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by David M Willis on February 20, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Joementum
└ Tags: joyce, sarah

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 20, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Sarah: This escalated quickly

    • Clif
      Clif
      February 20, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      Kept getting better.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      February 20, 2023 at 7:39 am | #

      Joyc: “It was a small load. We did it by hand-holding.”
      Sarah: Where did you learn that joke?”
      Joyce: “…joke?”

      • Harmony
        Harmony
        February 20, 2023 at 10:35 am | #

        Sarah is surprisingly genre aware in that last sentence.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    February 20, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    “We listened to music so it would be more like we were just hanging out. Totally not gay!”

    “Melissa Etheridge and the Indigo Girls?”

    “Yes! How did you know?”

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      February 20, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      I legit laughed at this. +1 internets for you.

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      February 20, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

      Amazing. My internets as well.

    • easrng
      easrng
      February 20, 2023 at 11:09 am | #

      type of girl who enjoys both indigo girls and assorted hyperpop (it’s me i’m the girl) (i got my indigo girls listening from my moms and my hyperpop listening from my friends) (two very different kinds of gay music (both good))

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      February 20, 2023 at 2:24 pm | #

      “Also this one Bikini Kill song?”

  3. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    February 20, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    But you are acknowledging it was in fact gay. Another brave step to me.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      February 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Agreed. At this rate Joyce might admit she’s biromantic within the next decade!

      • Carla's #2 Fan
        Carla's #2 Fan
        February 20, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

        Which would only be a month or so for her!

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        February 20, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

        Warms my little gay heart! 🥰

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        February 20, 2023 at 4:31 am | #

        Someone’s going to have to explain the concept to her first. She gets gay, she maybe gets bi but I doubt she gets the concept of being biromantic but not bisexual.

        • KiaStirling
          KiaStirling
          February 20, 2023 at 2:30 pm | #

          oooo yeah I wonder how explaining the split attraction model to her would go. Or who would do it. (Dorothy would want to be the one to do it because Dorothy, but who would actually introduce Joyce to the concept?)

          • Leadsynth
            Leadsynth
            February 20, 2023 at 5:22 pm | #

            Leslie! In the 200-level gender studies course.

      • Imogen
        Imogen
        February 20, 2023 at 9:19 pm | #

        I do think Joyce could also be bisexual, for what it’s worth. Sexualities change and evolve. I didn’t realize I could be attracted to men until my mid-twenties.

  4. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    February 20, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: It Wasn’t As Gay As It Sounds

    alternatively:

    Dumbing of Age Book 13: What

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      February 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 13: Like Some Kind Of Normal Person

  5. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    I mean it was the gayest thing I’d ever seen. And I’ve seen lesbian sex.

    • anon
      anon
      February 20, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      i’m sure becky would take that as a challenge

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        February 20, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

        Becky vows to be twice as gay.

        This will require two Dina’s. Luckily, a mosquito was recently found preserved in amber…

        (No not preserved in Amber, that would be weird).

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          February 20, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

          🤣🤣🤣

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          February 20, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

          To be fair, Amber is Dina’s roommate. It would make sense that Dina’s DNA would be on her person.

          • StClair
            StClair
            February 20, 2023 at 7:13 pm | #

            “Bruce’s DNA was easy enough to obtain, he left it all over town. … Not remotely what I meant.”

        • Jamie
          Jamie
          February 20, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

          Was there enough Dina in there? Or are they going to have to fill in the missing bits with … *searches for cast name starting with F* … nevermind.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            February 20, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

            “uh uh uh you didn’t say the magic word” 🤣🤣🤣

        • AbacusWizard
          AbacusWizard
          February 21, 2023 at 5:21 am | #

          I accidentally enrolled in paleontology school twice, now I’m… Two Dinas

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      February 20, 2023 at 1:11 pm | #

      I once saw a faggot hanging out on a curb. It was autumn. The leaves had turned. Lawns were cut. All alone, one bundle of sticks. Tied neatly with a small canvas strap. It was… artisanal. It made me happy. In that beautiful moment, looking at a faggot made me very gay.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        February 20, 2023 at 3:47 pm | #

        That’s the other definition of faggot. The non-gendered one.

