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September 20, 2023

Idioms

by David M Willis on March 20, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - Faz Is Great

└ Tags: faz, joe, joyce, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 20, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

    “Is THAT the vibe you get from her?”

    “I think she gets it from Other Jacob…?”

    • Barduwulf
      Barduwulf
      March 20, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

      So Other Jacob stores the Speed Force?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        March 20, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

        If the batteries are fresh, yes.

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          March 20, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

          Sarah rides the lightning!

          • Walky_Talky
            Walky_Talky
            March 20, 2018 at 12:40 am | #

            And she keeps The Lightning in her top drawer.

            • HeySo
              HeySo
              March 20, 2018 at 9:34 am | #

              It’s honestly to the point where I just assume every DoA comic is a lead-in to a Slipshine.

              • Clif
                Clif
                March 20, 2018 at 10:20 am | #

                They are; it’s just that not all of them get written.

                • Nuuuuu
                  Nuuuuu
                  March 20, 2018 at 6:05 pm | #

                  I don’t want to live in a world where they don’t all get written ;_;

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 20, 2018 at 1:15 am | #

      Is this the real secret to The Flash’s powers?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        March 20, 2018 at 2:02 am | #

        Well, the Flash utilizes something called the Speed Force.

        Conventions of unit nomenclature suggest that this should be speed * force, which is (distance / time) * ((mass * distance) / (time * time)). That gives us (mass * distance * distance) / (time * time * time)…. which is, in fact, power.

        So the real secret of the Flash’s power is that power is LITERALLY Speed-Force.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 20, 2018 at 2:09 am | #

          And to the million people about to complain about the difference between vectors and scalars and how one of those distances should have been displacement and how none of that works as a result:

          Quit taking comics so literally.

          • neeks
            neeks
            March 20, 2018 at 3:00 am | #

            There’s a reason “comic book science” is an expression, after all.

            • Annonymouse
              Annonymouse
              March 20, 2018 at 8:32 am | #

              Still a whole lot more self consistent than Hollywood “Science” but then again Hollywood has its own version of “Accounting”.

              • Clif
                Clif
                March 20, 2018 at 10:23 am | #

                Hollywood accounting puts Quantum Physics to shame. (But maybe not String theory).

  2. Too Old To Be Cool
    Too Old To Be Cool
    March 20, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    “Faz is known for making the ladies vibrate.”

    • Badeyes
      Badeyes
      March 20, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

      And this is what we missed in panel 6.

    • Dean
      Dean
      March 20, 2018 at 5:10 am | #

      Shuddering is like vibrating, isn’t it?

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 20, 2018 at 9:35 am | #

        It’s all about the nuance in the moaning.

      • Jdorr
        Jdorr
        March 20, 2018 at 12:58 pm | #

        Actually ya. Not a high frequency vibration but it definitely would be vibrating

  3. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    March 20, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

    The Joyce and Joe friendship is back on the river! Because Joyce’s only other options are Walky and Mike

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 20, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      I guess there’s Danny, maybe? How’s her tolerance for ukulele music?

      • ProfessorDetective
        ProfessorDetective
        March 20, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

        Probably higher than most folks.

        • Walky_Talky
          Walky_Talky
          March 20, 2018 at 12:47 am | #

          J: Can you play Ave Maria?
          D: No.
          J: How about Christ, Our Lord Will Save Me Today?
          D: No.
          D: I do know a song about Jesus, though.
          J: Yay! Play it!
          D: Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life.
          J: O_O

          • Epsilon Rose
            Epsilon Rose
            March 20, 2018 at 1:47 am | #

            I could see him also knowing .

            • Epsilon Rose
              Epsilon Rose
              March 20, 2018 at 1:49 am | #

              Lost And Insecure, by The Fray.

              Apparently, I can’t set up links properly…

              • No Name
                No Name
                March 20, 2018 at 2:16 am | #

                As a reminder to all and sundry: “href” gets the url, “title” gets the title text (hence the name) and the actual clicky stuff goes between the <a> </a> tags.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        March 20, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

        I think Joyce and Danny are never going to interact significantly in this verse.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 20, 2018 at 1:57 am | #

      It’s been raised from the seafloor and put back in drydock for repairs, anyway.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        March 20, 2018 at 8:27 am | #

        Actually, that’s only the FIRST S.S. Joece. It’s sister ship, the S.S. Joece II, is still going strong.

        The S.S. Joece III is currently under construction.

