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by David M Willis on September 2, 2021 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Sister, Christian

└ Tags: jason, joyce, liz, ruth, sarah

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 2, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Get him excited and he also provides a place to hang an umbrella!

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      September 2, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      But remember do remember to take your umbrella, or else you might get wet!

      • Joshua Kronengold
        Joshua Kronengold
        September 3, 2021 at 3:12 am | #

        I don’t think this comic contains that kind of Joyce.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 2, 2021 at 12:03 am | #

    Sarah’s a pushover for li’l sisses

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 2, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

      Absolutely nothing is wrong with this plan and nothing will go wrong.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 6:06 pm | #

        Joyce was off to turn her comic in. Now she is not. If she misses poly-sci class, Becky will know and want an explanation. With two little sis’s to worry about, Sal is heading out without her baseball bat. I can think of absolutely nothing that could go wrong.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 2, 2021 at 11:27 pm | #

          And I still suspect Liz has some motive for being here other than just a casual visit.

    • Icalasari
      Icalasari
      September 4, 2021 at 3:54 pm | #

      Eh, less a pushover, more Joyce of all people skipping class completely borked her brain and now she HAS to know what is going on

  3. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    September 2, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    …something tells me Ruth/Jason is the next Slip

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      September 2, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      He is apparently a fuckable coatrack

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 2, 2021 at 12:10 am | #

        Any coatrack is, if you’re not a coward.

        • Clif
          Clif
          September 2, 2021 at 12:16 am | #

          If all you have is a coat, any coat-rack looks like a nailable hammer.

          Or something like that.

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          September 2, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

          **Begins to tell a very inappropriate story.**
          **Pauses**
          **Writes this instead.**

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            September 2, 2021 at 12:21 am | #

            Okay, you can’t put that post and not tell a story.

          • Marisa Mockery
            Marisa Mockery
            September 2, 2021 at 12:53 am | #

            TELL THE STORY!

            • Rose by Any Other Name
              Rose by Any Other Name
              September 2, 2021 at 1:13 am | #

              ….
              I took my own virginity using an inanimate object.
              It was not a coatrack… but of a similar level of absurdity.
              I don’t think any further details would be appropriate given the forum. Even that much is pushing it. This isn’t reedit.

              @Mods/Willis: If this went too far, my apologies. I wasn’t going to post it, but then requests happened, and I’m nothing if not a sucker for an audience.

              • Wagstaff
                Wagstaff
                September 2, 2021 at 1:23 am | #

                I don’t think it counts as losing virginity unless it’s done with something that’s, at the very least, alive.

                • Devin
                  Devin
                  September 2, 2021 at 2:05 am | #

                  Virginity is an absurd and often harmful construct anyway, why does this matter?

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  September 2, 2021 at 2:12 am | #

                  Alive and not one of your own appendages, otherwise handy-panky would count wouldn’t it?

                • DrunkenNordmann
                  DrunkenNordmann
                  September 2, 2021 at 2:19 am | #

                  Didn’t “loss of virginity” originally just mean “hymen broke”?

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  September 2, 2021 at 2:21 am | #

                  @Needfuldoer, good point.

                  @Devin, I actually totally agree with you there.

                  But, as for people who still feel the need for there to be some kind of standard of virginity for whatever reason, maybe it could help to lower that standard as a kind of step ladder?

                • eh, whatever
                  eh, whatever
                  September 2, 2021 at 3:05 am | #

                  Didn’t “loss of virginity” originally just mean “hymen broke”?

                  Originally, “loss of virginity” meant marriage, because “virgin” meant “unmarried woman”.

                  The separation of the concepts of sex and marriage isn’t that old in Western culture.

              • khn0
                khn0
                September 2, 2021 at 4:41 am | #

                There is a character in Boyer D’argens’ “Thérèse philosophe” named “la Barrée” (the Barred), which is unable to lose her virginity due to her having the way barred, thus preventing anything to break the hymen. It is possibly either a depiction of an intersex or a trans person, and surely the main feminist character of this very necessary book from 1748.

                • khn0
                  khn0
                  September 2, 2021 at 4:43 am | #

                  I should add it’s not a sfw book in any way.

                • Decidedly Orthogonal
                  Decidedly Orthogonal
                  September 2, 2021 at 10:48 am | #

                  NSFW? Is it illustrated? Otherwise, I should think that anyone getting close enough to be offended are way past work boundaries and into personal space.

