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May 19, 2026

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by David M Willis on August 30, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Saturday's All Right for Slighting
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce

Discussion (168) ¬

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 30, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Because “Me broke up with Walky” would be grammatically awkward, and unlikely from someone as intelligent as Dorothy.

    • Amaziboy
      Amaziboy
      August 30, 2012 at 6:05 am | #

      Plus, only one of them is a noun. The other is a pronoun!

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        August 30, 2012 at 6:37 am | #

        A pronoun is just a noun that lost its amateur status.

        • SkepticJ
          SkepticJ
          August 30, 2012 at 8:01 am | #

          Everything in life worth knowing can be learned from Calvin & Hobbes.

          • Crimson Doom
            Crimson Doom
            June 26, 2013 at 6:38 pm | #

            Indeed. Bats are bugs. I know because Calvin says so.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      August 30, 2012 at 11:24 am | #

      Unless she’s angry. You won’t like her when she’s angry.

  2. Kitsuki Noriyuki
    Kitsuki Noriyuki
    August 30, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    and she looks so sad. Poor Dotty

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      August 30, 2012 at 2:27 am | #

      She misses his tasty nipples.

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        August 30, 2012 at 11:27 am | #

        Caramel nipples!

        • LaurelRaven
          LaurelRaven
          August 30, 2012 at 9:37 pm | #

          Caramel nipples and Pajama jeans! How can you go wrong with a combination like that?!

    • Resne
      Resne
      August 30, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

      Speaking of loooks, has anyone noticed a certian devious/sly look on Joyce’s face these past few strips?

      • Sarah L
        Sarah L
        August 30, 2012 at 8:38 am | #

        that’s just her getting her thinking cap on, it distorts her FACE!

      • Raoullefere
        Raoullefere
        August 30, 2012 at 9:17 am | #

        Yes. Has her Billification already begun? Is so little exposure required?

        • G.G.
          G.G.
          August 30, 2012 at 10:31 am | #

          Then we are all being Billified!

  3. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    August 30, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Yeah, I can see how someone like Walky deciding he’s too good for you would be a mood-dampener.

    • LaurelRaven
      LaurelRaven
      August 30, 2012 at 9:40 pm | #

      No, it was when he realized that Pajama Jeans are too good for Dorothy.

  4. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    August 30, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy is doing really well at balancing that quail’s egg on top of her head.

    • SplashBoogie
      SplashBoogie
      August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Leonard likes this.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 30, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      I thought she was about to have an idea and the light hasn’t gone off yet.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 30, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        *Ding!* “I know! I’ll just tell Walky he doesn’t have to wear pants at all!”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 30, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

          Just wear shorts. They’re comfy and easy to wear.

          • Arcelos
            Arcelos
            August 30, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

            I see what you did there…

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          August 30, 2012 at 9:18 am | #

          Dotty? Admit she was wrong? Oh, get real.

    • Joe
      Joe
      August 30, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      Can’t… Unsee…

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 30, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

      It’s even hovering a little! That takes real skill.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      August 30, 2012 at 5:37 am | #

      It’s not a quail egg, it’s the dot of an exclamation point, the rest of which is off the top of the panel. She has a quest for Joyce!

      • CWR
        CWR
        August 30, 2012 at 6:11 am | #

        She recently spotted Snake, but she’s screening it…

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 30, 2012 at 2:42 pm | #

      Now this. Is funny.

    • JepMZ
      JepMZ
      August 30, 2012 at 6:34 pm | #

      I thought that was intentionally symbolism for change??

  5. Ryan Balis
    Ryan Balis
    August 30, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    watching cartoons is a great way of dealing with break-ups (it truly is)

  6. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 30, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Caramel boy? That’s a good nickname for Walky.

