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Toe thing

by David M Willis on January 2, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - This Is the Way that We Love
└ Tags: joe, joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 2, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    a little too soon ¬.¬;

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 2, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

      I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions, but I was asked what mine was at a New Year’s Eve party. “Prepare for the nuclear apocalypse,” is what I went with.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 2, 2018 at 1:18 am | #

        What’s to prepare?

        We will all go together when we go
        All suffused with an incandescent glow

        But look on the (very) bright side: “There will be no more misery / When the world is our rotisserie.”

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          January 2, 2018 at 1:21 am | #

          My first post of 2018 and I screw up the link. That was supposed to go to Tom Lehrer’s We Will All Go Together When We Go.

          • AresTheVagrant
            AresTheVagrant
            January 2, 2018 at 1:59 am | #

            Tom Leher was a damn national treasure.

            • Chris Phoenix
              Chris Phoenix
              January 2, 2018 at 3:10 am | #

              Um, he’s still alive according to Wikipedia.

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                January 2, 2018 at 4:45 am | #

                But not producing new material. So, no longer as much of a treasure?

                • Mike Blanche
                  Mike Blanche
                  January 2, 2018 at 6:24 pm | #

                  He claimed the news isn’t funny any more. And, considering how much of recent history has been pretty divisive, he might be right. On the other hand, if you go through his stuff, you realize pretty quickly much of it could never see the light of day if it was produced now. (And we won’t even talk about Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.)

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  January 2, 2018 at 9:34 pm | #

                  I hear this all the time and I don’t believe any of it. I mean, his exact stuff probably wouldn’t, because it was a part of his time, but there’s plenty of “offensive” humor being produced now.

                  And if you think the 50s and 60s weren’t divisive, I don’t even know what to say.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                January 2, 2018 at 5:55 am | #

                He still is, but he also was.

          • CoMa
            CoMa
            January 2, 2018 at 5:05 am | #

            WHY have I never heard this before? (well I have an idea why, but still…) This will be one of my new favourite songs!

            • Carms
              Carms
              January 2, 2018 at 11:49 pm | #

              please make sure to explore the rest of his work. a gem.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          January 2, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

          Yeah, so I’d like to make my piece with some things first. A gun could also be useful depending on where I am from the point(s) of impact, but I don’t really want to get a gun.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            January 2, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

            *peace, fuck.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              January 2, 2018 at 6:00 am | #

              Was that Autocorrect, or a Freudian slip?

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          January 2, 2018 at 7:21 am | #

          According to our plans from back in high school, head for the gates of the nearest arms factory with a sun reflector and a cute member of your preferred gender.
          Alternately, try to calculate the best location to leave a good blast shadow and pose dramatically.

          • autogatos
            autogatos
            January 3, 2018 at 12:37 pm | #

            I was going to say my plan is to hide out in a CostCo, but then I remembered that’s my plan for the ZOMBIE apocalypse, not nuclear apocalypse. It’s hard to keep these apocalypses straight.

            It’s great for the zombies though…giant solid building with no windows, only one entrance that closes via a heavy steel door, and well-stocked with food, clothing, and other supplies.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      January 2, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

      I’d say the timing was eerily prophetic.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      January 2, 2018 at 8:36 am | #

      Yeah, I had some concerns in the last hour or so about the entire world wanting 2017 to just GDIAF, already–I mean, once I thought about how such a thing might actually come about.

      That whole “Be careful what you wish for” thing, and all that. :/

  2. coru
    coru
    January 2, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    She’s making so much progress though

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 2, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

      Agreed. A while ago, she’d be trying to nuke humanity herself instead of just waiting for it to happen on its own.

      Oh, wait, you probably meant Joyce. Nevermind.

  3. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 2, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah never misses an opportunity to be pessismistic about things.

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 2, 2018 at 2:08 am | #

      And yet, it’s an oddly comforting thought.

  4. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 2, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    You think it’s a joke, but next year we’re all gonna realize this was foreshadowing for when a magic comet turns the Earth into a nuclear wasteland and the characters have to fight for their lives

    • marianne
      marianne
      January 2, 2018 at 5:36 am | #

      A magic comet nuking us instead of us doing it ourselves would almost be a win.

