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Pageantry

by David M Willis on August 1, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina
└ Tags: danny, dina, ethan

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    August 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    She DID take notes! =D

    =O

    D=

    =o

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      August 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Or a health class

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Or both.

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      August 1, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      Huh. Considering her description of orgasms, I wonder how she would describe lesbian sex. The same way, or would she modify based on the lack of possible fertilization?
      Alternatively, I wonder if Dina realizes that it take at least a few days for an egg to be fertilized, and that orgasms have nothing to do with that process (the actual fertilization, not the likelihood of successfully reaching that point).

      • Khrene
        Khrene
        August 1, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

        I feel Dina does realize this, shes just phrasing sex in terms of human evolution, and by extent the evolution of sexual reproduction, or vice versa as Dinos are her fav point references.

      • setsun
        setsun
        August 1, 2015 at 1:25 am | #

        Actually, while one is not inherently dependent on the other, female climax can facilitate an increase in the likelihood of fertilization to a certain degree..

        • Khrene
          Khrene
          August 1, 2015 at 1:51 am | #

          Is it bad that I want to strike up a conversation on how female climax can facilitate and increase in the likelihood of fertilization to a certain degree?

          • Clif
            Clif
            August 1, 2015 at 3:01 am | #

            Only if you do it right.
            .

            • Khrene
              Khrene
              August 1, 2015 at 4:08 am | #

              Wait, I can only do it if I do right, or is bad that only if I do it right?

              Okay joking aside, I’ll just research on my own.

              • gkheyf
                gkheyf
                August 1, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

                This is acceptable =3

      • Gank
        Gank
        August 1, 2015 at 10:54 am | #

        I think that Dina knows perfectly well why people have sex, but she enjoys playing into her assigned role as “strange logical dinosaur girl”.

        • Chris Borgars-Smith
          Chris Borgars-Smith
          August 1, 2015 at 1:25 pm | #

          I was about to comment this but then I saw you had and went yesgood

        • Jack
          Jack
          August 1, 2015 at 5:41 pm | #

          I agree. Dina likes dinosaurs. Where do dinosaurs and sex intersect? Eggs.

      • Amake
        Amake
        August 2, 2015 at 8:32 am | #

        “The pageantry of tricking your body into thinking an egg is fertilized” I believe is an accurate description any amount, method or source of sexual please. The actual mechanics of procreation don’t really come into the body’s ability to derive pleasure from rubbing your genitals or licking your soulmate’s eyeball or whatever you do to get off, the body is very easy to trick that way.

        • Amake
          Amake
          August 2, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

          *pleasure. Aaa first impression ruined

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 1, 2015 at 9:47 am | #

      Dina probably keeps a log book of their sexual activities, much like Dorothy does with her own.

      Wed 8/15, 6pm: Third session today. Vigorous and enthusiastic, from both parties. Noting a correlation between multiple sex sessions a day and comic book day. Causation? Requires further study.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 1, 2015 at 10:48 am | #

        Amazi-plumage present. Grappling hook misfire count: 2

        • GreyTheDefender
          GreyTheDefender
          September 4, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

          Grappling hook misfire count: 2 3

  2. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Stop Ethanning it up, Ethan !

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Also for the love of everything unholy I hope Danny/Amber didn’t forget Dina was still in the room once <_<

      • electromagneticDestroyosaur
        electromagneticDestroyosaur
        August 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        For the sake of my sadism, I hope they did.

        • Les
          Les
          August 1, 2015 at 9:31 am | #

          Maybe Dina has a Slipshine account?

          • gkheyf
            gkheyf
            August 1, 2015 at 10:53 am | #

            Yes! She is a creeper who got it when she found out her friends wee posted there.

            Until one day: “I do not recall performing such an act upon Becky. Copious notation is required.”

          • Rowen Morland
            Rowen Morland
            August 1, 2015 at 11:45 am | #

            All Slipshine panels are drawn from Dina’s viewpoint.

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Who knows, maybe they’re all into that.