  6. Dinajoyce
    Dinajoyce
    February 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Have we ever seen the whites of Sarah’s eyes disappear before? I feel like she’s usually too unflappable for her eyes to vanish

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      February 20, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      I don’t think so. It reminds me of this funny comic though:
      https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/see

    • Nono
      Nono
      February 20, 2023 at 12:29 am | #

      I know we have, I just can’t remember when. I’ll probably do some archive digging in a bit.

      • Nono
        Nono
        February 20, 2023 at 3:03 am | #

        Ah, found one: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/prettier/

    • GeekyWarrior
      GeekyWarrior
      February 20, 2023 at 7:47 am | #

      When Mike recorded Walky Crying
      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/recording/

      • egg egg
        egg egg
        February 20, 2023 at 10:01 am | #

        Man I miss Mike

  7. anon
    anon
    February 20, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    totally platonic straight girl moments lol

    • StClair
      StClair
      February 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      Just like when it was her and Becky.

    • Erica
      Erica
      February 21, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      Just gals being pals

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    It was still kinda gay, though plenty of straight people have done “kinda gay” things while still being straight.

    I just have my doubts Joyce is one of them.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 20, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

      Straight people can do gay things. Gay people can do straight things. There’s like a BILLION things in the world to do, some of them are gonna be gay.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        February 20, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

        It’s almost like gay and straight are just arbitrary ways of describing the infinite variables that make the human experience.

        • Wraithy2773
          Wraithy2773
          February 20, 2023 at 2:29 am | #

          Yup. It’s all just shorthand, because its a whole lot easier to say “I’m straight” than “I’m not into men or have any interest in dating men and am entirely comfortable with my state as a cis man, but I have played games as a female character getting it on with both male and female characters, and I’m not entirely sure where that puts me on a Kinsey chart but either way I’m not into you dude”.

          I mean, just count the syllables.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            February 20, 2023 at 7:20 pm | #

            …Are you me?

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        February 20, 2023 at 6:21 pm | #

        My gender is whatever makes the (inter)action gay, personally.

      • TerribleTransit
        TerribleTransit
        February 20, 2023 at 7:14 pm | #

        Just over 8 billion things, right about now. And about half gay.

    • Byron Orpheus
      Byron Orpheus
      February 20, 2023 at 1:53 pm | #

      “I’m totally straight! OK, I do give one or two hand jobs a day. Every day. Since I was 12. But it’s not gay because it was my penis I was caressing with passion and love.”

  9. Taffy
    Taffy
    February 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    Love this muchly.

  10. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 20, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

    I had a dream last night that Willis had drawn a pinup of Joyce so I hurriedly sketched it down this morning.
    https://imgur.com/a/kJWuZYa (Suggestive)
    Also someone requested Joyce and Jennifer so I doodled that too.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 20, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

      I do like the vibe you draw Joyce with. Very coquettish.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 20, 2023 at 12:35 am | #

      🥰🥰🥰

      Hey I dreamed of a Joyce pinup quite some time back too.

      A Joyce slipshine banner, actually.

      Anyone here have any similar dreams?

  11. Karla Jean
    Karla Jean
    February 20, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

    All masturbation is homosexual.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 20, 2023 at 12:41 am | #

      wait is that a thing earthlings actually believe 😗

      • zee
        zee
        February 20, 2023 at 9:40 am | #

        Only for fun

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 20, 2023 at 10:52 am | #

          There are some weirdos out there who seem to actually think like that.

          I mean, of course it’s gay. You’re touching the genitals of someone of the same sex as you. How much gayer can it get?

    • Taffy
      Taffy
      February 20, 2023 at 1:59 am | #

      Not if my RealDoll is straight, it’s not.

