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by David M Willis on October 28, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: dorothy, joyce

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 28, 2023 at 12:01 am | #

    and definitely not while on the dryer

    …should Joyce see Cells at Work! to understand what happens to germs from people kissed months ago

    • Risky
      Risky
      October 28, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

      She should not. Nor “Yumi’s Cells”.

      • Mark
        Mark
        October 28, 2023 at 7:13 am | #

        Maybe start with something from The Magic School Bus?

  2. Cholma
    Cholma
    October 28, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    The thought never crossed her mind!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 28, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      Joyce: “I don’t think about Joe and Jacob kissing! I read Amber’s BatmanXNightwing fics and imagine the two of them being played by Joe and Jacob! It’s totally different!”

      • clif
        clif
        October 28, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

        But which is which. We need details.

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          October 28, 2023 at 6:20 am | #

          For SCIENCE!

          • Mark
            Mark
            October 28, 2023 at 7:13 am | #

            They take turns.

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        October 28, 2023 at 3:21 pm | #

        Ethan is Ra’s Al Ghul or Jason Todd?

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          October 28, 2023 at 3:40 pm | #

          Why Ra’s Al Ghul? Why not Osiris’ Al Ghul, or Joker’s Al Ghul, or Alfred’s? Al’s Al Ghul. I like that.

  3. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    October 28, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    All life is interconnected…

    • clif
      clif
      October 28, 2023 at 1:26 am | #

      But some is more interconnected than others.

  4. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    October 28, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    Dotty ain’t wrong.

    Joyce really said “no homo” there huh? XD

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      October 28, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      mE, a StRaIgHt GiRl,

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      October 28, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

      Well, she said she’s straight. ‘No homo’ is usually more denigrating, implying ‘homo’ is a bad thing, in my experience of the phrase, which Joyce certainly isn’t doing.

    • RedWarlock
      RedWarlock
      October 28, 2023 at 1:28 am | #

      Yaoi and m/m slashfic are overwhelmingly written by straight women, for straight women, and are sometimes seen as objectifying and reductive, especially by some gay men.

      It annoys me, but I don’t actively object to it.

      • Li
        Li
        October 28, 2023 at 2:19 am | #

        Every survey we’ve ever conducted of the community has shown it’s majority queer people of varying gender identities, not straight cis women, actually. Plenty of trans men have also figured themselves out through it. So, like, maybe those gay men should get some perspective.

        • Kelibath
          Kelibath
          October 28, 2023 at 6:19 pm | #

          Plus, Joyce is riffing on that figure here – or rather Willis is riffing on it for a punchline through Joyce, which honestly feels more self-insert than average given that she probably hasn’t read an awful lot of erotica by this point – by describing her private mental stimulation as exploitative. And, well, sure, some strong favourites could potentially end up being problematic in extreme circumstances if she’s totally ignoring ingroup perspectives, I guess. But creating media of m/m because it sells well is quite a step up from thinking about two men you find attractive for a moment.

      • Coco
        Coco
        October 28, 2023 at 9:38 am | #

        Here you can see one survey saying it’s only 14% of people writing fics who identify as straight: https://www.flowjournal.org/2023/02/fan-demographics-on-ao3/

        • Ari
          Ari
          October 28, 2023 at 10:35 am | #

          Honestly, I think the issue here is that the people in question are real (to Joyce). She doesn’t seem to have issues with fictional slash fic.

          • Kelibath
            Kelibath
            October 28, 2023 at 6:20 pm | #

            It does add another dimension of awkwardness and potential invasion of privacy – but she’s only thinking about it, not publishing it.

        • gears
          gears
          October 28, 2023 at 7:31 pm | #

          That’s an internal survey of a single website, one with a culture that is…not representative of everyone.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      October 28, 2023 at 1:38 am | #

      Eh i just havin fun here, all good,

      anyone else staring at the full moon?

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 28, 2023 at 2:49 am | #

        The moon is like a salve. A balm for the senses.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          October 28, 2023 at 2:56 am | #

          Right? 🥰🌕

          How have you been Laura? glad to know the full moon has also been a nice reprieve from whatever ails ya

          • Laura
            Laura
            October 28, 2023 at 3:29 am | #

            Thanks, hon’.

            Just having a bad PTSD day. Also been experiencing kind of brain-glitch-short-circuit-meltdowns recently. Hard to explain.

