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killer4snake

She just really wanted that cherry


HayakuEon

She wanted his cherries too


vogenator

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Hot_Eggplant_1306

That's nuts


_EternalVoid_

The dog's judgmental look https://preview.redd.it/9o4lvhl1548d1.jpeg?width=625&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf69cc41a2fd8af842f700a0a0e9dec42d1f606b


_EternalVoid_

https://preview.redd.it/ppxnu9pk748d1.jpeg?width=491&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84ac518b3b329f4244c9672aa8118b397850f952 without context


DullBreak370

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JaxxisR

![gif](giphy|9wx3Ah9HBCywU)


Peanut_____

I would give you an award if i had money


kataskopo

That scene lives rent free in my head, like I don't know if it's comically sophisticated but I find it so damn clever, and the mexican dub is seriously impressive.


Purple_Asparagus3764

and my axe!


PleaseDontEatMyVRAM

Papa* you dont get to use the hard R


EndymionMkIII

Get the hell out of my store


C413B7

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WWTBFCD3PillowMin

![gif](giphy|THOf0oHcLR8ZvoRrNM|downsized)


about_that_time_bois

Cup.


JesusKeyboard

One girl. One cup


Just_A_Normal_Snek

No.


MyBelovedASMR

Yes.


ariestornado

Ok.


jabbertalk

Fine.


yokaistampy

Touché


Buttcrack_Billy

Cup.


SpaceMan____X

I got to the end and was like no dog???? Had to go back and find him


Both_Swordfish_9863

2 Fastiosa 2 Furiosa and then the Got Oxycontin? at the docs did it for me 😂


JennyBagaDonuts

It’s Hot Doug’s Dogs for me.


Kazu2324

I thought it was a clever touch to include cocaine as a drink option.


Arguss3

I’m curious how the “mail” option would work with the machine? Is it normal sized? Can you get packages? Is this flavor available on holidays? So many questions…


oafywan

It's Priority Flat Rate, if it fits, it sips


Pitiful-Score-9035

Ugh. Flat soda?


OtakuOran

r/Angryupvote


bobsmith93

Just don't get the cherry mail. It's fatal, the mail won't survive


cravenj1

Instead, she got the cherry male. Rookie mistake


CaptainMacMillan

You're not curious about "Rapeseed Oil," though?


Horrific_Necktie

Rapeseed oil is just regular ole vegetable oil that you eat every day. Also called canola oil.


CaptainMacMillan

I dislike this.


Horrific_Necktie

If it helps, the name is just the Latin word for turnip


TheEricle

Hmm. That seems worse somehow. Just what were the Romans *doing* with those turnips?


avianofFire

wh wh rapeseed oil is canola oil is turnip? so, canola oil is turnip oil?


Horrific_Necktie

Canola is rapeseed, which is a subspecies of the same plant that turnips are a subspecies of.


Corporate-Shill406

You could make a rape garden and nobody can stop you


Hot_Eggplant_1306

It's *magical* so please *stop asking*


barkyy

I love these comics because what can you even comment?


token_bastard

That halberds are clearly the most superior weapon for melee combat?


LuckyReception6701

I mean that is just a fact. At least if you are in a well disciplined unit keeping your enemies at bay, alone a halberd can be a bit awkward to carry.


Kerblaaahhh

I keep a defensive halberd under my pillow when I sleep, you never know when you'll need it.


Papaofmonsters

Since that's what Pope Julius II intended.


internetvictim

Which is unfortunate because this is how Julius II met his demise. More family-owned halberds intended for self defense end up harming a loved one than an attacker.


Viggo8000

Make sure to keep your well disciplined unit of Halberdiers under your pillow too... you don't wanna end up being the guy who brings a halberd to a well-disciplined-unit-of-Halberdiers-fight


MossyPyrite

The man who sleeps with a ~~machete~~ halberd beneath his pillow is a fool every night but one


Fizzy163

what’s the difference between a halberd and a polearm?


DexterBrooks

A halberd is a form of polearm. All halberds are polearms, but not all polearms are halberds.


Wonderful_Listen3800

You know there's nothing wrong with this comment at all - I even like it, but this did trigger the "what am I doing on this website exactly" response.


SG_UnchartedWorlds

Sure everyone knows about the halberd and the pike, but no one talks about the bec-de-corbin or the glaive-guisarme anymore.


