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Harrison

by David M Willis on September 9, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: harrison, jaime, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 9, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    ok this will definitely go well

    sure worked out the first time in that other universe amirite

    (I mean, basic psychology practically screams that she’s lying, but *grabs popcorn*)

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      September 9, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

      Trip to Bullmiria, anyone?

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 9, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

        And… Willis answers Sarah’s prayers so it’s all good.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 9, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    We need to hire Joyce a life coach to spritz her with water and say “Bad!” sometimes.

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      September 9, 2019 at 5:03 am | #

      But then Sarah would never sleep in again. How could you condone such a tragedy?

      • HeySo
        HeySo
        September 9, 2019 at 8:10 am | #

        I think Sarah’d be up for it, though.
        I mean, getting paid to rebuke people seems like a job she’d not have problems with. 😛

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 9, 2019 at 8:18 am | #

          You ever see that Incredibles short that shows what happened with Jack-Jack and the babysitter? By the end she’s just sitting there, zombie-like, with a fire extinguisher and spritzing him every time he bursts into flames.

          That would be Sarah after a week.

          • Bicycle Bill
            Bicycle Bill
            September 9, 2019 at 8:48 pm | #

            That was a hilarious short.  When they show the movie on TV now (like on Freeform) they should run that immediately after credits.

    • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
      September 9, 2019 at 5:15 pm | #

      That might be a good idea if she’s going to do things like this.
      Betraying Jacob’s trust is enough of a reason.
      Thing of it is, this stacks with crossing Jacob’s loser ‘fake person’ of an actual new girlfriend, and we all remember why she needs to be kept separate from anything Sarah-related (which includes Joyce) until graduation…..

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    September 9, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Great job respecting boundaries now, Joyce.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      September 9, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      That now was then. This now is the new now.

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 9, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

        When will then be now?!

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          September 9, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

          At some indeterminate point in time.

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          September 9, 2019 at 1:51 am | #

          Soon.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        September 9, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

        “You can’t get then from now.”

        Isn’t that an old salt’s maxim about time travel?

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 9, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

          Now is the new then.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 9, 2019 at 8:07 am | #

      “It will be okay JUST THIS ONE TIME because WE ARE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!”

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      September 9, 2019 at 9:20 am | #

      Turns out Sluggo has this figured out. Very timely.
      https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2019/09/09

  4. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 9, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Joyce is back on her bullshit, her vintage Roomies bullshit!

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 9, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

      W! Danny and D! Danny know how stupid she can act.

    • Anywhere
      Anywhere
      September 9, 2019 at 3:43 am | #

      YES

  5. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 9, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Yes, this will certainly stand up to scrutiny, from the first moment they encounter Jacob and well beyond.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 9, 2019 at 6:47 am | #

      Yeah, beyond even the creepiness of it, it’s just dumb. No way she should think Jacob would play along – and that’s assuming Raidah’s not already in there with him.

  6. Diner Kinetic
    Diner Kinetic
    September 9, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, mwahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA
    Joyce, let the chaos throw through you, let your dark ascension cause worlds to tremble, let jacob be… MILDLY CONFUSED! *evil cackle*

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 9, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      Wait, is Joyce joining Chaos? HERESY! ORDER AN EXTERMINATUS!

      • Chris Phoenix
        Chris Phoenix
        September 9, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

        OK, I know this isn’t an HPMOR reference, but it sure sounds like one.

        • fridge_logic
          fridge_logic
          September 9, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

          It’s a 40K reference, though a bit overzealous one in the case of Joyce turning to Chaos, since Exterminatus is an operation that consumes an entire planet in fire to cleanse it of Heresy.

          • FacelessDeviant
            FacelessDeviant
            September 9, 2019 at 9:58 am | #

            There are loads of in jokes about inquisitors being way too fast with destroying entire worlds on the drop of a hat. Bruva Alfabusa has bade a few good vids about it 🙂

            • Kat
              Kat
              September 9, 2019 at 11:41 pm | #

              Wait…you mean Inquisitors aren’t supposed to order Exterminatus at
              the first sign of Xenos or Heretical activity? Next you’re gonna say the
              Emperor gave orders not to worship him as a divine being! That the
              Imperium of Man isn’t the best and Most Goodest faction in Warhammer
              40k and that… *lights flamethrower* Is Heresy. /s

              • FacelessDeviant
                FacelessDeviant
                September 10, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

                The Imperium might very well be the Goodest and Nicest faction in 40k. That is probably why its called such a dark millenium.

                That aside though, you even mentioning the possibility that The Emperor isn’t divine is in itself *racks the bolt gun* an heretical act.

                • Lailah
                  Lailah
                  September 17, 2019 at 10:15 am | #

                  It’s really not. Even after the retcons to try to make it moreso. Still completely stupid to have done some of them, but the fans are the fools we are.

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        September 9, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

        Now now, she might also be sympathising with the Tau since this is all for the Greater Good (of her becoming Jacob’s girlfriend and later wife).

  7. Grant
    Grant
    September 9, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    joyce no

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      I think Joyce doesn’t have an angel and a devil on her shoulder (there’s not a malicious bone in her body), she has a Dorothy and a Becky instead. Both good, but in very different places on the Lawful/Chaotic axis.

