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by David M Willis on February 14, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Joementum
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 14, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    the REAL breakfast was inside you all along

    …

    wait no that’s last night’s dinner being digested

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      February 14, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

      I can’t tell whether that’s deep or not. I’ll have to ruminate on it some.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 14, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

        Let it digest, perhaps.

        • cbwroses
          cbwroses
          February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

          Once you’ve taken it all in, be ready to regurgitate it to others who could use it.

          • Slartibeast Button, BIA
            Slartibeast Button, BIA
            February 14, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

            I think some bats do that.

            • Decidedly Orthogonal
              Decidedly Orthogonal
              February 14, 2023 at 1:58 pm | #

              I guano what’s going on here.

          • Dana
            Dana
            February 14, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

            Otherwise it goes to shit.

            • Segnosaur
              Segnosaur
              February 14, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

              I can’t stomach all these bad digestive jokes.

              • Arawn
                Arawn
                February 14, 2023 at 2:22 am | #

                They’re seriously hard to swallow.

                • Tan
                  Tan
                  February 14, 2023 at 2:28 am | #

                  The whole routine is still in-testin’ (intestine)

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  February 14, 2023 at 2:45 am | #

                  We’re gonna eat these words 😛

                • Clif
                  Clif
                  February 14, 2023 at 4:20 am | #

                  For Breakfast.

                • Enkrod
                  Enkrod
                  February 14, 2023 at 5:13 am | #

                  @Clif For REAL Breakfast

    • Lysbeth
      Lysbeth
      February 14, 2023 at 12:53 pm | #

      As long as the real breakfast is not the friends you made along the way.
      Ooooor it can be? It’s Valentine’s Day after all.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        February 14, 2023 at 1:59 pm | #

        Hannibal Lecter has great taste in friends.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 14, 2023 at 5:10 pm | #

          You sure that wasn’t great tastin’ friends?

          • Lysbeth
            Lysbeth
            February 15, 2023 at 12:13 pm | #

            Eh. Prostay-to, prostah-to.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 14, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Dorothy made two of her friends feel good today.

    Though if she had thought to ask, I think Joyce would have requested the compliment, and Walky the orgasm.

    • Grimey
      Grimey
      February 14, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      Every time she does, she gives up a small piece of herself. Bit by bit. Not unlike some sort of giving tree.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        February 14, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

        I feel Dorothy’s friends are slightly more thankful and considerate. I doubt they would keep on taking if they knew how much Dorothy was hurting, but they can be kinda …. dumb sometimes (as suggested by the title).

        • Nono
          Nono
          February 14, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

          At the moment, Joyce is kind of too absorbed in her own issues re: Joe/autism/birth control to be considerate.

          • AlexanderHammil
            AlexanderHammil
            February 14, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

            also the trouble with keeping up a stoic facade as a coping mechanism to trauma is that a lot of people will assume that you are doing fine until you complete breakdown.

            particularly if your peer group is a bunch of first year college students who haven’t necessarily learned to look for the warning signs, or who aren’t used to be caregivers. dorothy is everyone’s mom because everyone else hasn’t developed those skills yet, and most of them are only slooooowly beginning to realize they might need to.

            • Oz
              Oz
              February 14, 2023 at 11:47 am | #

              That is most true for Walky and Joyce who both put Dorothy on a towering pedestal. Other character’s can see Dorothy is messing up, but Dorothy is stubborn af and refuses to accept advice anyway.

              • Clif
                Clif
                February 14, 2023 at 12:34 pm | #

                Whose advice did she stubbornly refuse to take? Becky? Jennifer? I’m not recalling this.

            • Kirt Dankmyer
              Kirt Dankmyer
              February 14, 2023 at 6:26 pm | #

              In general, no one looks to help the competent person until it’s too late.

        • Marillius
          Marillius
          February 17, 2023 at 6:37 am | #

          Is the dumb those who are ignorant or the one who keeps them in ignorance? I refuse to let anyone blame me for problems they never explained were problems. Even as a normal person I imagine that’d be difficult but as an Autistic I’m basically dyslexic when it comes to ‘reading’ people and so I can’t even usually guess if someone is ACTIVELY mad at me sometimes.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 14, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      We’re the next day now !

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 14, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

        It’s within 24 of each other, that counts as one

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      Or give each of them half. A pleasant comment and just getting them really turned on.

  3. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    February 14, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Well ain’t that a face full of regret and pining.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      Oh Dorothy! Just stop killing your self with this selflessness. 😢 This storyline is so painful.

      • foamy
        foamy
        February 14, 2023 at 1:12 am | #

        Selflessness?

        I think this is *sabotage*.

        • Freemage
          Freemage
          February 14, 2023 at 9:27 am | #

          Only if it’s deliberate. Right now, it’s her giving him the advice she thinks he needs to be happy (and she’s not wrong–Walky IS happiest when he’s being true to his goofy-ass self and wearing it proud).
          And in theory, that’s what attracted Lucy to him (well, that, and chocolate abs). So she might genuinely believe that him trying to play some role in social situations would only muck up that relationship.
          Now, at the same time, am ~I~ hoping that this leads to sabotaging the breakfast and having Raidah’s ladder-climbing scheming blow up in her face? Oh, yes.

