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Barbell

by David M Willis on November 23, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 02 – It's The Love I Haven't Got
└ Tags: jacob, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 23, 2023 at 12:01 am | #

    [✓] not take eyes off Jacob
    [✖] have a conversation
    [✖] make sure the barbell doesn’t land on Jacob’s face

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 23, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

      that’s the important one right

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 23, 2023 at 8:39 am | #

      She has priorities.

    • jflb96
      jflb96
      November 23, 2023 at 5:30 pm | #

      To be fair, he did agree to the terms with ‘neck’ as the specified body part, and they are studying law

  2. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    November 23, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    Don’t blink. Blink and you’re Jacob’s dead.

    • Laura
      Laura
      November 23, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Amazing episode.

      Today my partner asked me to make the noise the TARDIS makes ‘when it’s flying through wormholes and stuff’. I began to whistle the treble melody of the theme song. “No, that’s not it at all!” they protested. So I switched to the bass line (bum ba dum da dum bum da dum da dum…) “That’s it!” they shouted triumphantly. Funny, who notices what.

      • RassilonTDavros
        RassilonTDavros
        November 23, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

        Can’t wait for the new episode Saturday! It’s only been, what, 13 months?

        • Laura
          Laura
          November 23, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

          Have fun!

        • Masumi
          Masumi
          November 23, 2023 at 5:44 am | #

          DID YOU SAY NEW EPISODE?!

          Yay!

          • Psychie
            Psychie
            November 23, 2023 at 8:25 pm | #

            Yup, the 60th anniversary special is three parts, part one airs on the 25th. If you’re in the US it will be available for streaming on Disney Plus, although I don’t know at what time specifically. David Tennant is back as the 14th Doctor for these specials, and somehow Donna Noble is returning as his companion. I am excited for it.

        • Mark
          Mark
          November 23, 2023 at 9:02 am | #

          In linear time.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          November 23, 2023 at 9:31 pm | #

          And 60 years…Dr. Who shares an anniversary with JFK. First episode broadcast the day JFK got shot.

      • StClair
        StClair
        November 23, 2023 at 1:20 am | #

        IMO, it’s both! But it’s very hard for one person to do both at once.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 23, 2023 at 9:08 am | #

        I thought it was that grinding, scraping, Speeder-Bike-on-Endor sound. (Or did the Doctor finally remember to release the parking brake?)

        • Laura
          Laura
          November 23, 2023 at 1:03 pm | #

          Well, yes, that is the ACTUAL sound effect used. But my partner talks in shorthand and mixes words, so I was pretty sure they just meant the theme song.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 23, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      Can’t blink, Jacob won’t eat me…

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      November 23, 2023 at 5:50 am | #

      Welp, that’s a signal for me to hunt up the fan music video of this episode and ELO’s “Turn to Stone”.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        November 23, 2023 at 7:49 am | #

        This one?

        • Laura
          Laura
          November 23, 2023 at 1:05 pm | #

          Rock on!

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          November 23, 2023 at 4:24 pm | #

          Okay now this music video is just frickin PERFECT 🤩 🤘😎

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          November 27, 2023 at 2:12 pm | #

          Yep!

  3. Yeet
    Yeet
    November 23, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    sarah you’re doing amazing sweetie

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      November 23, 2023 at 8:18 am | #

      She’d rather be doing Ja… no, you’re right. Too wholesome. Sarah is doing amazing isn’t she? You got dis Sarah!

      • Mym
        Mym
        November 23, 2023 at 4:55 pm | #

        I love Sarah so much!!!!

  4. Osopescado
    Osopescado
    November 23, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Sarah is confronted by the crushing weight of her feelings.

  5. NGPZ
    NGPZ
    November 23, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Damn, gym basically be torture, but Sarah certainly didn’t expect this kind! 😳🫠

    *plays “JoJo Torture Dance” on hacked muzak*

  6. Nono
    Nono
    November 23, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Jacob is clearly going too light, all my conversation if I’m doing that involves grunting and swearing.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 23, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      Perk of being a fictional character is that talking is (usually) a free action.