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      February 20, 2023 at 4:52 am | #

      Only for narcissists.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      February 20, 2023 at 3:18 pm | #

      Ah, but what if a trans person masturbates?

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        February 20, 2023 at 9:26 pm | #

        There are many different ways of thinking about one’s own genitals, and not all ways are dysphoric.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          February 20, 2023 at 9:36 pm | #

          And not all masturbation involves genitals.

          Anyway, you’re sexing up a person of your own gender.

          If you’re a transwoman, for example, then you’re sexing up a transwoman. If you’re nonbinary, you’re sexing up a nonbinary person.

          George_Takei_Oh_My.gif

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    February 20, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

    This brings up an interesting philosophical question I want to posit to the commenters.
    If you cloned yourself and had sex with them would it be gay or masturbation?
    (If you’ve seen Tonkatsu Sinclair you already know my answer.)

    • Devin
      Devin
      February 20, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      Why not both?

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        February 20, 2023 at 2:19 am | #

        Wuv this answer 🥰

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      February 20, 2023 at 12:19 am | #

      Ah, the classic question of clone fucking! Choose or add your own:

      ☐ I don’t want to fuck my clone because that would be gay sex and I’m not gay.
      ☐ I’m not gay, but I would actually totally fuck my clone.
      ☐ I’m gay, but I still don’t want to fuck my clone, that’s gross and weird.
      ☐ I don’t want to fuck my clone because my self-loathing is THAT strong.
      ☐ I’d totally fuck my clone because I want to know if I’m good in bed.
      ☐ I’d fuck my clone because who would know better how to fuck ME than ME?
      ☐ I’d totally do all sort of weird things to my clone I’d be embarrassed to ask someone else to do.
      ☐ To be honest, fucking my clone has always been my fantasy.
      ☐ It’s basically the same as masturbating, right? So no big deal.
      ☐ It’s not the same as masturbating; it’d be like having sex with your twin. Wrong and bad!
      ☐ I would not have sex with my clone because what if my clone is evil.
      ☐ Not only would I have sex with my clone, I’d probably make a bunch of clones and just get it on with all of them at once because that’s how pro clone-fucking I am.

      • Dana
        Dana
        February 20, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

        There’ve got to be some twins who rationalized getting it on with “It’s no worse than having sex with your clone.”

        • TulipKitten
          TulipKitten
          February 20, 2023 at 1:18 am | #

          I mean, there is a very miniscule chance of offspring if you’re doing your twin. Well, identical at least. Fraternal, you’re probably kinda screwed there.

      • TulipKitten
        TulipKitten
        February 20, 2023 at 1:15 am | #

        You forgot the other choice, my choice:

        ☐ I’m gay but I wouldn’t fuck my clone because I’m honestly not sure if I could make myself orgasm, and it would just be awkward for the both of us

        • Mano308gts
          Mano308gts
          February 20, 2023 at 9:10 am | #

          They left out several other perfectly reasonable responses, including the following (among others):

          ☐ I’m straight, but I wouldn’t fuck my clone because that’s gross and weird.

          ☐ I’m gay and I wouldn’t fuck my own clone, but I want to fuck clones of other people (possibly more than one clone of them).

          ☐ I’m straight and I wouldn’t fuck my own clone, but I want to fuck clones of other people (possibly more than one clone of them).

      • Wraithy2773
        Wraithy2773
        February 20, 2023 at 2:30 am | #

        How about “I might be open to fucking my clone, I’m not sure right now, but I damn well know I’d be too damn awkward about it all to get anything going”?

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          February 20, 2023 at 10:14 am | #

          Same, we’d probably just end up playing video games together or talking or something.

      • Azhrei Vep
        Azhrei Vep
        February 20, 2023 at 10:03 am | #

        ☐ I have to immediately kill my clone because I know it will immediately try to kill and replace me, because that’s what I would do in its position. No sex, necrophilia is gross and weird.