      • dailybrad
        dailybrad
        August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        Who says they forgot?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 1, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        You think it was only ONCE? Dina has seen ALL the sexing.

        • StoicVisions
          StoicVisions
          August 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

          Well of course. All the nsfw DoA releases had to be from someone’s perspective. Who better?

          • electromagneticDestroyosaur
            electromagneticDestroyosaur
            August 1, 2015 at 1:53 am | #

            So that’s how she was able to afford a Tricera-Top as a college student. All that Slipshine money (this is now my headcanon)

            • Deanatay
              Deanatay
              August 1, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

              No, it’s not about money, for Dina. She is collecting valuable information about sexual behavior. She is the Alfred Kinsey of her generation.

              • gkheyf
                gkheyf
                August 1, 2015 at 10:54 am | #

                Sometimes money and observing intercourse can coexist. Dina is simply being optimal

          • Idris
            Idris
            August 1, 2015 at 2:48 am | #

            Not just the DoA works. Ghost Dina is watching you bone.

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              August 1, 2015 at 8:22 pm | #

              I would be okay with this, were I getting Treasure Type O lately.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

          Nooooooo…

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            August 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

            Behind Door Dina is watching you copulate!

        • Osaru Sensei
          Osaru Sensei
          August 1, 2015 at 5:54 am | #

          “… Mammals are weird.”

      • Edupoet81
        Edupoet81
        August 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        ….or possibly more than once? I had that same thought. Dina seems to have an uncomfortable amount of inside information on their sex life.

        Unless, of course, Dina likes to watch, and Amber and Danny enjoy having an audience. That wouldn’t be my cup of tea, personally, but then I’ve always been pretty vanilla about sex in practice.

        Of course, that would seem to contradict what Amber said about enjoying not having to think of Amber as a sexual being, but that’s beside the point.

        • Viktoria
          Viktoria
          August 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

          I doubt they forgot, necessarily. Keep in mind that Dina is extremely quiet, relatively small, and enjoys hiding behind doors. It’s entirely possible that Danny/AG burst into the room making out, glanced around, and went to the fun without noticing Dina in the corner. Or that Dina opened the door while Danny/AG were distracted, walked into her room, and fell asleep in her bed without Danny/AG noticing her at all.

        • Edupoet81
          Edupoet81
          August 1, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

          What Amber said about enjoying not having to think of *Dina* as a sexual being.

        • Lurlock
          Lurlock
          August 1, 2015 at 8:47 am | #

          Dina likes to watch – but only for purely academic reasons.

          • gkheyf
            gkheyf
            August 1, 2015 at 10:58 am | #

            Sure, but when I say that, it’s a matter for the police

      • Freezer
        Freezer
        August 1, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

        She apparently generates a low-level Someone Else’s Problem field, so not forgetting her isn’t that simple.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 1, 2015 at 1:34 pm | #

        Well, this was fun, but more seriously people, she knows to vacate location when things gets awkard (like earlier this arc).

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Is Ethaning it up like Dannying it up, but with Transformers?

      Because of so Michael Bay totally Ethaned everything up.

      • electromagneticDestroyosaur
        electromagneticDestroyosaur
        August 1, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

        Well if Danthan is to become a thing, Ethan needs to study in the Danny Wilcox Method of *REDACTED* things up. He’s getting there, and will attain mastery in due time.

  3. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Hooray for Dina and SCIENCE!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      And boning!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        And pizza!

        (and subs)

      • David Alexander McDonald
        David Alexander McDonald
        August 1, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        Science boning!

        Or as we knew it back the days of my mere nipperhood, Masters & Johnson.

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 1, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Dina should write romance novels.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      I would read those in a heartbeat. (Please let her write Danthan shipfics)

    • drs
      drs
      August 1, 2015 at 1:42 pm | #

      The Voyeuristic Velociraptor
      Dinosaur Bones
      Becky Does K-T

    • Tomas
      Tomas
      August 1, 2015 at 2:15 pm | #

      — Or human/dinosaur erotica for Amazon Kindle.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        August 1, 2015 at 11:43 pm | #

        You mean you haven’t seen this? http://www.amazon.com/Taken-T-Rex-Dinosaur-Erotica-Christie-ebook/dp/B00FI9JFFO

  5. A Scientist
    A Scientist
    August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    That’s a heck of a way to put it.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      It was a mouthful – that pizza slice didn’t help.

