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by David M Willis on February 1, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - But the Sun Still Shines
└ Tags: dorothy, joe, joyce, walky

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  1. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Wait what? Joe what happened? I thought you was being cool

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

      He fell of the wagon and into Malaya.

    • Wraithy2773
      Wraithy2773
      February 1, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

      Note the five o’ clock shadow. Shit’s more complicated than what appears, give it time to develop.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        February 1, 2019 at 2:42 am | #

        He’s had that for ages now. It’s part of his default look now.

        • Wraithy2773
          Wraithy2773
          February 1, 2019 at 1:22 pm | #

          Ah, true. It’s the hair, his hair is usually much neater and well groomed, not the “just rolled out of bed” look he’s gog going on now.

          • Wraithy2773
            Wraithy2773
            February 1, 2019 at 1:22 pm | #

            …got going on now. Derp.

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 1, 2019 at 3:01 am | #

      There seems to be a lot of feeling that Joe has regressed. Maybe so, but it’s also possible that he has actually learned something, moderated some of his worse behavior, but despite this is still Joe.

      • Unusually Angry Hippie
        Unusually Angry Hippie
        February 1, 2019 at 11:37 am | #

        Which is how actual change takes place. Just because some people might consider some of someone’s behavior ‘problematic’, if there’s no actual harm being done, it all comes down to personal taste.

        Joe’s personal tastes may be distasteful, but he’s still the same person he was six months ago, and has received some validation that there are people out there who don’t mind who he chooses to be. Anyone who expected him to suddenly get ‘woke’ apparently don’t understand people very well.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          February 1, 2019 at 12:33 pm | #

          I agree Joe has reasons not to change much. But can I suggest that some kinds of problematic behavior constitute actual harm even if no one is held accountable for them?

          • Unusually Angry Hippie
            Unusually Angry Hippie
            February 1, 2019 at 11:07 pm | #

            I’m guessing your referring to affects to mental health as harm, but that’s a dangerous supposition, because noone is responsible for how other people feel, and it’s impossible to please everyone. Harassment and bullying is one thing, the targeting of specific individuals with malicious intent, but that’s not really what’s being displayed here.

            There are people who’s mental health is negatively affected by exposure to things they find distasteful, but others don’t. Imagine a devout christian who suffers anxiety and depression because in their eyes, the people around them are going to hell. But you wouldn’t suggest that people should modify their behavior to spare that persons feelings. How is this any different?

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              February 1, 2019 at 11:48 pm | #

              Because Joe regularly goes around treating women like objects and like his dick is all that matters. I’d put that in the past tense but it doesn’t look like he’s quite past that yet. That is wrong and yeah, Joe should knock it the hell off.

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                February 2, 2019 at 12:42 am | #

                Like, to use your example, no, people don’t have to radically alter their lives for a (imo misplaced) belief they’re going to hell. However, if said Christian starts spewing a litany of homophobia, transphobia and antisemitism, I’d have no problem telling them to shut their trap on the basis of them doing harm.

      • Author X
        Author X
        February 1, 2019 at 11:47 am | #

        Undertale Narrator voice
        * Despite everything, it’s still Joe

  2. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Thank you, Joe.

  3. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Joe’s all about checking out birds

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      February 1, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      He’s a regular hornithologist.

      • Jojo42
        Jojo42
        February 1, 2019 at 3:20 am | #

        In his case, I think that’s spelled with a ‘y’….

        • Pablo360
          Pablo360
          February 1, 2019 at 9:21 am | #

          Yornithologist

          • Felix
            Felix
            February 1, 2019 at 10:10 pm | #

            Well done. Bravo. *applauses*

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 1, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      But boobies are far more interesting… (they got blue feet for a start)

      • butting
        butting
        February 1, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

        Oh, he definitely likes boobies, but he’s really hoping for a shag.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 1, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

          He also seems really eager to see a swallow.

          • FacelessDeviant
            FacelessDeviant
            February 1, 2019 at 2:05 am | #

            I hear he’s also into farmbirds. He likes to introduce his cock to chicks.

            • Darchosis
              Darchosis
              February 1, 2019 at 4:59 am | #

              Ladies and Gentlemen! Introducing, the Birds of Innuendo!

      • McBogue
        McBogue
        February 1, 2019 at 4:23 am | #

        Hey, check out this pair of tits…

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          February 1, 2019 at 5:55 am | #

          It would be illegal to show small tits like those in porn in Australia.

        • Ethics Gradient
          Ethics Gradient
          February 1, 2019 at 6:25 am | #

          Those aren’t Tits. THESE are tits 🙂

      • Ethics Gradient
        Ethics Gradient
        February 1, 2019 at 6:22 am | #

        Great Tits, Small Tits, any kind of Tit.

      • Lokitsu
        Lokitsu
        February 1, 2019 at 9:57 am | #

        The other day Joe spied a really beautiful pair of Great Tits.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          February 1, 2019 at 2:03 pm | #

          Must have been a vagrant – they don’t occur naturally outside of Eurasia and part of northwestern Africa.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      February 1, 2019 at 12:31 am | #

      I am reminded of a story from the early days of the internet.

      On a general-interest listserv I was on, there was a woman who was from Estonia. Her English grammar was as good or better than that of most native speakers, but it was all textbook English, and idioms and slang tended to take her by surprise, which she handled with good grace and humor.

      So one day, she posted this: “It’s a beautiful spring day here! All the tits are singing!”

      And some wag replied, “If you think I’m going to touch ‘singing tits’ — no, wait, cancel that.”