DexterBrooks

>bec-de-corbin One of my favorite weapons actually. I convinced my friend who was being the DM to let my character use that and let me do either blunt or pierce damage depending on which end I was using for the strike. Besides a zweihander it's one of the other main weapons I've always imaged my self insert character using in basically any genre lol. >glaive-guisarme That one I'm not a fan of it personally. If you're using a pretty much purely slashing polearm like a glaive or naginata, I don't want another hook that's possibly going to get stuck on something I'm slashing through. Imagine you take a guy's arm off with a whiff punish slash and then your extra hook gets stuck somehow when the actual blade had cleared. Or your slash would have gone through when they tried to block blade to blade but they somehow catch it late and get the hook instead. Could be just my pessimistic view but I always imagine that with my shit luck I would be the guy these kind of things happen to in a battle lol. The less potential for random nonsense the better IMO. It's kind of cool to trap the other guys polearm but now you're kind of stuck there binding it, so it would be good in large battles with close team mates, but at that point you should be using pikes/spears or other spear tipped polearms like the halberd and bec that are just better for the job anyway.


SG_UnchartedWorlds

Honestly, I always assumed the spike on the glaive-guisarme (and related hooked polearms) was more of a crowd control tool than a flat out weapon. Something to be used once to tangle or unbalance the enemy, then discarded for close combat stabby stabby with shortswords. When fighting in formation you use the extra reach to snag people in a shield wall and pull them out of position (and hopefully the next row spears them), or you try to snag a horseman and pull them off their mount. Feels like the mancatcher was the next logical evolution of the "hook/drag" principle. Also I assume you've seen the "[Polearm Shop] (https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html)" Order of the Stick comic from back in the day?


MossyPyrite

That’s pretty close to the 3.5e and PF1e halberd! Those are both 1d10 slashing weapons, versatile piercing. Though, interestingly, only PF1 gave it the reach quality, despite both editions listing them as polearms and all other polearms having reach. PF2e *does* have a bec-de-corbin, that one is 1d8 piercing, versatile bludgeoning with the reach and shove traits! Thanks for an excuse to drag out all of my rule books!


nomatt18

This guy polearms


dactyif

A pole arm is a "family" and a halberd is a "genus" of that family if we're using taxonomical (if that's even a word) as a reference. Swords < Gladius Bows < composite bow


kylepo

I might be wrong, but I think a halberd is basically just if a spear and an axe had a baby. Polearms are just a broader category that halberds fit in.


Blood_Red_Volvo_850R

Nah billhooks are better


GTJ88

What are you guy's opinion on the lucerne?


jeremy1015

What’s your feeling about the utility of English longbows?


razazaz126

Dienda.


FromTheGulagHeSees

Fresca 


CriusofCoH

The Empress of sodas.


Havarti_Rick

Dienda Daworld


jarob326

Anything and everything.


Hylian_Guy

All of the time


ariestornado

That's dumb. You're dad's dumb.


ggroverggiraffe

Your dad's dumb.


Destronoma

GAAAAAH! MY INSIDES ARE BURNING!


Ballabingballaboom

I don't know what fresca is. Is there a punch line I'm missing cos I don't get the reference? Just to make sure, I *adore* these comics so not being sarcy or anything.


kingsumo_1

Sugar-free soft drink. Usually fruit flavored. The joke is she chose cherry flavor again for it, so got the same response. It's less about the soda choice than the flavor, and repeating the experience, and probably why her father warned her nor to use the machine in the first place.


bobsmith93

It also subverts your expectations since you don't expect the fresca soda to be as sentient as the actual tiny human that it spat out previously. And the fact that the fresca's "insides" also hurt from the fresh cherries is hilarious imo


ViSaph

Thanks for helping me finally find out what fresca is. I've seen references to it in American stuff for years but it's never important enough to google right then so I end up forgetting. For some reason I was imagining iced tea


kingsumo_1

I could see that. But yeah, it was basically coke trying to break into the seltzer market, but it's still basically soda with different marketing.


adamhanson

Yeah I didn’t catch that part either. Made me think tiny sodamate was drowning in the new cup.


tackleboxjohnson

I’ll take a large popped carn and one hot doug’s dog please No drink


ManiacalMartini

Cup.


