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Forget trying to get Joyce to curse, as this strip proves other than the elusive F-Bomb she’s actually gotten pretty laid back about the whole thing.
Someone needs to offer her $20 to try a Wasabi Pea. It’s a pea (strike 1), it’s got stuff on it (strike 2), and it will probably make her cry (yer out!).
…Maybe $50 and a rare piece of D&MM merch would get her to do it.
“laid back” might be going a tiny bit far. I guarantee you she is simultaneously internally screaming and internally partying as she says her big line in panel 3.
Seriously Joyce. Congratulations, and you’re doing well “demonstrating the versatility of the word,” but a little variety of other roots isn’t innapropriate either.
I actually read it the other way around, where she’s not as cool with her lost faith and her new behaviors and all as she claims and is overdoing them in attempts to both prove to herself she is and to seem cooler to Liz.
Maybe – but the wasabi peas I’ve had were anything but squooshy. That just might pass the Joyce Test. At least until she got past the crunchy and went from “Hey, this isn’t bad” to “HELP!”
Well the alternative is that one of the eyebrows is invisible part of the time, but they occasionally switch up, which implies Liz’s eyebrows are advanced enough to have cloaking technology. Which explanation sounds more likely to you?
seriously I don’t even like eating at tables where someone else has recently eaten them, just on the off chance that one is on the chair or floor and I’ll get it on my clothes or shoes and it’ll NEVER BE GONE
Me three! My mom used to make it every year with the leftover meat on the bone from the Christmas ham. Yum! (don’t know she made it the rest of the year; I just remember the bone simmering away in the pot as she cooked it down) I like to add a bunch of crackers to the soup, ’til it becomes a green paste.
same. growing up, my parents always thought it was “funny” how I’d leave a pile of peas on the side of my plate no matter how thoroughly they’d been mixed in with dinner.
Me, I was just annoyed that they kept trying to get me to eat something I knew I hated.
I always hated peas because to me they taste bitter. Everybody else tells me I’m wrong and they’re not bitter at all, but that’s the way they taste to me. As an adult I discovered that mixed vegetables containing peas are marginally edible if you dose them with a liberal amount of Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning. Though honestly, that may just be the result of the tastebuds being overpowered and temporarily burning out.
My mother told me tales of her father hating peas and fishing them out, one by one, when her mother mixed them into the food. I’d bet on the ability to taste the bitterness being some kind of recessive gene thing, but who knows.
See, that’s the thing. Different things taste different to different people. Senior class Bio, and you have people going around asking people to taste a piece of paper. Half would say, “Ugh, crap! This tastes like shit,” the other half would say, “Meh, tastes like paper. Why’re you doing this, again?” It was supposed to be some genetic test. But it always tasted like paper to me.
Does cilantro taste like soap to you? That test is definitely a thing, last time I tried it tasted extremely bitter.
I also can’t stand raw celery. It tastes like a mouthful of ground black pepper. If it’s chopped up and cooked into something else it’s fine, but raw (even with peanut butter or ranch dressing)? No thank you.
*classic cartoon characters from Thirties* Peas Porridge hot! Peas Porridge cold!
Peas Porridge in the pot
Nine days old!
“Nine days old?” “P.U.” “Get that stuff away from me, bub!”
Joyce: I’m gonna show off for a Cool Friend TM! I’m gonna be a rebel! I can CURSE!
Also Joyce: But I will not eat foods that do not meet my deeply-anxious sensory-based Food Standards. I would sooner starve. This is not hyperbole, I will actually be hungry and have food staring right at me and not be able to work up the nerve to eat it because it is not a Safe Food.
I’m surprised to see Joyce go straight into saying “shit” every other word, I’d have taken her for more of a “double dumbass on you” or a “they are not the hell your whales” (although that second one is more of a specific case that probably isn’t very applicable in Indiana.
I may be in the minority, but I’m not sure I like Joyce’s new…. language skills.
Yes, I know that she’s thrown off much of her puritan upbringing. But it was only a day or 2 ago (in comic time) when she was still trying to wrap her brain around evolution. I can see her using more swear words as time goes by in times of frustration (sort of like the way she swore in front of Joe recently), but the multiple swear words here used so casually seem almost… gratuitous.
Fuck’n supposed to be. I mean, shit, have you never fucking been around a bongo teen that just found out they can fucking swear? Like, shit. God-damn.
