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by David M Willis on October 24, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Bring Me to Life Drawing
└ Tags: amber, joyce

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 24, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Amber: “You should go fuck…yourself.”

    Joyce: “Excuse me?!”

    Amber: (Nailed it.)

    • System_Anomaly
      System_Anomaly
      October 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

      This made me laugh, thanks

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        October 24, 2022 at 5:45 pm | #

        One date with Rosie Palms, cumming right up! xD

    • Architex
      Architex
      October 24, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Absolutely perfect top comment for this one!

    • Bladeglory
      Bladeglory
      October 24, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Task failed successfully.

    • fudo81
      fudo81
      October 24, 2022 at 3:25 am | #

      😂 😂

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 24, 2022 at 8:28 am | #

      Yes… HA HA… YES!

      [sickos.png]

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 24, 2022 at 9:15 am | #

      Shang Tsung: Flawless Victory!

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      October 24, 2022 at 9:25 am | #

      Just wanted to say bravo and echo the previous sentiment of best top comment.

    • Stu
      Stu
      October 24, 2022 at 9:40 am | #

      Better than my “You should go… HUG him.”

    • Kyrros
      Kyrros
      October 24, 2022 at 10:31 am | #

      [SCRUBS_DontSayBananaHammock.mp4]

    • Twitcher
      Twitcher
      October 24, 2022 at 1:45 pm | #

      Does everyone besides Joyce know that Joe thinks Joyce is too pure to bone him, or only Joe’s friends?

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 24, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    words are very unnecessary, they can only do harm

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      October 24, 2022 at 1:14 am | #

      Well, that’s a Mode.

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        October 24, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

        Me whenever I smoke pot

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      October 24, 2022 at 9:16 am | #

      Feeling Peachy Ana?

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      October 24, 2022 at 9:23 am | #

      All I ever wanted…
      All I ever needed…

      • Seregiel
        Seregiel
        October 24, 2022 at 1:26 pm | #

        Is here, in my AU?

  3. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    October 24, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: I Might Be Bad at People

    2nd edition: Don’t Blurt Out That You Should Go Fuck Him

    • Electric
      Electric
      October 24, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

      That’s the title of the slipshine

  4. Flygod
    Flygod
    October 24, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    *Emperor Palpatine Voice* DO ET

    • jonathan young
      jonathan young
      October 24, 2022 at 9:16 am | #

      LET THE HORNINESS FLOW THROUGH YOUUUUU

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      October 24, 2022 at 12:12 pm | #

      I read this first as “Do E.T.” and was very confused.

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    I do love Amber and Joe as sibling types.

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    Maybe I might have changed
    And not been so cruel
    Not been such a fool
    Whatever was done is done
    I just can’t recall
    It doesn’t matter at all
    –Emerson, Lake & Palmer “From The Beginning”

    • jonathan young
      jonathan young
      October 24, 2022 at 9:16 am | #

      such an amazing song.

  7. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 24, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    You can do it, Amber, I believe in you!

    • brionl
      brionl
      October 24, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

      ITYM, You can *not* do it, Amber.

  8. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    October 24, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    I kind of hope that this will lead Joe to confront his Joe Dad and get out their issues. He’s carrying so much from that relationship unsaid and I’d like to know how Joe Dad’s remarriage is affecting them both.

    Either confront the issue, Joe, or just give up and keep it shallow.

    • Segnosaur
      Segnosaur
      October 24, 2022 at 8:34 am | #

      What exactly has not been said between Joe and his dad?

      I thought he has always been pretty up front… Telling him he can’t be trusted to be faithful.

    • justin8448
      justin8448
      October 24, 2022 at 1:25 pm | #

      I think Joe is trying very hard to give up and keep it shallow. He’s failing.

  9. MisterJinKC
    MisterJinKC
    October 24, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Do it. Blurt it out. Release the god of chaos from her chains and revel in the fan fiction fodder sure to follow.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      Nah, that’d just get Joyce growling at Amber or going ick or something and then walking off. Truly releasing the god of chaos would require letting Joyce know that Joe has FEELINGS for her.

      • MisterJinKC
        MisterJinKC
        October 25, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

        Exactly. Joyce would go “Ick! Why would you even say that?” and Amber would have to explain Joe’s feelings. Then…glorious chaos ensues, beginning with Joyce’s view of the universe shattering once more!