            How about you, hon’? How’s things going for you?

            Funny how when a DOA character has an episode of out of control behavior (Dina, Sarah, Billie, Amber, Joyce…) it’s just presented as part of their character arc. Not as something glitchy in their brains… more like, just, how they are and how they respond to extreme provocation. (Such as, in Dina’s case, trash-talk about dinosaurs, or, in Sarah’s case, the presence of Raidah and perceived threats to Joyce.)

            It’s wild, how a comic strip can normalize extreme experience.

            • NGPZ
              NGPZ
              October 28, 2023 at 12:41 pm | #

              Yeah Willis is quite the remarkable author that way, it may also be down to the fact that he’s neurodivergent himself (over halfway through an autism diagnosis actually)

              Sorry to hear about your meltdowns Laura, that must really suck. Hope you feel better soon 😔

              Ive been pretty worn myself lately. Coding may be a passion, but maybe i should give myself a break this weekend… 😗

              • Laura
                Laura
                October 28, 2023 at 2:42 pm | #

                Just heard this wonderful radio program about the importance of making time for rest:

                https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1196977965

                • NGPZ
                  NGPZ
                  October 28, 2023 at 8:29 pm | #

                  dammit i worked today aaaaaaaaaa. can’t help it i wuv the satisfaction of logical problem solving 😩

                • NGPZ
                  NGPZ
                  October 28, 2023 at 10:39 pm | #

                  awe well, at least at night i can enjoy some edibles to the light of the full moon 🥰🍪🥛🌕🌌

                  (and just in time too, my legs have started to hurt…)

                • Laura
                  Laura
                  October 29, 2023 at 2:12 am | #

                  Enjoy!

                  (Finally hit the jackpot with my avvy!)

  5. Dafydd
    Dafydd
    October 28, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    ♪What, never?♫

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 28, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

      ♪No, never!♫

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        October 28, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

        ♪What, never?♫

        • brionl
          brionl
          October 28, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

          Well, Hardly Ever!

          • cbwroses
            cbwroses
            October 28, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

            👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

          • StClair
            StClair
            October 28, 2023 at 3:22 am | #

            ah, the classics.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            October 30, 2023 at 4:40 pm | #

            Did not think the venn diagram of Gilbert and Sullivan fans intersected with this comic.

  6. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 28, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe should kiss Jacob….not Ethan though, he might turn emo from his emo cooties. /

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      October 28, 2023 at 12:49 am | #

      God, what would Emo!Joe even be like?

      • clif
        clif
        October 28, 2023 at 1:32 am | #

        Tempting to consider, but I’m holding out for Emo!Mike.

      • Laura
        Laura
        October 28, 2023 at 2:44 pm | #

        I think Joe’s already BEEN emo over Joyce!

        • Shadowsnail
          Shadowsnail
          October 28, 2023 at 3:22 pm | #

          My Chemical Joemance

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        October 28, 2023 at 3:42 pm | #

        He’d probably just be very ejoetional.

  7. Nenja
    Nenja
    October 28, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Love Joyce’s expression in the last panel. 😆

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 28, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

      Turns out this comic’s pretty good at creating situations where there would be faces and then drawing the heck out of those faces

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        October 28, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

        Mr. Willis remains a master of the webcomic.

  8. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    October 28, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    she’ll be in her bunklaundry room

  9. Just an Armadillo
    Just an Armadillo
    October 28, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Dorothy your rational argument has been rejected on the grounds that the alternative is extremely hot.

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      October 28, 2023 at 9:44 am | #

      Cue Adam Savage: “I reject your reality and substitute my own.”

  10. Nono
    Nono
    October 28, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m not a straight girl, so I can think about it.

    Get Asher in there too.

    • clif
      clif
      October 28, 2023 at 1:36 am | #

      Asher’s not a straight girl, so he can think about it?

  11. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    October 28, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Dorothy is good for Joyce’s mental health, but is the reverse true?

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      October 28, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Nope

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 28, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

        Also nope

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          October 28, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

          Definite nope.

          • Kyrik Michalowski
            Kyrik Michalowski
            October 28, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

            This is acceptable, but one more try tonight.

            • Kyrik Michalowski
              Kyrik Michalowski
              October 28, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

              It isn’t Sal, but Fuckface is acceptable.

