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May 19, 2026

Maybe

by David M Willis on March 6, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trial and Sarah
└ Tags: becky, dina

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  1. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 6, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    Sure, Dina. Suuuuuure.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 6, 2022 at 1:26 am | #

      You can’t argue with Science.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      March 6, 2022 at 9:25 am | #

      Yes? If Dina says maybe, she means maybe. It wouldn’t occur to her to dissemble under normal circumstances, and certainly not when an accurate description of her reactions is the whole reason they’re doing this.

      Sometimes I feel like people just don’t get Dina.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        March 6, 2022 at 9:27 am | #

        Oh, should probably add: I’m not saying Dina’s analysis of her own reaction is necessarily accurate, given her limited experience, just that it’s honest.

    • deathjavu
      deathjavu
      March 6, 2022 at 11:34 am | #

      She just wants repeated results before she switches it to yes. More experiments needed.

      • Miri
        Miri
        March 7, 2022 at 7:17 am | #

        It’s not scientifically determined unless you get repeat results. At least 6 times over. And you do need to control for confounding variables. So maybe more…

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      March 6, 2022 at 12:38 pm | #

      Congratz on beating Ana to first comment

  2. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    March 6, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    The Erotic Science Expedition continues, NOW!!!!

    😆😆😆 🍿🍿🍿 🥤🥤🥤

    *plays “Onward!!!!” by Megumi Han on Hacked Muzak*

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    March 6, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    MAYbe

    Dina, I know you’re trying but =|

    • Mr D
      Mr D
      March 6, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      At this point I’m starting to think Dina is more aroused by dinosaurs than by people.

      • Heavensrun
        Heavensrun
        March 6, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

        Starting?

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          March 6, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

          Well I never expected her love for dinos to extend to her bedroom activities

          • Clif
            Clif
            March 6, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

            I completely fail to understand this.

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 6, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Once they test all 347 fetishes on Dina’s list, they have to get into combos.

    Becky: “Okay, so I am wearing the dinosaur suit, but my feet are bare, I’m in clown makeup, and I am about to sit on a red balloon.” (Pop) “Anything?”

    Dina: “Negative”

    Becky: “Darn. I suppose there’s no point in trying it with this blue balloon?”

    Dina: “YOU DIDN’T TELL ME WE HAD BLUE BALLOONS, SWEET FUCK THAT’S HOT!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 6, 2022 at 12:24 am | #

      Man my biggest concern is having to open up about fetishes I have to an SO that might not be into that. Don’t wanna be judged by the girl you love, y’know?

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        March 6, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

        I hear that. Nothing like potential judgement to stop you from being open.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          March 6, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

          Well their partner might just feel the same way too. 😅 Just gotta communicate, right?

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            March 6, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

            And risk Rejection? I don’t think so, fam.

            • Yumi
              Yumi
              March 6, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

              There are websites where you can take surveys– like you take one and your partner takes one– and then it just shares what you both indicated you were into.

              Though, yeah, vulnerability is a strength, blah blah blah.

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                March 6, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

                OK whoever came up with that website, KUDOS. Fucking GENIUS! 🤯 🧠🌌

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                March 6, 2022 at 1:00 am | #

                God I wish I had a partner so I could do that with them. 😛
                Granted I feel like that’s a “we’ve been dating for a while thing”.

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  March 6, 2022 at 1:35 am | #

                  Alternatively, it could be the basis for a dating site that only matched people who shared complementary fetishes.

                • Spencer
                  Spencer
                  March 6, 2022 at 4:21 pm | #

                  Yeah I was gonna say. Knowing you’re kink-compatible in advance sounds like a good idea if it’s that important.

            • Rose by Any Other Name
              Rose by Any Other Name
              March 6, 2022 at 9:31 am | #

              It isn’t – or shouldn’t – be a ‘ask and risk rejection’ thing. Rather it should be more share and compare.

