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by David M Willis on June 17, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – Don't Stop Billie-ving
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    June 17, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    OK Ruth. I believe you. 😐

    Rejection stings…

    *plays “Underground” by David Bowie*

    • Clif
      Clif
      June 17, 2022 at 3:43 am | #

      If you have to announce you’ve moved on, you haven’t moved on.

      Or not all the way.

    • Disastroid
      Disastroid
      June 17, 2022 at 2:07 pm | #

      It’s only forever.
      It’s not long at all.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 17, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Suspiciously Specific Confirmation?

    (take 3: need to figure out how links work around the filter)
    [possibly, THOSE links are blocked but idk]

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      what links? are they the tasty kind or the missing kind? 😛

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 17, 2022 at 1:15 am | #

        Seems like the missing kind. And since it LOOKS like 3 wood have been posted, the golf kind.

      • Hof1991
        Hof1991
        June 17, 2022 at 2:10 pm | #

        The best links are the wurst.

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          June 17, 2022 at 9:23 pm | #

          I haven’t had a good breakfast lately, and I hear the wurst is yet to come.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      June 17, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      *sprays ana with squirt bottle* no, bad Ana, no linking TvTropes, people have things to do, probably.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 17, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

        These strips go up at midnight in my timezone. It’s a week night and I have work in the morning.

        I do NOT need to be up at three with thirty tabs open, trying to find an exact quote from an episode of The Golden Girls I vaguely remember because I want to add an example to a maddeningly specific trope.

        • StClair
          StClair
          June 17, 2022 at 12:53 am | #

          …
          (sheepishly begins closing tabs)

          • Reltzik
            Reltzik
            June 17, 2022 at 1:19 am | #

            Yet another example of tvtropes ruining someone’s life.

            • Casi
              Casi
              June 17, 2022 at 12:11 pm | #

              How dare you unleash this evil upon the comment section! clicks link

              • Taffy
                Taffy
                June 17, 2022 at 12:23 pm | #

                TV Tropes is kid stuff. Every time Yotomoe posts an imgur link, I wind up scrolling through memes and random political crap for an hour.

                • Needfuldoer
                  Needfuldoer
                  June 17, 2022 at 6:56 pm | #

                  Same. I can only break free when the tab finally crashes.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              June 17, 2022 at 4:23 pm | #

              You call it ruining, I call it making it AWESUUUUUME.

            • Decidedly Orthogonal
              Decidedly Orthogonal
              June 17, 2022 at 9:26 pm | #

              Followed it. Read it. Returned with following extra links. I’m alive, and if not well, at least not worse for wear.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 17, 2022 at 10:10 am | #

      I think you can put up to two links in a single comment and it posts right away, but you’ll get caught in the moderation queue if you include three or more.

  3. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    June 17, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    “He’s from England, you don’t know him.”

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 17, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      She does actually know him, enough to be disappointed in Ruth’s choice of bartender

      • Formerly Glenn
        Formerly Glenn
        June 17, 2022 at 2:31 pm | #

        Why does everyone hate Jason?

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          June 17, 2022 at 3:06 pm | #

          He’s a stuffy dweeb with a big mouth and no sense to help him keep that mouth shut. And his dick looks funny, can’t trust a guy with a funny-lookin’ wiener. Who knows what sort of European devilry and secrets he’s hiding in there?

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            June 17, 2022 at 4:58 pm | #

            Also he was a really shitty teacher

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 17, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      Canada is so full of people’s girlfriends that there’s no room for boyfriends, and they subcontract those to England.

      • Dara
        Dara
        June 17, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

        True story:

        I went to grad school in Kentucky for reasons. Canada is too far for the “girlfriend in Canada” line but they have a local equivalent, “girlfriend in Ohio.”

        Which is all fine except for the part where I actually did have a girlfriend in Ohio, and I don’t think anyone, not one single person, ever believed me about that.

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 17, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    All I can think about is this scene from Naked Gun 2 1/2.

  5. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 17, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    Yeah but you moved on to Jason….That’s such a downgrade.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 17, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

      At least it’s post-makeover Jason. He used to be much worse

  6. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 17, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    https://i.imgur.com/zAgGjV3.png
    This strip is sorely lacking Carla.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

      😊 Nice! It is also lacking sufficient pies 😛

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 17, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

      That is such a good one, I love the energy in it.

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      June 17, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

      eee she’s so pretty in this!!

