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Yikesy

by David M Willis on August 23, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: jennifer, joyce, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 23, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    How you know this takes place in America is in literally ANY OTHER developed country she would fucking go to the hospital

    …or I’d say, but it IS Billie 🤔

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      August 23, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

      “Billie! You’re putting too much bio in my auto-bio!” – HovertextWillis

      “…better than too much auto” – Roomies!Ruth

      • saiyo
        saiyo
        August 23, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

        That thank you from ruth in panel 3 somehow matches this comment perfectly, in my head.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 23, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

        *Glares from the parking lot* – Walkyverse!Ultra Car

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          August 23, 2019 at 8:16 am | #

          *joined by every Autobot (incl. Megatron)*

    • Norah
      Norah
      August 23, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      I’d think someone with wealthy parents like Billie would probably be covered by her parents’ insurance. I think this is just Billie being Billie.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 23, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

        Even someone without wealthy parents; at least in my state adult children can stay on their parents’ plans as dependents until age 26. I haven’t run any numbers recently, but that must be cheaper than getting your own plan.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      August 23, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      It’d still be a time sink for her right now, and that’s part of the problem as much as money would be, during midterms.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 23, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

        Though the hospital might not really be much more of a time sink than the withdrawal will be by itself.
        It’s not really too odd though. I walked off a lot of injuries I should have gone to the doctor for at that age. And more recently too.:)

        Nothing as potentially serious as this, but then it’s only potentially serious. Ruth got through it with little trouble after all.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 23, 2019 at 3:51 pm | #

        Plus she would have some documentation if her being unable to write mid terms, or does poorly, is caused by said withdrawal symptoms, if she is at the hospital, as opposed to riding it out on her own.

    • Noxx
      Noxx
      August 23, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

      Nah, Billies an alcoholic but she’s not DT level wet just yet. She will probably only suffer the shakes and the barfs and the oh so fun wild emotional swings. Good times.

    • Carlos Torres Meza
      Carlos Torres Meza
      August 23, 2019 at 3:04 am | #

      I dunno, I got clean on a mate’s basement telling my parents I was going on a wild weekend to Cuernavaca. This was in Mexico. Some people just gotta get clean on their own. I do hope both of them take the time to attend an AA though…

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        August 23, 2019 at 7:36 am | #

        I don’t know about AA, but Ruth’s in therapy and Billie has it scheduled but has been blowing it off.

        • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
          anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
          August 23, 2019 at 8:38 am | #

          The therapy may be the better choice for health reasons.

          AA tends to coat walls and ceilings of their meeting rooms with tar.
          They smoke like prairie brush fires.
          Their morning meetings do breakfast bacon like a frat-house.

    • TheWanderingMist
      TheWanderingMist
      August 27, 2019 at 8:31 pm | #

      Yeah, no. Being in America has nothing to do with it, this is all on Billie’s personality. Remember, she’s RICH.

    • Phlebas
      Phlebas
      September 3, 2019 at 6:52 am | #

      This is a fair point. Though also it’s handy if the cause is something other than withdrawal and the hospital people would be likely to notice that.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 23, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Billie in the 2nd panel is basically stating the thesis for all of DoA, I think.

    Ruth’s polite thank you is the best.

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      August 23, 2019 at 1:32 am | #

      I love this. I love that you used the word thesis, and what you pointed to with it.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      August 23, 2019 at 11:56 am | #

      I guess doing dumb things the dumb way doesn’t work for Billie either.
      ( fills out rest of truth table )

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    August 23, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Did Joyce redact every instance of “Jacob” and “Other Jacob”?

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      August 23, 2019 at 12:47 pm | #

      That’s ten billion percent likely

  4. Danielle
    Danielle
    August 23, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    lmfao

  5. Sam
    Sam
    August 23, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    The only time anyone has wanted Joyce’s help.

    • Dana
      Dana
      August 23, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      The other times have been folks wanting her help to bone down or to not bone down.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        August 23, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

        Bone down?

        • Dana
          Dana
          August 23, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

          /me makes obscene, illustrative gesture.

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            August 23, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

            I have a notion you meant “to bone,” but I don’t see how that adventitious “down” got in there.

