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by David M Willis on June 22, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Time Keeps on Slippin'
└ Tags: ethan, joyce, sarah

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  1. Regalli
    Regalli
    June 22, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Yeaaaah, the later seasons all either just suck in the boring way or in the “Are you TRYING to get that cancelled?” way. Example: The one where the Flying Dutchman moves in.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 22, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      It’s like spongebob was like ” hey, kids’ll love us no matter what kind of shit we put out, so let’s stop being creative, original, or memorable, and delegte ourselves to jingling keys in front of your dumb kids’ faces”

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 22, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        And then Nick has to play it for at least six hours a day, every day, on both its main channels (Nickelodeon and NickToons, which theoretically could be used to show, y’know, classic ones like Chalk Zone or Rugrats or Rocco, but has to be convinced to play INVADER ZIM over the endless marathons of that porous yellow menace).

        • TARDIS With A Hat
          TARDIS With A Hat
          June 22, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

          What’s wrong with Invader ZIM?

          • Rusty
            Rusty
            June 22, 2012 at 2:27 am | #

            Nothing, you misunderstood Regalli.

            They said that Nick has to be convinced to play Invader Zim (which is clearly superior) instead of playing Spongebob, so the very idea of trying to get them to play old classics that are less well-known/loved in this day and age is entirely impossible.

            • Random Guy
              Random Guy
              June 22, 2012 at 2:32 am | #

              I miss Doug…

              • AY
                AY
                June 22, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

                ooh, ooh, there’s a Nick At Nite channel and they show Doug!!
                I saw it at my mom’s one night, I was super excited.
                After Doug, All That was on, then Kenan and Kel 8D

                • Anonymous
                  Anonymous
                  June 25, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

                  The 90s Are All That should be its own channel, like Boomerang. Sure it doesn’t have the 50 year Hanna-Barbera back catalog to pull from, but they had enough new original programming to run 18 hours a day before going into Andy Griffith Show and Gilligan’s Island reruns, surely they can do it now.

                  Can’t get enough Rocko, Angry Beavers, Doug, and Hey Arnold! The only show I can’t sit through anymore is Rocket Power, thanks to its totally dudeical script padding.

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              June 22, 2012 at 3:08 pm | #

              Exactly. Thanks for clearing that up. The problem’s not with Zim, it’s that Nick management seems to have some aversion to showing it.

              Then again, when you kill a show because it’s too popular among teenagers instead of the target audience, there may be a problem with your network’s management.

              • cvcharger14
                cvcharger14
                June 23, 2012 at 2:37 am | #

                Yeah, because nothing makes better sense than killing
                a show that has more fans than just those in the
                intended group. I mean shoot if the show has fans,
                and enough episodes to cycle through, people will still
                watch it, but I guess cartoon writers need jobs too.

        • Kaixa
          Kaixa
          June 23, 2012 at 1:07 am | #

          Nicktoons doesn’t really air a lot of Spongebob. Mostly it airs it’s action cartoons and Power Rangers. It also they used to air a ton of ZIM. Almost non stop over at Nicktoons. Though honestly I’m happier when they air Ninja Storm and Voltron Force. Because Voltron Force is seriously amazing.

          • Reiku
            Reiku
            June 23, 2012 at 9:05 pm | #

            actually Nickelodeon shows a fraction of the cartoons it use to, just like Disney and CartoonNet- sorry, I mean the CN. It’s half live action now

            • Andiemus
              Andiemus
              June 24, 2012 at 9:44 pm | #

              Oh fuck that noise.

              • Aaron
                Aaron
                June 25, 2012 at 6:02 pm | #

                Hey! Common Fracking courtesy, fellow forum poster, when delving into a conversation about DogDarn childrens’ cartoons, PLEASE! Watch your schtupping language. Spank you very much.

                • la6ue mous snow angel
                  la6ue mous snow angel
                  January 6, 2015 at 5:02 pm | #

                  You are one bad-ass hydrofracker.

                • la6ue mous snow angel
                  la6ue mous snow angel
                  January 6, 2015 at 5:02 pm | #

                  Sorry, I mean bad-butt hydrofracker.

      • Rogue of Space
        Rogue of Space
        June 29, 2013 at 11:27 pm | #

        And yet, The Modifyers never made it to even being aired once? This society, man. This society.

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      June 22, 2012 at 1:41 am | #

      I disagree, it was kind of funny even then. It just wasn’t as good and kind of turned into a Sadist Show.

    • AliaPie
      AliaPie
      June 22, 2012 at 1:54 am | #

      I remember hearing somewhere that the creators of Spongebob wanted to stop making new ones after the Spongebob movie, but Nick wouldn’t let them go because it was making them so much money, hence the new, sucky ones.

      • What?
        What?
        June 22, 2012 at 3:59 am | #

        I think the wikipedia page says that after the movie the series actually came under new management, so maybe it’s just the new guys’ faults.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          June 22, 2012 at 8:46 am | #

          Like what happened to cartoonnetwork as a whole?

          • NobleRot
            NobleRot
            June 23, 2012 at 6:57 pm | #

            Man, Young Justice and Thundercats are good. Like diamonds in the rough.

      • Gneiss
        Gneiss
        June 22, 2012 at 9:51 am | #

        I thought the movie was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. And it just went downhill from that too.

