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What is he even shaving though
When the hair is starting growing, that’s the worst phase: your face feels like sandpaper
well, i can imagine some acquaintances roasting him for ‘attempting’ to have stubble. or like walky being like “i can’t grow a beard like (celeb)” (don’t remember the strip/name) Tho apparently ‘skin shaving’ is a thing too lol
I think it is a reference to the line (at around 1:50) in Predator: The Musical.
https://youtu.be/qlicWUDf5MM?si=F5oD_WUiU3dvHuCt
His face.
“Oh no, the art style does not perfectly simulate an amount of relatively-light-colored stubble that is more than none but less than imminently threatening to become a full beard. I shall therefore mock this character for handling his personal grooming daily instead of waiting for it to be more visually identifiable to me personally.” – This is y’all, this is how you sound.
It’s a silly joke in the comments section of a webcomic.
also, in yesterday’s alt-text
It sounds exhausting to read people’s words that way. Hope you’re feeling better today.
You just keep asking questions you don’t want the answers to.
a *lightbulb*? was it painful?
…wait no
“Lightbulb”? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Oh, wait, so _that’s_ what “lit” means. Now I get it!
Joe, that is not usually part of the benefit package for chefs…
From what I know from people who work in restaurants, you could not possibly be more wrong. Also, being personally familiar with the benefit package of “nightclub bartender”, I have every reason to believe they’re not lying.
Where do yall work? The only people getting action in our kitchen was one of the shift leaders and his gf (who also worked there)
I’m also asking, for uuuuh health & safety reasons
Been a long time since I was a waiter, but, yeah, in my 2 years there, most of the single waitstaff (all genders, too) hit on me. I attribute it to not so much my charismatic personality but rather our collective youth, stress, horniness, and boredom.
The thought does occur that being young and hot is a little wasted on the young and hot. This may just be middle aged nostalgia talking, of course.
No, you’re definitely on the right idea. I’ve had that thought, too. I think we both agree with George Bernard Shaw.
for the love of god, someone date Daisy
The problem is Daisy’s dating preferences are similar to Joe’s, especially as far as gender is concerned.
XX, XXX.
well yes, but in re-reading the comic it was an alt-text and Daisy just returned in the storylines..
I liked her date with Ruth, that was a relatable level of awkward.
Joyce’s already with Joe
I cooked mac’n’cheese last weekend.
I did not get rewarded as Joe did.
put
put y
paige no
perfect av
Yeah but did you make your own sauce?
BY WHICH I MEAN
good mac and cheese should be its own reward 8D;
You and I have very different reward/ incentive structures…
Did you follow the instructions on the box, to the letter? That’s key.
As Needfuldoer asked. Did you cook per the instructions? I bet you did not. Thus, no such reward.
You didn’t put enough butter, CLASSIC mistake. I made it last night and the hand just emerged from the pot like always.
I’m not sure why Joe is being skittish about this, Danny knows he’s dating Joyce.
He’s still learning to be emotionally vulnerable and I think the sheer degree of SOFTNESS Joyce makes him feel makes him _shy_ about it. He’ll get there, though.
Right now, Joe really REALLY longs for a world where he is seen as something other than the dorm’s Resident Horndog. It’s a longing that’s been getting stronger and stronger since, oh, the beginning of the new semester, I think? His sudden epiphany of “I want to be a chef” gave him a brief, tantalizing glimpse of that world! And that’s why he’s very VERY uncomfortable with Danny’s (extremely based) assumption that Joe only wants to be a chef because he associates cooking with sex now.
Say, is Galasso hiring intern chefs? Joe could get some practical experience before even graduating!
And to see if it’s rewarding when it’s a job rather than a date with his crush.
He might think Joe’s cheating on her.
I mean, if I got a handjob for making Kraft macaroni, I’d probably do that more often, too.
I genuinely considered the question, and came to the conclusion that no, no, even a handjob couldn’t convince me to have anything to do with that.
I assume this comment will now be deleted by Willis on the grounds of heresy.
No, no, it’s fine! Please tell us more about your utterly wrong viewpoint!
There was a period where I couldn’t stand Kraft Dinner. They changed the recipe, and made it gross. Now, they’ve course-corrected a bit in the other direction, so it’s edible again. However, it’s still the bottom of the barrel for boxed mac’n’cheese offerings. My preference is President’s Choice Mac’n’Cheese. Much better tasting, noodles are actual elbows instead of those straight tubes that Kraft uses, and the noodles actually retain their consistency, instead of breaking apart into little pasta strips like Kraft Dinner does.