            • ValdVin
              ValdVin
              August 23, 2019 at 8:05 am | #

              Are you just showing that you know what “adventitious” means?

              Because I don’t and your use of it is impressive.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                August 23, 2019 at 2:50 pm | #

                “happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature”

                So, basically a fancy way of saying “random”.

                • BarerMender
                  BarerMender
                  August 24, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

                  More a way of saying, “something has grown here that doesn’t belong.”
                  Go with definition 2: “arising or occurring sporadically or in other than the usual location.”

  6. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 23, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    …She’s redacting information she doesn’t think Sarah would want shared? WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH JOYCE!??! 😛

    But seriously, yes, Billie should absolutely be working this out in the hospital.

    • TemporalShrew
      TemporalShrew
      August 23, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      It’s also theoretically possible that she showed Sarah the print-outs, completely unaware of the reaction they would receive, and Sarah then frantically redacted as much as she possibly could.

      But I’m proud to think that the idea of actual progress is actually the *more* likely scenario.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        August 23, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

        Baby girl is growing up, that’s for sure.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 23, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

        Or perhaps a cross between the two? She showed the list to Sarah specifically to prevent a negative reaction. Joyce IS making an attempt to be better at these kinds of things lately.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          August 23, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

          That would make sense too.

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    August 23, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    *the Run-DMC continues on the hacked Muzak*

  8. Svata
    Svata
    August 23, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    What’s the saying again? The comic’s not called “Responsible People Make Smart Decisions.”

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      August 23, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      Billie clearly sobered up long enough to focus and read the title strip.

      I mean, it is right above her head.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      August 23, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

      Maybe it’s called, “Aging Smarts?”

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        August 23, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

        Smarting of Age: A webcomic about happy college students making positive, mature decisions, by David “Thank You” Willis.

        Published by Ar**ie Comics.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          August 23, 2019 at 3:52 am | #

          Arspie Comics

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            August 23, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

            An arspie is like an aspie, but British.

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              August 23, 2019 at 4:45 am | #

              I didn’t want to name drop the apparently extremely litigous publisher of sappy comics that named itself after its main character.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                August 23, 2019 at 2:53 pm | #

                The company responsible for the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comics, yeah?

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          August 23, 2019 at 11:18 pm | #

          Have you ever read an Archie comic? Outside of stuff like Riverdale and their horror comics, the consequences are generally low-stakes, but they’re the epitome of idiot ball plots.

      • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
        August 23, 2019 at 8:45 am | #

        “Aging Smarts” equivalency is smacking the elbow just so, cranial interaction with objects ones depth perception assumed was far enough away or whacking shins against not all that movable objects that happen to have moved from where you last remembered they were just enough to interact with ones shins or toes when not protectively shod.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 23, 2019 at 3:20 am | #

      It’s certainly not called “Intelligenting of Age” either.

  9. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    August 23, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Billie’s response in the first two panels is somehow very…Walky.

    I realize she would murder me for saying it, yes.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      August 23, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Heh, they have more in common than she’d like to own up to.

      • Clif
        Clif
        August 23, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        Well they are semi-siblings by choice.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          August 23, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

          Makes you think high school may have been tough on Walky. Bio sister shipped off to boarding school, quasi-sister shunning him in public for image reasons.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            August 23, 2019 at 3:05 am | #

            I’m just gonna leave this here:http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/sshh/

  10. Bathymetheus
    Bathymetheus
    August 23, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    Huh. Joyce is respecting a boundary.

    There is something wrong with this picture . . .

  11. Christopher
    Christopher
    August 23, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Billie could actually die from this. I mean, probably not because this doesn’t seem like that kind of webcomic, but, yeah. Detoxing without medical help can be fata.

  12. Tacos
    Tacos
    August 23, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Joyce. You’re helping to plan a birthday party. Not release classified documents from Area 51.

    • DSL
      DSL
      August 23, 2019 at 4:12 am | #

      You’ve never met one of those over-planners, then? They can be fun. (For a certain exasperating, draining level of “fun.”)

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        August 23, 2019 at 8:06 am | #

        Hmm. Overplanning: Another reason why Joyce and Dorothy get along swimmingly.

  13. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    August 23, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    Does Sarah work at the [REDACTED] Foundation?