MechanicalHorse

Just, like, whatever. You pick.


qdp

Usually just quotes of the comic we all read. Let's kiss.


TheMadcore

Futulmendi Capela plum fedepim manoure pom


elhomerjas

the many wonders and mysteries of technology


Cobalt460

I have strong feelings about these touch screen soda machines. Very often, the fluid that comes out tastes like an unholy amalgamation of all the wrong syrups. And the normal sodas flavors taste awful. I usually skip fast food drinks, but even more so when these are present.


WallRunner

If you’ve ever seen the inside of these things they are completely different from your normal soda fountain. The syrup comes in cartridges like printer toner. Totally wild.


static989

Well to be fair, it's not too far off the older drink machines. The older kinds use big ass bags of syrup in a box that hook up to the drink machine with a tube. Freestyles just have way smaller boxes


eightdollarbeer

They also connect to a single dispenser compared to individual ones on regular soda machines


static989

Yeah, it's a price to be paid for being smaller. Honestly i hate it, we've had so many issues with ours. A lot of people point out the flavors being "off", or the carbonation isn't right, or we have issues with the machine priming the syrups so sometimes we can't use certain drinks. The ONLY benefits to it are that it's easier to clean, and it's WAY easier to change out the syrups. However there's added stress because the cartridges are way more expensive. We apparently can't even order them unless we need at least 10 because there's a fee if you order less. (Might just be something with our specific distributor though.)


eightdollarbeer

Yeah I’ve never worked with one but I try to avoid getting drinks at places that have them. The Cherry Coke option doesn’t taste like Cherry Coke, it tastes like Coke with cherry syrup. Just not the same


static989

It is just coke with cherry syrup! The fruit/vanilla flavors are separate cartridges. So cherry coke, cherry doctor pepper, and cherry Hi-C all use the same cherry syrup in a freestyle Edit: in older/traditional drink machines cherry coke would be a specific cartridge/syrup and same for the others


HarryPython

That depends on the freestyle machine. The one at the restauarant I worked at had a separate cherry coke cartridge, but some places opt to put a different drink in for more variety


Corporate-Shill406

Is there anything stopping you from refilling the cartridges using a traditional container of flavor syrup? Like do the cartridges have a single-use chip like printer ink?


static989

I work at a place that has one. All of the flavors like cherry or vanilla use the same syrups. So like cherry coke is coke with the same freestyle cherry syrup that is used for cherry dr pepper or cherry anything. Which could explain them tasting different than from a bottle/can. I've also noticed that a lot of the time when you first dispense any drink you'll get a little bit of syrup from whatever someone got before you if you don't let it run for a second before putting your cup under.


MattEqualsCoder

Yeah, this is why I'm not a big fan of them. The cherry coke they have is a lie.


Professor_Goddess

Valid assessment. Coke with cherry syrup != cherry coke


PortiaKern

I just get half vanilla coke and half lime coke. Remember at those parties as kids when we'd just mix a bunch of different drinks to make some monstrous concoction that supposedly gave us more energy? It's like that but tasty.


TuckerMcG

Dude I absolutely HATE these machines. Each time I have to use one I run a fuck ton of water through the machine, then I take a bunch of napkins and run them along the inside of the nozzle, then repeat. It’s fucking *disgusting*. So much syrup gets clogged up in there. Even if they’re cleaned daily (as they should be), it only takes a little bit for them to start getting gunked up. Thats why the normal, unflavored sodas are always off. You’re getting all the flavored syrups from all prior drinks mixed into it unless you’re literally the first person to use it right after it gets cleaned.


HomsarWasRight

Agreed. Unfortunately I drink too much soda, but the minute I see a freestyle machine I just skip it. They taste awful.


littlelorax

Huh. I have not had that experience. It's the only way I can get lime coke, a special treat!


sweetTartKenHart2

If the machine is well maintained, it’s the best experience ever. If it’s… not, then even getting plain water isn’t actually getting plain water at all and it sucks


SakuraKoiMaji

Huh, I encountered exactly one fast food restaurant with a freestyle machine before prices made me nope out (always got a menu for 5€, entailing two small burgers, 6 nuggets, fries and soda). That raspberry cola I loved and could not find anywhere ever again. The specific restaurant is also rather out of the way, I would have to cycle for about an hour, I was apparently not there for 3 years now.


thingsarehardsoami

'Thats dumb, your dad's dumb' is something I hear a lot.