        • Jacob
          Jacob
          June 22, 2012 at 5:42 pm | #

          I have a general rule of thumb: If a series is coming out with a movie, and didn’t begin from a movie, that series is essentially over and the people involved know it, so they’re milking it for whatever they can before it tanks.

          Note I said general, meaning that there are a few exceptions.

  2. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 22, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Does Joyce even have gaydar?

    • Wonder Wig
      Wonder Wig
      June 22, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      She probably doesn’t. That’s why she’s so confident in her Sandy and Spongebob shipping.

      • Lieutenant Dan
        Lieutenant Dan
        June 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm | #

        Wait– Sandy is gay?!

        • Zababcd
          Zababcd
          June 23, 2012 at 10:46 pm | #

          Yes, but you would never know it, because I don’t think any episode of Spongebob ever passes the Bechdel test. For individual episodes, it usually fails at the ‘two named female characters’ level. So Sandy doesn’t get much of a chance to pursue other female characters.

          (Sandy isn’t actually gay, for those who struggle with internet sarcasm. Probably not, anyway.)

          • Crazy Dina
            Crazy Dina
            January 16, 2015 at 5:45 pm | #

            That would be me. I totally believed you there. -_- And now that I think about it, are there even two named FEMALE characters in that show IN TOTAL? (other than in the background)

            • Yarrun
              Yarrun
              March 22, 2015 at 3:47 pm | #

              Three. Sandy, Pearl and Ms. Puff.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      She haven’t installed that app yet.

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        June 22, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        They don’t make an app for that. You have to make it on your own.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 22, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

          But I suck at programming, I’ll just download it from a trusted free site.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 22, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

            Stay away from Gaydar X Pro. It’s a scam.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              June 22, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

              I recommend G-dar, it has both gaydar and gendar, perfect for spotting traps.

              • Tucker
                Tucker
                June 22, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

                It’s a tarp.

              • John
                John
                June 22, 2012 at 4:10 am | #

                …traps? Please tell me you’re not calling transsexual people traps.

                • Bren
                  Bren
                  June 22, 2012 at 6:16 am | #

                  Umm, yeah, that’s kinda immensely horrible. Don’t do that.

                • HeatPhoenix
                  HeatPhoenix
                  June 22, 2012 at 8:59 am | #

                  There’s a difference between transsexual and a crossdresser.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  June 22, 2012 at 10:41 am | #

                  although they can overlap.

                • Rex Hondo
                  Rex Hondo
                  June 23, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

                  I assumed he was referring to cross-dressers.

                • Kaixa
                  Kaixa
                  June 23, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

                  Yeah traps are always crossdressers. Always.

                  Like Bridget from Guilty Gear. He’s a trap.

                  Or those twins from Utawarerumono. Now those two are traps! You’d never know what they are either way if no one told you. You even see a picture of them sleeping with one of the male main characters at one point to make it so you can’t even suspect it. (Since it is a eroge game with lots of girl on guy sex.)

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 23, 2012 at 2:33 am | #

                  You also forget that until they had the operation, often the only real difference between a transsexual and transvestite is why they are crossdressing.

                • L
                  L
                  June 23, 2012 at 3:41 am | #

                  “You also forget that until they had the operation, often the only real difference between a transsexual and transvestite is why they are crossdressing.”

                  Gender identity is a pretty vast difference, much more of one than surgical status. (And not every transperson can, or even wants to, get sex reassignment surgery. How people feel about their gender is the important thing, not how well their bodies match some idea about how the bodies of people of some gender “should look.”)

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 23, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

                  Hence the WHY they are doing it and gender identity is a pretty big why wouldn’t you say?

          • Darkflame
            Darkflame
            June 22, 2012 at 5:25 am | #

            You dont need to code, make it on this:
            http://explore.appinventor.mit.edu/
            (really easy flowchart system for making apps)

            Just hock the “Gayon” partial detector most phones have up to a alarm

    • Somebody
      Somebody
      June 22, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

      There isn’t an actual way to even tell…aside from the person being attracted to the same sex. Some people are even asexual so lack of interest in the opposite sex wouldn’t mean anything either.

      • Rusty
        Rusty
        June 22, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

        No see, cause if you’re Asexual it really just means you’re gay. You have to be intensely interested in the opposite sex to not be gay. Otherwise you’re gay.

        • TheBenenator
          TheBenenator
          June 22, 2012 at 3:23 am | #

          No. Just no.

        • Kunabi
          Kunabi
          June 22, 2012 at 11:22 am | #

          Not sure if serious, or mike

        • Slendertroll
          Slendertroll
          June 22, 2012 at 1:53 pm | #

          Well, there’s something to be said for using “gay” as a blanket term, since “queer” has bad connotations for some people, but in this context, “gay” clearly means “homosexual” and not “GLBTQ+”.

        • tncota
          tncota
          June 22, 2012 at 5:05 pm | #

          For the record, pretty sure Rusty’s being sarcastic about how hyper-heterosexual society is.

          There’s a lot of pressure to constantly express interest in the opposite sex, which hurts GLBTQ, ace, demi, and heck, even het people with relatively smaller libido.

          Add to that a limited public knowledge in human sexuality (not aggressively straight? You must be gay, then!), and it’s offensive to everyone involved.

          • Shade
            Shade
            June 23, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

            Pretty sure you’re right and Rusty was being sarcastic.