  7. Uncle Rylon
    Uncle Rylon
    August 30, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Me broke up with Walky? Sounds like cartoon Grimlock.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 30, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Me Grimlock no bozo. Me Grimlock king!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      “Me Grimlock not Caramel Boy! Me Grimlock king!”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 30, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        Dangit, Aizat beat me to it. I knew I shouldn’t have stopped to add html tags! I wasted valuable time.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Me, Solomon Grundy, Broke up with Walky.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 30, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        Grundy need pants too.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 30, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

          I could totally see Grundy wearing Pajama Jeans.

        • Ben
          Ben
          August 30, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

          Best part of my childhood. Ever.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          August 30, 2012 at 9:21 am | #

          Hulk need soft, stretchy jeans more! Hulk’s ass falling out of regular jeans!

          They come in purple?

    • ArkhamTexan
      ArkhamTexan
      August 30, 2012 at 10:38 am | #

      Me broke up with Walky? That’s unpossible!

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 30, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    dang man. Walky breaking up with you is like having to take your cousin to the prom.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Or finding out your younger brother having better luck with women than you.

      • BadIdeaGuy
        BadIdeaGuy
        August 30, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

        Really, you had to remind me of that?

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        August 30, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

        Or your girlfriend leaving you for her stalker.

        • HeatPhoenix
          HeatPhoenix
          August 30, 2012 at 5:12 am | #

          Hoo boy.

        • Toad
          Toad
          August 30, 2012 at 10:17 am | #

          Or your sister.

        • I.care.0
          I.care.0
          August 30, 2012 at 10:31 am | #

          Or learning that your girlfriend is with you just because she has the hots for your mom.

          • LuckyStar7
            LuckyStar7
            August 30, 2012 at 3:26 pm | #

            Or learning that your mom has the hots for your stalker.

      • WhiteEyedCat
        WhiteEyedCat
        August 30, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

        Aww, my younger brother actually does have better luck with women than me…well better luck than I have with men. I haven’t actually attempted lesbianism, for all I know I could be great at that.

        • CWR
          CWR
          August 30, 2012 at 6:15 am | #

          Attempted lesbianism is a misdemeanor in New York State. True story.

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            August 30, 2012 at 7:25 am | #

            Does this mean that lesbianism is allowed if it’s accidental (not attempted) or successful (not only attempted)?

            • thomas0comer
              thomas0comer
              August 30, 2012 at 8:29 am | #

              Let’s go with that.

              • Boom
                Boom
                August 30, 2012 at 9:27 am | #

                It’s almost like progress.

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 30, 2012 at 11:57 am | #

      One could almost compare the situation to having your boyfriend choose his dog over you.

      • Effie
        Effie
        August 30, 2012 at 1:46 pm | #

        Or having your boyfriend dump you to have more time to play world of warcraft.

  9. Axel Bordelon
    Axel Bordelon
    August 30, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Even though I still want Walky and Joyce together, I thought Dorothy and Walky were a pretty cute couple

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      August 30, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

      Yeah, they were a cute couple, but ever since Dina peeped Walky’s note-scribbles, I’ve held out hope for Walky/Dina as a backup ship, and I really don’t see Walky/Joyce happening in alternate Walkyverse as well.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        August 30, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

        Weren’t we introduced to DoA with Joyce asking Walky if they would have gotten together in a different universe? So there is still some trnsion, thematically.

        Of course Walky is going to get with Billie, obviously, so the moot is therefore moot.

        • Thisguy
          Thisguy
          August 30, 2012 at 8:10 pm | #

          Well, Willis mentions this alternate universe having zero to do with the Walkyverse. So I don’t believe that would count as a valid reason here.

  10. AkhApep
    AkhApep
    August 30, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Last I checked, “me” was a pronoun.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 30, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

      Still a subset of the nouns, so Joyce isn’t wrong. If we want to be specific, it’s an accusative pronoun.

      • Makkabee
        Makkabee
        August 30, 2012 at 9:41 am | #

        No, it’s something that stands *for* nouns (“pro” being Latin for “for”). Pronouns are grammatically different than nouns in English, retaining three cases to nouns’ two and preserving grammatical gender.

