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September 20, 2023

Grace

by David M Willis on October 27, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - This Bright Millennium

└ Tags: becky, joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 27, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    *coughs in 2020*

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 27, 2020 at 12:47 am | #

      That’s the worst way to cough.

      • chris2315
        chris2315
        October 27, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

        What’s the best way to cough?

        • Prinnyramza
          Prinnyramza
          October 27, 2020 at 1:44 am | #

          In any year where coughing isn’t a sign of a pandemic.

        • FacelessDeviant
          FacelessDeviant
          October 27, 2020 at 9:56 am | #

          Into the bend of ones arm, facing away from people.

          • elebenty
            elebenty
            October 27, 2020 at 3:30 pm | #

            Which completely negates the elbow bump as a safe greeting.

            “Let my rub my snot-streaked elbow against thine own.”

            • Some Ed
              Some Ed
              October 27, 2020 at 4:48 pm | #

              Not as much as you think.

              1. The cough hits the other side of the elbow from that which is bumped. SARS2 is not a roving nightmare that will slowly ooze over to the other side. It stays put until it’s picked up by contact or it dies.
              2. I personally do not use the outside portion of my elbow for things such as rubbing my eyes. It doesn’t ever go anywhere that could directly infect anyone with SARS2. I recognize if you have a partner whose kink heavily involves your elbows, this might not apply. In that case, I’ll recommend some nice 70%-85% alcohol sanitizer that technically works on more than just hands despite the fact that it’s probably billed as ‘hand sanitizer’, or maybe even showering before your hanky panky.

              • FacelessDeviant
                FacelessDeviant
                October 28, 2020 at 6:26 am | #

                Yeah I tried rubbing my face with my elbow. Can confirm it doesnt work, and one looks stupid doing it.

                Besides, I don’t clink elbows anyway. It always feels a little forced and awkward to me.

      • Liam
        Liam
        October 27, 2020 at 3:44 am | #

        This comment section doesn’t have a like system, therefor I must tell you myself.

        Yotomoe, your reply made me “lol.” Exquisitely executed. Very well done indeed.

  2. meanderling
    meanderling
    October 27, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Becky’s laying it on rather thick isn’t she

    • meanderling
      meanderling
      October 27, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      Alternatively: rub a dub dub, thank the lord for this grub

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        October 27, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

        “Rub-a-dub-dub, thanks for the grub, yay, God.”

        • DinaJoyce
          DinaJoyce
          October 27, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

          Also “God’s neat, let’s eat!” (my personal favorite).

          • Chris Phoenix
            Chris Phoenix
            October 27, 2020 at 1:41 am | #

            God’s fine, let’s dine.

            And after dinner: God’s great, we ate.

            • Andrew Weil
              Andrew Weil
              October 27, 2020 at 7:33 am | #

              During dinner: god’s groovy, pass the gravy.

              • clif
                clif
                October 27, 2020 at 11:53 am | #

                Pikers! I’ve always been fond of the lawyer’s prayer (from Roger Zelazny I believe.)

                Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the consumption of nutrition or the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  October 27, 2020 at 2:32 pm | #

                  Behold the rare Jewish version, which my partner and I invented over time:

                  Hamotzi lechem min haaretz, we give thanks to God for bread
                  Hamotzi lechem min haaretz, all these voices in my head!
                  Do re mi fa so, la-da-di-di-do-oh!
                  And we poor sailors go skipping ’round the top
                  while the landlubbers lie down below below below
                  while the landlubbers lie down below!

                  (and then it continues into the normal Hebrew blessing over bread.)

                  Someday I’m going to accidentally sing it while teaching blessings to my little Hebrew School students, and I will never live it down.

          • Nono
            Nono
            October 27, 2020 at 7:21 am | #

            Is that what you say during communion?

      • Beef
        Beef
        October 27, 2020 at 2:31 am | #

        Rub-a-dub-dub, itadakimasu for the grub

        • Dara
          Dara
          October 27, 2020 at 3:12 am | #

          lol xD

    • Rainhat
      Rainhat
      October 27, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      Ya think? “Becky: Laying It On Rather Thick” could be this strips alternate title.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 27, 2020 at 9:40 am | #

      Laying it on thick? The way Joyce is spreading Performative Christianity on her Atheism Sandwich?