          • Lucca
            Lucca
            June 23, 2012 at 2:02 am | #

            What does the “Q” stand for in GLBTQ?

            • slicedtoad
              slicedtoad
              June 23, 2012 at 2:12 am | #

              http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GLBTQ

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 9:46 pm | #

        And then there’s demisexual….

    • LiC
      LiC
      June 25, 2012 at 6:12 pm | #

      I’m going to guess that Joyce has never met an openly gay male before in her life.

  3. Globen
    Globen
    June 22, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    …just the later seasons?

  4. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 22, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Does everyone but Joyce have super gaydar or does Ethan just naturally emit massive amounts of gayiation?

    • Kaj
      Kaj
      June 22, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m wondering what kind of tumors gayiation would cause…

      • Twisted Two-face
        Twisted Two-face
        June 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

        Definite swelling.

        • TacosForever
          TacosForever
          June 22, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

          Heh. Swelling.

          • dusk
            dusk
            June 24, 2012 at 5:16 am | #

            Of his peni *shot*

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 22, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        I don’t know about tumors but when naked butts rears their cheeky heads, it can cause sudden ‘growths’ to appear. 😀

      • Rex Hondo
        Rex Hondo
        June 22, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        Fabulous tumors!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 22, 2012 at 2:42 pm | #

        Faaabulous ones, of course

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 22, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      It’s an extension of the other verse’s gag, where everyone instantly gets that Ethan’s gay unless it would be really convenient for them to.

    • Brasca1
      Brasca1
      June 22, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      I think it’s basic deduction. There are horndogs like Joe and the would-be-rapist who only want to be with Joyce to take advantage of her naivete. Then there are guys like Walky who are irritating, but otherwise harmless and aren’t motivated to hang out with her so they can hop in the sack. If Ethan isn’t trying to take advantage of a sleeping girl nor has he gotten on her nerves he must be gay or at least in a world where people’s characteristics are far more pronounced.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        June 22, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

        That…I mean…what?

        What?

        Ethan is gay because he’s not irritating?

        • Scoops!
          Scoops!
          June 22, 2012 at 12:58 am | #

          No, I think that reads as he’s gay because he hasn’t tried to parlay Joyce’s non-annoyance into sexcy times.

        • Slendertroll
          Slendertroll
          June 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm | #

          All the straight boys I know are irritating.

          • Slendertroll
            Slendertroll
            June 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm | #

            None of them will sleep with me!

            • Shade
              Shade
              June 23, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

              Me either, damn them! They’re all like “Dude, I’m straight.”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 22, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        Brasca1, me thinks that you should recheck that theory.

      • SpaceInvader42
        SpaceInvader42
        June 22, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

        So what you’re saying is that all straight men WOULD try to take advantage of a sleeping girl? Because I’ve been around plenty of sleeping girls, and I’ve somehow managed to restrain myself.

        • HeatPhoenix
          HeatPhoenix
          June 22, 2012 at 9:02 am | #

          That’s because you are, in fact, a homosexual.
          Science proves it.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 9:48 pm | #

        My misandry senses are tingling….

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      June 22, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Considering what happened in the hotel room after prom, Amber doesn’t seem to have super gaydar either. A superpower she lacks.

      • Kaixa
        Kaixa
        June 23, 2012 at 1:59 am | #

        But she may or may not be immune to criticism!

        Best superpower ever.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 22, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      News travels fast. It’s Indiana.

  5. Twisted Two-face
    Twisted Two-face
    June 22, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    And by manual, he means penis.

  6. Rand Brittain
    Rand Brittain
    June 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Yeah, wasn’t accusing people of homosexuality based on their mannerisms (unless that mannerism is, like, kissing a dude while also being a dude) both rude and kind of bigoted last time I checked?

    • lord of dance
      lord of dance
      June 22, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

      of course not. there’s a black president now so all bigotry is null and void. i heard that on msnbc

      • hmrc4evr
        hmrc4evr
        June 22, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

        Which Fox News immediatly denied as being accurate and of course had the charts and stats to ‘prove’ it was false.

        • lord of dance
          lord of dance
          June 22, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

          yes, but since everyone knows that fox news is full of right wing racist conservative nut jobs and msnbc speaks as the voice of the downtrodden that msnbc must be right in this case

        • TARDIS With A Hat
          TARDIS With A Hat
          June 22, 2012 at 2:30 am | #

          Charts? Fox News is Faz now?

          • TsunamiJane
            TsunamiJane
            June 22, 2012 at 8:49 am | #

            Win.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            June 22, 2012 at 3:03 pm | #

            No, no. He’s the envy of Fox News, so they got more charts to better emulate him.

          • hmrc4evr
            hmrc4evr
            June 23, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

            That doesnt scare me as much as it should! WHY?????

    • AliaPie
      AliaPie
      June 22, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

      Sarah’s never exactly been the most polite person.

    • Shade
      Shade
      June 23, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      All I know is if my sexuality was based on my mannerisms I’d be considered straight, most people can’t tell, unless I mention my other half by name or something. Except my father oddly enough.

      • Warpcorps
        Warpcorps
        June 23, 2012 at 4:45 am | #

        That’s because the gay gene.
        (or not…just giving you some Oedipal images)(you may want to bleach your brain now)

    • AndaisQ
      AndaisQ
      June 23, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

      It’s entirely possible that she’s just been making observations about his respective interactions with males and females, and noting his apparent lack of sexual attraction to (and intense awkwardness around) Joyce, as opposed to his at least token attraction to Mike (which is almost certain to be present, considering Mike’s attractiveness {in- and out-of-story} and the fact that [REDACTED DUE TO INTER-UNIVERSE THEORIZING].)

