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by David M Willis on February 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Choosing My Religion

└ Tags: danny, joe

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    February 16, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    oh dat Twitter

    • Francis
      Francis
      February 16, 2012 at 6:37 am | #

      I think Joe texted him. Would Danny’s phone “Beepbeep” if Joe hadn’t @mentioned him?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        February 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

        Pretty sure if you’re have unlimited text and/or are an idiot, you can enable notices from people you follow.

        But sure, text. I wouldn’t know, personally, ’cause I’m cheap and $20 per three months of service is actually more than I use my phone as it is.

        • Bunk
          Bunk
          February 19, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

          Actually That’s the look of an android text and reply screen, atlest for HTC. From the look of it an HTC post EVO styled phone.

          • joequincy
            joequincy
            February 20, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

            The “Add text…” input hint below his thumb is also a dead giveaway.

            (It’s the same screen on Samsung phones running Android, as well.)

  2. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    February 16, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    Joe is the worst wingman ever.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      February 16, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Of all time.

      • darcos0
        darcos0
        February 16, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        i like how you have a billie avatar while saying this

      • Doom Shepherd
        Doom Shepherd
        February 16, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

        Not his fault. Somebody put wangst in his way.

        • Spammy McSpamster
          Spammy McSpamster
          February 16, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

          I nominate wangst the best blend of the month.

          • Arkadi
            Arkadi
            February 16, 2012 at 3:43 pm | #

            TV Tropes!

        • ProjectXa3
          ProjectXa3
          February 16, 2012 at 7:51 pm | #

          RvB for the win!

    • Thor
      Thor
      February 16, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

      I think Joe in this strip speaks for all of us whenever Danny opens his mouth and starts mewling about Dorothy.

      • maarvarq
        maarvarq
        February 16, 2012 at 4:57 am | #

        It’s a bit frightening when Joe is the reasonable and sympathetic characters, but there you go.

      • Slipgate
        Slipgate
        February 16, 2012 at 8:49 am | #

        Why would you think Joe speaks for ‘all of us’?

        Whatever the case may be with how Danny subserviated himself to Dorothy, the fact is she only broke up with him days ago on a relationship that had been years long.

        I’ve had a serious relationship split after much less time than that, and all of my real friends who weren’t buttheads were willing to actually listen to me a bit.

        This strip is done for comedic effect, but I assure you Joe in no way speaks for all of us, least of us those who actually remember what Danny went through days ago in-story universe and remember what it means or what it feels like. It’s been four years since my relationship broke apart but I could still tell you the day it happened even if I have gotten over it since.

        • adius
          adius
          February 16, 2012 at 5:10 pm | #

          too boring, didn’t read

      • Bekah
        Bekah
        February 16, 2012 at 5:56 pm | #

        It’s funny because for us, it’s been over a year, but for Danny and Joe, it’s been less than a week. So while for us, it’s like “Gawd Danny, it’s been a year, shut up about the relationship you were in for 4 years or whatever.” but for Joe, it’s like “Dude. New pussy.”

  3. sockv
    sockv
    February 16, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    What a dick!

    • Originalslugboy
      Originalslugboy
      February 16, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      That’s what your mom said.

      • |Agent
        |Agent
        February 16, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

        …about little Joe.

        • Originalslugboy
          Originalslugboy
          February 16, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

          …after she accepted the nickel.

          • Drunken Nordmann
            Drunken Nordmann
            February 16, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

            … with his penis.

            • Nightwolf
              Nightwolf
              February 16, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

              … for journalism.

              • drdvd13
                drdvd13
                February 16, 2012 at 6:15 am | #

                9 months before you were born

              • Tualha
                Tualha
                February 16, 2012 at 6:21 am | #

                …in the conservatory.

                • Taurin
                  Taurin
                  February 16, 2012 at 7:53 am | #

                  Maggie avatar FTW!