Getting that oxytocin fix over mac and cheese
Kraft Oxytocin
(per the instructions)
Joyce is good at handjobs and Danny knows this. These are just facts that have now been established.
… when it comes to guys (ha, pun), what is even the point of a handy? Like, you’re already touching it – might as well go for the blowjob and get the parts lubbed.
Like, I get fingering for people with women parts – we provide our own lube, and it allows for finer control of stimulation, but with guys? Just doesn’t seem worth the effort.
I mean I get it in Joyce’s case – the “nervous handy” cause it’s her first attempt, but just in general, it seems like more work for less fun.
BJ’s are higher risk for STI’s, giving a BJ is a form of penetration which can more physically and emotionally involved, and HJ’s allow for continued simultaneous makeouts. HJ’s are also easier to conceal, depending on where you’re doing the deed.
https://youtu.be/qPxSU7zDmOE?si=vOacyRsBtm29KqIA this came to mind…
I mean, those are all very good reasons why someone would choose a hand job, but only one of them is really about it being more appealing/enjoyable, which was the crux of my question. (looking back, I perhaps did not make that as clear as I should have in my original post, so fair)
And yeah, mutual fingering while making out is near the top of my favorite lesbian positions, so that one absolutely makes sense to me. Just didn’t realize the guy would get much out of that, but it seems so.
If you’re uncircumcised, you don’t need much lube. A horny 18 year old will make enough lube also.
I am fairly certain Joe would be circumcised.
I know, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqG0rc7vZX4
Context matters, the fact that even so much as touching a dinglydongd is novel and special for her greatly increases the excitement factor.
Lubrication makes it feel better, but at least from my perspective, as a penis-having individual, the necessity of lubricant depends on the goal.
Lubricant is an accelerant for orgasm; if the hand is soft/gentle enough, and orgasm isn’t the goal, a dry handjob still feels quite nice.
Plus all the stuff the other people said.
Because you’re a decent person and if the lady doesn’t feel like putting your bits in her mouth, you’re not going to demand that she does?
Maybe you missed the pronoun implication, but hi – I’m “the lady” in the scenario.
Well, it’s not a race to doing more stuff or finishing faster. Hands are great.
This is the kind of question that someone without a dong would ask. Hand on penith feel good, feel more good if hand soft. Hands also have more immediately-adjustable grip levels than a bagina, so the lube isn’t necessarily needed (although it can be a nice bonus).
“This is the kind of question that someone without a dong would ask.”
I mean, fair.
Joe is an 18-year old man. Very likely, he is capable of dry-masturbating to orgasm within 2-5 minutes. (Lubrication would be quicker.) And with Joyce (an 18-year old woman, to whom Joe is very attracted), very likely, she is capable of dry-masturbating him to orgasm within 2-5 minutes. Also likely, Joyce’s hands are softer than Joe’s hands are.
Given Joyce’s food issues, I suspect she might have serious issues with the taste, smell and maybe even texture of a penis, at least until she gets used to it.
Shes so good at hand jobs it made Joe evaluate what he wants to do with his life
When Joe first gets head from Joyce he boutta have an out of body experience
I’m really surprised, seeing as it was Joyce’s first try at anatomy different from her own, and she’s been too much of a fundie to even explore her own! I have to assume she’s enthusiastic but very bad at this.
Then again, Joe is very into her, so that may have made all the diffrence. I wouldn’t expect Joe to climax from such though, not with his experience with sex.
Welllllll the way he described it at the time went pretty dark, but long story short, the shielded naivete you are describing is precisely what initially got Joe sexually excited about her.
Joe’s bringing a healthier (less predatory) attitude about it now, but I speculate that the fact that this was a special new experience for Joyce was probably in and of itself a turn-on for Joe.
I feel like “do you like cooking or just getting off” is a pretty fair point from danny here
not sure joe is going to hit mechanical genius in this universe, although maybe once he finds out joyce likes maths that’ll lead him to try advanced classes or something
Feels a bit like Danny is reducing him to… a persona Joe admittedly kept up for a long time, but isn’t quite him anymore.
Like sheesh Dan, maybe the handy was an unexpected positive development but not the motive? For the epiphany?
Yeah Dan is very funny here but I don’t think we should take his perspective as anything truly revealing about Joe reasons for wanting to try this.