      Taking only the present moment, it’s obvious that Ethan has no interest in Joyce whatsoever, whereas when confronted with an attractive member of their preferred sex sleeping on their shoulder most people would smile, blush, or otherwise display interest in them. The fact that he is instead making deadpan jokes says one of any number of things – not least that he might actually be asexual, but no one has ever accused Sarah of being politically correct.

      tl;dr My argument is Byzantine, but it doesn’t take a Sherlock to figure Ethan out.

  7. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 22, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Well, my reaction to the newer episodes of Spongebob is usually the sudden urge to change the channel, even if it means beating up my younger brother to do so.

  8. Globen
    Globen
    June 22, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    I sometimes feel like the only person on earth that found Spongebob’s first season kind of dull. Really, most of the early seasons, but that’s probably just my sense of humor. Liked the movie well enough though.

    I liked Hillenburg’s work on Rocko’s Modern Life more.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      June 22, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      To be fair, Rocko had a far stronger ensemble of characters to work with and a lot more risque humor. SpongeBob is kind of hindered by the two leads being dumb as posts and innocent as saints.

      • Shade
        Shade
        June 23, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        Plus Rocko was from Australia, that was points for me.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 22, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      The first season does have its missteps like “The Paper” and “The Reefblower” but ultimately is good. The newer seasons on the other hand, made you wish that someone would just put the show out of its misery.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        June 22, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        I’m fairly certain that by “Ghost Host” (that one I was thinking of above) the writer was deliberately trying to kill it. There’s nightmare fuel, and then there’s an extended sequence of a humanoid ghost’s face splitting open to reveal all manner of horrific things and spiders and… *Shudders* I was never a huge fan either, but it went from “Oh, that thing that’s on all the time, nothing better’s on and it might be one of the handful of episodes I actually like” to “Well, this sucks” to “THE SPONGE MUST DIE”.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 22, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

      No first season is good for me…a show does not peak till it has reached it’s 3rd season, which spongebob did for a couple seasons and eventually will fall and become awful again…

      • Spazman
        Spazman
        June 23, 2012 at 1:13 am | #

        Really? A show doesn’t peak until their third season? that’s a hard and fast rule now?

        Might wanna let the people who made SGU know that.

        • BMeph
          BMeph
          June 23, 2012 at 3:34 pm | #

          Might want to let the loser behind Firefly and Dollhouse in on that, too.

      • TARDIS With A Hat
        TARDIS With A Hat
        June 23, 2012 at 6:39 am | #

        How does this works with…let’s say, Freakazoid or Invader ZIM, that never had a third season?

        Or, hell, how does this works with Danny Phantom, that was pretty good for a kids’ show until the HORRIBLE third season?

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          June 23, 2012 at 8:22 am | #

          Everyone needs to watch Code Lyoko (well, try to enjoy season 1–it gets a lot better in season 2 on) and forget about the crappiness that is Spongebob.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 9:53 pm | #

        Criminal Minds is the only show I can think of off the top of my head that did peak a few seasons in.

  9. Aizat
    Aizat
    June 22, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    I wish life had a darn manual.

  10. Timinane
    Timinane
    June 22, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    someone needs to write a god damn manual about sexual attraction, took me 25 years to realise I never really thought of anyone as attractive and wondered why people complained about not having sex and why I had little interest in it. Maybe you can write the manual on sponges for those who are interested to clean up the mess made. To be really mean I’d call it the Spongebob Squarepants guide to sex. Put Squidward and Patrick on the cover.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      June 22, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      There are several in fact you just have to know where to look.

      • iRamble
        iRamble
        June 22, 2012 at 11:29 am | #

        Saying that without posting a link is just rude.

    • BMeph
      BMeph
      June 23, 2012 at 3:35 pm | #

      Your mom gave me a manual.

      It only cost a nickel!

  11. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    June 22, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Okay, what’s Sarah’s problem, exactly? So what if Ethan is gay? Has he given even the slightest hint that he’s (pretending to be) interested in Joyce? Hell, what’s the problem here period? Can gay guys not be friends with girls?

    Hell, I’m not even sure what Ethan’s ulterior motive is here. On some level he’s trying to get himself back in the closet, I get that. But I don’t see how hanging out with Joyce helps.

    • lord of dance
      lord of dance
      June 22, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      well if i read the prev comics right, i think hes hoping that if enough people see him “romancing” a girl, aka joyce, then eventually the voices assuming hes straight will drown out the two people that actually know hes gay

    • linkman0596
      linkman0596
      June 22, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      kinda yea, at least what joyce might mistake for romantic interest. and his motive is to get back in the closet so he can have an (admittingly unfulfilling) relationship.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 22, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        Transparent Closet.

        • Somebody
          Somebody
          June 22, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

          Um no…there would have know way to tell if he hadn’t said it.

        • Spazman
          Spazman
          June 23, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

          Damn you Plasma Mongoose. TVTropes? Will not click.

          Okay, won’t read.

          Okay, won’t be sucked in.

          …..NOOOOOooooooo…………….