      • Dr. Sharks
        Dr. Sharks
        February 20, 2023 at 10:54 am | #

        I would be the king of fucking my clone. I would have my own clone bone throne.

      • Aussir
        Aussir
        February 20, 2023 at 12:27 pm | #

        In my case I’m one of The Straights and wouldn’t be interested in a person who looked like me, but it does occur to me; what if I *was* gay, but just wasn’t into masc dudes?

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        February 20, 2023 at 12:32 pm | #

        I’d have some interest in fucking my clone in that I’d like to get more comfortable in working with our shared equipment, except I know that neither of us would be super into being touched that way, so then what? Need to clone swap with a friend or something.

      • shoopdawhoop
        shoopdawhoop
        February 20, 2023 at 6:32 pm | #

        Missed one option: YES

      • StClair
        StClair
        February 20, 2023 at 7:27 pm | #

        My orientation isn’t compatible and even if it were, I don’t like my body. “Self-loathing” it is, then.

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      February 20, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

      Neither. The term of art is “selfcest”.

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      February 20, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      I mean its a fully sentient being that just happens to share all your DNA. Its like having sex with your identical twin. Therefore, it is not masturbation, but incest … and also very gay.

      You ever seen the robot chicken parody of clone wars they made about this topic using the actual Star Wars the Clone Wars VA?

    • adam Black
      adam Black
      February 20, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      For you it’s straight. But for the clone: hella, hella Gay.

      • adam Black
        adam Black
        February 20, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

        Better make the clone gay, or forget it

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 20, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

      Depends. Are your memories copied into the clone? If so, masturbation. If not, gay.

    • Francoinblanco
      Francoinblanco
      February 20, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

      Depends
      if I have “twins” Connection with clone – masturbation
      If just human identical to me gay

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 20, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

      I think it’s only masturbation if you and the clone are still sharing a mind. If you two have effectively become two different beings, then it’s gay and sorta incest.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 20, 2023 at 12:52 am | #

      Incest

    • Xtifr
      Xtifr
      February 20, 2023 at 2:31 am | #

      It takes a minimum of eighteen years and nine months to produce a clone old enough to have sex with, and in eighteen years and nine months, I’ll be too old to have sex with an eighteen-year-old even if it is technically legal at that point. (Ignoring possible incest issues.) So it’s really a moot question as far as I’m concerned. 🙂

    • milu
      milu
      February 20, 2023 at 5:52 am | #

      If we’re talking scifi scenarios, rather than an actual clone, how about just a simulated clone in a futuristic hyper realistic VR game?

      And my answer is, sure i’ll fuck my clone, that sounds like a good time, but honestly i’m more excited to just have conversations. I talk to myself constantly as it is, so it would be nice for myself to reply.

  13. Yumi
    Yumi
    February 20, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

    bro I love Sarah

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

    yeah that was my reaction when it happened, Sarah

  15. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    February 20, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

    It certainly wasn’t as gay as Joyce was hoping for.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      February 20, 2023 at 12:33 am | #

      Maybe so, though she did still eject Dorothy from the room when it came time to finish.

  16. BBCC
    BBCC
    February 20, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    It really honestly could not be.

  17. Radiance
    Radiance
    February 20, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    This is perfect and we better not cut away any time soon. I need at least a week of this conversation where Joyce and Sarah fully unpack “Dorothy walked into my room and said ‘I’m going to teach you to masturbate’.”

    • Axel
      Axel
      February 20, 2023 at 8:19 pm | #

      yes, please

  18. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    February 20, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

  19. jackiedu46k
    jackiedu46k
    February 20, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    Making it sound like she took a lot of steps

  20. Nathan
    Nathan
    February 20, 2023 at 12:24 am | #

    Some amazing eye journeys happening here.