              For example, my wife is a masochist, but not a sub. She enjoys the sensation of a fair amount of BDSM, but doesn’t care for the ‘play’ of it most of the time.
              I, meanwhile, am a bit of a sub myself, but I can play being a Dom, and I love rope play.
              So, when the mood strikes us for this sort of thing, we manage both having me do a pretty tortoise shell wrap on her (looks nice, but no real restriction) and then whipping her. The rope bondage does it for me, the whip does it for her, and everyone is happy.

              And that’s only the BDSM side of things. My wife and I both have some weirder fetishes, and often they don’t match up, but we do for one another because we love one another. ANd because, at the end of the day, it’s all about play – being playful with it, having fun with it.

              • milu
                milu
                March 6, 2022 at 1:35 pm | #

                yeah, i’ve been having sex with a masochist friend lately, and while i’d never done anything remotely BDSM and i don’t really get much out of sadism per se (actually i like a bit of pain myself) i’m happy to oblige seeing how much she enjoys it. also, she’s really experienced and communicates super clearly, it’s pretty great.
                As for me, i’m really only in it for the kissing and cuddling, so that shakes out =3

        • Tan
          Tan
          March 6, 2022 at 7:43 am | #

          I’m not going to say that your True Love is going to necessarily be into every kink you’re into, because that’s not how people work, but if they’re going to judge you for even bringing up the topic to try to find mutual interests for potential exploration/experimentation, they ain’t worth your time and energy.

          (with the caveat that this is not First Date conversation)

      • Azhrei Vep
        Azhrei Vep
        March 6, 2022 at 6:44 am | #

        See, I’m concerned that someday I’ll be in that position again, and when I have nothing to offer, they’ll assume I’m lying.

        It was so much simpler with my ex-wife. Neither one of us had any clue about anything, so nobody had anything to be embarrassed about!

      • Kazuma Taichi
        Kazuma Taichi
        March 6, 2022 at 12:43 pm | #

        Personally, having experienced acceptance (not participation) from an ex regarding mine has raised my standards in a way where if sharing that information resulted in judgement, I’d probably interpret that as a non-optimal relationship.

        Future dating for me is gonna be rough because I’ll always have a great relationship to compare it to

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      March 6, 2022 at 12:58 am | #

      “We trained an A.I. to generate random fetishes; here are some of the results…”

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 6, 2022 at 1:35 am | #

        For Science.

    • two-star
      two-star
      March 6, 2022 at 1:29 am | #

      But what if Combinatorial Design Theory is itself one of Dina’s fetishes? How can the science be saved?

    • Brian Boyko
      Brian Boyko
      March 6, 2022 at 7:47 pm | #

      If there are 347 fetishes on the list, it would make sense to test 174 of them at once. No reaction, it’s in the remaining 173, otherwise it’s in the 174.

      If it’s in the 174, test 87 of those.

      This would allow Dina to identify fetishes within log_2(347) at most 9 tests.

  5. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    March 6, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Ah, the faces of a dinosaur and her lover, truly is anything more precious?

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 6, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      A golden ring, precious?

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        March 6, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

        I don’t trust it, my last experience with a gold ring took almost 12 hours to get through. And then I went through the whole thing 3 more times.

        • sdrainbow
          sdrainbow
          March 6, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

          Four times? Wagner would be proud.

        • Ed Callahan
          Ed Callahan
          March 6, 2022 at 7:10 am | #

          Did you go for the extended versions? That’s hardcore.

          • Keulen
            Keulen
            March 6, 2022 at 9:47 am | #

            The extended versions are the best versions, even though they are 4 hours each movie.

          • Ryek Hvek
            Ryek Hvek
            March 6, 2022 at 10:02 am | #

            Public Television broadcast a 17-hour version in 1990 – Four nights in a row, and simulcast on FM stereo radio. My takeaway from the marathon was Brunhilde about to launch into the signature aria, and remembering the famous “fat lady sings” saying, realizing that this opera’s Fat Lady was anything but fat – “Oh no, this opera’s going into overtime.”