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          June 24, 2012 at 9:54 pm | #

          ….. Tvtropes link. Mongoose wins the page.

    • Gundi
      Gundi
      June 22, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Well, the problem is that Joyce isn’t exactly looking at Ethan as friend material, and Ethan knows it. Sarah just knows that if this continues it will end badly. Because, I mean, common sense.

    • DanielleM
      DanielleM
      June 22, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Sarah’s been in protective big sis mode when it comes to Joyce since the near date rape incident and she seems to have a pretty awesome bullshit detector and what Ethan is trying to do is drag himself back into the closet and drag Joyce with him. I like Ethan but that is fucking vile and if I were Sarah and I got the vibe that someone was leading my friend on I wouldn’t be his biggest fan either and leading Joyce on is exactly what Ethan is doing. Sarah can tell he’s up to something but I think she’s trying to give him the benefit of the doubt that he might not be doing what he’s doing intentionally. He could still be in the “figuring himself out” stage of his sexuality. He’s not though. He knows he’s gay he just hasn’t accepted it yet.

      • lord of dance
        lord of dance
        June 22, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

        i dunno if id call it vile, misguided with the potential to BECOME vile, maybe, but definitely not there yet. he hasn’t expressed any romantic interest in joyce, the only reason WE know anything is we are witness to the narrative perspective

        ps as i understand it he totally accepts that hes gay, he just doesn’t want to put up with other people coming to accept that hes gay

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          June 22, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

          Could it just be the fact Ethan is trying to create a new group of friends because he’s feeling a little lost and left out of the new group dynamics is why he is doing this as opposed him having some dark alterative motive?

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            June 22, 2012 at 10:39 am | #

            Nope – we say Ethan’s narration after Mike the Destroyer corrupted his mind. He’s definitely trying to make Joyce his beard.

            Of course, Sarah has not way to know that. Except that she’s got a finely-tuned nose for trouble.

            • lord of dance
              lord of dance
              June 22, 2012 at 5:29 pm | #

              or shes like deadpool and reads the comics

      • Jhonka12
        Jhonka12
        June 22, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

        I don’t know if I can buy that. Given the past comics, I would be so bold as to believe that Ethan has absolutely no agenda here whatsoever. Not to say his long-term plan isn’t to skee-daddle back into the closet (as that is abundantly obvious), but as far as this situation goes (and considering his past actions and musings), this seems to be as innocent as it appears, two people just watching cartoons. I can’t believe Ethan is thinking that much deeper into it than that

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          June 22, 2012 at 10:40 am | #

          Looks guilty as heck to me, given what we heard of Ethan’s plans.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 9:56 pm | #

        …. Or he’s WATCHING SOME GOD DAMN CARTOONS WITH A FRIEND and Sarah is just being a bongo. Stretch of the imagination I’m sure.

    • Faeyas
      Faeyas
      June 22, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      I believe Sarah is concerned for Joyce.

    • AliaPie
      AliaPie
      June 22, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

      I don’t think she has a problem with Ethan being friends with Joyce, but that she knows that Joyce is going to start falling for Ethan and picking him to be the one she’s going to marry. She can see it ending really badly for both of them.

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      June 23, 2012 at 10:51 pm | #

      Personally, I think Sarah is just confused that the two are getting along fine, since Joyce seems at least slightly homophobic. Well, confused and accurately suspicious that Ethan hasn’t told her. I think that Sarah thinks that Joyce needs to be confronted about it.

  12. raijink
    raijink
    June 22, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    I’m surprised guys outnumber ladies in DoA’s readership according to the new poll. I would have expected a more even split. Still, I guess 25% female readers still beats out the mainstream comics industry…

    • Shadlyn Wolfe
      Shadlyn Wolfe
      June 22, 2012 at 10:08 am | #

      What poll?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 22, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

        There’s usually a poll floating around the right edge of the main page. By the time you’re looking at comments you’ve gone too far.

        And I just assumed that since the internet is for porn, it therefore has a pretty high concentration of guys in general. Plus maybe the fact that the main way to hear about this comic was to come here from a transformers-related-ish comic may also have been a factor.

        • TacosForever
          TacosForever
          June 22, 2012 at 1:01 pm | #

          Yeah, I pretty much thought the same. The poll was about what I expected. It was Questionable Content that brought me here, and I am, in fact, female, but probably a huge portion of the readership is people who read Shortpacked! first. (Although I totally read all of Willis’s previous comics after stumbling on this one. Well played, sir.)

          • Zababcd
            Zababcd
            June 23, 2012 at 11:06 pm | #

            I posted a short Youtube video a while ago which David reposted as Fan-art on the homepage. Youtube demographics says that 100% of the views on the video are from males (but a sample of only 35 views with specified gender).

            I think I got here from Something Positive, although I’ve read It’s Walky! as well in the past.

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 22, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    Being gay is just like driving a car. Keep your hand on the stick but don’t go to fast cuz you’ll start to wear out

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 22, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

      Sounds a lot like being straight and single. (Well, presuming you’re a male, but it sounds like you were presuming that too.)

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      June 23, 2012 at 10:59 pm | #

      I thought the rule was ‘change gears quickly (but not too quickly) then get both hands back on the wheel’, not ‘keep your hand on the stick’. Then again, I gave up on learning to drive because cars scare me.