    • Sajuuk-Khar
      Sajuuk-Khar
      February 20, 2023 at 1:02 am | #

      Sarah’s faces join Joyce’s faces in the glorious crop of reactions from this arc, lmao, I love them

  21. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    February 20, 2023 at 12:27 am | #

    I’m glad the comic touch the topic that was at least weird

    • Zuzi
      Zuzi
      February 20, 2023 at 12:37 am | #

      I think Sarah’s reaction here is more her thinking that Joyce and Dorothy had sex (or at least masturbated together) since Joyce hasn’t told her the specifics of how this demonstration went down

      • Francoinblanco
        Francoinblanco
        February 20, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

        It was such a level of intimacy that it’s strange that there was no sex. In order to beat that, Joyce has to hold Dorothys hand during her first time with Joe

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 20, 2023 at 2:35 am | #

        Every time Joyce tried to clarify, she just made it worse.

        She really is flustered again.

      • GholaHalleck
        GholaHalleck
        February 20, 2023 at 7:01 am | #

        To be FAIR, they DID masturbate together. Dotty just let Joyce finish off by herself.

  22. Raen
    Raen
    February 20, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

    Honestly, I’m a little surprised she’s so surprised.

  23. BOOSTER SHOT
    BOOSTER SHOT
    February 20, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

    This fuckin arc, man

  24. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    February 20, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

    …I mean, if it wasn’t as gay as it sounds, that implies it was still at least somewhat gay.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      February 20, 2023 at 12:53 am | #

      What are the SI standard units for gayness intensity?

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        February 20, 2023 at 2:01 am | #

        Scovilles.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        February 20, 2023 at 4:38 am | #

        Lumities.

      • GholaHalleck
        GholaHalleck
        February 20, 2023 at 6:57 am | #

        Turings.

      • Council
        Council
        February 20, 2023 at 7:51 am | #

        Millisapphos

      • Moonlighter
        Moonlighter
        February 20, 2023 at 12:12 pm | #

        Angles? As in deviations from a straight line?

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          February 20, 2023 at 5:22 pm | #

          Complex numbers, certainly.

      • AbacusWizard
        AbacusWizard
        February 21, 2023 at 5:29 am | #

        Degrees Kinsey.

  25. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 20, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

    It was still a decent amount of gay.

  26. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    February 20, 2023 at 12:49 am | #

    Considering how often that we’re told that Joyce is supposed to be autobiographical, I’m continually wondering if Mr. Willis himself had a bisexual awakening from some dude on campus or if this is all just fun in story.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      February 20, 2023 at 1:17 am | #

      Putting the Bi in the AutoBIography

    • GholaHalleck
      GholaHalleck
      February 20, 2023 at 6:59 am | #

      Just two bros making balloon animals into the wee hours of the night, holding hands.

      • shoopdawhoop
        shoopdawhoop
        February 20, 2023 at 6:30 pm | #

        Did involve the laundry room though

    • Jay
      Jay
      February 20, 2023 at 11:55 pm | #

      As a nonbinary person, it is entirely possible to be into women in a gay way and a straight way.

      Also, Willis’ pronouns on Twitter are he/they.

      So, there’s a couple more possible options for a bisexual awakening than “some dude” there, but go have fun speculating!

  27. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    February 20, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

    what

  28. Sajuuk-Khar
    Sajuuk-Khar
    February 20, 2023 at 1:04 am | #

    “No no no, Sarah, it was just so I wouldn’t fuck Joe! That’s not very gay at all!”

    “…Joyce, it remains gay as hell even if I understand it and will support it with my bat.”

  29. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    February 20, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

    everything was worth it for this strip don’t @ me

    • LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
      LIGHTWEIGHT BAYBEE
      February 20, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

      tru sarah is the goat

  30. Deviant
    Deviant
    February 20, 2023 at 2:23 am | #

    “And then we burned insence”
    “What”
    “And listened to sapphic indie pop ballads”
    “What”

    • Deviant
      Deviant
      February 20, 2023 at 2:23 am | #

      “On a bed of roses”
      “What?”

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        February 20, 2023 at 3:59 am | #

        “I said we did it on Rose’s bed. Have you met Rose? She’s like if Amber and Ruth had a baby together.”