      ShoulderDorothy is facepalming right now, and ShoulderBecky knows this is gonna be hilarious.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        September 9, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

        You remember the faces Becky and Joyce made when Joss said they would have to break into Becky’s house? Becky is wearing the same face, Shoulder!Dot is wearing Joyce’s.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        September 9, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

        She has Aziraphale and Crowley.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 9, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

          Joyce has no idea who those are. Reading/watching Good Omens would melt her brain.

          • CoMa
            CoMa
            September 9, 2019 at 2:40 am | #

            Probably. If she progresses, though, she might be able to in 10+ years. Maybe?

            And now that it was mentioned, I’d love to have Aziraphale and Crowley as shoulder angels

            • Khyrin
              Khyrin
              September 9, 2019 at 3:43 am | #

              I mean, the crux of Azi’s argument at the End of Days was basically. “All ya’ll can just shut up because this is YOUR plan, not THE plan. ” and oh… yeah. there’s the brainmelt. the concept that not even the Angels know what God is actually planning.

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          September 9, 2019 at 3:03 am | #

          Yes

      • Felian
        Felian
        September 10, 2019 at 9:55 am | #

        Haha i love that!

  8. Jamie
    Jamie
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    I need a facepalm meme, and all it needs to say is, “Joyce…”

  9. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Shit, it’s been a while since I wanted to reach in my screen and shake Joyce really hard, but here it is. I’m gonna go any yell and beat my head against a wall for a while, you guys want anything?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      Boundaries my ass. You couldn’t even respect that climbing in your roommates bed and waking them is shitty.

      • TheWanderingMist
        TheWanderingMist
        September 9, 2019 at 8:15 pm | #

        Sarah LIKES Joyce waking her up, in case you forgot. And it’s what Joyce did for probably 15 years give or take with her brothers. She’s been at college a total of two months, probably even less considering school starts late August and it’s only early October.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 9, 2019 at 9:48 pm | #

          No, Joyce thinks Sarah likes her waking her up. Sarah screaming and yelling at her to knock it off says otherwise. And just because Joyce did it at home does not give her the right to do it at school. As for your alt text, *I* sure as shit wouldn’t. Joyce would’ve gotten punched already if it was me, because that’s my knee jerk when people suddenly wake me up by screaming in my face.

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          September 9, 2019 at 9:50 pm | #

          To be fair, if that is something Sarah was opposed to (and other characters who are opposed to it), this isn’t a case were “it hasn’t been that long in strip” would apply. Learning to be better with boundaries in general takes time, but learning a specific boundary like that? That should go a lot quicker.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      Answers. I want answers. What the hell made Joyce think this was a good idea?

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        September 9, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

        She’s very poorly socialized?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 9, 2019 at 1:51 am | #

        Wish fulfillment?

      • Sporky
        Sporky
        September 9, 2019 at 2:47 am | #

        Honestly, I don’t think she DOES think this is a good idea, she just couldn’t resist.

      • Hielario
        Hielario
        September 9, 2019 at 1:16 pm | #

        In romantic matters, Joyce’s mind defaults to fictional tropes.

    • Nono
      Nono
      September 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Joyce handed the ball to Billie for a while, but how she’s back to reclaim her title.

    • Woomy
      Woomy
      September 9, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      I don’t like that your icon is different

      Have some consideration

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        September 9, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

        I’m sorry, for some reason the comment field went blank and I don’t remember what sequence of capital letters it was that led to my old one. I miss it too.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Joyce, you were doing so well. Where did it all go wrong?

    • Nono
      Nono
      September 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      Sarah should have followed up on locking Joyce in a closet with that men’s fitness magazine and a hairbrush.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 9, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

        I always thought men’s fitness images weren’t actually attractive to most women — but hey, Ethan and Joe are very built, so maybe Joyce has a type.

        • Nono
          Nono
          September 9, 2019 at 4:05 am | #

          I think it’s only in recent years that the conventional attractive male sterotype has veered away from that.

          Even then, you’ll still see the requisite shirtless abs in every other big blockbuster film these days. I mean I don’t doubt that there’s a bit of male power fantasy in there too, but there’s still a market for those abs out there I imagine.

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      September 9, 2019 at 3:51 am | #

      Year after year of not getting laid is doing her no favors.

  11. Thores
    Thores
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Ohhh boy. There’s Walkyverse Joyce.

  12. Nono
    Nono
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Ah, yes, this marks the… third? time that someone is pretending to be somebody else’s girlfriend in the comic.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      September 9, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

      3rd!? I remember that one time with Danny and Amber ( well technically that wasn’t a lie) but was the 3rd one?

      • Nono
        Nono
        September 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

        Sal and Malaya.

        • Nono
          Nono
          September 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

          Marcie, not Malaya. My bad.

          • newllend(henryvolt)
            newllend(henryvolt)
            September 9, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

            Oooooh…also that was a very amusing mistake.

          • Norah
            Norah
            September 9, 2019 at 2:22 am | #

            And that was an idea that came from Joyce and Becky.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          September 9, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

          Salaya OTP.