                • khn0
                  khn0
                  September 2, 2021 at 3:43 pm | #

                  It’s been illustrated, also even without this it’s a bit like reading Lady Chatterley or Lolita at work, YMMV but there is a chance your employer’ll know you’re reading porn, even if the title isn’t explicit.
                  Also work boundaries… while reading a book… we definitely did not work at the same places.

              • Chris (the other one)
                Chris (the other one)
                September 2, 2021 at 6:03 am | #

                If, by “took your own virginity” you actually mean broke your hymen, then I’m not sure that counts for a very large amount of people, and for those that do, well, that’s a really messed up definition of virginity. It is possible to do, by accident, in many (many, many many) ways that have nothing to do with other humans of any gender.

                • Wagstaff
                  Wagstaff
                  September 2, 2021 at 6:37 am | #

                  Can confirm.

                  I took a Humans and Sex class (yes, that’s an actual class, and one you can take for GE requirements in California), and it’s been proven that a hymen can be broken by hygiene products or even just by the natural stretching that happens over time.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  September 2, 2021 at 11:38 am | #

                  I’ve read that crotch-intensive physical activity, such as horseback riding, can break the hymen without any penetration at all. A very fragile standard for female ‘purity’.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  September 2, 2021 at 4:51 pm | #

                  And sometimes if you’re aroused and lubricated enough, it doesn’t break during sex either. It’s supposed to stretch, not break. It often does because it’s small and fragile but it’s not ‘supposed to’. (It’s not supposed to hurt or bleed a lot either. Sometimes it does a little bit, but if it’s a lot, something might be wrong and you might need to talk to a doctor. It could just be bad luck of the draw but it could also be a problem).

              • RowenMorland
                RowenMorland
                September 2, 2021 at 6:23 am | #

                Curse my insatiable curiosity.

              • Victor
                Victor
                September 2, 2021 at 8:12 am | #

                This one time, at band camp…

              • Decidedly Orthogonal
                Decidedly Orthogonal
                September 2, 2021 at 11:11 am | #

                OK first, and I am sure you’re aware but anyways, you owe none of us anything further, and thank you for sharing what you have. Iff you are comfortable sharing more, I am curious why you phrased or consider it losing your virginity vs breaking your hymen? I mean, I can think of scenarios… LOTS.. of scenarios which despite others’ claims, I would totally classify as losing virginity, (Willis has one above). But if you @Rose, just mean broke your hymen by accident, I’d parrot the rest of the peanut gallery in saying that just breaking the hymen by accident doesn’t count, unless you want to feel that it does.

                • Rose by Any Other Name
                  Rose by Any Other Name
                  September 3, 2021 at 1:32 am | #

                  … wow. I did not mean to set off a discussion of this nature.

                  Ahem.

                  First off, I was trying to be both funny and avoid being overly graphic or specific. Those two apparently did not combine well.

                  To the virginity thing, I more meant taking control of my own sexuality and pleasure rather than allowing some outside situation to do so – ie, I didn’t let someone else “take it” from me, I made it my own. That’s how I always thought about it, and I find that idea – of keeping that first experience to myself – to be empowering.

                  To the object – no, it wasn’t accidental. Very much the opposite. I was very good at improvisational sex toys. I was (and am) a nerd who loves her collectables, and several of them proved to be the correct size and shape that I required (although a bit hard). I eventually discovered this wonderful hairbrush with a rubberized handle that was far gentler and more realistic in texture, but one never forgets one’s first.

                  I am torn on how to wrap this up, though. Part of me wants to make a sly joke that hints at the specific object, but the last time I tried to be sly, I started this thread. So maybe I should quit while I’m… wherever this is.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                September 2, 2021 at 12:28 pm | #

                Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. And sometimes ya gotta do that chair at Big Lots that’s been makin’ eyes at you all day. Or those black curtains with the lace on ’em. Or a rogue handful of candy corn. This is all in the Royal You, of course. Not speculating on Rose’s personal life.

                Not sure why everyone else is obsessing over That Specific Detail, though. It feels gross.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                September 2, 2021 at 4:46 pm | #

                Was it at band camp?

