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July 9, 2026

Smash

by David M Willis on August 9, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 04 – But Don't Give Yourself Away
└ Tags: joe, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 9, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    shades of squish that cat

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      August 9, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      it is *12:11* server clock!

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        August 9, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

        Look if this goes on long enough eventually it’s going to be correct again.

      • Steamweed
        Steamweed
        August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

        The time delay between DoA world and real world is seeping out into the server! :O

      • Kyrros
        Kyrros
        August 9, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

        So it would seem.
        I wasn’t even trying to “catch the comic first”, just happened to be when I hopped on this evening. When I saw there were 0 comments, I panicked “Where Ana?!”, by the time I clicked the comment bubble and the page reloaded, here they were.
        If we can get Joe behind a hammered dulcimer, randomly… I feel it would break Joyce’s brain even more than usual (as of late).

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        August 9, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

        Not according to the timestamp on your post! The server is law. Your puny human chronographs mean nothing!

  2. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    August 9, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    mmmmmmmm burger 🤤🍔

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 9, 2023 at 2:28 am | #

      Smash burgers work because more surface area undergoes the Maillard reaction.

      Squishing the patties flat before grilling them over charcoal works too.

      https://www.webtoons.com/en/tiptoon/cooking-comically/ep-102-the-smashed-burger-/viewer?title_no=622&episode_no=102

      • Regret
        Regret
        August 9, 2023 at 3:43 am | #

        There are two big differences between a flat patty and a smash burger. The edges of the smash burger is irregular, giving a more varied texture. The inner texture, especially along the edges, is less smushed than a flat patty.

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        August 9, 2023 at 7:57 pm | #

        … So making burgers the normal way is the New Big Thing now?

        Oh well, at least I can show this to my brother and maybe he’ll stop ruining family cookout burgers by putting breadcrumbs and nonsense in them. (I mean, ideally he’d just let me run the grill, because I’m a lot better at it, but, y’know, big brothers.)

  3. Yumi
    Yumi
    August 9, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Yeahhhh, smash that burger

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      August 9, 2023 at 1:33 am | #

      The burger named Joe.

  4. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    August 9, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    I love that Joe is engaging with her on her own terms like this. I adore it.

    • Guy Sensei
      Guy Sensei
      August 9, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      So do I.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      August 9, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s really cute.

  5. Guy Sensei
    Guy Sensei
    August 9, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Mush those buns

    • Dara
      Dara
      August 9, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

      grip them

      firmly

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      August 9, 2023 at 12:27 pm | #

      Mash those buns like you’re in Gregor Mendel’s yard and wait my metaphors are mixing like sequences of nucleotides.

  6. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    August 9, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Joe continues to rack up the Boyfriend Points.

    • Seralyna
      Seralyna
      August 9, 2023 at 2:25 am | #

      he lost a lot early on but hes really on track to make it out of the negatives

  7. nobodybasically
    nobodybasically
    August 9, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I always love when I can say I understand the silly reference Willis puts in the alt-text. :p

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Please elaborate

      • nobodybasically
        nobodybasically
        August 9, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

        It’s based on a terribly laid-out ad for a burger place.

        https://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/73ttzp/im_not_even_sure_how_to_read_this_one/

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          August 9, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

          Yeah I can barely read that one. Grammar teachers be cringing so hard XD

        • Jason
          Jason
          August 9, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

          Thank you so much. Reading it was like suffering from momentary aphasia and I’m glad to know what it was about!

          • Azhrei Vep
            Azhrei Vep
            August 9, 2023 at 1:17 am | #

            Yeah, um. I was concerned for a second this was how he was going to reveal to us he had a stroke at some point.

            Don’t look at me like that. DYW seems like exactly the kind of person who would reveal that kind of thing in the alt-text of his comic months later.

        • Miri
          Miri
          August 9, 2023 at 5:32 am | #

          Is it supposed to say “when you order, we smash that ball of beef on a hot-buttered grill to sear and you can taste delicious burger”? Coz other than the AND being on the wrong line I can work out how to read it like that (left column, right column, AND from bottom line, penultimate line, rest of bottom line) – but the grammar is still rubbish.