          They have a perfect smushname, it’s clearly meant to be. >_>

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            September 9, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

            Sal and Danny could be just “Sally”, which is perfect because Danny is more or less invisible.

            Sal and Said would be “Salid”, another good name portmanteau.

  13. Yossarianduck
    Yossarianduck
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Hey
    Hey Joyce?
    This is the opposite of how you achieve what you want.

  14. Far
    Far
    September 9, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    JOYCE NO

  15. Tacos
    Tacos
    September 9, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh? So she is at least now aware that she wasn’t respecting people’s boundaries?

    This totally can’t go wrong. No sirree.

  16. Cheshrin
    Cheshrin
    September 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Joyce, no.

    Look at that, I’m typing HTML brackets on a phone, that’s how much of a bad idea this is.

  17. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    September 9, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    PLEASE SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW

  18. butts
    butts
    September 9, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    JOYCE YOU BUTT

  19. AntJ
    AntJ
    September 9, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Joyce Brown is through with playing nice and I love it. This is the culmination of what really got started with this glorious strip: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/wrong-3/

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      September 9, 2019 at 3:40 am | #

      Jacob is the best character and makes the best face in that strip.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 9, 2019 at 6:56 am | #

      1) She was supposed to given up on that
      2) What’s the plan here? Does she think Jacob’s going to play along? Raidah certainly won’t.

  20. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    September 9, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Joyce! >8(

  21. Anthony S
    Anthony S
    September 9, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    DAMMIT JOYCE, NO
    This is Roomies Joyce all over again

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 9, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

      Time to get Head Alien and some British Ninjas.

  22. Sol Karas
    Sol Karas
    September 9, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    JOYCE NO.
    COME ON.
    YOU DID THIS SHIT IN ROOMIES! AND IT DIDN’T END WELL THERE.
    PLEASE STOP NOW>

    *Screams*

  23. Cass
    Cass
    September 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    You’re a teenager now, Joyce, you can’t just go and regress twenty-two years like that when you weren’t even born yet!

  24. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    September 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    *Facepalms* Gotdangit Joyce! This is not going to end well is it? There is no way this ends well.

  25. Kravis
    Kravis
    September 9, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Yes.

    In a three way.

  26. TheAmazingKMan
    TheAmazingKMan
    September 9, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    God dammit joyce…

  27. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    September 9, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    I don’t know how this is going to go. If it doesn’t go horribly wrong then it ends in a way that’s unexpected.

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 9, 2019 at 2:34 am | #

      I can’t imag any way this could turn out good for Joyce, since Willis usually doesn’t write rom-com stuff.

  28. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 9, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    Hooray for lying!

    This can only end badly.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 9, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

      Oh, what a tangled web we weave,
      When first we practice to deceive.

  29. CMasta
    CMasta
    September 9, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    JOYCE

  30. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    September 9, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    Don’t go there, Joyce. What if he’s married?

    • Victor Riley
      Victor Riley
      September 9, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

      No, I think she’s saying she’s Jacob’s girlfriend (when it’s really Raidah), not making a pass at Harrison.

    • SuperZero
      SuperZero
      September 9, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

      What?

  31. nlips
    nlips
    September 9, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    JOYCE NO

  32. Mada
    Mada
    September 9, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    JOYCE NO

  33. Woomy
    Woomy
    September 9, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Jesus, Joyce

    • Dara
      Dara
      September 9, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      …is my all-lesbian Jesus Jones cover band.

  34. Dara
    Dara
    September 9, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Joyce? No. No, Joyce. No.

  35. Ambs
    Ambs
    September 9, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    Dammit, now I have anxiety about how this is gonna end up going.

    • Sunny
      Sunny
      September 9, 2019 at 3:43 am | #

      Yeah, it’s at that uncomfortably stage of stupidity.

  36. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    September 9, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    We need thought balloons in panels three and four.
    Panel three — Joyce is saying a quick prayer… “Lord, lead me not into temptation…”
    Panel four — still praying: “…for I shall find it by myself.”

  37. Black
    Black
    September 9, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

    Joyce, this isn’t one of those “fake it ’til you make it” moments.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 9, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

      …I give it pretty good odds it actually is, given that I’m pretty sure Jacob has yet to address HIS crush on pretty, brave available Joyce

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 9, 2019 at 6:59 am | #

        He’s got a crush, but he’s also got a girlfriend, who’s planning to meet his brother today.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          September 9, 2019 at 7:40 am | #

          I’m not saying it won’t be a clusterfudge.

          I’m saying I’m not ruling out Joyce snagging her man in the end, despite it being a clusterfudge.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            September 9, 2019 at 11:45 am | #

            That might be the DoA strip that finally makes me throw my computer out a window.

            And I like both my computer and Dumbing of Age, so I’d have to go about getting a new one to keep reading. 😛

  38. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    September 9, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    ‘You know, when he said your name was Raidah, I was picturing someone a little less…lily white.’

    ‘Yes…uh…well, I am American.’

    ‘… So are me and Jacob?’

    ‘Uh…yeah, I…uh… … … I’m not racist, I swear.’

  39. Flame Warp
    Flame Warp
    September 9, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    Wow, this is the first time a character’s actions have made me actually facepalm in real life.