              • Mym
                Mym
                October 28, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

                I was SO thrilled to get Sal 2nd try, but Fuckface is excellent

                • clif
                  clif
                  October 28, 2023 at 1:41 am | #

                  Now you’ve gone and ruined the curve for the rest of us.

              • cbwroses
                cbwroses
                October 28, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

                I seriously thought this was a bunch of people saying Joyce wasn’t good for Dorothy’s mental health until I saw the 2nd F*ckface and looked back at the names. 😅

                • Mark
                  Mark
                  October 28, 2023 at 7:17 am | #

                  You, too?

    • Imogen
      Imogen
      October 28, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      This is a really weird question, considering the entire arc of this chapter so far seems to be, “Dorothy realizes she needs to be around someone who makes her smile, and that someone is Joyce”. This is literally Dorothy’s self-care right now.

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        October 28, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

        I meant in terms of whether “taking care of Joyce” is actually helping Dorothy, or if it is just another way for Dorothy to avoid her own problems for a while. Clearly she is happy to be around Joyce, but I worry that she is using Joyce as a bandage on a gaping wound.

        • Doopyboop
          Doopyboop
          October 28, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

          I also think Kyrik’s question is reasonable to ask because this storyline started with Dorothy having a very trauma filled nightmare about being unable to save Joyce.

          • Imogen
            Imogen
            October 28, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

            You know, this is a good point! Maybe I’m misreading the story beats. I do think this is an extremely sweet scene, and I’m connecting with it with my own contexts that may be biasing me a tidge.

            • Doopyboop
              Doopyboop
              October 28, 2023 at 1:26 am | #

              I think it’s a sweet scene too, and honestly I do think Joyce and Dorothy are good for each other in the end! They just need to have some sort of communication where Dorothy can admit how much she worries for Joyce and Joyce can find some way to help that anxiety (either with verbal affirmation or some sort of system like… just spitballing but if it was me, I’d give some sort of text notification akin to like ‘hey besty, just letting you know I’m alright’ on days where they don’t hang out). Realistically I think Dorothy does need either some space from Joyce… or just more healthy interactions like the one in this strip, as opposed to situations where Joyce is relying on Dorothy for things.

              I also think Dorothy just needs a really good cry and for Joyce to hold her and let her know everything’s okay.

              • clif
                clif
                October 28, 2023 at 1:47 am | #

                That’s how it starts.

                You write a little hurt/comfort scenario and the next thing you know you’re at full slash.

                • Doopyboop
                  Doopyboop
                  October 28, 2023 at 2:42 am | #

                  “Everything’s gonna be okay, Dorothy… I promise” Joyce cupped her friend’s chin, smiling softly at her. Dorothy’s eyes shimmered with unshed tears, before her gaze drifted from Joyce’s bright blues to her smiling mouth.

                  “Joyce…”

                  “It’s okay, Dorothy. You wouldn’t be the first girl I’ve ever kissed…”

                  Cut to Joe imagining the above scenario.

                • Inahc
                  Inahc
                  October 29, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

                  very true. very, very true.

            • Mark
              Mark
              October 28, 2023 at 7:20 am | #

              I think one thing that Dorothy is doing, is enjoying a simple soluble problem. She might be doing other things too. It’s efficient!

          • DashWallkick
            DashWallkick
            October 28, 2023 at 6:16 am | #

            This is true, but keep in mind she ALSO pushed Joyce away so she could “focus on her career” and that made her even more miserable. I don’t think it’s a solved problem because this comic goes sllloooowwwwww but she at least might start to correct her self destruction now that she’s pointed the right direction.

        • Imogen
          Imogen
          October 28, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

          That’s definitely a trickier question! But the type of self-care she’s been pursuing has been pretty expressly the “I need a break from worrying” variety. Playing lazy video games didn’t help because it felt empty for her. Helping Joyce makes her smile.

          I can honestly say that most “lazy” self-care doesn’t work for me. Like Dorothy, I’m too Productive to feel relaxed doing nothing. It just makes me feel yucky and stagnant. Self-care for me is doing the dishes, cleaning out the chicken coop, baking cookies: small, productive tasks that make me feel immediately satisfied and accomplished. For Dorothy, it’s pampering her friend who makes her laugh.

          She is objectively avoiding her problems today, but that *was* her stated, conscious goal from the moment she woke up. She’s trying to take a day off.