  14. shadowMobster
    shadowMobster
    June 22, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

    When Joyce does find out, we will laugh or cry.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 22, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

      fool! I shall Craugh.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 22, 2012 at 10:40 am | #

        And I shall lye.

        • vsophi
          vsophi
          June 22, 2012 at 3:36 pm | #

          Lye?

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            June 22, 2012 at 8:53 pm | #

            Exactly!

            (The painful funny sympathy-inducing comedy – it burns!)

            • L
              L
              June 23, 2012 at 1:46 am | #

              Like lye? Apply a vinegar solution XD

              • cvcharger14
                cvcharger14
                June 23, 2012 at 2:57 am | #

                Because water won’t do any good. I almost wanted
                to try that to see if it worked, but I couldn’t find any
                Lye, and shoot I’m not stupid…
                Most of the time.

  15. Resne
    Resne
    June 22, 2012 at 3:09 am | #

    I predict that it will only come up when she tries to kiss him.

    • EireJack
      EireJack
      June 22, 2012 at 7:44 am | #

      I predict that nothing will “Come up” when she tries to Kiss him

      HEYOOOOO

      • HeatPhoenix
        HeatPhoenix
        June 22, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

        knucks

        • EireJack
          EireJack
          June 22, 2012 at 5:13 pm | #

          blow it out

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      June 22, 2012 at 8:37 am | #

      I predict that Joyce considers kissing to be a gateway to premarital hanky panky.

      • TacosForever
        TacosForever
        June 22, 2012 at 1:03 pm | #

        So she would only try to kiss him if he proposed first…which I HOPE Ethan wouldn’t be driven to doing by his desire to stay in the closet.

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      June 24, 2012 at 9:59 pm | #

      She’s way too old-fashioned to take that kind of initiative. If it didn’t happen in the forties Joyce won’t do it as far as dating goes.

  16. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    June 22, 2012 at 6:01 am | #

    I’m gonna let Sarah’s “instant gaydar” slide because of the way it was played. Ethan could have been asexual or her platonic friend or whatever, but when she met him, he gave this little half-panicked smile that pretty much just says “I’m living a lie and hoping no one notices.”

    Oddly, this closet phase feels really right for Ethan, even though the original version of the character never went through such a thing. Mostly because Ethan is a good guy who’s got a history of moral cowardice, of “taking the easy way out” despite the long-term consequences.

    Meanwhile, the ball’s in Amber’s court. I hope she’s got a more concrete strategy for dealing with the press, because it’s pretty clear that Dorothy’s as ambitious as Billie and a lot more capable.

    • Crimson Magic
      Crimson Magic
      June 23, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

      “Dorothy’s as ambitious as Billie and a lot more capable.”

      I think that’s the key to dealing with Dorothy. Play Billie’s obsession with Sal’s supposed Amazigirl identity against Dorothy’s deductive reasoning.

  17. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    June 22, 2012 at 6:12 am | #

    Ethan is, like, ten times more pathetic and sad in DoA than in Shortpacked. I just want to pat him on the shoulder or something.

  18. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    June 22, 2012 at 7:18 am | #

    How the heck does she know he’s gay? Have they met before?

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      June 22, 2012 at 8:22 am | #

      He has not yet shown any intention to introduce Joyce to his penis, whether she’s conscious or not?

      Joyce has the worst luck with guys.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        June 22, 2012 at 10:42 am | #

        Also he gave Sarah a *really* guilty self-conscious smile over Joyce’s head when they met.

        • Andiemus
          Andiemus
          June 24, 2012 at 10:03 pm | #

          And it couldn’t have been an “oh shit this isn’t what it looks like don’t hit me with a baseball bat” look or anything.

      • Zababcd
        Zababcd
        June 23, 2012 at 11:18 pm | #

        I would consider Ethan good luck. I think Joyce needs to be a bit more worldly before she enters into a relationship (that’s not ‘worldly’ as a euphemism for ‘sexually experienced’, as it is often used). She just needs to understand that marriage is not the sole purpose of a relationship. Ethan will be a distraction keeping her from pursuing other people for the time that she needs to get her ideas straight.

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      June 22, 2012 at 1:05 pm | #

      Also, gaydar? Tends to only really work when you meet someone in person, but I’m assuming Ethan sets it off for miles around him.

  19. EireJack
    EireJack
    June 22, 2012 at 7:43 am | #

    I think We were supposed to take from Ethan’s previous conversation with Mike that he was hoping to find someone who wouldn’t pressure him to immediately have a sexual relationship and then live a closeted lifestyle with.

    Also on all the Instant Gaydar talk, it’s not a very politically correct thing to say, but some gay individuals do have effeminate mannerisms and speech. It’s not derogatory it’s the way it is. Though it’s a little on point to ask someone if they are gay, It’s not necessarily bigoted or discriminatory.

    For example if you are worried that they are trying to use your naive friend as a beard

    • Zababcd
      Zababcd
      June 24, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      Gaydar isn’t just about the stereotypes; it also includes perceived indicators of attraction the same sex, perceived absence of indicators of attraction to the opposite sex, obvious intentional signals like gay-rainbow-coloured accessories [the gay rainbow has specific colours, different to a normal rainbow], and practical considerations (‘lesbians have short fingernails’ sounds like a perverted joke, but it is genuinely a useful, though not infallible, tool to suggest heterosexuality [modus tollens]). Studies suggest that one of the most universally reliable methods of detecting homosexuality is snap judgements by looking at the face – which is what Sarah did.