    • IllogicalBobcat
      IllogicalBobcat
      January 2, 2018 at 7:03 am | #

      So this comic is a prequel, then?

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 2, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Who Wants To Live Forever?…

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      January 2, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

      I don’t believe I actually SAW this. I know the Seal remake from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert better.

      • CoMa
        CoMa
        January 2, 2018 at 5:07 am | #

        There’s a Seal remake?
        I actually don’t know if I even want to look into that…

    • Ed Rhodes
      Ed Rhodes
      January 2, 2018 at 3:34 pm | #

      “I intend to live forever, or die in the attempt!” – Villa – “Blakes 7”

  6. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 2, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Joe will be nuclear ash too, but he’ll be better nuclear ash than before, bit by bit.

  7. Raen
    Raen
    January 2, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    “The bomb drops tomorrow.”

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      January 2, 2018 at 8:43 am | #

      “Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love you, Tomorrow! You’re always a day away!”

  8. Haven
    Haven
    January 2, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Aw Sarah, that’s so sweet.

    Even she had to do her equivalent of the thing Walky does.

  9. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 2, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    I’m reminded of this Firefly scene by the way.

  10. Yumi
    Yumi
    January 2, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    That panel three Joyce.
    I feel that so hard.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 2, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

      I love you, Jocelyne, but you confuse me as to where my comments are.

  11. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    January 2, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    Nuclear ash, on the other hand, has a pretty impressive lifespan, so we can be nonexistent and faintly dangerous *forever*.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 2, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

      Nuclear ash has a very very short lifespan. MOLECULAR ash that is radioactive as a result of nuclear detonation has a much longer lifespan.

      So when the missiles fly, you can say to yourself, “at least I won’t have to worry about nuclear ash for long!”

      • Passchendaele
        Passchendaele
        January 2, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

        Hmmm being radioactive molecular ash would do wonders for my plan to destroy the world, thanks! 😛

  12. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 2, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    I wonder when Joyce will let Joe off the hook for what was also her fuckup.

    I mean, I get it’s easier to blame someone than recognize it was an accident she was equally responsible for, but this is pretty icy of her.

    • CoMa
      CoMa
      January 2, 2018 at 5:11 am | #

      I actually got the impression that she’s already on her way of letting him off the hook, with greeting him. She might still be angry, but it’s probably difficult for her to stay angry with him for very long, seeing he’s actively trying to help (even with something simple as holding the door).

      Or she might just still be very angry but the niceness in her cannot not acknowledge Joe trying to help.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        January 2, 2018 at 2:16 pm | #

        Yeah, grudging acknowledgment is still more than she’s shown him before now.

  13. Dr T
    Dr T
    January 2, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    Silly question, but do these strips still have hovertext on them? I haven’t seen them work on my phone (my preferred viewing apparatus) for a few days now.

    • Commentary Ver.2.72
      Commentary Ver.2.72
      January 2, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

      Yes. As for phone viewing, pressing near the navigation buttons works, so long as you don’t press the buttons, which do their job if you do.

    • Hoodiecrow
      Hoodiecrow
      January 2, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

      Yes. I believe you press and hold the empty area to the right of the “end” arrow.

    • NickG
      NickG
      January 2, 2018 at 5:52 pm | #

      They haven’t been working for a few days on my i-phone, never had any problems before.

  14. MM
    MM
    January 2, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    Eat Arbys.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 2, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

      Now that’s just depressing.

    • EvilMidnightLurker
      EvilMidnightLurker
      January 2, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

      At, or an?

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      January 2, 2018 at 9:52 pm | #

      It won’t matter what, or if, you ate at Arby’s when the sun expands and turns the Earth into an incandescent blob.

  15. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 2, 2018 at 12:18 am | #

    Did Joe ever see Ryan last time ( http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/presidential/ ) And could Joe be feeling more protective of his frineds in this spot?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 2, 2018 at 6:03 am | #

      Aren’t they just going to the same class?

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        January 2, 2018 at 6:35 am | #

        Yes, he and joyce share the class. His expression in the first two panels is more than “Here comes someone with a box full of iguana DVDs”, though.