  10. Suet
    Suet
    October 24, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    Amber’s shipping desires hang like Damocles’ sword.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      October 24, 2022 at 12:45 am | #

      But is Joe hung like Damocles’ sword?

      • jeffepp
        jeffepp
        October 24, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

        Ask Penny.

        • PirateTawnee
          PirateTawnee
          October 24, 2022 at 1:46 am | #

          A nickel for her thoughts? Wait, nickels are Mike’s thing.

          • Clif
            Clif
            October 24, 2022 at 3:29 am | #

            Well, as the alt text pointed out, blurring it out would be funny,so we can be pretty sure it’s what Mike would have wanted.

            • Yakumo
              Yakumo
              October 24, 2022 at 6:08 pm | #

              I’d put as the alt text is from Mike in spirit. Likely on a varying value between metaphorically and literally between individuals reading it.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          October 24, 2022 at 8:26 am | #

          Or Roz. Or Malaya.

  11. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    October 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Yeah Amber, you should say it. I’m bored.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      Amber isn’t thinking about you being bored, she’s thinking about Joyce being drilled.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 24, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

        To be fair she’s also considering her being Nailed.

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 24, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

          Screwed. Railed. Boned.

          • Opus the Poet
            Opus the Poet
            October 24, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

            Tattooed, even.

            • Taffy
              Taffy
              October 24, 2022 at 7:40 pm | #

              Is that what the kids are calling it now?

  12. Siddlaw
    Siddlaw
    October 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    Alt text ain’t wrong

  13. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    October 24, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    admirable restrain here, I think.

    even if she blurts it out in the next comic she gets points for trying

  14. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    October 24, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m guessing by the time Joyce decides she’s ready to f–k Joe, Joe will not want to f–k her.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      October 24, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      He already doesn’t.

      …. and he does. And he doesn’t.

      He’s Shroedinger’s Horndog.

  15. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    October 24, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    Joeyce Shipper right there

  16. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 24, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    YOU SHOULD GO FUCK HIM.

  17. Mydnyt
    Mydnyt
    October 24, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    This is the first issue in a while that’s made me audibly laugh. Many get a sensible satisfied huff from the nose but few get audible laughter.

  18. Architex
    Architex
    October 24, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

    New sister and wingwoman, lucky Joe!

  19. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 24, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    Please…we’re really supposed to believe Joyce isn’t thinking about fucking Joe already?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 24, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

      I assume she’s thinking about cuddling Joe. Not to imply Joyce is incapable of thinking about Sex but I’d imagine she might be hesitant due to Joe’s Lady Killer reputation.

      • System_Anomaly
        System_Anomaly
        October 24, 2022 at 1:22 am | #

        They do have extremely high cuddle chemistry. Just cuddle tf out of each other already!!

    • Taellosse
      Taellosse
      October 24, 2022 at 2:20 am | #

      I think you underestimate Joyce’s capacity for self-delusion.

      That is to say, she’s absolutely thinking about boning Joe, but she genuinely has no idea such a notion has even crossed her mind, and would be reflexively appalled if anyone were to suggest it to her.

      • Cerusee
        Cerusee
        October 24, 2022 at 8:31 am | #

        That precisely.

      • Kazuma Taichi
        Kazuma Taichi
        October 24, 2022 at 12:46 pm | #

        Now if you were to instead subtly prompt the whiteboard ding-dong bandit to resurface and attach their specialty to renditions of Joe without clothes on, that might help get the idea through to her

  20. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 24, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    You can tell how close Joe and Amber have grown as siblings because there was a time when Joe would ALSO struggle to not blurt out “You should have sex with Joe”.

    • PirateTawnee
      PirateTawnee
      October 24, 2022 at 1:49 am | #

      Lots of us are struggling to not blurt out “Joyce, you should have sex with Joe”.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 24, 2022 at 3:02 am | #

        Not me. I said it without struggling whatsoever.

        • Mr D
          Mr D
          October 24, 2022 at 12:29 pm | #

          You said it or you drew it?

  21. toby
    toby
    October 24, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    kissing Amber with tongue for her work in helping the joejoyce ship along. my deepest thanks <3

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 24, 2022 at 4:20 am | #

      Your post is labeled as Moderated, but I can still see it (I guess due to my advanced/young age (64 YO/21 years since I was killed)

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 24, 2022 at 8:25 am | #

        I think that just means Willis manually approved it, so now it’s immune from criticism flagging.

