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It dead

by David M Willis on January 5, 2018 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - This Is the Way that We Love
└ Tags: joyce, walky

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  1. miados
    miados
    January 5, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    I believe you have my stapler.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 5, 2018 at 12:29 am | #

      The most important question: is Leslie’s stapler a Swingline or a Boston?

      • ZerglingOne
        ZerglingOne
        January 5, 2018 at 12:44 am | #

        Probably.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 5, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

        Dunno. Joyce hasn’t toed me.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          January 5, 2018 at 8:30 am | #

          Oh, sure. Just keep toeing the line.

          • N0083rp00F
            N0083rp00F
            January 5, 2018 at 9:34 am | #

            Nailed it.

            • adjudicus
              adjudicus
              January 5, 2018 at 10:59 am | #

              The puns are afoot!

            • NelC
              NelC
              January 5, 2018 at 11:01 am | #

              Toe be, or not toe be; that is the question.

  2. user 18
    user 18
    January 5, 2018 at 12:05 am | #

    That’d be a good title

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 5, 2018 at 12:30 am | #

      They’d all be good titles, Brent.

      • Mr. Bulbmin
        Mr. Bulbmin
        January 5, 2018 at 3:33 am | #

        They’re all great titles, Brant.

  3. Li
    Li
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    That’s some dedicated toe protection

  4. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    How did he do that?

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

      And can this power be learned?

      • chris2315
        chris2315
        January 5, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

        Not from a Jedi.

        • DrunkenNordmann
          DrunkenNordmann
          January 5, 2018 at 1:54 am | #

          Please don’t.

          • Ozzi
            Ozzi
            January 5, 2018 at 7:12 am | #

            He has nipples. Jedi milk nipples!!!!!!

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 5, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      I think that font signifies yodeling.

      …..

      …. by which I mean, I declare it official fanon.

    • skart
      skart
      January 5, 2018 at 12:25 am | #

      Sung to the Harry Potter theme.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        January 5, 2018 at 8:49 am | #

        With a British accent, of course.

    • foamy
      foamy
      January 5, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

      [LAUGHS IN HARRY POTTER]

  5. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Now’s our chance! Quick, everyone talk Willis out of “Up Here We Can Be Garbage”!

  6. Danni
    Danni
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    joyce stop

    • StClair
      StClair
      January 5, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      please

      • MasakiSayz
        MasakiSayz
        January 5, 2018 at 3:27 am | #

        Yeah, that’d be fantastic.

  7. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Amazi-Girl isn’t the only one with vocal typeface powers.

  8. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    grumpy joyce

  9. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    quiet tonight

  10. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 5, 2018 at 12:06 am | #

    Pretty sure at this rate the sequel will be titled “Joyce Brown and the Chamber of Gangrene”.

    • MM
      MM
      January 5, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      Joyce Brown and the Stapler of Azkaban

      • adjudicus
        adjudicus
        January 5, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

        Joyce Brown and the Goblet/Chalice of Jacob’s church

        • Passchendaele
          Passchendaele
          January 5, 2018 at 12:12 am | #

          Joyce Brown and the Order of the Hospital.

          • LookingIn
            LookingIn
            January 5, 2018 at 2:21 am | #

            Joyce Brown and the Half-Numb Foot

            • Mr. Bulbmin
              Mr. Bulbmin
              January 5, 2018 at 3:34 am | #

              Joyce Brown and the Needed Femurs (Part 1)

              • MatthewTheLucky
                MatthewTheLucky
                January 5, 2018 at 10:33 am | #

                Joyce Brown and the Accursed Digit

                • Roborat
                  Roborat
                  January 5, 2018 at 3:03 pm | #

                  Joyce Brown and the Case of the Toe-Jam.

                  That’s right, I went old school, Hardy Boys.

                • SpaceshipPilot
                  SpaceshipPilot
                  January 5, 2018 at 5:25 pm | #

                  And the prequel spin-off, Broken Toes and How to Heal Them.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          January 5, 2018 at 12:16 am | #

          Just remember: the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. (The pellet with the poison’s in the flagon with the dragon.)

          • fogel
            fogel
            January 5, 2018 at 1:28 am | #

            😀
            I’ve seen that movie (or, at least, that ditty from that movie)

          • N0083rp00F
            N0083rp00F
            January 5, 2018 at 9:36 am | #

            What about the vessel with the pestle?

          • kristiellkay
            kristiellkay
            January 5, 2018 at 5:36 pm | #

            !!YES!!

            When I have an ‘eh, f*ck it, it’s good enough’ moment, in my head a mail-clad soldier does an elaborate check mark on a piece of parchment and announces “The candidate passes!”

