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by David M Willis on August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Walking with Dina
└ Tags: becky, dina, joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Joyce, you take all the fun out of being right

    all that realizing the error of your ways and shit

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      August 19, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Crying is the biggest buzz kill.

      • Inkblot
        Inkblot
        August 19, 2015 at 3:32 am | #

        Really sucks out any hope that you could say “I told you so”. Gotta go dispense hugs and all.

        • Yet_One_More_Idiot
          Yet_One_More_Idiot
          August 19, 2015 at 4:49 am | #

          I’ll be the surrogate hugger for Joyce right now. She’s adorkable, and I like hugging adorkable. :3

    • The Seer Of Rage
      The Seer Of Rage
      August 19, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      Willis, You Take All The Joy Out Of Being RightAll That Being The Seer Of Hope And Shit

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      August 19, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

      …Sue Aside, is that you?

      • Justin
        Justin
        August 19, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        am I a horrible person for enjoying seeing Joyce (and most others) cry?

        • Dana
          Dana
          August 19, 2015 at 1:46 am | #

          I won’t judge the general case, but in today’s comic she’s being so gosh darned cute with it, how could you not?

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          August 19, 2015 at 9:08 am | #

          Probably.

        • The Seer Of Rage
          The Seer Of Rage
          August 19, 2015 at 10:01 pm | #

          …

          • The Muse Of Breathe
            The Muse Of Breathe
            August 19, 2015 at 10:01 pm | #

            ??

      • Mr. Random
        Mr. Random
        August 19, 2015 at 2:20 am | #

        No, Sue’s her cousin. This is Ana Chronistic.

        • Nightsbridge
          Nightsbridge
          August 19, 2015 at 3:05 am | #

          Oh come ON, that name is right out of the 1800s! It has no place here!

          • Twinkle Toes the Berserker
            Twinkle Toes the Berserker
            August 19, 2015 at 3:31 am | #

            Could be worse.

            • Nightsbridge
              Nightsbridge
              August 19, 2015 at 4:11 am | #

              . . . That was a joke, you know, because of the pun.

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                August 19, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

                I prefer her good friend, Sarah N. Dipitous.

            • WolfLann
              WolfLann
              August 19, 2015 at 10:09 am | #

              Yeah could be worse we could have ended up with an Anne-Emma.

          • you can't see me
            you can't see me
            August 19, 2015 at 9:17 pm | #

            You can’t tell without a time machine, but it is clearly from the early thirty-first century. ana is going to be a popular name and chronistic is what all the meta-post-neo-hipsters will change their last names to in the late thirtieth century.

            • Ana Chronistic
              Ana Chronistic
              August 19, 2015 at 9:43 pm | #

              there’s a secret joke, too, but I’ll let y’all work that one out

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                August 20, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

                dang, I just realized a better approach to that joke

                ehhh, I’ll figure something out in a few days

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  August 21, 2015 at 12:13 pm | #

                  I’m gonna guess that the gravatar is from a future strip?

    • Max
      Max
      August 19, 2015 at 7:26 am | #

      Dammit, you’re gonna use up all the good pun names. Then what will 1001 Joke Books fail to come up with?

      • Cephalo the Pod
        Cephalo the Pod
        August 19, 2015 at 12:00 pm | #

        Holy.
        Fucking.
        Shit.
        I JUST figured it out.
        JenAside.
        SueAside.

        • Stewart
          Stewart
          August 19, 2015 at 12:16 pm | #

          Ha! Me too…

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          August 19, 2015 at 1:43 pm | #

          He who laughs last, didn’t get the joke.

        • Tenn
          Tenn
          August 19, 2015 at 7:39 pm | #

          This post, and “Wait, there’s HOVERTEXT? Since when?” will keep getting reposted until long after Willis is dead and his buffer runs out.

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            August 19, 2015 at 9:42 pm | #

            the Earth will have fallen into the sun before then

          • DSL
            DSL
            August 20, 2015 at 2:19 pm | #

            Willis will be the L. Ron Hubbard of buffered comics.

      • Captain Batson
        Captain Batson
        August 19, 2015 at 5:24 pm | #

        Knock knock jokes.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 19, 2015 at 9:32 pm | #

        I’m a little annoyed, actually, because a cosplayer is ACTIVELY using the name, vs. my passive “I made up a character once”

        (not that I haven’t cosplayed, but not to the degree of setting up a Facebook page for it)

        ((maybe I’ll try a different spelling…?))

        • BB
          BB
          August 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm | #

          From what I see of your role here, the current name is a sweet fit. The others should be seconds to this one, if not minutes.

    • Just Saying
      Just Saying
      August 19, 2015 at 8:17 am | #

      I totally know what this comic is referencing, but could someone explain to my ‘friend’ here what Joyce snapped at Sarah about?

      • DaibhidC
        DaibhidC
        August 19, 2015 at 8:57 am | #

        Yesterday was Joyce’s party; towards the end of that she was snapping at pretty much everyone except Becky.

        • Aislashu
          Aislashu
          August 19, 2015 at 9:16 am | #

          I actually think it was the part BEFORE her party, where she snapped at Sarah about treating Becky like Dana.

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            August 19, 2015 at 10:55 am | #

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/healthy/

  2. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I’m wondering what time it is now. (how long until the dorm’s doors locks)

    • Tayo
      Tayo
      August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      tbh the way DoA time works, it’s probably 3pm and the 5th day of freshman year

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        August 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        If you look close in the distance, you can still see parents driving away from helping their kids move in.