  6. Nono
    Nono
    March 6, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    Well now I’m just remembering that episode of Friends.

    “I have sex with dinosaurs?!”

    “Depending on the species I’d need to have a six foot long- it’s not funny!”

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      March 6, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      Ross really had a basic view of what sex was. With dinosaurs.

      • AGV
        AGV
        March 6, 2022 at 8:06 am | #

        Considering the amount of birds without penises that get by just fine, yeah

  7. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    March 6, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

    Always great to see an appearance by some of Dina’s formal wear

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 6, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

      Part of Becky’s hoping it’ll soon be former’l wear

      • milu
        milu
        March 6, 2022 at 1:53 pm | #

        Meanwhile Dina’s already imagining herself tearing it apart.
        In her mind this is pre-lacerated clothing, or if you will, fore-maul wear.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          March 6, 2022 at 6:23 pm | #

          I heard it’s also a pretty exclusive item of clothing, only obtainable at a handful of shopping locations and only in person

          That’s right, it’s four-mall wear

          • milu
            milu
            March 6, 2022 at 7:46 pm | #

            Oh yeah? well i’ve heard its previous owner was a pet of an unlikely species belonging to a famous New York novelist

            i.e. Foer-mole wear

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              March 8, 2022 at 2:41 pm | #

              Wait, I heard it was counterfit clothing worn by a mobsters girlfriend.

              i.e.: faux-moll wear.

  8. Raen
    Raen
    March 6, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    Let me introduce you to my friend Davan.

  9. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 6, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    I approve.

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 6, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

    I am drawing a thing. Probably won’t finish it tonight but I will say. It may be a bit more…explicit than my usual stuff.

    • AGV
      AGV
      March 6, 2022 at 8:06 am | #

      Oh my!

    • zee
      zee
      March 6, 2022 at 12:38 pm | #

      I’m excite

  11. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    March 6, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

    I think it’s too Barney-ish

  12. Bryy
    Bryy
    March 6, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

    oh jesus

  13. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    March 6, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

    Soooooo, Dina’s a scaly?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 6, 2022 at 7:25 am | #

      Was there ever any doubt?

      Dinosaur body paint might have worked, but Becky already put her clothes back on…

    • AGV
      AGV
      March 6, 2022 at 8:07 am | #

      Considering that that’s a feathered raptor, she’s more of a fluffy

  14. not someone else
    not someone else
    March 6, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

    It’s okay to be a scaley!

  15. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    March 6, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

    Progress !

  16. Kravis
    Kravis
    March 6, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

    Not that clever, girl.

  17. cartoogle
    cartoogle
    March 6, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    What exactly is Becky dressed as? An Angry Bird?

    • cartoogle
      cartoogle
      March 6, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

      Alt text: “we all remember this outfit”. Linky please

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        March 6, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/sinproofed/

        • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
          LiterallyJustSomeGuy
          March 6, 2022 at 1:07 am | #

          Thank you for the link!

        • Dr. T
          Dr. T
          March 6, 2022 at 11:30 am | #

          I did not remember that at all. Why would Dina have that? It’s too big for her.

    • AGV
      AGV
      March 6, 2022 at 8:10 am | #

      A more accurate raptor

      Which can still be described as an angry bird, tbh

  18. Nazmazh
    Nazmazh
    March 6, 2022 at 12:42 am | #

    Pretty sure someone called this experiment in the comments a little while ago. Very prescient of them.

  19. temperaryobsessor
    temperaryobsessor
    March 6, 2022 at 1:01 am | #

    With the way her hands are placed I actually thought she was wearing some dino themed lingere at first glance.

    • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      March 6, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

      If these are pajamas with nothing underneath, I guess they could be considered dino themed lingere, from a certain point of view.