      See, Joyce DOES use condiments!

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 27, 2020 at 12:42 pm | #

        But she’s obviously loathe to do so.

  3. Chris
    Chris
    October 27, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Okay, Becky definitely knows, and is going to keep on poking until Joyce admits it.

    • UnfrozenNeanderthal
      UnfrozenNeanderthal
      October 27, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

      Yeah, this is some weapons-grade passive aggression

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      October 27, 2020 at 2:18 am | #

      I wasn’t sure before, but now I’m definitely thinking Becky knows or at least suspects that Joyce no longer believes in god.

    • Aislashu
      Aislashu
      October 27, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

      Yup, was coming to say this. Becky def knows and Joyce is oblivious about it haha.

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      October 27, 2020 at 6:51 am | #

      OH yeeeep.

    • Carla's #2 Fan
      Carla's #2 Fan
      October 27, 2020 at 8:09 am | #

      Yeah I was also getting that feeling and was gonna comment on it. I hope she does and is cool with it. That she’s just messing with Joyce cause she’s annoyed Joyce won’t tell her.

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 11:36 am | #

        Where is Mike when we need him?

  4. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 27, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    That was very convincing Joyce, I typically went with the boy scout prayer when I was forced to participate. Not that I remember it anymore.

    Also Becky’s sass and her love of macaroni and cheese speaks to me on a deep level.

    • Luke Shumaker
      Luke Shumaker
      October 27, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      There are *so many* Boy Scout prayers. But the one that came to mind when I read your comment was the Superman Grace.

      (to the John Williams Superman theme, starting when the trumpet drops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_g&t=44 )

      Thank you Lord, for giving us food
      Thank you Lord, for giving us food
      For the food we eat
      For the friends we meet
      Thank you Lord, for giving us food

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 27, 2020 at 12:30 am | #

        The one I was thinking of is Philmont Grace, which goes:

        For food, for raiment,
        For life, for opportunity,
        For friendship and fellowship
        We thank thee, O Lord.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 27, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Jury’s still out on if Becky’s trolling. I guess only Jesus would know now. Joyce should ask him!…Oh wait.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      October 27, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      I wonder if Cheesus would increase or decrease her faith.

      I admit, I liked the conversation with him over whether God existed or not.

  6. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    October 27, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    This all feels very performative. She totally knows.

  7. Jason
    Jason
    October 27, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce’s prayer is a big mood this year.

    Also Becky is absolutely right.

  8. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    October 27, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    I think Joyce’s big problem is that Becky has had it even worse and thinks that all the suckiness is a test.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 27, 2020 at 6:16 am | #

      That tracks with her telling Sarah but not Becky.

      • C.T. Phipps
        C.T. Phipps
        October 27, 2020 at 8:05 am | #

        Becky is the lesbian Job.

        “Yes, I had a bunch of crap happen but now my life is better!”

  9. StClair
    StClair
    October 27, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Yup.

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 27, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    Joyce’s aversion to stuff on her food means she has never known the joy of Arby’s Sauce packets.

    No wonder she’s unhappy.

    • Dara
      Dara
      October 27, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

      Joyce loves Arby’s sauce packets. When she and Dorothy had lunch with Jacob and Raidah, she said she wants an infinite supply of them.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/salary/

      • Dara
        Dara
        October 27, 2020 at 3:11 am | #

        Wasn’t there something about red condiments being safe, because ketchup? I’m pretty sure there was.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 27, 2020 at 4:37 am | #

        I stand very much corrected.

        I remember that strip, but completely forgot it was Joyce. Guess I assume anything fast food related is a Walky thing

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        October 27, 2020 at 9:48 am | #

        Joyce loves the packets – not surprisingly, as they seem to be used as an unofficial betting currency among her friends. She’s never tasted the stuff inside them, and would be happier never having done so.

    • Zarco
      Zarco
      October 27, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

      Joyce apparently likes Arby’s sauce packets, she tells Jacob as much at Galasso’s at some point

  11. Endplanets
    Endplanets
    October 27, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    Does cheese on mac still count as condiments? Joyce’s face in the last panel says yes. She can’t even look at that heathen.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 27, 2020 at 6:19 am | #

      Ingredients become part of the final dish, condiments adorn it after it hits your plate.