        • Owlmirror
          Owlmirror
          January 5, 2018 at 12:45 am | #

          Joyce Brown and the Goblet of Episcopalianism
          (maybe a little snappier:)
          Joyce Brown and the Goblet of Heresy

          H E R E S Y!

          • MM
            MM
            January 5, 2018 at 12:57 am | #

            Goblet of Backwash.

          • N0083rp00F
            N0083rp00F
            January 5, 2018 at 9:38 am | #

            Goblet of HERSHEY ummmarglebargle chocolate

      • Koms
        Koms
        January 5, 2018 at 12:38 am | #

        Joyce Brown and the stationary stationery.

    • Dean
      Dean
      January 5, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      Followed by ‘Joyce Brown and the Prisoner of Denial’.

  11. Passchendaele
    Passchendaele
    January 5, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Leslie, you better get in there quick, before the stapler makes things worse. o-o

    • Bast
      Bast
      January 5, 2018 at 2:17 pm | #

      The universe is held together by duck tape,staples and and gum.
      You bet your ass it’s going to hold her toe nail!

  12. Dr T
    Dr T
    January 5, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    Hovertext still isn’t working on my iPhone. I can tell one is there but the text doesn’t show.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 5, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      “maybe this should’ve been the title of this storyline”

    • chris2315
      chris2315
      January 5, 2018 at 12:09 am | #

      “maybe this should’ve been the title of the storyline”

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      January 5, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

      It says, “maybe this should’ve been the title of the storyline”.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      January 5, 2018 at 8:36 am | #

      New storyline title idea!

      “Maybe This Should’ve Been The Title Of The Storyline”

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 5, 2018 at 8:42 am | #

        Maybe that should’ve been the title of this storyline?

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          January 5, 2018 at 8:52 am | #

          What? “New Storyline Title Idea”?

          I’unno, lacks rhythm.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      January 5, 2018 at 5:15 pm | #

      Oh, in case no one’s transcribed the hover text for you, it’s: “maybe this should’ve been the title of the storyline”

  13. Roger
    Roger
    January 5, 2018 at 12:07 am | #

    aw I was hoping to continue that convo with Joe and Sarah

    • AutobotDen
      AutobotDen
      January 5, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

      You and me both.

    • jeffepp
      jeffepp
      January 5, 2018 at 12:23 am | #

      Different couple that ain’t a couple… Yet.

  14. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 5, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    …And if you’re using a stapler to fasten the words to this song…
    You’ll find that a staple is just about a centimeter long!
    Divide a Meter by Decimeters, you’ll find that there are ten
    Divide a Meter by a hundred–you’ll have a hundred Centimeters then!

    –Metric Marvels cartoon, circa 1979

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 5, 2018 at 1:58 am | #

      With rhymes that stretch-y and corny, it’s no wonder the Metric system never took off in the US…

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        January 5, 2018 at 5:21 am | #

        By that logic no one should be cooking with gas stoves anymore.

  15. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 5, 2018 at 12:08 am | #

    Nonono, it’s toeNAIL, not toeSTAPLE.

    • McBogue
      McBogue
      January 5, 2018 at 3:47 am | #

      You could try a toescrew, but then Willis would have take it to Slipshine.

    • MatthewTheLucky
      MatthewTheLucky
      January 5, 2018 at 10:35 am | #

      I simultaneously hissed in horror and chuckled, and ended up making a noise like boiling water on the bus. So thanks for that.

  16. Keulen
    Keulen
    January 5, 2018 at 12:10 am | #

    “Joyce Brown and the Mediocre Body Horror” should be the title of the next book.

  17. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 5, 2018 at 12:11 am | #

    I love Joyce and Walky interactions. Like, it’d be funny anyway without knowing they were married in another universe, or that they’re both attracted to one another and yet very repulsed (Joyce crushed on boys from her Christian kid show that Walky turned out to be on; Walky admitted to Dorothy’s amusement that Joyce was beautiful as to how he got the inkling before being told that Ethan was gay, that Ethan didn’t seem to look at her like that)
    It’s just this friendship of mutual belligerence with shared fandom and genuine care holding it together, combined with stubbornness.

    • Koms
      Koms
      January 5, 2018 at 12:40 am | #

      Please please can you link that strip? It’s ok if you don’t also…

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      January 5, 2018 at 4:36 am | #

      Walky admitting he thought Joyce was gorgeous? Or Joyce having a thing for the boys from the show when she was younger, and Dorothy, Joyce, and Walky realizing one of the kids was Walky?

      • adjudicus
        adjudicus
        January 5, 2018 at 6:51 am | #

        All three?

