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Best I can tell
Posted on April 3, 2025 by David M Willis

229 thoughts on “Best I can tell”

  1. NGPZ

    Happy birthday to you!

    The world is a zoo!

    We wish you a great party!

    And a huge buffer too!

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    1. True Survivor

      Indeed – Happy Birthday! Though, I doesn’t seem that anybody got you a gift. Which is simply horrid, as you give us one every day.

    2. AnonGrouch

      Happy Birthday and Happy unbirthday and Happy bi-rthday and happybIrthDAy

      1. Laura

        Ooh, nice!

        A very merry un-birthday, to you!

        ?????

    3. anon

      Time for cake 8D

    4. Adept

      Ooh, happy birthday Willis.

    5. Deanatay

      So generous, to wish Willis something he already has… through months and months of hard work, no less…

    6. Hof1991

      Happy older day. Hope you don’t feel older today. If you do, this TMBG song is for you. https://youtu.be/TdIRrmNN_CQ?si=DXJ3Dch-gbVBeCAQ

    7. Vulcanodon

      Adding my voice to the Chorus Willis! Happy birthday.

    8. Roborat

      Congrats on completing another lap around the sun.

  2. mindbleach

    hep bert

  3. Bootshivers

    Happy bi-rthday!

  4. Kim

    Bi all that is holy…

    1. Puppeteer Nessus

      Bi all the gods!

    2. anon

      lol even tho he’s currently dating sal i kinda wanna see his parents reaction to finding out “mom, dad college made me bi”

      1. Laura

        “Hey, the random number generator of life does weird stuff sometimes!”

        See, e.g.:
        https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5537

        ;-D

        1. Steamweed

          Sometimes the RNG is augmented when Tai-type-people cross the streams between a couple dozen friend groups.

  5. Dave Van Domelen

    “Good-BI, Danny.”

    1. PedanticJerkass

      “See, I knew you had it in you!”

    2. Steamweed

      “A good pun! Now on a scale of 0 to 6, how should I rate that?”

  6. Thag Simmons

    I respect that Dorothy is so committed to being socially inclusive she undercuts her own jokes.

    1. True Survivor

      She’s not under cutting. She’s bifurcating.

      In seriousness, I like that about her character as well.

      1. Jamie

        I wanted to make a bisecting joke but it turned intersectional.

        1. Embe13

          +1

        2. eh, whatever

          + 1

    2. Wilde

      This is me IRL ?

    3. Azhrei Vep

      I think it’s hilarious you think she was actually making a joke there. I think she was being dead serious.

      Now, Danny’s joke, she tried to undercut the hell out of. But little does the understand that fighting puns only makes them stronger!

  7. BBCC

    Happy Birthday, Willis! Congrats on hitting your birthday buffer!

    And yeah, okay, now I can see how these two dated

    1. Holly

      Bi-rthday*

  8. Rose by Any other Name

    … I can’t think of any puns about having accurate puns.

    1. Kim

      Inaccurate puns?
      I’m not bi-ing it
      /Dorothy probably

    2. DailyBrad

      Inaccurate puns are pun-ishable.

      1. Embe13

        inaccurate puns are punishable by time in the punitentiary

    3. Kim

      ”Hey, potential mate. Are you a pun of mine?
      Because you Always makes sense” *finger guns*

    4. Reltzik

      Puns that function as medical treatments. The have accurerate that’s better than sugar pill.

    5. anon

      idk what would be defined as ‘accurate’ since puns are word plays as opposed to a similar ‘buy/bye’ thing and replacing it with ‘bi’

    6. Ranadiel

      I bet you can bi some accurate puns on-Target’s web site.

  9. I Know Why the Mowed Lawn Screams

    I’d just give up now Danny, Dorothy isn’t going to bite.

    1. Jeremiah

      Yeah she is just a Bistander

      1. Kim

        No need to stand around bi-ckering like this!

    2. Steamweed

      Dunno. I think there’s a non-zero chance.

  10. Sirksome

    Dorothy has known Danny for years. She can’t actually think he may be blind. How would she not know?

    1. Skater Girl

      She’s using “you” in the general sense, not referring to Danny specifically. She’s adding a corrective addendum to her statement to be more inclusive and accurate.

      1. Sirksome

        Thank you for clarifying.

        1. Effie

          One does not simply wear an eyepatch.

        2. Jamie

          Majima has entered the chat.

      2. anon

        would be awkward if someone missing an eye or disabled sight did walk on by(bi) lol

        altho it does remind me of joyce when she was fumbling over herself with jocelyne like “no i didn’t make a mistake” or so;/overcorecting

  11. Jo_cubstar

    Happy birthday Willis!!!

    1. darkoneko

      Joyeux anniversaiiiire

  12. P!enapple

    Happy bday! And ty for all the puns and strips!

    1. Jeremiah

      Don’t you mean Biday?

      1. Kim

        ”A biday to you, sir!”

        1. Farmer_10

          “I get that reference”

  13. Dean

    Sorry Dorothy, you’ll have to say “bi-bi” to scientifically accurate puns!

    1. Kim

      No way could she ever let accurate puns pass her bi!

      1. Steamweed

        You’ve convinced me. I’ll bi that.