        • Coatl
          Coatl
          October 28, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

          Good point

        • Bogeywoman
          Bogeywoman
          October 28, 2023 at 1:07 am | #

          Ooooohhh… Good questions.

          I think yes, but as with all things in moderation. Making Mac and cheese for a friend date is moderation. Part of my self care plan is doing something kind or helpful for someone else because it affirms my sense of self worth, connection and dedication to my values. Like eating dieting or exercise if it becomes obsessive and negatively impacts her life then it’s time to step back and reassess. Dorothy seems to have recognised that she needs to change how she’s operating, and I hope she invites Joyce to help her work through that. Also her psych. Gotta be honest with that bugger and get a plan sorted.

          Self-connection:

          It wasn’t good for me when I stayed up every night to wake my sister up from PTSD dreams, went through her police statement everyday and took on the bulk of her business responsibilities while prepping for her abuser’s trial. I see Dorothy’s recent micromanaging of Joyce’s classes and personal life as a similar obsession/addiction type behaviour that would lead to burn out and anxiety.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 28, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      reply hazy

    • Bash
      Bash
      October 28, 2023 at 2:13 am | #

      Yes and no. It’s clearly a calming experience for Dorothy to help Joyce with her problems. But it also gives Dorothy an excuse not to deal with her own issues.

      • DashWallkick
        DashWallkick
        October 28, 2023 at 6:19 am | #

        I think pointing herself at caring for her friends in small, social ways isn’t really her not dealing with her issues. She thinks she can grind herself to death into stopping tragedy from happening ever again, and she’s learning that isn’t feasible. She’s still going to have difficulties letting go, but at least her “work” is pointed the right way.

        • Archieve
          Archieve
          October 28, 2023 at 2:06 pm | #

          The big thing for Dorothy is finding a good balance in being helpful but not a caregiver to her friends. This scene is showing a more healthy and typical way a friend can help another through personal dilemmas without giving mother knows best vibes.

  12. Steve
    Steve
    October 28, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    (Magenta) You mean, she…?
    (Columbia) Uh huh!

  13. Jo_cubstar
    Jo_cubstar
    October 28, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    All the queer kissing

  14. CMasta1992
    CMasta1992
    October 28, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    The straightest girl in the entire series

    • clif
      clif
      October 28, 2023 at 1:51 am | #

      Bent but not broken.

  15. Mym
    Mym
    October 28, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    I aM sOoOooo StRaIgHt

  16. Doopyboop
    Doopyboop
    October 28, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    I would say Joyce does have a reasonable concern about the possibility of contracting Herpes Simplex A, considering how easy it is to pass through kissing.

    • Coatl
      Coatl
      October 28, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

      We can assume that Joe is not stupid enough to allow any contagion

      • Mym
        Mym
        October 28, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

        Hmmm, I would never assume the smarter option from Joe

      • Doopyboop
        Doopyboop
        October 28, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

        Cold sores aren’t always visible and it’s not something people always disclose when they’re dating or just fooling around. People don’t think about it.

        • Doopyboop
          Doopyboop
          October 28, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

          Like, shit, I have Herpes Simplex A and it’s because my mom had it and gave me kisses when I was a kiddo.

          • Mym
            Mym
            October 28, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

            Not to mention mononucleosis!!!! I got that from sharing a milkshake with a girl. No kissing involved

            • HueSatLight
              HueSatLight
              October 28, 2023 at 12:49 am | #

              90% of adults have EBV antibodies. 50% of 5 year old children. So she could already have had mono, from something other than kissing.

          • Bittersweet
            Bittersweet
            October 28, 2023 at 6:36 am | #

            Yeah, my daughter is a smol and she has cold sores because my Mom kissed her when she had an active one (probably the angriest I’ve ever been, btw. Caring for a two year old having a cold sore outbreak for the first time was a heartbreaking nightmare with how little I could do to ease her pain.)

            Kinda not fond of the soft implication that people with cold sores have made poor decisions in their lives and are something to be wary of, considering that she’ll be marred by these for the rest of her life and it absolutely was not her fault. I imagine it’s actually that way for most people.

            • Doopyboop
              Doopyboop
              October 28, 2023 at 6:47 am | #

              Regarding that implication, if I implied that then I am very sorry for that, I did not mean to. Like your daughter, I too have cold sores as I explained and what I meant is moreso that I know growing up, I had my share of kisses and never thought to think “oh I shouldn’t kiss/should check in with someone about cold sore stuff before I kiss them” beforehand.

