars left that they can spend on a drink with breakfast.
You can get 22 oz's of PBR and a bag of salt and vinegar chips three times over for that kind of scratch.

No Fiesta Name though.
porquechutzpah » neu 1 years ago
so how does budweiser's chelada fit in? or do these unfortunate blends of bud light and clamato only exist in texas?
ntopp » neu 1 years ago
We've got 'em out here in San Diego, as well. But I'm not sure where bloody beers fit in the mix.
twohundredninety » neu 1 years ago
Hey! You should be supportive. He needs it at his age.
yamo » neu 1 years ago
Mark my words: Jim will be the character that catapults Achewood into the mainstream. He will be the primary focus of the movie and videogame adaptations.
hargbarf » neu 1 years ago
He also sort of looks like Jim from The Office, so take that as you will.
kingsleymc » pro 1 years ago
I love a good Fuck You Friday.
tetsujin » pro 1 years ago
Why is Ray so worried about the calculated tight black pants? Is he being tempted to slip back into his old ass man ways?
mollybloom11 » neu 1 years ago
I woke up this morning to an empty space where my car was last night. On the way to the impound lot, I thought, "This is most definitely, a Fuck You Friday".

Also, I too am an English major. It's strange how many of us there are on here... Or not strange, considering English majors have little else to do with their time.
boheeka » neu 1 years ago
Most of my friends are english majors and they have way too much time on their hands, while the free time I have is spent in my smelly little room in the Arts/Humanities house being subjected to god-awful renditions of the "rent" and "magic flute" scores

You are not the queen of the night. Please stop.
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
It sounds like der Hölle Rache kocht in teinem Herzen.
checkmatejones » pro 1 years ago
I laffoed too hard when the nineteen year old dude trying to get Ray to sign a petition cringes in fear. Best Fuck You Friday evar.
phy » neu 1 years ago
I actually dunno about that. I mean Ray really does seem to be accessin' Pat-sized levels of ire in that one. I dunno if this is a side of him we just aren't normally shown or if Something Is Up.
phy » neu 1 years ago
He is about ready to turn that kid into Cowboy Sauce, if you're hip to my lingo.
jugglegod » neu 1 years ago
My guess is he needs to get laid.
killerlimpet » neu 1 years ago
When I was in high school some of my friends and I had an annual kitten-saving contest: no orgasms allowed, who will drop first? Several fights almost broke out over the course of the contest.

I therefor support this theory.
honesttom » pro 1 years ago
I once had a job where they gave me a chair, and that was all. That was a weird one.
stabones » neu 1 years ago
best christmas ever!
misterwolf » pro 1 years ago
You tell 'em, Ray.

You tell 'em.
moondough » pro 1 years ago
Ray is clearly not a fan of grass-roots democracy in action. At least not the door-to-door version of it. Indeed, Ray has a point.
ezcmac » pro 1 years ago
Today is not a good day for solicitors. Fuck them.
mcphercj » neu 1 years ago
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT?! WELL, DO YOU F-ING KnOW wHaT?!?!?! Man, Ray is out of control today.
ricnine » pro 1 years ago
Oh how right you are, Ray. Fuck this Friday. What a terrible day today was. Also I too am nineteen and eagerly await the day I finally get a fuckin' chair.
remotevinyl » neu 1 years ago
Classic. Best strip in some time.
pygmalion00 » neu 1 years ago
Why stop at Fuck You Friday, when we can have Suck my Cock Saturday as well?
atmus » neu 1 years ago
Fluff My Hogg Saturday would be better.
pygmalion00 » neu 1 years ago
but, you can't go wrong with alliteration!
wae » neu 1 years ago
Taint-Ticklin' Tuesdays?
pygmalion00 » neu 1 years ago
Watersports Wednesdays!
wae » neu 1 years ago
Both-Thumbs Thursday!!!
catgrl131 » pro 1 years ago
Savior Sunday


Amen
philosophe » pro 1 years ago
When did Roast Beef get a wig?
katsura » neu 1 years ago
And a white nose.
natashamarie » pro 1 years ago
thanks to all the achewood fan english majors with no chairs for reminding me why i majored in engineering. not only do i have a chair, i have an assistant.
steerpike66 » con 1 years ago
Yeah but you were a chick doing engineering so you have to spend the rest of your life working with and dating Dilberts.
natashamarie » pro 1 years ago
actually, i'm a civil... and i work in construction. so i just... get to be... harassed my entire life.

okay, english majors win this battle.
tel » neu 1 years ago
Man, that is some pretty harsh shit for achewood. Ray, and really, I guess Chris, usually aren't half this brutal.

I like it. Keep it up.
son_of_selleck » pro 1 years ago
I will not vote for Jim.
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
Soon it will be illegal for a man to run for public office unless his name is Jim, Bob or George.
twohundredninety » neu 1 years ago
Aaack. I accidentally marked this as spam. Sorry, dude.

It would be nice if there were a way to undo that kind of thing.
zefiel » neu 1 years ago
I'm on to you, Cathy.
twohundredninety » neu 1 years ago
Shhh.
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
In Dublin, which is now a corporate fuckhole of charmless alcoholic fatsoes with beer pimples, those hot cell-phone company chicks have whiteblond hair, peanutbutter-brown skin and red baseball caps. they stand outside the tarin stations handing out Vodaphone fliers and I hate them.
steerpike66 » neu 1 years ago
This is Pat's strip. Ray should not be doing this.
rawk5tar » neu 1 years ago
Serious. This kind of behavior is not very rad.
wae » neu 1 years ago
Pat is certainly the bigger asshole. The problem, though, is that he is so self-righteous and sanctimonious that he would never admit how angry he can get at "normal" people. He would have to transpose his anger in the direction of meat-eaters or the wealthy, rather than really and honestly letting it fly when someone "just doing their job" happens to just totally chafe his sack.

Ray is willing to man-up and face the fact that sometimes life, by no fault of its own and with the best of intentions, gives rise to Fuck You Fridays every now and again.
powderfinger » neu 1 years ago
what kind of asshole campaigns in cargo shorts?
halofyre » neu 1 years ago
This strip was the best birthday gift I got (yesterday)
asinineuser » neu 1 years ago
What's jumping out at me is Ray's topless state in this very clothed world.
coco » pro 1 years ago
Panel 5 is the best . . . Ray looks like he's about to explode from anger. That's the angriest looking finger I've ever seen.
jordstar » pro 1 years ago
Later: blogging crown on head and hands on keys. "It wasn't long before ol' Ray did a subtraction on those calculated black pants. Pretty soon we were gettin' mad rutty."
foxtrotamend » neu 1 years ago
This was the first current strip I read, which means that I finished the entire Achewood archives in two months. Now to get started on the blogs.
checkmatejones » neu 1 years ago
Sir there is nothing I can do about being nineteen sir please do not wave your glass of ketel one at me sir SIR PLEASE DO NOT RUN ME OVER IN YOUR ESCALADE I AM SORRY
fatbatmat » neu 11 months ago
i love ham
jhunter » neu 9 months ago
I feel Anonymous Teenager's pain, for I too have yet to experience a job where I'm allowed to sit down. It makes it real hard to go to the toilet.
i_love_kate » neu 6 months ago
I find it speaks of Ray's character that, when met with someone who is asking for signatures for a petition, he assumes that they are working. For pay.

God damnit, Ray.
tonyhighwind » pro 2 months ago
I read this comic about two months after getting my first job where they gave me a chair.

I felt pretty damn good that day.
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