        • Carms
          Carms
          January 2, 2018 at 11:53 pm | #

          it’s a “I’m sorry your toe is broken and I was implicated in the event”
          “And I kind of feeling generally unsure about myself n shit right now and am not sure what to do about how you’re mad at me”

  16. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    January 2, 2018 at 12:21 am | #

    Eugh.

    Maybe it’s just me, but “someday soon we’ll all be nuclear ash” doesn’t sound too far apart from “someday soon we’ll all be judged by God who will gather up the righteous and condemn the wicked to eternal hellfire”.

    Could you maybe be a little less eschatological, Sarah?

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      January 2, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

      it’s different bc one of those is talking about ‘some people will be judged good and others bad’ and another is talking about ‘everyone will equally die’

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        January 2, 2018 at 12:41 am | #

        That’s not true at all. Those close to Ground Zero could be instantly incinerated, those further out could get hit with third-degree burns and be killed by that over the course of minutes and hours, others further out could be trapped in collapsed buildings for days before starving to death….

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          January 3, 2018 at 8:28 pm | #

          You’re just a ray of sunshine, aren’t you, Reltzik?

          A ray of sunshine as viewed from Mercury, that is.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 2, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      Maybe she’s not talking about all of humanity. Maybe she’s just aware that there’s a nearby nuclear silo in Indiana, and so knows that everyone for 50 miles will be ash but that people in, say, Australia will be fine so long as they know how to off-road in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

      ….

      IS there a nuclear silo in Indiana? I mean, corn fields just feel like the right terrain for that for some reason….

      ….

      *Googles “nuclear launch sites in Indiana” and gets put on five government watch lists*

      • StClair
        StClair
        January 2, 2018 at 12:58 am | #

        Most silos are in plains states.

        re: this and the above “would you (want to) survive a nuclear exchange?” – I grew up in the 80s. I’ve already spent a lot of time thinking about this stuff.

        • Kryss LaBryn
          Kryss LaBryn
          January 2, 2018 at 8:46 am | #

          Me too. :/ Nothing like the certainty that you won’t reach thirty to really put a crimp in making any actual, you know, long-term career or retirement plans. Because why would you, after all?

          *Sigh* I really, really have not missed this. 🙁

        • Liquid Len
          Liquid Len
          January 2, 2018 at 12:57 pm | #

          I grew up in the 80s, and in close proximity to several military equipment manufacturers, as well as not that far from New York City. No need to prepare if you’ll most likely be incinerated…

      • DSL
        DSL
        January 2, 2018 at 3:34 am | #

        Not a “nuclear missile” site per se, but Google “Nike Missile Site C47” to read about an antiaircraft missile site was meant to take down Russian bombers that looked like they were headed for Chicago. It’s listed on the National Park Service web site.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          January 2, 2018 at 10:15 am | #

          There’s a bunch of abandoned Nike sites around here. I’ve found a few of them hiking.

          • Jhon
            Jhon
            January 2, 2018 at 9:58 pm | #

            I searched for ‘abandoned Nike sites’ and found a couple near me.
            Wowsers.
            Of course if you live near a major target…

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        January 2, 2018 at 11:06 am | #

        Mother Jones has already done the work for you. Of course, clicking on a link to Mother Jones will probably also get you on five government watch lists.

        Wondering where the nearest nuclear site is? Wonder no more.

  17. DallyDaydream
    DallyDaydream
    January 2, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

    Hey, um.

    Thank you. This hit home for me.

    I didn’t go through anything like what Joyce went through, but, I’ve had something bad happen, and I’ve felt that “I shouldn’t still be like this” feeling. The “I should be over this by now” feeling. And I felt guilty about how “this isn’t normal” until my therapist told me “it’s normal for you”. There is no universal normal, everyone’s recovery is different.

    I’m really glad Joyce has Sarah to remind her that she *will* get there one day. It’s scary and frustrating being stuck in that state. I’m really glad Joyce has good friends.

    • PB
      PB
      January 6, 2018 at 11:17 pm | #

      (hug) Amen to this. It was my biggest fear after my anxiety attack that I’d be afraid forever. Having someone to tell me it was only for now really helped. I’m glad your therapist was there for you.