  20. ObeyTheToaster
    ObeyTheToaster
    June 22, 2012 at 10:27 am | #

    It seems like several people (not all, but some) are getting so caught up on the actual morality of profiling that it’s largely slipping by that it’s entirely fitting with her character. She’s closed off to people and a little misanthropic, which usually leads her to believe that people are hiding something. (Of course once you get past that she can be incredibly compassionate and protective, but now I’m just writing a character profile).

    Point is this reminds me of the Valentine’s episode of Community where Britta convinces Annie that asking someone if they’re gay means you’re homophobic.

  21. HiEv
    HiEv
    June 22, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

    Why do people have to assume that this Ethan will be 100% gay? Reality is complex. People can be gay, straight, bi-sexual, straight-with-exceptions, gay-with-exceptions, asexual, and probably other combinations I haven’t thought of.

    Maybe this Ethan will turn out to be gay with an exception that even he didn’t expect. Who knows?

    In any case, I think pigeonholing people as “gay” or “straight” is a bad idea, because it keeps us from seeing the other possibilities.

    • TacosForever
      TacosForever
      June 22, 2012 at 1:10 pm | #

      What you’re saying is totally true, but Ethan did basically say that he wanted to find a girl so he could get back into the closet. So I think that’s why people are assuming that he doesn’t actually feel any attraction to Joyce.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 22, 2012 at 3:40 pm | #

      Let’s not forget the fact that, due to the unending “It’s uncertain whether or not Ethan is gay” running joke that was omnipresent here a while back, Willis made a post stating flatly that Ethan is in fact gay. Word of God.

      • Darth Cariss
        Darth Cariss
        June 22, 2012 at 8:45 pm | #

        Maybe he just wanted to make sure we knew he was gay so it’d be special/unusual for him to be paired with Joyce.

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      June 23, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

      Also Willis stated that everyone will have the same sexual orientation. So if it’s been made entirely clear in Shortpacked!, like Ethan being entirely gay, then it’s true here as well.

  22. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    June 22, 2012 at 11:07 am | #

    I am sure if Ethan looks around, he will find “Being Gay for Dummies”. Hell, there is one of those for everything else.

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      June 22, 2012 at 2:55 pm | #

      That… is a brilliant idea for a “for dummies” book. I did a quick search- it doesnt’ seem to exist yet.

      • Shade
        Shade
        June 22, 2012 at 9:42 pm | #

        So far I’ve got, if you’re a man you like sleeping with men but not women and if you’re a woman you like sleeping with women but not men.

        I can probably pad that out to about 200 pages and 12 chapters.

        • Random Webcomics Junkie
          Random Webcomics Junkie
          June 23, 2012 at 2:56 am | #

          Well, add in dealing with social stigmas and legal stuff about marriage and children that straight people don’t usually have to deal with, and you probably could fill a decent-sized book.

          • Shade
            Shade
            June 23, 2012 at 3:31 am | #

            Oh well, yeah there is that. But that might to too complicated for a “Dummies” book. Then again I’ve never read one, not sure how complicated they get.

            Unfortunatly my dealing with the social stigma is more akin to “If it bugs them, it’s their problem not mine.” which I suppose isn’t one size fits all advice.

  23. Bugberry
    Bugberry
    June 22, 2012 at 12:15 pm | #

    Ethan puts the Man in Manual.

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      June 24, 2012 at 8:24 pm | #

      He puts the man in quite a lot of things.
      No, wait, that’s Joe.
      And Ethan is sexually inexperienced here.

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        June 24, 2012 at 8:25 pm | #

        Sad day.

  24. Spammy McSpamster
    Spammy McSpamster
    June 22, 2012 at 1:48 pm | #

    More like, if there’s a Manuel, please direct me to him! RAWR

  25. phildog
    phildog
    June 22, 2012 at 3:27 pm | #

    Wait… How does she know he’s gay?

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 22, 2012 at 3:41 pm | #

      She reads the comments.

    • Charles RB
      Charles RB
      June 22, 2012 at 6:03 pm | #

      Because she’s the goddamn Sarah Clinton.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      June 23, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      Because Sarah is this universe’s Cheese.

    • Rex Hondo
      Rex Hondo
      June 23, 2012 at 10:42 pm | #

      …or she learned it from the aforementioned Soulgaze.
      (Seriously. Dresden Files. Pick ’em up. They’re a hoot.)

      • Alex
        Alex
        June 24, 2012 at 8:46 am | #

        Indeed

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 10:13 pm | #

        Seriously.

  26. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    June 22, 2012 at 11:11 pm | #

    Heya Sarah, I want you to meet a friend of mine who I don’t think you’ve met.

    Tact, this is Sarah. Sarah, this is tact.

    GET TO KNOW HIM!

    • Resne
      Resne
      June 23, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      Who needs tact when you can make your point with all the subtle nuance of a runaway freight train?

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        June 23, 2012 at 1:40 pm | #

        No, no, Sarah’s subtly is more like a baseball bat.

        Yah see you can hear a Feight train coming from several miles away, and when it hits you it WRECKS you.

        Sarah is forward, blunt, and very damaging, but easily missed if you don’t keep your eyes open, and unless you get a full body crack upside the head you’ll live.