  6. Detective Boomwolf
    Detective Boomwolf
    August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Uh… can someone put that in a language I can understand? I don’t speak Dina.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      They fuck a lot.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 1, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        No.
        They fuck just the right amount.

        • electromagneticDestroyosaur
          electromagneticDestroyosaur
          August 1, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

          Which is a lot.

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      August 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      They do the bony pony with their seductive reproductive parties until both are satisfied with their satisfaction…satisfaction… satisfaction.

      • grantimusmax
        grantimusmax
        August 1, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

        I see Mr. Benassi has had quite the effect on Mr. Random.

    • ThatGuy
      ThatGuy
      August 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      oh see i was confused because i thought she was observing to herself the awkward social happening that is Danny/Ethan and their conversation.

      This makes more sense, Talking about Amber and Danny and
      how they “Do the thing to do the orgasm(which would normally be a decent qualifiery with “eggs have probably been bathed in Man-Juice enough if it wasnt for the condom int he way,ect) until both people are happy”

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      August 1, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      “They trick their bodies into thinking they’re making babies, and they do this as often as they want.”
      The evolutionary advantage of sex is reproduction. This reproduction involves an egg being fertilized. People who enjoy sex are very common only because people who enjoy sex produce more offspring. Dina is indicating that sex is an act of making your bodies think that you’re reproducing successfully, when you might be preventing that from happening altogether. This is a pretty clever way of looking at it.

      GO SCIENCE!!

      Those, in a nutshell, is the facts of life, or the [i]T. rexes[/i] and the bees, if you will.

      (PS Is rexes the plural of rex, or is it reces or somesuch?)

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        August 1, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

        I think the plural of rex is rex.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        August 1, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

        In Latin the plural of rex is reges.

        But I’m really not convinced that Latin grammar is correct in English sentences.

      • vlademir1
        vlademir1
        August 1, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

        According to Wiktionary the plural in the nominative, accusative and vocative cases is “reges” in Latin (the use in taxonomy being in that language). That said I’m uncertain whether you’d pluralize like that seeing how it’s the proper name of the species and such pluralizing would theoretically indicate two such taxonomic groups rather than two members of that group. “T. Rexes” is proably the common usage in English anyway. Anyway here’s the link to the Wictionary page I took that from.

        • TanyaM
          TanyaM
          August 1, 2015 at 5:04 am | #

          Perhaps “Tyrannosauri Rex”?

          • Quinctia
            Quinctia
            August 1, 2015 at 4:22 pm | #

            I’d parse that more as King of the Tyrannosaurs.

      • Adj
        Adj
        August 1, 2015 at 2:49 pm | #

        Or is it “Ts. Rex”? Tyrannosaures Rex? Like Culs-de-Sac or Runs Batted In (even if AP style dictates “RBIs.” Runs Batted Ins? C’mon AP!)

        • Brady Kj
          Brady Kj
          August 1, 2015 at 4:21 pm | #

          Tyrannosauri reges?

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            August 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm | #

            Umm. Saurus is a Greek word in Latin form — the direct transliteration is “sauros”. Dual should be -sauro and plural -sauroi. But by the time you’ve got to “Tyrannosauro reges” (or “Tyrannosauroi reges” if it’s a threesome or orgy) you probably have three grammars in a single sentence, and something bad is going to happen.

            • Brady Kj
              Brady Kj
              August 3, 2015 at 12:14 pm | #

              All evidence of my research suggests that Tyranosaurus rex is the scientifically correct for both plural and singular. You folks were helpful in reaching that scientific conclusion. However, if I encounter strong scientific evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex is not the correct plural, I will accept that evidence, for I am not a science denier.
              Agemegos, I agree, something very bad could happen. That’s at least two grammars in one noun alone. And what’s this about orgies? Do the Greeks use special plurals for groups in an orgy, and another set of plurals for everything else? I knew that orgies used to be common, but not THAT common! Wow!