        • Khyrin
          Khyrin
          January 5, 2018 at 10:26 am | #

          Dorothy,Joyce and Walky realize Walky’s secret Sin and Shame
          the other two I couldn’t find after a 30 minute search, and I can’t narrow it down any further than some time after Becky popped up.

          • Koms
            Koms
            January 5, 2018 at 10:58 am | #

            It’s so sweet of you to put in the effort. May you be blessed with super fast internet always.

            • Nomen
              Nomen
              January 5, 2018 at 3:04 pm | #

              http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/secularmedia/ (“cute little mice boys”)

              http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/unpretty/ (not exactly the word “gorgeous,” but…)

              • adjudicus
                adjudicus
                January 5, 2018 at 9:41 pm | #

                Thanks! (you too, khyrin)

              • DailyBrad
                DailyBrad
                January 5, 2018 at 10:13 pm | #

                Heh, well, I guess I remembered it more strongly than he phrased it, but still. Thank you for the people who posted the links

          • Kelvandil
            Kelvandil
            January 5, 2018 at 3:09 pm | #

          • Kelvandil
            Kelvandil
            January 5, 2018 at 3:15 pm | #

  18. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    January 5, 2018 at 12:13 am | #

    I hope Walky keeps Narrating this for the rest of the chapter

  19. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 5, 2018 at 12:14 am | #

    Yes, Joyce, put a staple in your possibly broken toe. That will help.

    • N0083rp00F
      N0083rp00F
      January 5, 2018 at 9:43 am | #

      But that is what overpriced, overworked, caffeinated medical personnel are for.

  20. Mollyscribbles
    Mollyscribbles
    January 5, 2018 at 12:15 am | #

    No, no, Joyce — use duct tape, not staples.

    I mean, it won’t actually work, but it’s less painful.

    • Chris Phoenix
      Chris Phoenix
      January 5, 2018 at 12:53 am | #

      I lost a toenail after running a marathon. I actually did hold it on with a Band-aid for a couple of weeks until it fell off most gently – and by then, there was a new nail under it.

      • Clif
        Clif
        January 5, 2018 at 1:47 am | #

        If duct tape doesn’t work, then you aren’t using enough duct tape.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          January 5, 2018 at 7:34 am | #

          …. I suppose you COULD make a splint with enough duct tape.

          • N0083rp00F
            N0083rp00F
            January 5, 2018 at 9:45 am | #

            Gorilla Tape is my go-to followed by Duct Tape as opposed to gaffers tape aka Duck Tape.

  21. Tacos
    Tacos
    January 5, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    What exactly does Walky’s voice sound like in that last panel I wonder?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      January 5, 2018 at 12:39 am | #

      I imagine it as a cross between Jim Dale and Vincent Price.

      • MM
        MM
        January 5, 2018 at 12:43 am | #

        Possibly a bit of Stephen Fry.

      • N0083rp00F
        N0083rp00F
        January 5, 2018 at 9:48 am | #

        Vincent Price or Billy Van as the Librarian from Frightenstein

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          January 5, 2018 at 3:06 pm | #

          OMG, does that bring back memories.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        January 5, 2018 at 10:09 pm | #

        Native Bridgeporter here, so when someone says Jim Dale, I go straight to Phineas T. Barnum.

        I also imagine Walky can sing pretty nicely.

  22. Doopyboop
    Doopyboop
    January 5, 2018 at 12:17 am | #

    Let go of the toe, Joyce. It must fly free!

  23. Shiro
    Shiro
    January 5, 2018 at 12:24 am | #

    JOYCE NO

    The last thing that toe needs is more trauma, girl. Band-aid?

  24. tirachokko
    tirachokko
    January 5, 2018 at 12:31 am | #

    joycenoahhh

  25. Pablo360
    Pablo360
    January 5, 2018 at 12:36 am | #

    It dead, man

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 5, 2018 at 2:00 am | #

      Rip in peace.

    • Eldritch Gentleman
      Eldritch Gentleman
      January 5, 2018 at 4:04 am | #

      Technically a toenail is dead from the moment it appears.

      • Pablo360
        Pablo360
        January 5, 2018 at 1:42 pm | #

        “Omae wa mou shindeiru.”

        “Nani‽”

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          January 5, 2018 at 1:43 pm | #

          Everyone will think I’m referencing Fist of the North Star, but I’m actually referencing Dragon Ball Super referencing Fist of the North Star

  26. Ivy
    Ivy
    January 5, 2018 at 12:41 am | #

    This is actually an extreme body horror and I fully support Joyce’s decision to keep her sock on for a month.