      You can’t have mac and cheese without cheese (the dust packet counts here), so cheese is an ingredient.

      (As far as I understand Joyce’s food rules, anyway…)

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        October 27, 2020 at 11:07 am | #

        Joyce’s food rules are seem to be the same as Willis’s apparently are (on twitter): both ironclad and arbitrary

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 27, 2020 at 12:19 pm | #

          He works eats in mysterious ways.

  12. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 27, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    “for your stomach’s sake.”

  13. Qube
    Qube
    October 27, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    begone, o infernal temptress ketchup

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      October 27, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      *plays Mike Nesmith’s “One Ton Tomato” on the hacked Muzak*

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 1:56 am | #

        No filthy red ichor for me, please.

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        October 27, 2020 at 9:17 am | #

        Deep cut on an artist that almost no one under fifty will recognize. Good job.

        • JaneDoe
          JaneDoe
          October 27, 2020 at 11:57 am | #

          Well, I’m 35 and I recognize the artist’s name! Not the song though, I’m more familiar with his work with Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork 😉

          • Stephen Bierce
            Stephen Bierce
            October 27, 2020 at 10:32 pm | #

            OTHER MARIACHI MUSICIAN TO MIKE: Es ‘Guan-tan-a-me-jo’.

  14. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 27, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Becky, she wants it to taste GOOD, not gag worthy.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      October 27, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      The Lord tastes like mustard!

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        October 27, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

        No, he tastes like sweet iced tea.

        • BarerMender
          BarerMender
          October 27, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

          Damn it, I loved sweet iced tea. Until now.

  15. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 27, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m kinda feeling a little bad for Joyce now. Like if Becky is teasing her here I hope she stops soon and just talks to her friend cause this is clearly bothering Joyce a lot and a joke is only funny for so long.

    • clif
      clif
      October 27, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

      You have met Becky?

      I mean she could go back to her Dorothy is her best enemy stich.

    • Beef
      Beef
      October 27, 2020 at 2:41 am | #

      Becky doesn’t do anything in moderation and it’s *really* grating here

  16. Tarpo
    Tarpo
    October 27, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

    Rub-a-dub-dub
    Thanks for the grub.
    Yaaaay god!

    • threePwny
      threePwny
      October 27, 2020 at 5:50 am | #

      I once used that on my fiance’s ultra-conservative parents (out for ice cream, I don’t have a death wish) and they actually loved it. I was… shook. Didn’t know folk who reminded me of Ross (sans kidnapping) knew how to have fun at the expense of religious seriousness

      • Sunny
        Sunny
        October 27, 2020 at 6:23 am | #

        Context matters, I think. At a large and more formal family dinner they would probably have found it less funny and appropriate, but out for ice cream it seems fine.

  17. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    October 27, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    DRAG HA!

  18. I Should Be Working
    I Should Be Working
    October 27, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    As my dad’s side of the family would say, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost, eat the fastest, get the most. Amen.”

  19. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 27, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    Okay, IF Becky knows, she’s clearly miffed at Joyce.

    If she’s miffed at Joyce for not being honest wit her, okay, fair’s fair, maybe not the best way to play it but that’s a halfway-justifiable thing to be upset about.

    (Only halfway, though. Joyce gets to leave that closet when she’s damn well and ready, even if that’s not on Becky’s schedule. Nuking closets from orbit isn’t for everyone.)

    On the other hand if Becky’s miffed about Joyce becoming an atheist… and that’s NOT the same thing as Dina, apostates get it worse than never-Christian-in-the-first-place… hooo boy. Becky, girl, I will have words for you, and they will not be pleasant.

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      October 27, 2020 at 1:36 pm | #

      Good luck cracking the fourth wall. But if you need recruits for wacky shenanigans to get to Willis and hijinks to have him art up you berating Becky, I know a guy.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        October 27, 2020 at 6:58 pm | #

        Eh, I’m willing to berate Becky through the fourth wall, even if she can’t actually hear it.

    • PB
      PB
      October 28, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

      Honestly I’m guessing she’s cool with it but wants to know how far Joyce will go with this.