          • Autogatos
            Autogatos
            October 29, 2023 at 2:30 pm | #

            Yup, someone I knew in high school had herpes because a stranger (a nice friendly elderly woman) kissed him when he was a baby. It’s a possibility a lot of people don’t think about (and I’m glad I heard that story before having a kid of my own).

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        October 28, 2023 at 4:30 am | #

        “That’s why I never kiss ’em on the mouth” some other guy with a J name

    • Piph
      Piph
      October 28, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      I don’t recall if Joyce’s church used individual cups of grape juice for communion. But, if not, it’s highly likely she’s been exposed before.

      • Doopyboop
        Doopyboop
        October 28, 2023 at 1:14 am | #

        I think they did use individual cups, I remember her getting grossed out by the idea of sipping off the same cup at Jacob’s church. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/01-face-the-strange/kneel/

      • Regina phalange
        Regina phalange
        October 28, 2023 at 9:04 am | #

        Given that 70-80% of adults have it, a decent amount of those adults are asymptomatic but still shed the virus, and it can be transmitted a million other ways besides kissing (particularly from parents, and I understand there can be some connection with a history of chicken pox)—there’s still a decent chance that Joyce has been exposed already.

  17. Lia
    Lia
    October 28, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

    fujoshi friday. saturday

  18. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    October 28, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    I’m not sure whether this is a sign of Amber’s influence on Joyce… or not.

    • Mym
      Mym
      October 28, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      She DOES love those fanfics

    • AY
      AY
      October 28, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

      (cw I mention SA a few times here)

      I’d say Amber’s influence certainly helps, but for someone trying to overcome attempted sexual assault by someone of the opposite sex, what’s safer than indulging in fantasies that remove her own identity entirely from the equation?

      This probably sounds silly, but I’m just speaking from experience after years of analyzing my own crud, so I’m probably just projecting. Fwiw I ended up nb and queer as hell, so if Joyce really is anything like me, she’ll change her pronouns in a few years lol. But for the time while I was processing sexual abuse, it felt safer for “me” (my assigned sex) to not be involved in any fantasies until I emotionally healed enough to allow it again.

      So like, not to take the comment too seriously, but also you got me thinkin’ and thonkin’ about it

      • Bash
        Bash
        October 28, 2023 at 2:09 am | #

        I think as a (former) repressed fundie it also feels safer to have fantasies that do not involve her specifically.

        • DashWallkick
          DashWallkick
          October 28, 2023 at 6:20 am | #

          And as a woman, too. All the girls who do filthy, depraved m/m art that I know will tell you outright it’s because it’s where they can play in sexual dynamics without it telling on themselves too much, even though it objectively does.

      • Inahc
        Inahc
        October 29, 2023 at 4:55 pm | #

        …
        huh. that… might also apply to chronic pain.

  19. Raen
    Raen
    October 28, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    I would say Joyce had taken the worst possible lesson from intersectionality, and maybe when this strip was written that would’ve been true.

  20. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 28, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

    That’s a lot of combined height and shoulder width in that makeout pile.

  21. Derek
    Derek
    October 28, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

    You can actually get mononucleosis through kissing alone, dunno if that’s what Joyce would count as an STD or not

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 28, 2023 at 7:51 pm | #

      Thinking about the Bob’s Burgers episode about mono (and implicitly sex and STDs), where Tina turned the “Mono will kill you” play into a celebration of [smart] kissing.

  22. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    October 28, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

    and Becky, Keener. “do you think Joe’s now kissed Ethan, Jacob, and Becky?”

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      October 28, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

      Becky would fight the entire universe wherein that thought existed. Starting with the person who thought it and working out, soaring only herself, Dina, and an awesome science lab.

  23. Peter
    Peter
    October 28, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

    Oh, she’s thinking about it. She’s thinking about it A LOT.

  24. poofdepoof
    poofdepoof
    October 28, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

    Transitive kisses…
    Joyce kissed Jacob who has kissed Raidah 😮
    Joe kissed Sarah’s sis who has kissed Sarah’s boyfriend who has kissed Sarah 😮

    I mean the math is flawed but you can’t say it isn’t fun

    • Mym
      Mym
      October 28, 2023 at 12:47 am | #

      Sounds like Sarah and Raidah are close to making out (I just love the hateship, ignore my delusionality)

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 28, 2023 at 4:28 am | #

      “Transitive kisses”

      Isn’t that a Mary Chapin Carpenter song?