          Also yes, when you order a burger you would expect to be able to taste it after it’s been cooked… In what world does this need stating? ☹️ Some sort of world where when you order a burger you may NOT get to taste it?! I don’t think we live in that world…

          • Azhrei Vep
            Azhrei Vep
            August 9, 2023 at 6:24 am | #

            So I did some looking around, and apparently it was meant to say “When you order, we SMASH that fresh ball of beef on a hot-buttered grill to SEAR the burger and SEAL IN THE JUICINESS. Next, we season it to bring out the NATURAL FLAVOR,” the sign continued. “The result is a JUICY AND DELICIOUS burger you can taste in every bite.”

            Not only did they arrange it in a way that made it messy and way too easy to read in the wrong order, they also cut off words.

        • bejouled
          bejouled
          August 9, 2023 at 8:45 pm | #

          I don’t know why but this made me cry laughing, thank you. I don’t usually read the alt text because it’s annoying on the phone but wow.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      August 9, 2023 at 5:18 am | #

      you’re a person of culture

  8. Jo_cubstar
    Jo_cubstar
    August 9, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    This is so cute

  9. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    You know I think there be some double entendres going on here.

    • UrsulaDavina
      UrsulaDavina
      August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      *may

    • Bo
      Bo
      August 9, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

      there be euphemisms in dem dere hills

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      August 9, 2023 at 11:49 pm | #

      What possible double entendre can come from squishing a piece of meat stuck between a pair of buns. Especially when the woman is telling the man that he’s doing it wrong.

      (BTW, just because he’s doing something different doesn’t mean it’s wrong. You might actually like it.)

  10. not someone else
    not someone else
    August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Joyce being embarrassed, Joyce, this is one of those food things that people pay for. Today, you’re not weird, you’re diner chic avant-garde.

  11. CitrineMonster
    CitrineMonster
    August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Joe and joyce are perfect. Hes flirting with her in the exact modality she responds to. I hope they get in a good real kiss by the end of this arc. 🥺

  12. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    August 9, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Stop defiling the mushed up cow corpses, Joe. Its creepy.

    • Angel
      Angel
      August 9, 2023 at 2:51 am | #

      no more creepy than it being a common topping to have it have ‘cheese’ as a topping, dairy on top of the cow meat, i wonder if cows were smarter/sentient if they’d see it as messed up

      • Regret
        Regret
        August 9, 2023 at 3:41 am | #

        I think the cows would be disturbed a few levels before that. “You drink what?! That’s for my babies! What did you do to my babies?!?!!”

      • Hof1991
        Hof1991
        August 9, 2023 at 10:49 am | #

        Paul Simon’s “mother and child reunion “ is about a place that served eggs with chicken. That’s messed up.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          August 9, 2023 at 11:07 am | #

          I think that’s actually a dish in Japanese Cuisine? It’s called Oyakodon, literally “parent and child donburi”, containing chicken, egg and sliced scallion.

          • Angel
            Angel
            August 10, 2023 at 10:56 pm | #

            oyakadon sounds nice. just try to stay away from that slang in the seedier places of hte internet because i think it’s also a p0rn category /shot

  13. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 9, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    Ensure your burger is wrapped securely before smashing.

  14. Bin
    Bin
    August 9, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    And much like Mr. Bubble Bass I made sure there are no pickles.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      August 9, 2023 at 2:31 am | #

      You hide them under your tongue in order to scam free replacement burgers, triggering the cook’s existential crisis along the way?

  15. Jahu
    Jahu
    August 9, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    oh to be a humble burger

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 9, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      A humburger, if you will.

      • Casi
        Casi
        August 9, 2023 at 2:20 am | #

        better than being a burble

        • Shadowsnail
          Shadowsnail
          August 9, 2023 at 12:29 pm | #

          But worse than being a ro-bear berbil.

  16. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 9, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    Listen. Joe knows his way around buns.

    • butting
      butting
      August 9, 2023 at 12:53 am | #

      Bun type: horny on grain.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 9, 2023 at 5:09 am | #

        Bravo.

        • butting
          butting
          August 9, 2023 at 4:55 pm | #

          Could be worse, it’d be horny on pain if she was into that kinky French stuff.