It’s terrible.
I’m 66% sure this is performative because she thinks Liz is cool and wants Liz to think she is cool. (See previous ‘admitting to atheism only after Liz admitted she wasn’t as actively Christian as Facebook implied.’ Doesn’t mean her breakthrough yesterday wasn’t true, just that she’s comfortable sharing that much in part because she thinks it’ll impress Sarah’s Cool Sister who she’s been Facebook friends with for months but this is probably their first time REALLY interacting. The same way Joyce was willing to have meatballs in her buttered noodles to impress Jacob.)
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen her swear. She swore a BUNCH after Toedad attacked Becky the first time. She dropped off a bit, but Joyce has been swearing for a while. Right now, I think Regalli is right and she’s excited to hang out with Liz and so is kinda copying her.
I’ve never seen peas so overcooked that they’ve gone grey.
To wit: yikes.
I like peas well enough, they aren’t my favourite but they’re good in the right things. And yes, they shouldn’t be S Q U O O S H Y but I’m not gonna tell Joyce that they’re not always like that because honestly? Joyce has her things and I’m just fine with that.
(But maybe tell her that non S Q U O O S H Y peas in pasta-shell mac-and-cheese, particularly with a nice aged cheddar? Rather delightful.)
See, I eat canned peas regularly and they’re fine? My only thing is I buy the carrot & pea can mix. I toss it in the pot of fettuccini and some alfredo with a can of drained Rotel and make a tasty pasta out of it all.
I am not quite sure who STARTED it, but it does look, if not like a flirt-battle, at least an impress-your-christian-sister-more-than-she-does-you-battle
Ok. What Liz want to do with Joyce and Sarah’s complicity? Just something fun or a huge disaster that will put the whole college in chaos? Because I hope for the second. GO LIZ!!!!
The Asians are upfront about being foreigners but the British are sneaky and seem almost like normal people. Then, when you’re lulled, they spring something like kidney pie or blood pudding on you.
hey brits! look at this american making fun of you
that colonizing america plan sure backfired huh
oh wait
i’m french
we also tried to colonize america
nevermind brits
Check near the dried beans at the grocery store, you’ll at least find peas. They’ll probably be labeled as split peas, for making their eponymous soup.
You might not find other dehydrated vegetables, though. They don’t weigh much without their water, and that triggers the “I’m getting ripped off” response in shoppers who don’t know any better. Besides, flash-frozen blanched vegetables are infinitely superior except that you have to keep them in a freezer.
Joyce’s OCD-like tendencies have been getting WAY worse since the timeskip, haven’t they?
…I’m told that stress can cause OCD to worsen, and, well. Moving away from her religion, her parents’ divorce, everything with her mom, I gotta assume there’s a lot of stress in her life.
Does anyone else think the end of this arc is going to be the two of them kissing and then Joyce having a bi panic? Because I’m getting kind those kinds of vibes here. Or maybe Joyce will have a different panic attack associated with trying to change too much all at once. We will see.
I feel like Joyce never had fresh peas before way better than frozen peas.
Heck frozen peas are pretty good if, if she has a problem with them being squishy just don’t cook or thaw them.
I get that it beats skurvy but canned veggies are usually crap.
I’m kinda weird when it comes to peas in that I’ll only eat frozen peas. Fresh peas have too much of a “veggie” taste for me to like, while canned peas are, as Joyce puts it, a squooshy powdery abomination. Frozen peas, on the other hand, are perfect for adding to things like stews or stir-frys where they complement the dish without overpowering it.
I think you and I are on the same page. Sure, I’m married to someone who will pick the peas out of Dinty Moore Beef Stew, But I’ll eat just about anything that’s not Okra or Eggplant. Serzly, bring me all your unwanted vegetables. I’ll eat them for you. (except the Okra & the eggplant- you can have them back, thanks, no.)
oh Geneesepaws i heard you were way into vegetables!
i’ve got all these okras and eggplants, here you can have them, what’s that? can’t hear you, ok bye
Canned peas are the worst peas. Frozen are almost as good as fresh.
Maybe Carol is the type of cook who will boil the life out of everything, to the point where even broccoli is puree-soft. That will ruin a lot of foods for you.
She has still not made it onto the scoreboard. I have a spot all ready for her, with an assigned color and everything, if/when she does, but it is as yet unclaimed.