    • Mark
      Mark
      October 28, 2023 at 7:32 am | #

      Somehow it all converges on Kevin Bacon.

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        October 28, 2023 at 3:53 pm | #

        I was going to say the web eventually spreads across the entire world but that’s way better.

  25. Dday
    Dday
    October 28, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

    “I have devised a cunning plan to relieve you of this specific moral constraint.”

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 28, 2023 at 1:05 am | #

      “Is it as cunning as a fox who has just been named Professor of Cunning at Indiana University?”

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        October 28, 2023 at 4:03 am | #

        “It’ll have to wait. I’m sure it was better than my plan. I mean, who would have noticed another Lesbian around here?”

    • clif
      clif
      October 28, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

      “I have devised a cunning plan to relieve you of this specific moral constraint.”

      That has all the earmarks of a quote of something, and yet Google is of no help.

      • eh, whatever
        eh, whatever
        October 28, 2023 at 6:44 am | #

        It’s not a direct quote. It’s a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        October 28, 2023 at 10:57 am | #

        I’ll be that guy and note that this is a running gag in the TV show “Blackadder” where Baldrick says he has a “cunning plan” and Blackadder asks if it as cunning as a [silly example as above]. And when Baldrick reveals his plan it is something ridiculous or deeply stupid.

  26. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 28, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

    Sure you don’t, sweetie. Sure you don’t.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      October 28, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

      And new season of search for Sal begins! Stay tuned.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        October 28, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

        Oh FUCK no. Double part premiere then.

        • clif
          clif
          October 28, 2023 at 2:02 am | #

          Keep going. You might get it on the next try.

          I mean, you won’t, but you might.

  27. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 28, 2023 at 1:17 am | #

    And Becjt

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 28, 2023 at 1:21 am | #

      And becky

      • thakoru
        thakoru
        October 28, 2023 at 1:46 am | #

        Dang it, I came down here to say that. I got so close to the bottom without seeing it only for my hopes to be dashed at the last second.

        • thakoru
          thakoru
          October 28, 2023 at 1:48 am | #

          Oh hey new gravitar.

          • clif
            clif
            October 28, 2023 at 2:16 am | #

            May the gravitar be with you always.

      • Bash
        Bash
        October 28, 2023 at 2:06 am | #

        Oh, does Dorothy not know about that?

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        October 28, 2023 at 4:20 am | #

        And by the transitive property, Dina and Kaitlin.

      • Mark
        Mark
        October 28, 2023 at 7:34 am | #

        “Hey, what about me???” — Becjt.

  28. JA
    JA
    October 28, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

    Laser-guided.

  29. Taffy
    Taffy
    October 28, 2023 at 1:48 am | #

    Joyce should commit a murder.

    • milu
      milu
      October 28, 2023 at 8:48 am | #

      Murder is the solution to most problems 😌

      • Quirdry Tawks
        Quirdry Tawks
        October 28, 2023 at 9:56 am | #

        You sound like my cat.

        • milu
          milu
          October 28, 2023 at 11:53 am | #

          who’s to say i’m not your cat?

  30. An Old Bear
    An Old Bear
    October 28, 2023 at 1:54 am | #

    Germs are real! But are germs sins?

  31. Suet
    Suet
    October 28, 2023 at 1:55 am | #

    It was only a kiss, Joyce, it was only a kiss!

    It’s not, like, there’s a matrix of who’s kissed who – specifically on the lips

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      October 28, 2023 at 3:20 am | #

      Now she’s fallin’ asleep, and she’s calling a cab, and while he’s calling a cab, and she’s takin’ a cab

  32. Bash
    Bash
    October 28, 2023 at 2:06 am | #

    Well that took a turn!

  33. UrsulaDavina
    UrsulaDavina
    October 28, 2023 at 2:22 am | #

    Elsewhere Amber has a sudden urge to to write a slash fic.

  34. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    October 28, 2023 at 2:27 am | #

    hey, anyone remember that theory that Dorothy had sex with Joe during the timeskip? That would make this part of the conversation awkward, but not until now obviously.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      October 28, 2023 at 4:04 am | #

      i do not remember this theory

    • GholaHalleck
      GholaHalleck
      October 28, 2023 at 11:11 am | #

      I would think Joe has more self respect…

      • Mym
        Mym
        October 28, 2023 at 11:25 am | #

        Wow, rude. It’s self-disrespectful to have a hookup with Dorothy?