          • milu
            milu
            August 9, 2023 at 6:49 pm | #

            or how about horny on maize, our gluten-free alternative?

            • a/snow/mous/e
              a/snow/mous/e
              August 9, 2023 at 10:22 pm | #

              corny as grain!

      • Laura
        Laura
        August 9, 2023 at 5:40 am | #

        Bonk!

  17. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    August 9, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

    Any second now, steam will come whistling out Joyce’s ears.

  18. Moon
    Moon
    August 9, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    I do this sadly

    • Bo
      Bo
      August 9, 2023 at 12:58 am | #

      why when you could be doing it with much gusto??

      • Professional asexual
        Professional asexual
        August 12, 2023 at 5:46 am | #

        This comment with this reply with those profile pictures is the reason I love the internet. I am sending a screenshot of this to my bff the next time she’s feeling down. Brava

  19. Just an Armadillo
    Just an Armadillo
    August 9, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

    I’ve always liked seeing these two interact, but the instant they started dating it just got sooooo much better I love them both.

  20. JA
    JA
    August 9, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    Joyce about to BSOD.

    • Laura
      Laura
      August 9, 2023 at 5:41 am | #

      Hmm? Boogie Self On Down?

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        August 9, 2023 at 11:00 am | #

        Blue Screen of Death — the one thing you never want to see on a Windows computer, as it’s an indicator that the machine has glitched out and crashed 😗

        • Laura
          Laura
          August 9, 2023 at 1:24 pm | #

          Ah. Thank you!

  21. Suet
    Suet
    August 9, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    Clasping the buns together? It’s early days for that.

    Lunchtime is for CPR-like smashing.

  22. Tannen
    Tannen
    August 9, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

    But Joe, Joyce wants to smash…

  23. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    August 9, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

    Joyce should meet Roko. I bet they’d have a lot to talk about.

  24. Michael
    Michael
    August 9, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    I had a previous favorite relationship in the comic, but this is quickly replacing it.

  25. k
    k
    August 9, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

    BECKY JOYCE LEMME SMASH

    • Laura
      Laura
      August 9, 2023 at 5:42 am | #

      Hulk smash!

      • elebenty
        elebenty
        August 9, 2023 at 10:40 am | #

        Joe smash!

  26. Alongcameaspider
    Alongcameaspider
    August 9, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

    Man if you had told me back in the first strip that Joe would be in a healthy-ish relationship (it at least hasn’t gone off the rails yet in any case)

    I’d have no idea who that is because Joe wasn’t introduced ontil strip 7 and you’re not as familiar with the writers other comics

    No YOU went back and checked when Joe first appeared for the sake of a dumb joke

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      August 9, 2023 at 4:48 am | #

      And so did YOUR MOM

      • JBento
        JBento
        August 9, 2023 at 10:24 am | #

        FOR A NICKEL

    • TerribleTransit
      TerribleTransit
      August 9, 2023 at 5:27 pm | #

      Wanna it would probably take until strip 8 before Joe had gotten enough characterization for being in a healthy relationship to be surprising.

      … Joe works fast

  27. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    August 9, 2023 at 12:43 am | #

    Erm, that alt text is

    Did I have a stroke?

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 9, 2023 at 12:52 am | #

      It’s an earthling meme thing,

      https://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign/comments/73ttzp/im_not_even_sure_how_to_read_this_one/

  28. Kravis
    Kravis
    August 9, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

    Joyce:

    “I hope this doesn’t awaken anything (ELSE!) in me.”

  29. Bo
    Bo
    August 9, 2023 at 12:58 am | #

    “Neuroses that can be turned into fetishes??? Fascinating… Can one learn such a skill?…”

    • CMasta1992
      CMasta1992
      August 9, 2023 at 1:02 am | #

      Not from a Jedi

  30. Raen
    Raen
    August 9, 2023 at 1:00 am | #

    …but the patty is wicked dry, and there’s no dairy.

    (…yes, I know he’s not religious, but I thought I might be silly.)

    • Laura
      Laura
      August 9, 2023 at 5:45 am | #

      Hmm?

      • Raen
        Raen
        August 9, 2023 at 1:45 pm | #

        …stupid joke about kashrut.

        • Laura
          Laura
          August 9, 2023 at 6:30 pm | #

          Ah. Got it!