It does, because they both appear under the same tag, and I do most of the appearance counting just by checking the tag count. I do adjust some of them because I know there are strips where they’re tagged but don’t actually appear (Amazi-Girl has several of those, because she’s tagged for newspaper photos… Amazi-Girl needs special handling anyway, because there are several strips where both Amber and AG are tagged), or they’re tagged in things that aren’t actually strips. I should probably adjust Mike, too, but I’m not sure I have an accurate Ghost Mike appearance count.
I am currently sitting in utter terror of some cheesy rice with cauliflower that is literally designed for children to not realize they’re eating vegetables. I take a bite. It is fine. But what if the next bite ISN’T fine? What then? What if I eat it okay right now, but then a few hours later I’m violently ill? WHAT THEN??
I am 28 years old. It’s hyperbole but much closer to accurate than you would think.
Oh, it is comedic hyperbole to some extent and I joke about it (and so, I suspect, does Willis) because what the fuck else can you do? It’s objectively absurd the amount of anxiety I had over cauliflower I couldn’t actually taste. (I did eventually eat it! It was fine! I will probably still have irrational anxiety next time, at least in any different preparation!) But I bring it up because occasionally you get someone expressing disbelief about Joyce’s eating habits, or suggesting it’s not that bad. Nope! It is not a thing that can be overcome with sufficient motivation alone. You also need some serious strategizing as to how you expand your palate if you really do want to. I’ve done it successfully in the past, but even then it’s tricky and sometimes preparation-specific. (I’m okay with tomato sauces, but raw tomatoes just do not work texturally.)
Anxiety disorders: We laugh because it’s that or cry, and also because yeah it is HILARIOUS when I think about it as an outsider looking in at myself.
oooof, i knew people like joyce and it is rather obvious that they are in the “i am just now starting to rebel” phase.
it’s fine, we all gotta go through that at some point! but it is very obvious to people who’ve already gone through it (like i’m assuming liz has) that you’re still at that stage where cursing is novel and stuff like that
I’m a still growing man in my 70s and will avoid peas as long as it’s a reasonable effort. I won’t separate them out of chicken pot pie, but if I’m cooking it, they don’t go in in the first place.
I might actually try them raw someday just to see, as there are a lot of veggies such as carrots and spinach I like a lot better raw. But I’ve never really believed that cooking could be what gives them the bitter taste I experience, so I’m not in any real hurry to conduct the experiment.
I’m developing a huge crush on Liz, nothing special, her face just really does it for me and since we know next to nothing about her she’s easy to project onto.
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well don’t eat the PEAS if you’re in a pod, that’d be like CANNIBALISM and YOU GO TO FAR
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… I think you mean YOU GO TOO FAR…
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… sorry, not sorry.
Actually, it’s spelled Pharr
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharr,_Texas
Forget trying to get Joyce to curse, as this strip proves other than the elusive F-Bomb she’s actually gotten pretty laid back about the whole thing.
Someone needs to offer her $20 to try a Wasabi Pea. It’s a pea (strike 1), it’s got stuff on it (strike 2), and it will probably make her cry (yer out!).
…Maybe $50 and a rare piece of D&MM merch would get her to do it.
“laid back” might be going a tiny bit far. I guarantee you she is simultaneously internally screaming and internally partying as she says her big line in panel 3.
Seriously Joyce. Congratulations, and you’re doing well “demonstrating the versatility of the word,” but a little variety of other roots isn’t innapropriate either.
Kidding. You’re great primate!
To me, it sounds like some kind of dance craze.
They did the Shit. They did the shitting Shit…
It was a bathroom bit,
When on the fan it hit!
I actually read it the other way around, where she’s not as cool with her lost faith and her new behaviors and all as she claims and is overdoing them in attempts to both prove to herself she is and to seem cooler to Liz.
Yup.
Twas my take as well.
Maybe – but the wasabi peas I’ve had were anything but squooshy. That just might pass the Joyce Test. At least until she got past the crunchy and went from “Hey, this isn’t bad” to “HELP!”
How odd. You have an avatar but no name.
surprised this one isn’t titled “anyshittingthing”
willis doesn’t like to spoil the punchline
i know it’s not at the end but for me the fact that joyce is swearing but the only swear word she’ll say is “shit” is the real punchline
Dumbing of Age Book 12: I’m Shitting Ready to Do the Shitting Shit.