  18. Hoodiecrow
    Hoodiecrow
    January 2, 2018 at 12:32 am | #

    I would like to see Joyce stop hurting. I would also like to see Sarah stop hurting.

  19. mrj
    mrj
    January 2, 2018 at 1:04 am | #

    Suggested song for this strip: “Never Quite Free” by The Mountain Goats.

    • MasakiSayz
      MasakiSayz
      January 2, 2018 at 2:12 am | #

      And here I thought I was the only one constantly pointing at the links between this comic and John Darnielle’s work! 😉

  20. EvilMidnightLurker
    EvilMidnightLurker
    January 2, 2018 at 1:05 am | #

    Damn you Willis, now I’m remembering When the Wind Blows.

    (And now you all are too, so feel free to damn me.)

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 2, 2018 at 1:28 am | #

      Never actually seen it, just read summaries.
      Though I have seen Threads, and Testament. And, of course, The Day After.
      You know, cheery holiday movies.

      • Minotaur
        Minotaur
        January 2, 2018 at 1:59 am | #

        I only saw When the Wind Blows. And I just realized this might be a good year to read On the Beach…

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          January 2, 2018 at 3:13 am | #

          Ugh, shudder. It’s a very good book – one of the very few that haunted me after I read it.

          • ValdVin
            ValdVin
            January 2, 2018 at 6:38 am | #

            Especially true for those of us who passed a Morse code requirement to get a radio license.

  21. Tyramisu
    Tyramisu
    January 2, 2018 at 1:11 am | #

    That’s right Sarah, always look on the bright side of life.

    *starts whistling*

  22. EvilMidnightLurker
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    January 2, 2018 at 1:16 am | #

    And we will all go together when we go
    What a comforting fact that is to know
    Universal bereavement
    An inspiring achievement
    Yes, we all will go together when we go

    https://youtu.be/TIoBrob3bjI

  23. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 2, 2018 at 1:34 am | #

    If two certain loose cannons continue that path, you could be right, Sarah.

    And toes take time to heal.

    • Tacos
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      January 2, 2018 at 2:01 am | #

      Joyce should just get Carla to build her a mecha-toe.

  24. Bagge
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    January 2, 2018 at 1:44 am | #

    Big sis is big-sissing good.

  25. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    January 2, 2018 at 1:48 am | #

    Topical!

  26. foamy
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    January 2, 2018 at 1:50 am | #

    *plays Crawl Out Through The Fallout on the hacked Muzak*

  27. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 2, 2018 at 2:05 am | #

    Only Sarah would feel the need to explain and clarify nice and encouraging statements!

  28. Falcon
    Falcon
    January 2, 2018 at 3:01 am | #

    My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      January 2, 2018 at 3:13 am | #

      Just please, don’t get confused by the map and don’t start bombing Poland, we are just next doors.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        January 2, 2018 at 4:17 am | #

        Don’t worry, all you should have noticed is some radioactive plume drifting over Europe a little while back.

        • Eldritch Gentleman
          Eldritch Gentleman
          January 2, 2018 at 8:03 am | #

          Sad thing is, during the Cold War my country was to be bombed by both sides. If West attacked USSR would bomb us to create a radioactive wasteland barrier. If East attacked USA would do the same.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            January 2, 2018 at 8:50 am | #

            And the bombs from both sides cross right over Canada… :/

            Can’t we just stick to targeted assassination like civilized people? :\

            • Eldritch Gentleman
              Eldritch Gentleman
              January 2, 2018 at 10:59 am | #

              Just duck and hope they all have properly working engines and you’ll be good!

              • Reltzik
                Reltzik
                January 2, 2018 at 4:57 pm | #

                …. actually, Canada would probably be safer if all the missiles crater on Canadian soil without detonating.

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          January 2, 2018 at 10:15 pm | #

          Um, there was a “radioactive plume drifting over Europe” a little while back. Russia denied everything. Eat at Wendy’s?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 2, 2018 at 4:15 am | #

      Actual mock warm-up statement made by Ronald Regan before a televised Presidential Address. Somehow leaked to the Russians who panicked because they actually thought it was real. I’m not sure if that says more about Regan, the paranoia of the Soviet authorities or just how dangerous things were getting during the early 1980s!

