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July 11, 2026

Pretending

by David M Willis on December 16, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – Turning Saints Into the Sea
└ Tags: asher, jennifer, lucy, lyle, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    December 16, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

    Drake meme hand up: is (s)he though meme
    Drake meme pointing: “You thought it was Jennifer, but it was me! DIO!”

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      December 16, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

      alt: was actually gonna use the salad but couldn’t decide how

      • Clif
        Clif
        December 16, 2022 at 3:02 am | #

        Lettuce bypass the salad. You should say what you meme and meme what you say.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 16, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

      I do love a well-placed JoJo meme! 😝

    • Laura
      Laura
      December 16, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      So, I’m a bit at a loss. Is this what we’re referring to?

      https://youtu.be/9ddJyWLqbt4

      Or something else?

      • Tan
        Tan
        December 16, 2022 at 12:52 am | #

        The meme Walky is doing is the Thor one, yes. Ana’s comment is taking a different meme format involving rapper Drake, which is a four-panel layout. In the top-left is Drake holding his hand up as if to reject the thing in top-right. In the bottom-left is Drake pointing toward the thing in bottom-right, indicating it to be accepted as the superior option to top-right thing.

        In Ana’s comment, the top-right rejected thing is the Thor meme which Walky used in the comic, while the bottom-right accepted thing is yet another meme from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure in which the antagonist, Dio, appears in place of something more expected.

        • Laura
          Laura
          December 16, 2022 at 12:31 pm | #

          Ah. Wow. That’s… a little too complex for me. ;-D
          Thank you for your explanation!

    • Pylgrim
      Pylgrim
      December 16, 2022 at 9:06 am | #

      Oh? You’re approaching me?

  2. Blume
    Blume
    December 16, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

    Super cute!

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 16, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

      🥰 Lovely!

  3. BBCC
    BBCC
    December 16, 2022 at 12:03 am | #

    It’s a good meme!

    But given how she’s helped people before, I second ‘IS she though?’

    • alongcameaspider
      alongcameaspider
      December 16, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      She wasn’t terrible with helping Joyce see a doctor about birth control

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 16, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

        Jennifer IS a lot nicer and more helpful than peeps give her credit for, but also sometimes you just want to do the meme.

        • Archieve
          Archieve
          December 16, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

          She is nicer but so far that seems to be limited to interactions when she’s helping somebody one on one.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            December 16, 2022 at 2:15 am | #

            The social conditions have to be right. She’s with Cool People right now, and so she can’t be seen interacting with people who aren’t Cool People.

            • Daibhid C
              Daibhid C
              December 16, 2022 at 3:03 am | #

              Much as I hate to defend Jennifer, I’m not … entirely sure that’s true. I probably would have been before the “Raidah complains that Jennifer won’t shut up about Kit Fisto” strip, but apparently Jennifer believes, completely wrongly, that she can be her entire self around these people and they won’t judge her for it.

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                December 16, 2022 at 3:10 am | #

                Of course,the logical follow up to that is that Jennifer completely blanks Lucy because she wants to, so I guess I’m not really defending her at all.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                December 16, 2022 at 12:39 pm | #

                This is the same Jennifer who was mortified when Joyce showed up in Forest Quad, and who abruptly let go of Ruth’s hand when Lucy met them in the hallway.

                She absolutely compartmentalizes her social interactions.

                • Marma
                  Marma
                  December 16, 2022 at 2:59 pm | #

                  Doesn’t everyone though?

            • Taellosse
              Taellosse
              December 16, 2022 at 5:31 pm | #

              I think it’s a little more nuanced than that, though perhaps not actually better – being accepted by Cool People is a side-effect of her true craving: to BE a Cool Person. It’s why she denies her geeky interests exist (or tries to argue they’re actually mainstream), regardless of her current company. She finds them embarrassing according to her own standards of Cool, irrespective of anyone else’s opinion.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      December 16, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Jennifer’s good at certain sorts of problems. Y’know, practical problems.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 16, 2022 at 7:56 am | #

        She does command a wealth of knowledge pertaining to terrible and horrific things.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 16, 2022 at 12:41 pm | #

        Not problems like “What is beauty?”, ’cause that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.