Dumbing of Age Book 12: I Could Deal With Experiencing a Smidge Less
Dumbing of Age Book 12: They’re Squooshy.
That’s a confirmed sighting of both eyebrows at the same time.
I tell you, it’s the same eyebrow leaping from side to side so fast it produces the illusion there are two eyebrows.
Actually, it’s aim is a little off, as you can see from the fact that the two supposed eyebrows don’t line up.
Ockham’s tweezers: the explanation with the least amount of eyebrows is the most likely to be correct.
Well the alternative is that one of the eyebrows is invisible part of the time, but they occasionally switch up, which implies Liz’s eyebrows are advanced enough to have cloaking technology. Which explanation sounds more likely to you?
No need for such silly nonsense. I’m sure Liz has a single eyebrow reaching around her head like a normal person.
Liz’s eyebrow is under the Olsen Twin Effect?
…finally, someone who hates peas as much as I do.
seriously I don’t even like eating at tables where someone else has recently eaten them, just on the off chance that one is on the chair or floor and I’ll get it on my clothes or shoes and it’ll NEVER BE GONE
More for me! I’ll eat them if you eat whatever soup or stew’s around.
Unless there’s peas in the soup/stew, in which case you’re on your own.
So between the two of you, I can have all the pea soup? Because pea soup is yummy.
I, too, volunteer for this noble sacrifice of consuming pea soup.
Me three! My mom used to make it every year with the leftover meat on the bone from the Christmas ham. Yum! (don’t know she made it the rest of the year; I just remember the bone simmering away in the pot as she cooked it down) I like to add a bunch of crackers to the soup, ’til it becomes a green paste.
I’ll split those peas with you, BBCC.
Joyce loves split-pea soup! It’s tasty!
Just don’t tell her there are peas in it.
same. growing up, my parents always thought it was “funny” how I’d leave a pile of peas on the side of my plate no matter how thoroughly they’d been mixed in with dinner.
Me, I was just annoyed that they kept trying to get me to eat something I knew I hated.
Peas are like tiny mini potatoes with extra juice.
How I hate them.
I always hated peas because to me they taste bitter. Everybody else tells me I’m wrong and they’re not bitter at all, but that’s the way they taste to me. As an adult I discovered that mixed vegetables containing peas are marginally edible if you dose them with a liberal amount of Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning. Though honestly, that may just be the result of the tastebuds being overpowered and temporarily burning out.
My mother told me tales of her father hating peas and fishing them out, one by one, when her mother mixed them into the food. I’d bet on the ability to taste the bitterness being some kind of recessive gene thing, but who knows.
You’re right. The taste of peas is disgusting. Not sure if I’d say bitter, but I can’t stand it.
See, that’s the thing. Different things taste different to different people. Senior class Bio, and you have people going around asking people to taste a piece of paper. Half would say, “Ugh, crap! This tastes like shit,” the other half would say, “Meh, tastes like paper. Why’re you doing this, again?” It was supposed to be some genetic test. But it always tasted like paper to me.
the same piece of paper? that doesn’t seem sanitary.
It’s okay.. They washed the paper and sprayed it with Lysol between each test.
Does cilantro taste like soap to you? That test is definitely a thing, last time I tried it tasted extremely bitter.
I also can’t stand raw celery. It tastes like a mouthful of ground black pepper. If it’s chopped up and cooked into something else it’s fine, but raw (even with peanut butter or ranch dressing)? No thank you.
Peas are fine. Not my favourite but they’re edible
Fresh or frozen peas are ok. Canned peas should die in a fire, then the ashes should also be burned.
I’ve never liked the taste and texture of peas. Or most vegetables for that matter.
Damn right, Joyce! You keep your persnicketiness about food! You’re RIGHT and you SHOULD say it.
I’m sure this can only end well
Welp, this is going to end badly.
You and Giguioto should now have to fight it out!
Due to the miracle of the English language, they are actually expressing the same idea.
But why should that stop them from fighting?
S Q U O O S H Y
S Q U O O S H Y
well, shit
SQUOOSHY is the new SHINEY.
SHIT is the same old shirt.
Damn you, autocorrect.
Welcome to the Good Place!
*classic cartoon characters from Thirties*
Peas Porridge hot! Peas Porridge cold!
Peas Porridge in the pot
Nine days old!
“Nine days old?” “P.U.” “Get that stuff away from me, bub!”