    • Justnobodyfqwl
      Justnobodyfqwl
      June 17, 2022 at 1:12 am | #

      Yoto, you can’t casually drop the fact that you’re the first person brave enough to call Carol a milf and then not follow up, I literally respect you more than the armed forces.

      You know what? You’re right, she’s got a horrible…everything, but the moms of the cast deserve the yotomoe treatment too and she’s clearly the source of a lot of the aforementioned joyce genes

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 17, 2022 at 1:53 am | #

        https://imgur.com/a/Y7rjTFz (suggestive)
        Here’s all the stuff I’ve drawn of her. Though I will say my art, unlike Carol, my art hasn’t aged well 😀

        I am tempted to draw her again though.

        • cmasta1992
          cmasta1992
          June 17, 2022 at 4:11 am | #

          When I woke up today I was not expecting to find Carol hot

        • Justnobodyfqwl
          Justnobodyfqwl
          June 17, 2022 at 5:58 pm | #

          Yotomoe I would lay my body down on barbed wire at D-Day so you could crawl over safely.

          I’m honestly disappointed we didn’t get to see more of Stacy getting to be a cougar on the prowl especially because IMO she’s the only one of the moms to show up in one of the slipshines, right? But….Carol IS single now, i’m just waiting for her to become one of those wanna-be conservative outrage merchants online who posts long rants in their car about how the liberals ruined her marriage but she’s only popular because of the Brown family genetics. I’m kind of horrified but delighted at the idea of Carol having a post-divorce midlife crisis and becoming a way less modest cougar.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 17, 2022 at 6:48 pm | #

            Well Stacy is a mom who’s got it goin’ on. She’s all I want and I waited for so long.

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              June 17, 2022 at 7:46 pm | #

              that is how she got her name

              • Justnobodyfqwl
                Justnobodyfqwl
                June 18, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

                Quick, what’s the best Stacy crackship. I vote she and Walky have a night on the garbage roof

                • BarerMender
                  BarerMender
                  June 18, 2022 at 1:33 am | #

                  Remind me who Stacy is.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      June 17, 2022 at 3:26 am | #

      I see what you did there at the top of the thighs and I entirely approve.

      • Nova
        Nova
        June 17, 2022 at 5:50 am | #

        Shading? I don’t see it.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          June 17, 2022 at 9:56 am | #

          If you’re not familiar with the term, look up “zettai ryoiki” or “absolute territory”. Image search, you’re welcome.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      June 17, 2022 at 9:45 am | #

      Nice Carla. ^^

  7. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    June 17, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Ruth is fine.

    She’s okay with the events that are unfolding currently.

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 17, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    o3o I still ship ’em.
    And their boyfriends.
    Just throw them all into a pile.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Hmmm…. which do you think sounds tastier, the Maple Stack or the Walkerton Sandwich? 😋

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 17, 2022 at 3:42 pm | #

        Maple stack, definitely.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 17, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Hasn’t Asher made a couple of appreciative comments about Walky’s appearance lately? Who knows, maybe he’d be down.

      As for Jason, I think it’s pretty clear he’s going to do whatever Ruth tells him to. Ruth may have misinterpreted the “and Subs” on the sign outside, but she still found what she was looking for.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        June 17, 2022 at 12:35 am | #

        Asher has definitely, uhh, demonstrated some admittedly quite bi moments.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 17, 2022 at 12:53 am | #

          I guess Jason will be playing the straightman both comedically and literally.

        • RassilonTDavros
          RassilonTDavros
          June 17, 2022 at 1:28 pm | #

          “Women want to be with him, men want to also be with him.”

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      June 17, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

      I wouldn’t mind excluding Jason, personally.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 17, 2022 at 10:28 am | #

        Honestly he IS the weakest link of this scenario. I’d just feel bad leaving him out. But yeah if he couldn’t make it I wouldn’t be too disappointed.

  9. alongcameaspider
    alongcameaspider
    June 17, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Interesting that Jennifer decided to come back to check up on Joyce the same day

    Gives her a chance to learn that it’s not the birth control she was unnerved about after her appointment (if Joyce is awake and decides to share about the referral with Jennifer)

  10. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 17, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

    Totally moved on

  11. Deathjavu
    Deathjavu
    June 17, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    As we all know, yelling down the hallway at someone that you’ve moved on is a clear indication that you have, in fact, moved on.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      June 17, 2022 at 10:04 am | #

      Her yelling is just an indication of how much she’s moved on. Much like the fact Becky and Dina had sex, the louder you shout something the more true it is. This has been established.