          • Vanessa
            Vanessa
            February 14, 2023 at 11:47 pm | #

            Haha why not both. The road to hell etc.

  4. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 14, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

    Walky looks unconfortably like mafia son in the last panel, brr

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

      He’ll get along along great with Asher then. These social climbers love a good confidence man.

  5. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    February 14, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Down girl.

  6. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    February 14, 2023 at 12:04 am | #

    Lucy and Walky are fucking doomed.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 14, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      Lucy going into obsessive jealousy mode in 3…2…1…

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      February 14, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      I never really gave them good odds but… oh boy.

      • Lars
        Lars
        February 14, 2023 at 3:52 am | #

        Well, Lucy wanted Walky. And as soon as they got together she tried to change him into something boring. It was ment to crash and burn.

    • Nono
      Nono
      February 14, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      What’s the shortest ‘relationship’ in DoA? Can’t really count Joe/Joyce (that was one date) or Joyce/Jacob (that wasn’t even a date), so after Lucy/Walky it would be… Amazi-Girl/Danny?

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        February 14, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

        The shortest relationship has got to be anyone Ethan dated including Mike.

        • Nono
          Nono
          February 14, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

          Ethan said it himself, he wasn’t looking to date.

      • DanMan9820
        DanMan9820
        February 14, 2023 at 7:41 am | #

        It’s gotta be Walky/Amber, cause that was shortly after Amber (Amazi-Girl) and Danny broke up and Walky and Dorothy broke up. They were like a rebound thing I think? I just remember garbage roof being important. Also I think I accidentally flagged your comment like an idiot when I went to reply, sorry.

      • Xaeon
        Xaeon
        February 14, 2023 at 8:42 am | #

        Depends on how you want to count Dorothy/Danny. Definitely the shortest lived in comic. Definitely not in universe.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 14, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      “You and Me against the world” has never been so literal.

      • Danae Jay, Local Gay
        Danae Jay, Local Gay
        February 14, 2023 at 1:06 am | #

        I think Dotty’s thinking something more along the lines of “you pressing me up against the wall”.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:34 am | #

      Raidah will snap him up for sure.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 14, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

        Raidah, Lucy, Dorothy, possibly Asher. Who else is on the Walky train right now?

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          February 14, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

          Isn’t everyone? Wasn’t there a whole storyline where literally everyone except Sal wanted a piece of Walky. No one is safe.

          • Sirksome
            Sirksome
            February 14, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

            Correction. I think Becky was also so gay that she was immune to Walky’s new hotness.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              February 14, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

              She’s been immunized. Honestly, Walky and Becky feel like they could/should be like…best friends. I wanna see them interact more. Even in Walkyverse I thought that.

  7. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    February 14, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    *plays Chris Isaak’s “You Can’t Do A Thing To Stop Me” on the hacked Muzak*

  8. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    February 14, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Happy Valentine’s Day, indeed. Such delicious irony.

    Then again, what love is more pure than that which is unrequited? (Serious question, all my knowledge about romantic love comes from observations of others and Hugh Grant movies. Ever seen Music and Lyrics it is fantastic.)

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      Yes, and a gentle reminder that if you’re single you can still exercise self-love today. 🥰

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        February 14, 2023 at 2:13 pm | #

        Thanks for your concern, but I’m doing quite well. I’ll look for someone when I’m ready. I hope you have a great day.

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      February 14, 2023 at 1:03 am | #

      Thanks!
      We celebrated today and had a lovely day.

  9. Bryy
    Bryy
    February 14, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    oh god i forgot that’s today.

    Welp. That determines what Walky we’re getting.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      Oh yeah, I’m sure to savor this!!! 😋☕🍩

      Let’s see our ADHDemon wreck havok on the Big Bourgeois Breakfast!!! ✌😈

      *plays “Comedian Gallop” on hacked muzak*

    • Bogeywoman
      Bogeywoman
      February 14, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

      It’s also the day to celebrate Captain Cook getting cooked by indigenous hawaiians 😊

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        February 14, 2023 at 7:50 am | #

        God forbid me, I laughed hard on that

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 14, 2023 at 5:42 pm | #

          They didn’t eat him, they just didn’t want their dogs to get sick, J/K

  10. Reed
    Reed
    February 14, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    oh dorothy… but who will spare a kind word for thee?

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      😰 oh Dorothy!

  11. Shorduie
    Shorduie
    February 14, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Man, Dorothy is having one of those weeks, uh

  12. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    February 14, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: No Cocoa Puffs

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 2:41 am | #

      Dina’d go raptor on that one. 😗

  13. Caro
    Caro
    February 14, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    what pride flag is that on dorothy’s shirt

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      I was joke about it being Italian, but then I noticed that there is in fact a thin yellow stripe between the white and green lines, so… probably not. Or maybe it’s the “I’m Italian and also I fought aliens in an early 2000s webcomic” flag, I dunno.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      February 14, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

      If the top stripe is pink, it looks like a pansexual pride flag that hasn’t quite come together, yet. Pink, yellow, aqua.

      • Bogeywoman
        Bogeywoman
        February 14, 2023 at 12:55 am | #

        I thought it was the pan flag when I first saw it, too

    • anon
      anon
      February 14, 2023 at 1:15 am | #

      not every striped shirt is a pride flag thing esp since dorothy said she’s straight, but wouldn’t be surprised if it was a previous school’s colors lol

      https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/693436229190041600/dorothy there’s a close up here tho

    • Risky
      Risky
      February 14, 2023 at 2:10 am | #

      Semmesexual.