  4. Spruce Goose
    Spruce Goose
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh Joe we were making such good progress too

  5. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh god, he’s back to pre-list douchery.

    That noise I just made was somewhere between an angry cat hissing and a garbage disposal with a spork in it.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      February 1, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

      And oh, Dorothy, you and Walky both have NO IDEA.

      I mean, really, they don’t know about the incident they each refer to.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 1, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

        Wasn’t her fight with Sal last night one of the things Amber told Walky about?

        • laladoria
          laladoria
          February 1, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

          As far as I remember, she only told him about the hand stabbing. I could be wrong…

          • laladoria
            laladoria
            February 1, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

            Nope! You were right.

            http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/02-but-the-sun-still-shines/bark/

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          February 1, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

          You are correct and I just went back to check. My bad!

    • John
      John
      February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      So like a metal rattlesnake?

    • Geeky Warrior
      Geeky Warrior
      February 1, 2019 at 7:38 am | #

      Even worse, he’s falling further. His facial expression and third person references reek awfully of Faz

  6. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    . . . .Alright. . . Who has Joe been hanging with if he is regressing like this? Last I saw he was just having sex with . . .Malaya? I think?

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      I was afraid of this. I’m pretty sure he took Malaya sleeping with him after having seen the list as validation.

      I love Malaya, but I’m pretty sure this requires someone (NOT Sal) to throw her out the window.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        February 1, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

        I think it may be less validation and more “I’m a piece of shit, I guess.” relapse mode. I’m not personally *calling* him that, but that’s how it feels when you fall off the wagon after trying to avoid a behavior, etc. I want him to understand there’s a middle ground between monk and boy-toy.

        They say that using again is the end of a relapse, not the beginning, but it’s still a very defeating feeling.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 1, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

          It’s like when you’re trying to quit drinking. But because you were a drunk all your life everyone still treats you like a drunk. And eventually you say “Fuck it. If that’s all I will be to these people I may as well just give in, because trying to change is harder than just giving up and no one seems to care either way.”

          • DailyBrad
            DailyBrad
            February 1, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

            Exactly. I don’t think he took failing well, especially because he did it in part to get away from a situation instead of facing it head on.

            You know… it just occurred to me, he has no idea if Joyce has given up on going after Duncan. Maybe… Maybe that’s why he is being like this? We’ve already seen that he’s developed a pretty complex relationship with Joyce, and he bolted with Malaya when Joyce was confronting him on statements that’d imply a lasting attraction to her, like the “zero” on the scale due to her “hurting” him in her words, saying that she CAN get Jacob, etc.

            • Zee
              Zee
              February 1, 2019 at 7:36 am | #

              Off topic but… Duncan?

              • Deanatay
                Deanatay
                February 1, 2019 at 8:26 am | #

                I think he means Jacob.

              • DailyBrad
                DailyBrad
                February 2, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

                Oops, I meant Jacob. For some reason, I always think of him as “Duncan” and I have no earthly idea why.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            February 1, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

            That kind of thing can be really discouraging, if you’re making an honest effort to change. Sometimes, it can be easier to just burn bridges and move away from certain people, and be your newer self with a completely new social circle who don’t have years of your worse behavior tainting their view of your every action.

            Uh, not that I would know. From, like, personal experience. Or anything.

        • Diner Kinetic
          Diner Kinetic
          February 1, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

          I think this is worse than just a relapse- like, his shirts used to be subtle, back in the day, with like “Dig It?” and a picture of a bone. Now he’s almost playing up that aspect of his persona as if to make some kind of statement to the world and himself (and maybe joyce because of all the tension there)

          • DailyBrad
            DailyBrad
            February 1, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

            Yeah, he is leaning into it. I don’t think that whole episode between “Toebreaker”, the List, caving to Malaya to run away from a real talk with Malaya and shirking watching Faz, etc, was good for his esteem. Which, on one hand could be good if he used it to push off of and improve, but he’s giving in.

            • BarerMender
              BarerMender
              February 1, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

              As I recall, he didn’t run away from a talk with Malaya. Malaya was done with him and shot him out the door carrying his clothes.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                February 1, 2019 at 1:56 am | #

                I think DailyBrad meant caving to Malaya to ignore a real talk with Joyce.

                • DailyBrad
                  DailyBrad
                  February 2, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

                  Yep, she arrived and was an out for him. Not that he wouldn’t have wanted the sex, anyway, but it was also his escape pod.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          February 1, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

          This makes a certain amount of sense, but I still suspect he’ll, at least outwardly, use Malaya as a justification at some point (i.e. ‘Look, this girl is okay with it, so it’s totally fine for me to act this way!’)

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        February 1, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

        Validation as in for parking?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 1, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

          Does that validation include parking in the rear
          Sorry I couldn’t help it.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        February 1, 2019 at 5:23 pm | #

        Honestly, after sleeping on this, this comment wasn’t fair. Even if Joe got that sense of validation from Malaya (or if he decided after that encounter that he couldn’t change and was stuck this way for good) that’s not on Malaya.

        So if anything, Joe should get chucked out the window (and someone needs to tell Malaya that the list was super gross since iirc she was positive about it.)

    • laladoria
      laladoria
      February 1, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      That’s all it takes… Even Sarah asked if he “learned his lesson” because “interacting with her always ends in learning some kind of lesson.”

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/03-faz-is-great/lesson/

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 1, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Turns out character development is one of the main components of orgasms. Unfortunately Joe released all of his. Probably several times.

  7. Alan
    Alan
    February 1, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Wow I can’t remember the last time we saw Joe.