    • Tan
      Tan
      December 16, 2022 at 1:03 am | #

      Jennifer’s good at helping when she gets out of her own posterior.

      She spends a lot of time in her own posterior.

      • JBento
        JBento
        December 16, 2022 at 6:50 am | #

        To be fair, it’s a pretty great posterior.

    • Lars
      Lars
      December 16, 2022 at 2:46 am | #

      Well, she got Ruth a boyfriend – by setting up a date between Daisy and Ruth, but hey it’s the result that counts.
      Poor Daisy.

      • Joy
        Joy
        December 16, 2022 at 1:09 pm | #

        I’m not sure Daisy is ready for a relationship tbh. Either that or she needs more practice dating. I can’t tell which.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          December 16, 2022 at 3:09 pm | #

          Definitely more practice.
          And maybe some medicine for her anxiety-bowels.

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    December 16, 2022 at 12:04 am | #

    This has been the first hint for me that Walky has more than a passing interest in Lucy. It took awhile but it’s a start.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      December 16, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

      He’s shown it a few other times, too, like when she licked the sauce of his shirt, but yeah, this was one of the more overt examples.

      • Carla's #2 Fan
        Carla's #2 Fan
        December 16, 2022 at 6:35 am | #

        I was also stating to feel this is the first time they’ve felt like a fitting couple, but you have reminded me of the real reason I didn’t like them. That gave me the “icks” too strong. And autism loves to amplify that.

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      December 16, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      Agreed! It’s cute!

    • Diana Nock
      Diana Nock
      December 16, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      To me, it’s the first time they’ve actually felt like a couple.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 16, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

      But TBH Walky had a really bad first semester what with all the chaos of getting kidnapped by his girlfriend’s father and seeing Toe Dad get murdered in front of him, and then his girlfriend’s father getting murdered in the hospital. So he might have been a little gun-shy about a relationship.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        December 16, 2022 at 2:11 am | #

        At first I was asking myself “when did Jeremiah kidnap Walky?”

        His fling with Amber was brief but eventful.

      • Wizard
        Wizard
        December 16, 2022 at 12:35 pm | #

        Don’t forget that his roommate and sorta-friend also died.

    • Lan
      Lan
      December 16, 2022 at 8:38 am | #

      I’m still on the fence. Maybe it’s because we’ve only witnessed romantic affection from Walky in the form of sheer infatuation to the level of unhealthy idolization, but it still feels to me that he likes and respects Lucy as a person but is only dating her because a) she’s there b) she gives him the validation he doesn’t give himself and c) (and this is the most critical piece of it imo) Dorothy told him he should

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        December 16, 2022 at 3:28 pm | #

        I agree with you.

        Also, Walky added a stated reason, that he doesn’t want to watch cartoons alone. Which honestly sounds like a perfectly good friend-activity, come to think of it. Just because a pal is your preferred gender and likes you, does not mean you automatically need to date.

        Lucy deserves somebody who is actively excited to be with her. Maybe Walky will become that person! It’s fine to let feelings develop slowly instead of throwing toys at her head. If he doesn’t get there, though… maybe Jacob.

  5. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    December 16, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays Eric Clapton’s “Pretending” on the hacked Muzak*

  6. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    December 16, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    I am really feeling these two lately, it’s very cute.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      December 16, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      Thinking about it, not shocked he doesn’t mount any actual disagreement. Yes, I know Walky would prefer Jennifer be Billie, but he also never was keen on Billie and Ruth as a couple, so much as I don’t think he’s ever going to be the leader of Asher’s fanclub, he might still think it’s an upgrade on that front.

      Then again, I know Ruth did later give him his shoes back mounted like a trophy, which he was amused by, so maybe he softened on her a bit.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        December 16, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

        If he softened on her it was only by a bit

        • DailyBrad
          DailyBrad
          December 16, 2022 at 5:14 am | #

          Between this and punching Asher, Walky sticks up for his sisters these days. Good of him.