    • neeks
      neeks
      March 20, 2018 at 3:05 am | #

      Well Mike is probably the reason she can’t find Ethan. Also walky is presently plaguing jason, so as far as main characters go joe is basically it

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 20, 2018 at 10:33 am | #

        But Jacob, Danny, Howard, et al.

        • Clif
          Clif
          March 20, 2018 at 10:49 am | #

          Didja ever notice how that Et Al guy gets around?

          • OhPun
            OhPun
            March 20, 2018 at 11:16 am | #

            He does get around. Arabs. No matter how high you build a wall, you can’t keep them out. (And, yes, I do realize how completely wrong all of that is.)

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            March 20, 2018 at 5:02 pm | #

            You’d think he’d be a bit too busy for anything else, what with all the stuff he helps write.

  4. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 20, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    Well, that’s cool of Joyce. Maybe some good will come of it.

  5. Danni
    Danni
    March 20, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    sarah has been chosen by the speed force

    • ProfessorDetective
      ProfessorDetective
      March 20, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      It’s not the frequency to disappear into walls, it’s the frequency that takes her to an alternate earth where no one she knows exists.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        March 20, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

        That is also speedforce.

  6. Derek
    Derek
    March 20, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    silhouette Sal!
    hmm last time we saw Sarah she seemed to be fine socially, I wonder if something happened or this is the usual Sarah-ness

    • Epsilon Rose
      Epsilon Rose
      March 20, 2018 at 1:50 am | #

      Some times introverts just get tired of dealing with people for a little bit, for no other reason than it takes energy.

    • Coma
      Coma
      March 20, 2018 at 4:38 am | #

      I didn’t even see her, until you pointed it out!
      Wow, good eyes!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      March 20, 2018 at 8:34 am | #

      Clearly Bloomington was nuked. Sal’s silhouette has been burned into the nearby wall. (Sal-houette?)

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      March 20, 2018 at 9:32 pm | #

      I thought that was a very large cat with a wavy tail.

  7. MM
    MM
    March 20, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m impressed: Joyce recognizes and respects when she’s hit Sarah’s people-tolerance limit.

    That, or she’s still underestimating, and Sarah’s at about 500% now.

  8. Purblebirb
    Purblebirb
    March 20, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Anybody else here like turkey bacon? I find its a lot juicier than pork bacon

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 20, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      When it’s nice and crispy, yes. Don’t like soggy bacon.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      March 20, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      The only thing I think turkey bacon is really good for is wrapping for filet mignon.

    • Dg
      Dg
      March 20, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      Lamb bacon’s great.

    • C
      C
      March 20, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

      The most common type of turkey bacon (bologna shaped and colored to resemble traditional bacon) is a sad and blasphemous excuse for bacon. But the hippy section of my local grocery store carries a ‘bacon’ made of strips of dark meat, and that is pretty dang good.

    • Conuly
      Conuly
      March 20, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

      No, but duck bacon is yummy when I can find it.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2018 at 10:38 am | #

      I like turkey bacon, but would be hard put to say I like it better. But what you like is what you like. You don’t need external validation for your preferences.

  9. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    March 20, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    “Faz must learn the frequency to vibrate at to disappear through walls. It will make dealing with certain ladies that much easier.”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 20, 2018 at 1:30 am | #

      Or at least make up for at least some of his bullshit.

  10. LaduSwala
    LaduSwala
    March 20, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Heyyy, I was *wondering* if that blue silhouette in the last panel was Sal!

    • BigDogLittleCat
      BigDogLittleCat
      March 20, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      I assume it’s supposed to be a person, but the legs are…strange?

      • Wizard
        Wizard
        March 20, 2018 at 2:24 am | #

        I think her left leg is propped on top of the wall and her right is dangling in front of it.

        • BigDogLittleCat
          BigDogLittleCat
          March 20, 2018 at 11:13 pm | #

          That would appear to be the pose, but the leg/torso length and size don’t match up and the legs don’t seem to be attached to the same pelvis, neither of which seem attached to a spine in a healthy angle.
          I would assume it’s Sal because the great blob must be hair, but the anatomy doesn’t seem entirely human.

  11. K. Ivan Ruppert
    K. Ivan Ruppert
    March 20, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    I’ve tried that trick, Sarah. It never works, no matter how hard you try.

  12. Rukdug
    Rukdug
    March 20, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Reaction to Panel 2: Oh yeah, I forgot that Joe was (at least ethnically) Jewish.