  20. not someone else
    not someone else
    October 27, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    I know, I know, nobody IC is actually complaining about her behavior so it’s hilarious, but god damn, Becky is lucky she’s got such good friends. I think I’ve realized why I don’t like her- she’s got every annoying asshole habit I had at 18-19 except she gets to be out and surrounded by people who care about her and take care of her without her constantly having to do damage control from a combination of their bigotry and her shitty behavior. Kinda the same reason some people are annoyed at Walky.

    Now I wonder if she’s acting like thay because she’s constantly ten seconds away from a manic episode slash nervous breakdown like I was. It would make sense given some of the things she’s been through.

    • Vabolo
      Vabolo
      October 27, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

      I mean, she lost her mother to suicide, her father tried to force her back into his shitty world via gunthreat before getting hammer to the head’d, she was briefly dodging homelessness by bunking with her unrequited childhood crush, and has had to come to terms with an identity her upbringing vilified. Pretty sure her coping mechanisms were working overtimd!

      • not someone else
        not someone else
        October 27, 2020 at 10:04 am | #

        Her life is not great, no; and it’s nice that people take that into account for her.

  21. Portland
    Portland
    October 27, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    I work at a religious school, and I’ve never seen college kids say grace over dining hall food before. Is that a thing that people do?

    • Thursday Violist
      Thursday Violist
      October 27, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

      I do that

    • DinaJoyce
      DinaJoyce
      October 27, 2020 at 12:47 am | #

      One of my college friends and I had an unspoken prayer battle. I was firmly in the “Hi God, yay food, amen” camp. He favored more theologically robust prayers. We would egg each other on by going farther and farther to our own extremes. This was usually at campus ministry events (not just praying over food) but could extend to the cafeteria if everybody at our table at the time happened to be praying sorts. By the time we graduated my prayers had gotten to roughly “yo God, whazzzzzup! Amen”
      And his were something like “most gracious and merciful heavenly father, we beseech your favor upon this most bountiful blessing of sustenance (continue like this for like 2 solid min), in the name of the mighty father and of the most humble son, and the blessed holy spirit, amen.” In a super sanctimonious voice. I think we both always managed to keep a straight face. It was fun.

      • justin8448
        justin8448
        October 27, 2020 at 2:30 am | #

        This sounds like a good time. Thanks for sharing!

    • Beef
      Beef
      October 27, 2020 at 2:44 am | #

      It probably depends on your location, I’m pretty sure people who say grace do it for all meals don’t they? I’ve seen plenty of customers say grace (albeit usually silently) at the restaurant I work at

  22. brionl
    brionl
    October 27, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

    Rub-a-dub-dub,
    Thanks for the grub.

    • threePwny
      threePwny
      October 27, 2020 at 5:52 am | #

      Yay God!

  23. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    October 27, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

    Oh, FFS, Joyce, just say, “I’m having a crisis of faith, so I’m not sure u really believe any more.”

  24. Thursday Violist
    Thursday Violist
    October 27, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Just literally put condiments on *everything*
    put it on your food
    put it on your homework
    put it on your roommate
    put it on the soap
    put it everywhere

    • Rabid Rabbit
      Rabid Rabbit
      October 27, 2020 at 1:18 am | #

      One day, Joyce is gonna snap and try, like, a billion condiments.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        October 27, 2020 at 6:04 am | #

        Do not put chilli on tubesteak!

        • Demoted Oblivious
          Demoted Oblivious
          October 27, 2020 at 1:40 pm | #

          No chilli-cheese-dogs? Heresy! Burn the infidel!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 27, 2020 at 6:24 am | #

        Make a 50/50 mix of hickory barbecue sauce and Heinz ketchup, then add hot sauce to taste. Use in place of ketchup.

        • clif
          clif
          October 27, 2020 at 11:40 am | #

          I knew I liked you.

          I shall kill you last.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            October 27, 2020 at 12:20 pm | #

            You’d better use the hot bbq-chup when cannibalism time comes or else I’ll haunt you.

  25. Nono
    Nono
    October 27, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Becky’s level of passive aggresiveness is actually getting extremely annoying, but that’s Becky.

