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Sack

by David M Willis on February 24, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – See You in the Funny Page
└ Tags: becky, dina, joe, joyce, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 24, 2021 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina landing the important steps

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      February 24, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

      What kind of sack? Where would you procure it from? Come on Dina, it’s like you’re not even trying!

      • Blindness
        Blindness
        February 24, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

        A burlap sack, procured from a classmate in one of the agricultural courses ought to do it…as for where she’d store it, the you know the better!

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          February 24, 2021 at 7:41 am | #

          But plain, please. A burlap sack with a big dollar sign on it just draws too much curiousity.

          • SeanR
            SeanR
            February 24, 2021 at 10:08 am | #

            If it’s a burlap sack from the ag courses it likely has some CO-OP name on it.
            And smells of its previous contents.
            Let’s hope it was formerly full of unshelled pecans or peanuts and not,… leavings.

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 24, 2021 at 2:06 am | #

        What kind of sack?

        A sack with dinosaurs.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        February 24, 2021 at 7:42 am | #

        Actually, it’s Joe that didn’t specify a particular type of sack. He simply said, “Get Ruth in the sack”. Clearly, the type of sack wasn’t important.

        Second: Get other velociraptors to stalk Ruth and drive her in your direction.

        Third: Stealthily approach Ruth from the side.

        Fourth: Wait for Ruth to notice you, and issue the appropriate “clever girl” remark.

        Fifth: Stuff her in the sack. Done.

    • Dara
      Dara
      February 24, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

      hmmmm Dina/Becky/Ruth

      It’s certainly not any kind of nopet3… it’s not the most likely thing in the world but as a slow burn I could see it, I mean, Becky and Ruth are already bonding over killing Joe, and Dina seems like she’s willing to at least treat it as an interesting problem, sooooo….

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      February 24, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 11: First, I would procure a sack.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        February 24, 2021 at 3:35 pm | #

        Dina had Book 10, so it has to be “Don’t Not Murder How on My Account”

        • Ana Chronistic
          Ana Chronistic
          February 24, 2021 at 3:35 pm | #

          JOE

          COME ON PHONE

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 24, 2021 at 2:27 am | #

      I bet if you bait the sack with a couple femurs, Ruth would run right into it all on her own. Then you can bring her to the vet or trim her claws or whatever. Problem is that trick’s only going to work once, so make it count.

      (Hey it worked on the cat. Once…)

      • GeekRyuu
        GeekRyuu
        February 24, 2021 at 7:49 pm | #

        You could try using a large towel. Although you still wanna watch your hands. I’m still nursing a swollen finger from a cat bite from one of my charges at the shelter who was NOT pleased at being recaptured and returned to her kitty condo.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          February 24, 2021 at 9:15 pm | #

          One of the cats we had when I was growing up caught my dad in the wrist pretty good with his hind claws. He was trying to get him in a carrier for a vet appointment, but the poor little guy was just flailing because he was scared out of his mind. The cat may be gone but the scar’s still there.

          Well, “little”, he was just over a year old and less than 10 pounds when that happened. It was even harder than that to wrangle him when he was in his prime. He eventually grew up into a 16 pound chonk, but they’re always your kittens. (We never let him get morbidly obese, he was just a big, stocky cat.)

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      February 24, 2021 at 8:17 am | #

      “Second, I would propose a three-legged sack race.”

  2. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    February 24, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe just..stop…please.

    • GreyICE
      GreyICE
      February 24, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

      Do you have a new canon that this is all happening in Mike’s head?

      Everyone seems slightly more awful in very Mike-ish ways, like how he’d imagine them being. And I’m just waiting for Booster to reveal they’re actually Mike.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 24, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

        I think it’s more Mike’s restless spirit amplifying dickish impluses from beyond the grave

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          February 24, 2021 at 12:55 am | #

          People complain that Mike is gone but he’s not. There’s just a little bit of Mike in everyone now.

          • StClair
            StClair
            February 24, 2021 at 1:30 am | #

            I wonder if it was a traditional Martian service, and they grokked him in his fullness.

            • Geneseepaws
              Geneseepaws
              February 24, 2021 at 1:54 am | #

              Sure. That’s a good point. Could you pass me the Ketchup, please?

              • Clif
                Clif
                February 24, 2021 at 2:11 am | #

                Talk about your inner Mike.

            • Poskie
              Poskie
              February 24, 2021 at 6:42 am | #

              Valentine Michael Warner? 🤔

          • Tan
            Tan
            February 24, 2021 at 4:35 am | #

            In the moms, at least.

            There is a nickel on his gravestone.

            • Jhon
              Jhon
              February 24, 2021 at 11:57 am | #

              Throw a nickle on the stone, help another sad trombone…

          • Sombrero
            Sombrero
            February 24, 2021 at 5:32 am | #

            Mike is in the air.