  20. Joe Helfrich
    Joe Helfrich
    March 6, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

    What’s the Reptilian equivalent of Furries? Scalies?

    • Council
      Council
      March 6, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

      It is

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      March 6, 2022 at 2:46 am | #

      I think this is more of a feathery. Feathie?

      ….

      …. must… not…. google…

      • Council
        Council
        March 6, 2022 at 5:00 am | #

        Sometimes featheries. But mostly just called avians. It rolls the tongue off better I think.
        Also, I don’t think anyone seeing you googled “What avian furries are called” would think you are into any of it. Chances are you would have done that a long time ago.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          March 6, 2022 at 11:18 am | #

          I’m not worried about people thinking I’m into it. I’m worried that the search results would be of a sort far, far more raunchy than what I was looking for.

          And I’m also worried that the google algorithm would think I’m into it, and that would skew the results for everything I search for in the future.

          Look, I said I’m not worried about what PEOPLE would think. The Algorithm God doesn’t count.

          • Plain Marie
            Plain Marie
            March 6, 2022 at 1:03 pm | #

            The Algorithm God is mercilessly data-driven.

          • milu
            milu
            March 6, 2022 at 1:58 pm | #

            Reltzik: Google, what is this funny word i do not know the definition of and couldn’t make any sense of from context?
            Google: i deduce you are a freaky pervert who wants invasive hentai ads on every page all of the time from now on until you close down all your socials burn your laptop and move to mars then, very well, i aim to serve

    • Brian Boyko
      Brian Boyko
      March 6, 2022 at 7:48 pm | #

      Appropos of nothing, I learned about “clankies”, and think they’re neat.

  21. LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    LiterallyJustSomeGuy
    March 6, 2022 at 1:15 am | #

    “Okay, let’s try one with a bigger plume and brighter colors to really get your attention!”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 6, 2022 at 7:30 am | #

      They know what must be done.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggUCi1jtz0

  22. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    March 6, 2022 at 1:38 am | #

    Anyone else remember Something Positive’s Monette asking Lisa to put on the koala mask?

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      March 6, 2022 at 6:11 am | #

      Yep!

      But my mind went straight to Kaiju Vanessa.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        March 6, 2022 at 8:06 am | #

        Like here.

      • StClair
        StClair
        March 6, 2022 at 7:07 pm | #

        Same.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm | #

      Hey, she has fond memories of Mr. Chim-chim.

  23. Suet
    Suet
    March 6, 2022 at 1:41 am | #

    Yes *tents hands*

    Play to her strengths, leave her dino–more

    • milu
      milu
      March 6, 2022 at 2:03 pm | #

      you have her raptor-ound your finger, Becky.

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 6, 2022 at 2:03 am | #

    In hindsight the answer is so obvious

    • Lys
      Lys
      March 6, 2022 at 6:19 am | #

      She already did the hindsight

      • milu
        milu
        March 6, 2022 at 2:04 pm | #

        appreciation for the link hovertext ^^

  25. Risky
    Risky
    March 6, 2022 at 2:24 am | #

    It was a yes until that smile.

  26. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    March 6, 2022 at 2:33 am | #

    Panel 3 looks like a lot more than a maybe.

  27. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 6, 2022 at 4:36 am | #

    C’mon Dina, that’s an “Absolutely yes”, don’t lie to yourself!

  28. Pocky
    Pocky
    March 6, 2022 at 5:16 am | #

    I hope this. . . doesn’t awaken something in me?

  29. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    March 6, 2022 at 5:56 am | #

    Dinosaur costume is kind of furry costume too, right?
    That’s must be what Becky got in her mind. At least, she tried.

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      March 6, 2022 at 8:15 am | #

      Actually wouldn’t they count as Scalies?

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        March 6, 2022 at 11:50 am | #

        As I learned from Sonic fandom: if spikes can be a furry, scales and beak can be, too.