    Just… rip the band-aid off, because it’s Joyce that’s going through the issue, and you don’t get to be all smug or fake-hurt that she’s not confiding in you about it when she has reason not to. It’s not about you.

  26. Gingerchris86
    Gingerchris86
    October 27, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

    Becky surely knows by this point and is just taking the piss yes?

  27. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    October 27, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    Heh… when I was in sixth grade, the non-denominational, all-purpose grace they had us sing, during our week-long stay at the Toronto Island Natural Science School, went like this:

    Oh the Lord is good to me
    And so I thank the Lord
    For giving me the things I need
    The sun and the rain and the appleseed
    The Lord is good to me

    To which some kids, already familiar with it, appended “Johnny Appleseed, Amen!” at the end. Not officially part of the grace of course.

    • Techhead
      Techhead
      October 27, 2020 at 1:40 am | #

      I, raised Pagan, learned the same prayer but with “Earth” substituted for “Lord”

      • justin8448
        justin8448
        October 27, 2020 at 2:32 am | #

        A multi-use prayer!

    • Reaver
      Reaver
      October 27, 2020 at 3:10 am | #

      Thats.. a song from a disney short lmao

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 12:23 pm | #

        Have an Internet for a good catch and a good memory.

        If you’re making it up, have a billion Internets.

  28. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    October 27, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

    I thank the people that make the food for me, though I should also thank the animals that were slaughtered for feeding me and other random people, though that is pointless since the dead can’t hear us. I guess we can only thank those that are here with us.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      October 27, 2020 at 7:44 am | #

      Isn’t that one of the sticking points? Are the dead, dead? Loose souls running around, some up, some down, and some religions believe that animals have a life spirit too, that needs to be placated, much as the humans’ souls need to be pacified.
      (I have it on some authority that they put John Paul Jones in a lead lined coffin and soldered it shut. To keep the spirits in.)

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 11:44 am | #

        In fairness, you can imbibe a lot of spirits in the course of a naval career.

      • Demoted Oblivious
        Demoted Oblivious
        October 27, 2020 at 1:51 pm | #

        Hmmm… a quick search indicated that yes, to keep the spirits in – specifically alcohol – as the lead coffin was sealed to keep the alcohol that would preserve the body so it could be returned to the US, which aparently took 100+ years to make the pickup.

  29. ReFlex76
    ReFlex76
    October 27, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

    A: “Would you say grace?”

    B: “Ok. Grace.”

    A: “Thanks. Why do you think people make such a big deal about that?”

  30. theKOT
    theKOT
    October 27, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

    As someone who lost faith but still performs for family, Joyce’s face while clasping her hands hits home. But thanks to all the experience I’m quite the resistance/avalon player.

  31. Ghastly
    Ghastly
    October 27, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

    She just screams “GRACE” like the Lost Boys from Hook and tears into her blank-burger

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      October 27, 2020 at 1:35 am | #

      I can see some of this comic’s Christians doing that and meaning it. Becky, of course, and also maybe Sierra or Danny?

  32. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    October 27, 2020 at 1:16 am | #

    Oh, God —
    somebody else made this,
    and we paid for it ourselves,
    so thanks for nuthin’.
    Amen.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 27, 2020 at 9:51 am | #

      Ah, the Bart Simpson prayer.

  33. rachel
    rachel
    October 27, 2020 at 1:32 am | #

    I had mac and cheese for lunch and seeing becky eat it makes me want it again even though I just had it ;_;

    • leaf
      leaf
      October 27, 2020 at 3:04 am | #

      Dude, have the Mac and cheese. Life is short.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 27, 2020 at 6:26 am | #

        Even shorter if you eat nothing but mac and cheese.

        • clif
          clif
          October 27, 2020 at 12:04 pm | #

          A fair point.

  34. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    October 27, 2020 at 1:33 am | #

    My guess is that Becky either knows about Joyce’s change in beliefs and is being passive-aggressive about it, or Becky is feeling odd about being a Christian at a “secular” institution and overcompensating for it. Either way, her behavior today is A Lot.

    • StClair
      StClair
      October 27, 2020 at 1:48 am | #

      I’m guessing it’s probably the former, possibly the latter.
      But Becky is always A Lot.