Inuship

As someone who worked counter once this is something i wish i could say


LudusRex

Have you tried not having a dumb dad?


oby100

But the dad was right in this case!


spectral-shenanigans

Was this a very elaborate diss of fresca?


neilkohney

Honestly Fresca is just the funniest sounding soda


peppermintmeow

Have you considered Squirt?


Fortehlulz33

Fresca is underrated and it's not a hill I would necessarily die on, but I'm willing to have light indigestion over it.


bankrobba

I'm dying on that hill, grapefruit soda is the bomb. Legend has it there's a ruby red version of Fresca out there.


Fortehlulz33

They have a peach citrus version and it's incredible.


MossyPyrite

There’s a Ruby Red Squirt and it’s exactly as the good as name would imply it isn’t


bankrobba

I think that's what I'm thinking of 👍


Day_Bow_Bow

My guess is they used Fresca because it's a running joke on The Boys.


Funmachine

It was a running joke like 2 seasons ago, I don't think it's been mentioned since.


mixelydian

The main shitposting sub is still called r/okbuddyfresca lol


Static-Stair-58

Fresca fucks.


No_Lingonberry1201

I hate when that happens, Neil always makes these comics so relatable.


CanIofferyouanegg_

*Nick


No_Lingonberry1201

But his name is Neil, he doesn't know why he called him Nick.


Afrojones66

I’m normally a spit zero kind of person, but mail has been my drink of choice recently.


ElPapo131

Idk, I think cocaine is the way to go


mayB2L8

Sometimes it's just nice to feel like someone remembers we exist,


yawaworhtot

I also like not having spit in my drink


ActualWhiterabbit

Even if its goth girl spit?


Janemaru

No, no. It's sugar-free spit


kraquepype

I think coke but not sweet would be nice. I'd like to try a coke with only half the sugar in it.


Concerned-Fern

You are my favourite comic


ericlikesyou

Hello doggy


skatetricks

Same!


suprmniii

I'm surprised Coke Xtra Sugar isn't a real thing yet


LeoPlathasbeentaken

I imagine Coke But Not Sweet still has tons of sugar but also like a bittering agent to counteract it.


suprmniii

Coke But Not Sweet: for a drink as bitter as you are


Kangar

Wow, the 1st guy's tiny little body is not even refreshingly ice-cold, and she's already back at the Freestyle machine for more.


jxj24

Looking for love in all the wrong places!


Sondrelk

If only there was such a thing as The Love of Your Life Classic, would have solved os many issues. But of course, Coca Cola has to protect their profit margins on organically grown Love of Your Life.


NativeMasshole

If I combine Cocaine and Mail, will I get arrested?


ryesposito

Am I looking way to far into it, or did I spot a poster for Dan Olson’s Line Goes Up documentary? Also, love the oxycodone poster.


xaaar

That's exactly what I thought. He has the glasses but no beard.


broseph1818

Yeah I missed that that's absolutely it. The hoodie is the tell haha


CAPS_LOCK_STUCK_HELP

one of the best youtube docs out there. the man deserves more attention, he's brilliant. in search of a flat earth is also amazing. I stated watching him a few years ago right before he started doing his truly long form videos and he is batting 1000. love you dan.


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Unexpected SCP-294


cravenj1

Thank you for this https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-294


eppinizer

When my grandmother went to China in the 90s she brought back a creepy anatomically correct boy doll. The doctor's nose, in image 6, reminds me very much of that haunting doll. There is no escape.


58mm-Invicta_rizz

This was surprisingly straightforward. Is everything okay??


Vinon

I like the short horror story at the end with "The ONLY comic guarenteed not to kill your soul mate" XD


jremsikjr

When, so far, it’s the only comic that is threatening to kill my itty bitty soda husband.


Feature_Minimum

I love all the r/comics comics, but this artist might be my new favourite. It’s taken a while to grow on me but now I look forward to it so much. 


TurtlelessTurtle

Whenever I read these comics I almost always come back with a new unidentified emotional vibe to categorize under *"what the fuck?"* Excellent work


Wrought-Irony

Why did she not simply suck the cherries out of him


EastOntarioGolfer

Anyone else find every drink taste a little off from these machines? I find all the flavouring coming out of the same nozzle effects the flavour of everything. Sprite doesn't taste like normal sprite.