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          February 20, 2023 at 7:40 pm | #

          So she’s trying to get a kiss from a Rose?

  31. Acher4
    Acher4
    February 20, 2023 at 2:35 am | #

    Just Sarah’s eyes…. lol

  32. foducool
    foducool
    February 20, 2023 at 3:14 am | #

    lmao yeah it sounds worse than what actually happened

  33. AGV
    AGV
    February 20, 2023 at 3:26 am | #

    -Well, at least it wasn’t Joe, eh?
    -Hahaha yeah, not like I’d have enjoyed that or anything 👀💦

  34. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    February 20, 2023 at 3:43 am | #

    Pheww, just thought Sarah would freaked out, since her questioning Joyce yesterday

  35. Suet
    Suet
    February 20, 2023 at 4:30 am | #

    Maybe Sarah forgot that by grabbing the bull, the horns come with it. Yet there’s still a very crucial aspect that prevents it from going sapphic.

    “Fellas, is it —” Still YES though!

  36. Acher4
    Acher4
    February 20, 2023 at 6:06 am | #

    ohohoh, just clicked.

    Becky will soon hear it out for certain now.

    Becky is going to flip! :O

  37. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    February 20, 2023 at 6:32 am | #

    I haven’t checked the other comments yet, but I suppose the Dorothy/Joyce shippers are reading something into this perfectly normal conversation as well?

  38. Adept
    Adept
    February 20, 2023 at 9:32 am | #

    “Gals being laundry pals” is a great sentence.

  39. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    February 20, 2023 at 9:46 am | #

    But they were five feet apart, so it wasn’t gay. At least that’s what we’ve learned from the hot tub incident.

  40. aelfwine
    aelfwine
    February 20, 2023 at 10:22 am | #

    If Sarah wants Joyce to not be freaking out over normal things, then perhaps she should stop being so fucking hypocritical and having the largest of freakouts over normal things, like she fucking did yesterday, and she stop meddling in Joyce’s business like she’s still doing today.

    Oh my god I despise Sarah so much. What the fucking shit was Sarah’s business whether Joyce had masturbated or not? Has this asshole even ever heard of the fucking concept of fucking PRIVACY?

    • yak
      yak
      February 20, 2023 at 2:06 pm | #

      Sarah’s always been an asshole. This is entirely within character for her, people only like her because she isn’t actively malicious. Same with Mike.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 20, 2023 at 7:43 pm | #

        “she isn’t actively malicious”

        Except that one time she launched the Joyce torpedo at the S.S. Jaidah.

      • Adept
        Adept
        February 21, 2023 at 10:11 am | #

        She absolutely is an arsehole. She’s a somewhat likeable, relatable arsehole, but arsehole nevertheless.

    • Jodka
      Jodka
      February 22, 2023 at 1:16 am | #

      Calm down Raidah.

  41. Lysbeth
    Lysbeth
    February 20, 2023 at 2:57 pm | #

    What is gayer?
    1) being gay
    2) what Joyce and Dorothy have got going

    (I’m literally a lesbian and I’m leaning towards 2. Also, BECKY CAN NEVER KNOW)

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 20, 2023 at 10:02 pm | #

      This is Dumbing of Age. Of COURSE she’s gonna eventually know. That’s when the real explosion is gonna come.

  42. shoopdawhoop
    shoopdawhoop
    February 20, 2023 at 6:29 pm | #

    Well now that all this anxiety has come back she’s going to have to go do more laundry

  43. Raen
    Raen
    February 20, 2023 at 7:11 pm | #

    I still wonder when someone is going to let Joyce know that everyone thinks she’s bi. Probably not Sarah, because she’s Sarah.

  44. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    February 20, 2023 at 11:31 pm | #

    Joyce I don’t know how to break this to you, but that was gayer than Becky and you know it. Not that it is a bad thing, except Dorothy might be heterosexual or heteroromantic; if that is the case then you’ll have to settle for Joe.

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