For a while, Danny has been reducing himself to a persona. Or personae. From “good egg” to “total lover” (of whomever) to “total hater” (Mike, ouch) to “ukulele guy” (with a hat) to… welp. He doesn’t know who to be and he lets it out on the snark to the guy who used to give him all of the snark.
Even with Joe growing, Danny is stuck at “CONSEQUENCES” because that was his relationship with Joe.
HUH! You’re VERY onto something here, I love Danny but this sounds spot on O.O
Eh, don’t really see it, he is just trying to find himself and that make people try out new things. (And I don’t really see what hating Mike has to do with it, that was purely personal resentment). He give Joe snark because let’s be honest be kind of earned it.
i mean as long as he doesn’t have a boner in front of classmates while in a cooking class , it should be fine but danny knows joe is more than a ‘libido with a face’ like joyce once said
Is Danny actually shaving anything or just massaging his face?
Leaning the second tbh. Nothing wrong with some vibration on sore jaws, bt there’s better than a shaving machine.
When a beard just starts growing in it is annoying, and causes your face to feel like sandpaper. Danny is probably trying to keep his beard from scratching Sal when they make out, and when he goes down on her.
Yep. Until recently, I only had a goatee. That’s because the rest of it looked like garbage if I didn’t shave it. It’s finally looking like an actual beard.
Teenager? Nope, I’m over 50. The last time I tried I was about 45, it didn’t work.
I’ve got a beard as well, though I used to shave for work. One day I got creative and shaved all the hair on my head, excluding eyebrows. It was breezy, but i don’t to do it again.
Joyce can now begin classic conditioning of Joe; by the end of college she’ll be trading sex for freshly baked bread, and some Mac n cheese.
You should be used to it by now Dan.
unless he had sudden interests in learning math, doing political stunts, or being holden caulfield, I think there’s more to it than just the hand-job.
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a hand job?!?!??!!
HAVA NAGILA!!!! ^^
Huh? Why that particular song for handjobs?
It’s their first time doing a sex together!
Let’s rejoyce and be happy! ^^
Shehecheyanu, v’kiyemanu, v’higiyanu…
sing it brotha!
Handjob nagila!
Handjob nagila!
Handjob nagila!
Ve-nismeḥa!
He’s a chef who accepts payment in the form of sex
….Not really a bad gig though.
I’ve decided I’m going to vocally support Joe’s culinary ambitions. He deserves to have a challenge that actually tickles at his brain and as someone was saying, he DOES like bringing pleasure to other people. Kitchen work isn’t torture, come on.
Also? Finding a person to love and cook for as a catalyst is also cute as heck.
Yeah, get some positive thinking in here! (That is ironic coming from a guy with depression but can you do)
(Same boat, fam. Getting things to feel hopeful about truly helps :33)
Kitchen work isn’t torture, but restaurant work…
Still, though, I want Joe to follow his passions too.
I meant a restaurant kitchen. We may have different opinions :’DD I used to be a pro cook and still miss it.
It’s good to him to have an ambition. Cooking is great.
He was undeclared! Things are clicking into place for him for sure
I can see Joe getting into chef work, or even restaurant operations and management. Maybe even full-on hospitality management and operations.
Like, having his own restaurant to manage and stuff? Many a chef have that dream – not only cooking but A Place Of Their Own.
Anyone else not really interested in the Joe/Joyce storyline for this arc? (based on the arc title, I’m more interested in Joyce’s interactions there)
Hey, you shut your mouth, there are plenty of us Joeyce shippers who are irritated we are not getting MORE Joe/Joyce in this arc.
Me (*casually showing up, quietly blackhood-ing Danny and dragging him away, shoving Joe back in with Joyce): Meh, I’m uncaring either way.
Silence, mortal. The one hetero ship in this comic is blossoming.
It establishes things as Joyce-led episode, this will dovetail into a plot about the lady you’ve been waiting for.
fascinated that Joyce went for the handjob first, a fair number of repressed Christian girls I know had their first sexual experience be PiV sex because they had the all or nothing mentality
But how many of them printed out a ream (no pun intended) of ideas and asked their friend to help analyze it?
she didn’t really analyze it though, she ran away to her drawing class
In its way, it gave her a chance to start processing things. Like exposure therapy.
well joe wasn’t rly ready either tho idk if he actually talked about it versus proposing it as a ‘baby step’ (tho by joyce standards it’s pretty big progress)
PiV sex… Seems like an easier starting point to me, but maybe that’s just because I have weird sensory shit. The inside of your vagina is already wet and slimy, fucking in there isn’t going to make it worse. Whereas if you stimulate someone’s dick enough with your hand, your hand is going to become wet and slimy, and your hand was fine a minute ago. And putting your mouth on someone’s genitals just seems scarier all around.