    • Gliffle
      Gliffle
      March 20, 2018 at 5:46 am | #

      I was wondering if he was Muslim and I just hadn’t picked up on it

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      March 20, 2018 at 9:34 pm | #

      Muslims can’t have chocolate. Didn’t you know?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 20, 2018 at 9:56 pm | #

        I don’t know if you’re serious, but near as I can tell that’s not true. Nothing forbidden about chocolate.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          March 21, 2018 at 12:59 am | #

          Mormons typically don’t imbibe tea or coffee, though apparently caffeine is kind of a gray area.

          Muslims avoid intoxicants which cloud the intellect; coffee doesn’t count, much less chocolate.

  13. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    March 20, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    *sarah vanishes into the wall, reappears for some peace and quiet on garbage roof*

  14. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    March 20, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

    Extroverts, and there weird need to be around people. Am I right?

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 20, 2018 at 2:05 am | #

      About the inexplicable weirdness of extraverts, yes. Couple of spelling errors, though.

  15. StClair
    StClair
    March 20, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    x = 3 x 2 (9yz) 4a.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      March 20, 2018 at 2:06 am | #

      224 a y z =0

      ayz = 0

      a = 0 OR y = 0 OR z = 0

    • EnerPrime
      EnerPrime
      March 20, 2018 at 12:40 pm | #

      Johnny and Jesse Quick! I understood that reference! (/Capatin America)

  16. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 20, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    I firmly believe that a life without bacon is a life not worth living.

    • ProfessorDetective
      ProfessorDetective
      March 20, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

      You don’t want to be me then. I don’t really like bacon. Nor peanut butter or pickles.

      • Coma
        Coma
        March 20, 2018 at 4:45 am | #

        I wanted to agree with you, than I read you don’t eat peanut butter.

        But to each their own, I’d say.
        I don’t eat bacon (also didn’t really like it while I still ate meat), but I could bathe in peanut butter, or rather, I could get stuck in it, because for bathing it’s definitely too thick. Would probably still be worth it, though.
        And pickles…Idk, they taste good when I eat them, like once or twice a year, but I enjoy unpickled vegetables more.
        But again, to each their own.

        • Coma
          Coma
          March 20, 2018 at 4:47 am | #

          Gah, how could I mix up “then” and “than” – it’s too early for me
          (first sentence should of course contain a “then”)

          • Clif
            Clif
            March 20, 2018 at 10:52 am | #

            All right, then. If you’re getting stuck in the peanut better, maybe you should try bathing in an oilier brand.

  17. Larkle
    Larkle
    March 20, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Sigh. I guess the third person speaking remains.

  18. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    March 20, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    ‘Good, all the eyes on Faz’

  19. Sporky
    Sporky
    March 20, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    I think the last panel is a good illustration of the whole “extrovert vs. introvert” thing.

    • Miri
      Miri
      March 20, 2018 at 1:17 am | #

      My sister is an ambivert and even *her* need to be around people some of the time to restore sanity levels seems really REALLY weird to introverted me!

      My husband is the one adult person I have met who I can spend unlimited amounts of time with without this being really stressful. Our two kiddos also don’t sap me of energy by simply existing (the sleep deprivation on the other hand??). Everybody else? Finite periods of socialization only please!! And I’m a really chatty introvert…

      • the GrumpyBear
        the GrumpyBear
        March 20, 2018 at 12:52 pm | #

        At my work, we have to wear a radio. When it’s slow, the other workers and I tend to chat back and forth about whatever we please. That and online chatting are the only methods of interpersonal communication that don’t significantly drain my energy or irritate/anger me. I get Sarah’s low level of tolerance for people and wanting to be able to go elsewhere rapidly when anyone is around.

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          March 20, 2018 at 9:36 pm | #

          Um, what?
          They make you wear a mind control device?

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            March 20, 2018 at 11:31 pm | #

            Radios don’t control your mind.

    • tommytom
      tommytom
      March 20, 2018 at 1:20 am | #

      I identify so strongly with Joyce here 🙁 It was worst when I thought I was introverted, because instead of seeking out people, I would try to close up and recharge on my own. Which of course never worked.

  20. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 20, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    Sadly Sarah, you are not Kitty Pryde.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      March 20, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

      Way too tall.

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        March 20, 2018 at 9:44 am | #

        They’ve both got pet dragons, though!

        (NSFW Note: Nothing explicit, but probably still something you shouldn’t open up at work.)

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          March 20, 2018 at 9:47 am | #

          This is the comic being referenced.

  21. nothri
    nothri
    March 20, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    Wait, did Joyce make a Flash reference? Cause I wouldn’t think Joyce would know much about the DC universe.

    • Liquid Len
      Liquid Len
      March 20, 2018 at 8:02 am | #

      Well, I’m sure she learned a lot about Batman from Ethan, so maybe some additional DC universe spillover…?