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      October 28, 2023 at 12:00 pm | #

      It was based off of Dorothy saying she’s slept with like three people.

  35. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    October 28, 2023 at 4:23 am | #

    Good job Dotty, you just planted the fujoshi seed in her brain.

    • Freezer
      Freezer
      October 28, 2023 at 4:28 am | #

      Amber would have eventually if she didn’t.

      • Daibhid C
        Daibhid C
        October 28, 2023 at 6:23 am | #

        Joyce reads Amber’s fanfic. That ship (assuming fujoshi means what I think it means) has well and truly sailed.

        • Da Boy
          Da Boy
          October 28, 2023 at 6:57 am | #

          If I’m not wrong the English equivalent is Yaoi Fangirl

  36. Freezer
    Freezer
    October 28, 2023 at 4:29 am | #

    Think about it! Think about it lots!

  37. GreyICE
    GreyICE
    October 28, 2023 at 5:30 am | #

    Definitely straight. Very straight. Not at all bi.

    • GholaHalleck
      GholaHalleck
      October 28, 2023 at 11:10 am | #

      silly wicket, there’s no such thing as bisexuals, just ask everyone else!

      Hah aaah….. I’m bitter…

  38. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    October 28, 2023 at 6:24 am | #

    Theory; Dorothy’s “your fundie brain” comments about silly stuff you believe that you can’t let go of either is currently or will soon help her realize she’s doing the exact same thing with her notions of “if I work harder I’ll stop the world from having pain or tragedy ever again”

  39. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    October 28, 2023 at 7:38 am | #

    Is it possible for a human to go “FWEEE!” like an AI over at QC? Because Joyce seems to be getting close.

    • Quirdry Tawks
      Quirdry Tawks
      October 28, 2023 at 10:03 am | #

      Ya kidding? I’ve been fweeing for the past seven Yoto-fic installments.

      • NickG
        NickG
        October 28, 2023 at 12:49 pm | #

        Pine-scented like Bubbles?

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      October 28, 2023 at 3:50 pm | #

      Before Jeph gave it an in-universe explanation Looney Tunes had been doing it for decades.

  40. Nicoleandmaggie
    Nicoleandmaggie
    October 28, 2023 at 7:51 am | #

    I think it’s neat that you can see the effect of that gender and sexuality class from first semester.

  41. milu
    milu
    October 28, 2023 at 7:51 am | #

    Hi lovelies,
    Hit that sexy, sexy pseud above my comment 👆 for a new instalment of Malaya being a fakey top.
    NSFW.

  42. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    October 28, 2023 at 8:10 am | #

    i guess it depends if said germs are as transmissible as COVID is.

    • GholaHalleck
      GholaHalleck
      October 28, 2023 at 11:09 am | #

      Cold Sores for everyone!

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 29, 2023 at 2:38 am | #

      i’d imagine dorothy to be more worried about future germs b/c apparently one of her ‘first bfs’ she sneezed on and said ‘it was a thing adults do to empty their sinuses’ onto each other and be more hesitant /cringe at that the next time she thinks about kissing ppl

      but i imagine it’s fine as long as ur not actively sick

  43. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    October 28, 2023 at 8:25 am | #

    Fundie brain will keep harassing her at unexpected times, for the foreseeable future

  44. Bo
    Bo
    October 28, 2023 at 8:31 am | #

    amber, in dark cloak: “no, let the thoughts flow through you. maybe they *HAVE* kissed…”

  45. thumb
    thumb
    October 28, 2023 at 8:40 am | #

    Man, the old fundie brain simply does not want to let go. Joyce, you can have private fantasies. Nothing wrong with that.

    • milu
      milu
      October 28, 2023 at 9:01 am | #

      Left arm: christian fundamentalists
      Right arm: extremely online straight teenage girls
      Hands clasping in the center: thinking way too much about male gay sex

      • Quirdry Tawks
        Quirdry Tawks
        October 28, 2023 at 10:00 am | #

        Curious… why did you go with this idiom, rather than the Venn diagram?

        • GholaHalleck
          GholaHalleck
          October 28, 2023 at 11:08 am | #

          venn diagram has outliers that are not part of the collective.