                • Cacturne
                  Cacturne
                  January 12, 2016 at 9:39 am | #

                  in the FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!

    • Kirt Dankmyer
      Kirt Dankmyer
      February 16, 2012 at 11:40 am | #

      I like the whiplash from his semi-wise commentary in the previous comic to this.

  4. OhHayMike
    OhHayMike
    February 16, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    That’s how I’d have handled it anyway.

    • Originalslugboy
      Originalslugboy
      February 16, 2012 at 12:44 am | #

      And that’s what *your* mom said.

  5. ZuiyoMaru
    ZuiyoMaru
    February 16, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Joe might be the best wingman, but he’s not a great friend to have feelings around.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 16, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Joe doesn’t want to hear your angst, besides, Danny maybe have blabbed on about his feelings on Dotty off-screen a few times already and Joe doesn’t want to hear it again.

      • Tualha
        Tualha
        February 16, 2012 at 6:22 am | #

        Ooh, cutest avatar yet! Another original?

  6. Kensou
    Kensou
    February 16, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe, if you’re gonna do Batman impersonations, the guy doesn’t announce the conversation’s done after the fact. He’s just GONE. =/

    • ryan
      ryan
      February 16, 2012 at 8:22 am | #

      i think the text was the distraction needed to make his batman-like escape.

      http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/05-faztivus/gordon/

    • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      BrokenEye, True False Prophet
      September 18, 2015 at 6:55 pm | #

      No Batman announces that he’s Batman after the fact

      Obviously Joe must be Amazi-Girl

  7. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    February 16, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Ain’t texting wonderful?

  8. Xartarin
    Xartarin
    February 16, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Wow, that whole bed and the space under it look pretty cool. All well-drawn and shit.

    That’s the first thing that came to mind after reading the strip.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      February 16, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

      The fire alarm is the detail that impressed me.

  9. Bunk
    Bunk
    February 16, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Yeah Danny, rocking dat android phone.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 16, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      My grav thinks that the iPhone is better. 😀

    • Aeron
      Aeron
      February 16, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Android? That’s a friggin’ Handspring Visor or something!

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        February 16, 2012 at 2:03 pm | #

        It’s got all the Android buttons at the bottom.

        • Bunk
          Bunk
          February 16, 2012 at 5:23 pm | #

          Specifically it looks like a light blue HTC EVO.

  10. Rayrayrave
    Rayrayrave
    February 16, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Wow…that bedroom’s a lot more organized than my college dorm…

    • Null Set
      Null Set
      February 16, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      They’ve only been there for like two weeks I think.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        February 16, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

        Dude, it took me two DAYS to make my dorm look like a tornado went through it.

    • Originalslugboy
      Originalslugboy
      February 16, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Are you kidding? THERE’S A BOOK ON THE FLOOR.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 16, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

        Still, it’s way tidier than most guys I knew.

    • Keulan
      Keulan
      February 16, 2012 at 7:38 pm | #

      I swear, I was one of the few people at college who liked to keep my dorm room neat. Everyone else’s rooms were always messy. I got a single room in my junior year after I got sick of living with messy roommates.

  11. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    February 16, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Joe’s phone icon looks like it came from Roomies!

  12. lord of dance
    lord of dance
    February 16, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    i gotta use that

    • Kate
      Kate
      February 16, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

      I absolutely plan to.

  13. Kasamari
    Kasamari
    February 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    What’s more surprising: the fact that Joe left, or that Danny needed that text to realize it?

    • MM
      MM
      February 16, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      That question implies that either is surprising.

  14. Organs
    Organs
    February 16, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Wow, Joe’s such an ass! I really hope he gets his comeuppance later in the comic!

    • Chuck Testa
      Chuck Testa
      February 16, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

      Something of Joes will be “coming up”, we just don’t know what yet.

      • MeHael
        MeHael
        February 16, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

        It’s not a hard guess.