    It’s probably embarrassingly recent, but I don’t remember it 😛

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 1, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

      According to his tag, the last time he appeared in person was April 21st, during “Faz is Great”. That was Tuesday, October 12th in-comic, and ‘today’ is Friday the 15th.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        February 1, 2019 at 7:39 am | #

        For context, that was him leaving Malaya’s room, after their Slipshine.

  8. butts
    butts
    February 1, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Joe 2: Joe Harder

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      February 1, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      No, please Joe less

  9. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    February 1, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh hey look Johny Bravo’s back.

  10. meep
    meep
    February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Old Habits die hard.

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Today’s strip is sponsored by the HSBC USA Sevens Rugby tournament, the first weekend in March in Las Vegas. Buy Tickets Now.

    I’m sure a lot of people would tell Joe to “go ruck yourself”.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      February 1, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      What The Ruck

      • Greebs
        Greebs
        February 1, 2019 at 1:49 am | #

        He is acting like a bit of a Scrumbag…

  12. Shiro
    Shiro
    February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    Welp, I fear we’ve learned precisely nothing but hopefully the one-strip-a-day format is about to prove me wrong

  13. regina phalange
    regina phalange
    February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    I mean, Dorothy’s right, but weird thing to say to a person, especially phrased that way–almost like she’s dictating how Walky should feel. I mean, it IS how he feels, and he clearly agrees, but this is the first time I’ve felt like Dorothy said something exactly the wrong way.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 1, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Dorothy can be difficult to read sometimes. She is usually really pleasant, but sometimes, she will say something like this and it reads really patronizing.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 1, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      Dotty’s always had this air about her. Not quite condescending, but in such a way where I feel like she didn’t quite see Walky as an equal. Which fed into Walky’s own insecurity. She kinda dotes over him like a mom or a babysitter.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        February 1, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

        I wonder a little how much of it is a learned behavior, or if it plays into the kinds of guys she is attracted to. Danny hardly ever asserted himself before college, and has learned to stand up for himself more.

        Walky, similar story, though Walky’s situation is kinda different. He seems almost like he’s afraid to have ambition sometimes.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        February 1, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

        I see Dorothy as a mostly open and honest person whose first instinct is to tell the truth as she sees it, and that’s sometimes not such a good idea? And she maybe knows that intellectually, but can’t always apply that knowledge in real-time?

        The truth is, when it comes to maturity, Walky really isn’t her equal. And that’s not necessarily something she admits to herself, but it comes out anyway when she talks to him, and she ends up sounding patronizing because she is being patronizing, even though she doesn’t intend to be.

    • Kittie
      Kittie
      February 1, 2019 at 10:22 am | #

      She’s trying to acknowledge/validate his feelings. That’s what common advice says you’re supposed to do when someone confides in you, and because Dorothy tends to approach socialization in a by-the-book kind of way, it comes out as a bit stiff.

      • Fart Captor
        Fart Captor
        February 1, 2019 at 3:06 pm | #

        Yeah, she’s not in any way telling him how he feels. She’s describing how SHE would feel, because she thinks it’s how he feels and wants him to know she understands

        • Emily
          Emily
          February 1, 2019 at 4:05 pm | #

          And based on what we’ve seen it IS how he feels.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 1, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/uZL7jhr
    Drew this for Butts

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      February 1, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

      Butts disease strikes again.

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 1, 2019 at 3:10 am | #

        We should thank Butts for whatever he did to deserve this,

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 1, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Are those motion lines? I guess Amber’s entitled a victory dance now and again.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 1, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

      And what a GREAT butt it is

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      February 1, 2019 at 4:06 am | #

      Glutes to the maximus.

  15. MatthewTheLucky
    MatthewTheLucky
    February 1, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Dammit Walky, you should not be justifying this to her!
    Dammit Dorothy, you made it worse!
    Dammit Joe, you were almost a person!
    Dammit Joyce, you haven’t done anything wrong today but you still need to atone for all the meddling earlier and at the start of the scene!

    • Diner Kinetic
      Diner Kinetic
      February 1, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Dammit of Age?

      • Jess
        Jess
        February 1, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

        Checks out.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        February 1, 2019 at 4:05 am | #

        The original title but web advertisers were hesitant.

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      February 1, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      🤔………Maybe she wants to make it worse?

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 1, 2019 at 3:22 am | #

      Dammit Joyce, stop thinking about a certain video.

  16. Vee
    Vee
    February 1, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE

  17. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    February 1, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Listen, I know there are like five panels of characters interacting before this, but oh my god, it’s Joe! We haven’t seen him since last April and now look at his hair! Look at that ridiculous, horrible shirt! His hair! Look at Joyce in the very last panel! Look at their height difference! GAZE UPON THEM AND WEEP.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      February 1, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

      Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

  18. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    February 1, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    joe

    bruh

    you forgot to shave

    and also you’re being a dick (but what else is new?)

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      February 1, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      There was a new, not-dick Joe for a while. Not sure why he returned it. It was quite nice.

      • Unusually Angry Hippie
        Unusually Angry Hippie
        February 1, 2019 at 11:42 am | #

        Because Joe is still Joe. A little bit of perspective isn’t really going to change the core he’s build his personality around.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 1, 2019 at 2:48 pm | #

          Not quickly and easily.
          He will change though. Learning your “core” is damaging, when you expressly built it to keep from hurting people is going to lead to changes.

          And the Malaya thing wasn’t actually as satisfying as he’d hoped. Joe wants more, but he’s more convinced than ever that he’s dangerous, so he’s reverting.