          • SeanR
            SeanR
            February 24, 2021 at 10:20 am | #

            Really? Funeral practices in Indiana are a bit different than in my state, then.
            We usually put them in the ground or burn them to ashes. Our funeral dinners contain absolutely no dead-guy.
            I wouldn’t have expected Indiana to have borrowed New Guinea funerary practices.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 24, 2021 at 2:33 am | #

        DoA is entirely the product of Amber’s imagination as she stares into a snowglobe of Showalter Fountain in her parents’ living room.

      • GeekRyuu
        GeekRyuu
        February 24, 2021 at 7:53 pm | #

        …is this all gonna have a Newhart ending?

        Mike wakes up next to Amber who asks him why he was mumbling in his sleep. He mutters something about your mom and a nickle and falls back asleep.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      February 24, 2021 at 12:17 am | #

      I mean, neither of them are wrong, technically.

      Being direct is a good idea when approaching someone.
      Joe’s problem wasn’t directness, though – it was insensitivity. His “directness” was done to needle Ruth about her breakup, not to actually start anything with her.

      Which is what Joyce picked up on. Joe is smooth – that approach was not smooth. Joe didn’t want to sleep with Ruth, he wanted to annoy her (into leaving?).

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        February 24, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

        Maybe? I’m not sure on the motive as to why he’d want to annoy Ruth or for that matter why he’d even have any interest in her beyond the fact that she’s a woman. Has he ever even talked to Ruth before this moment? Like they have no relationship history good or bad.

        • Poskie
          Poskie
          February 24, 2021 at 6:44 am | #

          Remember when he was hitting on Sarah in the cafeteria? He said something to her along the lines of, “You have an angry energy to you that I like. It’d be stupid not to harness that, y’know?”
          Maybe Joe just likes angry ladies. He pisses off enough of them…

          • Jhon
            Jhon
            February 24, 2021 at 11:59 am | #

            Joe only knows angry ladies. After a few minutes with Joe, any lady becomes an angry lady.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            February 24, 2021 at 2:58 pm | #

            And that was after she’d already said no. Telling someone who’s angry at you for hitting on them that you find it hot that they’re angry is not good consent culture.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        February 24, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

        I suspect (and I think Joyce suspects) that Joe did it to needle Joyce.

        • RacingTurtle
          RacingTurtle
          February 24, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

          Yepppp

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 24, 2021 at 1:56 am | #

            In which case Joe missed his cue. Instead of “what?” his response should have been “sure! “

        • Prince Mech
          Prince Mech
          February 24, 2021 at 12:26 pm | #

          Joe also just kind of does this because of his own insecurity, I think that’s kind of what Joyce is pointing at here?

  3. Regalli
    Regalli
    February 24, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    “Honestly Joe. Step up your sleazebag game if you’re gonna keep doing it.”

    • Dara
      Dara
      February 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      She’s right tho’. That was just lazy.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      February 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      Wouldn’t recommend that honestly. Joe is only a few critical steps away from being this kind of sleazebag.
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/01-this-bright-millennium/rush-2/
      I mean this as a joke but it is also a little close to the truth so I don’t know how to feel about it.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        February 24, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        To be clear I’m talking about the creepy sleazebag and not Nightguy. Joe putting on a costume and defending potential rape victims at night might actually improve his character a bit.

      • Miri
        Miri
        February 24, 2021 at 12:18 am | #

        The thing is, while a lot of his schtick has been about having as much sex as possible, Joe has also been shown to value consent and view it as an essential component. Street harassers don’t tend to put out that vibe.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          February 24, 2021 at 12:25 am | #

          That’s like the one major difference. I do think he’s trying to do better since his do list got leaked, but he’s still also the guy saying “now kiss” every time he saw two women fighting. I believe he can be better but I’m also not holding my breath.

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            February 24, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

            Yeah. I am a dyed-in-the-wool Joeyce shipper: it is my fond belief that over a plausible course of time Joyce will recover from her abusive upbringing and Joe will reform his attitudes to women and love, to such an extent that they will then be good for each other.

            I just don’t expect to live long enough to see it happen. 🙁

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 24, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        Joe at the very least seems to understand the word ‘no’

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          February 24, 2021 at 1:22 am | #

          Always has. Not only has he never mistaken it for “yes”, but also he knows that it doesn’t mean “maybe” and it doesn’t mean “try again later”.

          Joe is okay on issues of consent. Just not so good about treating women as people.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            February 24, 2021 at 8:28 am | #

            That’s not really true. He talks a good game about consent, but it’s taken women yelling at him to get him to acknowledge the “no” and even then he’s come back around to it later.

            That’s all pre-change and reversion, of course. We’ve seen little of him hitting on anyone after that, so it’s hard to say.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        February 24, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

        Oh, agreed, but the look on her face combined with ‘you weren’t even TRYING.’ both suggest to me that she recognizes his heart’s not in it and that’s a bigger issue to her than if he’d been earnestly (but still, given Joe, grossly) hitting on Ruth. If only because if his heart ISN’T in it, then why keep up the Indomitable Sex Monster facade?

        (The answer, of course, is that he thinks he’s destined to become his cheating father – and given the lack of ‘it was one time’ sort of minimizations to Joe, and ‘I don’t even notice other attractive women’ of Richard’s assurances,* I’m not at all convinced he only blew up one relationship with cheating or that it won’t be a problem once his and Stacy’s New Relationship Energy wears off – and thinks that superficial relationships with women are the only way he can keep from hurting someone later. Too bad the campus therapists suck.)