  15. Animal
    Animal
    February 16, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m with Joe on this one. Danny’s tipping a 9.6 out of 10 on the Bore-The-Shit-Outtame-O-Meter.

  16. MM
    MM
    February 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Anyone else think Joe went to track down Billie now that he knows she’s frustrated?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 16, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      I know I was thinking it. 😀

  17. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    February 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Joe is essentially Barney Stinson.

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      February 16, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

      Except he doesnt kill animals with a belch and is in physically fit shape.

      • a99steaksauce
        a99steaksauce
        February 16, 2012 at 1:34 am | #

        Wait I might not have gotten who you were talking about right.

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          February 16, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

          I was thinking of Barney Gumble. My bad.

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      February 16, 2012 at 1:40 am | #

      Upon reassessment and looking up the given name I would say that you are correct.

      • davidbreslin101
        davidbreslin101
        February 16, 2012 at 9:06 am | #

        So many smiling Mikes. I’m scared!

        • a99steaksauce
          a99steaksauce
          February 16, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

          You better watch out or ill give you a gift basket. *raargh*

    • LiC
      LiC
      February 16, 2012 at 2:52 am | #

      Only without the suits or smooth abilities

  18. X15lm204
    X15lm204
    February 16, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    Whew! Looks like the anomalous dickishness levels have reverted to normal. The world makes sense again.

  19. fellixe
    fellixe
    February 16, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    Ah! So Joe is the magician in Joe’s pants!

  20. Cherry
    Cherry
    February 16, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

    I think I love Joe.

  21. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    February 16, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

    Joe said what he had to say and left. He’s likely heard Danny’s story before. Can’t really blame Joe on this one. And…he’s probably gone hunting.

  22. alicemacher
    alicemacher
    February 16, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

    Yeah, I don’t have any “your nickel for a FAAAACE’s mom” jokes. Just popped in to say this one REALLY made me laugh. Thanks! 😀

  23. Robert
    Robert
    February 16, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

    Joe’s a dick. I mean a penis. I mean a weiner. I give up…

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      February 16, 2012 at 8:46 pm | #

      I believe you’re talking about Little Joe.

  24. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    February 16, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

    Joe says what we’re all thinking.

    • BornIn1142
      BornIn1142
      February 16, 2012 at 7:45 am | #

      I wasn’t. :/

  25. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    February 16, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    So, Danny admits that his excuse was bullshit, in order to cover up his difficulty with moving on. He is also angsting like crazy. I wouldn’t want to listen to it any more than Joe does, but I wouldn’t just walk out, then text him saying “Bored” after it. Joe may be a good wingman, but he’s not really a good friend.

    • a99steaksauce
      a99steaksauce
      February 16, 2012 at 1:36 am | #

      You didnt know that by the time they mentioned the hooker incident?

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      February 16, 2012 at 4:08 am | #

      To be fair, it’s been a no more than a week since he got dumped by his high school sweetheart. Nobody gets over a serious relationship that quickly.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        February 16, 2012 at 9:05 pm | #

        I know, which is why I’m still sympathetic to Danny and think that Joe is an ass. To us, it may be a year, but to him, it was only a week ago.

  26. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    February 16, 2012 at 1:36 am | #

    That’s Joe being Joe.

  27. A_Lost_Prophet
    A_Lost_Prophet
    February 16, 2012 at 1:57 am | #

    Honestly, this is a pretty cheap gag. Must’ve been an off day 🙁

  28. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    February 16, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

    Astonishingly, it wasn’t until right now that I noticed the resemblance between Joe and Rayne Summers.

    It’s okay. I don’t hate Joe. He’s better written.

  29. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    February 16, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

    I propose that Joe is Amazi-Girl, based on his Batman-like disappearance powers.

    • Tualha
      Tualha
      February 16, 2012 at 6:28 am | #

      Nonsense! Amazi-Girl is clearly Mike. Who else likes to punch people that much?