  30. Lys
    Lys
    March 6, 2022 at 6:15 am | #

    Becky uses “PLAYING ON YOUR HYPERFIXATION”
    It’s super effective!
    Dina’s POSSIBLE ASEXUALITY is DAZED!

  31. Azhrei Vep
    Azhrei Vep
    March 6, 2022 at 6:41 am | #

    Congratulations everyone, you called it.

    • milu
      milu
      March 6, 2022 at 2:05 pm | #

      yayyyy!

  32. Eldritchy
    Eldritchy
    March 6, 2022 at 7:09 am | #

    Now she needs to do an in-depth analysis… and by that I mean putting Becky in as many dinosaur outfits as humanly and inhumanly possible.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      March 6, 2022 at 7:32 am | #

      One after another, or simultaneously?

      • AGV
        AGV
        March 6, 2022 at 8:14 am | #

        No, the later would be making hybrids and those are already overused by a certain franchise

      • Eldritchy
        Eldritchy
        March 6, 2022 at 8:15 am | #

        Dina playing Katamari Damacy with a Giant Fluffy Ball with Becky at the centre?

  33. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    March 6, 2022 at 8:17 am | #

    OK, so this strip can be read one of two ways. One is that Dina finds Becky in a dino suit to be intensely cute and adorable, but may or may not actually be arousing. Two is that she DID find it arousing, but is acting nonchalant because she knows Becky is still not comfortable with full intimacy and doesn’t want to push her before she’s ready.

    • Plain Marie
      Plain Marie
      March 6, 2022 at 1:04 pm | #

      I was thinking it was the second interpretation.

    • milu
      milu
      March 6, 2022 at 2:07 pm | #

      it’s definitely the second one. lip-biting and glimmering eyes are Willisese for arousal.

    • Joyfulldreams
      Joyfulldreams
      March 6, 2022 at 7:22 pm | #

      I mean. Or you could read it the third way, which is just that Dina literally isn’t sure, because she’s only felt ‘pants euphoria’ once, and this might be a vaguely different enough kind of arousal that she’s marking it down as a maybe and to investigate further later.

      • milu
        milu
        March 6, 2022 at 7:50 pm | #

        yeah. i mean yeah.

  34. Adept
    Adept
    March 6, 2022 at 8:22 am | #

    Getting there.

  35. AGV
    AGV
    March 6, 2022 at 8:24 am | #

    Will they find the setup that will make Dina go: “Becky, lemme smash” ?

  36. Arianod
    Arianod
    March 6, 2022 at 8:25 am | #

    A dinosaur (with a dark side)! 😀

    • AGV
      AGV
      March 7, 2022 at 1:23 am | #

      IUnderstoodThatReference.gif

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 8, 2022 at 2:46 pm | #

      So, a dino with a goatee?

  37. Spencer
    Spencer
    March 6, 2022 at 9:12 am | #

    That looks like a good time for cuddling tbh

  38. Inbar Fink
    Inbar Fink
    March 6, 2022 at 9:25 am | #

    Well, this is adorable.

  39. Keulen
    Keulen
    March 6, 2022 at 9:51 am | #

    I was hoping we’d see that outfit again. And I’m not surprised at all that Becky wearing it might do something for Dina.

  40. Anastasia
    Anastasia
    March 6, 2022 at 11:47 am | #

    Dina is maybe a scaly. Love it.

  41. Disastroid
    Disastroid
    March 6, 2022 at 12:23 pm | #

    Clever girl on girl

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      March 6, 2022 at 4:18 pm | #

      Please claim the internets you have won.

  42. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    March 6, 2022 at 2:14 pm | #

    Hey I can’t believe this but am I the only one who noticed that due used yet another contraction in the last panel?

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but still interesting nonetheless.

  43. Paul
    Paul
    March 6, 2022 at 7:20 pm | #

    Open the door! Get on the floor!
    Everybody do it with a dinosaur!

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