        So while pronouns serve the same function as nouns in a sentence, they’re not nouns — the rules governing them are too different.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      August 30, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

      Walky, on the other hand, is an amateur noun.

      • Effie
        Effie
        August 30, 2012 at 10:27 am | #

        What you did there, I see it.

  11. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I love Joyce’s hand gestures. They’re so… Joyce.

  12. Regalli
    Regalli
    August 30, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    TIME FOR CARTOONS! CARTOONS WHICH PROMOTE VIOLENCE AND WITCHCRAFT! 😀

    Specifically, “Power Puff Girls”.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 30, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Power Puff Girls promotes witchcraft? Last I checked it promotes Molinguish.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        August 30, 2012 at 12:52 am | #

        Clearly. Remember that episode where they made another PowerPuff using sticks and leaves and stuff? (They named her Bunny, and she only lasted an episode before melting. She was purple.) Witchcraft, I tell you.

        • Khrene Cleaver
          Khrene Cleaver
          August 30, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

          I dunno, I think PPG might go well with some conservative audiances, I mean in that continuity Satan is a drag queen.

      • Alex
        Alex
        August 30, 2012 at 1:19 am | #

        The Powerpuff Girls were created in a laboratory! They are abominations of science, insults to the Lord’s Creation!

        • Culwecth
          Culwecth
          August 30, 2012 at 5:29 pm | #

          Y’know, back in the day, I tried working out how to put the Power-Puff Girls in White Wolf’s World of Darkness. Second edition. The Prof was a Tremere, Mojo Jojo a Gangrel, Buttercup a Brujah, Blossom was a Ventrue, and Bubbles a Malkavian…

  13. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    August 30, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    He walky’d all over my heart.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 30, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Those pajama jeans were made for walkying
      and that’s just what they did.

      • Audiophillie
        Audiophillie
        August 30, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

        You can tell by the way he’s walky
        he’s a woman’s man
        no time to talk

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          August 30, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

          Walky hard… hard… down life’s… lonesome road…

          • Jackson
            Jackson
            August 30, 2012 at 6:52 am | #

            Hey everybody, can you Walky the walk?
            Can you back it up when you talk the talk?
            Hey everybody, when I hear the knock,
            Don’t wanna measure out my life to the tick of a clock.
            I wanna Walky to the beat of my own drum.

            • AJBulldis
              AJBulldis
              August 30, 2012 at 7:21 am | #

              How many roads must man Walky down,
              before you can call him a man?

              • Shadlyn Wolfe
                Shadlyn Wolfe
                August 30, 2012 at 8:16 am | #

                I’m Walky on, Walky on, Walky on broken glass!

                • Raoullefere
                  Raoullefere
                  August 30, 2012 at 9:24 am | #

                  I got the Walkynuemonia and the rigid-bongo blues!

                • Effie
                  Effie
                  August 30, 2012 at 10:31 am | #

                  Walky like a man, talk like a man, Walky like a man my son

                • I.care.0
                  I.care.0
                  August 30, 2012 at 10:35 am | #

                  Walky this way, talk this way, Walky this way
                  talk this way,

                  Uh, just gimme a kiss!

                • Bill M.
                  Bill M.
                  August 30, 2012 at 11:33 am | #

                  Just Walky out in the rain,
                  Walky out with your dreams,
                  Walky out of my life if you don’t feel right.
                  And catch the next train;
                  Oh, darling, Walky out in the rain.

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  August 30, 2012 at 2:49 pm | #

                  I’m walkying on sunshine, wooah,
                  I’m walkying on sunshine, wooah,
                  I’m walkying on sunshine, wooah,
                  And don’t it feel good.

                • LuckyStar7
                  LuckyStar7
                  August 30, 2012 at 3:42 pm | #

                  NO MORE!!! I’M PISSING MYSELLF WITH LAUGHTER!!!