        • StClair
          StClair
          August 1, 2015 at 7:28 pm | #

          Tyrannosaurus Mex.
          Sombrero, poncho, six-shooters clutched in both of its stubby claw-hands.

    • Tenchan
      Tenchan
      August 1, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

      Amber fucks Danny so much, that he never has to worry about walking the dinosaur.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 1, 2015 at 11:03 am | #

        Is that what that was about? Well, you learn something new about masturbation every day!

  7. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    “the pageantry of tricking their bodies into believing an egg has been fertilized at a frequency that satisfies both parties”

    kinda long for a book title but it could work

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      August 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      According to alt text earlier in the book, the title of book 5 will be “Hey, Guess What? I’m a Lesbian!” I mean I think that stands until another alt text says another line of dialogue will be used.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 1, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

        Plot-twist:
        It’s not Becky’s dialogue.

        • Captain Batson
          Captain Batson
          August 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          It’s Danny’s.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 1, 2015 at 9:36 am | #

            I’d have assumed Joe.

      • Someone
        Someone
        August 1, 2015 at 1:43 am | #

        I’m still hoping for stop the faces

    • Khrene
      Khrene
      August 1, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      I think the The Pageantry of Tricking. would actually make a good erotic novella title.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        August 1, 2015 at 1:54 am | #

        Damn, that’s fantastic. I may have to steal it.

        –Except now it sounds like it’s about prostitution to me. Hmm. Perhaps The Pageantry of Trickery…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          August 1, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

          Just add two words Their Bodies. Still true, but does not imply prostitution.

          • JustCheetoDust
            JustCheetoDust
            August 1, 2015 at 1:30 pm | #

            All this talk about that unfortunate turn of phrase above reminded me to start watching Arrested Development again.

            • Opus the Poet
              Opus the Poet
              August 1, 2015 at 11:51 pm | #

              Is that Amber and a Kool Ade pitcher?

  8. Captain Batson
    Captain Batson
    August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina, you beautiful little slice of wonder.

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 1, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Truly, Dina is a romantic of the highest order. 😛

  10. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    August 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Mortification…you’re SOAKING in it!

  11. Dammy
    Dammy
    August 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Honest question: does anyone say boning in casual conversation unironically?

    • Stephen R. Bierce
      Stephen R. Bierce
      August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Perhaps if you’re talking about prepping fish or poultry for cooking.

      • Lurlock
        Lurlock
        August 1, 2015 at 11:47 am | #

        Also 3D character artists. Some people call it “skinning” or “rigging”, but I’ve heard “boning” with about the same regularity.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      August 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      Probably. Me and the wife often use ‘bang’. I have to imagine there’s at least one person that uses ‘bone’.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      These two.

    • Khrene
      Khrene
      August 1, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Yes, but still to usually deflate awkwardness and/or tension.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      August 1, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      Since you aren’t asking for a number, I feel comfortable with simply saying “yes.”

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      August 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      I don’t understand the practice of doing things ironically.

      • Khrene
        Khrene
        August 1, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

        As far as I can gather, it involves handlebar mustaches.

  12. madock345
    madock345
    August 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Panel 3 Ethan is terribly attractive for some reason. That little smile and eyebrow game….

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      It’s the hat that sells his sexiness.

    • Twirls
      Twirls
      August 1, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

      I’m glad it’s not just me. Upping your game, Ethan?

  13. Usayasha
    Usayasha
    August 1, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    I knew Dina could be poetic, but that was beautiful.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 1, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      The perfect marriage of poetry and science, in one eloquently dressed package.

  14. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 1, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    So Ethan is catching on to Danny’s Q status, I presume?