    • shrub
      shrub
      November 23, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

      Unfortunately I train in my garage so I certainly don’t get the view Jacob’s getting

      On the plus side I choose the music, the toilets close by and no one hears me breaking wind when squatting or deadlifting 😀

    • Inahc
      Inahc
      November 23, 2023 at 6:40 pm | #

      warmups. always good to do warmups.

      • Inahc
        Inahc
        November 23, 2023 at 6:42 pm | #

        …oh, but he’s talking like he’ll be able to continue a conversation the whole time. I get it now. yeah, at higher weights my counting was barely recognisable as words, and I’d mainly be doing it so I can’t forget to breathe.

        • Proxiehunter
          Proxiehunter
          November 23, 2023 at 8:09 pm | #

          Low weight with a higher number of reps is a thing.

          • Proxiehunter
            Proxiehunter
            November 23, 2023 at 8:10 pm | #

            A quick check to make sure I got it right says it’s for endurance and tone while high weight and low reps is for bulking up.

  7. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    November 23, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    I feel like you could design these so that if the Barbell drops it catches the rests, but I guess it’d still be dangerous without a second person and you maybe don’t want to encourage people to take chances like that.

    • shrub
      shrub
      November 23, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

      I train in a power rack at home but I also don’t make big jumps in the weight I’m lifting ’cause safety and all that

      Something similar to this one (its a bit fancier looking than mine)

      https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/a0/8a/90a08ab8de073d32b7c56de29d9777a6.jpg

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      November 23, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

      There are machines that do exactly that, but by virtue of being (usually) fixed onto a larger structure, they have a different range of motion, and so many people still prefer free weights, because they feel their form is better and that they exercise a greater amount of muscles.

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 23, 2023 at 4:01 am | #

      it’s always good to have a partner but it just makes me think of that Hitman (game) assassination technique

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 23, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Well she’s been very clear with her boundaries. XD

  9. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 23, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    I love that Jacob isn’t oblivious to the subtext of the whole situation. It’s kind of a fresh angle to approach this from, that Jacob knows she likes him, she knows he knows, and I guess the question here is if he wants to be friends with her or if this is him basically floating that he’s receptive to her interest if she’ll stop with the cynical approaches. That’s kind of fascinating in a work of fiction where we don’t really often get the post-mortem on hijinks in this kind of fashion.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 23, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      It is a fun dynamic. I also like it when what appear to be one off bits or comedic adventures lurch out of the morgue dragging consequences behind them.

      • David DeLaney
        David DeLaney
        November 23, 2023 at 8:22 am | #

        Chekhov’s babell has been placed upon the mantelpiece, lift? [ynqAAAIEEE]

        –Dave, a text-and-pics adventure

  10. M!a
    M!a
    November 23, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Aw Sarah. You can manage that one more thing. We believe in you!

  11. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 23, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    God I wish that were me.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      November 23, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      I also wish I had the mental and physical strength to lift weights with healthy regularly.

    • Nono
      Nono
      November 23, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Which one, there’s good views either way.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      November 23, 2023 at 9:26 am | #

      It occurs to me now that the angle is pretty much dead-on for laying in someone’s lap.

  12. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    November 23, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I like that Sarah – the ostensibly most spiteful, cantankerous, and emotionally dismissive of the gang – is the one that struggles hardest to just talk to her crush. Its nice to see her not merely as the hardball schemer, noncommittal grump, or savage protector, but a character with a soft goopy inside (metaphorically, that is. We all soft and goopy on the inside in the letteral sense).

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 23, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    As promised
    A bit of a rush job. I was busy making Mac & cheese for tomorrow.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      November 23, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      Great.

      Poor Joyce. Sarah is distracting her from imagining someone groin

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 23, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

        Haha it’s meant to be two seperate pics. (also that was meant to be a butt oops)

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          November 23, 2023 at 9:40 am | #

          Looks like a butt to me. 😍

          Thank you Yoto, for your (fan) service.