Stephen!!! can the P.A. system be blasting Pass the Peas
please
*pedant warning ahead*
It’s actually pease porridge, although it IS still made of peas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pease_pudding
Not the red background for the sqooshy lmaooo
Joyce: I’m gonna show off for a Cool Friend TM! I’m gonna be a rebel! I can CURSE!
Also Joyce: But I will not eat foods that do not meet my deeply-anxious sensory-based Food Standards. I would sooner starve. This is not hyperbole, I will actually be hungry and have food staring right at me and not be able to work up the nerve to eat it because it is not a Safe Food.
Big mood, Joyce, big mood.
. . .How does Joyce feel about Mushrooms?
Squishy, they’ll squirt juice into your mouth when you’re not expecting it, all around awful and worse then Peas even.
If mushrooms are squirting juice in your mouth, there’s something wrong with them.
Then I must have extremely poor luck. *Every* Mushroom I have ever had has done this to me.
I’ve never had that problem, because I don’t eat mushrooms. They’re kinda gross.
The trick with mushrooms is to fry them in butter. That way, if they squirt into your mouth, at least it tastes like butter.
The mushrooms you’ve eaten simply weren’t done. Cooked mushrooms aren’t even elastic.
And how can fine slices squirt juice…?
I can’t imagine her ever eating one
It’s a date!
RED PANEL
I didn’t know that squooshy peas rose to the level of Red Panel status, but here we are.
I’m surprised to see Joyce go straight into saying “shit” every other word, I’d have taken her for more of a “double dumbass on you” or a “they are not the hell your whales” (although that second one is more of a specific case that probably isn’t very applicable in Indiana.
Oh right, for when someone is trying to take away your whales from you.
Hate it when that happens.
They took away our landsharks and no-one even noticed.
or cared.
thank god for sharknados then!
I may be in the minority, but I’m not sure I like Joyce’s new…. language skills.
Yes, I know that she’s thrown off much of her puritan upbringing. But it was only a day or 2 ago (in comic time) when she was still trying to wrap her brain around evolution. I can see her using more swear words as time goes by in times of frustration (sort of like the way she swore in front of Joe recently), but the multiple swear words here used so casually seem almost… gratuitous.
They are gratuitous. She’s not using them naturally, but performatively. She’s doing what she thinks people who are cool and not uptight do.
Fuck’n supposed to be. I mean, shit, have you never fucking been around a bongo teen that just found out they can fucking swear? Like, shit. God-damn.
It’s terrible.
I’m 66% sure this is performative because she thinks Liz is cool and wants Liz to think she is cool. (See previous ‘admitting to atheism only after Liz admitted she wasn’t as actively Christian as Facebook implied.’ Doesn’t mean her breakthrough yesterday wasn’t true, just that she’s comfortable sharing that much in part because she thinks it’ll impress Sarah’s Cool Sister who she’s been Facebook friends with for months but this is probably their first time REALLY interacting. The same way Joyce was willing to have meatballs in her buttered noodles to impress Jacob.)
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen her swear. She swore a BUNCH after Toedad attacked Becky the first time. She dropped off a bit, but Joyce has been swearing for a while. Right now, I think Regalli is right and she’s excited to hang out with Liz and so is kinda copying her.
You mean like everyone when they first start cursing?
I hate peas. I don’t care about the texture, I just think they taste terrible
I’m with you, I think peas are gross.
Better yet, Joyce, don’t eat peas EVER, cause they FUCKIN’ SUUUUUCK!
I mean… They SHITTIN’ SUCK!
For once I agree with Joyce about food, peas are awful
If your peas are squishy, you’ve overcooked them, my good man. They should still be bright green on the plate; once they turn grey, they turn bad.
Correct. Peas are excellent when prepared properly.
I’ve never seen peas so overcooked that they’ve gone grey.
To wit: yikes.
I like peas well enough, they aren’t my favourite but they’re good in the right things. And yes, they shouldn’t be S Q U O O S H Y but I’m not gonna tell Joyce that they’re not always like that because honestly? Joyce has her things and I’m just fine with that.
(But maybe tell her that non S Q U O O S H Y peas in pasta-shell mac-and-cheese, particularly with a nice aged cheddar? Rather delightful.)
I do that all the time. Most of the time, I’ll also chop up some hot dogs or kielbasa into the mix as well. Makes a great casserole.