      • nothri
        nothri
        March 20, 2018 at 9:13 am | #

        Yeah, that makes sense.

  22. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    March 20, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    A noticeable and adorable height difference! Damn you, Panel 2, you have discovered my greatest weakness and used it against me!

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 20, 2018 at 11:04 am | #

      Joe IS taller than Faz. But Faz is hard to see in panel 2 due to all the vibrating.

      • Deadjolras
        Deadjolras
        March 20, 2018 at 11:06 am | #

        Walked right into that one, didn’t I?

  23. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    March 20, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    I think the best thing to do would be put him inside some metal box and then just sit on it and talk. Joyce gets her companionship, Joe gets to keep his promiss and the world gets to be temporarily relieved of Faz. There are no foreseeable downsides to this, unless Faz can also vibrate through solid objects. Which might explain how he shows up so quickly.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      March 20, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

      Promise*

  24. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 20, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    *plays Green Jelly’s “Satan’s Ham” and “Three Little Pigs” on the hacked Muzak as a twin-spin*

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      March 20, 2018 at 2:57 pm | #

      My mistake, the title of the first song is “Eat Satan’s Ham”. Sorry for any confusion.

  25. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    March 20, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

    This is a legit wall-traversing strategy.

    …. so long as it’s less Kitty Pryde and more Taz.

  26. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    March 20, 2018 at 12:19 am | #

    That last line of text is to detailed

  27. Nono
    Nono
    March 20, 2018 at 12:20 am | #

    Nobody else is concerned that Ethan can’t be found?

    What are the odds he’s face down in a chest of Mike?

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      March 20, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

      That might be more dangerous than the Ruthless Valley death. No one’s know what will happen.

  28. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 20, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

    Is Faz going to harass Sal next, then? (Also, noting that Joyce’s emphasis on the Ryan thing is that he was going to hurt Dorothy. Interesting.)

    • Mae
      Mae
      March 20, 2018 at 12:34 am | #

      Has she revealed to Joe that Ryan tried to assault her? I can’t recall.

      • No Name
        No Name
        March 20, 2018 at 2:31 am | #

        Yes. It’s what finally got Joe to realize being a shallow jerk actually does cause pain.

    • caramellos
      caramellos
      March 20, 2018 at 3:41 am | #

      Yeah, kinda thinking this suggests people haven’t told her who it was who went after dorothy and amber that night…

      • Mae
        Mae
        March 20, 2018 at 10:56 am | #

        No, if you read the strip No Name linked above, it shows that she knows they’re one and the same. So maybe it’s just Joyce’s compasson speaking?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 20, 2018 at 6:47 am | #

      Well, Dorothy was the immediate target that night. And Joyce is likely to be more defensive of others than herself.

  29. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    March 20, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

    I’m getting flashbacks (no pun intended) to those old 70s and 80s comics where super-vibrating was The Flash’s solution to everything that wasn’t solved by running really fast.

    • Seen2much
      Seen2much
      March 20, 2018 at 1:00 am | #

      I love it, but to be honest, the current CW show three main solutions are run fast, vibrate, and throw lightning at stuff.

      • Khyrin
        Khyrin
        March 20, 2018 at 6:10 am | #

        You forgot ‘Chuck it into the Speedforce.’

        • MatthewTheLucky
          MatthewTheLucky
          March 20, 2018 at 7:50 am | #

          My favorite bit was when they chucked a chunk of speedforce into the speedforce.

          • Khyrin
            Khyrin
            March 20, 2018 at 3:53 pm | #

            I must have missed that episode.

            They also chucked the Speedforce at a thing, which is distinct from throwing it into the Speedforce.

      • EnerPrime
        EnerPrime
        March 20, 2018 at 12:43 pm | #

        To be fair, I can’t really think of any problems that can’t be solved one way or another by one of those three things.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 20, 2018 at 2:04 am | #

      Flash’s ultimate enemy: Booby traps triggered by motion sensors!

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 20, 2018 at 6:52 am | #

        Nah. He just outruns the traps or vibrates through them.

      • the GrumpyBear
        the GrumpyBear
        March 20, 2018 at 12:57 pm | #

        …..I may be somewhat immature. My first thought? “Heh, boobies.” Thankfully my second thought happened after I finished the sentence. I envisioned breast physics at superluminal speeds. Anyway, I’ll see myself out.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 20, 2018 at 1:18 pm | #

          You just used “physics” and “superluminal speeds” in the same sentence. Shame on you.