        It could have been flagged into the moderation queue, or it could be a first post, or a typo in their email so the system thinks it’s a first post.

        • Kazuma Taichi
          Kazuma Taichi
          October 24, 2022 at 12:48 pm | #

          whatever put it into the queue, it’s Willis approved and that’s all that really matters, isn’t it? hehehe

          • toby
            toby
            October 24, 2022 at 6:35 pm | #

            you are so right

  22. Carms
    Carms
    October 24, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

    it is a kindness to let people care about you.
    One of my friends moved his and his partner’s whole deal between temporary accommodations last week, (work related) and I just learned that he did it all on public transport- despite knowing that I was free and had a car, because we had plans together that were cancelled for moving.
    I’m really fucking bummed that he did 4 fucking round-trip bus trips with suitcases by himself instead of just like. ‘hey help me move?’

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 24, 2022 at 12:06 pm | #

      So true. I hope your friend learns to lean on you a little more in the future.

  23. Cmasta1992
    Cmasta1992
    October 24, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

    Yoto has been summoned

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 24, 2022 at 12:36 am | #

      😛 I mean it’s got 3 of my favorite things.
      Joyce
      Amber
      And sexual tension.

  24. EpochFlame
    EpochFlame
    October 24, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

    nice restraint, amber

    • Nova
      Nova
      October 24, 2022 at 5:00 am | #

      Amber: Oooh, restraints! *adds that to the fanfic*

  25. brionl
    brionl
    October 24, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

    Well, Joe does deserve a little reward for his kind efforts.

  26. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    October 24, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

    I agree with the hover text, that’d be hilarious.

  27. Mada
    Mada
    October 24, 2022 at 12:44 am | #

    So the next Slipshine’ll be “Finally II: You Should Go Fuck Him”.

  28. V
    V
    October 24, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

    Amber speaks for us all!

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      October 24, 2022 at 4:22 am | #

      [Battlestar Galactica]Thus say we all[/Battlestar Galactica]

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 24, 2022 at 8:19 am | #

        And my axe?

  29. Bryy
    Bryy
    October 24, 2022 at 12:57 am | #

    Love it when Amber smiles.

  30. thakoru
    thakoru
    October 24, 2022 at 1:01 am | #

    “No you idiot! You know how your dumb mouth works!”

  31. brute
    brute
    October 24, 2022 at 1:08 am | #

    i misread what amber meant and thought she was reminding herself not to make an incest joke

    after reading the comments the comic makes more sense

    sorry amber

    • Taellosse
      Taellosse
      October 24, 2022 at 2:26 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Amber would not shy away from at least fantasizing about committing incest if she had a sibling she found attractive, but Joe’s really not Amber’s type. She’s into pretty boys more than big, burly dudes.

      • StClair
        StClair
        October 24, 2022 at 1:08 pm | #

        As previously discussed, Amber’s (physical) type looks much more like… Booster.
        Damnit.

      • Fuzzy
        Fuzzy
        October 24, 2022 at 4:12 pm | #

        She did think Ethan’s hot, and he was big and…not unburly.

        • StClair
          StClair
          October 24, 2022 at 8:49 pm | #

          Yeah, but she seems to think that “Emaciated Emo Ethan” is more hot.

    • Mark
      Mark
      October 24, 2022 at 6:25 pm | #

      I read it that way too, and I’m not convinced it isn’t the right interpretation.

  32. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    October 24, 2022 at 1:14 am | #

    ilu amber

  33. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    October 24, 2022 at 2:00 am | #

    Good Amber! Good! You can do this! You can nudge them both into the closer direction without being too meddlesome! I believe in you!

  34. Keulen
    Keulen
    October 24, 2022 at 2:08 am | #

    I agree with Amber, but somehow I don’t think her telling Joyce that would work.

  35. Kelli217
    Kelli217
    October 24, 2022 at 2:10 am | #

    How many people in-universe does that now make who are shipping joyceph?

  36. bagge
    bagge
    October 24, 2022 at 2:35 am | #

    See, it’s little rules like that that make Amber better at social interactions than she give herself credit for.

  37. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 24, 2022 at 3:55 am | #

    Love all these unambiguously positive interactions.