        • Shaunock
          Shaunock
          August 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

          Trolled me good.
          I spent a good two minutes scanning the backgrounds for cars that were “clearly there somewhere”.

    • m2iCodeJockey
      m2iCodeJockey
      August 19, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      The Questioning meeting was between 13:00 and 15:00.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

        hmm.
        Dina didn’t stay ’til the end, but it took a certain time to get Tow Dad on the bus.
        Maybe the time will match. One can hope.

        • Nightsbridge
          Nightsbridge
          August 19, 2015 at 3:05 am | #

          It is likely that Ethan and Danny stayed for a good portion of the meeting, depending on exactly what was going on.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 19, 2015 at 9:09 am | #

            With our luck they just went back directly to their dorm

        • de Combys
          de Combys
          August 19, 2015 at 7:15 am | #

          Hope hope hope hope

  3. sjmcc13
    sjmcc13
    August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Come on Joyce, you know compassion makes Sarah unfortable.

    • The Kojie
      The Kojie
      August 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

      I’m glad the Lord of Atlantis feels this way. Go give Islandwalk.

      • sjmcc13
        sjmcc13
        August 19, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

        Weird, that was supposed to be “uncomfortable” …

      • Dean
        Dean
        August 19, 2015 at 2:36 am | #

        I thought that avatar was the Prodigal Sorcerer.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 19, 2015 at 7:57 am | #

          It is now, but it was Capn’ Islandwalk earlier.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          August 19, 2015 at 9:25 am | #

          But, you can call me…. Tim?

    • io
      io
      August 19, 2015 at 4:59 am | #

      But can she castle? 8D

  4. Julie
    Julie
    August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Butthole dad doesn’t have the same ring as Toedad

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      won’t you come, and wash away the raaaain

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        August 19, 2015 at 3:01 am | #

        We already went through that.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          August 19, 2015 at 3:46 am | #

          It’s gonna come up again every time he’s referred to as ‘butthole dad.’ It’s just too perfect.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 19, 2015 at 9:21 am | #

            Personally, i think it works better with “asshole dad”, but my knownledge of english pronounciation is pretty terrible.

            • WolfLann
              WolfLann
              August 19, 2015 at 10:12 am | #

              But Dina would not say asshole dad

              • Darkoneko
                Darkoneko
                August 19, 2015 at 11:56 am | #

                Dina’s just repeating how Becky alled him verbatim, after all.

            • m2iCodeJockey
              m2iCodeJockey
              August 19, 2015 at 10:15 am | #

              In song, English syllables are very pliable.

              The thing is: HOW would a butthole wash away rain…?

              • Cephalo the Pod
                Cephalo the Pod
                August 19, 2015 at 12:03 pm | #

                How would a black hole sun do it?

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  August 19, 2015 at 5:46 pm | #

                  The answer to both is sucking it all into themselves.

      • Strangeshapes
        Strangeshapes
        August 19, 2015 at 3:59 am | #

        Oh man, I got halfway through the comments before I got that joke, and now I am going to hear “Butthole Dad” instead of “Black Hole Sun” every time that song plays. For the rest of my life.

        • Gordon
          Gordon
          August 19, 2015 at 2:52 pm | #

          It’s cool. Due to misheard lyrics, Muse’s Supermassive Blackhole is eternally super magic whack-a-mole.

          • Gordon
            Gordon
            August 19, 2015 at 2:53 pm | #

            For me, I mean. It was a very confusing car trip that day.

  5. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    August 19, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Crying is worse than snapping.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 19, 2015 at 4:45 am | #

      Yes; anger you can brush off. Sadness is harder to disclaim responsibility for an ignore.

  6. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I get the feeling that this is going to go down as the best day ever

    • Darkoneko
      Darkoneko
      August 19, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      depend for who, really.
      It would be a really good time for Ethan and Danny to get out of their meeting near and see Joyce (well especially Ethan)

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 19, 2015 at 4:46 am | #

        +1 Ditto. Ethan, especially, has practically become Joyce’s surrogate big brother figure.

        • Cerberus
          Cerberus
          August 19, 2015 at 8:40 am | #

          Which is handy as Joyce has one less big brother than she thinks she does.

          • BenRG
            BenRG
            August 19, 2015 at 9:40 am | #

            Yeah, and when that particular revelation hits the fan, I’m expecting Joyce to BSOD badly enough that she’ll need therapy or medical attention because of the violence of her reaction. It’s even money if the Brown family will be able to survive intact.

            • Cerberus
              Cerberus
              August 19, 2015 at 2:37 pm | #

              I think the kids will be all right… Whether or not the parents are part of that all right will depend on some family evolution.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                August 19, 2015 at 3:05 pm | #

                But . . . they don’t believe in evolution!

  7. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Let them fall, Joyce. They are only tears.

    Sorry, I re-read Jungle Book the other day.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      But are they as drinkable as male tears? I THINK NOT! 😛

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Don’t diss it until you try it~

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 19, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

          What if they’re on a no sodium diet then?

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            August 19, 2015 at 3:46 am | #

            That can’t be healthy.

  8. Stephen R. Bierce
    Stephen R. Bierce
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    *plays Elton John’s “I Guess That’s Why They Call It ‘The Blues'” on the Muzak*

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 19, 2015 at 9:28 am | #

      Lovin like children, livin like lovers…

  9. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Odd…. I just realized Dina is now better at human interactions than Sarah.

    • sjmcc13
      sjmcc13
      August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Dina is comfortable with and understands the people she is interacting with. Sarah is probably still better with strangers.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

        Well, understand some of them, anyway.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Low bar, but yeah, she cleared it.