    • TerribleTransit
      TerribleTransit
      February 14, 2023 at 5:19 am | #

      Much like Walky’s striped shirt from the other day, this one isn’t actually intended to be a pride flag. It’s probably based on an actual skirt Willis found at Macy’s or something just like that one was.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      February 14, 2023 at 8:38 am | #

      It’s the “Wearing a Pride Flag on Your Shirt” flag.

  14. Jamie
    Jamie
    February 14, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    Dorothy: Dumbing of Age’s Goro Majima.

  15. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    February 14, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    hey lucy, you won’t believe how smart my ex girlfriend is

  16. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 14, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    Ah, so Raidah is unlikely to be part of the club, then. She’s a shmoozer, so I couldn’t rule it out.

    Dorothy giving good advice, just… yeah, she’s still got plenty of feelings for him, and I don’t think it’s just missing the sex.

  17. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    February 14, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    I wonder what this breakfast place is? I can’t think of a breakfast place that is somehow more “real” than others. Like is it a nice diner? I’ve been to a few that served real good breakfast. Or are they going to some more upscale restaurant that serves breakfast? I kind of just don’t get it.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

      I presume it is fresh prepared snooty upperclass food. Preferably with names not in English.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 14, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

      Ah you’ve never been to the Flying Omlette…
      Neither have I.

    • anon
      anon
      February 14, 2023 at 1:16 am | #

      assuming it’s on Raidah and co’s dime, walky should order one of everything and pig out or so, if not a breakfast buffet/all you can eat or so

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      February 14, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

      Probably somewhere fancy. Eggs Benedict, expensive omelette ingredients, quiches and croquettes madams, parfaits and fancy pastries. Billie said the vegetable to deep fried dough ratio would not be in Walky’s favour so I’m guessing it’ll be lots of fancy veg.

      • morleuca
        morleuca
        February 14, 2023 at 5:33 am | #

        Carving stations, whole tables of tiny desserts, little glasses of juice, the coffee is served in all metal urns; no plastic

  18. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    February 14, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh, Dorothy. If only there was someone out there who loved you.

    *plays “Being Alone On Valentine’s Day” by Lemon Demon on the hacked Muzak*

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      February 14, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

      Oh, Dorothy. Can you be happy as president without your Walky?

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        February 14, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

        No? Well, just remember. You did it to yourself.

    • Mark
      Mark
      February 14, 2023 at 6:17 pm | #

      “When somebody loved me
      everything was beautiful.
      Every hour we spent together
      lives within my heart….”

  19. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 14, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

    I honestly never shipped Walky and Dorothy that hard. Like I liked them in a cute puppy love kinda way but it never really hooked me the way some other couples here. But right now I’m absolutely shipping them hard. Dorothy wants him so bad, it’s cuuuute.

    • neee
      neee
      February 14, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s NOT cute. Walky has a girlfriend. A girlfriend that *Dorothy* set him up with

      • EpochFlame
        EpochFlame
        February 14, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

        she did this to herself

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 14, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

          Congratulations. You played yourself.

          • anon
            anon
            February 14, 2023 at 2:15 am | #

            I’d love to see a timeskip where, if not walky, dorothy would have a trophy husband stunningly similar to him lol

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 14, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

        I love Unrequited love! I’m a fan of Peanuts, after all.

      • asmodai
        asmodai
        February 14, 2023 at 5:38 am | #

        It can be cute so long as she doesn’t do anything based on those feelings, which she has absolutely no power over.
        It’s not like there is a “he is taken so I can’t be attracted to that guy” button one can press to not be attracted to someone, but one can decide whether or not to act upon the attraction.

    • shrub
      shrub
      February 14, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      Still doesn’t make sense, given what Dorothy wants to achieve Walky would have no place apart from some sort of nebulous idea of Walky helping Dorothy have fun

      • AKP
        AKP
        February 14, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

        I think they start to make more sense in the context of Dorothy starting to maybe drift away from her long-term goals and maybe having to figure out what she wants to do instead if she’s not willing to do what it takes to get to her long-term goals. Like I was not at all a big fan of them before, but I think in a context where Dorothy is changing in the way that she is, they make a lot more sense. Unfortunately she has timed her revelation very poorly.

        • shrub
          shrub
          February 14, 2023 at 1:40 am | #

          Yes that is a good point

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        February 14, 2023 at 8:52 am | #

        Maybe feelings don’t always line up with goals. Maybe relationships aren’t all about how much they’ll help you achieve your ambitions.
        Maybe that lines up thematically with going to breakfast with Raidah.

        • Vanessa
          Vanessa
          February 14, 2023 at 11:52 pm | #

          Very nicely put. She really does love him mores the pity.

  20. Suet
    Suet
    February 14, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    A real breakfast still has pancakes… and meat… and bread pudding… It better be a breakfast buffet!!

    Valentine’s Card idea: I’m Hungry For Your Love, but it’s full of breakfast foods.

    • shrub
      shrub
      February 14, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      Don’t forget the Black pudding!