  31. Qube
    Qube
    August 9, 2023 at 1:11 am | #

    Joe is ready, willing, and able, to smash.

    …Burgers.

  32. Gingercake
    Gingercake
    August 9, 2023 at 1:44 am | #

    Wow, I really hope they get to be physically intimate without having to experience any shame. They’re very cute.

  33. Vanessa
    Vanessa
    August 9, 2023 at 2:18 am | #

    Adorable! Look at that wholesome joy.

  34. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    August 9, 2023 at 2:22 am | #

    They gonna smash

    their burgers.

  35. Angel
    Angel
    August 9, 2023 at 2:40 am | #

    Lol flirting via burger XD

    also isn’t ‘smash burger’ a thing? or would they do it too much for joyce’s liking

    • shoopdawhoop
      shoopdawhoop
      August 9, 2023 at 3:00 am | #

      Smashed burgers usually refers to what they do to the patty itself before cooking to increase its surface area, it looks like what Joyce wants is to flatten the whole thing to sandwich size so she can put it in her mouth easier

      • Nymphie
        Nymphie
        August 9, 2023 at 3:44 am | #

        Iirc, Sarah once told Jacob Joyce does it because “it makes it taste more like McDonald’s”

      • Angel
        Angel
        August 9, 2023 at 11:30 pm | #

        i like an egg on my burgers these days but i suppose a ‘smashed’ one would be helpful since ppl say ‘burgers should be wider not taller’

    • Nipo
      Nipo
      August 9, 2023 at 3:02 am | #

      I wonder, too. I thought Joyce wanted her food items not-touching, and smash-burger is very .. touching?

      • Sarah Lea
        Sarah Lea
        August 9, 2023 at 5:47 am | #

        If Joyce is anything like me (which is to say, *extremely* like me), then her burger does not have nearly the number of toppings as the average person’s.

        I still won’t allow any sauce (other than, finally, mustard), or any onions or pickles on my burger. Meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomato only, typically.

        • june gloom
          june gloom
          August 9, 2023 at 5:45 pm | #

          I’m the same way. I don’t get burgers ‘cuz I don’t really like beef but I love me a nice chicken sandwich and I rarely get anything more than mayo on it.

        • Angel
          Angel
          August 9, 2023 at 11:31 pm | #

          @sarah: i pretty much just eat plain burgers. sometimes ketchup. I went to a place that offers eggs, which is nice. tho american cheese/cheddar is a bit strong for me so i just have pepper jack/swiss , tho i do like pizza but otherwise sometimes melted cheese on some meats can be too ‘strong’ for me (nothing wrong with a good breakfast sandwich tho)

    • Regret
      Regret
      August 9, 2023 at 3:39 am | #

      From what I understand a smash burger’s patty is a ball of hamburger meat smashed on the hot grill. It makes the edges irregular which greatly improves the texture.

  36. BBCC
    BBCC
    August 9, 2023 at 3:04 am | #

    Awww!

  37. Blibdoolpoolp
    Blibdoolpoolp
    August 9, 2023 at 3:23 am | #

    Awh I love these two horny imaginary dolts.

  38. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    August 9, 2023 at 3:27 am | #

    Joe, if you keep this up, I believe Joyce is going to get the temptation to go do some more laundry.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      August 9, 2023 at 4:31 pm | #

      The horny level will be far too high for a mere dryer to suffice, Joyce will have to borrow other Jacob.

  39. Thomas
    Thomas
    August 9, 2023 at 3:30 am | #

    Today’s comic is somehow way more sexual than anything we saw happen between Asher & Ethan. Willis got us fooled again!

  40. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    August 9, 2023 at 4:05 am | #

    that smile tho

  41. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    August 9, 2023 at 5:06 am | #

    I’m sure people have seen that video of Gordon Ramsey making a cheeseburger where he literally bathes each individual piece in butter and blowtorches a block of cheese and gushes sauces in between each layer? These has to be a joke about smashing her burger until every possible burger-syrup erupts from it here somewhere.

  42. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 9, 2023 at 5:08 am | #

    He’s doing it wrong, eh Joyce? Are you saying he’s a bad boy?