    • powerpowerpow
      powerpowerpow
      September 2, 2021 at 12:08 am | #

      Yeah, for a second I thought I was missing part of the story, and then I realized the reason is that it may have a big ol’ X-rating slapped across it.

      • Wagstaff
        Wagstaff
        September 2, 2021 at 12:11 am | #

        That’s one reason to suspect so.

        Has this kind of foreshadowing of SlipShines happened in the alt-text before?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          September 2, 2021 at 3:25 am | #

          It happened in the regular comic for the Joe-Malaya Slipshine.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 2, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

      Them or the Lizbians, and given Becky’s hangups that latter one might be a while

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        September 2, 2021 at 12:33 am | #

        That one’s probably a few years away, yet.

        • Wagstaff
          Wagstaff
          September 2, 2021 at 12:37 am | #

          Which one again?

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            September 2, 2021 at 2:25 am | #

            Becky/Dina

  4. Nono
    Nono
    September 2, 2021 at 12:05 am | #

    Ah. Liz is gonna be a hurricane of bad influence, huh.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 2, 2021 at 10:54 am | #

      Awwww…. 😔 why do I feel like Sarah knows Liz is bad news, and is now feeling roped in because Joyce doesn’t know it yet?

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        September 2, 2021 at 1:37 pm | #

        I’m really hoping she’s not “bad news” per se, but I’m guessing that Sarah has some reason to think things will go wrong.

  5. Nayann Martinelli
    Nayann Martinelli
    September 2, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    Sarah’s face on panel 4 has a “older sister putting with BS” vibe, or is it just me?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 2, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

      I’m an Eldest Sib, I know I’ve worn that expression on many an occasion.

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        September 2, 2021 at 12:23 am | #

        I’m a Youngest Sibling, and I’ve seen that face before. A lot.

      • Nayann Martinelli
        Nayann Martinelli
        September 2, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

        I can relate to feeling

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 2, 2021 at 2:13 am | #

      Seems to me like they’ve always had an opposing-personalities, Odd Couple kind of relationship.

  6. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    September 2, 2021 at 12:06 am | #

    There is something viscerally upsetting about that alt-text.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      September 2, 2021 at 12:09 am | #

      It brought to mind a line from the ABC sitcom The Hughleys about towel racks.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 2, 2021 at 10:56 am | #

      agreed. What even is a coa-track anyways?

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 6:11 pm | #

        The coa in coa-track stands for coming of age.

        If it didn’t before, it does now.

  7. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 2, 2021 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh Sarah, your unwillingness to admit you want to spend time with your little sister is adorable. Maybe they’ll even get a smile out of you.

    Also because this series wouldn’t be the same without it: What are they going to miss that is either important or amazing?

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      September 2, 2021 at 4:26 pm | #

      If I have the schedule right in my head, the only class Joyce has today is Political Science.

      So, simultaneously amazing and horrible, probably. This is Robin we’re talking about, after all.

  8. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    September 2, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    . . . I feel like a Fuckable Coat Rack would be bad.

    Possible Splinters from poor workmanship/upkeep or wear and tear, every coat rack I;v ever had or seen had **terrible** balance.

    Yeah just an all around bad idea.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      September 2, 2021 at 12:14 am | #

      Who said it had to be made of wood?

      Why not plastic polymers, or smart materials that become soft and stretchy when touching human bodies?

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 2, 2021 at 10:59 am | #

        If it ain’t got wood there’s not gonna be much fucking going on.

        (sorry, I kid. there’s a literal rainbow of things one can do without wood, but damn this was the joke, and I made it classy, see, cause italics)

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      September 2, 2021 at 12:22 am | #

      I mean, I always thought that glass dildos sounded like a bad idea.
      Turns out they’re perfectly safe.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        September 2, 2021 at 12:13 pm | #

        Can confirm.

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          September 2, 2021 at 4:03 pm | #

          TMI?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 2, 2021 at 6:58 am | #

      I suppose it depends on how well-made the coat rack is, and what it’s made out of. I did not expect to be discussing how fuckable coat racks might be.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 5:44 pm | #

        The things we do for SCIENCE.

  9. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    September 2, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    There he is again, in boxers and socks…

  10. Olivia Cheatham
    Olivia Cheatham
    September 2, 2021 at 12:12 am | #

    Yeah you are, Jason.