  15. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 1, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Recent evidence has revealed that D. saruyamensis was an extremely intelligent species. Paleontologists believe that D. saruyamensis, although not a very social species, was able to observe aspects of other species in a way that has not yet been observed in a living or extinct species outside of humans. These cognitive abilities may have included awareness of emotional states (although not the awareness needed to quickly and properly react), and a certain degree of self-awareness and analysis. At any rate, D. saruyamensis was almost certainly possessed more awareness of environmental cues and more self-awareness than the considerably less aware D. wilcoxii.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 1, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      D. saruyamensis clearly went through a transformative period of study within her genus, first cited when D. wilcoxii caught the wandering eye of D. omalleis.

      • Someone
        Someone
        August 1, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

        We really got to come up with set Dino names. Now for Amber do we want to use A. malsaurus or D. omalleis cause I could go either way. I was basing the first letter on their first name.

        • electromagneticDestroyosaur
          electromagneticDestroyosaur
          August 1, 2015 at 1:55 am | #

          I saw other people setting the genus of all of them as Doa (for good reason) and we shall see where it goes from there. Only question is, how then do we deal with the Walkerton twins?

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            August 1, 2015 at 4:56 am | #

            Make them two sub-species:
            Walky — D. walkertonii cibumportio (snack food)
            Sal — D. walkertonii crispus (curly-haired)

            • otusasio451
              otusasio451
              August 1, 2015 at 10:40 am | #

              The scientific community at large has agreed with the taxonomy and nomenclature for these recently discovered species.

        • otusasio451
          otusasio451
          August 1, 2015 at 10:46 am | #

          The common convention for dinosaur species taxonomy does not assign the suffix “-saurus” to species names, only to genus names. In order to fully validify these names, a genus name is required. Doasaurus walkerton cibumportio has been accepted as a synonym for S. walksaurus. Similarly, Doasaurus omalleis would be a suitable synonym for A. malsaurus.

  16. Rutee
    Rutee
    August 1, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    …Either Dina knows because they keep asking her to leave the room, or because she’s always in the room. Either way as the audience, we win, but I would like to know which it is XD

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      August 1, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      There are less gross answers. She may be out of the room and hear it. She may see occasional pieces of condom wrappers and put 2 and 2 together. A paleontologist should be able to induce what happened in the past based on small amounts of physical evidence.

      • Kryss LaBryn
        Kryss LaBryn
        August 1, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

        Huge, huuuuge grins in the morning.

      • Turbanous
        Turbanous
        August 1, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

        The frequency of a sock on the door, or perhaps a more discreet symbol/message on the whiteboard.

      • Rutee
        Rutee
        August 1, 2015 at 5:48 pm | #

        Asking her to leave isn’t gross anyway? I mean, it might be kind of an inconvenience if it happens frequently, but these things happen.

  17. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    This is a quick test.
    My clock says it is 11:09

    • Mr. Random
      Mr. Random
      August 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      11:10

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        15 seconds

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

          11:11:15

      • LiaHansen
        LiaHansen
        August 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

        what

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          August 1, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          I’ve been noticing that the strip, which is supposed to load at 11:01 for my timezone. Is not. I’m also noticing that despite loading a minute later, the time stamps for the first comments is still reading at 12:01. So that means that there needs to be a delay. Based on these, I think there’s exactly a 1 minute and 15 second delay for the website’s clock and what I’m running on.

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            August 1, 2015 at 5:00 am | #

            The timestamps read for Ohio time — depending on the time of year, either Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight time — regardless of your local time.

          • Mindlink
            Mindlink
            August 1, 2015 at 5:20 am | #

            All your posts were dated one minute earlier than the time you stated.

            • xKiv
              xKiv
              August 1, 2015 at 3:54 pm | #

              And 15 seconds.

  18. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 1, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    11:09:30

  19. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 1, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

    I’m amazed that she was able to say that with a sausage special in her gob.

    • David Alexander McDonald
      David Alexander McDonald
      August 1, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      I’ve known a couple of girls in my time who could get out a statement like that with a polish sausage stuck in their gobs. This may be a euphemism, but the point stands that coherent speech in that circumstance is a remarkable achievement, and is yet another exemplar of why women are, in fact, superior to men.