    • Vukodlak
      Vukodlak
      September 9, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      You’re face palm threshold is much higher then mine.

  40. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    September 9, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    You can still salvage this Joyce.
    “Yes…. I know her.”

  41. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    September 9, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    What are you doing Joyce?

  42. Yumi
    Yumi
    September 9, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    Joyce. Sweetie. How do you see this ending? Like. What’s the outcome you think you’re going to get from this? Jacob Just doesn’t want to make things awkward with his brother, so he goes along with it, and you bond with Harrison so he keeps asking about you, and Jacob doesn’t want to disappoint him, so bam, there you are a month after graduation walking down the aisle towards Jacob as Raidah lurks in the shadows, preparing to drop a chandelier on you?

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 9, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

      If Jacob politely tells her to fuck off, that would break Joyce.

    • RicardtheDragoon
      RicardtheDragoon
      September 9, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

      I don’t think Raidah would ever get that deranged, but maybe Joyce could. It would be a bit sacrilegious to do at Joyce’s “church” (assuming it has a chandelier), but in a month, Joyce could slide that far. She did skip church once already.

  43. Dana
    Dana
    September 9, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

    Okay Joyce, repeat after me: “Oh, you mean *Girlfriend* girlfriend. No, I’m Joyce. We’re close, but nothing like that.

  44. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    September 9, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

    Ah shit here we go again. Anti Joyce is always two steps behind and ready to jump when Joyce is close to something stupid and dangerous.

  45. Nenja
    Nenja
    September 9, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

    JOYCE NO

    I’m getting flashbacks to Roomies, when she pretended she and Danny had gotten engaged.

    • Ron
      Ron
      September 9, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

      Exactly my sentiment. “NO! Bad Joyce!”

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      September 9, 2019 at 10:57 am | #

      She made Danny’s parents think he has a mental problem and sent him to therapy.

  46. CleverTrousers
    CleverTrousers
    September 9, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    Your ads overlap with the comic.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      September 9, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

      Yes, I particularly hate that ad, because it tries to wiggle away when you try to click the Close button.

  47. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    September 9, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

    Wouldn’t it be a hoot if she caught up to Harrison just short of Jacob’s door and corrected herself? Joyce could say something like, “I meant ‘friend.’ Jacob and I are ‘friends.’ As for romantic relationship entanglements, well, you know, Jacob—”
    At this point, Jacob opens the door, “Harrison! I see you already met my new girlfriend. Isn’t she amazing?”

    To which Harrison naturally replies, “Glad you finely broke it off with that harpy you were chained to last time we talked.”

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      September 9, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

      No, no it would not. The last thing Joyce needs is to be rewarded for being a boundary trampling brat.

      • TheWanderingMist
        TheWanderingMist
        September 9, 2019 at 8:17 pm | #

        Oh, get over yourself. People don’t have to change for Joyce but she has to change for them? That’s pretty blatant hypocrisy there.

        • Deadjolras
          Deadjolras
          September 9, 2019 at 9:30 pm | #

          What in the world are you talking about?

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          September 9, 2019 at 9:44 pm | #

          I’d bet BBCC would be in favor of anyone learning to respect boundaries. Joyce is just the one here who is taking flawed action.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 9, 2019 at 11:21 pm | #

          I didn’t say anything about other people in this strip, because nobody else in this strip is currently being a tool. I’ve said Walky, for instance, should stop teasing her about her sexuality, and that Raidah should knock it off when she was making fun of being a teacher. But right now? It’s Joyce who’s being a jerk so she’s the one who should stop.

        • Chaucer59
          Chaucer59
          September 12, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

          I don’t know if it’s hypocrisy, but asking for more justice in a comic than in the real world is certainly unrealistic. People—especially the privileged—get away with far more outlandish shit all the time.

  48. bearfuz
    bearfuz
    September 9, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

    “Dear Evan Hansen” without the tics and most of the angst

    Though there may eventually be some

  49. Synnerman
    Synnerman
    September 9, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

    Miss one Sunday of church and she goes full hussy!

    Never go full hussy Joyce!!

  50. Lux
    Lux
    September 9, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

    JOYCE NO

    • Tom T.
      Tom T.
      September 9, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

      What could go wrong?

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        September 9, 2019 at 3:47 am | #

        Off the top of my head: 4 major things and 3 to 4 dozen minor things.

  51. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    September 9, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

    “Just kidding” just say this Joyce.

    Joyce please say “just kidding.”

    Joyce plz, there is no reason to put a baby in the middle of this conflict.

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 9, 2019 at 2:39 am | #

      Let’s hope. Or that this is all a dream and she’s still sleeping.

  52. Rei
    Rei
    September 9, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

    Oh god I physically felt the cringe at the last panel

    JOYCE NO

  53. Abbefaria
    Abbefaria
    September 9, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

    God has finally decided to speak to you Joyce and he’s saying “ABORT!”

  54. C.
    C.
    September 9, 2019 at 1:10 am | #

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  55. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    September 9, 2019 at 1:10 am | #

    joyce no

  56. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 9, 2019 at 1:11 am | #

    Mamma mia, Joyce. Raidah’s gonna be beyond miffed (and Sarah will be thrilled by said miffing).