        Then there is Mike, he is more like a Freight Train, combined with the stealth and cunning of Batman.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      June 24, 2012 at 2:54 pm | #

      Ethan is deliberately leading Joyce on in order to salve his feelings of loneliness and isolation.

      Tact has no place in that discussion. -Fists- might have a place in that discussion.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        June 24, 2012 at 10:07 pm | #

        Based on what? The fact that he’s making friends with her?

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          June 24, 2012 at 10:29 pm | #

          Based on his own comments on the subject, which me made just prior to restarting his pursuit of women.

  27. LeaLeonis
    LeaLeonis
    June 23, 2012 at 6:38 am | #

    Damn you, Ethan, now I want access to that manual, too. Alright, I’ve been in a gay relationship for the past three years, but how can I be sure?!

    • Shade
      Shade
      June 24, 2012 at 5:18 pm | #

      It sounds like you’ll need to instigate a simple gender check.

  28. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    June 24, 2012 at 8:22 pm | #

    I would indeed like to see this manual that tells you how to know yourself and ensure that others accept you for that…. Get crackin on that, Willis.

  29. Joshua Rotella
    Joshua Rotella
    October 18, 2013 at 12:52 pm | #

    Seriously, no one has ever seen this? Well, here, Ethan. You asked for it, here you go. http://www.amazon.com/The-Unofficial-Manual-Kevin-Dilallo/dp/0385474458

  30. ThatGuy
    ThatGuy
    June 2, 2015 at 4:07 am | #

    Look no manual is perfect.

    But for Guys its easy.

    The people you think of to make your dick hard.

Who should be the default doodle for Book 14?

  • Jennifer (31%, 640 Votes)
  • Danny (11%, 229 Votes)
  • Jason (8%, 174 Votes)
  • Ethan (12%, 241 Votes)
  • Amber (27%, 558 Votes)
  • Jacob (12%, 241 Votes)

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
the 90s were a wild time. if i told you how many magazines there were you wouldnt even believe me
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
It's not a new argument, of course, but Chesterton dismissed it effectively in 1908. "You will hear everlastingly... this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man."
atrupar.com's user avatarAaron Rupar @atrupar.com ⋅ 1d
Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social ⋅ 10d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 10d
Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
AI generated ad by a company called Travello showing the 10 most visited cities in Europe, except the cities are hilariously poorly placed. London is in Wales, Paris is in Ireland, Rome is in France, Rom (yes like Rome but without an E) is in Spain, Barcelona is in Morocco, Prague is in Germany, Vienna is in Italy, Istanbul is in Austria, Milan is in Libya, and Antalya is correctly shown as in Turkey but is in the wrong place. Also a few of the borders like Switzerland and Austria or Hungary and Slovenia are missing.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
*at the very end of Andor, cassian travels through a vortex that makes everyone look a decade younger*
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
(May 14, 2026)
a bemused lucy watches as somebody collapses on her dorm room floor
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
wilbur, savvy enough to know he's in a comic strip but still not a great actor, awkwardly lifts a muffin up into frame so that we, the audience, understand that he has a muffin right now, which is very important narratively, but he's not really selling it well as an organic, human action
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Up" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic #dofa
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Up
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
i mean i... guess there are people who want toy-accurate hyper-articulated original-toy-look guys but in cartoon colors for some reason
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Fuck you, Clayface!!!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609982... selling my LG34 Mindwipe, minus Servant
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Transformers Generations TakaraTomy Legends LG34 Wipe (Mindwipe), incomplete at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many pro...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Menace Level: up to date on his vaccinations
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned Gran is back from the grave so she can jerk it to furry porn with her daughter
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.ebay.com/itm/23609184... 5 hours left on my 4-jet titans return tidal wave
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Check out those stickers. They make him look pretty great, actually. That aircraft carrier mode shines. Tidal Wave is loose and incomplete! So there's only four (4) jets!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
confirming that the reason there's been no Galaxy Version female characters in Blokees until now is that they felt they needed to make Round Lady Thighs For Ladies
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Dumbing of Age: "For you" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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For you
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
y'know there's not an awful lot of rocketeering in The Rocketeer
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wint @dril.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
buddy you came to the wrong ass to fuck
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Man if they were arresting judges then this'd be the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard but thankfully that's not happening.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
Stop making the one toy I want the super-expensive chase, Auldey!!!!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
And that's why you have Jesus wear a condom!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
It's #webcomicday? We have a special day??? Well, my name is Pat McHoarney and I draw 69 Mouse-Ear Blvd, a multigenerational story about women who all have sexy legs and probably other features. There was a grandmother, but she wasn't hot and so she died off-panel.
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hoanna newsom @bsweet.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
nytimes.com's user avatarThe New York Times @nytimes.com ⋅ 5d
Elizabeth Holmes is in prison for defrauding investors through her blood-testing company, Theranos. Her partner, Billy Evans, is now trying to raise money for a company that describes itself as “the future of diagnostics.” nyti.ms/3FbtZm9
Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans, sitting closely on a couch. A headline reads:
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Chris McFeely @chrismcfeely.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
That's the most upsetting LEGO Thing minifig possible
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LEGO Marvel Studios The Fantastic Four: First Steps Fantastic Four vs. Galactus will release June 1st ($59.99) - bit.ly/3F4uRci #ad
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
what's going on with tariffs right now i dunno, what time is it today
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