  11. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    September 2, 2021 at 12:13 am | #

    How long was Jason just standing in the hall with a coat over his head?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 2, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

      longer than anyone with dignity would

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        September 2, 2021 at 12:13 pm | #

        Lucky for Liz, he’s British.

  12. bleepbloop
    bleepbloop
    September 2, 2021 at 12:19 am | #

    If Joyce gets too caught up in showing Liz around, Walky might just get the comic slot by default.

    • Fist_of_Life
      Fist_of_Life
      September 2, 2021 at 7:40 am | #

      Oof. I could really see that happening. I hope it doesn’t though.

  13. Disastroid
    Disastroid
    September 2, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    Jason just gets more tired and bewildered every time we see him. I assume this means the sex is incredible.

  14. theKOT
    theKOT
    September 2, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    To be read in bad standup intonation:
    I’ve heard of objectification but this is ridiculous!

  15. crow
    crow
    September 2, 2021 at 12:24 am | #

    Why were they both out with their pants off in the first place? Did they just stay there waiting for Liz to come back?

  16. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    September 2, 2021 at 12:28 am | #

    At least Ruth has her priorities in order in at least trying to check if she is an aproved family member. But considering Joyce looks happy and Sarah probably looks grumpy it was easy to confirm.

  17. Alex C
    Alex C
    September 2, 2021 at 12:29 am | #

    At least he still is not handcuffed to the door.

  18. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 2, 2021 at 12:31 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/qW5WuZ2
    Alright I did the thing.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      September 2, 2021 at 1:02 am | #

      Excellent work!

      And what a deliciously fruity flavor!

      (no pun intended!)

    • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      September 2, 2021 at 1:09 am | #

      Pffffffffffhahaha, I love it! I’m digging the way you draw Liz, too. What a smokeshow!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 2, 2021 at 1:25 am | #

        RIGHT?
        I really love that euphemism.

    • Dara
      Dara
      September 2, 2021 at 1:51 am | #

      …i am very here for this now

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 2, 2021 at 2:43 am | #

      Risky play to invest in a ship where one character has only just been introduced.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 2, 2021 at 3:10 am | #

        If I only shipped things that made sense or were plausible I would only ship like…3 things.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          September 2, 2021 at 12:19 pm | #

          Things made of threes are good ships though. Props as always Yoto!

          • Clif
            Clif
            September 2, 2021 at 6:16 pm | #

            Plausibility is the bugaboo of boring people.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        September 2, 2021 at 11:13 am | #

        Those are the best kind.

        Sayid has hot tattoos and plays drums.

        Everything else is fanon.

        • NickG
          NickG
          September 2, 2021 at 3:44 pm | #

          Sayid also got it on with Bryan in the ‘Tales of Sinterest” Slipshine, and Slipshines are canonical.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 2, 2021 at 6:54 am | #

      Nicely done.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      September 2, 2021 at 10:57 am | #

      Upvoting before I even click on it. You’ve earned a certain rep in these parts.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 2, 2021 at 4:51 pm | #

      Nicely done, both the art and dialogue.

  19. TheKelliestKelly
    TheKelliestKelly
    September 2, 2021 at 12:41 am | #

    Jason, you are *absolutely* if you chose to leave that jacket on your head so long. If Ruth made you, fair enough.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 2, 2021 at 12:23 pm | #

      Coat racks don’t have names and are beneath acknowledgement. They aren’t an entity with will that gets to have choice. It is a thing and it will hold the coat for as long as Ruth wishes.

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 5:50 pm | #

        So the technicality of having a name let’s Jason off the hook?

  20. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    September 2, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

    Wait so is it cool if Jason stays there?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 2, 2021 at 1:05 am | #

      Dunno. Maybe someone should tell the RA

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 6:19 pm | #

        Someone? Is it Mary?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 2, 2021 at 8:24 am | #

      Why wouldn’t it be?

  21. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    September 2, 2021 at 12:42 am | #

    It’s Canon. Jason is now a member of the Sexy Lamp trope

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      September 2, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

      Hah!

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        September 2, 2021 at 1:07 am | #

        I was going to say “he’s not all that Sexy” but… well…

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/trousers/

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          September 2, 2021 at 2:31 am | #

          Well, the new haircut on it’s own is worth a couple points. Massive improvement

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          September 2, 2021 at 10:59 am | #

          It’s so often the ones you least suspect.