  12. Yumi
    Yumi
    June 17, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    Same vibes as the person I heard shout, “I’m not being defensive!” earlier today.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      You actually heard that? 😗

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        June 17, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

        It was a very unpleasant time in the Starbucks.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          June 17, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

          utterly without precedent

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          June 17, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

          🙁 sorry to hear that.

    • Masumi
      Masumi
      June 17, 2022 at 4:36 am | #

      Once a teacher shouted at me “I’M NOT SHOUTING”

      … Luckily I was able to switch classes XD

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 17, 2022 at 9:53 am | #

      Once you’ve gotten to the point where the phrase “I’m not being defensive” needs to be pulled out, there are 3 options: Everyone Laughs, Roll Credits; Slug it out and let the victor be Correct; Sloppy makeouts on the Starbucks table and let the victor be Correct.

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        June 17, 2022 at 10:17 am | #

        Now, I’m picturing slugs making out in the Starbucks in Pike Place Market (I’m guessing slugs are in places other than Washington, but that’s the only place I’ve personally seen them).

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          June 17, 2022 at 10:22 am | #

          They’re all over the place. Long as it’s damp enough, they’re happy to settle down.

  13. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    June 17, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    Sort of.

  14. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    June 17, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    Oh no. Poor Jason.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      June 17, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      I don’t think he’s that invested. Yet

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        June 17, 2022 at 6:05 am | #

        They’re just using each other for a while

  15. Beef
    Beef
    June 17, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    Isn’t it a bit early for the boyfriend thing? Has it even been more than 2 days?

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 17, 2022 at 12:37 am | #

      It’s been long enough to where I remember someone (Joyce? I forget) being weird about her hooking up with a dude despite Ruth being pretty clear about being bi. In fact, I thiiiink Jennifer was suggested to be her first girl she’s been with.

      In any case, I think it’s been like a week-ish maybe, but the time table in this comic can be a little tough sometimes.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      June 17, 2022 at 6:17 am | #

      Exaggeration to make Billie jealous presumably

      • Ike
        Ike
        June 17, 2022 at 6:27 am | #

        Nah she’s not trying to make her jealous. She’s trying to seem unbothered, and convince her she’s moved on. And convince herself, probably.

        • Jabberwocky
          Jabberwocky
          June 17, 2022 at 10:00 am | #

          Herself more than anyone I’d reckon

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      June 17, 2022 at 9:07 am | #

      5 days I think, but he’s practically moved in so I think it’s appropriate.
      It could still implode of course, it’s early days.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 17, 2022 at 9:49 am | #

      Wasn’t Ethan on some sort of “boyfriend/ex-collecting” thing and counting “guys I made out with for 45 minutes”?

      • Alex
        Alex
        June 17, 2022 at 5:45 pm | #

        And one of the more reasonable characters rightly pointed out that this wasn’t a relationship.

  16. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    June 17, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

    Billie: I am what you made me.

    Ruth: You did this to yourself!

    *ignites lightsabers*

  17. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 17, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

    Uh huh. Yup. Sure. Sure you did, Sweetie. I believe you. Would a comic character lie?

  18. Roe
    Roe
    June 17, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    I’m gonna need that shirt

  19. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    June 17, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

    A reminder that everything Ruth’s said is just as awkwardly said by someone who actually is largely over an ex as it is someone who is in no way, shape or form over an ex.

    We’re fucking awkward people, folks, grab a pint and groan.

  20. Laura
    Laura
    June 17, 2022 at 1:01 am | #

    I need some of Jennifer’s take-charge, can-do, no-BS, alpha bongo energy right now.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

      Whatever you intend to do with that energy, I hope you succeed! 😎

      (now if only I could lend you some of mine Dragon Ball Z style….)

    • Laura
      Laura
      June 17, 2022 at 1:15 am | #

      Thank you. I need all the positive vibes I can get. I’ve got a job application due in 2 hours. I know I would rock the house with this job and I’m overqualified and it’s even a pay cut (comparatively speaking) but it would get me out of a job where I feel afraid for my safety. And my AuDHD brain is f-ing terrified to put all my skill on 4 pages and press “send”.

      So thank you for the Dragon Ball Z energy. It’s helping already.