      • Jamie
        Jamie
        December 16, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

        I’m… actually quite interested in Walky’s take on Asher, at this point. Walky is perceptive, empathetic, and thoughtful when he wants to be; when he’s not running away from something, he tends to have really good takes on stuff.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          December 16, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

          Walky did punch him in the face once

  7. Suet
    Suet
    December 16, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    If she’s popular, then I’m a C-lister.

    Very high ceilings, this place is hella swanky.

    • Suet
      Suet
      December 16, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Le meme in question

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      December 16, 2022 at 12:30 am | #

      Lucy is definitely looking at Jennifer’s friend group through rose tinted glasses, she was honestly more popular in Lucy’s dorm wing atleast for a while.

  8. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    December 16, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    Wow together those two around two hundred points of weapons grade adorkable.

  9. Audkitten
    Audkitten
    December 16, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Lucy deserves so much better from everyone

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      December 16, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      Her expression in the fourth panel is really heartbreaking, like she’s trying to justify to herself more then her brother why Jennifer’s behavior is acceptable and that Jennifer not being a bongo (she is).

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        December 16, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

        I don’t see it. Jennifer and Lucy are roommates sure but does that dictate acknowledgement from across the room when you’re out with your boyfriend? Lucy can easily walk up and say hello. At most Lucy would get a wave from me. I don’t see how this is Jen being rude.

        • Archieve
          Archieve
          December 16, 2022 at 1:01 am | #

          Jennifer didn’t need to even wave at her just a brief nod and smile to let her know she was acknowledged as an acquaintance. After going out of her way to make Jennifer/bille included in their dorm hall again after burning her bridges there I think Lucy atleast deserves the causal nod you might give to somebody you barely know on the street.

          • Archieve
            Archieve
            December 16, 2022 at 1:04 am | #

            Also her brother indicates this happenrd before so not just a one time incident of Jennifer not hearing Lucy

        • System_Anomaly
          System_Anomaly
          December 16, 2022 at 2:00 am | #

          I really do not understand this comment. The author is, pretty blatantly, spelling out that Jennifer is regularly pretending not to see Lucy in public. The bare minimum would just be a small nod—how is that not rude? And why would Lucy walking over to her to say hello be *less* intrusive to her spending time with her boyfriend?

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            December 16, 2022 at 7:30 am | #

            I don’t know what’s expected here honestly. This is the first time I’ve seen anything close to Jennifer ignoring Lucy intentionally happen. She tried to ignore Walky at first and that went bad for her, but not Lucy. Lyle seems cool, but I don’t know him for squat, so his take doesn’t mean much, especially since we know Jennifer has a group date planned with Walky that Lucy is expected to be a part of. Why pretend she doesn’t see her now?

            Maybe it’s because I have very bad vision but I if my name was shouted from across the room. I would ignore it most times, especially since it’s a very common name much like the name Jennifer. To me this isn’t Jennifer being a jerk and ignoring Lucy. She’s just living her life.

            What you gotta go inspect everyone who shouts your name? Acknowledge them, cause they did that? Like some kinda big fancy acknowledging person, bowing to a Queen when she summons you or some shit? Nah!

            That last part was a joke but I seriously don’t get why Jen’s a jerk here. This seems like a neutral social occurrence, not a malicious snub.

            • Archieve
              Archieve
              December 16, 2022 at 8:01 am | #

              Like walky she only talks to lucy when alone never in public. Also recall the ‘group date’ was radiahs plan not jennifers, Jennifer actually made it really obvious to walky and Lucy that she wanted them to decline because she doesn’t want them to be apart of her friend group. If this was somebody else who didn’t have a history of snubbing former friends I could give them the benefit of the doubt, with Jennifer it reads like a deliberate act because that has been her past behavior, like if somebody has a past of giving back handed compliments it’s natural to be suspicious when they give compliments.

            • zee
              zee
              December 16, 2022 at 9:03 am | #

              A wave with maybe a smile. That is literally all that is expected here. That is what you do when you see someone you don’t actively dislike in public.

            • Daibhid C
              Daibhid C
              December 16, 2022 at 10:23 am | #

              This is why I never leave the house if I can avoid it.