          …. actually, it MIGHT be possible. We can rule out wormholes since those would be instantaneous (because both ends are kinda the same point) and so traversal can’t be described as speed. But it is within the realm of theoretically-possible physics (if, you know, negative mass can every actually be a thing, so don’t hold your breath) to have warp drive. Real warp drive, not Star Trek warp drive.

          The basic premise of this is that we would, somehow, contract space in front of the ship to make the distance in front of us SHORTER, while expanding it behind us to make distances LONGER. From our perspective we wouldn’t travel faster than light so much as make our path and hence our journey shorter. But from the perspective of an outside observer, it would be FTL. Relativity works like that.

          Unfortunately, relativity ALSO works such that from the perspective of the traveler, starlight coming from behind can’t catch up… meaning they’re dragging our very own black hole behind them. Meaning a super-huge mass and a major radiation hazard.

          So if you were wondering about the effects on anatomy, the physics of superluminal speeds would involve a shrinkage of everything in front to negative mass, the expansion of your backside to the point where it literally tears a hole in space-time, and shoving sunlight up that hole where no sun can ever, ever, ever shine.

          ….

          … I regret only not being able to work a “your momma” joke into all that.

          • Amazi-Stool
            Amazi-Stool
            March 20, 2018 at 6:12 pm | #

            Light might be the fastest thing since sliced bread when in a vacuum, but it can become pretty slow in other media!

  30. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    March 20, 2018 at 12:28 am | #

    Faz: The age of consent is 16 in Indiana. Faz is a ticking time bomb of opportunity here.

    Joyce: You want to get married at 16?

    Faz: What?

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      March 20, 2018 at 1:34 am | #

      “Marriage involves both many opportunities for Faz to arose a lady within and without the confines of Faz’s marriage. Faz suggests that it would be like having two Faz’s ready to please all possible ladies.”

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      March 20, 2018 at 9:40 pm | #

      I am deeply disturbed by the ability of commentators to enlarge on the creepiness of Faz.

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        March 21, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

        This chart shows Faz’s enlargement.

  31. Benjy
    Benjy
    March 20, 2018 at 12:33 am | #

    It just occurred to me now that he’s been mentioned, I know Ethan knows Joyce can’t be out alone, but I can’t remember if he knows why?

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      March 20, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

      She can now. The dude’s sausage, remember?

      • Loki
        Loki
        March 20, 2018 at 2:18 am | #

        Has it been established that that cured her trauma?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          March 20, 2018 at 6:55 am | #

          I don’t think we’ve actually seen her walking cross campus solo, but in her first appearance after the incident, she was sitting by herself on these steps, watching the police tape.
          I don’t think she would have been out there alone before.

        • segnosaur
          segnosaur
          March 20, 2018 at 11:34 am | #

          Joyce still has troubles going outside, at least at certain times of the day. (This was mentioned when Joyce was going to go jogging with Dorothy, before Joyce injured her toe in the weight room.)

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/jogging/

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        March 20, 2018 at 9:43 pm | #

        I used to like sausage…

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          March 20, 2018 at 9:58 pm | #

          If Dorothy doesn’t like seeing sausage made, she might want to reconsider that political career.

  32. Kazumi
    Kazumi
    March 20, 2018 at 12:35 am | #

    When you only notice a character is there because of the tags. Hey there tiny silhouette of Sal.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      March 20, 2018 at 3:54 am | #

      It’s interesting that Willis did her in grey, almost as if she’s attempting invisibility.

      FWIW, eventually Sal is going to find herself having to acknowledge one good thing Malaya has done for her (if only through gritted teeth): She’s forced her to spend her free time somewhere other than sulking alone in her dorm room.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        March 20, 2018 at 6:56 am | #

        That’s where she was sitting with Danny last night. Hoping he’ll show up again?

  33. LooksLikeDaniel
    LooksLikeDaniel
    March 20, 2018 at 12:47 am | #

    Why wouldn’t Joe eat bacon?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 20, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

      He’s Jewish. Joyce doesn’t know if he keeps kosher.

      • LooksLikeDaniel
        LooksLikeDaniel
        March 20, 2018 at 2:50 am | #

        Oh, Joe is Jewish, too? I thought that was just Ethan.

        • Eldritch Gentleman
          Eldritch Gentleman
          March 20, 2018 at 4:59 am | #

          Wait, Ethan is Jewish?

          • UniqueSnowflake2
            UniqueSnowflake2
            March 20, 2018 at 8:54 am | #

            Yes. The two boys that Joyce has gone on dates with are both Jewish.