    Wait…

    Why are there people with gas mask- AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

    THE [REDACTED] IS REAL!!!! THEY [REDACTED]

    [END OF RECORDING]

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      August 23, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

      Item #: SCP-5464 “L.O.N.E.”

      Object Class: Euclid

      Special Containment Procedures: The entity must be contained within its dorm room at Indiana University. It… probably won’t leave, considering its social reclusivity. I, uh, guess that’s all we really need to do.

      Notes*: What kind of ridiculous…? Get this report draft scrubbed immediately. -Dr. Clef

      Notes**: What? It’s 2 in the morning! – Dr. Bright

      Description: Subject is a tall, intelligent dark skinned young woman that attends Indiana University as a law student. It reacts defensively in reaction to most social attention. It has no interests, other than [DATA EXPUNGED], [DATA EXPUNGED], *****************************************************, and [REDACTED].

      When hostile, subject’s methods of attack include sarcasm, scathing wit, a baseball bat and bitter perspective. The one exception to this hostile reaction is SCP-7023 “Triangle Smile”, which the subject seems to react protectively towards.* Further testing not advised unless given direct clearance by O5 due to potential danger.

      *Addendum: See article DOABK1-9 for interaction with SCP-7023 “Triangle Smile”.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        August 23, 2019 at 1:53 pm | #

        Joyce would be a Safe SCP, Amber is an Euclid, and Walkyverse Sal is Keter.

  14. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    August 23, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    Last panel: Once again, Joyce shows the Triangle Grin of Fazness. Kind of terrifying.

    Also last panel: Secretly, Billie is grateful for Joyce’s presence, as she can claim it’s Joyce that’s turning her stomach, not withdrawal.

    • Alan in DC
      Alan in DC
      August 23, 2019 at 1:29 pm | #

      The “Faz Triangle” should be on maps.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        August 23, 2019 at 3:55 pm | #

        Or, at the very least, on a chart.

  15. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    August 23, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

    Billie is slurring her words right now, which is something we’ve never seen before. Even back during Roz’s party, when she was inhaling mini-kegs, her speech got musical but she didn’t slur her words. And she is (presumably) sober right now.

    Fortunately, foreshadowing is not a real thing.

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      August 23, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

      Good catch!

  16. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 23, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

    It’s just so very Joyce that she FIRST prints out the Sarah-dossier and THEN censors it rather than just having a “Sarah light” document.

    • nobilis
      nobilis
      August 23, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

      Well, depending on the printer, the “redacted” parts might still be readable through the back pen. I think she’s trying to have it both ways: (seemingly) respect Sarah’s privacy and hand out secret information (to help the others and/or show how close she is now to Sarah).

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 23, 2019 at 10:37 am | #

        So very Joyce.

  17. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    August 23, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

    I can’t help wondering if Yikesy is the long-lost sibling of Banksy.

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 23, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

    She could try smoking weed to deal with the withdrawal symtoms.

    • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
      anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
      August 23, 2019 at 8:59 am | #

      Weeds?

      So a selection from crabgrass, ragweed, dandelion, buckhorn, bellbine, thistle, and goldenrod then?

  19. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    August 23, 2019 at 1:04 am | #

    Book 10: S’like Flying Too Close To The Sun

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      August 23, 2019 at 3:08 am | #

      DoA Book 10: I Suceed At Doing Dumb Things The Smart Way Or Smart Things The Dumb Way.

  20. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 23, 2019 at 1:15 am | #

    Yeah, in retrospect, I should have known that Joyce would have known about Sarah’s birthday party and already have the event planned out in detail! I just wonder what is in all the “Joyce’s eyes only” sections!

    I do think that this must be the first time that Joyce has got a response of “Yes please!” from Ruth!

    Y’know, Billie, not having a history of smart decision-making is not a good reason to not make a smart decision when someone else suggests it!

  21. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 23, 2019 at 1:19 am | #

    Serious question: When was the last time Billie did smart things the smart way?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 23, 2019 at 12:23 pm | #

      Noticing Ruth was drinking and taking her immediately to the hospital? Everything else around that was dumb but that was smart.

    • Kittie
      Kittie
      August 23, 2019 at 4:01 pm | #

      There was also the time she advised Walky to listen non-judgmentally to Sal about their parents’ racism.