        * I feel fairly confident Joe’s arc will involve recognizing that he CAN find women attractive without being a scumbag, even if he’s already in a romantic relationship. The vibe I got off that scene with Richard was a lot of magical thinking that THIS time would be different because the problem hasn’t occurred yet, but also that he doesn’t necessarily recognize that he can find someone attractive without ever acting on that. Finding someone hot isn’t really a choice, but hitting on them is. Given Joe’s immediate setting himself up for failure ‘no sex, ever’ as well, I suspect he learned that from his dad. Could always be wrong! But uh. I am not confident.

    • Beau Kirin Maysey
      Beau Kirin Maysey
      February 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      “Joe i know you have no standards but this is RIDICULOUS”

    • Newllend(henryvolt)
      Newllend(henryvolt)
      February 24, 2021 at 1:12 am | #

      The Issue here isn’t that he isn’t be pushy enough, the issue is that his flirting had no attempt to be charming or alluring what’s so ever. I know we label Joe as a sleezball but he can have charisma when he wants to.

      Look at this and tell me you don’t see a difference in approach despite wanting the same thing- https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/03-men-are-from-beck-women-are-from-clark/follow/

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      February 24, 2021 at 7:49 am | #

      Watched ‘The Ghost And Mrs. Muir’ last night – been watching a lot of classic movies with my spouse during the lockdown – can confirm that just about every man portrayed in movies during the 30’s and 40’s would be considered irredeemably creepy and stalkerish by modern standards.

  4. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    February 24, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    I can totally imagine Dina literally capturing someone in a sack. For what purpose, I can only begin to imagine.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      She used to capture people with rope traps. Honestly, a sack is a downgrade.

      • Miri
        Miri
        February 24, 2021 at 12:20 am | #

        Well, capturing Ruth in a rope trap then putting a sack over her would probably be seen as adding insult to injury…

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      February 24, 2021 at 5:38 am | #

      She captures them in a sack and then talks to them about dinosaurs for a few hours. Then she lets them go.

    • GreyICE
      GreyICE
      February 24, 2021 at 9:25 am | #

      Lecture them on proper dinosaur naming conventions and biology. Shits important yknow.

  5. BlackScarabFilmZ
    BlackScarabFilmZ
    February 24, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Step 1: Acquire a sack
    Step 2: Convince Ruth to get into the sack.
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: Profit?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      February 24, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      I would assume a blunt object and some restraints are involved in step 2.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        February 24, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

        “Someone in this sack was talking shit about the Leafs.”

        “Let me at ’em!”

        • Blindness
          Blindness
          February 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

          …and if that doesn’t work, you can use said blunt object to knock her out.

          Step 3 is the key: you need help moving the sack so a patsy is needed, preferably someone who can take the blame in case things go south

    • Demoted Oblivious
      Demoted Oblivious
      February 24, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Your meme is both out of date and does not explain how to convince Ruth to get in the sack, let alone how to make it profitable. Please turn your internet card to your nearest Libarian.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        February 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

        I mean, I think it’s obvious: bait it with femurs.

    • Cattleprod
      Cattleprod
      February 24, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

      Step 3 is getting your femurs insured.

  6. Nono
    Nono
    February 24, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean, ‘let her wrestle you for dominance’ has clearly been an effective move in the past.

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      February 24, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

      Some people are into that as a fetish. I believe it’s called “primal.” They also prefer their partners unwashed 😬

  7. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    February 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    Exciting new possibilities now that Joyce is removed from religion for her to criticize Joe’s pickups based not on moral grounds but instead their degree of efficiency!

    • ian livs
      ian livs
      February 24, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      I mean, they can still be criticized on moral grounds–religion doesn’t have a monopoly on morality. Hell, I’d argue that secular humanism is more ethical than the type of Christianity that Joyce grew up in, no contest.

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        February 24, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

        Heck, members of the Satanic Temple are more ethical than people from Joyce’s old church.

        (Yeah, if you want to nitpick, members of the Satanic temple are more likely Atheists who are using devil imagery to challenge christianity. But, they do have their own commandments that are better than what’s in the Bible.)

        • milu
          milu
          February 24, 2021 at 5:01 am | #

          Thou shalt perform child sacrifice and vote democrat

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 24, 2021 at 1:28 pm | #

            A classic. And of course the previous strip in the last panal has the best Joyce face ever.

            • milu
              milu
              February 24, 2021 at 6:24 pm | #

              Just realized that was written before QAnon and Pizzagate, wasn’t it? Guess the evangelical far right will reliably make even the most ridiculous caricatures of their insane troll rhetoric seem retrospectively prescient given a couple years.

            • milu
              milu
              February 24, 2021 at 7:41 pm | #

              (Also, this Joyce face is even more gratifying for my money)

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          February 24, 2021 at 8:09 am | #

          Actually, I’d think Satanists were believers in God (if they believe in Satan, they must believe God exists), they just don’t LIKE him.