    • UrsulaDavina
      UrsulaDavina
      February 14, 2023 at 1:08 am | #

      Bread pudding is the greatest thing ever made and why isn’t there more bread pudding options for breakfast second breakfast brunch elvensies luncheon afternoon tea dinner supper desert and midnight snack!!

  21. Sneakystorms
    Sneakystorms
    February 14, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

    Normal things to say

  22. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    February 14, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

    I’m being reminded on why the worked, it’s been a while though.

  23. shrub
    shrub
    February 14, 2023 at 12:16 am | #

    Goofballs might be loveable (or also really annoying) but it’s very few that are taken seriously

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      February 14, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      Yet all are taken sphere-ically.

  24. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 14, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/9FyzAzU
    Got a Dina Comm. They wanted me to share it so here y’all go.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      🥰🥰🥰

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        February 14, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

        *plays “Bio Wars” from Godzilla OST on hacked muzak*

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      February 14, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

      I wonder how the cast of DoA would do in a survival type scenario like this where they have to use basic tools and their wits to live. Dina’s pretty book smart and she does have an edge to her that might make her okay with murdering animals to eat. Becky would probably die in a day though, right?

      • justin8448
        justin8448
        February 14, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

        It seems to me that Becky has ample supplies of grit, determination, poise, and carefully honed survival reflexes. That’s how she survived growing up in a conservative christian cult while being a closeted lesbian.

        It may take her a while to learn survival basics and mold herself into a new role. But in any kind of high-stakes fight, I’m betting on Becky.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 14, 2023 at 12:25 am | #

      Flintstones DoA crossover?

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        February 14, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

        I was actually thinking more like Dr Stone ⚗😎🔭

      • Mark
        Mark
        February 14, 2023 at 6:20 pm | #

        Oh, no, Dexter as The Great Gazzoo?

    • justin8448
      justin8448
      February 14, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

      This is absolutely adorable!

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 14, 2023 at 4:27 am | #

      Combine the first version of Dina with the second version of Becky and you’ve got yourself a winner!

  25. Marvelman
    Marvelman
    February 14, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

    I was thinking a while ago how Rei Hino/Sailor Mars seems to love goofballs.

  26. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 14, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    https://imgur.com/a/1ZcLMj9 (NSFW)
    Also just really wanted to draw Jennifer. (Fun fact I had to flip the canvas because I forgot that Jennifer’s Right leg does not lift as high as her left.)

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

      All those years of cheer-leading really pay off! 😂

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      February 14, 2023 at 1:14 am | #

      Noice.
      Also… I have always wished I was flexible enough to pull something like that off.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 14, 2023 at 1:32 am | #

        I just wanna be flexible enough to touch my toes. Maybe do the splits.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 14, 2023 at 5:56 pm | #

          When I was young, back before the invention of the Internets/DARPAnet, I could comfortably tuck my foot behind my head. In 2011 I fell out of a yoga pose and stuck my right foot in my right ear and permanently damaged my hip. Gotta keep on flexing those joints or they stop working. Now I can’t even touch the floor sitting in a chair.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      February 14, 2023 at 8:01 am | #

      that’s hot

  27. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    February 14, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

    I am now hoping to see B’Jennifer in the tags.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

      I love that. It’s like he was there when she reminded her horrible new frenemies over and over again that her name was Billie. I still don’t buy her about face.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        February 14, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

        I just read it as a slip of the tongue. Like he started to call her Billie and quickly corrected himself.

        • Dana
          Dana
          February 14, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

          that’s how I would read a hyphen, em-dash, or elipsis, but apostrophies read as intentional to me.

      • Alex
        Alex
        February 14, 2023 at 12:55 pm | #

        Apparently I wasn’t there for that either.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 14, 2023 at 9:49 am | #

      I keep reading it as she has become a dragonrider.

  28. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 14, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

    Well you might think so, Dorothy, but I feel like Raidah is going to think differently.

    • Vanessa
      Vanessa
      February 14, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

      I think she is going to steal him from Lucy, who will be the one actually embarrassing herself. All Raidah has to do with Walky is help him study and squash all the fun out of him and he will be perfect. Just you wait he’ll be combing his hair and going by David next chapter. (I hope not.)

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        February 14, 2023 at 12:38 am | #

        Raidah dating Walky (if she could even pull it off) would start with her trying to “fix” him or whatever, but end with him rubbing off on her just like with Dorothy. It starts with you buying him new clothes, and ends with you cuddling up to him, half naked, skipping classes and sleeping in until noon.

    • HueSatLight
      HueSatLight
      February 14, 2023 at 12:49 am | #

      She is going to think differently, but she is going to pretend not to. She instructed goatee guy to pretend Walky’s charming too. (https://www.dumbingofage.com/pretended) I’m not sure how it fits into her revenge scheme, but it feels like it does.

      But I agree, terrible advice even if we weren’t privy to what Raidah was planning. At least it’s not as bad as last time she told him to ignore his better judgment.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        February 14, 2023 at 1:59 am | #

        Because Raidah wants to drive all Sarah’s friend group away from her. Except maybe Joyce because she’s mad at her about Jacob.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          February 14, 2023 at 8:50 am | #

          This whole plan to take away Sarah’s friend group shows how little Raidah knows about her. She seems to think stealing away Jennifer was some big win but I doubt Sarah even considers Jennifer more than an acquaintance. Most of her “friend group” are just people she walks to class with. Becky is supposedly a “friend” and Sarah won’t even go to Wendy’s with her. I doubt stealing Walky, if this plan even works, will actually change anything.