            • Eldritch Gentleman
              Eldritch Gentleman
              March 20, 2018 at 9:18 am | #

              … I’m morbidly curious about which would outrage her community more. A Jewish boyfriend or a Black Catholic-like boyfriend…

              • Jhon
                Jhon
                March 20, 2018 at 9:45 pm | #

                Black Muslim girlfriend?

                • Eldritch Gentleman
                  Eldritch Gentleman
                  March 21, 2018 at 3:34 am | #

                  Well that was never on the cards but… [narrows his eyes] Do we know anything about Sarah’s religious affiliation… and there is the receptionist lady whose name I can’t remember…

  34. Cybik
    Cybik
    March 20, 2018 at 12:58 am | #

    Sarah wants to become a Flash?

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      March 20, 2018 at 9:41 am | #

      I thought the same! I didn’t connect vibrating with “Other Jacob” at all!

  35. Seen2much
    Seen2much
    March 20, 2018 at 12:59 am | #

    I love it, but to be honest, the current CW show three main solutions are run fast, vibrate, and throw lightning at stuff.

    • Nono
      Nono
      March 20, 2018 at 1:05 am | #

      Also, arrows.

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      March 20, 2018 at 1:13 am | #

      Sure, but when all you have is a hammer…

      • UniqueSnowflake2
        UniqueSnowflake2
        March 20, 2018 at 8:51 am | #

        . . . Don’t throw it at your older
        sister.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          March 20, 2018 at 3:08 pm | #

          Is that a Thor reference? You just made a Thor reference!

  36. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 20, 2018 at 1:30 am | #

    It’s so Joyce that she thinks of Ryan not as the creep who assaulted her, but who tried to assault Dorothy.

    It’s also a very self aware statement that she will wilt if she goes an afternoon without company. Extroverts gonna extrovert.

    I note that she didn’t add Becky to the list. Presumably she has wisely decided to leave her alone with her dinosaur chick until the worst new-girlfriend-rush has died down. Even for a hopeless romantic like Joyce, there are limits.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 20, 2018 at 2:07 am | #

      That or she’s on-shift at Galasso’s right now.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        March 20, 2018 at 3:43 am | #

        If Joyce is hungry a solution presents itself.

        • Eldritch Gentleman
          Eldritch Gentleman
          March 20, 2018 at 5:00 am | #

          Hungry for food, hungry for company, At Galasso’s we satiate ALL your primal desires.

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 20, 2018 at 5:30 am | #

            Hungry for the severed flesh of you enemies

            …or subs

            • Eldritch Gentleman
              Eldritch Gentleman
              March 20, 2018 at 6:01 am | #

              Movie subs or Bed subs? Damn now you gave me a mental image of Dina in a leathy dino outfit doming hella-aroused Becky in bed… But then again Dina would probably demand full authenticity and would modify her dinodomina outfit to incorporate feathers making her look like an adorable chicken…

              • bhtooefr
                bhtooefr
                March 20, 2018 at 6:20 am | #

                Why do I have a suspicion that that would work for Becky?

                (I mean, she has fetishes over dinosaur hats.)

                • Eldritch Gentleman
                  Eldritch Gentleman
                  March 20, 2018 at 6:24 am | #

                  Yeah I can’t help but imagine her with her hands tied and staring with that “Why is my girlfriend so hot? She has no right to be this hot? WHY ARE THERE NO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ABOUT MY GIRLFRIEND BEING TOO HOT!?” look on her face.

            • Eldritch Gentleman
              Eldritch Gentleman
              March 20, 2018 at 6:09 am | #

              And now I’m imagining how Dina would dom Becky. Instead of the cliche “You’ve been a bad girl” Dina lean in closer and ask “Now you naughty science denier… when did the Paleozoic began and end?” if Becky gets it right she gets a kiss, if she doesn’t she gets a spank. One way or another she is hella motivated to study.

              • Hielario
                Hielario
                March 20, 2018 at 5:03 pm | #

                I like how you think!

        • Emily
          Emily
          March 20, 2018 at 8:12 am | #

          Well, going to your friends workplace to because you want to hang out with them is generally ill advised and a good way to get them in trouble.

          • Eldritch Gentleman
            Eldritch Gentleman
            March 20, 2018 at 8:16 am | #

            Ah but Galasso’s is unlike any other workplace in the world. It is like it’s own pocket dimension with it’s own rules of physics!

          • Bagge
            Bagge
            March 20, 2018 at 1:09 pm | #

            Very true. But when it comes to Joyce and Becky, I still expect a large helping of “ill advised” and “trouble” among the “heartwarming”, “adorable” and “unreasonably perky”.