          • Segnosaur
            Segnosaur
            February 24, 2021 at 10:52 am | #

            Some satanists might, but that’s probably a small number of people. But I specifically mentioned the ‘Satanic Temple’, the members of which don’t actually believe in god or the devil.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      February 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m not convinced that that is what is going on. I think that Joyce’s criticism is that Joe’s uncouth performance wasn’t actually a pickup attempt at all, and was never intended to interest Ruth. I think Joyce’s assessment is that Joe did it to tease and provoke her.

      • Miri
        Miri
        February 24, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

        I think he feels it’s expected from him, and doesn’t know what else to do instead…

        • milu
          milu
          February 24, 2021 at 5:03 am | #

          Joyce herself has been going through the motions of being a faithful fundie lately, so i guess it takes one to know one

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 24, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

    I do wonder a little if he is just being a cad here due to his “No one changes, I cannot change, I am doomed to become my dad” breakdown, and thus not even especially caring if it worked or not, or if this was just a, “Data insufficient. Attempt blunt approach.”

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      February 24, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Pretty sure this is Joe overcompensating and pretending to be who he was at the beginning of last semester – much like Billie, or Sarah for like 2 – 3 strips before Joyce broke that charade.

    • TemporalShrew
      TemporalShrew
      February 24, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

      I have been wondering for a bit if his assholery at this point is at least somewhat performative. If only that would make it less intolerable.

      • RacingTurtle
        RacingTurtle
        February 24, 2021 at 12:26 am | #

        It is totally performative. I am ready for him to knock it the fuck off.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        February 24, 2021 at 12:27 am | #

        Yeah, I suspect that you’re right, that Joe was not trying to pick up Ruth at all, but playing an “I am a sleazy womaniser” act to continue teasing Joyce about her abandoning religion. Which is pretty bloody rude to both Ruth and Joyce.

        • milu
          milu
          February 24, 2021 at 5:10 am | #

          from his reaction, i don’t think he did it to tease Joyce, or he would’ve displayed more enjoyment at her putdown. It’s his shtick, to the point where it would feel weird not to do it, but his heart’s not in it.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            February 24, 2021 at 8:40 am | #

            He’s also doing it to remind Joyce that’s what he is and that she shouldn’t develop any interest in him, because he’s definitely interested in her.

  9. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 24, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

    Go on, Dina…

  10. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    February 24, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 10: First, I Would Procure A Sack

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      We’re on Book 11 now. And unfortunately, Willis has already said that the title of Book 11 won’t be a Dina quote, since she got the Book 10 title (it’s “Renounce Magical Thinking and Embrace Empirical Evidence,” from this strip.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 24, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

        Of the lines we’ve seen I think ‘this meltdown is completely rational’ has the most book title energy

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          February 24, 2021 at 12:32 am | #

          Actually maybe ‘so anyway, back to your irrational meltdown’ might work better.

          Don’t think Sarah’s gotten a book title yet

        • deathjavu
          deathjavu
          February 24, 2021 at 7:23 am | #

          False, “The Euphoria is In My Pants” is still a better title. No, I won’t let this die.

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 24, 2021 at 1:32 pm | #

            if only you had concentrated on Mike.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        February 24, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

        This is, in my view, a false step: Dina has all the best lines and ought to supply all the book titles.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          February 24, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

          I’m still sad book 9 wasn’t a Sal line. Sal MADE that book imo.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            February 24, 2021 at 12:39 am | #

            On the other hand “Now Let’s Go Commit Something Mildly Subversive Which At Worst Will Serve As A Humanizing Anecdote And Not As Anything Truly Threatening To The Power Structures At Hand” is a very good line

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              February 24, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

              It really is tbh.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              February 24, 2021 at 4:11 pm | #

              Hell, it’s not a line, it’s a paragraph.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          February 24, 2021 at 2:42 am | #

          Counterpoint: Dina chooses her words carefully, so her lines make for punchy but relatively short titles. I refuse to believe we’ve already hit peak title; Book 11 needs more verbosity.

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            February 24, 2021 at 4:02 am | #

            My money’s on either “this meltdown is completely rational” or something from the book and a half we haven’t seen yet

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 5:11 am | #

      Book 11: “Hey, Don’t Not Murder Joe On My Account”

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        February 24, 2021 at 5:33 am | #

        DoA Book 11: You’re Single, Wanna Do It Sometime?

  11. Wagstaff
    Wagstaff
    February 24, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m not sure if Dina is familiar with that particular double ententre.

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 5:16 am | #

      In actuality Dina knows this idiom and wasn’t authentically misunderstanding it but instead performing a prank!!! Oh what a mischievious jackanapes, this Dina.

  12. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    February 24, 2021 at 12:15 am | #

    Joyce’s face in the last frame tells me she’s featuring being in Ruth’s bed. She’s getting closer to coming out, at least to herself, as bi.