                • LuckyStar7
                  LuckyStar7
                  August 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm | #

                  I go out Walkyin’
                  After midnight
                  Out in the moonlight
                  Just like we used to do
                  I’m always Walkyin’
                  After midnight
                  Searching for youuuu

                • zolota
                  zolota
                  August 30, 2012 at 9:59 pm | #

                  Well I would Walky 500 miles
                  And I would Walky 500 more
                  Just to be the man who Walky’d a thousand miles
                  To fall down at your door

  14. Historyman68
    Historyman68
    August 30, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Also, in before “she misses Walky! That means he’s right and she’s wrong! Willis is telling us that she shouldn’t have standards!” or such nonsense.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 30, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Nah, Willis usually pulls a swerve.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 30, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

        pulling a swerve seems like some sort of euphenism.

        • Wizard
          Wizard
          August 30, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

          Or possibly a painful injury.

          • Thisguy
            Thisguy
            August 30, 2012 at 8:14 pm | #

            I’m going to pull the swerve of your FEMURS.

    • Shadlyn Wolfe
      Shadlyn Wolfe
      August 30, 2012 at 8:18 am | #

      Also, you can be in the right and still MISS the person you gave up. I mean, there are women who still love men who BEAT them, even if they have the wisdom to leave. I think Dorothy might be able to feel some remorse because pajama jeans came between them.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 30, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

        “you can be in the right and still MISS the person you gave up.”

        There’s a lot of truth in that. I did the breaking up with the fiend I dare not speak its name and still intensely missed her for a while. Heck, it took fully years before the random thoughts of “I wonder what she’s doing right now?” stopped. But don’t confuse nostalgia with regret. Sometimes doing the right thing is painful.

        Of course I didn’t break up with the fiend over pajama jeans.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        September 3, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

        Exactly. But there were some commenters who seemed to think that Walky sighing and being lonely indicated that he was in the wrong.

  15. Tales24
    Tales24
    August 30, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Everything Joyce is doing right now is pretty much amazing.

  16. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    August 30, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    A little pvp works well to counter the ‘heartbreak of breakup’, or failing an exam, or getting hollered at, or just if you’re bored. On the other hand, maybe, it’s just fun.
    Joyce is like a friend of mine, tie her hands behind her back and she couldn’t talk.

    • Effie
      Effie
      August 30, 2012 at 10:39 am | #

      Must… resist… urge.. to make… bondage joke…

      • desolation0
        desolation0
        August 30, 2012 at 1:54 pm | #

        Must.. resist… urge.. to make… classic Wonder Woman joke…

  17. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 30, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Moral of the story: Love hurts, but sometimes, breakups hurt even more.

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 30, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Once you go caramel, it’s hard to switch back to vanilla.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 30, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      But that doesn’t mean you can’t go chocolate.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 30, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        No one ever goes Rum-Raisin…

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          August 30, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          Well, raisin gives you an “easy release” and the rum is always gone.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            August 30, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

            Crap, I must’ve mistaken prunes for raisins.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 30, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

              Crap being the operative word here.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                August 30, 2012 at 2:50 pm | #

                snerk!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 30, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

          I was never a huge fan of DC’s Identity Crisis, but I always thought the opening scene where Elongated Man compares himself to Butter Pecan when explaining how he and Sue hooked up was genuinely “awwwww”-inducing.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            August 30, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

            especially since a character named Elongated man could have clearly used a completely different joke about how he hooked up with her.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 30, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

              If I was Elongated Man, I might have compared myself with toffee or nougat.

              • Khrene Cleaver
                Khrene Cleaver
                August 30, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

                Or at least bubble gum

  19. Doomdarts
    Doomdarts
    August 30, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    “Caramel boy” brings to mind those ads for that chocolate-scented body spray where the guy’s literally made of chocolate and people rip his arm off and stuff. Ie. the most horrifying ad ever.