      • Laura
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        June 17, 2022 at 1:16 am | #

        AuDHD, PTSD, TBI, RS, RSI… all the stuff that makes me feel self-doubt in my abilities, even though I know I’m a capable badasse.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          June 17, 2022 at 1:28 am | #

          You are a capable badass Laura, your neurodivergent stripes are whatever you want them to be.

          Godspeed!!!! ✌️😆 🌌🌈

          *plays “Dragon Soul” from Dragon Ball Z*

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          June 17, 2022 at 1:38 am | #

          (Oh and by the way, I’d advise not to disclose of Autism or ADHD to an employer unless you need to, it could lead to pay cuts and other not so pleasant surprises, just a little heads up 😉)

          • Laura
            Laura
            June 17, 2022 at 2:36 pm | #

            Sage advice. Thank you, NG. 🙂

        • Deathjavu
          Deathjavu
          June 17, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

          I also have the brain worms which make me think very little of myself, and then I go to an interview and they finish up by begging me not to accept another offer until they get back to me; later that day I wrote my summary life story here and it sounded totally awesome. Don’t listen to the brain worms, they are full of lies!

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            June 17, 2022 at 1:47 am | #

            Not unless they’re alien parasites like me 😛

            Eating those other wormy buggers is part of my niche 😋

            (or maybe it’s like a Good Witches from North/South Bad Witches from East/West kinda deal like in Wizard of Oz. Eh, I dunno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

          • Laura
            Laura
            June 17, 2022 at 2:35 pm | #

            Thank you, Deathjavu and NG! I will hold fast to that knowledge. Nom, nom, nom, I will chew up ALL the brain worms. I eat them all up, and they are DELICIOUS! Yum, yum, yum… They will never bother me again (for now).

            I appreciate your support.

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              June 17, 2022 at 2:44 pm | #

              Wait YOU’RE eating them? That’s the OPPOSITE of what you’re supposed to do, now I have to do even more work eating them (but more opportunities to get them to taste better, so thanks anyway? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

              • Laura
                Laura
                June 17, 2022 at 5:27 pm | #

                Speaking of which, did you make that egg drop soup in the end? It takes a few tries to get the perfect soup/time/power ratio down. A little rigorous experimentation, as Dina might say.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  June 17, 2022 at 6:49 pm | #

                  Maybe later. Little hot today for soup. But I’ll give it a shot at night maybe! 😊 thanks!!!

      • Sarah R
        Sarah R
        June 17, 2022 at 12:05 pm | #

        I know you’ve probably done what you need to do by now, but my favorite tricks for writing resumes or whatever is to either pretend I’m writing it about someone else (I can describe someone else more positively than I’d talk about myself) or pretend I am a super snooty noble elf describing exactly why these commoners would be lucky to have me deign to work for them.

        • Laura
          Laura
          June 17, 2022 at 2:27 pm | #

          Ooh, I LOVE that idea! I have another job application I want to get done tomorrow. I am gonna be the SUPEREST snooty noble Elfe! Huzzah!

          Thank you!

          • Laura
            Laura
            June 17, 2022 at 2:29 pm | #

            I appreciate your looking out for me and helping me reframe things, Sarah R.

    • Laura
      Laura
      June 17, 2022 at 5:19 am | #

      Thank you, lovelies! Much gratitude to each of you!

      I missed the deadline for electronic submission but I can still submit a hard copy in a few hours. I am so grateful for my cheering squad!

      Gimme a D! Goooooo DRAGONS! (As Jennifer would say.)

      • JBento
        JBento
        June 17, 2022 at 6:10 am | #

        Hope you get the job! With your hard copy. After being given a D. Uh… Ok, that, uh…

        Anyway, you only think it’s a paycut because we’ve been conditioned to think that the only thing of value is money. “Cutting down on stress levels” (which I presume will happen, since you’re no longer afraid for your safety) has a great many health benefits. I’ve seen invoices from US healthcare. You might actually be making more of a profit out of this change.

        Best of luck!

        • Laura
          Laura
          June 17, 2022 at 2:33 pm | #

          That’s a great way to look at it, JBento! Thank you for that valuable insight! You are ABSOLUTELY right. I can figure out ways around money. I can’t figure out ways around health. Got that right for sure.

          And I didn’t say, “Gimme SOME D.” ;-D I meant as in, “Gimme a D! Gimme an R! Gimme an A! Gimme a G! Gimme an O! Gimme an N! Gimme an S! What does that spell? DRAGONS! Gooooo… DRAGONS!”
          (At least, that’s what I assume cheers sound like. They probably don’t. But that’s what they sounded like 40 years ago in popular conception, IIRC.)