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        August 19, 2015 at 5:32 pm | #

        Wait, do we have a social interaction measuring stick with DoA character faces on it?

        I might need that… for ‘reasons’.

        • DSL
          DSL
          August 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm | #

          Suggested materials: A yardstick (soemtimes free from hardware stores with the store’s name printed on it), a printer for printing out character faces, scissors, glue, your own judgment.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      August 19, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

      Yeah, she is learning fast. Which suggests to me that she doesn’t have any real difficulty with interpersonal skills. She just somehow didn’t learn them at the usual time. Perhaps that’s because her parents lack them?

      • io
        io
        August 19, 2015 at 5:14 am | #

        Remeber when Amber started teaching her about how to people? Well the week since, she has been doing a lot of independant research.

        • m2iCodeJockey
          m2iCodeJockey
          August 19, 2015 at 3:09 pm | #

          Yeah, I remember when I first learned how to people. The first time I person didn’t turn out to well.

          I didn’t quite know how to hands…

  10. Dean
    Dean
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Sarah all looking around desperately, looking for anyone else who can handle this.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 19, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      Luckily, Faz walks by wearing his Free Hugs shirt.

      “And that, children, is how I met your father.”

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        oh FUCK no

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          August 19, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

          The kids will have a nightmarish combination of Joyce’s Triangle Grin and Faz’s Smirk.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            August 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

            On the plus side, their aunt will be Amber.

            On the down side… Amber’s dad.

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            August 19, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

            That’d be a Blight unto the World that needs to be prevented at all costs.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    August 19, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I got a face-hugger, will that do? 😀

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      No; Joyce isn’t supposed to be impregnated until after marriage.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        August 19, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        +1ed

    • EmbraceEvil
      EmbraceEvil
      August 19, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

      That explains the virgin birth thing
      https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f1/6f/0e/f16f0e3403cf851369c5a6c8cbb6bfbe.jpg

  12. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    August 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    There’s a tree and a metal railing, hug one of those.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      August 19, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Joyce would never hug a tree. That’s how you become a hippie.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

        Well, the railing then.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          August 19, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

          That’s how you become a pole dancer ~_~

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 19, 2015 at 3:48 am | #

        …is there something wrong with being a hippie?

        • TJ Pittsburgh
          TJ Pittsburgh
          August 19, 2015 at 5:29 am | #

          Is there something wrong with being a pole dancer?

          • m2iCodeJockey
            m2iCodeJockey
            August 19, 2015 at 8:30 am | #

            Poles are lousy dancers. They don’t move very well.

            • hof1991
              hof1991
              August 19, 2015 at 9:53 am | #

              Hey, the Poles invented the Polka. Stop at any Polish wedding and you’ll see that they dance non-stop.

              • m2iCodeJockey
                m2iCodeJockey
                August 19, 2015 at 10:19 am | #

                That’s because someone didn’t mount them to the floor and ceiling very well.
                Must be loose screws…

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          August 19, 2015 at 5:34 pm | #

          Joyce (or, maybe better put, Joyce’s family) seems to think so
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/hitimes/

  13. Mada
    Mada
    August 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh god someone needs to show up and hug Joyce right now. A lot.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 19, 2015 at 1:52 am | #

      I volunteer as tribute!

  14. CaptainBatson
    CaptainBatson
    August 19, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Hugs. Sarah’s kryptonite.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Also mine.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        August 19, 2015 at 3:49 am | #

        *dutifully notes down in Plasma Mongoose’s file*

  15. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    August 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh god, I feel you, Sarah. I NEVER know what to do when people cry. I love a good crying scene in a movie or something, but irl when people near me cry I am just always so overwhelmed^^

    • you can't see me
      you can't see me
      August 19, 2015 at 9:42 pm | #

      I was under the impression that hugs fix everything.

      • you can't see me
        you can't see me
        August 19, 2015 at 9:44 pm | #

        I should have included that you should just automatically hug people when they cry.

  16. MM
    MM
    August 19, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Sympathy via awkward avoidance of physical contact.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 19, 2015 at 5:59 am | #

      She can only get away with that if she says that phrase it loud. Then Joyce is obligated to stop crying

  17. detective boomwolf
    detective boomwolf
    August 19, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Just do what I do Sarah. Back away slowlh, and if she comes in for the hug, accept it for a few seconds, then bail.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 19, 2015 at 6:02 am | #

      Heh. At first I read that as “curl up into a ball” but I soon realized that that wouldn’t work. A ball is too easy to hug

      • m2iCodeJockey
        m2iCodeJockey
        August 19, 2015 at 10:28 am | #

        No, no, no. I’m sure it was ‘accept it then, ball.’

        You have to run off somewhere and dunk…

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 19, 2015 at 9:13 am | #

      Pretty sure Joyce is a first class master clinger.

      • Gordon
        Gordon
        August 19, 2015 at 2:55 pm | #

        She’s revolutionized the sport, I would imagine.

  18. Mr. Mendo
    Mr. Mendo
    August 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Man, even when Sarah’s trying to be nice, she’s mean. She may want to work on that…

    • chris73
      chris73
      August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

      Everyone can talk the talk when it comes to being a good person but its much hardier to walk the walk and Sarah most definately is a good person even if it means her actions cause people to dislike her

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      August 19, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Her and Ruth

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

        Ruth enjoys tormenting people..

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 19, 2015 at 9:13 am | #

        Ruth hurts people to make her feel better about herself. She’s an abusive fuck.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          August 19, 2015 at 9:45 am | #

          Ruth hates herself and thus does her level best to make everyone else hate her. She wants to have a clear board when she finally psychs herself up to the point where she can start throwing ethanol down her throat and not stop until the lights go out for good.