  43. morhek
    morhek
    August 9, 2023 at 5:15 am | #

    Joe: …and that’s when I smashed her buns.

    Danny: Joe, I’ve heard this a hundred-

    Joe: NOT LIKE THAT!

    • The Jighole Man
      The Jighole Man
      August 9, 2023 at 10:15 am | #

      Joe: She wanted her burger flat, I was happy to help

      Danny: I…What?

      Joe: I flattened it good and even, she didn’t want me to stop.

      Danny:Joe, what did you do to her?

      Joe: Some ketchup came out, but she didn’t seem to mind.

      Danny:WTF DID YOU DO!?

  44. Bash
    Bash
    August 9, 2023 at 5:19 am | #

    He’s enjoying this entirely too much.

  45. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    August 9, 2023 at 5:31 am | #

    Smashed burgers are easier to eat, but taller ones have more points in grandiosity. It looks more professional, gourmet, than a common Mc Donald one.

  46. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    August 9, 2023 at 7:01 am | #

    Dare I ask how she takes her hot dogs?

    Or is that fodder for a SlipShine?

  47. Shawn L.
    Shawn L.
    August 9, 2023 at 9:55 am | #

    “You’re doing in wrong… B-but go on.”

    In the fight between OCD And UST, the latter wins out.

    • Wayne Farmer
      Wayne Farmer
      August 9, 2023 at 12:20 pm | #

      But when the tension is relieved and the subsequent afterglow disappears, there’s plenty of new material for the OCD to feed on:

      “But what if there was a tiny hole in the condom and my pills won’t work?”
      “But what if Jesus really exists and he saw what we did?”

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        August 9, 2023 at 1:14 pm | #

        If Jesus is watching you fuck, that’s a lot of pressure to perform.

        • milu
          milu
          August 9, 2023 at 6:29 pm | #

          “Forget Jesus, what about the government?”

  48. SailorCakes
    SailorCakes
    August 9, 2023 at 10:40 am | #

    Yay back to Joyce and Joe!😄

  49. Shadowsnail
    Shadowsnail
    August 9, 2023 at 12:39 pm | #

    I like smashed buns and I cannot lie
    My ARFID siblings can’t deny
    When a burger plates with a juicy beefy pat and the bun is super flat I get sprung

  50. poyo
    poyo
    August 9, 2023 at 12:45 pm | #

    GOD i love them so much. my heart is gonna shatter when they inevitably break up.

    …… unless <.<

  51. milu
    milu
    August 9, 2023 at 12:56 pm | #

    Positively squirted my smoothie at Joe describing himself as a “full service boyfriend” 😘🤌

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      August 9, 2023 at 10:40 pm | #

      Yeah I’m curious when he’s going to change her oil…

  52. Dante
    Dante
    August 9, 2023 at 3:58 pm | #

    I’m here late, but I’m just– Joyce really is the Dom in this relationship, and she doesn’t even notice yet, isn’t it. Like, come on gurl.

    Your man has just described himself as a service top. Please take him.

  53. chuckroast
    chuckroast
    August 9, 2023 at 4:09 pm | #

    All the Joe/Joyce stuff is almost making me forget about all the other stuff. Love these two losers (affectionate)

  54. Heavensrun
    Heavensrun
    August 9, 2023 at 4:18 pm | #

    Joe, the effort is noble and the flirting is cute, but when somebody asks for their food *just give them their food*.

  55. Joe Moose
    Joe Moose
    August 9, 2023 at 5:40 pm | #

    {Patrick voice} FIRMLY GRASP IT {/voice}

  56. Laura
    Laura
    August 9, 2023 at 6:31 pm | #

    Just in case anyone else is dealing with work anxiety the way I am right now, I’ll play some calming Lo-Fi on the hacked PA system.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKVBZpJgY0A

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      August 9, 2023 at 7:24 pm | #

      Thank you, i needed this!

      Now to export the dino platformer game level rough drafts FINALLY ☺️

  57. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    August 9, 2023 at 7:16 pm | #

    Just fck. For all our sakes

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      August 9, 2023 at 10:19 pm | #

      Just give her time

  58. gnatlm
    gnatlm
    August 10, 2023 at 4:31 pm | #

    LOVING panel 1

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