          • Archieve
            Archieve
            February 14, 2023 at 4:45 pm | #

            If i had to guess, Radiah thinks she’s slowly chipping away at the group and that she can choose who to approach next based on who us closest to Walky besides Jennifer. Its unliky to work like she expects because unlike Jennifer Walky isn’t willing to ditch his friend group to be “grown up” but I’m curious how she will react if after “befriending” them they just go on socializing with their old friends. Also curious if Jennifer realizes Radiah mostly just approached her to get back at Joyce.

      • Sharaku
        Sharaku
        February 14, 2023 at 7:39 am | #

        At least Raidah’s plans with Walky are guaranteed not to work. The guy’s too much of a goofball wildcard, and she’s relying on cliches (she just assumes he’s into Star Wars). It’ll be like trying to control Puck.

        (I still have the theory that Carl is super into Star Wars but is too ashamed to admit it)

    • BOOSTER SHOT
      BOOSTER SHOT
      February 14, 2023 at 2:09 am | #

      That does indeed seem to be the plan.

  29. Bittersweet
    Bittersweet
    February 14, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

    Oof. Poor Dorothy. I still don’t think Walky and Lucy are going to last (nor do I really want them to), but it looks like he’s at bare minimum moved on from thinking of her that way. Might be some hope for Walky and Lucy yet.

    Granted, I can’t help but wonder who is going to figure out that Raidah’s kind of an awful person first. Or if she manages to nuke the relationship. Lots of different ways the breakfast could play out.

  30. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    February 14, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

    Ugh, but Walky just don’t know his place, too. Can’t he even get some distance from Dorothy? Stop to ask her advice? Get so next to her.

    • Alex
      Alex
      February 14, 2023 at 12:54 pm | #

      They just bumped into each other in the elevator and talked about why there were up so early. In this case he did not seek her out for advice.

  31. anon
    anon
    February 14, 2023 at 12:52 am | #

    She’s gonna need a couple more cycles on the dryer.

  32. Jon
    Jon
    February 14, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

    Hard to tell what’s exactly on Dorothy’s mind here. Is she pining for Walky? Wishing that she could have his goofball demeanor and natural charm? Wishing she could just be a dumb teen having fun in college like him?

    • Juanoku
      Juanoku
      February 14, 2023 at 2:10 am | #

      When hasn’t she?

    • Dot
      Dot
      February 14, 2023 at 6:18 am | #

      Oh no she’s still got it bad for him

  33. Straximus
    Straximus
    February 14, 2023 at 1:47 am | #

    Oof. That alt-text.

  34. Minty
    Minty
    February 14, 2023 at 1:49 am | #

    Oh wow.. that’s some sabotage!

    • BOOSTER SHOT
      BOOSTER SHOT
      February 14, 2023 at 2:11 am | #

      Yeah, when the last panel clicked I went “ooooooh!” in a scandalized tone out loud

      • Axel
        Axel
        February 14, 2023 at 2:40 am | #

        I dunno, Dorothy was really into it when he was acting cocky (about having the same connections she had to Robin, and also one to the Dean) when they were at the “fancy-pants lounge” for the one football game. this might be genuine.

        • Francoinblanco
          Francoinblanco
          February 14, 2023 at 5:09 am | #

          IMO thats the way to handle snoby people. Confident goofball is better persona than nervous “Keeping Up Appearances”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 14, 2023 at 4:24 am | #

      Listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        February 14, 2023 at 7:41 am | #

        I can’t stand it.

        • FadingMemory
          FadingMemory
          February 14, 2023 at 2:14 pm | #

          I know you planned it.

  35. Coco Pommel
    Coco Pommel
    February 14, 2023 at 1:58 am | #

    Dorothy is making the face of infinite regret behind him.

  36. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    February 14, 2023 at 2:09 am | #

    “definitely not attracted to you btw”

  37. BOOSTER SHOT
    BOOSTER SHOT
    February 14, 2023 at 2:11 am | #

    OH MAN I AM SO READY FOR THIS DELICIOUS DISASTER

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 2:35 am | #

      MMMMMMMMMMMMM….. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAA!!!!

      😋🍩☕️ ✌️😈

  38. Acher4
    Acher4
    February 14, 2023 at 2:26 am | #

    (Not going to happen ofc… just having some mental fun here. 😛 )

    With this update and the whole, her “missing the chance with Walky”.
    If Head alien 2 appears from the old comic “It’s Walky”, I can totally see our DoA Dorothy being ‘that’ Dorothy.

  39. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    February 14, 2023 at 3:03 am | #

    “…Ah shit, I’m still in love with him, aren’t I?”

  40. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    February 14, 2023 at 4:23 am | #

    I knew an “oh no” was warranted yesterday…

  41. cbwroses
    cbwroses
    February 14, 2023 at 4:26 am | #

    Hey, Walky.
    Dorothy just gave you a major compliment and good advice all wrapped into one.
    Say “thank you” before walking off.

  42. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    February 14, 2023 at 5:00 am | #

    Dorothy: Damn you, Willis!!! (Breaks the . . . 3rd wall? comic ceiling?)