  20. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    August 30, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

    She /did/ break up with him, though, because she didn’t like his trousers. When you give someone an ultimatum and then walk out because they won’t give up something they love (even though they would be perfectly happily to have both you and it in their life), that’s definitely you breaking up with them rather than them breaking up with you. Is she deliberately misrepresenting the situation to Joyce, or is she trying to convince herself that it was out of her hands I wonder..?

    • TPmanW
      TPmanW
      August 30, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

      I think it’s more of a who had the final say thing. I don’t think Dorothy never really even intended it as an ultimatum. It was just her attempt to get Walky to stop wearing those pants which kind of backfired.

      • Riku
        Riku
        August 30, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

        Yeah, that’s basically it. She was basically telling him that he needs to clean up if they want their relationship to work and he decided to end the relationship because he didn’t want somebody trying to control him

        • Random832
          Random832
          August 30, 2012 at 1:47 am | #

          I have never understood the reasoning that certain types of fabric can’t be used for everyday outer-layer clothing, and I therefore have no sympathy for Dorothy.

          • sun tzu
            sun tzu
            August 30, 2012 at 2:22 am | #

            Honestly, both Dorothy AND Walky confused me in that scene. Why were those pajama pants such a big deal?! To EITHER of them?!

            • Rex Hondo
              Rex Hondo
              August 30, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

              Actually, from Walky’s perspective, the pajama jeans were probably largely immaterial. He had a problem with being treated like a child by his cartoon-and-make-out buddy.

              • LiamKav
                LiamKav
                August 30, 2012 at 5:23 am | #

                I think the matterial was what mattered most to Walky about those pajama jeans.

                • Raoullefere
                  Raoullefere
                  August 30, 2012 at 9:30 am | #

                  Don’t judge Walky until you’ve walked a mile in their gentle caress.

                  Woman, they will come and they will go. When you wear the fake jeans you will know

                • Historyman68
                  Historyman68
                  September 3, 2012 at 1:27 am | #

                  I’m used to seeing “gently caress” as a replacement for another word…

              • gangler
                gangler
                August 30, 2012 at 12:00 pm | #

                Seriously. He put it quite well. He signed in for a set-up that didn’t require any commitment from him. The moment she started making demands he backed out. Wasn’t what he signed up for. Wasn’t what he wanted. Wasn’t something he was willing to be a part of.

              • Historyman68
                Historyman68
                September 3, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

                Haha that’s a good way of phrasing it. Treated like a child by his cartoon-watching & make out buddy. Ironic n stuff.

          • desolation0
            desolation0
            August 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm | #

            You didn’t live through the spandex in public fad?

      • Grammar Nazi
        Grammar Nazi
        August 30, 2012 at 8:19 pm | #

        “I don’t think Dorothy never”
        Double-negative, hmm? Sir, are you implying that Dorothy DID mean it as an ultimatum?

  21. LBD "Nytetrayn"
    LBD "Nytetrayn"
    August 30, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    Love Joyce’s “sassy” looks.

  22. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    August 30, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

    Poor Dorothy.. Looking back now at it that it wasn’t her call, that her request for him to not wear pyjama jeans in public wasn’t unreasonable. that he left her. rather than seeing she gave a literal ultimatum which he refused.

    I see her yelling “It wasn’t my fault I told him pyjama jeans are not to be worn in public and he left me!”

    • Random832
      Random832
      August 30, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

      “No, but I can decide you’re not attractive to me anymore.” Sure, that’s not _technically_ a ‘literal ultimatum’, but… just sayin’.

      • Pyr05
        Pyr05
        August 30, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

        It’s good enough for me. After all, a relationship shouldn’t hinge on what you’re wearing.

        I could give less than a flyin’ what my significant other wears. Though, of course, less is better.