              My instinctive reaction is on the “not acknowledging someone who says hi to you is rude” side. Certainly it’s not something I’d do (I’ll look round any time I hear the name “David”, pretty much automatically.)

              And by the same token, I feel like if I see someone I know and don’tsay hi, that’s also me being rude. And I don’t want to be rude! But, while I don’t share it, I feel like maybe the idea that expecting someone to exhange “hi”s with you just because you recognise them is actually throwing a social burden at them is equally valid. And I don’t want to do that either!

              So I just avoid ever seeing anyone I know.

              • Daibhid C
                Daibhid C
                December 16, 2022 at 10:24 am | #

                BTW, I am aware that this tran of thought suggests I have serious issues, so nobody needs to tell me.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  December 16, 2022 at 3:05 pm | #

                  Not serious! Just a lil case of overthinking it. Any reasonably smart person has overthought social things before. You’re in good company.

                  Say Hi when you want to say Hi to people.

                  (They’ll probably do the same.)

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 16, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

    Is she though?

  11. Awaiting Moderation
    Awaiting Moderation
    December 16, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

    Sometimes the relationship between these two feels very… not there. Like it’s still a one-sided crush with very little real chemistry.

    Today is not one of those days though because that last panel in particular is just adorable.

  12. Archieve
    Archieve
    December 16, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    Very cute ending but someone really needs to point out to Jennifer that acting like a high-school snob in public isn’t the power walk she thinks it is. This is an instance were Lucys brother being blunt is a good thing and it would be great if he got the chance to point out to Lucy that she has been more of a friend to Jennifer than Jennifer has been to her.

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 16, 2022 at 6:50 am | #

      Snobbery would be in character, but I can also thoroughly believe that she is just totally absorbed in the presence of her partner and isn’t perceiving anything else.

      • Archieve
        Archieve
        December 16, 2022 at 8:02 am | #

        Unfortunately the first option is more incharacter for Jennifer at this point

  13. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    December 16, 2022 at 12:15 am | #

    Genuinely failed to recognize the meme on first read and thought he was trying to do a Faz impression.

    this may have something to do with my never having seen a single avengers movie

    • Mark
      Mark
      December 16, 2022 at 6:52 am | #

      My first thought on that panel was, “why is Walky wearing Asher’s mouth?

  14. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    December 16, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

    it’s a good meme; I use it once in a while myself

  15. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    December 16, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    Walky is very cute doing the meme, so I approve. (I was going to say that I approve him throwing Billie under the bus to do it, but then I saw that the comments are a chorus of “But is she though?”. . . It’s not throwing her under the bus if it’s deserved!)

  16. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    December 16, 2022 at 12:20 am | #

    but also, IS she though?

  17. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    December 16, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    I hope one day I those around me will look upon me as like Lucy views Billie (but with me somehow actually deserving it). First, I have to do well on these final papers and exam tomorrow. Wish me luck (just in case it exists)!

    • Laura
      Laura
      December 16, 2022 at 12:47 am | #

      Good luck!!!

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      December 16, 2022 at 12:30 pm | #

      Good luck!

  18. huesatlight
    huesatlight
    December 16, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

    I like the camera perspective in panels 2 & 3. Lyle has some thoughts about Jennifer. Walky’s feeling more comfortable, I wonder if he’s going to end up saying anything about her and/or Asher.

  19. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 16, 2022 at 12:46 am | #

    Well played, Walkerton. Well played.

  20. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    December 16, 2022 at 12:49 am | #

    While I still prefer the SS Garbage Skowl, this meet-the-brother plot has given me more faith in the idea that Walky is actually into Lucy and their relationship does not only exist because Dorothy decided to point him at Lucy instead of jumping his bones.

  21. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    December 16, 2022 at 1:05 am | #

    You know, I think, in this instance, Jennifer doesn’t actually hear Lucy.
    And I say that because, while Asher might not speak, I don’t think he won’t at least look, as that’s a level of phoniness I don’t associate with him.
    So unless I’m just off about that, considering he doesn’t seem to notice Lucy yelling his girlfriend’s name, I’m going to assume Jennifer doesn’t notice either.