    • RacingTurtle
      RacingTurtle
      February 24, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

      Either that or the idea of saying a pickup line to a boy, even totally insincerely, is hitting her right in the anxiety

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 24, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

      Not sure what you mean by “featuring,” but I hope you’re right about her coming to terms with her own sexuality. There have been way too many hints over the years about Joyce having feelings for Dorothy for me to buy that she’s truly straight. My guess is that part of that denial is down to still feeling bad about having rejected Becky, feeling like she needs an excuse (i.e. being straight) to not feel the same way Becky did about her, and worrying that Becky would be heartbroken if she found this out. She’d also probably feel bad about coming out to Dorothy, who she’s known for a few months, before Becky, who she’s known all her life.

      My personal best-case scenario is that Joyce comes out as bi/pan to Jocelyne, Jocelyne sees that Joyce trusts her, and she finally comes out as trans to Joyce.

      Willis is then either damned or blessed, depending on what happens next.

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        February 24, 2021 at 1:34 am | #

        “Featuring” is “imagining.” I learned it growing up in West Virginia in the ’50s. Possibly a piece of left-over Northern Midland dialect from my great-grandparent’s days.

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          February 24, 2021 at 1:42 am | #

          Thanks, I appreciate the clarification!

          • BarerMender
            BarerMender
            February 24, 2021 at 5:34 am | #

            “Visualizing” might be a better translation. If someone suggests how something might be done and it doesn’t sound right, I might say, “I can’t feature it.”

        • Eclipsa
          Eclipsa
          February 24, 2021 at 3:23 am | #

          And here I thought it was just autocorrect fail of “picturing” lol.

  13. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    February 24, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    You cannot sack Ruth. She’ll rip it right off.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      February 24, 2021 at 12:30 am | #

      Ruth couldn’t even get herself sacked, last semester. She is un-sackable.

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        February 24, 2021 at 12:59 am | #

        She couldn’t get herself sacked because of Clint. Clearly, Dina’s actual plan to get Ruth in the sack is to tie up Clint in the sack, hit him with a truck so he can never hurt Ruth or Howard again, raise college funds by selling all of his vintage 1960s G.I. Joe figures at auction, and… I kinda lost track of where I was going with this, I just really want Clint to die

        (Also, considering Becky still seems to be in the “wait until marriage” frame of mind, I’m pretty sure you getting Ruth in the sack is gonna upset her, Dina)

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          February 24, 2021 at 1:04 am | #

          I mean honestly, fair enough. He is by far the worst dad or dad-adjacent figure still alive. That could use some fixin’. *cracks knuckles menacingly*

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      February 24, 2021 at 8:10 am | #

      Irrelevant. The problem is “Getting Ruth in a sack”, not keeping her in there.

  14. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    February 24, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    A little etymology for ya: “sack,” meaning “bed,” comes from military slang for a bed, to wit, “fart sack.”

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      February 24, 2021 at 2:11 am | #

      I figured it was military slang for “sleeping bag.”

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        February 24, 2021 at 2:33 am | #

        Reasonable guess, but no.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      February 24, 2021 at 12:56 pm | #

      dutch ovens were behind everything?

  15. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    February 24, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

    Joe is bad at conversation and hat-wearing

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      February 24, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

      Yeah, if there’s any game Joe needs to step up, it’s the hat-wearing game.

  16. Kay
    Kay
    February 24, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    A bad pick up line, but he was clearly waiting around for Joyce so they could walk together.

    • Josh Spicer
      Josh Spicer
      February 24, 2021 at 1:36 am | #

      Yes. I love reading between panels like this because it’s TRUE.

  17. John
    John
    February 24, 2021 at 12:38 am | #

    Second, set up a rope trap.

  18. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    February 24, 2021 at 12:45 am | #

    This comic has a sorta interesting relationship with music, especially since its an audio-free format. We know what some of the characters are into and even some of the specific songs they like, but there’s no sort of soundtrack. Just thinking about this because of that thing I mentioned the other day.

  19. Dr. Gonzo
    Dr. Gonzo
    February 24, 2021 at 12:46 am | #

    I’m predicting down the road, much to each other’s surprise and reluctance, Joyce will ask Joe to be her first.

  20. Bryy
    Bryy
    February 24, 2021 at 12:49 am | #

    I’m really enjoying seeing new parts of campus.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      February 24, 2021 at 6:37 am | #

      We’ve seen this part of the campus before a few times. Here, for example: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/included/

  21. Koms
    Koms
    February 24, 2021 at 12:51 am | #

    More practically, what Joe is doing is making a lot of women feel unsafe, even he would probably not do anything without consent. So, would he face any repercussions if someone were to complain about harassment?

    • Jay
      Jay
      February 24, 2021 at 3:16 am | #

      I don’t know id constitute it as harassment, creepy? Yes, but we’ve never seen Jo ask anyone more than once.

      • Eclipsa
        Eclipsa
        February 24, 2021 at 3:22 am | #

        Even if it’s only once, it’s still gross. To me anyway. There is something to be said for his blunt honesty, though. He’s trying to not beat around the bush, but he’s likely just making women feel objectified.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        February 24, 2021 at 8:45 am | #

        Yeah, there’s a long distance between what can make women feel unsafe and harassment.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        February 24, 2021 at 7:27 pm | #

        I view it as Joe putting himself out there in a way that’s dependent on how the women he flirts with react.