  38. Meagan
    Meagan
    October 24, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

    This is the sweetest strip we’ve had in I don’t know how long. Maybe something with Danny and Sal being adorable.

  39. Carla
    Carla
    October 24, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

    Wow, Amber is crushing it socially today…by her standards.

  40. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 24, 2022 at 4:16 am | #

    The “Booster effect” is really impressive. Amber is so happy that she wants to help her brother by giving him credit for the help Joe has given her. Joyce was feeling down for treating Dorothy badly and seems that discovering this side of Joe makes her happy. Amber and Booster have to keep seeing each other! It’s good for both of them.

  41. Deviant
    Deviant
    October 24, 2022 at 4:49 am | #

    Blurt out that she should go fuck him!

    Do it!

  42. Plaaaa
    Plaaaa
    October 24, 2022 at 6:31 am | #

    Wincent!

    • Plaaaa
      Plaaaa
      October 24, 2022 at 6:32 am | #

      Wait, is she talking about Joyce or herself in the 3rd person?

      • Icarus
        Icarus
        October 24, 2022 at 4:31 pm | #

        Joe, apparently.

      • Tan
        Tan
        October 24, 2022 at 7:06 pm | #

        Amber is telling herself not to blurt out that Joyce should go have carnal relation Joe

  43. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    October 24, 2022 at 7:18 am | #

    Here we see Amber, like Atlas, being forced to carry the weight of an entire Greek chorus’ opinion on her internet hermit shoulders by a cruel Willis.

  44. thumb
    thumb
    October 24, 2022 at 7:26 am | #

    Sometimes, the trash fire that is Amber’s whole deal only burns low.

  45. Thomas
    Thomas
    October 24, 2022 at 7:46 am | #

    Amber wants to bring Joe’s positive qualities under Joyce’s attention, but all Joyce is gonna hear is how Joe spent time with Amber while avoiding Joyce.

    Amber’s last sentence should make her position clear to Joyce, though. Also, I think the sibling thing carries more weight with Joyce than with the average shipper.

    • Lan
      Lan
      October 24, 2022 at 9:51 am | #

      Joyce has also pushed Joe in the past to be a good brother to Amber (I have no idea what strip it was, but she definitely admonished him for not tending to her needs more). I suspect it’s more likely that Joyce will put 2 and 2 together and wonder why Joe listened to her in the first place, ever orbiting around the conclusion that he has feelings of affection towards her

  46. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    October 24, 2022 at 10:36 am | #

    Maybe not fuck him immediately but I agree that that should be an eventuality.

  47. vulcanodon
    vulcanodon
    October 24, 2022 at 10:50 am | #

    If Joyce + Joe I will be amazed at having been right for once. Ever since he was sending her supportive texts while she was at home, or when she was educating him on humanity and his list.

  48. nothri
    nothri
    October 24, 2022 at 11:28 am | #

    This in the D&D world is what we like to call a Wisdom Save.

  49. William
    William
    October 24, 2022 at 11:44 am | #

    No no no, please by all means blurt that out. Awkward Joyce is entertaining Joyce.

  50. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    October 24, 2022 at 11:44 am | #

    Yes. Amber is strong enough to save that for her fanfic writing. So much writing.

    And I just realized that Joyce is on Chekhov’s birth control. We’ll have to wait but it will end up being used as birth control.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      October 24, 2022 at 12:55 pm | #

      Almost certainly.

  51. Laura
    Laura
    October 24, 2022 at 12:18 pm | #

    Joyce’s response in panel 2 is just so sad. I feel that way sometimes too. I’m glad Amber recognized that self-doubt and corrected course promptly.

    At this point though, I am really NOT hoping for Joe and Joyce to hook up. Not until Joe has undergone a COMPLETE battery of STD tests, but then there’s still the latent STDs to watch out for (herpes, HPV) and that’s not even counting the newer bugs that have been coming out in the past few years.

    And given Joe’s description of his encounter with Roz, it doesn’t sound like he used a condom with her. So we already know he’s not at 100% use (not that condoms protect 100% either).

    Given her parents, Joyce probably wasn’t vaccinated yet for HPV. It’s not too late, Joyce! Go get that taken care of!

