I repeat: this is not an accurate portrayal of my roommate experience. We had some communication issues, but they weren't anywhere near this bad. I'm exaggerating; it is a comic strip, after all.
There is a very obscure in-joke here that only people who have perused ALL my links thoroughly (or a certain friend of mine) will get. (No, Jen, I swear I know of no cult by this name. If Beak sees this, make sure he knows that there is no such cult. Holly made it up; blame her.)