  22. Newllend(henryvolt)
    Newllend(henryvolt)
    February 24, 2021 at 12:57 am | #

    Ok I’ll give it a shot, I guess it go a little like this…” Hey there, I know you and I haven’t interacted much and your probably more interested in your compulsive desire to rip out my femurs then to talk to me. But I’ve always found the whole terrifying and tough fiery redhead girl thing very sexy, so maybe we can get togeither sometimes and maybe do something crazy if your into it?”

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 5:55 am | #

      come on you know you wanna write that slash fic 😀

  23. Suet
    Suet
    February 24, 2021 at 1:20 am | #

    *steeples hands*
    Maybe not Ruth, per se..

  24. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    February 24, 2021 at 1:35 am | #

    Dina providing the logical input this conversation deserves.

  25. YakkoRex
    YakkoRex
    February 24, 2021 at 1:50 am | #

    What is with the look on Joyce’s face in the last panel? I’m not getting it.

    • OBBWG
      OBBWG
      February 24, 2021 at 12:47 pm | #

      Either “I am not taking that obvious bait, Joe.”

      Or “Ewww.”

      Or “I am not thinking about getting Ruth in the sack. I will not think about getting Ruth in the sack. Not Ruth in the sack. Will not consider Ruth in the sack. Never Ruth in the sack. Ruth in the sack is something I will not think about….”

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        February 24, 2021 at 12:57 pm | #

        or “Shit. I’ve been hoisted by my own petard.”

  26. Clif
    Clif
    February 24, 2021 at 1:51 am | #

    How can anyone not be in love with Dina?

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 12:40 pm | #

      Suppose you dont want to be discussing dinosaurs all the time? (Can’t relate, but i know from experience such people exist, and in actually pretty high numbers I’m sorry to report)

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      February 24, 2021 at 7:25 pm | #

      Because she’s not as good as Walkyverse Dina.

      *flees*

  27. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    February 24, 2021 at 1:58 am | #

    What I’m intrigued by is Joe’s look in panel 2. I honestly don’t know if I’ve ever seen that expression on him before.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      February 24, 2021 at 5:41 am | #

      He’s happy he came out of this with his femurs intact.

    • Ginger
      Ginger
      February 24, 2021 at 9:19 pm | #

      I think he heard Joyce’s comment ignorant of context at first. For a split second, it wasn’t Joyce quoting him, it was Joyce propositioning him. That startled him, cue expression.

  28. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 24, 2021 at 2:22 am | #

    Yeah? Let’s see YOU try to get a smooch out of Jacob if you are such hot stuff, Joe.

  29. Jay
    Jay
    February 24, 2021 at 3:15 am | #

    I mean…at least he’s honest?

  30. Eclipsa
    Eclipsa
    February 24, 2021 at 3:19 am | #

    Joyce and Joe. I never thought I’d ship them but… in this universe, I can see it happening.

  31. AGV
    AGV
    February 24, 2021 at 4:57 am | #

    I presume that Dina’s sack comment is meant to be her obliviousness talking, but I like to think that she’s perfectly aware and she’s implying that she would be able to entice someone to bang with her to begin with

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 5:59 am | #

      She’s pretty confident she could seduce anyone with her really cool sack.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        February 24, 2021 at 7:20 am | #

        Why do i think she is misunderstanding what it means to “sack a quarterback”?

  32. Keulen
    Keulen
    February 24, 2021 at 5:40 am | #

    Even if Joe’s just wearing that hat to keep his head warm, it still looks weird on him to me.

  33. thumb
    thumb
    February 24, 2021 at 5:43 am | #

    Wait, that looking away . . . expression of curiosity?

  34. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    February 24, 2021 at 7:56 am | #

    I don’t think Ruth is into sacks at all.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      February 24, 2021 at 7:25 pm | #

      Sometimes.

  35. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    February 24, 2021 at 8:03 am | #

    Today’s grav roulette, go!

    (y’know, there’s a part of me every time that sees “grav roulette” and pictures some sort of high-tech sci-fi game – grav as short for gravity is probably where I’m getting it)

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      February 24, 2021 at 8:04 am | #

      Already got Roz a few times, let’s try something else

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 12:34 pm | #

      Grav roulette… go!
      *Jupiter gravity*
      *dies*

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 24, 2021 at 1:40 pm | #

        If only Mike had been familiar with grav roulette, he might have survived.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          February 24, 2021 at 4:39 pm | #

          The truth is…the game was rigged from the start.

  36. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 24, 2021 at 8:11 am | #

    . . . Joyce doesn’t seems adverse to the idea of getting Ruth in the sack~

  37. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    February 24, 2021 at 8:31 am | #

    It would be pretty hilarious if Joyce started rating Joe’s flirting attempts since she clearly has enough of a grasp on them to know when he is half-assing it.

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 12:20 pm | #

      She’s like the Susie to his Mrs Maisel.