        • Schpoonman
          Schpoonman
          September 2, 2021 at 1:14 pm | #

          Was meaning to stay, he’s even got a third leg upon which to stand.

  22. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 2, 2021 at 1:03 am | #

    Big sis is joining!

    Not that she want to or anything. Just keeping her lil sisses safe.

    Baka

  23. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    September 2, 2021 at 1:08 am | #

    As far as I know, Jason is the only coatrack that can also mix drinks.

  24. Bryy
    Bryy
    September 2, 2021 at 1:10 am | #

    Was not expecting that development to be revealed in a second to last panel.
    Not gonna lie.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 2, 2021 at 2:34 am | #

      Has anything new been revealed? Jason and Ruth are a something now, that’s been established. Jason having some doormat tendencies has been established

      I’m hesitant to assume they’ve done anything yet, since last time people assumed that it turned out Ruth had just handcuffed him to the door.

      • Anon A Mouse
        Anon A Mouse
        September 2, 2021 at 5:11 am | #

        This is over a month later and they are standing in what is presumably underclothes, considering it’s winter outside. A progression in their relationship is expected.

        • Carla's #2 Fan
          Carla's #2 Fan
          September 2, 2021 at 7:00 am | #

          I believe it’s only been a day or two more since the handcuffing. Liz mentioned her school hadn’t started yet, so we didn’t get a month’s time jump without being told.

          • Cass
            Cass
            September 2, 2021 at 8:35 am | #

            Definitely only a few days, since Walky and Joyce are turning in their strips. Its now Friday of the same week.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 2, 2021 at 8:27 am | #

          Month in real time. Next day in comic.
          We saw him handcuffed there yesterday morning. They met at the bar the night before.
          It does suggest he’s spent two nights there.

  25. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    September 2, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

    I get the impression Liz will be a bad influence on Joyce.

  26. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 2, 2021 at 1:14 am | #

    Sorry, Jason, it’s the price you pay for being tall. I don’t make the rules.

  27. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    September 2, 2021 at 1:19 am | #

    Two things: 1) Sarah is absolutely not letting Joyce hog the little sister fun. 2) Ruth domming Jason is A+ content. She’s an asshole, he’s a tool, it just works.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 2, 2021 at 1:30 am | #

      I’m always down for some DOMMING. hehehehehehehehehe

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 2, 2021 at 4:46 am | #

        … of Age?

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      September 2, 2021 at 11:08 am | #

      Ruth domming anyone is a flagrant violation of canon. The only explanation is that Jason’s a real boring lay with zero initiative.

      Daisy raised her voice for like five seconds and Ruth immediately became engaged and invested, because Ruth has lifetime living arrangements down at The Bottom.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 2, 2021 at 12:25 pm | #

        Ruth’s a switch. The most utilitarian of subs.

  28. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 2, 2021 at 2:13 am | #

    Oh dear. I’ve met people like Liz before. They’re not really bad people usually but they just have this immense momentum about them where it’s nearly impossible to say ‘no’ or even to get them to stop focussing on their next stop to think about the people they’ve just accidentally walked all over.

  29. Chronos
    Chronos
    September 2, 2021 at 2:48 am | #

    Any coatrack is technically fuckable if you’re inventive enough.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      September 2, 2021 at 4:57 pm | #

      Anything is technically fuckable if you’re inventive enough

      -fixed that for you.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 2, 2021 at 9:54 pm | #

        Paige, no!

  30. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 2, 2021 at 3:18 am | #

    Awwwwww…. The understanding between Joyce and Liz feels so intense and genuine ♡. I hope the thought of missing classes doesn’t come back during Liz’s tour and ruin everything. Jason and Ruth are really a weird couple. I don’t think feelings are involved, maybe it’s better this way. Maybe it’s just momentary.

  31. darkoneko
    darkoneko
    September 2, 2021 at 3:37 am | #

    Looks like she didn’t ask their opinion before throwing her coat at Jason

    • darkoneko
      darkoneko
      September 2, 2021 at 3:38 am | #

      Which, frankly, sounds very on par with the course

  32. foducool
    foducool
    September 2, 2021 at 4:10 am | #

    wait, has Ruth been spending this whole time shagging Math T.A.?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 2, 2021 at 4:14 am | #

      He isn’t the math TA anymore; he quit after it came out that he was sleeping with Sal. Nowadays, he’s (possibly illegally) Galasso’s bartender. However, that detail aside, yes, I think that Ruth and Jason have been at it more-or-less non-stop for over 24 hours now.