  57. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    September 9, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

    It feels good. Just let me have this moment, this one moment. It can be real if it feels real, just for a moment.

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 9, 2019 at 1:26 am | #

    JOYCE, NO!!!

  59. WaterKey
    WaterKey
    September 9, 2019 at 1:28 am | #

    The real surprise will be where she admits to Harrison that while she’s attracted to Jacob she’s not actually his girlfriend, doing so before they even meet up with Jacob.

    This preemptive fixing of her mistake and Raidah’s…. Raidah-ing, will cause Harrison to start going to bat for Joyce as an alternative he thinks will actually make Jacob happy in the long-term.

  60. Viktor
    Viktor
    September 9, 2019 at 1:33 am | #

    Bold play, Joyce. I like it.

    Also, is anyone else having issues with the RSS feeds? They were fine for me until the BABY comic. The last two comics don’t seem to have posted into the feed?

    • Josie
      Josie
      September 9, 2019 at 9:18 am | #

      Same!

      I’m also having intermittent success with hover text on my old ass iPad. I wasn’t seeing the same problems on my phone when it wasn’t shattered (rip)

  61. Clif
    Clif
    September 9, 2019 at 1:37 am | #

    Let me go on record as being 100% in agreement with the alt-text.

  62. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    September 9, 2019 at 1:44 am | #

    Oh Joyce, no… You were doing so well!

  63. SillyGoose
    SillyGoose
    September 9, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

    Hey look at the bright side! For once ALL THE COMMENT SECTION agrees that this is wrong! How often does that happen?
    With some variations as to the level of ‘hilarious’, but still wrong. Also, stupid.

  64. Farmer_10
    Farmer_10
    September 9, 2019 at 1:50 am | #

    You chose…poorly.

  65. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 9, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

    Well I predict this will go great. Nothing could possible go wrong from Joyce lying to Jacob’s brother about being his girlfriend.

  66. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 9, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

    The only reason why there is even a hypothetical chance of this working is because Harrison doesn’t know Joyce well enough to interpret her agonisingly obvious ‘I am a filthy, sinful liar’ facial tells.

  67. Zero
    Zero
    September 9, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

    I’m getting Roomies flashbacks….. sudden influx of supernatural abilities, acting like her Walkyverse counterpart prior to character development, dear god the Head Alien has replaced our Joyce with a clone of the Walkyverse Joyce! Someone find Walky! Or Walkyverse Mike or Robin!

  68. fire_daws
    fire_daws
    September 9, 2019 at 2:16 am | #

    God damnit it Joyce.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 9, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

      +1-Gravatar!

      • fire_daws
        fire_daws
        September 9, 2019 at 1:27 pm | #

        Claireface for every occasion.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          September 9, 2019 at 4:33 pm | #

          Any of Momo’s faces when her taser is on works too.

  69. Norah
    Norah
    September 9, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

    Joyce, this is such a bad idea. It’s bound to come out, and then you’ll lose Jacob’s friendship, not to mention anything deeper.

  70. Norah
    Norah
    September 9, 2019 at 2:30 am | #

    N fact, if the news gets around, the only friend Joyce will have is Becky. Well, possibly Sarah.

  71. Eli
    Eli
    September 9, 2019 at 2:52 am | #

    I literally gasped and went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

    JOYCE!!!!!!!!! AAAHH

  72. Miffed Mab
    Miffed Mab
    September 9, 2019 at 2:57 am | #

    Oh Joyce

  73. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    September 9, 2019 at 3:08 am | #

    JOYCE NO

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      September 9, 2019 at 4:42 am | #

      x 2

  74. Arianod
    Arianod
    September 9, 2019 at 3:12 am | #

    Looks like I’m the only one, but I didn’t read this as Joyce “lying”. More like “New girlfriend? OMG YES Jacob is done with Raidah, he’s into ME now!! I’M the new girlfriend!!!”

  75. AGV
    AGV
    September 9, 2019 at 3:48 am | #

    Oh deer oh honey oh golly

  76. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    September 9, 2019 at 3:58 am | #

    This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened in this comic and I just hope this is going to end so spectacularly badly.

  77. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    September 9, 2019 at 4:03 am | #

    I doubt she’ll play this card very hard. Just try it on for size, if people try out the assumption for a while. Ultimately she can just play it off as “Ha I was just joking”, if it leaves a hint of “Huh, I thought you were a cute couple until I knew” in the air, she can say “Huh, maybe you’re right, maybe we would be”.

  78. acher4
    acher4
    September 9, 2019 at 4:22 am | #

    NO!

    Gosh Darnit Joyce!

  79. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    September 9, 2019 at 4:27 am | #

    Look, I’m all for seeing how this story arc plays out and letting Willis explore subjects that he’s interested in…

    …but I gotta say, if there was one plot arc that I was less interested in revisiting than “Becky and Amber’s parents are fucking scumbags”, it was “Joyce tries to get Jacob to date her through horribly unethical means”…

  80. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    September 9, 2019 at 4:41 am | #

    She might not be his new girlfriend now but she might become his New girlfriend later on…

    ok but srsly lying is bad and this will end in some wonderful chaos which i will watch with popcorn

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 9, 2019 at 6:36 am | #

      I think it will be hilarious if Joyce breaks down and ends up confessing (because I don’t think she’s that good at lying). Harrison will probably ask Jacob what the hell he’s doing with his fangirls to leave her in that state.