          Predator hand clasp = solidarity across the board.

          Or “the venn diagram would just be a circle”

          • milu
            milu
            October 28, 2023 at 11:51 am | #

            ah ty i’d forgotten what the meme was called =)

    • Angel
      Angel
      October 29, 2023 at 2:39 am | #

      i mean, it can be weird to have fantasies about ppl you know (tho not as cringy as that one screenshot/tweet of like “you should text ppl and ask for their consent if you want to fantasize about them” b/c that’d be way more awkward)

  46. WAhydrohead
    WAhydrohead
    October 28, 2023 at 9:23 am | #

    Did someone wake up with some damp panties?

  47. Steamweed
    Steamweed
    October 28, 2023 at 11:36 am | #

    Joyce now is inspired for her new comic series. Which will NOT be publishable in the school newspaper. She finds a website for posting such things; it’s called “Slippery and Shiny.”

  48. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    October 28, 2023 at 12:02 pm | #

    They are so cute. 😍

  49. wakeangel2001
    wakeangel2001
    October 28, 2023 at 4:06 pm | #

    maybe if Joe never washed his face he’d still have germs from the girls he kissed before, but then I don’t think you’d WANT to kiss him in that situation

  50. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    October 28, 2023 at 6:00 pm | #

    The Amberfication has begun in earnest

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 28, 2023 at 6:20 pm | #

      The general anxiety level of the comic remains constant, it’s just redistributed.

  51. milu
    milu
    October 28, 2023 at 6:46 pm | #

    one possibility that Joyce has never, ever thought about a lot

    • milu
      milu
      October 28, 2023 at 6:47 pm | #

      (nsfw) (the f stands for fuckin)

      • milu
        milu
        October 28, 2023 at 6:57 pm | #

        never, ever, ever (nsfw <3)

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          October 28, 2023 at 7:24 pm | #

          Looks like we will soon have yet another member of the Porn Lord Pantheon it seems! Fantastic work Milu!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      October 28, 2023 at 7:22 pm | #

      Aye aye aye… ✌️😏

      *JoJo Pillar Men Theme plays in background*

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Tightest shirt - Transformers Wiki
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2025/0... love it when my girlfriend's eyes are normal
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com ⋅ 2d
crabs in a bucket | patreon.com/lubchansky
PANEL 1:  MATTIE sitting on the floor in front of a bucket.
MATTIE: Man, I put all these crabs in this bucket to watch them fight to the top for my amusement…

PANEL 2: MATTIE peering in close to the bucket. One claw is raised, holding a little piece of paper folded over.
MATTIE: …But it looks like they all just started trading ZINES in there!
MATTIE: Kind of annoying.

PANEL 3: MATTIE grabs the zine.
MATTIE: Hm?

PANEL 4: Close up of the zine in MATTIE's hands. The title is STEVEN, THE CRAB DIRECTLY BELOW ME, IS A PIECE OF SHIT!
MATTIE: Haha okay this is pretty good
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
thinking of that time i found an abandoned transformers wiki on wikia that was just a bunch of terrible and incomplete lists of character names, sitting back, and deciding i could fix this wiki by writing a comprehensive Donny Finkleberg Robot-Master page.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
today in #9chickweedlane i learned the cartoonist definitely forgot the 2023 storyline in which mary showed up again and amos didn't recognize or remember her and mary was very clearly into him, and also her hair is just Juliette's Hair But Black today, rather than Mary's curly hair
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Jubs is auADHD @jubster.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social Well that's interesting
josiahhawthorne.bsky.social's user avatarJosiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Today I learned...
Psalty's Salvation Celebration: The Movie, starring a young Bethany Joy Lenz
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Timmerjoe @timmerjoe.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
It's a thing of beauty.
Screenshot of the disambiguation page for
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M Sipher @msipher.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
God, the story of this wiki. It's quite a ride.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23611446... my mp movie megatron auction ends in 8 hours???
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Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷 LAKE YELLOWWOOD SLAUGHTER on Kickstarter now @alejandrobot.com ⋅ 2d
Marvel could pay for my healthcare for the rest of my life for a fraction of 1% of profit from Spider-Man Noir, a character whose original comics I edited. For Peter David to die in medical debt, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and writer of countless seminal Hulk and X-Factor comics—that's a disgrace
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