    • Jeff K!
      Jeff K!
      November 23, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

      GOODness!

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 23, 2023 at 3:00 am | #

      A rush job? For it’s evident purpose of melting me, I say it’s a rather GOOD job. 😳🫠

      Enjoy a well deserved feast!

    • Angel
      Angel
      November 23, 2023 at 4:02 am | #

      nice

      and enjoy ur mac lol i’d be too tempted to eat it right away

    • milu
      milu
      November 23, 2023 at 7:30 am | #

      Uh-oh is Joyce g-g-g-g-gettin bi???

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 23, 2023 at 10:05 am | #

      Random onomatopoeia that doesn’t correspond to an actual sound is one of my favorite comic devices. “Butt!”

      Did you remember to follow the directions on the box of macaroni and cheese to the letter?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 23, 2023 at 12:29 pm | #

        Haha boxes. Where we’re going we don’t need “boxes”.
        I’m making it from scratch

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 23, 2023 at 2:57 pm | #

          [Horrified Joyce creeper face dot tga]

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 23, 2023 at 3:59 pm | #

          Wow, where do you find the room to cultivate the wheat?

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            November 23, 2023 at 4:41 pm | #

            I mean, Mac and Cheese is really just macaroni pasta covered in cheddar-based mornay sauce, it ain’t that hard to make from scratch

            • Alan Lafond
              Alan Lafond
              November 23, 2023 at 11:02 pm | #

              Unless you’re referring to Kraft Dinner, in which case they forego the macaroni noodles and replace them with little hollow tubes. If they aren’t curved, they aren’t macaroni!

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          November 23, 2023 at 4:59 pm | #

          but how do you make the powder

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            November 23, 2023 at 6:08 pm | #

            Powdered cheese comes from powdered milk, doesn’t it?

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            November 23, 2023 at 7:57 pm | #

            I’m pretty sure that’s just freeze-dried cheddar Mornay sauce with a few extra ingredients to preserve flavor and extend shelf-life

        • Suet
          Suet
          November 23, 2023 at 10:18 pm | #

          but did you serve it Dorothy-style (loaded with pepper) or Joyce-style (plain)?

  14. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 23, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    The idea is Sarah to hold the bar to Jacob guard it or to her quickly lift it if the bar falls on him?

    Also, I ship them, but I like to divert into another related-but-not-really discussion.

    • Nono
      Nono
      November 23, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      You generally quickly grab the bar to move it to a safe position if the other person looks like they’re slipping (or ask for help).

      • Alanari
        Alanari
        November 23, 2023 at 5:07 am | #

        Shouldn’t those weights be way too heavy for Sarah to move them? Jacob looks like he can lift her entire body weight.

        • LiamKav
          LiamKav
          November 23, 2023 at 5:59 am | #

          Usually the other person would be helping. Also Jacob (or whoever) will have lifted them multiple times. Sarah only has to move them once. And she’s already standing so she just has to deadlift rather than do a press.

          • David DeLaney
            David DeLaney
            November 23, 2023 at 8:25 am | #

            Joyce can help! *grabs around Sarah from behind*

            –Dave, Dina: Oh, this is a socialization activity! *chompfs all of them*

            ps: she was behind the weight machine ther WHOLE TIME, obviously

        • Yumi
          Yumi
          November 23, 2023 at 9:16 am | #

          Yeah, the spotter generally doesn’t need to be able to lift the whole weight. Even if it becomes too heavy for the lifter to manage, like if they’re getting worn out, it should be only a fraction of the weight that they need help to get up to the rack.

          • Inahc
            Inahc
            November 23, 2023 at 6:44 pm | #

            this. you only have to help lift a few pounds of it to get them unstuck

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 23, 2023 at 10:06 am | #

          I think she just has to steer the bar to the rests if necessary.