  22. Bryy
    Bryy
    December 16, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

    But really.
    Is she though?

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      December 16, 2022 at 6:35 am | #

      One thing’s certain, she sure likes to think it

  23. Keulen
    Keulen
    December 16, 2022 at 1:32 am | #

    I also like to do things for the meme sometimes.

  24. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    December 16, 2022 at 1:37 am | #

    Lyle: “really? in front of MY salad?!”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      December 16, 2022 at 2:07 am | #

      It’s more likely than you think.

  25. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    December 16, 2022 at 2:07 am | #

    But DoA already referenced the “two ladies angrily yelling at a cat” meme.

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/skyrockets/

    (Flip panel 1 horizontally.)

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      December 16, 2022 at 2:18 am | #

      (Lucy in panel two is also meant to mimic the cat)

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      December 16, 2022 at 3:06 am | #

      And the following strip has an “Are we though?” riff!

  26. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    December 16, 2022 at 2:13 am | #

    It’s nice that Lucy supports him and doesn’t try to turn him into a good boyfriend. I had concerns about the slightly imposed dress code for the meeting and that Lucy was answering for him.
    I have deficiencies in social norms. How much the bongo move is unwavering to a roommate you see more than once in a day and almost certainly said good morning in the morning?

    • milu
      milu
      December 16, 2022 at 6:56 am | #

      I love your (mis)use of “unwavering” (unwavering is normally an adjective meaning without hesitation or doubt, you might say for instance that Lucy has unwavering faith in humankind, “incrollabile” seems like a good italian translation)

      As for your social norms question, if Jennifer heard Lucy calling out her name and didn’t so much as smile or nod at her, that is indeed a total bongo move.

  27. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    December 16, 2022 at 2:55 am | #

    “She’s just too busy helping people to acknowledge I said hello. I mean, I don’t know where those people are or how her walking across the room without stopping helps them, but I can only assume it does!”

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      December 16, 2022 at 3:22 pm | #

      Lucy is too pure for this world.

  28. Grayfinity
    Grayfinity
    December 16, 2022 at 3:10 am | #

    A response to Lucy, 4th Panel, 1st Bubble:

    That’s debatable. Hope you got some sources to back that claim.

    • Archieve
      Archieve
      December 16, 2022 at 4:35 pm | #

      Aside from Lucy herself, Becky and Joyce do respect her helping ability but I wouldnt say they look up to her in the way Lucy imagines, besides them……

  29. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    December 16, 2022 at 3:30 am | #

    Also Sorry Lucy, your parents aren’t rich/influential enough for Billiefer to acknowledge you in public

  30. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 16, 2022 at 4:52 am | #

    I didn’t get what is the meme they talked in the last panel…

  31. The Oracle
    The Oracle
    December 16, 2022 at 5:25 am | #

    Ugh, of course Walky would keep up with memes.

    • Francoinblanco
      Francoinblanco
      December 16, 2022 at 5:43 am | #

      Is he though?

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        December 16, 2022 at 1:16 pm | #

        Yeah I mean, this particular meme is seven or eight years old by now, it’s not a very new format

  32. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    December 16, 2022 at 5:43 am | #

    Quite risky to draw a strip about a meme six months before it’s published. It went well, though.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 16, 2022 at 6:15 am | #

      Thor: Ragnarok came out five years ago. Not exactly a hot-off-the-press meme.

  33. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    December 16, 2022 at 7:18 am | #

    Is this the first time Walky has used the L word about Lucy?

    • pope suburban
      pope suburban
      December 16, 2022 at 12:04 pm | #

      Nah, he used it offhand when she described Joyce as “a bisexual version of me” a while back: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/proselytize/

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        December 16, 2022 at 2:29 pm | #

        That was before they were dating, so it’s a different context. Though it still hit Lucy just as hard.

  34. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    December 16, 2022 at 7:32 am | #

    It seems to me that Lucy and Walky are becoming more and more of a good couple every new strip♡. Jennifer hasn’t seen them, yet, but they will probably see something that will seem weird to them in the way Raidah and the others treat her. Maybe then Walky and Lucy will try to warn Jennifer with the only result of making her angry.