  22. Pocky
    Pocky
    August 23, 2019 at 1:38 am | #

    Cold ass turkey for dinner tonight, it seems.

    • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
      anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
      August 23, 2019 at 9:00 am | #

      Just slightly better than cold turkey ass for dinner.

      • Whatevsman
        Whatevsman
        August 23, 2019 at 11:43 am | #

        Spoken like someone who’s never had cold turkey ass in the right setting

  23. Abbefaria
    Abbefaria
    August 23, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

    Well I suppose doing it the safe way wouldn’t take because by doing it this way she’s going to feel the pain of the symptoms hard and remember them which just might encourage her to not fall back into the habit, assuming she makes it through the storm, the easy would be just that…easy and less painful which wouldn’t teach her the lesson she might feel she needs to learn. (and yes it does sound unhealthy but this is Billie and Ruth, they both know neither of them is “well”)

  24. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    August 23, 2019 at 2:48 am | #

    Billie would be wise to bring in medical help on this one.

    Billie: Hey I’m quitting big alcoholism cold turkey with no medical advice during finals week.
    Doctor: The hell you say.

    Although it could be something “Well Ruth, I tried cold turkey unwisely and it didn’t work, and it almost killed me. This is your fault, feel bad, and never challenge me again.”

    • CJ
      CJ
      August 23, 2019 at 4:31 pm | #

      Times have changed. 30odd years ago, people were expected to show up one week sober for stationary therapy of alcoholism. As first proof they were serious about it.

  25. Arianod
    Arianod
    August 23, 2019 at 5:04 am | #

    Joyce will never stop being a treasure.

  26. Abel Undercity
    Abel Undercity
    August 23, 2019 at 5:59 am | #

    Anybody else thinking of the detox scene in Trainspotting?

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      August 23, 2019 at 10:46 pm | #

      Ah-hyup.

  27. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    August 23, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

    I’m not entirely cool with Ruth’s new personality. Just because she’s not depressed doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be a violent vicious bully. That’s what we like about her.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      August 23, 2019 at 7:40 am | #

      Just, you know, direct it at Mary.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        August 23, 2019 at 10:48 pm | #

        Yes, direct all of it at Mary. Right into those teeth of hers, like I did to that jackass who pulled a knife on one of the girls last night.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 23, 2019 at 12:15 pm | #

      pretty sure that’s what I hated about Ruth.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      August 23, 2019 at 3:00 pm | #

      How many times do I have to tell you people, Ruth is a ripoff of Peridot? The green eyes, the Canada, the lady-lovin’, the ability to control metal, the glasses. It’s a 1:1 overlap. She’s going through her character development, that’s all.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 23, 2019 at 9:31 pm | #

        Ruth is nowhere near as amusing as Peridot.

  28. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    August 23, 2019 at 9:04 am | #

    Billie is a disaster. But it’s great to see Ruth accepts Joyce’s help. Although it’s don’t looks really very helpful.

  29. K
    K
    August 23, 2019 at 9:21 pm | #

    So I guess Billie is going to end up in the hospital or dying. Folks die from alcohol withdrawal. Easily.

    • TheWanderingMist
      TheWanderingMist
      August 27, 2019 at 8:40 pm | #

      Yeah, they do, but Billie’s probably only been drinking heavily for four or five years, (probably around the time Sal got arrested for the hold-up), not four decades. It’s not that death isn’t possible, just that she’s young and more likely to bounce back.

  30. Dara
    Dara
    August 24, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m kind of late to this party but “You two are frightening” “Thank you” is the best exchange between those two people ever.

  31. Joshua Kronengold
    Joshua Kronengold
    August 27, 2019 at 7:57 am | #

    I cannot see Sarah’s self-redacted text without thinking about Ada Palmer’s and Cory Doctorow’s censorship project.

    It’s very catholic of her.

    • TheWanderingMist
      TheWanderingMist
      August 27, 2019 at 8:38 pm | #

      If you meant the religion, it’s a capital C. If you meant the adjective the Catholic Church is named for, you may want to reconsider your comment given it means “diverse”, “all-embracing”, etc., kind of the opposite of censorship.

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