        • M. Pomme
          M. Pomme
          August 30, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

          – you talk about their relationship as it wasn’t just a fling
          – regardless, you may not care about what you wear (or more generally what you look like / your image), but most people do (and probably should too). If you care, it only makes sense that you also care about what your SO looks like

          • LiamKav
            LiamKav
            August 30, 2012 at 9:13 am | #

            Would you care if your significant other decided to wear a leather vest and jeans 5 sizes too big for them that they wore around their ankles? Or worse, would you care if they grew a mullet?

            (More importantly, would you care if they didn’t know the difference between “I could give” and “I couldn’t give”?)

            • Luke
              Luke
              August 30, 2012 at 8:22 pm | #

              … I have a mullet.

              I’m sad now.

        • icepyrox
          icepyrox
          August 30, 2012 at 1:30 pm | #

          You say this with confidence, but I will put money that this is due to the fact that the taste in clothing isn’t completely horrid. There is certainly an outfit out there that makes people unattractive to others.

    • Random832
      Random832
      August 30, 2012 at 1:45 am | #

      Hey, new gravatars. Neat.

  23. Alex
    Alex
    August 30, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

    The current banner seems strangely appropriate.

    • Raen
      Raen
      August 30, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

      The one with Dorothy about to slit Walky’s throat?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 30, 2012 at 2:11 am | #

      You’ll have to be more specific. It’s on a rotation at the moment, with several possibilities possible at any pageload. Currently, I see Dotty, Walky, Joyce and Joe in a classroom setting.

  24. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    August 30, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

    New Joyce is getting catty as hell.

    I like New Joyce.

    • TheLastOutlaw
      TheLastOutlaw
      August 30, 2012 at 10:04 am | #

      I don’t know if I’d call this being catty though. She’s had a pretty active dislike of Walky since she met him, I think her reaction is an offshoot of that.

  25. Rognik
    Rognik
    August 30, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

    You know it’s really bad when even Joyce thinks you should be the dumper and not the dumped.

  26. Nerdman
    Nerdman
    August 30, 2012 at 3:05 am | #

    Wow, Joyce is really playing therapist today. First she’s listening to Sarah’s story, now she has to hear about Dorothy’s breakup.

    She is never going to find out if her boots look good.

  27. Raen
    Raen
    August 30, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

    You know, for some reason, Joyce just sounds wrong using the perfect tense.

  28. Faeyas
    Faeyas
    August 30, 2012 at 4:19 am | #

    Umm… Dorothy you mean “yes”. Manipulative ultimatums about things that really don’t matter in the long run that result in you walking away first because your demands were not met, is by definition “Breaking up”.

    You just don’t want to be the guilty one, and you regret your decision. That doesn’t mean it isn’t what you did. Own up to it, fix it if you can, but don’t lie about it.

    … and I LIKE Dorothy.

  29. RandomNameGen
    RandomNameGen
    August 30, 2012 at 4:19 am | #

    I’m not sure, but is it morally ok to hope for Dina/ Walky again? I mean, I don’t think them getting together will hurt anyone any more than Dorothy’s hatred for awesome things (pajama pants) has already done.

    Gotta give to Walky though… he stood up for what was right. Pajama Pants.

    • Henry
      Henry
      August 30, 2012 at 4:05 pm | #

      I don’t want Dead!Dina again, so it’s probably best not to play with fire.

  30. Farmer_10
    Farmer_10
    August 30, 2012 at 4:54 am | #

    Was it a breakup though? Things got heated sure, but nothing irreconcilable really took place. They just lost their tempers. OTOH these are teenagers, so every fight is an automatic breakup to them.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      August 30, 2012 at 5:33 am | #

      Considering who her ex is, this is probably the first time a BF has ever stood up to her. It probably just flat-out doesn’t compute as anything other than a breakup to her.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 30, 2012 at 6:52 am | #

        A little of this and a lot of pride is how I read it. I bet if she showed back up at Walky’s door with a DVD full of cartoons, an apology and a new tolerance for pajama jeans things would smooth over.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          August 30, 2012 at 9:35 am | #

          Depends on how far ahead Walky can see, ’cause you can bet Dotty will do something like this again. She seems to be one of those smart people who has a great difficulty with learning.