  19. Tan
    Tan
    February 1, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Joe, no

  20. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 1, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    I was eagerly awaiting Joe and Joyce’s next talk, but uhhh, this is going to hurt, innit?

  21. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    February 1, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Also, Joe, this isn’t dressing for the job you want. Nor is “tits inspector” a job at all. That job is called breast cancer screener.

    …. actually, that’s more a task than a job. The job’s called doctor or nurse. Either way, you should be wearing a lab coat or scrubs and you aren’t allowed to fuck your clientele.

    …. oh, wait, that’s STILL not the job you want.

    • Deadjolras
      Deadjolras
      February 1, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      He obviously wants to be a great ornithologist one day.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 1, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

      You know, has Joe ever said his major or like career path on here? I thiiiink his dad’s a doctor or something, I know he’s apparently pretty well off.

      I know Sarah’s aiming to be a lawyer, but I am not sure how many of the rest have stated end-goals.

      • Deadjolras
        Deadjolras
        February 1, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

        For what it’s worth, the Walkypedia lists Joe’s major as “undeclared”.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        February 1, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

        *rolls out my obsessive list of DoA majors*

        Joyce is in Elementary education (which also used to be Becky’s major at Anderson).

        Dorothy is in Political Science and wants to go to law school (her book bio lists her as pre-law, which as Jacob explained isn’t so much a major as a goal).

        Walky is in Telecommunications (for now, until Mother Dearest meddles).

        Billie is in Journalism (which isn’t what her new friends pictured)

        Amber is in Computer Science. So is Danny (and Rachel for what it’s worth).

        Dina is in Biology.

        Sarah is in Pre-law. So are Jacob and Raidah.

        Sal and Ethan are undeclared like Joe, although Ethan’s interested in English.

        Ruth is in English.

        Mike is in Social Work (which is the most horrifying concept I’ve ever heard and I would like to fight whatever admissions officer accepted him to the program).

        Roz is in Gender Studies.

        Carla is in Engineering – specifically Computer Engineering, but damned if I remember exactly what the major is called.

        Mary is in Art education over at the art school.

        Jason is in Math. So is Penny.

        No word on Malaya or Lucy and Marcie isn’t a student.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          February 1, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

          And yes, Joe’s father is an osteologist.

        • AntJ
          AntJ
          February 1, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

          Actually, Mike could be a really good social worker. He identified an abusive situation easily and took action to stop it. He has outstanding people skills and hates monsters like Blaine. If his goal isn’t nefarious, he could be extremely helpful.

          Although he should start acting less like a sociopath.

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 1, 2019 at 2:29 am | #

            Mike is complex. Also very simple.

            The main thing you need to know is that he had sex with your mom.

            For a nickel.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 1, 2019 at 9:22 am | #

            Considering Mike’s track record with the people around him, I’m gonna say ‘No’. The only time he’s nice to them is when he gets to be a dick to someone else – even with Blaine, he never actually did the thing that would stop him definitively (reporting him to the police). He used it as blackmail to…isolate him and Amber in a car for a few hours. I’m not gonna say Mini-Mike did that to intentionally make things worse – there’s no way he could’ve possibly known about the robbery – but Mike’s not got near as good a handle on people as he thinks he does and with most people he’s actively malicious. I do not want him anywhere near a position of care over vulnerable people.

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          February 1, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

          Asked if Carla is Computer Science, or Engineering, Willis replied:

          “Carla’s the wind, baby”.

          IU Bloomington only has a department of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering — which, from what I can tell in a cursory glance, concentrates mostly on the software side of Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Engineering. If you want to get a degree in building bridges or robots or power grids, you’ve got to go elsewhere in the IU system.

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            February 1, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

            Also, IU Bloomington offers both a B.A in Computer Science, administered through the College of Arts & Sciences, and a B.S in Computer Science, which is close to what we would think of as an engineering degree. (And it’s the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, not a department — my bad.)

            Judging from the classes that they are in, it seems like Danny and Amber are more likely to be in the B.A. track rather than the B.S. track (which I assume Carla and Rachel are in).

            • Clif
              Clif
              February 1, 2019 at 2:39 am | #

              My assumption is that Carla already has the engineering skills down cold and is really just there to pick up a degree, so she takes random things like art class that can round her background out.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 1, 2019 at 9:17 am | #

            I just went back on tumblr to check and this is what Willis says Carla is majoring in. It’s in the school of Engineering: https://www.engineering.indiana.edu

            • Liquid Len
              Liquid Len
              February 1, 2019 at 12:57 pm | #

              Interesting list of majors – I mean I see how it works for Carla, but (as an engineer myself) I was expecting a list of majors a bit more like this: http://eng.rpi.edu/academics

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                February 1, 2019 at 2:35 pm | #

                Well, it’s a computer school as well, so I don’t think it’s too unusual that it’s computer focused.

                • Marsh Maryrose
                  Marsh Maryrose
                  February 1, 2019 at 11:38 pm | #

                  Apparently there was quite a bit of bureaucratic knife-fighting behind the setting up of the program at Bloomington.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  February 1, 2019 at 11:46 pm | #

                  Huh. Neat.

            • Marsh Maryrose
              Marsh Maryrose
              February 1, 2019 at 11:29 pm | #

              To give it its full name, it’s the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. In my best Dr. McCoy voice I say, “It’s engineering, Jim, but not as we know it.”

        • Alanari
          Alanari
          February 1, 2019 at 3:36 am | #

          Malaya has the same drawing class as Mary, so probably something art-related. It didn’t look like she was doing it for fun

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 1, 2019 at 9:18 am | #

            Patreon strips had her talking about it. It’s an elective apparently.