  35. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    December 16, 2022 at 7:37 am | #

    Lucy could just leave Jennifer behind, huh? She don’t need to lick this snob ass. She’s fine, she got a good boy for date…

    • Joy
      Joy
      December 16, 2022 at 1:10 pm | #

      😬

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        December 17, 2022 at 9:55 am | #

        😬😬

    • anon
      anon
      December 17, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      i mean, idk if jen really ever considered lucy a friend but otherwise, while a significant other might be more important by definition, i wouldn’t neccesarily hope that everyone else would drop their friends over it

  36. Lan
    Lan
    December 16, 2022 at 9:05 am | #

    It’s funny seeing memes pop up in DoA world because they have to be timeless/normie enough to be readable by a broad audience (who may even be reading it years down the line) and to account for the time in between the comic’s creation and it’s publication. However, for someone like Walky, who is most assuredly online enough to be meme savvy, the juxtaposition of seeing him use a dated (at least in real-world time) meme is amusing

    • anon
      anon
      December 17, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

      marvel being mainstream probably helps, but i’m sure “but is it/s/he/they though” a phrase that has been used in other media by now too

  37. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    December 16, 2022 at 9:06 am | #

    Walky and Lucy are not the typical DOA couple. Much less drama and dysfunction. Just two teens that are comfortable together and will get to the sex parts later. This is way too sweet for this world.

  38. Rose Red
    Rose Red
    December 16, 2022 at 10:33 am | #

    To people who have changed their name or the name they go by: how long did it take for the new name to catch your attention the same way the old one did?

    Like, in a crowded room with music playing, I might not be able to make out a word of the conversation next to me, but if they say my name it’ll catch my attention immediately. How long does it take for a new name to reach that point?

    Not that that’s necessarily what’s going on here, since even though she’s gone by Billie for a long time Jennifer has also been her name for a long time, but it’s something I’m curious about since I haven’t experienced changing my name before, and this strip made me wonder about it.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      December 16, 2022 at 11:57 am | #

      In my case, it took a while, but only because I don’t get out much. The number of uses was actually quite low, numerically. Now my government name barely registers, except in the same way as any other name belonging to somebody I know. Which is awkward, because basically only my mom and sibling still use the old one.

      But yeah, it didn’t ultimately take long, because that’s the one I’d already picked out and internalised.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        December 16, 2022 at 3:07 pm | #

        Yeah, I had my name picked out for a long time before I worked up the courage to ask anyone to use it… my “respond to this name” setting honestly started kicking in before anyone was even calling me it.

        These days I switch between names depending on the setting, but the one that’s actually my name stands out more to me.

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          December 16, 2022 at 3:33 pm | #

          Same on the “long time” part. I’ve been Taffy since at least 2015, but didn’t actually get around to letting anyone know until I got drunk off my ass like two years ago.

    • huesatlight
      huesatlight
      December 16, 2022 at 3:15 pm | #

      It’s kind of variable. It depends on what the name sounds like to me, sharpness of phonetics type of thing. I used to have a different name I gave at restaurants that called out when your order was ready. Because one of my names wouldn’t register because the sound was too rounded, and the other because it was too common of a name.

    • Joy
      Joy
      December 16, 2022 at 3:32 pm | #

      6 months ish

  39. Dot
    Dot
    December 16, 2022 at 10:40 am | #

    Ok but for real:

    Is she, though?

  40. Joy
    Joy
    December 16, 2022 at 12:00 pm | #

    This is so cute! I like Walky I like Lucy I like Jennifer I like Lyle.

  41. anon
    anon
    December 16, 2022 at 7:06 pm | #

    as a roommate even if i liked someone i wouldn’t necessarily go outta m y way to say hello but at least she didn’t run up to her or so/block her way XD

  42. LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
    LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
    December 16, 2022 at 10:52 pm | #

    could’ve waved at least
    being ignored by someone you know is kinda big sad

    • anon
      anon
      December 17, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      tbf jennifer’s a pretty common name or she’d be distracted by asher but yeah

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