  31. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    August 30, 2012 at 6:30 am | #

    Loving the hand motions, Joyce.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      August 30, 2012 at 6:56 am | #

      Looks like she’s been hanging out with Joe again, eh?

  32. thelastnerd
    thelastnerd
    August 30, 2012 at 6:53 am | #

    Yeaaah, because that’s a reaaaally accurate description of what happened…

  33. narmenduke
    narmenduke
    August 30, 2012 at 6:55 am | #

    Man, between this and joking about Bone City, Joyce is getting sassy all of a sudden. Tres interessant.

  34. Bill
    Bill
    August 30, 2012 at 8:09 am | #

    Has college life finally gotton to Joyce? She’s getting really sarcastic lately.

    • Legasher
      Legasher
      August 30, 2012 at 1:31 pm | #

      For some people, sarcasm is hard to grasp when you’re just not comfortable with people. Joyce has pretty solid friendships at this point and knows who she can joke with, how much and in what ways. I can be the same way. It would have taken me a few weeks with the group too before I’d feel comfortable enough to make those kinds of jokes with Billie or Dorothy. Though, reading the entire archive of Something Positive also tipped that scale for me my sophmore year :-).

  35. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    August 30, 2012 at 8:28 am | #

    This is what rebound relationships are for, Dorothy! They’re less complicated so you can get rid of all those angsty feelings in a simpler package.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      September 3, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

      That always works, right?

  36. Martin Smith
    Martin Smith
    August 30, 2012 at 8:30 am | #

    I love Joyce’s facial expressions in panels 3 and 4.

  37. name
    name
    August 30, 2012 at 9:19 am | #

    Nobody disses the Walk! He’a a man with almost a plan.

  38. NoLast
    NoLast
    August 30, 2012 at 10:28 am | #

    No, Joyce. Contrary to what you all might thing, Walky’s a well-adjusted adult;

    Not reliant on other human beings, and therefore unwilling to take their bullshit just to be around them.

  39. numaron
    numaron
    August 30, 2012 at 11:42 am | #

    Is it just me or has Joyce seemed a bit too flippant the last few strips? For most characters it wouldn’t be a big deal, but it feels strange to have her be more concerned about boots than Sarah’s story.

    • TheLastOutlaw
      TheLastOutlaw
      August 30, 2012 at 12:54 pm | #

      Billie is obviously a horrendous influence on her!

  40. Henry
    Henry
    August 30, 2012 at 4:03 pm | #

    Joyce has had some wonderful facial expressions in this storyline.

  41. Random Guy
    Random Guy
    August 30, 2012 at 4:32 pm | #

    Even she has little faith in Walky.

  42. cwDeici
    cwDeici
    September 1, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

    I’m surprised noone is screaming racism here in the comments section, what with some people thinking only whites can be racist, since she said Caramel boy.

    Well, I shouldn’t complain, I guess people got it she meant it flatteringly. ^^

  43. cwDeici
    cwDeici
    September 1, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

    That is I’m not complaining. This is great : )
    peace n harmony

  44. Jenny Creed
    Jenny Creed
    July 25, 2013 at 8:48 am | #

    Of course Dorothy belongs to a higher class than Walky, so it’s expected that he should be thankful to her for being willing to teach him how to dress classy and stuff, let alone make out with him. Like doesn’t he understand that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the better classes?

    The trouble is just Walky doesn’t subscribe to the class system. That can be confusing to those who don’t understand that people can treat each other as equals.

  45. Bearpelt
    Bearpelt
    July 17, 2015 at 2:56 am | #

    omg she called him caramel boy, that’s really racist. :/ joooooooyce

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