      The answer is ‘nothing’, of course. There’s nothing Jacob could do that would be worse than the angel on Joyce’s shoulder nagging at her 24/7.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 9, 2019 at 10:45 am | #

        Joyce has been shown to be horrible at lying.

  81. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    September 9, 2019 at 5:41 am | #

    My hand is on my mouth I have Gasped audibly, OH MY GOSH JOYCE HOW COULD YOU?! :O

  82. Very Bored
    Very Bored
    September 9, 2019 at 6:19 am | #

    Shes a friend and a girl, Technically correct is best correct!

  83. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 9, 2019 at 6:34 am | #

    I’m thinking that, when the time comes, Jacob will be very disappointed in Joyce but will probably describe her to Harrison as “a cute and slightly crazy girl with a crush on me and a heart made of a solid gold nugget). The Williams brothers will then laugh and move on with their lives.

    Depending on how well Joyce handles Jaime, she might get a regular babysitting gig.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 9, 2019 at 7:46 am | #

      That’s a likely outcome, but it could be complicated by
      a) Jacob himself having a chrush on Joyce.

      b) Raidah’s Billie-esque alpha-bongo-tendencies, and her already being set on a battle for Ownership of Jacob between her and Joyce.

      • Norah
        Norah
        September 10, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

        Jacob’s crush might go away after this, as he’ll see Joyce as too immature/messed up by her upbringing to have a relationship with at the present time.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          September 10, 2019 at 2:28 am | #

          Or it may grant him an opportunity (one that many readers have speculated he may be seeking) to have an alternate second life with a ‘fun’ girlfriend as opposed to Raidah who is more serious and ambitious for him.

  84. beige
    beige
    September 9, 2019 at 6:47 am | #

    and now Joyce is starting to become her Roomies version XD

  85. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    September 9, 2019 at 7:01 am | #

    oh Joyce

  86. JBento
    JBento
    September 9, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

    “And then Jacob finds out about this and tells Joyce to fuck off and die for being a disrespectful little shit.” is the ONE ending I want out of this.

    • Acebender
      Acebender
      September 9, 2019 at 7:52 am | #

      harsh

      • JBento
        JBento
        September 9, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

        Even if we discount Raidah (because the commentariat seems to have an intense hateboner for her, on account of, CHARITABLY, protagonist-based morality), this is disrespectful to Harrison and EXTREMELY, SHITTILY disrespectful to Jacob.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 9, 2019 at 10:52 am | #

          I’m not even sure “disrespectful” is what I’d call it. Mostly just stupid. It should blow up in her face in about 30 seconds when Jacob opens the door.

          It would actually be worse if she was doing it with less proximity so she might be able to keep up the pretense longer. I don’t see how she won’t just come off weird and creepy.

          As for Raidah, some of us can have issues with her based on her presentation, while still not likely what Joyce is trying to do. We can multi-task, as Rachel would say. 🙂

  87. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 9, 2019 at 7:35 am | #

    It’s just a matter of time.

  88. Acebender
    Acebender
    September 9, 2019 at 7:51 am | #

    Well I can’t imagine how this could go wrong!

  89. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    September 9, 2019 at 7:53 am | #

    That’s a bad, Joyce.

  90. djaevlenselv
    djaevlenselv
    September 9, 2019 at 8:11 am | #

    Hah! This is just like that time Amber lied about being Danny’s girlfriend to his parents!
    Except not like that time at all, really.

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 10, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

      No, because she needed to get away from Blaine, and it actually helped Danny at the time with his awful mom, who only values him based on his girlfriends.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 10, 2019 at 8:37 am | #

        Plus, you know, she kind of was his girlfriend, he just didn’t know it. The split between AG and Amber wasn’t so strong back then.

        At least it didn’t have the potential of messing with his actual relationship.

  91. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 9, 2019 at 9:29 am | #

    The correct next line is. Yes, I have heard of you.

    That’s not where she’s taking this.

  92. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 9, 2019 at 9:37 am | #

    You know, the way Harrison is looking over his shoulder whilst smiling, I cannot rule out shenanigans. I wonder if he knows Joyce isn’t Jacob’s girlfriend (having met Raidah by video-chat on several occasions). However, he’s smart enough to know a crush when he sees it and he’s seeing how far he can string Joyce along before she snaps like an over-stretched elastic band.

  93. Catullus
    Catullus
    September 9, 2019 at 9:49 am | #

    I showed up to say “joyce no” only to discover that, well, I was far from the first person with that idea :b

  94. PB
    PB
    September 9, 2019 at 10:20 am | #

    Oh. Oh dear God. My cringe allergy is acting up.

    I’ll … I’ll come back in a couple days, I think.