    …Actually, speaking of lasting protection (like vaccines) I’m very surprised that Joyce didn’t tell the (receptive and sympathetic) Dr. Kaur that she has trouble with pills and ask for an extended-release arm implant or skin patch instead. I’m also surprised Dr. Kaur didn’t offer. Joyce at least has the excuse of ignorance and embarrassment. Dr. Kaur should have presented all options up front.

    • Kazuma Taichi
      Kazuma Taichi
      October 24, 2022 at 12:52 pm | #

      Well, Joyce was kinda in a “get-in, get-out” mind-set, so I totally understand her not telling Dr. Kaur anything.

      Dorothy on the other hand could have done so, but her doing Joyce’s emotional labour is already a current dramatic tension so maybe we don’t need to add on that

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 24, 2022 at 2:17 pm | #

      Not to “slut-shame” anyone, of course! I’m not anti-sex, just pro-vaxx.

    • Joy
      Joy
      October 24, 2022 at 2:59 pm | #

      I really like this comment. It felt sad to me too, the second panel, so I’m glad someone else said it.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 24, 2022 at 7:35 pm | #

      In the only picture of Joe and Roz that I’ve seen, he had a condom on. And knowing Roz, he almost definitely had one on during their filmed encounter. She’s not careless enough to go raw with a guy like Joe.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 24, 2022 at 9:15 pm | #

      Roz undoubtedly insists on using protection.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/late/

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 24, 2022 at 9:24 pm | #

      Thank you for the clarification, Taffy and Needfuldoer! 🙂

      I was going based on this comment:
      “She said she was on the pill!”
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/04-the-bechdel-test/planned/

      Probably he meant, “She said she was on the pill [and we used a condom]”. I haven’t seen the picture you’re referring to, Taffy. Thanks for sharing the insight! 🙂

  52. ButWhyASpoon
    ButWhyASpoon
    October 24, 2022 at 12:20 pm | #

    I think Joe and Joyce should have a peaceful night together and just normalize interacting like friends.

    Joyce is hostile towards Joe for more than one reason, but I think one of those reasons is that she is not comfortable in her own skin or her sexuality.

    Just rub your hand on his abs.

    No strings. Nothing needs to happen.

    If she gets aroused to the point of sexual consent, then Joe’s pants come off. He is just jutting out in the open. A mighty prong in a private room. Joyce looks up at it.

    No. Don’t do anything. Just absorb the moment.

    Let yourself become absorbed in the experience.

    If you like what is happening, let the feeling build.

    If it builds to a certain point, Joyce will not be able to stop herself, and Evil Joyce is released like Ms. Hyde.

    The bed will break.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 24, 2022 at 10:01 pm | #

      THUMPASPRUNG

  53. Wendy
    Wendy
    October 24, 2022 at 12:36 pm | #

    Amber playing Cupid is a new and entertaining development.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      October 24, 2022 at 3:10 pm | #

      New in-comic or new IRL?

      ’cause she tried to do the same with Danny and Ethan some time back —

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-12/02-ill-leave-you-a-phantom/implication/

      • Wendy
        Wendy
        October 24, 2022 at 7:25 pm | #

        You know, you don’t reeeeally have to “well actually” every single quick offhand casual remark.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          October 24, 2022 at 7:37 pm | #

          Feels a little uncharitable to dismiss that as a “well actually”. There are connotations to that phrase that don’t really taste right for what The Wellerman posted.

          • Wendy
            Wendy
            October 25, 2022 at 12:33 pm | #

            I say that from a history of interacting with him not only here, but elsewhere, so trust me, I know what I’m talking about.

  54. hazel
    hazel
    October 24, 2022 at 1:27 pm | #

    Read the alt-text at first as Joyce should sex Joe because it would be funny, not that blurting it out would be funny. I’m not sure which is intended, but the first one is extremely funny to me.

  55. Imogen
    Imogen
    October 24, 2022 at 5:34 pm | #

    I do kind of wish that this moment wasn’t slightly filtered through “Amber is weird and crappy and ships real people”, and was just 100% her genuinely trying to be nice and appreciative of her brother, but it’s still a sweet moment.

  56. Laura
    Laura
    October 24, 2022 at 10:28 pm | #

    Could use any encouragement folks feel like sharing, if possible. TBI really acting up bad today.

    • ButWhyASpoon
      ButWhyASpoon
      October 25, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

      I have 40% TBI. I empathize.

    • Laura
      Laura
      October 25, 2022 at 2:02 am | #

      Thank you.

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