  30. Spammy McSpamster
    Spammy McSpamster
    February 16, 2012 at 2:06 am | #

    TESTIFY, JOE!

  31. GenericScreenName
    GenericScreenName
    February 16, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

    Is it possible that Joe knows Danny so well that he left their room in the previous comic and predicted what Danny was going to say then gave the preemptive text in the hall. Thus making Danny the one who all caught up with his “problems” and not even noticing that he was the only one in the room.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 16, 2012 at 10:40 am | #

      He appears in every single panel in the prior comment, so odds are low.

      And Danny does appear to have overlooked Joe leaving…

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        February 16, 2012 at 10:41 am | #

        Prior comic. Sigh.

  32. waldosan
    waldosan
    February 16, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

    i am so glad i will never have to stay at a dormitory… hopefully.

  33. LiC
    LiC
    February 16, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

    I wonder how long Joe waited before bailing.

  34. Tobias
    Tobias
    February 16, 2012 at 3:56 am | #

    How Rude! Danny to interrupt your conversation with Joe to answer a text, shocking!

  35. menamebephil
    menamebephil
    February 16, 2012 at 5:58 am | #

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XViXch8BuT4

    • Tualha
      Tualha
      February 16, 2012 at 6:27 am | #

      Remember kids, always know what’s around and behind your target.

  36. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    February 16, 2012 at 7:20 am | #

    Can’t blame Danny, at least he’s being honest. But Joe isn’t exactly someone I’d want to share my feelings with.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 16, 2012 at 10:37 am | #

      That’s fair; he doesn’t want you to share your feelings with him.

  37. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    February 16, 2012 at 7:52 am | #

    Joe’s holding a class this Saturday. “Great Friends 101”.

  38. Shaku
    Shaku
    February 16, 2012 at 9:06 am | #

    After yesterday’s comic, I would have expected to see an interesting confrontation between Danny and Joe here. It certainly would have helped to flesh out these two characters a bit more, and what’s more, further encouraged the reader to form his own opinion on the dilemma (moral and behavioral) we’re presented with here.

    Instead, we just get Joe acting like a total assbag. If he was angry with Danny constantly pitying himself, why doesn’t he tell him face-to-face? I mean, why would you treat your best friend like this? I’m aware that today’s comic is played for laughs, but it’s kind of an anti-climax.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 16, 2012 at 10:34 am | #

      Who says he’s angry at Danny? Occasionally frustrated with his idiocy, but I’m not seeing any anger here. I’m seeing…Bored. Not with Danny personally, but rather his Wangsty McWangstmeister act, which Joe doubtlessly *has* seen before, many times. Plus Joe has no comprehension of this mysterious “not ready for sex” thing so Danny is just basically saying “blah blah blah.” Were I Joe, I’d want to leave too; misguided politeness would oblige me to stay, but that would be wrong of me and just make me a wangst enabler.

      And I *certainly* wouldn’t have a confrontation with Danny; that would just be dickish. I mean, which are we talking about: “Danny, you should stop being celibate, that’s lame”, or “Danny, you should stop expressing your unmanly feelings; because I don’t care”? Um, yeah. The only debate here was about Danny’s false excuses; about his wangst there is nothing to say. And Men(tm) don’t talk about that stuff anyway, particularly not while sober and in daylight. So yeah.

      But there is a silver lining – we readers will form our own opinions anyway, even without the help. And we’ll post those opinions (and memes). We’re good at that.

      Especially the memes.

  39. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    February 16, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

    This is totally Joe. Once he’d won the argument, why stick around for the angsting? Sometimes you have to be insensitive to be sensitive.

    • Pat
      Pat
      February 16, 2012 at 10:19 am | #

      …Except it only took Danny a few seconds to admit that what he said before wasn’t totally true, thus invalidating all of Joe’s arguments. So he didn’t “win” anything.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        February 16, 2012 at 10:36 am | #

        Admitting the other person is right doesn’t invalidate anything, and he wouldn’t have admitted it without Joe’s counterargument. And getting the other person to admit wrongness when they otherwise wouldn’t is the essence of debate victory.