    • Sporks5000
      Sporks5000
      March 20, 2018 at 8:39 am | #

      Yeah… How Joyce thinks of Ryan here worries me.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      March 20, 2018 at 8:54 am | #

      Seconded on the wilting. Also progress is her figuring out Sarah’s limit (or working towards determining it) and stopping.

      Nice of Joyce to go down her list of favorite people. Joe is, sorta, on it. He’s an acceptable person to interact with!

  37. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    March 20, 2018 at 1:32 am | #

    With her special toy.

  38. Arianod
    Arianod
    March 20, 2018 at 1:33 am | #

    So that’s how Dina does it!

  39. drs
    drs
    March 20, 2018 at 1:52 am | #

    Was Sal on Joe’s list? Does she care? Have they interacted?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      March 20, 2018 at 2:02 am | #

      She was on the list. I doubt she cares.
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/chubby/

  40. Chronos
    Chronos
    March 20, 2018 at 1:55 am | #

    I know this Joyce doesn’t really like Walky, but I would have thought she would have tried to interact with him over Joe.

    • cbwroses
      cbwroses
      March 20, 2018 at 11:32 am | #

      It’s POSSIBLE she assumed he was being tutored since she knows the office hours and that he needs help.

    • segnosaur
      segnosaur
      March 20, 2018 at 11:46 am | #

      As others have said, she may have thought Walky was busy getting tutored.

      Or its possible that she actually gets along better with Joe than Walky. For all of Joe’s chauvinistic behavior, he has actually made attempts to help Joyce (remember his text advice when Joyce went home, or him saving a donut for her). Walky is pretty much immature all the time. So if you can get past his overly-macho behavior, there is probably more up-side to dealing with Joe over Walky.

    • Emily
      Emily
      March 20, 2018 at 12:05 pm | #

      Honestly, I’d rather interact with Joe over Walky too. Joe may be a gross womanizer but at least he’s capable of a fairly consistent degree of maturity and doesn’t believe owning more than one pair of shoes is for girls.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        March 20, 2018 at 1:14 pm | #

        Joe is also far less likely to randomly run off and leave her alone on campus.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 20, 2018 at 2:32 pm | #

      She’ll rely on Walky in a pinch. May or may not prefer him to Joe, but they’ve got that feud thing going, so she certainly isn’t going to admit it.

    • Puckish Rogue
      Puckish Rogue
      March 20, 2018 at 5:22 pm | #

      I suspect Joyce considers that shes “fixing” a bad boy plus they do seem to get on reasonably well when premarital hanky panky is off the table and she may still harbour so sort of feelings for him as he ticks her boxes in that hes tall, muscular, dark haired and handsome

    • Chronos
      Chronos
      March 21, 2018 at 5:35 pm | #

      Wow, I go away for a day and I suddenly have a plethora of responses. Nice to see.

  41. BenRG
    BenRG
    March 20, 2018 at 2:55 am | #

    Today’s strip is a perfect example of Joyce-Joe friendship. I long suspected that ‘zero-minus’ was Joe’s reaction to having feelings that were not sexual towards a woman and Joyce’s ease with him showing that he had transitioned from ‘potential husband’ to ‘good friend’.

    Today is that first suggestion I’ve ever seen that Joyce is an extrovert and really needs continual social contact to function well.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      March 20, 2018 at 7:00 am | #

      Zero-minus was almost certainly because she hired Mike to punch him in the face and joined in herself. I doubt he changed it again after they started talking.

  42. @zombieundergrnd
    @zombieundergrnd
    March 20, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

    Push Vaz down the stairs. Nobody will complain.

    • Some1
      Some1
      March 20, 2018 at 3:48 am | #

      yes, Vaz, the evil (eviler?) vampire clone of Faz must be defeat, no matter the cost!

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        March 20, 2018 at 8:02 am | #

        We must lock him in combat with Faz for eternity! Quick, someone offer nudes to the winner!

  43. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    March 20, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

    I noticed how Joyce refers to Ryan there.

  44. StClair
    StClair
    March 20, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

    Dorothy is sleeping off sex.
    Ethan is have (incredibly ill-advised) sex.
    Sarah is… seeking a particular vibrational frequency. *cough*
    And then there’s Faz, and Joe.
    I’m kind of noticing a common element here.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 20, 2018 at 3:43 am | #

      Teenagers are horny?

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        March 20, 2018 at 3:51 am | #

        Basically, yeah.

  45. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    March 20, 2018 at 4:27 am | #

    Put’s on “We Vibrate” by the Vibrators.