  95. ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    September 9, 2019 at 11:11 am | #

    NOOOOOOOOO

  96. Hark a lizard awaits ye
    Hark a lizard awaits ye
    September 9, 2019 at 12:03 pm | #

    This can only end good or neutral. If Joyce gets called out she can just be like “what oh i thought you meant female friend we’re not dating” and then If harrison likes Joyce more than ‘The Adversary’ then maybe Jacob will rethink the relationship. Jacob could see through it all but like he wouldnt have any hard evidence something malicious was at play and he seems too logical and grounded to get (justifiably) angry at her without hard evidence.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 9, 2019 at 4:43 pm | #

      Or Jacob would see it as “someone not at all respecting my boundaries or my relationship and therefore are to be avoided because they cannot be trusted,” and despite Jacob and Joyce obviously being into one another, the relationship would and should be tanked before it could get off the ground at all.

      If Joyce hadn’t screwed this all up by lying to Harrison, she could have controlled the entire ebb and flow of Harrison’s visit, or she could have let Raidah do the damage for her (based on the last time we saw Jacob and Raidah together, Jacob does not like the pressure that being Harrison’s Little Brother entails. It is a very familiar feeling for me, since I’ve been called every one of my brother’s names, especially in high school when I was regularly called by their names). Raidah doesn’t see Jacob chafing under the pressure, and she would have done all the imploding required to break off their relationship, clearing the way for JacobxJoyce.

      Frankly? Raidah would deserve it! She doesn’t see Jacob nearly as well as she thinks she does (Jacob does want to live up to his brother’s reputation, but that’s all Raidah focuses on), and the entire situation with Sarah (Raidah tracking Sarah down every so often to tell her what a horrible person she is unprompted is her first appearance in the comic) really paints Raidah as an asshole, but she doesn’t deserve Joyce homewrecking.

      If Joyce had been above-board earlier she wouldn’t have had to do anything, but now she’s poisoned every interaction beyond any antidote (unless she freaks out and admits the truth before Harrison meets up with Jacob).

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 9, 2019 at 6:52 pm | #

        It’s funny how we read things differently. I don’t see Jacob as chafing under the comparisons to Harrison in those other strips. I didn’t see any negative reaction from him to any of Raidah’s manipulation, in fact. He seemed kind of oblivious, at least to the idea she was doing it intentionally.

        Which doesn’t mean I disagree with your assessment of Raidah, just how much of it Jacob sees.

        As for this? It’s not even “respecting boundaries”, it’s just weird and dumb. I can’t see how it doesn’t blow up in her face as soon as Jacob opens the door. If she’d been able to pose as his girlfriend for longer and actually do something with it, then I could see it being her boundary issues, I suppose.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          September 9, 2019 at 11:20 pm | #

          Well, I could be projecting.

  97. Axel
    Axel
    September 9, 2019 at 3:48 pm | #

    Joyce nooooo

  98. zee
    zee
    September 9, 2019 at 3:57 pm | #

    Oh honey, no.
    This is gonna be fun as hell when it plays out though

  99. Matt
    Matt
    September 9, 2019 at 4:15 pm | #

    Damn it Joyce. Not again.

  100. Thulcandran
    Thulcandran
    September 9, 2019 at 5:02 pm | #

    Oh god, the secondhand embarrassment may actually prevent me from reading this whole storyline. Joyce, noooOOOOOO

  101. ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    ǝ snow ʍousɐ
    September 9, 2019 at 6:45 pm | #

    What is even the point of this? Literally the only thing that this could possibly happen as a result of this is that Jacob finds out Joyce is pretending to be his girlfriend.

  102. EmCaCo
    EmCaCo
    September 9, 2019 at 7:54 pm | #

    What if this gets Jacob in the crossfire? As in Harrison thinks his little brother is playing two girls and loses respect for him. That would be devastating and mean extra feelings of betrayal when Jacob finds out.

  103. TheWanderingMist
    TheWanderingMist
    September 9, 2019 at 8:07 pm | #

    Joyce, no.

    You know better than this.

    Not that you’re good at lying, so it won’t last long anyway.

  104. Tealjoy Grove
    Tealjoy Grove
    September 10, 2019 at 10:24 am | #

    *whispering* Joyce honey, nooooo….

  105. Electriccombines
    Electriccombines
    September 11, 2019 at 10:12 am | #

    The only way I see this working out is if she says she meant “a girl friend” and that it was a huge misunderstanding. Otherwise I’m worried Jacob will feel that Joyce was yet another person who was objectifying him.
    This is very stressful.

  106. Gary Grandpa
    Gary Grandpa
    September 12, 2019 at 3:00 pm | #

    Man, from skipping church to breaking commandments in like, a day. I can see the fundamentalists really making a thing of this one.