  15. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    November 23, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    she’s so cute

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 23, 2023 at 10:06 am | #

      indeed

  16. Laura
    Laura
    November 23, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    Sending caring wishes to all who may be so affected, especially in the USA, for
    National Day of Mourning,
    Unthanksgiving Day,
    Friendsgiving,
    Día de Acción de Gracias,
    Buy Nothing Day (tomorrow),
    Gratitude month, etc.

    A day of pain for many, joy for some, and acute awareness of both excess and privation.

    Be well, stay safe, everyone. May you find support in community and/or respite in solitude, today and tomorrow.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      November 23, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

      Awe thanks for the support as always Laura!

      For me, it’s just another weed holiday LOL. Might eat a turkey burger with cranberry mustard sauce and maybe get a back-up pair of noise-cancelling headphones while they on sale (I can’t live without them), but that’s about it.

  17. Formerly Glenn
    Formerly Glenn
    November 23, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

    Man, I really do ship these two hard.

    I think they could be good for each other, if they work out their differences.

    • Mym
      Mym
      November 23, 2023 at 4:56 pm | #

      W…was that a pun?

  18. Suet
    Suet
    November 23, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

    Breathing. You also need to manage your breathing. How can you look at him if you’ve fainted!?

    *plays “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by Lauryn Hill*

    • Laura
      Laura
      November 23, 2023 at 1:06 pm | #

      Love that one!

  19. shrub
    shrub
    November 23, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

    Now if Jacob was to take Walky under his wing and get Walky into lifting it’d do a world of good for Walky

    Wouldn’t help Jacob all that much though…

    • Throwatron
      Throwatron
      November 23, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

      I don’t know that for sure; Jacob could just lift Walky, that would probably be good exercise.

      • shrub
        shrub
        November 23, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

        Could be good for sure, especially if Jacob is on a sports scholarship because I’d imagine that training with a body could have some cross over benefits if you were wrestling

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 23, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

      Do we really want to make Walky more powerful?

      • shrub
        shrub
        November 23, 2023 at 12:52 am | #

        Might do him good to learn consistency, patience, make some male friends and it might even help build some confidence in him (proper confidence I mean, not his fake confidence)

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          November 23, 2023 at 1:05 am | #

          He does need some guy friends. Maybe he could just watch them workout while he eats nachitos in the corner?

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      November 23, 2023 at 12:57 am | #

      Knowing Walky’s weird physiology that lets him stay trim on a pure fast food diet, working out is just as likely to make him less healthy. As in he’ll probably hurt himself trying.

      • shrub
        shrub
        November 23, 2023 at 1:12 am | #

        So its basically a win-win situation then

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        November 23, 2023 at 12:21 pm | #

        “trim” is not a good measure of health.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      November 23, 2023 at 1:20 am | #

      Getting Walky to exercise regularly would be a more herculean feat than lifting any of the actual weights in that gym.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      November 23, 2023 at 4:00 pm | #

      Careful with that, you might end up with Walky having abs on his abs.

  20. CallynD
    CallynD
    November 23, 2023 at 1:34 am | #

    Jacob looks like he bench presses more than he weighs. Having Sarah (~125lbs) spot him when he’s lifting 250lbs seems suspect. Now a spotter only has to help the lifter finish the list, but still.

    • shrub
      shrub
      November 23, 2023 at 1:40 am | #

      If you can talk while pressing then its probably just warm up sets

      • Masumi
        Masumi
        November 23, 2023 at 5:49 am | #

        Orrr Jacob is doing low weights so he can have Sarah spot him?

        • shrub
          shrub
          November 23, 2023 at 11:33 am | #

          He doesn’t strike me as the type that would make up an excuse (in this case using deliberately light weights) just to talk to Sarah

          He seems a pretty confident type of guy

        • Big Z
          Big Z
          November 23, 2023 at 8:46 pm | #

          Or he’s doing low weights because he’s on a high-reps low-weight day as opposed to maxing out low/single reps?