    • Sharaku
      Sharaku
      February 14, 2023 at 7:34 am | #

      I imagine it more to be the second wall. The one to the right, where Willis is scribbling away. Willis turns around confused as Dorothy approaches and begins berating. Willis is already a billion strips ahead, and has forgotten most of this arc.

  43. Carms
    Carms
    February 14, 2023 at 5:33 am | #

    Love to see a batch making herself miserable on purpose. We lurve to see it. ‘there’s no better use of my time’ godam Dotty you are too young to be my mother.

  44. AGV
    AGV
    February 14, 2023 at 6:01 am | #

    I hope that of all things Dorothy is doing for others this isn’t the one that will backfire

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 14, 2023 at 12:19 pm | #

      Already has.

  45. maarvarq
    maarvarq
    February 14, 2023 at 7:16 am | #

    What have you done, Dorothy?!

  46. Taffy
    Taffy
    February 14, 2023 at 7:46 am | #

    Oh yeah, he’s been roped into this weird situation involving Raidah and her beta orbiter males. Something to do with hurting Sarah by… eating food with Walky. Who Sarah doesn’t care about even slightly. Is that what it was? I’m not really invested in Raidah enough to go looking for her in the archives, so I’ll assume that’s what it was.

    Anyway, I wonder what Sal and Marcie are up to.

    • egg egg
      egg egg
      February 14, 2023 at 10:34 am | #

      Walky’s mom used to be married (or at least dated?) to the Dean, so Raidah is socially climbing. Or, she thinks she is.

      • Derek
        Derek
        February 14, 2023 at 11:37 am | #

        The Walkertons are also mentioned to be rich or politically influential or something similar. Enough that they went to an affluent rich kids school for elementary where they met Billie; and I assume Walky also went to a fancy high school though Sal did not.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          February 14, 2023 at 11:49 am | #

          It was never mentioned to be a rich kids school, though the fact Billie went there means there’s a more than zero chance it was. We know they went to public school (minus Sal who got a choice of Catholic school or juvie), and we know the Walkertons don’t normally get to do ‘fancy pants’ things like get box seats. They only got to that one time because Linda was friends with her ex-husband. So I dunno. Upper middle class maybe?

          • Archieve
            Archieve
            February 14, 2023 at 5:12 pm | #

            I think upper middle class is correct. Linda might be able to as for small favors like box seats and motorcycle privileges but no indication beyond that. I get the impression she made both of her kids attend this university because she doesn’t have much influence besides her ex.

      • Archieve
        Archieve
        February 14, 2023 at 5:18 pm | #

        Based on how Linda tried to get her kids into acting and stuff when young I’m under the impression that she’s not very influential herself and wanted successful children to live through.

    • Alex
      Alex
      February 14, 2023 at 12:52 pm | #

      Raidah wants to get to know Walky for the above reasons, and Sarah is happy because she thinks it will be a disaster for Raidah.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      February 14, 2023 at 10:46 pm | #

      “Beta orbit males” hahaha
      Gonna call my frenemies like this.

  47. Adept
    Adept
    February 14, 2023 at 8:55 am | #

    Poor Dotty… she’s being a good friend and a good ex.

  48. The Oracle
    The Oracle
    February 14, 2023 at 8:59 am | #

    I think she might be about to kill him. This is where she finally snaps from all the self-imposed pressure and commits actual murder. The first murdered character in this strip will be Walky.

    • PhyrexianRogue
      PhyrexianRogue
      February 14, 2023 at 11:14 am | #

      Can’t be first, Toe dad already holds that position I think.

      • GholaHalleck
        GholaHalleck
        February 14, 2023 at 11:33 am | #

        depends on Mike’s ToD

        • Taffy
          Taffy
          February 14, 2023 at 11:46 am | #

          Someone say ToD???

          /random
          Taffy rolled a 🎲125

          (This joke is only for Final Fantasy XIV roleplayers)

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        February 14, 2023 at 11:44 am | #

        That’s pest control, not murder.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          February 14, 2023 at 6:48 pm | #

          You put Blaine in that category, too? Mike was still alive (for one category of “alive” ) when Blaine got iced shot while attempting to escape.

  49. Chasey
    Chasey
    February 14, 2023 at 9:28 am | #

    Something something different things attractive to different people, blahblahblah, bring on the imminent shit-storm.

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      February 14, 2023 at 9:50 am | #

      What shit storm? I can’t see it.

      • GholaHalleck
        GholaHalleck
        February 14, 2023 at 11:31 am | #

        Jennifer’s trying to be civilized. Walky is anything but, and has just been given the go-ahead from the most “Stable/normal/too-good-for-me” person he knows.

        Walky will make an ass of himself, Jennifer and possibly Lucy will be mortified, Walky will be indigent that they won’t “let him be himself”

        Meanwhile Joyce’s repressed guilt overcomes her and she common law marries the dryer.

        • Alex
          Alex
          February 14, 2023 at 12:50 pm | #

          I think Jennifer will be annoyed but Lucy will be charmed.

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            February 14, 2023 at 2:40 pm | #

            Walky has no obligation to tiptoe around Billie’s emotional reactions. He doesn’t owe her special behavior.

            • GholaHalleck
              GholaHalleck
              February 14, 2023 at 4:11 pm | #

              Which is how Walky should respond. But it’ll be a nice big blow up before Walky hopefully tells her to piss off this time.