My understanding is they could also be canned.
See, I eat canned peas regularly and they’re fine? My only thing is I buy the carrot & pea can mix. I toss it in the pot of fettuccini and some alfredo with a can of drained Rotel and make a tasty pasta out of it all.
Ugh, no. If they’re still bright green they’re undercooked, and they taste awful. You’ve got to cook them until they get soft.
whoa hold on there Joyce, maybe take this one step at a time to start with
…am I the only one who thinks Liz thinks Joyce is flirting?
Nope.
But do you think Liz is flirting back?
I am not quite sure who STARTED it, but it does look, if not like a flirt-battle, at least an impress-your-christian-sister-more-than-she-does-you-battle
i want to drop a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend reference, but the two songs i’m thinking of are some of the weaker ones in the show, imo.
or i could just write this!
Ok. What Liz want to do with Joyce and Sarah’s complicity? Just something fun or a huge disaster that will put the whole college in chaos? Because I hope for the second. GO LIZ!!!!
Seems I might be the first Brit into the comments section this morning, as I haven’t seen any mention of these two excellent things.
Mushy peas (foodstuff) and Poddington Peas (short-lived 80’s cartoon)
Are the British responsible for Mung peas?
Or does it stop at spam, spam, spam and peas?
Pretty sure Mung peas (or beans) are Asian, although as a country covered in Chinese and Indian restaurants, we obviously have them.
That’s a relief.
The Asians are upfront about being foreigners but the British are sneaky and seem almost like normal people. Then, when you’re lulled, they spring something like kidney pie or blood pudding on you.
hey brits! look at this american making fun of you
that colonizing america plan sure backfired huh
oh wait
i’m french
we also tried to colonize america
nevermind brits
So many swears!!!! Good on you, Joyce, get em all out and then start talking like just a normal person again.
Well, now all that’s left is for her to, I believe it was, snap and suck a billion dicks?
Joyce is talking a lot of shit today!
I’ve eaten plenty of soup cups that had dehydrated peas in them. Now I’m wondering if there’s a way to just get full bags of dehydrated vegetables.
There have been dried vegetables around for a long time, not going as strong as dried fruit, but you can find them sure.
Check near the dried beans at the grocery store, you’ll at least find peas. They’ll probably be labeled as split peas, for making their eponymous soup.
You might not find other dehydrated vegetables, though. They don’t weigh much without their water, and that triggers the “I’m getting ripped off” response in shoppers who don’t know any better. Besides, flash-frozen blanched vegetables are infinitely superior except that you have to keep them in a freezer.
Joyce’s OCD-like tendencies have been getting WAY worse since the timeskip, haven’t they?
…I’m told that stress can cause OCD to worsen, and, well. Moving away from her religion, her parents’ divorce, everything with her mom, I gotta assume there’s a lot of stress in her life.
Does anyone else think the end of this arc is going to be the two of them kissing and then Joyce having a bi panic? Because I’m getting kind those kinds of vibes here. Or maybe Joyce will have a different panic attack associated with trying to change too much all at once. We will see.
I feel like Joyce never had fresh peas before way better than frozen peas.
Heck frozen peas are pretty good if, if she has a problem with them being squishy just don’t cook or thaw them.
I get that it beats skurvy but canned veggies are usually crap.
I’m kinda weird when it comes to peas in that I’ll only eat frozen peas. Fresh peas have too much of a “veggie” taste for me to like, while canned peas are, as Joyce puts it, a squooshy powdery abomination. Frozen peas, on the other hand, are perfect for adding to things like stews or stir-frys where they complement the dish without overpowering it.
I think you and I are on the same page. Sure, I’m married to someone who will pick the peas out of Dinty Moore Beef Stew, But I’ll eat just about anything that’s not Okra or Eggplant. Serzly, bring me all your unwanted vegetables. I’ll eat them for you. (except the Okra & the eggplant- you can have them back, thanks, no.)
Okra on it’s own? Nah.
Okra as part of gumbo? Delicious.
oh Geneesepaws i heard you were way into vegetables!
i’ve got all these okras and eggplants, here you can have them, what’s that? can’t hear you, ok bye
Canned peas are the worst peas. Frozen are almost as good as fresh.
Maybe Carol is the type of cook who will boil the life out of everything, to the point where even broccoli is puree-soft. That will ruin a lot of foods for you.