        • JBento
          JBento
          February 1, 2019 at 8:09 am | #

          I have a question: Book 2 states Mike is in Computer Science, at least my copy of it. Where did you get the Social Worker thing from?

          I’ll be away from the computer for the rest of the day, so if you answer and I don’t answer back, that’s why.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 1, 2019 at 9:18 am | #

            Willis said it on tumblr and that the computer science thing was an error.

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      February 1, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

      Also, patients would be massively put off by the everything, not to mention he’d be basically a walking workplace sexual harassment suit that no hospital would touch

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        February 1, 2019 at 7:55 am | #

        You’d think.
        But it happens.

        He’d need to get a little less public about it, but that could come with age.

        OTOH – for Joe it’s mostly public performance. Unlike most who present that way, I suspect he’s actually safer in private. Not that any woman casually interacting with him would have any reason to know that.

  22. Cholma
    Cholma
    February 1, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    “You’re a louse, Joe Rosenthal.”
    [signed] R.Dorothy Wainwright

    • J
      J
      February 1, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

      BIIIIG JOE! IT’S SHOWTIME!

  23. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 1, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    What we don’t know is that Joe has decided to actually go into the medical field and the shirt shows his desire for doing medically instituted regular breast checks to prevent further health problems.

    • AntJ
      AntJ
      February 1, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      Like Otter at the end of Animal House?

  24. Tacos
    Tacos
    February 1, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Welp there goes all that progress Joe was making…

  25. Vukodlak
    Vukodlak
    February 1, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    *sigh* Joe try as you might you’ll never be as successful with wooing the ladies as Walky….

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 1, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      He simply doesn’t eat enough Mcnuggets.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        February 1, 2019 at 4:04 am | #

        Or Taco Bell.

  26. Archivist
    Archivist
    February 1, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Okay I’m digging this Joe hair.

    • Shiro
      Shiro
      February 1, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      The hair is the only thing okay about him today

  27. Koms
    Koms
    February 1, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Oh noe Joe 🤦‍♀️

    • 0kami
      0kami
      February 1, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

      Whatta ya know…

  28. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    February 1, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

    just as a feared, Joe’s self-loathing and self-esteem issues have been swept under the rug and he’s back for off-color comedy. Yay. =/

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 1, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

      I don’t think this is Joe exactly living his best life so much as “this is all I am to people, anyway, so…”, I’m thinking this is going to be a return to that when someone who knows he’s better than that calls him out in a way he can’t brush off.

      Thinking it’ll be Joyce, since Danny and to an extent Dorothy care about him and know he’s deeper than that, but I also don’t know if those two would challenge him on it right now.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 1, 2019 at 7:58 am | #

      No, I don’t think so.

      This is Joe falling off the wagon, which isn’t the same thing. He said as much when he went off with Malaya – “Lasted longer than I expected.”

      The self-loathing is still there. He’s just put the mask back on. Not surprising, really. Change is hard and rarely happens all at once without backsliding.

  29. mrj
    mrj
    February 1, 2019 at 12:27 am | #

    The panel break to visually split up Joe and Joyce is on point.

  30. foducool
    foducool
    February 1, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

    dammit Maui, not now!

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 1, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

      “What can I say, except, you’re bangin’?”

  31. Teddae
    Teddae
    February 1, 2019 at 12:44 am | #

    God DAMMIT joe

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 1, 2019 at 12:57 am | #

    I love how Dorothy keep breaking peoples script by agreeing with them.

    “WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE A THING.”
    “OK, that makes sense.”
    “Doe… does it?”

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      February 1, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      Compare and contrast
      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-9-comic/01-flyin-to-the-red/grants/

  33. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    February 1, 2019 at 12:59 am | #

    Walky you lying liar.
    Dorothy your ulterior motive is showing.
    Joe you inspire both disgust and pity.
    Joyce you’re thinking about the porno tape aren’t you.

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 1, 2019 at 2:52 am | #

      I agree on Joyce, so that’s one out of four.

      • Badgermole
        Badgermole
        February 1, 2019 at 10:06 am | #

        “Amber and I talked” is a lie by omission, he obviously doesn’t want Dorothy to know they were already hooking up.

        • Clif
          Clif
          February 1, 2019 at 4:58 pm | #

          Amber and he talked. If lying by omission is a real thing, there is a whole lot of mathematics, physics, history and who knows what all that you are lying about. It’s possible to intentionally mislead by selecting your facts (see any legitimate news agency ever), but Walky isn’t withholding anything that’s any of her business.

  34. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 1, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

    Wouldn’t a Mammographer or an Oncologist still wear scrubs, or at least a lab coat?

  35. chris73
    chris73
    February 1, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

    Yes! The best character has returned and while to some it may look like he’s regressed I’m sure by the end of the chapter he’ll be back on course. Maybe.

    • Poofdepoof
      Poofdepoof
      February 1, 2019 at 1:20 am | #

      I do enjoy reading about Joe… He’s so insightful sometimes

      • chris73
        chris73
        February 1, 2019 at 1:48 am | #

        Hes certainly the character I can most easily relate to with, surprisingly, Danny in a respectable 2nd place

  36. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    February 1, 2019 at 1:12 am | #

    Why do I get the feeling Dorothy is trying to push Walky and Amber together? By making him think it through?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 1, 2019 at 1:43 am | #

      Maybe she thinks it will be easier for her to let go if she sees him move on?