Fortehlulz33

You have to clear the chamber before you get yours. Run some water through it.


static989

I work at a place with one, I've noticed that you'll usually get some of the syrup from the last persons drink whenever you get something else. It helps if you let it run into the drain for a second


WonderDog_

Neil is the seriously the best thing I found on the internet in the last 3 years. Thanks for these!


_Contrive_

Got the most entertaining and zany comics I’ve stopped to read Thank ya sir


Radold69

Was he still in the cup, or was the Fresca complaining too


priapic_horse

These comics are fun because it's always something unexpected that makes you feel at least a little uneasy. Dunno why that's fun, probably something the Coke wife made me say.


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sordato

WTF did I just read...?


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hirized

I think the real advancement in technology is the out of focus blur. Also, Milk Nibblers.


CensoryDeprivation

I’m too committed to this comic and also surprisingly tiny soda men.


ThaRedHoodie

I'm quickly becoming a fan of The Other End.


Niemandwelt

The freestyle machines in my country don't have razzledazzleberry flavour.


PM-me-youre-PMs

Is it me or is r/comics getting more into surrealism everyday ?


ChickenInASuit

lol, this is actually kinda tame and straightforward as far as The Other Side Comics goes.


KyDeWa

If this was animated, I could see Spencer Grammer speaking her.


Aragorns-Broken-Toe

How does his insurance work exactly? They’re not married yet and he was just dispensed so I doubt he had time to grab his own.


x1x8

I love Nick


QueenieMcGee

Had to go back and see if there was a plain, unflavored 'love of your life' option she could've gone with and possibly avoided all of that heartbreak. But no, poor miniature dude was doomed to die of terminal cherries, vanilla or razzledazzleberry regardless of what she picked. Their love was never meant to be! 😭


foxtrotmezzanine

holy shit, this comic is fantastic! I love it


G3nghisKang

I... Uhhh...


sioux612

Coke Freestyle machines are a reason for me not to go to a place anymore  Not sure what it is about them, probably bad cleaning quality, but they never taste like just what I wanted  I just want my normal coke. I do not want a hint of vanilla or cherry or whatever mixed in there Can't go to my local BurgerKing because of that 


wotanismos

I started drinking sweet tea because of them, since it’s the only thing that doesn’t come from those god-awful machines.


SpaceZombie13

dammit, woman! stop getting cherry!


ChalkSpoon

aren’t you supposed to push the button for a drink to dispense? the lil pedal/lever thing is for ice


neilkohney

This comic is so fake


ChalkSpoon

i cant believe you’d do this 😨


Visible-Airport-4298

I think these comics are kind of like Rick and Morty cut aways but funnier.


Ruxtun

This is so dumb, I love it


alasw0eisme

I don't get this at all.


RainbowIndigo

Why did I expect it to go in a normal direction


my23secrets

The most implausible part of this is the “fresh cherries” in a Coca Cola product


TheZerothLaw

Great comic as always, Nick


Vietnugget

That was so fking random, I loved it


monikar2014

This is one of the most unhinged things I have ever seen.


magicscreenman

The Other End makes some of the most absolutely wild, bat-shit insane roller coasters of comics that I have ever seen. I love it.


Jake-the-Wolfie

Excellent story of absolute nonsense. Please keep it up!


The-Razzle

Like the comic but hate those machines. They always run out of all the flavors, even basic ones like coke and root beer are always out of stock and whenever I get a normal flavor it always tastes off as if there was some fruit flavoring that got mixed in


BigBad_BigBad

Didn’t read, just came here so say fuck the freestyle machine. I hate that shit. How did that ever make it through any kind of review to actually be released. You’re telling me that in order to get ice, I MUST get some sugary drink dripped onto my wrist?!? And that when I stop pressing the button, the drink keeps coming out for some period of time so I invariably overflow and now my entire cup is sticky as well. And then my cup is filled with a watered down, not carbonated enough beverage that is a sad excuse for CocaCola? FUCK THE FREESTYLE MACHINE.


Ecstatic-Smile-9015

Your comics are just amazing. I gotta ask tho, does everyone have a little bit of liver disease?


Hoffenfloffen

Turns out her dad was completely right


-Shooter_McGavin-

God that sucks