  35. Bagge
    Bagge
    October 27, 2020 at 1:59 am | #

    If Jesus really loves us, how can there be food touching other food?

  36. Jordan
    Jordan
    October 27, 2020 at 2:00 am | #

    Yeah, this really makes me think she’s just hamming it up because she knows something is different.

  37. Reaver
    Reaver
    October 27, 2020 at 2:01 am | #

    Becky’s being realllllly mean to Joyce 🙁

    • clif
      clif
      October 27, 2020 at 12:06 pm | #

      Joyce is being mean to Joyce. Becky is helping.

  38. clif
    clif
    October 27, 2020 at 2:06 am | #

    Two strips in a row, there’s no tag for The Cheese.

    Though, in fairness, there’s no tags for Mac either.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 27, 2020 at 6:29 am | #

      Mac went over a cliff in a wheelchair back in the first season. We just don’t talk about it anymore, like Chuck Cunningham.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      October 27, 2020 at 12:36 pm | #

      Joyce no longer believes in The Cheese, that’s why there’s no tag.

  39. Keulen
    Keulen
    October 27, 2020 at 2:16 am | #

    “Dear God, we paid for all this stuff ourselves, so thanks for nothing.”

  40. Morenin
    Morenin
    October 27, 2020 at 2:58 am | #

    Father, Son, Holy Ghost, whoever eats the fastest gets the most! (Stolen from my Irish Catholic uncles and aunts during the 1930’s-40’s. Right before the paddle came out…)

  41. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    October 27, 2020 at 3:00 am | #

    I dunno Becky, i mean, have you tried condiments? Oh, you did? See there’s the problem

  42. Dara
    Dara
    October 27, 2020 at 3:14 am | #

    Okay, leaving aside all the bad shit, I was briefly in the custody of exactly one (1) good parental figure. Not for long, which is too bad, but he was the only good one. And the alt-tag prayer? He said it. Except I think it was “Good God” instead of “Good Lord.” So this is hilarious to me. xD

  43. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    October 27, 2020 at 3:30 am | #

    You can’t put condiments on YOUR DEAD PARENTS, Becky

    • Liam
      Liam
      October 27, 2020 at 3:45 am | #

      Says who?

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 12:12 pm | #

        If you are a Buddhist it can be a way to pay respect to your parents.

        Admittedly it might be little more traditional to offer their favorite foods and condiments in front of them, but the spirit is what counts.

  44. Chronos
    Chronos
    October 27, 2020 at 3:58 am | #

    So…does Becky already know Joyce is agnostic and is trying to get Joyce to say so out loud? I’m kinda wondering.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      October 27, 2020 at 5:30 am | #

      It might be me but I’m getting the impression that she’s getting some pleasure out of needling Joyce and pressuring her into acts of hypocracy.

      • clif
        clif
        October 27, 2020 at 12:13 pm | #

        Mike’s spirit had to go somewhere. You can’t destroy a force of nature.

  45. iain
    iain
    October 27, 2020 at 5:44 am | #

    Becky already knows. Joyce and she had a conversation previously where Joyce doubted the existence of God.

    Becky got angry because she still Believed even after her mom committed suicide.

    • Jake'm
      Jake'm
      October 27, 2020 at 9:02 am | #

      Was that during the party? I know Joyce had the dream involving Rich Mullins where Becky had that viewpoint (hopefully that link works), but I don’t recall explicitly if they had the proper conversation along those lines…

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 27, 2020 at 9:56 am | #

        I think it was this comic, and the following one.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/drop-2/

  46. Chris
    Chris
    October 27, 2020 at 8:59 am | #

    Condiments are tools of the Devil, and causing mixing and touching of food groups, again, part of the Devil’s ways….

    • clif
      clif
      October 27, 2020 at 12:17 pm | #

      You’ve obviously never combined Arby’s sauce with their packets of Horsey sauce.

  47. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    October 27, 2020 at 9:33 am | #

    “But… ketchup is GROSS. And mustard burns my tongue.”

    “What about Worcestershire sauce?”

    “THE WORST-ershire”

  48. John
    John
    October 27, 2020 at 9:49 am | #

    I am honestly starting to find Becky really obnoxious.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      October 27, 2020 at 12:29 pm | #

      I never have liked her. Because she’s obnoxious, innit?