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 1, 2019 at 2:49 am | #

        Walky was always an expendable and temporary distraction for Dorothy, even if she came to care about him. It’s perfectly plausible that she may ship him and Amber as much as some of us do. She has an emotional connection to Amber, who probably saved her life, and she knows Walky pretty well, so this might in fact be her way of making him pause and think, and not just react.

        • Megz
          Megz
          February 1, 2019 at 10:38 am | #

          This is a lot more thought put into this theory then I think Dorothy is actually capable of in this instance. She’s a smart girl but she’s also shown that she isn’t interested in romance-based shenanigans (note: the Joyce/Jacob thing). I think she actually doesn’t want Walky to get with Amber based on the moral implications it would have with his relationship with his sister.

          Dorothy is very much the kind of person who doesn’t want the people she knows to dip into relationship “grey areas” and do the “right thing”. The “right thing” Dorothy is implying in this case is “don’t date this girl because your sister and her fought”. Walky wants to be a good brother but he should give up on something that makes him happy to please others. Which, BTW, his sister seemed cool with him and Amber being together if her comment about Walky coming to support her had anything to say about it.

          TTDR: Dorothy’s attempt at keeping her friends from doing “not great” things is why she wouldn’t play mind games herself.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            February 1, 2019 at 2:44 pm | #

            But at the same time, she didn’t say this until Walky said they weren’t going to be a thing. I don’t actually think she was trying to manipulate them into not getting together. She’s trying to validate what she assumes are his reasons for getting together.

            She’s also probably bending over backwards to keep her own feelings for him out of the equation.

  37. Lingo
    Lingo
    February 1, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

    Way to walk into your GENDER STUDIES CLASS, Joe.

  38. Lawzlo
    Lawzlo
    February 1, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

    So, for whatever reason, the hovertext frequently doesn’t appear when I hold my cursor over the strip, so I’m in the habit of right-clicking, and using the “inspect” option to see it. This has never felt dirty before.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      February 1, 2019 at 1:39 am | #

      Also, the plural on Joe’s shirt bothers me? If your job was “jet engine inspector,” you wouldn’t call yourself a “jet engines inspector” even if your job involves inspecting multiple jet engines.

      • Clif
        Clif
        February 1, 2019 at 2:56 am | #

        Well, but if the jet engines almost always came in pairs and your job was always to inspect both of them, then your usage might legitimately differ.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        February 1, 2019 at 11:42 am | #

        I’m with you on Team Singular here.

        After all, the FBI badge stands for Federal Boobie Inspector, not Boobies.

  39. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    February 1, 2019 at 1:38 am | #

    Joe could work as a plastic surgeon and see a lot of boobs.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      February 1, 2019 at 2:25 am | #

      I don’t think he’ll like being around for the operations and seeing the mashed-up hamburger titties part, though.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        February 1, 2019 at 5:47 am | #

        I kinda regret saying that. Sometimes, my mind goes to weird places and I just post nonsense without thinking about how it sounds.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      February 1, 2019 at 11:06 pm | #

      These jobs never turn out to be what we imagine.

      My nephew Joe is a plastic surgeon. He mostly fixes mangled hands, feet, and faces after transport accidents, fights, and cancer surgery.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        February 7, 2019 at 4:26 pm | #

        I used to be big into building plastic car models, to the point that I was chopping them apart and using parts from different kits to get the particular version of a vehicle I wanted. So in a way I could call myself a plastic surgeon.

  40. Josh Spicer
    Josh Spicer
    February 1, 2019 at 1:48 am | #

    Joe, please come back. But, you know…stop being the old you.

    And talk to Joyce you ass.

  41. Keulen
    Keulen
    February 1, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

    I’m gonna wait a strip or two and see if Joe’s actually regressed or not. Looks like he might have, but looks can be deceiving.

  42. BenRG
    BenRG
    February 1, 2019 at 2:04 am | #

    Something tells me that, after she gets over the shock of the sheer implausibility of these events, Joyce will probably have some harsh words for Joe, who seems to have had a serious behavioural reversal.

    Meanwhile, the greatest hope for the Amber/Walky relationship is now some bizarre reflexive oppositional response on Walky’s part to prove that Dorothy is wrong and they can’t agree on anything!

  43. Jay
    Jay
    February 1, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

    *mashes Dorothy and Walky dolls together* Now kiss and make up god dammit, ya’ll are good for each other.

  44. stoodmuffin
    stoodmuffin
    February 1, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

    I. Dorothy seems to be doing slightly better than she was. And, uh. I’m digging her shaggier doo.

    Joe, REALLY? HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      February 1, 2019 at 4:17 am | #

      Personally, I blame Malaya to a certain degree. I don’t blame her entirely because, ultimately, she was only the trigger. In essence, I think that his self-control failed him and now he’s convinced himself that he’s a hopeless case. I wonder if he’s going to be a self-parody for a while as, for the first time, he’s trying to act the part rather than just have a bad attitude to women and relationships.

  45. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    February 1, 2019 at 4:03 am | #

    Two steps forward, one step back.

    But in Joe’s case he took two steps and then fell back down a whole flight of stairs.

  46. smarties
    smarties
    February 1, 2019 at 5:10 am | #

    It’s nice to see the old Dorothy back. She’s one of the most likable characters in the comic and she’s been sort of absent lately. It seems like she is doing well though and that’s cool.

    Old Joe is back too I guess.

  47. GLOSS
    GLOSS
    February 1, 2019 at 5:25 am | #

    Joe: DID SOMEONE SAY NIP!?!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      February 1, 2019 at 6:25 am | #

      It’s a college campus. I really doubt anyone is saying WWII racial slurs.