          Or, like a lot of chiseled guys, he’s not as strong as he looks to the layman?

          Or, he trusts Sarah to be able to help him if he loses the weight but not necessarily to take the whole weight herself?

          Really, there are a lot of reasons.

  21. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 23, 2023 at 1:51 am | #

    Nice angel

  22. milu
    milu
    November 23, 2023 at 2:14 am | #

    Howdy dowdy yowdy!
    …As y’all’s’es say in America, with your banjos and your possums and such.

    Good morning!/night!/non-binary time descriptor!, freaks 🤘💖🖤🏴‍☠️
    (if not freak, please disregard)

    “Make Love Not War”, part 5 (NSFW)

    (note: ongoing series of sorts! there’s a plot of kinds! Perhaps you wish to start with part 1?)

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 23, 2023 at 2:44 am | #

      BABOING.

      • milu
        milu
        November 23, 2023 at 7:31 am | #

        Indeed! …Ouch?!

  23. butting
    butting
    November 23, 2023 at 2:49 am | #

    Staring at someone who’s doing work, but not contributing anything? That’s basically a cat’s job, yesterday’s comments were bang on.

    Just don’t lean too much into that, Sarah, it’s all too easy to get the roles confused and then every time he strains upwards you might wind up telling him “biiiiiiiiiig stretch” and he’ll never fall for you if you do that, right?

    • Amelie Wikström
      Amelie Wikström
      November 23, 2023 at 4:27 am | #

      Cats like to copy what you’re doing. I think that’ll end with Sarah bending over on her back on Jacob’s face pushing at the bar along with him, or maybe grabbing a nearby set of weights on her own. . .

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        November 23, 2023 at 10:36 pm | #

        I dunno, my experience with cats suggests that climbing on the barbell and sticking her butt in his face is more likely.

  24. jortathan
    jortathan
    November 23, 2023 at 3:00 am | #

    i have CAUGHT UP, after FOUR DAYS :]

  25. Kim
    Kim
    November 23, 2023 at 5:14 am | #

    Those are some Hot perspectives!

  26. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    November 23, 2023 at 5:27 am | #

    I don’t think Sarah has enough presence of mind to do this job XD

    • David DeLaney
      David DeLaney
      November 23, 2023 at 8:28 am | #

      philosophical mind-body division HIGHLIGHTED

      she’s getting ahead of herself, it’s usually the sophomores that spend subjective hours on that

      –Dave, she definitely has presence-tation of body, thinks Jacob

      • Mark
        Mark
        November 23, 2023 at 9:38 am | #

        IIRC Sarah is a sophomore? Her problems with Raidah started last year.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 23, 2023 at 10:36 am | #

          Correct. She’s at least a year ahead of the principal cast.

  27. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 23, 2023 at 5:53 am | #

    The twist is that Jacob needs to pay attention to his barbe more than he does to Sarah’s form, so to speak. The distraction can go both ways.

    • foducool
      foducool
      November 23, 2023 at 6:43 am | #

      I doubt it, he’s man of focus, commitment and sheer friggin’ will!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 23, 2023 at 10:37 am | #

      Maybe he has more available bandwidth to multitask.

  28. Sharaku
    Sharaku
    November 23, 2023 at 9:48 am | #

    Just gonna assume Joyce is still holding her off screen.

  29. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 23, 2023 at 10:03 am | #

    So nice to see Sarah have to occasion to use her fantasy at the maximum level. This seems like a new experience for her.

  30. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    November 23, 2023 at 3:14 pm | #

    I want to be on Jacob’s place, and Sarah’s place, at same time.

    • Mym
      Mym
      November 23, 2023 at 5:05 pm | #

      You could take the middle: the bar

  31. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    November 23, 2023 at 6:13 pm | #

    Sarah looking extra foine in these panels.

    • ADLegend21
      ADLegend21
      November 23, 2023 at 6:13 pm | #

      hilarious that it gave me Joe for this comment

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