Danny, we all know you don’t have the facial hair-growth to justify shaving this long.
A man can freaking dream darn it!
i’m sure ppl would complain if he had like a thin pair of tweezers too (tho i find it too tedious for it to be worth it tho i do have a habit of sometimes using tweezers after shaving my armpits since sometimes a hair always grows in the exact same place)
considering his full ass beard in his later appearances in the walkyverse, i’m inclined to disagree :p
When Joyce “touches” a penis, she really goes all in.
Joyce obviously believes in positive reinforcement
Well, she IS an education major! Though, uh, obviously she will not be using this PARTICULAR method of positive reinforcement in her future career.
It’s biblical. Train them up in the way that they should go …
Well, now, that all depends on just which manner of education Joyce goes into.
New and improved Pavlovian techniques by Joyce
I do love panel 4. Danny not even bothering to look down at how Joe is subconsciously acknowledging that something happened involving a tubular appendage, when squeezed, producing forth a half-liquid, half-solid substance.
It’s a cylinder.
Mc & cheese secret sauce
Danny: think about how much more pleasant this conversation would be if, whenever you begin formulating one of those questions, you just stopped. It’s not difficult: “cool, tell me more!”, not “it’s all about sex with you, isn’t it?”
Yeah, not going to lie, it feels to me like Danny’s being kind of a dick here.
Danny being a dick = very on brand for him
’70s musical act Flo & Eddie once did a routine about an eatery where you could get a hamburger and a h*ndj*b in the same place:
“Jack In The Pants”!
it’s ok you dont have to censor everything here
also lol
handjob
“Why are you pronouncing ‘job’ with a long ‘o’?”
Question about academics…
Is a place like Indiana University appropriate for someone who wants to become a chef? Do they have relevant courses? Or will Joe have to drop out?
(I live in a city with both colleges and universities. The college has a culinary arts program but I don’t think the universities do. I know some places have a ‘hotel and food management’ program, but I think that’s more the business side of running a restaurant.
In Texas, the University of Houston has a fully operational Hilton hotel on-campus, as the foundation of its Global Hospitality Leadership program. It covers the hospitality basics of cooking and chefing and cleaning and such, plus business operations of hotels and other entertainment venues. Since it’s a working hotel, university students and faculty get good discounts there.
Danny! We have to cook!
Don’t say what your girl did to you, Joe.
Unless it’s normal to share with your friend. If so, I’m sure I’ll never date anyone ever.
Nah it’s just these two.
Great positive reinforcement! I think most of us would do _much_ better in college group projects if we had such reinforcement.
Slobbing the knob is too out there, but a kiss may have been too simple, who knows.
You just also keep shaving the stubble you don’t have, but we’re not regretting it either.
Well, there goes my “She just batted at it like a cat at a cat toy” theory.
Hey, we don’t know for sure that wouldn’t work on Joe.
(though, to be fair, joyce has watched the roz/joe sex video. purely for educational and tutorial purposes, of course)
Something went off all right, but it was most definitely not a lightbulb.
Whoa, Joyce’s ‘I touched a penis’ was an actual handjob?
To completion? I mean, that’s what separates a handie from a ‘few strokes our of curiosity’
Joyce had some ejaculate on her hand when she returned to her dorm room.
…I think I have that exact shaver.
Wow. I thought Joyce was going to be thankful and nice to Joe because of the mac’n’cheese dinner, but instead she went all jerky.
Boooo
Apparently it was so good that Joe lost an eyebrow in the process! Let’s see if it grows back in future strips.
Is it not strange, Danny shaving peach fuzz while Joe ignores his five o’clock shadow?
No, it isn’t.
He has a 5 o’clock shadow at noon.
And his girlfriend thinks it’s hot, so there’s nothing strange occurring.
didn’t joyce not want him to shave/to keep his beard fuzz?
W
hit enter too soon but this suffices
It was a W indeed.
Joe, you can’t allow Danny’s cynicism to be right. Don’t let one (1) handjob determine your future. You’re just proving your haters right. In which case you might as well hold out for two (2) before making your decision.
Well Danny, that one was your fault. You saw it coming, yet you just walked right into it.
Hey look! Someone brushing their teeth in the bathroom, just for Yumi.
wait is Yumi a character in the comic I don’t know about?
like if Yumi said somethin about that earlier i must have missed it XD