      • JBento
        JBento
        February 1, 2019 at 7:38 am | #

        I think GLOSS was referring to “nip” as a short for nipple? That’s where my mind went when Ir ead the comment, anyway

  48. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    February 1, 2019 at 5:30 am | #

    I’m sure Joe will be all “Tits are little birds, see? What, Dina can like dinosaurs, but I can’t like birds?”

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      February 1, 2019 at 5:44 am | #

      No… No, that doesn’t sound like Joe at all but we will have to see.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        February 1, 2019 at 7:34 am | #

        Yeah, he’s not exactly subtle in telegraphing his interests.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 1, 2019 at 8:02 am | #

          But it is a nice callback to her differing interpretation of the “I dig bones” shirt.

  49. avistel
    avistel
    February 1, 2019 at 5:46 am | #

    well as long as it’s consensual and he has his titspector credentials and such

  50. Ethics Gradient
    Ethics Gradient
    February 1, 2019 at 6:21 am | #

    BOO! HISS!

  51. Megz
    Megz
    February 1, 2019 at 6:56 am | #

    So it looks like Walky might be rethinking the whole “breaking up with Amber” thing. Those are definitely “you’re not the boss me” eyes he’s flashing which can potentially lead him to really thinking about whether or not HE wants to break up with Amber. Not for his sister and not to agree with Dorothy. His thoughts, his feels.

  52. JBento
    JBento
    February 1, 2019 at 8:12 am | #

    Next time you might want to install safety railings on that wagon, Joe.

  53. Classic Appa
    Classic Appa
    February 1, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

    Well, if Joe’s goal is to get right back to his sex sabbatical, that’s probably the best shirt to be wearing.

  54. Whaatt
    Whaatt
    February 1, 2019 at 8:29 am | #

    Anyone else thinking what I’m thinking?

    … DOROTHY WANTS WALKY BACK!!

    … and I have to say I’m not exactly pleased.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      February 1, 2019 at 10:09 am | #

      I’d say that this doesn’t suggest that at all, but then, I argued against people who thought Lucy was attracted to Walky because she asked how his relationship was going, and look how that turned out. It’s entirely possible that I don’t completely understand this stuff.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 1, 2019 at 10:15 am | #

      It’s not that long ago she clearly did. They didn’t break up because she wasn’t into him anymore.
      There’s little to no reason to think she doesn’t still want him.
      I don’t think she’s going to act on it though. At least at this point. The reasons she broke up with him are still there. Assuming she has the self-control not to make a play for him – which breaking up so publicly probably helps with.

  55. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    February 1, 2019 at 10:12 am | #

    Ugh… Joe… I was holding out hope for you, I really was. I didn’t blame you for banging Malaya, after all, it was consensual sex with an attractive girl who literally came to you asking for it. I was hoping you’d view it as a one time thing and treat it as such, and go back to your climbing out of the pit of toxic masculinity and stuff…

    Apparently I was far too optimistic

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 1, 2019 at 10:16 am | #

      He didn’t see it that way.
      He told us that when he went with her: “Lasted longer than I expected.”

      He’ll try again, but it’s a big change and backsliding is expected.

      • Emily
        Emily
        February 1, 2019 at 4:09 pm | #

        Treating women with basic dignity is not actually that big of a change from Joe’s starting point. He’s an idiot dudebro that needs to get over himself and realize his dick isn’t the center of the universe not a violent misogynist.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 1, 2019 at 5:14 pm | #

          Joe’s more complicated than that as we learned earlier in his arc.
          He’s not just a dudebro. That’s the image he projects so he doesn’t make emotional connections and hurt women like his dad did.

          What he realized is that he hurt them anyway, even with his approach, but that didn’t reassure him that he could safely interact with girls emotionally.

          • Emily
            Emily
            February 1, 2019 at 5:22 pm | #

            That just means the low standards you’re holding him to are even more unjustified because he should fucking know better now if he’s so self-aware. Backsliding into a harmful facade is a lot less understandable than backsliding into actual ingrained behaviour patterns.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              February 1, 2019 at 9:11 pm | #

              I don’t think I’m holding him to low standards. I think this is crappy as hell.
              I’m just not surprised by it and speculating as to why he’s doing it, since it’s pretty clear there’s a character growth arc here, not just reversion to his old self as if nothing had happened.

  56. Gus Snarp
    Gus Snarp
    February 1, 2019 at 10:57 am | #

    On the off chance that you read this, to MinzokuLeo and Panbiscuit on Pokemon Go!, I’m going to level up our friendship in about an hour. !2:00 noon US. Eastern Time, 5:00p.m. UTC, Friday, Feb. 1st.

  57. Rosstifer
    Rosstifer
    February 1, 2019 at 2:54 pm | #

    Fucking deck him Joyce.

    • chris73
      chris73
      February 1, 2019 at 2:57 pm | #

      Why?

      • Rosstifer
        Rosstifer
        February 1, 2019 at 3:08 pm | #

        That t-shirt is gross, and Joyce is likely the only character who can really get through to Joe. Something as blunt as a punch to the face may make him realise how much of a dick he’s being.

        • chris73
          chris73
          February 1, 2019 at 3:50 pm | #

          So punching people is the first and best solution is it. Joyce had already punched Joe because of his behaviour and it didn’t work (by working I mean change his behaviour) but when she talked to him in a personal, non-confrontational manner she seemed to get through to him

          • ninja_jesus
            ninja_jesus
            February 1, 2019 at 4:40 pm | #

            The “punch first” policy is reserved for Nazi’s in my book.