        • Archieve
          Archieve
          February 14, 2023 at 4:54 pm | #

          Not sure he would be that bad but I do think he’s now much less likey to pretend to be “normal” and curious how far he would take it with Radiah and her side kick pretending to like him for it. Lucy also has a history of being very over enthusiastic so curious how much the new couple can act out before Jennifer goes ‘wait… are you seriously accepting anybody who’s friends with Joyce and Sarah?!’

  50. keet
    keet
    February 14, 2023 at 9:43 am | #

    that last panel made me cackle.

  51. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    February 14, 2023 at 11:33 am | #

    Dorothy is regretting a lot huh

  52. Clif
    Clif
    February 14, 2023 at 12:22 pm | #

    Happy Valentines, Willis.

  53. Alex
    Alex
    February 14, 2023 at 12:50 pm | #

    Why does this hurt so much?

  54. poyo
    poyo
    February 14, 2023 at 1:13 pm | #

    Dorothy you are allowed to tell Walky you need a little bit of space, especially when it comes to talking about his new girlfriend ToT

  55. FadingMemory
    FadingMemory
    February 14, 2023 at 2:21 pm | #

    I appreciate this arc where post-tragedy of the previous semester, almost everyone has had some sort of vehicle to heal/move on/grow, while Dorothy continues to present as being perpetually fine because she believes she needs to be bulletproof to do the things she wants to do in life. So she keeps trying to help/give and will inevitably hit a breaking point where she will be the one who needs help. I think it’s possible that there is a hookup down the road between her and Walky that leads to Walky’s situation with Lucy blowing up and Dorothy experiencing a lot of shame/resentment from others and herself, which may even be her impetus to actually leave for Yale despite feeling like she shouldn’t. Kind of feel with the way the narrative is going, an event like that may lead to her being seen as a hypocrite by Joyce, given Dorothy’s opinion about Joe (thus giving Joe more “Joementum.”) Whatever does happen, I feel quite compelled by all of the moving parts in play at this moment.

    • Amós Batista
      Amós Batista
      February 14, 2023 at 11:04 pm | #

      I’ll check this comment in the next semester, those are nice theories

  56. Hof1991
    Hof1991
    February 14, 2023 at 2:29 pm | #

    IU is Raidah’s Yale. She’s here for the contacts. She mistakenly thinks Walky is connected. Like to the Dean and other wealthy types.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      February 14, 2023 at 2:43 pm | #

      That’s definitely a lot of Raidah’s motivation in general. I’m not sure it is for Walky or even Jennifer.

      I think she’s still focused on Joyce messing up her relationship with Jacob.

      • Archieve
        Archieve
        February 14, 2023 at 5:05 pm | #

        Almost definatly petty revenge with befriending walky and Lucy. Radiah resents the very thought of having breakfast with them and neither are noted to have parents that are that well connected. Radiah started out bullying Sarah and trying to turn anyone she saw Sarah socializing with against her. I think seeing Sarah with a new social group angers her because it means she’s not as influential as she thought.

    • anon
      anon
      February 14, 2023 at 7:22 pm | #

      Other than connections she prolly has to also socialize with ‘normies’ too, unless she’s going to a career with only ‘elite’ clients, otherwise if she has a social faux pas with an average joe, it could also be bad for a reputation depending on how Karen-y they react or if they were also secretly connected versus being outwardly bragging about their status

  57. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 14, 2023 at 2:45 pm | #

    So Dorothy is understand that she still loves Walky really a lot but he’s too late, he’s gone and is all her fault?

  58. Laura
    Laura
    February 14, 2023 at 5:03 pm | #

    Happy Pal-In-Time Day, Pals o’ Mine!

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 5:13 pm | #

      Happy Pal-In-Time Day to you too, Laura!!! ☺

      Any plans?

  59. Sol
    Sol
    February 14, 2023 at 6:00 pm | #

    Damn you Willis u_u

    I still really love Walky/Dorothy and hope they get back together. I doubt they will, but there’s always that lil hope in the back of the brain…

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 6:16 pm | #

      I’m just hella disappointed at the lack of new Slipshine this Valentine’s Day. 😔

  60. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    February 14, 2023 at 7:22 pm | #

    The scene required Walky jumping onto a truck and flipping Dorothy off like Amazi-Girl.

    Then again, I’m a huge Amazi-Girl/Walky fan.

  61. Taffy
    Taffy
    February 14, 2023 at 10:14 pm | #

    I’m higher than usual so this may not even be a coherent thought but: If this were an animated series, Dorothy’s last speech bubble here would be voiced and somebody would take that section of the show to just have Dorothy saying “you’re cock” in an unrelated context.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 14, 2023 at 11:11 pm | #

      Oh how I dream of a Dumbing of Age YTP 🥰

  62. Felian
    Felian
    February 15, 2023 at 4:28 pm | #

    tfw you compliment your ex and realize you still see all those nice things in them….. focus Dorothy, there’s also reasons why you broke up…

  63. Felian
    Felian
    February 15, 2023 at 4:28 pm | #

    tfw you compliment your ex and realize you still see all those nice things in them….. focus Dorothy, there’s also reasons why you broke up…

  64. The Other Mike
    The Other Mike
    February 23, 2023 at 4:35 pm | #

    I love Dorothy’s expression in the last panel. “Letting him know that may have been a mistake.”