  49. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 27, 2020 at 9:50 am | #

    You need spices in your life.

  50. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    October 27, 2020 at 9:58 am | #

    I guess its like they say. “God helps those who help themselves, to condiments”.

    Also c’mon Joyce. Rip that bandaid off.

  51. Brighter Side
    Brighter Side
    October 27, 2020 at 11:00 am | #

    You’d think after all that trauma, a little burger topping wouldn’t be that scary.
    But I do love Becky’s condiment slam. She’s the character who’s dealt with the most (apart from the dead, I suppose), so she has carte blanche to call people out.

  52. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    October 27, 2020 at 11:19 am | #

    “To Whom it may concern, by some means this sustenance has come to us, and we are glad for it”

    • Council
      Council
      October 27, 2020 at 1:27 pm | #

      ‘Our ingestion of it thus far appeared fortuitous – by these means, we assume them to be edible. Expect a stronger statement of thanks in absence of poisoning.’

  53. Mel
    Mel
    October 27, 2020 at 12:24 pm | #

    Me last comic: I’m pretty sure Becky is fucking with her
    Me this comic: Okay Becky is absolutely fucking with her

  54. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    October 27, 2020 at 1:27 pm | #

    Point goes to Becky; condiments dose make food, and therefore life in general, better.

  55. Wakeangel2001
    Wakeangel2001
    October 27, 2020 at 2:13 pm | #

    I’m not a condiment guy, but I love me some toppings, for a burger a dash of diced onion and a couple pickle slices are magic, but if there’s ketchup on it you may as well present me with a rotten banana peel on a plate.

  56. Robbie
    Robbie
    October 27, 2020 at 2:15 pm | #

    My grandpa (to counter my father’s looong “dear heavenly father” family reunion prayers) would say “pass the taters, pass the meat, good God, let’s eat!”

  57. Kittygurl
    Kittygurl
    October 27, 2020 at 2:49 pm | #

    Wow… I used to like Becky, but she’s really being such a jerk. I’m hoping this is just her coping with all her trauma but… jeez… saying such horrible things this panel and the last few panels….

  58. Fetch85
    Fetch85
    October 27, 2020 at 4:56 pm | #

    I feel bad for Joyce here. She doesn’t want to lose her religion. Like this seems even more than just “agnostic”. She seems to directly think something is out there, she just seems as if she thinks if she doesn’t agree with the fundamentalist interpretation of christianity she was brought up with, there’s nothing there for her. She needs to meet a unitarian (or any of the other infinite sects) that just tells her she’s allowed her own personal interpretation and relationship with her god.

    But I’m an atheist, so maybe I’m not the best judge here.

  59. Lingo
    Lingo
    October 27, 2020 at 7:51 pm | #

    I love the colors in this one. Especially panel 3. I think it was a preview image, if I remember correctly.

  60. Saucy Jack
    Saucy Jack
    October 27, 2020 at 7:55 pm | #

    I get that the whole mom-is-crazy-and-goes-to-crazytown-church-which-knowingly-or-not-funded-a-murder-spree thing has thrown Joyce and her faith for a loop. But I mean, Becky went through the same events as Joyce (though arguably WORSE, since Becky’s dad was actually one of the main players, unlike Joyce’s mom who essentially was just cheering him on from the sidelines) and Becky still doesn’t seem to have lost her faith.

    I get that everyone’s religious journey is different; I’m just trying to figure out why Joyce is having such a hard time when it seems like Becky isn’t.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      October 27, 2020 at 8:08 pm | #

      Becky’s more willing to attribute things that were wrong to things humans got wrong rather than god’s validity. For instance, clearly their church was incorrect about God’s feelings on lesbians because God CLEARLY answers lesbian prayers. Joyce’s faith is more likely to break before it bends like that.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        October 27, 2020 at 9:42 pm | #

        Becky was also always more of a rebel. She had never invested all of her faith in the adults around her being right, the way Joyce had.

  61. Dustfeather
    Dustfeather
    October 27, 2020 at 10:55 pm | #

    I went to a Welsh church school where we had to say grace before lunch, and by “grace” I mean “Diolch am y bwyd; amen” (“Thanks for the food; amen”).

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