      Guys…well, guys just tend to drool or slobber and make muffled noies of no value as language.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        August 1, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        And that’s before they put the sausage in their mouth.

        • xKiv
          xKiv
          August 1, 2015 at 3:55 pm | #

          There doesn’t even need to be a sausage involved at all.

  20. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    August 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Dina is always watching.

    From behind the door.

  21. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    August 1, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m surprised Dina was against the phrase “boning”.

    #getitbecausefossils

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 1, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      How about just “mating,” don’t care how analytical she is that word is to basic not to be in her vocabulary.

      • electromagneticDestroyosaur
        electromagneticDestroyosaur
        August 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        Mating heavily insinuates reproduction, though. Dina had to be clear.

    • John
      John
      August 1, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

      She’s still feeling betrayed by that T-shirt.

  22. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    August 1, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    The three of them should be careful. Someone could overhear their conversation, put 2 and 2 together, and come up with Amazi-girl.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 1, 2015 at 1:57 am | #

      Therefore, Amazi-Girl is 4.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 1, 2015 at 11:17 am | #

        Correct! 4 weeks and counting

  23. Speedball
    Speedball
    August 1, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    I think the hat is working. Ethan’s already got way more confidence.

  24. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    August 1, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Dina look fucking adorable chewing on that pizza.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 1, 2015 at 11:19 am | #

      And the dino goes omnomnomnomnom

  25. neeks
    neeks
    August 1, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    i have a sudden need for dina to have a blog summarizing porn or something

    • David Alexander McDonald
      David Alexander McDonald
      August 1, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      That would be hilarious.

    • Eyebrow
      Eyebrow
      August 1, 2015 at 4:28 pm | #

      I want to see a new slipshine which is just Danny and Amazi-girl boning with Dina’s “Wild Kingdom” commentary.

  26. Skizz
    Skizz
    August 1, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    Laughed so hard I nearly stopped breathing. Best strip yet.

  27. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    August 1, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    I figured that Danny’s reason for attending this meetup had to come up eventually. I’m curious as to exactly what Danny will end up telling Ethan.

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      August 1, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      He likes Ethan, but they’re not very close, and right now Danny’s apparently frustrated. So unfortunately, he won’t tell him much.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 1, 2015 at 9:39 am | #

        Danny clearly stated he was happy in his current relationship.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 1, 2015 at 9:09 am | #

      Given how Ethan is questioning Danny, and that smirk he’s got in panel 3, perhaps he’s not as convinced of Danny’s heterosexuality as we thought.

  28. Asper Storm
    Asper Storm
    August 1, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    Di-did she just make the science of sex interesting?

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 1, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

      When was anything involving sex not interesting?

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 1, 2015 at 10:04 am | #

      Spoken by someone who has not watched ‘Kinsey’.

  29. sun tzu
    sun tzu
    August 1, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

    Ethan? Don’t even think about it. Don’t you dare, Ethan.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 1, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

      Ethan, I’m counting on you. You can do this. Go on, kiss the girl boy.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        August 1, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

        Sha-la-la-la-la-la my oh my!

  30. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    August 1, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    I love diana so much

    • Someone
      Someone
      August 1, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

      It’s good that you love the first wife of the prince of Wales.

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        August 1, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

        Well she IS Wonder Woman, so who wouldn’t love her?

  31. DuckDuckMoose
    DuckDuckMoose
    August 1, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

    OH MY GOD, DINA OF LAST PANEL

    Best. Line. Ever Written. By David Willis. Cannot. Stop. Laughing.

    • DuckDuckMoose
      DuckDuckMoose
      August 1, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      PfffftBWAHAHAHA. Pageantry. HEE HEE HEE.

  32. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    August 1, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

    Tmi Danny.
    I don’t think Ethan was asking for specifics on your love life, or maybe he was.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 1, 2015 at 1:41 am | #

      Well at least Danny hasn’t told him about the grappling hook sex yet.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 1, 2015 at 9:40 am | #

        It should come in due time.