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moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy's user avatarSolarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy ⋅ 6h
@damnyouwillis.bsky.social i mean you literally had an _editor_ tell your _self-representational character_ that you couldn't do all this gaybaiting without some kind of payoff and i was all like "oh, they're endgame, how cute!" and how many memos they gonna miss?
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Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
If you see this, post Jack Kirby art.
Black and white line art, signed by Jack Kirby of a giant Darth Vader holding a lightsaber- and blaster-wielding Luke Skywalker in his left hand and crackly cosmic energy rising from his right hand.
theericgoldman.bsky.social's user avatarEric Goldman @theericgoldman.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
If you see this, post Jack Kirby art.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 4h
Had plans to go to this game tonight, but turns out it's 110 FUGGIN DEGREES OUTSIDE
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 5h
just cackling at this "make devastator's legs not offset" mod piece, which just shows why they're offset to begin with, vis-a-vis the LEGS ATTEMPTING TO CLIP THROUGH EACH OTHER does this add-on set only exist as a cautionary tale, or
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Beelzegrub @lord-of-the-fries.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
My one gripe with LGBTQ is the flags. Not enough dinosaurs. Look how much the spinosaurus adds!
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Cinnamon Bun @cinnamontoastbun.bsky.social ⋅ 6h
Seems like a perfect time to promote these cool as fuck stickers made by @canopyrobin.com bsky.app/profile/cano...
canopyrobin.com's user avatarRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com ⋅ 3d
Game Changer pride stickers are out now 🎉 (with massive thanks to @samreich.bsky.social for giving me permission to sell them!) UK: canopyrobin.sumupstore.com/product/game... International: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...
Three vinyl stickers of the game changer loop-de-loop in progress pride, trans, and non-binary colours respectively. The stickers also have the words
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
the best thing about this strip here is the comment at the very bottom: (www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/b...)
missystrange.bsky.social's user avatarunknown @missystrange.bsky.social ⋅ 7h
it has been absolutely hilarious to watch people claim this comes out of nowhere, as if we're not talking about the same character who responded to "you'd be gay for Sal, right" with "GOD i wish".
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 8h
Guess who I got
It's the approved prototype of the Makeship Dina plushie, fools!!!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 10h
*Dina learns she can download porn FROM a dinosaur*
glassbottommeg.bsky.social's user avatarMegan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird. (he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
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I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Next platform for queer books just dropped.
glassbottommeg.bsky.social's user avatarMegan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird. (he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...
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I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird
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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social ⋅ 10h
The phrase "biblical principles of wealth creation" would have made Jesus beat you with a table just for THINKING it
sethcotlar.bsky.social's user avatarSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social ⋅ 14h
This is possibly the most quintessentially American news story ever written. “Mr. Regalado and his wife said their cryptocurrency platform ‘blends biblical kingdom principles of wealth creation with cutting-edge blockchain technology.’” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
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Denver Pastor and Wife Face Charges in ‘God-Inspired’ Cryptocurrency Scheme
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David Thompson @moogigon.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Gonna be "that guy" and tag a few folks to hopefully help signal boost this to a wider audience. @gailsimone.bsky.social @scalzi.com @muskratjohn.bsky.social @nicoleamaines.bsky.social @damnyouwillis.bsky.social @comill.bsky.social
tappytoeclaws.bsky.social's user avatarunknown @tappytoeclaws.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Charity Stream Interest Check 🚨🏳️‍🌈 @cmassive13.bsky.social are in planning stages for something big: THIS Saturday Aug 2nd (I know it's Gen Con weekend but 🙃) long haul 8, maybe 10 hour variety stream for the MKE LGBTQ Center! Post here if you'd be willing to participate or donate raffle prizes 👇
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 11h
Mirror maze!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
NO HELP WHY
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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social ⋅ 21h
forgot i owned this shirt, my favourite shirt
✅ gay
✅ stupid
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 13h
we've 9-Chickweed-Laned your women, and you're just gonna have to deal
dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social's user avatarSunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
I thought the worst thing about it was the ridiculous hyper-airbrushed texture we’ve come to expect from this nonsense technology and then I saw the actual full ad and apparently this fake woman made of environmental ruin and stolen art is about eight feet tall
An AI generated image of a blond woman wearing a black and white horizontal striped dress in front of a blue wall. She appears to have legs the length of which would look more appropriate on a literal Barbie doll.
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Linkara @linkara.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 15h
THAT'S RIGHT I FUCKIN' DO AND Y'ALL CAN SUCK IT
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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
I'll be spending the rest of the night trying to figure out the respective sizes of the woman, man, and car.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
Well we sold way more than expected! More weird stuff in store in the coming months
zachweinersmith.bsky.social's user avatarZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Stats: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/number... (also you can buy the mug and other smbc stuff here: smbc-store.myshopify.com/products/goo...) #smbc
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 18h
Today in #9ChickweedLane I learned cutting to an underwater panel full of words causes more confusion than usual!!!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Safely" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
www.dumbingofage.com
Safely
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
this is the Dan Khanna-est headsculpt, btw
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
This kid is too good at hide and seek, betrayed only by the glance of his brother
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Who wants some Pompeii porn, aka Pomporn
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