      Impressive.

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        September 2, 2021 at 10:20 am | #

        He’s not THE math T.A. anymore. But, “Math TA” is the nick name that Sal used to refer to him the last time they interacted. So I think the previous commenter was using it as a name rather than a job title.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/abreast/

        • foducool
          foducool
          September 3, 2021 at 1:21 am | #

          should we upgrade him to Math Bartender?

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      September 2, 2021 at 2:09 pm | #

      Last time we thought that it turned out she just took him hostage

      • Clif
        Clif
        September 2, 2021 at 5:55 pm | #

        So coatrack is actually a promotion.

  33. K. Ivan Ruppert
    K. Ivan Ruppert
    September 2, 2021 at 4:14 am | #

    I mean… I have met people who would take at least this expression of Ruth and Jason’s relationship as goals.

  34. RowenMorland
    RowenMorland
    September 2, 2021 at 6:05 am | #

    Are there un-fuckable coatracks?

    • John
      John
      September 2, 2021 at 10:20 am | #

      …No. No there is not.

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      September 2, 2021 at 4:07 pm | #

      Not unless you count the ones where doing so can lead to severe injury.

      • John
        John
        September 3, 2021 at 9:50 am | #

        That’s coward talk.

  35. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 2, 2021 at 6:56 am | #

    DoA Book 12: Coatracks Don’t Speak

    • Clif
      Clif
      September 2, 2021 at 6:00 pm | #

      DOA 12: Joyce, You’re Joyce

      Okay, yours is better.

  36. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 2, 2021 at 7:01 am | #

    Somehow I doubt it’ll be the end of the world if Sarah and Joyce skip their classes for one day.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      September 2, 2021 at 8:26 am | #

      Remember how protective Sarah is of her scholarship. I think that she’s the sort of personality who would steer a wide berth around anything that could threaten it.

  37. Proto
    Proto
    September 2, 2021 at 7:39 am | #

    Sarah has gone from >:( to full on >:⸦

  38. thumb
    thumb
    September 2, 2021 at 8:09 am | #

    This relationship is surprisingly kinky.

  39. Whittier Strong
    Whittier Strong
    September 2, 2021 at 9:22 am | #

    “Hi, my name is Ruth, and this is my approved family member, Jason.”

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      September 2, 2021 at 10:47 am | #

      I am not sure exactly what the rule is, but Jason is a student (grad student to be exact) at the university (whereas Liz is not). As such, Jason would probably be allowed in placed (such as residences) that a non student would not.

      • Whittier Strong
        Whittier Strong
        September 2, 2021 at 3:43 pm | #

        It hadn’t occurred to me that Jason would still be in school, under the circumstances.

  40. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    September 2, 2021 at 11:31 am | #

    Careful, Sarah, your frown is becoming less deep. If you’re not careful, it might become…

    á̶̧̜͓͉̳͓̝̺̝̞͙̿̒̉̃̌̑̚ ̴̧̱̤̖͖̮̆͑̈́̀̌š̴̢̥͕̮m̶̰̳̲̃̿̊̀͊̀̎͝į̷̘̰̣̮̠̙̭̋̋͒̎̉͒͂͗͠l̴̨̝̜̜̮̺͇̥̥̥̟̲̓́͐̔̆̐͌̒͂̃͑̀͜͜͝e̷̢̢͇͇̺̹̳̋̍̇̾̿̚͜͜͝͝

  41. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    September 2, 2021 at 1:27 pm | #

    Panels 3&4: ooh, what did Liz do to make Sarah protective of Joyce around her?

    Panel 5: ffffffff

  42. Arianod
    Arianod
    September 2, 2021 at 2:37 pm | #

    What kind of idiot would build a coatrack you can’t fuck?

    • Wagstaff
      Wagstaff
      September 2, 2021 at 11:02 pm | #

      18th century Franciscan priests obsessed with chastity, just to provide one example.

  43. JA
    JA
    September 2, 2021 at 11:26 pm | #

    Well. We know what Ruth’s kink is.

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