  46. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    March 20, 2018 at 5:14 am | #

    On the bright side, Joe, at least Joyce is willing to hang out with you again. 🙂

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      March 20, 2018 at 6:14 am | #

      And without Mike hanging over your head like Mike Tyson on the ring.

  47. Circeus
    Circeus
    March 20, 2018 at 5:36 am | #

    Someone is a Fringe faaaaaaan~~~

  48. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    March 20, 2018 at 6:59 am | #

    I feel like Joyce has invoked a life debt with Amber.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      March 20, 2018 at 8:04 am | #

      That puts Amber two Joyce lives ahead of Amazi-Girl.

  49. weirderthanweird
    weirderthanweird
    March 20, 2018 at 7:08 am | #

    Can someone remind me why Joe wouldn’t be able to have bacon?

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      March 20, 2018 at 7:09 am | #

      He is a Jew.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        March 20, 2018 at 11:20 pm | #

        Is “a Jew” alright to say?

        • Conuly
          Conuly
          March 21, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

          …yes?

          • Chris Phoenix
            Chris Phoenix
            March 21, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

            It’s a surprisingly reasonable question. “A gypsy” is not all right to say, “a transsexual” is also not (though it used to be just a few decades ago), and “gay” is preferable to “a homosexual.” For that matter, when and where I grew up, “a Negro” was polite, “black” was new, and “African American” didn’t exist yet.

        • Eldritch Gentleman
          Eldritch Gentleman
          March 21, 2018 at 5:30 am | #

          I seriously can’t keep up with what is okay to say. I mean if “a Pole” or “a Russian” are okay to say then…

  50. UniqueSnowflake2
    UniqueSnowflake2
    March 20, 2018 at 8:55 am | #

    Can’t wait until Faz meets Zaph.

  51. geno
    geno
    March 20, 2018 at 9:17 am | #

    Good to see Joyce being nice again.

  52. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    March 20, 2018 at 9:57 am | #

    So…… when are they going to set up Faz with Mary?

  53. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    March 20, 2018 at 10:00 am | #

    Are you sure it wasn’t Other Jaboc rather than Sarah ? 😀

  54. Kelli217
    Kelli217
    March 20, 2018 at 10:01 am | #

    It is still really weird to me the way those two get along together.

  55. PB
    PB
    March 20, 2018 at 11:13 am | #

    I’m gonna force myself to ignore the adorable that is Joyce and Joe’s friendship so I can wonder once again what Faz’s endgame is. He and Blaine are surprisingly hard to read on those matters, it seems.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      March 20, 2018 at 3:01 pm | #

      None of Faz’s actions so far have led me to suspect he has an endgame. Unless “having sex with someone” counts as an endgame, and doing random counterproductive things counts as a plan.

  56. Cattus
    Cattus
    March 20, 2018 at 11:37 am | #

    Best line of the month: “trying to vibrate at the frequency that lets you disappear into walls”.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      March 20, 2018 at 3:05 pm | #

      I wish I knew this frequency. But I guess it must be very hard to pull off, if even Sarah can’t always manage it.

  57. Bunk
    Bunk
    March 20, 2018 at 11:39 am | #

    Sarah is my new favorite Flash

  58. Revil Fox
    Revil Fox
    March 20, 2018 at 1:29 pm | #

    I feel like “beelining” should be hyphenated or something. Not because of grammar, but for sanity reasons. I can’t stop reading it as Beel-in-ing and it is driving me nuts…

  59. Liliet
    Liliet
    March 20, 2018 at 2:29 pm | #

    I love Joyce actually noting Sarah’s discomfort with interacting and not taking it personally <3

  60. chris73
    chris73
    March 20, 2018 at 2:34 pm | #

    Joyce and Joe are probably the most realistic of friendships at the moment

  61. Roborat
    Roborat
    March 20, 2018 at 3:11 pm | #

    Well, Sarah cannot be using “other Jacob” to accomplish this wall vibrating, it doesn’t have the horsepower, unless Carla did some mad engineering on it. She must also have one of those 120V plug in versions, such as the classic Hitachi Magic Wand.

  62. Nope
    Nope
    March 20, 2018 at 10:15 pm | #

    So he’s definitely after something in that building.

  63. KarlBob
    KarlBob
    March 21, 2018 at 1:59 pm | #

    Set the suit for Cheap Chinese Drywall!
    http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/bolognium/#.WrKd4HNOk0M

    • KarlBob
      KarlBob
      March 21, 2018 at 2:01 pm | #

      The suit in action:
      http://shotgunshuffle.com/comic/terms-and-conditions-part-3/#.WrKeeXNOk0M

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