    • Dg
      Dg
      January 5, 2018 at 1:37 am | #

      I still don’t understand why nobody did the “poke hole in nail to let out blood” trick.

      • MatthewTheLucky
        MatthewTheLucky
        January 5, 2018 at 2:37 am | #

        It’s not “Clever First Aid Tricks of Age”.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          January 5, 2018 at 3:19 am | #

          Also, I don’t think Joyce would react better to blood pouring out of her toenail.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        January 5, 2018 at 4:48 am | #

        Maybe Willis didn’t want to draw that. It was icky enough seeing Jeph do it in QC when Martin had to have it done.

  27. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    January 5, 2018 at 12:50 am | #

    Oh this is a metaphor for Joyce not being able to let things go is it *taps side of nose knowingly*

    • DinaWho
      DinaWho
      January 5, 2018 at 1:14 pm | #

      Who nose? 😛

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      January 5, 2018 at 1:44 pm | #

      Aren’t you supposed to tap your forehead, not your nose?

  28. Hogan
    Hogan
    January 5, 2018 at 12:56 am | #

    … he had Phil Foglio writing the title for the last panel? XD

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      January 5, 2018 at 3:08 pm | #

      Can’t be, no hat.

  29. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    January 5, 2018 at 1:08 am | #

    I was already grossed out by the rest of the comic, and then Joyce’s last line made me nope out of existence.

    • Carms
      Carms
      January 5, 2018 at 1:12 am | #

      oh nooooo i had not picked that uuup 8l

  30. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 5, 2018 at 2:07 am | #

    I’m wondering how Joyce has got to this point in her life without ever encountering a part of her anatomy dropping off. Doesn’t she remember her milk teeth? Hasn’t she ever had a scab over a cut?

    Okay, it’s gross but her over-reaction has gone beyond ignorant naivety and has reached open silliness!

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      January 5, 2018 at 2:14 am | #

      *looks at camera like jim from the office*

    • Wright
      Wright
      January 5, 2018 at 2:29 am | #

      I can kinda relate to Joyce. I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 22 and was irrationally upset about losing “a part of me”. Over ten years later, I think I was being a bit silly.

    • Liliet
      Liliet
      January 5, 2018 at 3:05 am | #

      Well, people know that milk teeth are supposed to fall out, and scabs aren’t really ‘a part of anatomy’. Having a toenail fall off really feels very differently to that…

    • Derek
      Derek
      January 5, 2018 at 1:03 pm | #

      how does she deal with periods?

    • Deadjolras
      Deadjolras
      January 5, 2018 at 5:44 pm | #

      I’m in my early 20’s and the worst that’s ever happened to me was spraining my ankle when I was 7. Losing a toenail definitely counts as body horror for me, as silly as it sounds.

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      January 5, 2018 at 9:34 pm | #

      I’m 45 and the idea of losing a big toenail is frightening as fuck. I think the root of the fear is the idea that the underlying exposed skin would be extremely, unbearably sensitive to the touch for a long time. This idea is supported by every time I’ve cut my toenails too short.

  31. Wright
    Wright
    January 5, 2018 at 2:33 am | #

    Joyce, think. It”s dead, but you’re forcing it to behave as if it’s alive. That’s necromancy, and is how the zombie apocalypse starts. Keep your toe zombies to yourself, before it spreads and kills us all.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 5, 2018 at 2:56 am | #

      Yeah, next thing you know we’ll have a zombie Toedad on our hands.

      Then we can definitely say trouble’s afoot.

      • MasakiSayz
        MasakiSayz
        January 5, 2018 at 3:34 am | #

        I see what you did there.
        Not to imply that you were hiding what you did there, I just felt like it deserved some recognition.

  32. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 5, 2018 at 2:49 am | #

    Don’t risk any permanent toe damage.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 5, 2018 at 6:43 pm | #

      Exactly. No sense taking a risk when you can make sure it happens.

  33. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 5, 2018 at 3:11 am | #

    THIS squicks Joyce out?

    I mean, yes, okay, it’s moderately disturbing, but to the point that you want to STAPLE the toenail on???

    THIS counts as body horror for Joyce?

    ….

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

    Joyce thinks she wants to have kids, but JOYCE DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE KIDS.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 5, 2018 at 3:18 am | #

      Good god no. Tell her any of the icky, bloody, bodily function infused parts of pregnancy or birth and I guarantee she will run away screaming.

      My advice for Joyce? Adopt. You get the cute baby, the joys of raising children, and none of the body horror.

      Until she interacts with how children actually behave, especially when they’re tiny, at which point she will run away screaming again. Can’t really help her there.