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        January 2, 2018 at 6:45 am | #

        I was almost a grownup then. To me it said all one needed to know of how on bended knee our press treated Reagan.

      • CJ
        CJ
        January 2, 2018 at 8:56 am | #

        And we had thought US presidents wouldn’t get worse after the cowboy.

        I distinctly remember a moment when the daily “lets train bombing the tank way through the river Weser” squad came in about two km lower than usual and for a few moments I though “this was it”. But miraculously no flash came and the bang was only the supersonic bang a lot closer than normal.
        That was around the time us military threw bombs on Libya. 1985?

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          January 3, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

          1986. We didn’t get Gaddafi, but we did kill a baby girl who might have been his adopted daughter.
          🙁

    • CoMa
      CoMa
      January 2, 2018 at 5:19 am | #

      As someone living in Europe, I’m not quite happy about reading that…

    • JBento
      JBento
      January 2, 2018 at 6:53 am | #

      But whose ass will your administration kiss then?

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        January 2, 2018 at 7:11 am | #

        Trump will invent a portal gun for the sole purpose of being able to kiss his own ass.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          January 2, 2018 at 7:19 am | #

          I hope not. I’d hate to find out the hard way whether or not burgling the POTUS counts as treason.

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            January 2, 2018 at 4:59 pm | #

            Not unless you then turn the goods over to an enemy power, or use them to engage in warfare against the United States.

            …. I mean, it’d be a FELONY, but it wouldn’t be treason.

      • Falcon
        Falcon
        January 2, 2018 at 7:40 am | #

        Jina!

  29. Eldritch Gentleman
    Eldritch Gentleman
    January 2, 2018 at 3:12 am | #

    Well, annoying orange didn’t push the button yet so we are good.

  30. Remmington Steele
    Remmington Steele
    January 2, 2018 at 3:24 am | #

    altergevver now …

    “Always look on the bright side of life …”

  31. HeySo
    HeySo
    January 2, 2018 at 3:45 am | #

    “Up here, we can be garbage.
    Someday soon we’ll all be nuclear ash.
    My secret is I’m always thinking of murder.
    I am a lesbian.”

    As far as freeform poetry goes, Willis is acing it of late.

  32. Wright
    Wright
    January 2, 2018 at 7:07 am | #

    Nope. Sorry, Sarah, you’re wrong. As long as Dina’s in the same blast radius as you, you’re fine

    Well, unless Dina takes a trip out to a nuclear fallout shelter for the fun of it. Then you’re all screwed.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 2, 2018 at 7:16 am | #

      Explain yourself, knave.

      • Wright
        Wright
        January 2, 2018 at 9:00 am | #

        Dina is immortal.

        http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/15385502185/is-dina-going-to-die-again

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          January 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm | #

          More or less immortal than Immortal Kitten?

  33. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    January 2, 2018 at 7:28 am | #

    “This won’t be you forever” – that’s some marvelous, healing words there Sarah. Hope and friendship.

    (Ten seconds goes by, part of Sarah’s brain screaming)

    Followed by death of course!

  34. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    January 2, 2018 at 7:52 am | #

    Awww, another one of Sarah’s touching moments.

  35. missilentmurmur
    missilentmurmur
    January 2, 2018 at 9:14 am | #

    I hope this toe accident will bring Joe closer to Joyce.

  36. Galuna
    Galuna
    January 2, 2018 at 10:28 am | #

    Is she getting help yet? Sal told her to, but I don’t think she has.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 2, 2018 at 12:38 pm | #

      Sal told her to tell trusted friends. She has done that. But no, she’s not sought a therapist.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        January 2, 2018 at 5:00 pm | #

        MY question is, why hasn’t DOROTHY told her to see a therapist?

        • dralou
          dralou
          January 3, 2018 at 3:35 pm | #

          Even if she did, what could a therapist do here ? They’re not supernatural beings making things go better in a snap of fingers. Joyce IS on the way to healing, she’s well supported and she knows she can talk about it with trusted people. All she needs is time, and as Sarah just stated, she’ll eventually be there, at her own pace.