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Vangelus @vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
check out my original angle photos of ss86 megatron, source unknown and unimportant
ss86 megatron, shot in vertical in a mad seething panic by a severe incompetent
ss86 megatron, shot in vertical in a mad seething panic by a severe incompetent
ss86 megatron, shot in vertical in a mad seething panic by a severe incompetent
ss86 megatron, shot in vertical in a mad seething panic by a severe incompetent
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Tommy Valdez @thomasav.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Target's 2025 Pride Collection
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social ⋅ 12h
header image - Target Scales Back Pride Section To Single T-Shirt Saying They’d Do A Threesome With A Girl For Their Boyfriend’s Birthday
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Target Scales Back Pride Section To Single T-Shirt Saying They’d Do A Threesome With A Girl For Their Boyfriend’s Birthday
MINNEAPOLIS—Responding to conservative backlash over a large selection of offerings for the month of June, Target announced Friday that they would scale back their gay pride section to a single t-shir...
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Jules Effin Rivera @lovejoolz.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Happy Pride! Here's the comic where I come out as a Disaster Pansexual *and* Animal Crossing Weirdo
Love, Joolz comic
Panel 1
Jules and Blackbird chilling on the couch. 
J: I'm going to my friend's Pride March in Animal crossing! Time to make a cool outfit that show off my cousins. 
B: But you already have Disaster Bisexual outfits in Animal Crossing. 
Panel 2
Jules attempts to sew a dress in the Pansexual colors.
J: I am not a disaster bisexual. I'm Pansexual.
B: What's the difference? 
J: Getting horny for way more options.
Panel 3
Blackbird flutters agitatedly at Jules, who struggles with the sewing machine. 
B: Jules you're running out of time! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time!
B: We gotta go! 
J: It's fine! I can get the dress done in time! 
B: We gotta go! We're gonna miss the march! 
J: It's fine it's fine it's fine it's--
Panel 4: 
Jules and Blackbird at the Animal Crossing Pride parade. Blackbird is in a cap with Trans flag colors and a shirt with a rainbow pattern. Jules is in a suit with a bow tie and a froggie hat. She looks a mess. 
B: Jesus God, you really are a disaster bisexual. 
J: Disaster Pansexual.
B: Right. 
B: Jesus God
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
tfw the secret ingredient definitely isn't poison
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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
Can we get a license for an additional official if we pay the processing fee and donate the harvest to a food bank?
kendrawcandraw.bsky.social's user avatarKendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
Every queer person gets to kill and eat one(1) sitting US official this month
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca ⋅ 16h
by carefully mixing 10% cream with 1% skim milk, you can unlock forbidden milk percentages the government doesn't want you to know about, like 7.725%
some milk I used to make Forbidden Percentages. I didn't mention 2% in my post though. I gotta keep some secrets
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
online transformers collectors: i hope ss86 megatron doesn't have big ol' treads on his back!!! ss86 megatron: *treads fold up inside the legs* online transformers collectors: HIS LEGS ARE TOO CHUNKY >>>:((((
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Sweet prank" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Sweet prank
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
View AND change this, if we were talking quantum mechanics
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Micah @rincewind.run ⋅ 1d
the big disconnect that happens here is between the correct message for D politicians (especially in red states), which is “you’re right, this isn’t who you are, you’re better than that, vote differently next time” and the actual truth, which is yes you did, fuck you
kevinbuist.com's user avatarKevin Buist @kevinbuist.com ⋅ 2d
Yes, you did vote to deport moms.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Raw milk has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
fangferric.bsky.social's user avatarFerric Fang @fangferric.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
RFK Jr celebrated the release of the MAHA report by downing raw milk shooters in the White House with influencer Paul Saladino. Hazards of raw milk include Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli O157:H7, and now-- avian flu.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
maggie, reading a strip from a year from now: oh this is so obnoxious, i love it she gets me
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned it's nice to see Walter Bubbletea, 80-year-old fiance to someone roughly 20, talk to someone his own age.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"ESPECIALLY willa!" "dad, has it come to mind yet that if i was correct, actually, about belle being cuckoo for murderpuffs, that she was in fact trying to kill me, your human daughter, all this time" "sorry, still only really care about the fish"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "My eyes only" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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My eyes only
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
fuck Target's sad beige pride. You don't have to like rainbows to be loud and proud; AND you can support a currently-unemployed trans artist! (many more at link) www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov...
a black hoodie with hand-lettered white text reading,
a black tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
a red tshirt with hand-lettered black text reading,
a maroon tshirt with hand-lettered white text reading,
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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Mammal solidarity “stealing and eating a treat with your dexterous little hands”
paulle.bsky.social's user avatarPaul Lê @paulle.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I'm obsessed with this li'l hungry bub.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
*weird dean sounds*
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Got my pointy Galvatron slippers.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Rolling Stone is one of the few news outlets that know how to write headlines.
rollingstone.com's user avatarRolling Stone @rollingstone.com ⋅ 3d
Report: Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn’t Pee Right The New York Times reports that the billionaire experienced some negative effects from frequent drug use while stumping for Trump last year
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Elon Used So Much Ketamine He Couldn't Pee Right: Report
Elon Musk's frequent use of ketamine during the 2024 campaign caused him to experience bladder problems, according to The New York Times.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
everyone: remember to transform your ss86 scavenger so that the shovel arm hangs off his ass like a floppy butt-penis
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PAK @papaalphakilo.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Sam Reich doing a little dance on the set of
rajandelman.bsky.social's user avatarBlue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
We need a liberal Jigsaw
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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
i tell ya, my wife is bi. yeah, she bi and i pay!
maggiewestrum.bsky.social's user avatarMaggie Westrum @maggiewestrum.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
we need a rodney dangerfield of the left
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