  38. misanthropope
    misanthropope
    February 24, 2021 at 8:52 am | #

    You put the bag in the box
    put the box in the hole
    put the Gleeetch in the bag
    and there you are

  39. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 24, 2021 at 9:17 am | #

    I dream for the day Carla and Dina will team up for doing the most incredible contraption for put people in a sack ever!

  40. Svankensen
    Svankensen
    February 24, 2021 at 10:09 am | #

    I’ve seen what Joe is doing. He is maintaining his reputation of “always up for sex”. That reputation will land him some sex in the future. Not from Ruth, but Joe doesn’t care about that.

    • milu
      milu
      February 24, 2021 at 12:30 pm | #

      That makes sense. Though he now knows there’s a classier option: print a buttload of cards saying “Indomitable Sex Monster” in copperplate and just smugly hand them out at random.

  41. Smooti
    Smooti
    February 24, 2021 at 10:29 am | #

    I could see Ruth appreciating the direct approach when she’s in a better mood. Of course, Ruth will be in a better mood when hell freezes over and the Leafs win the Stanley Cup, so…

    Also damn it Joe stop doing the :3 face. It’s too cute for you.

  42. Guywhokeepschangingnames
    Guywhokeepschangingnames
    February 24, 2021 at 12:28 pm | #

    Dammit. One day I’ll see Joyce try to awkwardly flirt with a girl.

  43. Diane
    Diane
    February 24, 2021 at 1:24 pm | #

    Becky sure isn’t liking Joe. I wonder if it’s because she senses the massive sexual tension between him and Joyce and she’s like “oh hell no, if I can’t bang Joyce, I’m not letting the scruffy looking nerfhurder bang Joyce!” Or something like that.

    • Akp
      Akp
      February 24, 2021 at 2:25 pm | #

      If I had to guess it’s because I think most women would find Joe a deeply unlikeable human being who’s very uncomfortable to be around, and because he and Joyce are good friends Becky has to be subjected to his very uncomfortable behavior.

      Nobody likes being objectified, and especially not Becky who has only just escaped being raised to be an image more than a person and be married off to and controlled by a man someday. The way Joe talks gives the impression that he objectifies everyone, and if he doesn’t say it out loud it’s only because it wouldn’t get him anywhere.

      And I say this as someone who has him amongst my favorite DoA characters.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        February 24, 2021 at 6:03 pm | #

        Just remember that when Becky rates people based on attraction, it’s apparently adorable and not at all bothersome because she’s queer /s

        • Eldritchy
          Eldritchy
          February 24, 2021 at 6:42 pm | #

          To be fair, Joe went WAY beyond just rating.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            February 24, 2021 at 10:27 pm | #

            I know. I just find Becky annoying, especially when she says stuff that would upset commenters when other characters would say them.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          February 24, 2021 at 7:23 pm | #

          I don’t think she does this?

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            February 24, 2021 at 10:32 pm | #

            She literally told Danny that she had no intention of learning his name, all because she doesn’t find him attractive. It’s the kind of thing that’s gross when Joe says it, but apparently it’s okay when Becky does?

            Note that I’m not defending a situation where Joe would do such a thing. Just pointing out that it should be wrong no matter who does it.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              February 24, 2021 at 11:06 pm | #

              I don’t remember that at all but fair enough that’s douchey of Becky because she is kind of a douchebag sometimes, but she’s not rating him on attraction because by those standards she has no capacity to rate any man. Joe’s problem is that he can talk to dudes as long as it’s not about feelings, but all his interactions with women are transactional and attempts at getting into their pants.

              Like, Joe created a numerical, itemized list to categorize the women on his campus, while Becky hard leans into her identity and being as loud as possible and tells one guy he’s boring.

              It’d be wrong if Becky started looking for potential one night stands and started basing their worth on how how she finds them, but she’s not doing that.

  44. Taavi De Vos
    Taavi De Vos
    February 24, 2021 at 1:40 pm | #

    Next you tell her that you have Phil Kessel from before he BETRAYED THE LEAFS for the . . . *glares* penguins, and that he wants to give her his autograph on a jersey but he refuses to leave the sack for safety.

    Boom, one Leafs fan in a sack.

  45. Tsa
    Tsa
    February 24, 2021 at 2:40 pm | #

    I really dig the sibling vibe Joe and Joyce have developed

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      February 24, 2021 at 3:11 pm | #

      I concur

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      February 24, 2021 at 7:24 pm | #

      The only sibling vibe these two have would be on Game of Thrones.

  46. Daniel M Ball
    Daniel M Ball
    February 24, 2021 at 4:56 pm | #

    Huh, Joyce Reads Joe correctly YET AGAIN.

    • Fist_of_Life
      Fist_of_Life
      February 24, 2021 at 9:37 pm | #

      Just goes to show how well she understands him.

  47. goggleman64
    goggleman64
    February 24, 2021 at 11:07 pm | #

    I kinda want Joyce and Joe to just hang out all the time.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      February 24, 2021 at 11:18 pm | #

      I also want this.

      Set in a quaint little house close enough to the city but away from the noise.