          • Cerberus
            Cerberus
            August 19, 2015 at 2:39 pm | #

            This. Her abuse of others is step 1 of a suicide plan that is already in motion.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              August 19, 2015 at 2:55 pm | #

              Stupid Billie derailing the plan by actually being attracted to her and getting into a relationship.

              • Gordon
                Gordon
                August 19, 2015 at 2:56 pm | #

                Not relationship.

                Suicide pact.

                • sjmcc13
                  sjmcc13
                  August 19, 2015 at 3:30 pm | #

                  You forgot the words “Sexy” and “Lesbian”. 😉

                • timemonkey
                  timemonkey
                  August 19, 2015 at 3:58 pm | #

                  Except it is neither sexy due to the horrific implications and not lesbian as they are both bisexual.

                • Mada
                  Mada
                  August 19, 2015 at 11:42 pm | #

                  The hopeless romantic/shippy part of me wants to believe that they’re going to end up sustaining each other in a really weird way until they both quit alcohol and sober up together and reacquire some sort of stability in life…

                  …while still having angry slam-each-other-around-in-a-suitably-aroused-manner sex of course.

          • StClair
            StClair
            August 19, 2015 at 2:57 pm | #

            Yup.

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      August 19, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      I don’t think she’s mean. Yeah, she’s brash and honest and maybe lacks tact a little, but she rarely does anything maliciously and she helps her friends. She’s not mean.

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      August 19, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      Abrasive maybe. I still won’t say mean.

    • electromagneticDestroyosaur
      electromagneticDestroyosaur
      August 19, 2015 at 1:53 am | #

      At least she’s smart.

  19. Twiggzzler
    Twiggzzler
    August 19, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    What if Dina and Becky go back to Dina’s room and Dina mentions seeing both Ethan and Danny at the questioning group and Amber freaks out and…

    I see more drama ahead.

    Also, this is my first ever comment here. Hi.

    • a4lbi
      a4lbi
      August 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      *Welcome to the Jungle starts playing*

      …We got “DAMN YOU WILLIS!”, not fun and games!

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      August 19, 2015 at 3:02 am | #

      Unlikely, considering that Danny explicitly requested she not inform Amber, but possible.

      • sjmcc13
        sjmcc13
        August 19, 2015 at 3:53 pm | #

        She was eating Pizza at the time, and might not have noticed…
        Look at when she woke up.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 19, 2015 at 4:21 am | #

      Amber wouldn’t be surprised about Ethan but, yeah, the news of Danny would certainly hit Amber’s trauma-induced neuroses triggers.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        August 19, 2015 at 9:11 am | #

        Not necessarily. She might assume he was there supporting Ethan.

  20. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Sarah: look I know you’ve had a lot to deal with in the last month but come on please don’t do this to me-REALLY your choosing right now to have this emotional break down!? Fuck everything …

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      August 19, 2015 at 6:06 am | #

      It’s not a choice, she was born neurotic

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 19, 2015 at 8:44 am | #

      “So, let go,/Jump in/Oh well, what you waiting for?/It’s alright/’Cause there’s beauty in the breakdown”

  21. Poskie
    Poskie
    August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m so proud of Joyce… it’s hard to come to terms with a large part of your worldview being wrong, but she’s honestly trying so hard to fix her behavior and deserves a hug and an ‘It’s OK to be Takei’ shirt.

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 19, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      And y’know, that’s been one of my favorite parts of this comic so far; seeing her face and adapt to the world around her.

      Its right up there with the chaotically sexy mess that is Ruth/Billie.

  22. Catullus
    Catullus
    August 19, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    What does Sarah expect to happen?

    “Quit this!”

    “Oh, sorry, right away.”

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 19, 2015 at 8:44 am | #

      Mah feels have been healed with the power of deadened sarcasm, can I get an amen?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      August 19, 2015 at 11:02 am | #

      She doesn’t expect her command to work. She’s just verbally flailing.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 19, 2015 at 2:56 pm | #

        That sums up quite a lot of her dialog.

  23. Just Me
    Just Me
    August 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    And hope neither Joe, Mike, nor Walky show up. Ethan can probably handle it.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      August 19, 2015 at 3:53 am | #

      I dunno, Walky might at least be able to distract her from being sad. If his awful joke doesn’t make her laugh, it could at least make her groan and roll her eyes. Or chase after him in a blind rage.
      I want to say he’s grown enough by now to handle this like an adult, but we all know that’s neither true nor the fun way to handle it.

  24. Aislashu
    Aislashu
    August 19, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Where’s Mike’s mom when you need her?

    • MM
      MM
      August 19, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

      Baking pies, probably.

      • gkheyf
        gkheyf
        August 19, 2015 at 6:07 am | #

        For a nickel

        • Aislashu
          Aislashu
          August 19, 2015 at 9:14 am | #

          You almost had it. You missed the “She’ll come” part! 😀

  25. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    August 19, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

    I’m not good at these situations myself. There have been times I’ve tried to comfort someone, and was told to back off, because I was making things worse. I feel for both of them right now.

    All I can say to Joyce is, “I know you’re upset and overwhelmed right now. If you want to talk, I’m willing to listen.”

    Yeah, I suck at this. I’m even worse in person with actual people.

    Joyce has had a lot to process lately. I hope she finds someone to talk to about all of this soon.

  26. Tomas
    Tomas
    August 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    And she wanted a drama-free roommate.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      August 19, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

      She should ask for a unicorn while she’s at it.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        August 19, 2015 at 10:31 am | #

        If MLP has taught me anything, it’s that unicorns tend to be the biggest drama queens.