            • chris73
              chris73
              February 1, 2019 at 4:45 pm | #

              As long as what they say doesn’t break any local laws they can say what they like, I’d also prefer they didn’t, that no one listened and the media didn’t report it

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              February 1, 2019 at 5:09 pm | #

              Joe not being a Nazi, Joyce being pained and disappointed may work better. It did before.

              OTOH, that may be the plan. If his reaction to falling to temptation and running off with Malaya is “I hurt Joyce by leaving her and I don’t want to do it again”, driving her away so she won’t care anymore fits his persona.

        • avistel
          avistel
          February 1, 2019 at 8:23 pm | #

          I find it endlessly amusing how people like you assume that no one ever punches back. Only thing more amusing is seeing the look on your faces when they do.

          • BBCC
            BBCC
            February 1, 2019 at 8:30 pm | #

            Yet nowhere near as amusing as you assuming everything that is right or wrong to do in real life translates to what you want to see in fiction.

            • avistel
              avistel
              February 2, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

              yeah, I’m endlessly thankful for fiction not reflecting reality in that respect. More violent hotheads getting decked in self-defence for me to laugh at

              • BBCC
                BBCC
                February 2, 2019 at 12:59 pm | #

                Yeah, because clearly someone wishing violence on a fictional character means they would or would want to go around punching people in real life.

                Very clever.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          February 1, 2019 at 10:47 pm | #

          Joyce has already punched Joe in the face. For checking out a waitress.

          • Clif
            Clif
            February 1, 2019 at 10:58 pm | #

            He’s no longer checking out the waitress. Success!

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            February 1, 2019 at 11:50 pm | #

            I think she had Mike punch Joe at Galasso’s.

  58. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    February 1, 2019 at 5:11 pm | #

    Dorothy, not helping. Don’t know what else you could do, to be honest, but it’s not helping.

  59. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    February 2, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

    Did… did he fall the fuck out over Malay? Over MALAYA!?

  60. Punkart
    Punkart
    February 2, 2019 at 10:36 am | #

    Joe! I was concerned something happened, he is not making healthy decisions.

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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
Ordered a TFOne Megatronus card from overseas and it came with some other random cards as packing thanks for the super high Squidward
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Sean Kelley McKeever @seanmckeever.com ⋅ 14h
How to read all 28 issues of my Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane run on Marvel Unlimited: 1: The first four issues were published as the miniseries "Mary Jane." www.marvel.com/comics/serie...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
www.ebay.com/itm/23610614... selling my stege shockwave
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Leader Class Shockwave, loose, complete at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many pro...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Dorothy!
dorothy in a dark purple collared shirt and her usual black vest, with cuffed pants
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 12h
i want to change the caption's image to a photo of a mountain of ET cartridges in a landfill
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
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 ⋅ 16h
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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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
www.ebay.com/itm/23609624... Three hours left on this murder machine
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Transformers MPM-4 Movie Optimus Prime, boxed/complete but with extra hooks! | eBay
He's been opened, stood on a shelf for a while, and placed back inside.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
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
help I had a big yawny stretch after I got into bed and threw out my back
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Dotty" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Dotty
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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
fuck off
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Phew, they made NoHo Hank wear pants.
A McFarlane Toys action figure of Metamorpho, from James Gunn's Superman movie.  He's wearing pants.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
where's my hour loop of Vader fist-dancing
preternia.com's user avatarpreternia @preternia.com ⋅ 1d
Hot Toys Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 1/6 Scale Darth Vader Deluxe ($495) & Standard ($315) is up for preorder at Sideshow - shrsl.com/4wcx6 #ad If you preorder make sure to hit the Exclusive versions since they include a commemorative plaque and cost the same.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca ⋅ 1d
hey, FANTASTIC FOUR got an Eisner nomination for best ongoing series!! I think this news is... really great! Fantastic even :0
the cover of FF #1 featuring some beautiful art of said Fantastic Four
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
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...
tastefully cropped art of joe and joyce discovering the joys of fingers
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
I may have to pin this
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4d
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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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
#relatable
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a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
ALT: a man in a hospital gown says " stop pooping " to another man
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OSMOTE @osmote.net ⋅ 2d
Screenshot of Jonathan Frakes on the set of Beyond Belief
brendelbored.bsky.social's user avatarBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social ⋅ 1y
Politico: Ever been slapped by breasts?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com ⋅ 2d
Here's an entertaining cite at the bottom of the first page
The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the
government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset. See Trump v. United States,
603 U.S. 593, 630 (2024).
joshgerstein.bsky.social's user avatarJosh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
JUST IN: Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan moves to dismiss federal criminal case against her for allegedly helping immigrant hide from ICE. Her lawyers say she's protected by official acts & judicial immunity and 10th Amendment. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Up, continued" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomic #webcomics
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Up, continued
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The Onion @theonion.com ⋅ 2d
Where did Hollywood go so wrong? I thought movies were supposed to be an escape from reality, a chance to put your worries aside and not have to think about any underlying ideas or concepts. Well, not anymore. theonion.com/you-can...
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You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
I’ve loved movies ever since I was a little kid. Just stepping into that dark theater, with the smell of fresh popcorn, was like being transported to a whole other world. It used to be so magical. But now I’m thinking about boycotting movies altogether. Why? Because I can’t seem to watch one anymore without […]
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
GOTTEM
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 3d
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 ⋅ 11d
1984 calendar meme reading 1529, the year of the first Ottoman siege of Vienna
spavel.bsky.social's user avatarPavel🐀 @spavel.bsky.social ⋅ 12d
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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