      • Some1
        Some1
        January 5, 2018 at 4:01 pm | #

        Get a Tamagotchi

  34. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    January 5, 2018 at 4:15 am | #

    I’ve dealt with a few in-growns, but ye gods may I never go through a falling nail in my lifetime.

  35. Geneseepaws
    Geneseepaws
    January 5, 2018 at 4:40 am | #

    This pretty much confirms that she never had a foot wart contracted from the gym. Yeah, she as home schooled, but they borrowed the high school’s gym sometimes, right? But they didn’t use the showers???

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      January 5, 2018 at 6:33 am | #

      Wait until this comic covers staph infections.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      January 5, 2018 at 6:48 am | #

      The high school gym was borrowed for use as a church auditorium, IIRC.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        January 5, 2018 at 7:19 am | #

        Oh, I think you are right, I misremembered.

  36. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    January 5, 2018 at 4:53 am | #

    Crap, maybe you should go with something less painful like tape ?

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 5, 2018 at 6:09 am | #

      I think that Walky’s entire role in this arc is talking Joyce down… and maybe also starting a horribly ill-considered emotional rebound from wanting to ‘let go’ Dorothy with Joyce.

  37. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 5, 2018 at 7:25 am | #

    It’s a stapler to staple Walky’s mouth shut

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      January 5, 2018 at 7:56 am | #

      I have to agree that I think Joyce is in a bad enough mood to be contemplating violence against Walky.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        January 6, 2018 at 12:00 am | #

        There’s that one scene in Bakemonogatari

  38. Vika
    Vika
    January 5, 2018 at 7:54 am | #

    not gonna lie. I’d react just like Joyce

  39. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 5, 2018 at 8:13 am | #

    Ouch

  40. TemperaryObsessor
    TemperaryObsessor
    January 5, 2018 at 9:01 am | #

    When something way less painful happened to me the new toenail was already long enough to not be creepy by the time the old one fell off, but if it happened sooner it might have been gross and painful. The way I remember it I think I got the same cool I’m basically healed feeling you get when a scab falls off to reveal healthy skin. Anyways stapling it back on seems like more body horror than the nail falling off will be.

  41. SlothfulCobra
    SlothfulCobra
    January 5, 2018 at 9:12 am | #

    Soulmates.

  42. Roger Sterling
    Roger Sterling
    January 5, 2018 at 10:25 am | #

    I’m handicapping the prime timeline asserting itself here at 33.bone %

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      January 5, 2018 at 1:45 pm | #

      33.bone% is my favorite Undertale speedrun

  43. Bast
    Bast
    January 5, 2018 at 2:19 pm | #

    Future title suggestions underneath. (Unofficial, duh)

    Mine is: “Not this again…”

  44. Ryek Hvek
    Ryek Hvek
    January 5, 2018 at 2:21 pm | #

    Staple-Toe is Joyce’s spirit name…

  45. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 5, 2018 at 5:43 pm | #

    Okay, I know that toenails falling off is a thing. But I have to question what expertise Walky, WHOSE NEVER ACTUALLY EXAMINED JOYCE’S INJURY, is bringing to bear on whether THIS toenail is going to fall off.

  46. Joe
    Joe
    January 5, 2018 at 6:14 pm | #

    Was Joyce allowed to read Harry Potter? Can she appreciate how much effort Walky put into learning how to speak like that?

  47. Elsendor
    Elsendor
    January 5, 2018 at 6:18 pm | #

    lmao sometimes i forget they’re not married in this universe

  48. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    January 5, 2018 at 6:49 pm | #

    Wait, y’all have had scabs fall off? I didn’t even know they could do that. Mine just get smaller and smaller, until they’re nothing but scar tissue. Is that not normal? Am I gonna find out I have some kind of immune system disorder?

    • TemperaryObsessor
      TemperaryObsessor
      January 5, 2018 at 9:14 pm | #

      Nothing is wrong with you I remember it a scab falling off once but I think your way is what usually happens.

    • Arian
      Arian
      January 5, 2018 at 9:43 pm | #

      The way I understand is that, if you don’t fiddle with them, they dry out from the edges toward the middle, and tiny little dry bits progressively come off the outsides, making the area of scab get smaller until it’s all flaked off, so gradually that you don’t notice.

      People whose scabs *come off* usually can’t leave them alone for the healing to finish happening by itself.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        January 5, 2018 at 11:42 pm | #

        It depends how thick they are. A thick scab detaches from new skin at its base faster than it can erode at the margins. They develop a loose edge that sometimes gets caught on things and tears the attached scab off. I have sometimes trimmed the edge of a scab with scissors to prevent its catching.

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