        Hell, Twilight’s meltdowns are on par with Joyce’s.

        • StClair
          StClair
          August 19, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

          On the other hand, if you’re ever in need of a fainting couch…

  27. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    August 19, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    But Sarah, Joyce could never quit you (Becky’s got like $30 riding on it)

  28. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    August 19, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    I don’t know if I could forgive Joyce for what she said, were I Sarah.
    But, Sarah is a good person.
    She is going to hug Joyce unless someone walks by and beats her to it which she is fervently praying for right about now.

    Dina is learning to interact at an amazing pace. Horay! But, what is she going to do if she does spot Toedad. (Agree, I like Toedad better than Buttholedad myself. But both fit).

    • Kraken
      Kraken
      August 19, 2015 at 8:03 pm | #

      Yeah, I was really impressed by how quickly Sarah was interacting with Joyce again after that exchange. They really do feel like sisters in that way; there’s a pseudo-familial love that empowers them to forgive and forget and move forward.

  29. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    August 19, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    Quick, get Dina back, she’s an expert at ‘sympathy via light physical contact’.

    • Mada
      Mada
      August 19, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

      And a few pages back she learned ‘sympathy via heavy physical contact’ as well!

      • io
        io
        August 19, 2015 at 5:21 am | #

        Not to be confused with eympathy via heavy physical impact.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 19, 2015 at 8:01 am | #

          That’s Ruth and Billie.

  30. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    August 19, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    I wish “surrogate hugger” was a real job. I’d be real awesome at that.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      August 19, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      The Sal avatar just makes that sound sarcastic.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        August 19, 2015 at 4:41 am | #

        Or incredibly perspicuous about what Sal may be under all the armour plate and spikes!

        • gkheyf
          gkheyf
          August 19, 2015 at 6:10 am | #

          That just makes me think that Sal would do well in a Mad Max style world

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      August 19, 2015 at 3:54 am | #

      The trick is being in the right place at the right time. I’ll bet Sarah would even tip reasonably well.

  31. Darwin
    Darwin
    August 19, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

    Sarah looking uncomfortable is 23% of the reason why I read this.

  32. Liz
    Liz
    August 19, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

    She forgave her quickly. LET THE HUG BEGIN.

  33. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    August 19, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

    Its sunday now.
    When did Joyce snap at her saturday?

    Joyce snapped at her Thursday night ( i think ), After becky Kissed Joyce.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 19, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      Before the dorm party, Joyce got into an argument with Sarah and brought up her previous room mate

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      August 19, 2015 at 9:05 am | #

      You forgot the whole “You want to get rid of her just like you did Dana!” incident?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      August 19, 2015 at 11:04 am | #

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/healthy/

  34. Architex
    Architex
    August 19, 2015 at 12:36 am | #

    The progression of time in the Dumbiverse astounds me, and today is a perfect example of it. Hard to believe that outburst was just yesterday.

  35. Jess
    Jess
    August 19, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

    Is it wrong that I desperately wanna show Joyce a comic called “Satan and Me” and the fan base that is shipping Satan with the protagonist? I mean, I know she’s a fictional character and all, but her face would be priceless.

    • sjmcc13
      sjmcc13
      August 19, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

      For a second there I though you were referring to the look on Satan’s face…
      Need to go to bed now…

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      August 19, 2015 at 4:18 am | #

      ‘Wrong’? No. ‘Bizarre’? Certainly. Your mind clearly goes to strange places!

  36. doubleW
    doubleW
    August 19, 2015 at 12:53 am | #

    Noooo, vulnerability, get away!

  37. Palamdrone
    Palamdrone
    August 19, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

    Considering they’re supposed to be in a relationship, the total lack of physical contact between Dina and Becky is really odd.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      August 19, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      Not really. Not everyone likes to be touched, and I feel like Becky is trying to respect Dina’s boundaries.

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        August 19, 2015 at 1:11 am | #

        Also, they got into a relationship all of about 30 minutes ago.

        • Mada
          Mada
          August 19, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

          The rational part of me says the points above are valid.

          The shippy part of me says “just wait, the next page is going to have Becky trying to instruct Dina on how to hold hands in public.

          Final panel will be Dina smiling happily and thinking “so is THIS first base?”

        • newllend(henryvolt)
          newllend(henryvolt)
          August 19, 2015 at 5:31 am | #

          And they’ve only known each other for like what 3 or 4 days?

          • Ana Chronistic
            Ana Chronistic
            August 19, 2015 at 11:37 pm | #

            Yeah, by Fifty Shades of Grey standards, that’s like YEARS!

            [omg don’t use 50SOG as a relationship guidebook holy fuck]

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 19, 2015 at 1:28 am | #

      Well, Dina is either a) ace spectrum and warming up to cuddles as her bases or b) not ace, but also not much experienced with physical intimacy (she had to be taught sympathy via light physical contact after all) and as such working up to public displays of cuddly affection.

      And Becky is probably VERY focused on respecting boundaries and consent after learning what happened to Joyce and worrying that her surprise kiss was triggering for her. I doubt Becky wants to risk anything like a repeat of that without making double and triply sure (note that she was careful not to initiate any contact the last few strips, waiting for Dina to initiate first).

      As such, they might be a bit lighter on the public displays of affection than most new couples.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 19, 2015 at 1:34 am | #

      As others have said, they just started this relationship. Plus there’s no rule that a relationship needs constant physical contact. On the other hand, Becky had her arm around Dina in the previous strip before this one.