        • darkoneko
          darkoneko
          August 1, 2015 at 2:08 pm | #

          (and so do they)

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            August 1, 2015 at 11:57 pm | #

            BAHDUM-tish

  33. Morty
    Morty
    August 1, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

    kinda waiting for someone else to mention bisexuality to Danny and having him go Luke Skywalker father denial in response with Dorothy in the background mentioning that she told him that shit Yesterday

    • Lord Stoneheart
      Lord Stoneheart
      August 1, 2015 at 7:48 am | #

      Judging from Danny’s dialogue here http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/kinsey/
      he understands that bisexuality is a thing. He’s just hoping to talk with someone who is bisexual about it, to see if it’s something that really applies to him.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 1, 2015 at 9:13 am | #

        Right. He didn’t understand until he talked to Dorothy, so now he’s trying to verify with someone in the know that he can have a valid attraction to both men and women.

        Side note, I like how we can have a character where their coming out isn’t dramatic and terrible as it has been for Becky and Ethan. It’s important to bring to light the awful reality that LGBT kids face from their parents and peers, but I also appreciate Danny’s casual clumsy fumbling.

        • tyersome
          tyersome
          August 1, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

          As does Amber …

  34. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 1, 2015 at 1:22 am | #

    I think that Ethan is glad that his good friend Amber has a boyfriend that makes her happy and is happy in turn.

    Another point on the board for Dina being a homoromantic asexual. I find it quite possible that she uses her invisibility to silently observe Danny and Amber. She doesn’t find it arousing, just a fascinating sociological and biological academic study.

  35. Sam
    Sam
    August 1, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

    Am I the only one that’s just hoping Danny gets his hands on some good literature about bisexuality? Like, as cute as his interactions with Ethan are, I just want him to get informed. And/or possibly ditch his internalized homophobia. Sigh.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 1, 2015 at 2:00 am | #

      They are at the educational home of Alfred Kinsey (as previously established) so it shouldn’t be all that hard. It’s just going to take a while, because taught biases have uncanny staying power that takes time as well as logic to erode (and from what I can tell, Willis can attest to that).

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      August 1, 2015 at 6:28 am | #

      Same here. Danny’s now in a position where he’s going to want to be informed and he can’t rely on past assumptions. Danny’s story is very much the ignorant straight guy thrown into something that clashes with his heteronormative views.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 1, 2015 at 6:29 am | #

        Err, presumed straight guy, anyway.

  36. Pier
    Pier
    August 1, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

    Dina: “On the other hand, Danny seems to be tricking himself that it can be “not-an-egg” he’s fertilizing.”

  37. Anonymous
    Anonymous
    August 1, 2015 at 3:22 am | #

    She said that last bit in a perfect David Attenborough voice.

  38. Chris Phoenix
    Chris Phoenix
    August 1, 2015 at 4:10 am | #

    I can’t believe no one has yet linked to Hannelore’s somewhat similar description of sex:
    http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1109

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      August 1, 2015 at 4:16 am | #

      We should get them acquainted.

    • Eyebrow
      Eyebrow
      August 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm | #

      Dammit, I knew I’d heard that before.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 1, 2015 at 5:14 pm | #

      I’m sure there are plenty of dinosaurs on her list

    • Smiling Cat
      Smiling Cat
      August 1, 2015 at 8:52 pm | #

      It was the first thing I thought of, but I was delayed by stupid doctor stuff. Curse you bum Kidney!

  39. HiiroArana79
    HiiroArana79
    August 1, 2015 at 9:05 am | #

    The shit Dina says is uncalled for. Seriously!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 1, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

      Yeah, but it’s not mean spirited. She’s learning social interaction by hit and miss (as seen in a LOT of her interaction with Amber)

    • SonicBlueRanger
      SonicBlueRanger
      August 1, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

      Holy crap we found the one person that has the same attitude towards Dina most have towards Danny…and Becky…and Joyce…and…

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 1, 2015 at 1:30 pm | #

        And of course they have a Mary avatar.

        • Lord Stoneheart
          Lord Stoneheart
          August 1, 2015 at 2:21 pm | #

          That’s Rachel actually.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 1, 2015 at 7:21 pm | #

            Damnit.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              August 1, 2015 at 9:25 pm | #

              You might not be far off. It’s been established that Rachel is too pretty to be a good person.