  37. Tenchan
    Tenchan
    January 2, 2018 at 11:56 am | #

    Lol! Sarah the ever optimist!

  38. Betty Anne
    Betty Anne
    January 2, 2018 at 12:32 pm | #

    I just realized – if Joe wants to seriously improve his image/outlook on life, he’s going to need a new wardrobe. He has like three shirts that don’t say something that’s intentionally suggestive on them. 😐

  39. Tenn
    Tenn
    January 2, 2018 at 6:19 pm | #

    I am nostalgic for the times when Dumbing of Age didn’t take place in a year with two cranky overgrown toddlers wanting to throw nukes at each other.

    • chris73
      chris73
      January 2, 2018 at 9:16 pm | #

      The 1960s?

  40. TomHCinMI
    TomHCinMI
    January 2, 2018 at 8:32 pm | #

    Sarah always knows the comforting thing to say!

  41. Spencer
    Spencer
    January 2, 2018 at 10:34 pm | #

    I suppose it was too much to hope that Joyce wouldn’t end up getting her turn at the wheel of being a worthless sack of dogshit, but hey it’s Dumbing of Age after all.

    • Deadjolras
      Deadjolras
      January 2, 2018 at 11:16 pm | #

      That’s… a different interpretation of this comic than the one I had.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 2, 2018 at 11:32 pm | #

      Dude, what the fuck.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        January 2, 2018 at 11:41 pm | #

        Right sorry my bad I forgot that blaming people for your physical injuries that you caused and being a dickbag to them was actually hilarious and quirky.

        • Carms
          Carms
          January 2, 2018 at 11:45 pm | #

          no, still what the fuck. you might be projecting a little there.

          • DarkoNeko
            DarkoNeko
            January 3, 2018 at 12:04 am | #

            Projectile some bile mayhaps

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          January 3, 2018 at 12:03 am | #

          You’re just way too extreme in your condemnation of characters. It’s honestly a bit concerning.

          • Spencer
            Spencer
            January 3, 2018 at 12:46 am | #

            I’ve been directly told by people here that being a victim of abuse makes you inherently doomed to a lifetime of inflicting violence and none of you fuckers stood up and said anything when that happened, so take your concern and shove it up your ass.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              January 3, 2018 at 12:51 am | #

              I never saw those comments, as we don’t all read all the comments every day. If I had I would have said that that’s bullshit. I have multiple friends who are victims of abuse, and I’ve talked with them through recognizing how that doesn’t make them doomed.

              So I’m sorry you were told that on here, but that doesn’t make it okay for you to talk to me like that.

        • Deadjolras
          Deadjolras
          January 3, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

          While I don’t agree with Joyce’s decision to blame her injury entirely on Joe, I don’t believe doing so makes her a dickbag nor a “worthless sack of dogshit”, as you phrased it. Especially in the context of this comic where all she does is greet him – coldly, yes, but that’s not a crime?

          And, like, the rest of the comic illustrates perfectly why Joe is not her priority? She was worried and frustrated by her lingering trauma and how it was currently hindering her life (that is, by making her unable to be on her own). It’s perfectly understandable why giving Joe more than a passing greeting was not the first thing on her mind, and it’s not like she owes him anything more than that anyway.

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      January 3, 2018 at 1:28 am | #

      Joyce started out as a judgemental homophobe, dude. She was first in line. Every character in this comic has treated someone badly at one point or another. Like in real life, people are often inclined to forgive crappy behavior if the person being crappy demonstrates they’re willing to put in the work required to be less crappy. Sometimes even when that ends up being a lengthy process, or when new layers of crappiness are revealed.

  42. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 3, 2018 at 12:00 am | #

    Hopefully not TOO soon.

  43. ThatGuy
    ThatGuy
    January 3, 2018 at 9:22 am | #

    alt text heh. Yea i guess this was made about the time lord dampnut made his first nuclear threat, huh?

  44. PB
    PB
    January 6, 2018 at 11:15 pm | #

    … I cried a little.

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