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      August 19, 2015 at 3:01 am | #

      Total lack? They walked into the room with Joyce and Sarah with their arms all around each other, and last page they were holding each other in front of toedad’s car. I’m a bit confused.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      August 19, 2015 at 3:59 am | #

      …
      There are advantages to walking separately. Holding hands and other forms of physical contact are common, but even for couples they’re not the norm while traveling. Linking with another person like that means having to synchronize to a greater degree than just adjusting your rhythm to match paces.
      At this point I’m reasonably sure that a substantial chunk of comments around here are baiting. Maybe as high as five or six percent.

  38. EmbraceEvil
    EmbraceEvil
    August 19, 2015 at 1:13 am | #

    is alt text down? i’m on my laptop and it isn’t working on any page.

    • EmbraceEvil
      EmbraceEvil
      August 19, 2015 at 1:17 am | #

      nvm it works on microsoft edge.

  39. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    August 19, 2015 at 1:22 am | #

    Panel 4 Sarah’s inner monologue:

    Goddamnitt, I was so close to having an excuse to start breaking away from this deeply entangled emotional relationship, but noooooo, you just had to earnestly apologize and trigger all my big sisterly engagement, didn’t you? Fuck, well, all right, reluctant comforting Sarah it is, then.

    • Nightsbridge
      Nightsbridge
      August 19, 2015 at 4:13 am | #

      “But I’m NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT!”

      • StClair
        StClair
        August 19, 2015 at 3:08 pm | #

        grumblemutterhug

  40. Pierre-Eric
    Pierre-Eric
    August 19, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

    Sarah is a big softie

  41. Speedball
    Speedball
    August 19, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

    Heh, Sarah understands people hating her, and has no idea what to do with other reactions.

  42. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    August 19, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

    Free hugs for Joyce!

  43. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 19, 2015 at 2:03 am | #

    Aw, come on, Sarah! Try to learn a little empathy! Joyce is having the structure of her world with which she was raised until it became an unconscious patter that she relied on instinctively undermined. She’s having to confront all these emotional stresses including her sisterly love for Becky and fears for her safety because of the behaviour of the one person that she should be able to trust without question to do the right thing! What she needs is some emotional support right now.

    She doesn’t need you to go out of your comfort zone, you just need to be human and be there!

    *Sigh* C’mon, Joyce. Hug time!

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      August 19, 2015 at 2:43 am | #

      I think her big sister impulses will get the better of her and she’ll do something.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 19, 2015 at 8:55 am | #

      I think it’s pretty clear from Sarah’s various actions that lack of empathy isn’t her problem. It’s that her empathy has had costs that have scarred her (caring for Dana at the expense of her academic performance and risking her scholarship, making a dramatic action with Dana out of deep concern that may or may not have been the right choice, but definitely cost her all her friends and crucially important contacts in the field she wants to enter, and everything she has done with Joyce).

      Despite her prickliness and crankiness, she wants to do right by those in her life, but she’s only ever associated that with losing important things herself and so is not fully trusting that there can be an emotionally supportive relationship that doesn’t drag her down in some important way or ends with someone turning on and rejecting her.

      • StClair
        StClair
        August 19, 2015 at 3:09 pm | #

        This.

  44. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 19, 2015 at 4:10 am | #

    Jim, Jiiim, this is awkward. Jim, someone who is not me needs to hug her. Jiiiiiiim

  45. Bagge
    Bagge
    August 19, 2015 at 4:12 am | #

    Willis, damn you, stop making Joyce cry

  46. Cheryl
    Cheryl
    August 19, 2015 at 4:14 am | #

    This ship is like on its way to Andromeda right now.

  47. BenRG
    BenRG
    August 19, 2015 at 4:20 am | #

    Prediction for tomorrow’s strip:

    EITHER

    1) We’re going to have a whole strip of Sarah and Joyce heart-to-heart reality check

    OR

    2) We’re going to join Dina and Becky and, in the first panel, we’ll see Joyce and Sarah hugging in the background.

    There… I think I’ve covered all the bases there!

    • io
      io
      August 19, 2015 at 5:11 am | #

      Nope. We’re gonna cut back to Danny and Ethan not making out, to our ultimate frustration. Probably because Danny danny’d it all up.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        August 19, 2015 at 9:17 am | #

        IT’s supposed to stay centered on Dina tho.

        • sjmcc13
          sjmcc13
          August 19, 2015 at 9:40 am | #

          Dina needs to reclaim her hat…

  48. io
    io
    August 19, 2015 at 5:07 am | #

    I feel like we’re being stacked too heavily against toedad. I want to hear his side of the story, the more full version (as opposed to the ‘summary to a stranger’) version. I’m certain it will do nothing to improve our opinion but he seems more like a disjointed plot element rather than a person. And his ridiclous… Everything, doesnt help. Even blain was a person, albeit a complete nutcase. I just feel we have been told to dislike him more than he has given us direct reason to hate him.
    I wonder how her mom is taking all this. Does she have one of those? I dont knoe if I remember her in any exposition.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      August 19, 2015 at 5:14 am | #

      This should answer both your questions
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/04-walking-with-dina/pokeman/

      • io
        io
        August 19, 2015 at 5:18 am | #

        OH YEAH.
        Nevermind, screw that guy.
        His more expanded perspective is probably very boring and brainwashy anyway.

        • Spencer
          Spencer
          August 19, 2015 at 8:44 am | #

          Pretty much. Much like the other parents, Toedad only exists to provide drama and motivation for Becky. He doesn’t need his own side of the story; he doesn’t really have his own story. Much like Blaine, the Walkertons and Wilcoxen, Toedad McIntyre only exists to be an obstacle for Becky to overcome, because he’s a fictional character existing in a greater story.