    • JBento
      JBento
      August 1, 2015 at 12:31 pm | #

      I’m pretty sure Ethan called for it.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      August 1, 2015 at 6:12 pm | #

      the ambiguously autistic character has trouble interpreting what is and isn’t appropriate to disclose in conversation, fucking shocker

    • Edupoet81
      Edupoet81
      August 1, 2015 at 7:54 pm | #

      Dina’s comment may not be the most socially appropriate one for this situation (or any situation) but I suspect that has not occurred to her in this moment. She’s trying to help, and sometimes the right way to go about doing so isn’t easy to figure out, especially for those of us who struggle to develop social skills.
      After years of social withdrawal, brought on in part by being me, and exacerbated by repeated instances of bullying and being disparaged, I entered my freshman year of college determined to have a fresh start, and to become a normal, social individual. This plan backfired in all kinds of ways I won’t get into here, primarily due to the social skills I had utterly failed to develop.
      On one occasion, I was working food service in the dining hall at breakfast. When a couple of my housemates came up to get breakfast, I remarked to them that one of the hot cereals looked like vomit. The two of them just exchanged bewildered looks, and I had no clue where I went wrong.
      I was (and to an extent, still am) prone to cover up gaps in social functioning with humor. In those days, it often didn’t occur to me that there was a time and place for my sparkling observational wit. That situation in the dining hall was not the time, the place, and my observation really wasn’t funny. However, at that time, I had no clue I was being inappropriate. I could come up with other examples, but I won’t.
      Maybe what Dina said wasn’t the “right” thing to say in that situation, but I can very much identify with her, especially thinking back to what I was like at that same age.

  40. gkheyf
    gkheyf
    August 1, 2015 at 11:26 am | #

    Ethan at his most awesome: panel 3

    Dina and Danny: panel 5

    This is a good strip

  41. Garrett
    Garrett
    August 1, 2015 at 11:33 am | #

    Mmmm frequency

  42. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    August 1, 2015 at 2:04 pm | #

    great, now I’m sure they’ll do a “Dina check” every time they want to fool around in the future.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 1, 2015 at 5:14 pm | #

      omg, that’s adorable. “Wait, did you check behind the door?”

  43. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    August 1, 2015 at 2:07 pm | #

    “I mean, we’re fine, we’re banging like crazy”.

  44. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    August 1, 2015 at 3:47 pm | #

    so wait does thia mean that like, dina is sometimes in the room

    just kinda

    watching?

  45. JohnnyO
    JohnnyO
    August 1, 2015 at 5:31 pm | #

    Danny seems like he’s THIS close to a revelation on what bisexuality is.

    So there’s probably like 10,000 more strips to go until he has it.

  46. TessandraFae
    TessandraFae
    August 1, 2015 at 6:35 pm | #

    I love how Dana describes sex! I’m laughing so hard! She’s clearly my favorite character.

  47. Tunasammich
    Tunasammich
    August 1, 2015 at 6:43 pm | #

    I guffawed loud at Dina’s line, that’s my favorite line in this comic forever

  48. Leila
    Leila
    August 1, 2015 at 9:38 pm | #

    “Speaking of wiener, I need to go catch up on Dumbing”

    Me, 10 minutes ago.

  49. Victor Riley
    Victor Riley
    August 1, 2015 at 11:46 pm | #

    Nothing says that anyone attending this has to be gay, exclusively, Ethan. Danny’s just a little bi-curious, Walky’s technically gay-for-pay (if the pay is pizza, and the only gay thing you have to do is say so, temporarily), one of the organizers is straight, Dina’s a bit more on the asexual side… it takes Diff’rent Strokes to move the world.

  50. sjmcc13
    sjmcc13
    August 2, 2015 at 2:26 am | #

    am I the only one who wants a internal monologue bubble in the first panel showing Dina being so focused on the Pizza she does not notice Danny asking her not to tell Amber???

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