      While Joe and Joyce fanangle their three cats.

      And they’re married.

  48. Chris
    Chris
    February 25, 2021 at 4:49 pm | #

    Dina has already procured a sack for when Becky is ready. She keeps it in her sock drawer.

  49. Oberon
    Oberon
    February 26, 2021 at 5:45 pm | #

    Next, cut a hole in the sack.

  50. Perdellian
    Perdellian
    February 27, 2021 at 4:07 am | #

    No, What’s *on* second.

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Approximately 10 minutes later, Williams sent a text message to the Los Angeles Mayor and several high-ranking city officials in the Mayor’s office and falsely reported, “Bomb threat: I received phone call on my city cell at 10:48 am this morning. The male caller stated that ‘he was tired of the city support of Israel, and he has decided to place a bomb in City Hall. It might be in the rotunda.’ I immediately contacted the chief of staff of LAPD, they are going to send a number of officers over to do a search of the building and to determine if anyone else received a threat.” In fact, Williams had not received such a call.
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This is now available with zero markup (that means I don't make any money on your purchase) at the link below. teaberryblue.net/product/cal-...
A long sleeve white tee shirt that says
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I just think they’re neat! 🙂‍↕️
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ha, i found it again
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Over on my patreon, I just posted a big batch of daily diary comics from my trip to Alaska for comics camp! Here's a freebie :) patreon.com/mgillman
A three panel black and white diary comic called
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He's definitely gonna fuck those wisterias.
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Reblogging because 30 seconds of clickity-clacking on a keyboard could save MILLIONS of lives. How could you not want to be a part of that?
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George Wendt murdered by nephew's incantation
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I experience comedy as it was intended: as a blurry screenshot of an original post then shared by a unrelated sketchy aggregrator account and finally posted as an image on cracked dot com
it's the post threaded below, if you click through the individual images have alts. it's better
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I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario
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CALL YOUR SENATORS!!! If you don't know who to call or what to say, here's a handy website so you can be informed and it has a script for you. Just put in your location and it'll pull up the contact information for the senators who represent you 5calls.org/issue/medica...
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I need cis people to understand that if this bill passes, thousands of trans people will die. That's not hyperbole. That's not sensationalism. That's fact. You know the genocide of trans people in the United States you refuse to acknowledge? It's here.
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kid asked what "sexy" means we said oh that's when somebody is looking or acting in a way that makes you want to be romantic with them, in a kissing way, not a friendly way kid: oh so like how turk and jd are like on scrubs
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TODAY is the BIRTHDAY of my brother from the red clay of oklahoma: @wigu.org !!!!!!!! LOVE THAT MAN@!!!!!
me and jeffrey!!!
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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Link to the fundraiser (available in the post text).
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Victor Frankenstein, inventor of making up a guy to get mad at
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Simply drawn comic in black and white with blue-gray spot color.

Panel 1: A rabbit looks at a book. 
Rabbit: this comic is very popular, but i don't like it!

Panel 2: The rabbit flips through the book.
Rabbit: that's cool! i wonder what about it is resonating with people
SFX: flip

Panel 3: White text on black background spans the width of the page.
Caption: why don't i like it?
Caption: what would i do differently?
Caption: what can i learn from this?

Panel 4: Borderless panel. Sequential drawings of the rabbit reading the book.
Rabbit 1: flip
Rabbit 2: hm!
Rabbit 3: huh
Rabbit 4, looking up from the book: comics are neat!
Two panel comic drawn simply with black lines and blue-gray spot color.

Panel 1: Rabbit looks at a book.
Rabbit: this comic is very popular, but i don't like it!

Panel 2: The rabbit closes the book with a peaceful smile.
Rabbit: well, good for them!
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Excerpt from a Comicsbeat article by E.B. Hutchins about Alex Graham's racist ass comic:  

Is there somewhere in this article where I could talk about the very real feeling of jealousy and how it can make even the nicest people into assholes? No, that’s not this article. It’s not this article because we’ve let appealing to white people’s comfort get in the way of progress to the point where our culture, democracy, and future is at stake. Appealing to white people’s comfort is how we got to where BIPOC and LGBT people are being erased from history all together because the dark history of this country makes white people uncomfortable.
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It's Bigger Than Alex Graham's Comic: An Instagram post has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy by suggesting that comics by marginalized groups are overrated
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Commentary: It’s Bigger Than Alex Graham’s Comic (With An Update)
An Instagram post by Alex Graham has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
And only Luigi is being charged with murder
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UPDATE: UnitedHealth deliberately changed patients to "do not resuscitate' so that they would be left to die in any medical emergency as they considered especially critically ill patients to be 'a waste of money' regardless of patient's desire to live.
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Free Luigi Mangione
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If you’re lost, in a nutshell, artist Alex Graham posted a whiny little comic about how comics she thinks are bad win acclaim because of the white guilt of comic readers bsky.app/profile/jesn...
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If you'd like context for what comics bluesky is talking about, it's this short comic by Alex Graham: www.instagram.com/p/DJ2v_leSN5...
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