          Note: This isn’t “toedad is so two dimensional willis hates christians” whining. Just kind of want to preempt that in case this ends up coming off that way.

          • BenRG
            BenRG
            August 19, 2015 at 9:48 am | #

            Given this apparent “parents = drama drivers” rule, I am not confident in the Browns’ ability to accept, let alone handle, Jocelyne’s decisions vis her gender identity. I’m pretty sure that a mortal familial crisis of that nature would pretty much shred what little emotional stability Joyce has left.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              August 19, 2015 at 10:09 am | #

              It’s an extremely sad and painful reality that should not be. Jocelyn even describes herself as their favourite specifically because they know the least about her.

              Fortunately Jocelyn is out of college and self sufficient, so she isn’t reliant on outside support like Becky is now. As for the Browns… yeah. The best we can hope for is a Shortpacked!Leo “oh I just hate the sin” brand of religious fundamentalist bullshit.

            • you can't see me
              you can't see me
              August 19, 2015 at 10:03 pm | #

              0_0 I have a feeling that wold be an original Joyce mindwipe level breakdown.

    • Cerberus
      Cerberus
      August 19, 2015 at 9:45 am | #

      I know you’ve already retracted your statement so please don’t take this as jumping on you, but I want to highlight one part of your statement as Willis’s tumblr post (here) makes it clear that there are a lot of people who hold the opinion referenced in it earnestly.

      “I just feel we have been told to dislike him more than he has given us direct reason to hate him.”

      To all those who earnestly believe that we haven’t been given a direct reason to dislike toedad, that he hasn’t done anything wrong yet, that he’s the real sympathetic one in this tale, let me just say this as emphatically as I possibly can:

      Reparative therapy is not a neutral action. Reparative therapy is abuse.

      And no, I’m not being hyperbolic here. Reparative therapy is an unbelievably gross action to commit against a child as any perusal of Truth Wins Out will reveal. Frequently these camps, especially the one servicing youth engage in sexual assault and physical assault and at their very best, can only ever succeed in making someone despise themself so much that they willing go back into the pain of the closet*, usually through terroristic threats regarding housing, community support, and access to family.

      *Going back in the closet intentionally when you have figured yourself out might be one of the most excruciating emotional experiences on the planet. The daily feeling of living a lie for economic of familial survival. The self-hatred. Having been through it for a year to not starve on the streets, I would not wish that shit on my worst enemy.

      Sending someone to one of these camps, wanting to send someone to one of these camps is not some misguided bit of religious difference and awkwardness around the Thanksgiving table. It’s a terroristic threat. It’s a statement that either the queer child hides who they are and lives a lie or bad things will happen to them and a firm breaking of any kind of loving bond in exchange for this emotional blackmail.

      It is an act of abuse and control, threatening something monstrous in order to bully the child into protecting the parents’ fictional worldview that their property of a progeny is straight.

      Even if Toedad was as awesome as Other Universe’s Steven, it wouldn’t forgive this action. That one action would be enough. Would be an action that has incurably broken any hope of amicable reconciliation and would have been an act of violence and abuse against his daughter.

      And personally, the fact that people seem to be genuinely willing to overlook that and assume he’s a great guy even when he’s doing that. And stalking her. And being super controlling. And being a general asshole who is cruel and petty to everyone he meets is really disturbing to me**.

      **As stated before, I’ve actually had a father threaten me with reparative therapy. Who tried and succeeded in poisoning my relationship to most of the rest of the family and trying to leave me no other action than to “come home at once and renounce this trans delusion once and for all so we can start healing you and getting you on the right path”. This is central to why that relationship to that whole side of my family which includes almost everyone who raised me is dead and why I literally have no safety net if anything ever goes pear-shaped in my future. For many people, this sort of father is an “unfair” and “unrealistic” depiction of some “strawman”. To me, this was the period of my life extending from two years ago to last year.

      Toedad doesn’t need another reason for us to hate him, for that relationship to be irreparably broken, reparative therapy is enough.

      Oh, and for those out there who think homophobia in familial relationships that don’t rise to the level of threatening reparative therapy is fine. That it’s just a difference of religious opinion and not like “really bad, yanno”, I’m also going to have to say no.

      See, I’ve run meetings for queer kids in college the week after Winter break when everyone’s been home with their totally loving and supportive families. I’ve seen tough fucks break down into tears because a relative said something spiteful or hateful about their sexuality or said they wouldn’t support them. I’ve seen the resigned fetal body position of students firmly aware that their parents have straight up said they will not support their relationships or allow them back in the house after college unless they “change”. I’ve held onto the bottles of pills of students who’re suicide risk because dealing with their uncle’s homophobic tirade about how all people like that should be burned triggered their depression in the worst way. I’ve bailed out on holiday functions because a student was just thrown out of the house for coming out and I need to get them back to campus and sit with them as they agonize over what’s to become of their housing and education now that their parents have disowned them. I’ve been part of support networks doing regular check-ins with students going to abusive households to make sure they haven’t been disappeared to a reparative therapy camp and are still, yanno, alive and holding in there.

      At the risk of sounding like a 90s PSA, homophobia kills and when it doesn’t kill it harms and maims.

      Even if Toedad wasn’t an abusive reparative theapy threatening stalking asshole and was just some shitty homophobic parent unwilling to accept his queer daughter’s sexuality like say Ethan’s mom or Leslie’s mom in the other universe, that’d still be reason enough to hate him.

      That would still be something he did “wrong”.