          Thank you for the chuckle and the advice, JBento.

  21. Laura
    Laura
    June 17, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

    As Gracie Bermudez is:

    https://www.gocomics.com/baldoespanol/2022/06/17

    (Sent to moderation abysse 1st time around)

  22. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    June 17, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

    And I thought the awkward post breakup run ins with Walky and Dorothy was hard to watch.

  23. Kravis
    Kravis
    June 17, 2022 at 3:20 am | #

    MY BRITISH BLONDE BOYFRIEND!

    … THAT I HAVE!

    • Eldritchy
      Eldritchy
      June 17, 2022 at 3:36 am | #

      And who totally isn’t an American teaboo

  24. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    June 17, 2022 at 4:11 am | #

    I don’t think Jennifer care about that, at least right now. I feel so sorry seeing Ruth so desperate to say that to her. Maybe Joyce is really Jennifer’s best friend right now, for better or worse.

  25. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    June 17, 2022 at 4:58 am | #

    Sometime around 2030: the Ashon ship sails. (Or would it be Jasher?)

  26. AlexaSpuds
    AlexaSpuds
    June 17, 2022 at 7:45 am | #

    I really really miss Jennifer and Ruth together.
    really early on they did enable each other’s bad impulses and vices but after that they complimented each other and kept each other strong through their struggles with daily life and their addictions.

    plus, their personalities work wayyy better together than Ruth with blonde pencil neck or Jennifer with personalitieless future mod boss

    • Rabisch
      Rabisch
      June 17, 2022 at 10:50 am | #

      Sorry, I can understand miss Ruth and Jennifer as a couple. But Jennifer with a future mob boss is perfect, perfect, PERFECT.

  27. khn0
    khn0
    June 17, 2022 at 7:51 am | #

    Is this implying that if Ruth and Billifer reboot, Jason and Asher will ?

  28. Beau Kirin Maysey
    Beau Kirin Maysey
    June 17, 2022 at 7:57 am | #

    “WE HAVE SEX!!”

  29. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    June 17, 2022 at 8:17 am | #

    Uh-huh. Yup. Sure have!

    Jennifer already knows Ruth hooked up with Jason, anyway.

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

    (This one and the one after it.)

    • Alex
      Alex
      June 17, 2022 at 2:52 pm | #

      But she didn’t know he was her boyfriend. Actually I don’t think anyone did until this strip.

  30. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    June 17, 2022 at 9:52 am | #

    That final line was very specific, Ruth. Are you ok?

  31. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 17, 2022 at 12:14 pm | #

    Yes, you’ve definitely move on Ruth. I absolutely believe you and this is not sarcasm at all.

  32. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    June 17, 2022 at 1:53 pm | #

    Neither of them have moved on

    Gooood… Gooood….

    • Raptorofwar
      Raptorofwar
      June 17, 2022 at 6:14 pm | #

      Eyyyy.

    • GeekyWarrior
      GeekyWarrior
      June 17, 2022 at 6:52 pm | #
      • GeekyWarrior
        GeekyWarrior
        June 17, 2022 at 6:52 pm | #

        • GeekyWarrior
          GeekyWarrior
          June 17, 2022 at 6:53 pm | #

          ….Hooray (No idea why I can’t get the href tag to work)
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/05-as-long-as-its-free/filledmein/

          • GeekyWarrior
            GeekyWarrior
            June 17, 2022 at 6:54 pm | #

            Maybe the stupid trailing ‘/’

  33. Reaver
    Reaver
    June 17, 2022 at 2:58 pm | #

    The freckles on Ruth’s arms are really cute~ Also that shade of yellow Jennifer always wears is like my favorite shade of yellow, not quite butter, not quite daffodil, just a bright lil pastel sunshine :3

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      June 17, 2022 at 3:10 pm | #

      Right? I always liked her more saturated yellows in the early comic better, her comfort queen clothes were always a joy to see. 😍

  34. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    June 17, 2022 at 3:33 pm | #

    Who believes Jennifer is less upset about Ruth moving on and more upset she didn’t sleep with her boss for Jennifer’s benefit?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      June 17, 2022 at 5:09 pm | #

      I think she’s mostly upset that Ruth looks better in overalls than she ever will.

    • Alex
      Alex
      June 17, 2022 at 5:43 pm | #

      Probably most of us here.

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