        You just didn’t recognize it because in real life, nobody ever admits they were wrong.

        • Pat
          Pat
          February 17, 2012 at 8:12 am | #

          Yes, okay. If all they cared about was winning instead of actually making a point, then Joe won the debate.

          Danny confessing that the thing they were arguing about is untrue, however, made all of Joe’s arguments about why it didn’t make sense irrelevant. Joe wasn’t even trying to point out that what Danny was saying was illogical and therefore untrue, he was trying to point out that Danny’s reasoning made no sense–which doesn’t matter if it wasn’t *real*.

  40. Fruit Punch Tsunami
    Fruit Punch Tsunami
    February 16, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

    tl; dl

  41. Mighty Pinto
    Mighty Pinto
    February 16, 2012 at 1:09 pm | #

    I may be outta line here, but Danny’s quickly turning into the most unlikable character in this series so far.

    • Kintrex
      Kintrex
      February 16, 2012 at 5:12 pm | #

      Sure, to us it feels like it’s been months, but he actually only got dumped a few days ago! Cut the man some slack.

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        February 16, 2012 at 11:38 pm | #

        And how many months has it been IRL since he’s even shown up?

  42. lasercow
    lasercow
    February 16, 2012 at 1:20 pm | #

    Desktop computer. In a dorm. Willis is old man

    • David
      David M Willis
      February 16, 2012 at 2:12 pm | #

      Or Danny likes to play high performance games and is a college kid without a lot of money.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      February 25, 2012 at 6:57 pm | #

      Somehow I missed this. Not everyone’s capable of affording good laptops.

  43. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    February 16, 2012 at 2:07 pm | #

    All you people saying “My god Danny needs to get over it” and “he is angsting so hard” are the reason why the APA is diagnosing grief as a “disorder” now.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 16, 2012 at 8:39 pm | #

      I dunno, on the other hand it’s not like we got to actually see his long and involving relationship with Dorothy. The two just came on stage, played their parts of “girl who obviously is going to dump him” and “guy who is so dopey and oblivious he *deserves* to get dumped” to the hilt, and then she surprised nobody by dumping him as expected. Sure they’d been dating for, um, a while prior to that point, but we never actually saw any of it; all we saw of his relationship was it summarily ending. So it’s hard for us to empathize with the assumed close relationship he maybe had.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        February 17, 2012 at 11:33 pm | #

        It’s been stated that it was a few years. I agree that we didn’t see any of the closeness before-hand but I don’t feel like that diminishes how hard it is to get over it.

  44. icepyrox
    icepyrox
    February 16, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

    He was dumped in this last week, sure, technically, whatever. Still, I doubt they had any kind of loving relationship since graduation if not prom. Danny doesn’t love Dorothy; he loves the idea of being with someone in a long, committed relationship.

    My point is, while what Joe did was kind of a dickish move, Dorothy did it on a much grander scale, and while we may all have stuck around and listened, everyone but Mike would be thinking what Joe just did (exit – stage left). Mike would use this moment to point out that this excuse is bullshit too. He did panic and chicken out, and he did use some weird projection to stop, but it had as much to do with Dorothy as why he flirted in the first place.

  45. Mikehatesyou
    Mikehatesyou
    February 16, 2012 at 7:58 pm | #

    Danny must be taking theater classes because he currently looks like he is dressed as a stage hand.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      February 16, 2012 at 8:40 pm | #

      Heh, I didn’t notice that; is that emo-wear?

  46. Asuka L.S.
    Asuka L.S.
    February 16, 2012 at 9:12 pm | #

    Meanwhile, as can be heard through Amber’s bedroom wall…

    Oh, Danny-boy
    the pipes, the pipes are calling
    from glen to glen
    and down the mountainside….

    Hang in there, Amber. He’ll be back.

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