      So yeah, long winded, not at all at you comment to just politely request to all the people in the world ready to write yet another comment along the lines of “aww, is Toedad really bad, it’s not like he’s done anything wrong yet” to please for the love of Bob stop. Just stop.

      Cause speaking as someone for whom Toedad is lived experience? It’s really dismissive and shitty.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 19, 2015 at 10:54 am | #

        I’m legitimately going to link to this post every time someone talks about poor old toedad doing nothing wrong.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          August 19, 2015 at 3:23 pm | #

          Do it, they need to learn.

      • Eudae
        Eudae
        August 19, 2015 at 11:44 am | #

        Thank you! Like. This is so good, thank you, I’m so glad you put what I felt into words.

      • m2iCodeJockey
        m2iCodeJockey
        August 19, 2015 at 1:00 pm | #

        I wish so much this had been part of the story.

        Because someone has to be the R2D2, drive through the burning cargo bay and explain it to Ross, that EVERYONE may have the opportunity to grow and move on.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        August 19, 2015 at 1:11 pm | #

        I’m so much in awe of you. Thank you again for taking the time and energy to explain these things – and for making things better for the real life Becky’s out there.

      • blegh
        blegh
        August 19, 2015 at 2:27 pm | #

        ur a role model. stay righteous & strong

      • Tenn
        Tenn
        August 19, 2015 at 7:54 pm | #

        Thank you.

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        August 19, 2015 at 9:38 pm | #

        I feel like I’ve read your story before, and I want so much for that to have been you, because it would mean fewer people have gone through that hell. Sadly, there are prolly so many more than we may ever know…

        So sorry you had to have lived that shit =(

  49. Arianod
    Arianod
    August 19, 2015 at 5:24 am | #

    Come on, Sarah. Embrace the Joyce. You know you want to ÒwÓ

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      August 19, 2015 at 9:36 am | #

      I could crawl up into them and be safe and warm forever

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        August 19, 2015 at 11:12 am | #

        and ever Ô///Ô

      • m2iCodeJockey
        m2iCodeJockey
        August 19, 2015 at 1:45 pm | #

        I’ve taken that as evidence Joyce is not a pure 0…

  50. Ainen
    Ainen
    August 19, 2015 at 6:36 am | #

    I know the feeling, Sarah. I can’t handle crying people either. I just stand (or sit) there all awkward, going “o-okay. what’s up.”

  51. Just Here
    Just Here
    August 19, 2015 at 8:30 am | #

    Poor Joyce, she just can’t seem to catch a break. Horizons being widened everywhere she looks. Welcome to the world Joyce Brown.

  52. Zan Thrax
    Zan Thrax
    August 19, 2015 at 9:15 am | #

    Can someone remind me what Joyce said to Sarah that she’s apologizing about? I can’t recall anything that would have led to the public crying.

    • Nono
      Nono
      August 19, 2015 at 9:18 am | #

      She implied that Sarah was going to send Becky away like Dana.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        August 19, 2015 at 9:39 am | #

        More that Joyce said that Sarah wanted to get rid of her, like she did Dana, based on the assumption that Sarah just has no time for people and gets rid of them if they start to inconvenience her, like how Raidah thinks of Sarah. Joyce immediately apologized, but it was pretty damn hurtful.

        • Cerberus
          Cerberus
          August 19, 2015 at 9:52 am | #

          Yup, she hit the Dana button which is a major source of trauma for Sarah.

  53. Daisy
    Daisy
    August 19, 2015 at 10:34 am | #

    Oh bless, Sarah. “You can be as horrible as you want, just don’t make me be emotionally available or comforting!”

  54. Crumplepunch
    Crumplepunch
    August 19, 2015 at 11:06 am | #

    Quick, sympathy via heavy physical contact!

    • Ana Chronistic
      Ana Chronistic
      August 19, 2015 at 9:32 pm | #

      Sarah sympathizes with a bat

      and Old Testament God

  55. Saru
    Saru
    August 19, 2015 at 7:13 pm | #

    Geez Sarah, you raging misogynist. Don’t you know that telling a woman to stop crying is like, worse than punching 10 kittens?

  56. Eyebrow
    Eyebrow
    August 20, 2015 at 12:36 pm | #

    I hadn’t noticed this before, but dinosaur costumes bestow super powers. Not just on Dina, but also apparently on others. See Allie Brosh for details: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/menace.html

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
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today in #9chickweedlane i learned we have to be shown children learning and relearning what sex is, for Reasons, even though they already clearly know and have prepared nuanced questions about it! also that Gran must hate, if she's still alive, how Old Juliette is the same but with gray hair
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
one of my favorite things is when a commenter explodes WHEN DO THESE CHARACTERS GET THERAPY but directed towards a character who canonically has a regular therapist
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mary: dawn says your girlfriend is trying to murder her wilbur: but what about MY happiness okay can we kill wilbur now
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
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Phew, they made NoHo Hank wear pants.
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hey, FANTASTIC FOUR got an Eisner nomination for best ongoing series!! I think this news is... really great! Fantastic even :0
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
oh no, new content over at the nsfw patreon joe introduces joyce to fingers that aren't breaded chicken www.patreon.com/posts/joe-fi...
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I may have to pin this
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btw if you're one of those rando bluesky weirdos who doesn't know me but sees me in the wild being sarcastic and don't know i'm being sarcastic because you haven't taken like 30 seconds to, like, maybe look at my user profile or something, keep walking, you're not going to score internet points here
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Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
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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."
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Who can forget the Swiss-Austrian Union, or its famous capital - Istanbul.
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