Just give peas a chance, Joyce.
Whirled peas. That would be best.
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Obviously Joyce has gotten a lot more comfortable saying “shit”. I can’t remember if she’s said “fuck” yet.
she’s tried, but couldn’t do it.
Didn’t she let out a barrage just recently? I remember Joe giving her money for that “I dare you to swear” bet they had.
Not of fucks. Joyce has not yet given a single fuck. (The money was for “damn”.)
Ah thanks, I didn’t quite remember which swear word it was.
She has still not made it onto the scoreboard. I have a spot all ready for her, with an assigned color and everything, if/when she does, but it is as yet unclaimed.
Yeah, I’ve been meaning to ask if Mike’s appearance count would include ghost Mike and comic-strip Mike.
It does, because they both appear under the same tag, and I do most of the appearance counting just by checking the tag count. I do adjust some of them because I know there are strips where they’re tagged but don’t actually appear (Amazi-Girl has several of those, because she’s tagged for newspaper photos… Amazi-Girl needs special handling anyway, because there are several strips where both Amber and AG are tagged), or they’re tagged in things that aren’t actually strips. I should probably adjust Mike, too, but I’m not sure I have an accurate Ghost Mike appearance count.
I’m honestly surprised that Blaine scored so low.
Would someone please remind me the significance to be read into a red background? Is it simply major emotion?
it signals a traumatic experience being triggered; in this case, it’s comedic hyperbole though. i think.
I am currently sitting in utter terror of some cheesy rice with cauliflower that is literally designed for children to not realize they’re eating vegetables. I take a bite. It is fine. But what if the next bite ISN’T fine? What then? What if I eat it okay right now, but then a few hours later I’m violently ill? WHAT THEN??
I am 28 years old. It’s hyperbole but much closer to accurate than you would think.
oh no. sorry for making light of it then! i should have know better. <3
Oh, it is comedic hyperbole to some extent and I joke about it (and so, I suspect, does Willis) because what the fuck else can you do? It’s objectively absurd the amount of anxiety I had over cauliflower I couldn’t actually taste. (I did eventually eat it! It was fine! I will probably still have irrational anxiety next time, at least in any different preparation!) But I bring it up because occasionally you get someone expressing disbelief about Joyce’s eating habits, or suggesting it’s not that bad. Nope! It is not a thing that can be overcome with sufficient motivation alone. You also need some serious strategizing as to how you expand your palate if you really do want to. I’ve done it successfully in the past, but even then it’s tricky and sometimes preparation-specific. (I’m okay with tomato sauces, but raw tomatoes just do not work texturally.)
Anxiety disorders: We laugh because it’s that or cry, and also because yeah it is HILARIOUS when I think about it as an outsider looking in at myself.
Maybe one day you’ll actually be good at cussing, Joyce, but today is not that day.
oooof, i knew people like joyce and it is rather obvious that they are in the “i am just now starting to rebel” phase.
it’s fine, we all gotta go through that at some point! but it is very obvious to people who’ve already gone through it (like i’m assuming liz has) that you’re still at that stage where cursing is novel and stuff like that
I’m a grown man in my mid 30’s and I still won’t eat peas
I’m a still growing man in my 70s and will avoid peas as long as it’s a reasonable effort. I won’t separate them out of chicken pot pie, but if I’m cooking it, they don’t go in in the first place.
I might actually try them raw someday just to see, as there are a lot of veggies such as carrots and spinach I like a lot better raw. But I’ve never really believed that cooking could be what gives them the bitter taste I experience, so I’m not in any real hurry to conduct the experiment.
you say that now, but i’m sure you’ll love them when you get older.
I admit the possibility.
On account of my maturity, you know.
Cooked peas are fine to terrible. Freshly shelled peas are one of the finest foods available. Sweet! Crunchy! I could eat a bucketful of them!
Or Snap peas where you can just eat them pod and all.
I’m developing a huge crush on Liz, nothing special, her face just really does it for me and since we know next to nothing about her she’s easy to project onto.
Liz is SO PRETTY, I love her curls and fresh pink lipstick ♥
Awww…Joyce is doing that thing I did as a teenager where I tried to shed my squeaky-clean persona by swearing every other word!
But wait! How would Joyce react to…
THE JELLO HOSPITAL FLOOR
*pqqiiiiitt*
Boy, when Joyce decides to start cursing, she goes all in.