    2. Risky

      I mean, her pun in the last panel didn’t seem scientifically inaccurate.

  14. AGV/Ruby

    All of Dorothy’s puns will come with their appropriate addendums

  15. darkoneko

    Danny that was bad and you should feel bad

    1. NGPZ

      I couldn’t help but read this in Garfield’s voice

      it’s perfect XD

      1. Freezer

        I read it in Dr. Zoidberg’s.

  16. DailyBrad

    Happy birthday, and Danny is a present to us all.

  17. jeffepp

    Her bife is talking to Alice.

    1. Kim

      ✨?? Funny and Accurate ?
      Bi all metrics; a successful pun.

      1. NGPZ

        Danny couldn’t help but do this bit :p

        1. Kim

          Clever wordplay doesn’t necessitate being bi-lingual.
          Buzz it helps!

        2. Kim

          (I REALLY wanted to answer this with him not letting the oppurtunity pass him -bi-,! But I already used that one in an earlier comment ???)

        3. Laura

          *Plays “Gettin’ bi” on the hacked boardroom meeting-table Polycom speakerphone…*

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e7844P77Is

    2. Maddie B

      Literally used “search in page” immediately after reading just to find out if anyone had pointed out that a bife is obviously a bi-wife.

      Thank you for your service!

      1. Tan

        So the term “bife” has some am-bi-guity

        1. morleuca

          a pan-opoly of definitions, if you will

  18. Reltzik

    So… a pun that hits its target just as hard audibly, visibly, tactilely…

    … okay, I can see a pun throwing someone off balance, how do you get a pun to impact a person’s “I need to poop” sense?

    Wait, I got it! HYPNOSIS!

    1. Kim

      Huh.
      What’s the female sibling to HypnoToad got to do with this?

      1. Embe13

        _
        ||
        ___ | \
        C |
        C |
        C____|

        almost worked

  19. sultryglebe

    It’s nice to see Danny having so much fun.

    Happy birthday Willis!

    1. Kim

      Truly!?✨
      They should do this bi-weekly. (Which, for these two, means once every week)

  20. peng

    i like how theyre evenly dorky in different ways. god theyre actually so guy-girl bi couple coded how is this only officially canon now

    1. Kim

      This is a blast!
      Which is why it can now be cannon.

      1. Jamie

        What the hell. Did you actually just use “cannon” correctly but only as a pun. I hate you. Take an internet.

    2. anon

      Biconic 8D;

  21. AGV/Ruby

    And happy birthday to you, Willis!

  22. Cholma

    Happy Birthday to His Royal Cheezinus, Lord Willis! May your digital ink wells never run dry!

  23. HueSatLight

    Someone’s memory is revising Dorothy’s face narrower. I know, art style whatever. I like the idea that it’s because of stress, so flashbacks would have her pre-crisis look.

  24. Yumi

    My aunt lost an eye years ago and now I’m terrified of umbrellas.

    1. Jeremiah

      That sounds like the tittle of a creepypasta video.

    2. Doopyboop

      I once poked my eye with am umbrella. My mom’s been blind in one eye since she was 4 (not from an umbrella, she was electrocuted) so as soon as my eye got poked, I FREAKED, especially when I felt something ‘fluid’ coming out. I immediately ran to a mirror but of course the ‘fluid’ was tears. My eye was a little sore and swollen but thankfully undamaged otherwise. The swelling went down within two days.

    3. cbwroses

      My dad told me he knew a guy who lost an eye because someone threw a cookie.

      1. bemisawa

        Now THAT sounds like the setup to a dad joke.

      2. Zero

        Better then from tossing them.

    4. Thag Simmons

      I don’t even want to imagine how that might have happened.

  25. sigh

    Hes bein such a lil shit bout this and i love it

    1. Yumi

      I hope he’s acquired various things in the color of the bi flag and he can now give her one.
      Me, I would have a sticker on hand for this occasion. (I just always have these stickers with me; in this case, I would act like it was planned.)

      1. Kim

        Always prepared for a sticky situation, I hear. ??✨

        1. Yumi

          *hands you a sticker*

      2. Jeff K!

        “Various things in the color of the bi flag”
        – Butterfree
        – Darkwing Duck

        Feel free to add more

      3. Risky

        I have stickers and rings available for almost all possibilities and I don’t even play the ukulele.

    2. Zero

      Good for him.

  26. NGPZ

    It is Dorothy’s birthday,

    but before she begins her journey, she must first choose a starter Pokemon!

    1. Osopescado

      The choices are Bidoof, Bisharp or Binacle.

  27. Hazel

    Finally, the authentic bi experience, represented in print.

  28. Sirksome

    When was the last time Dorothy even talked to Danny? Like had an actually substantial conversation that wasn’t idle party chatter? They really don’t hangout much since they stopped being a couple. I think Danny has actually spent more time with Walky.

    1. drs

      Well, there was the time that Danny went to Dorothy for advice about being bi, at least.

      There’s also the fact that we don’t see all interactions that characters have.

    2. anon

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2024/comic/book-14/04-for-me-it-was-tuesday/partypartypartyhard/ last double tag was here tho i guess they didn’t interact much

    3. Jamie

      I linked the bangst comic yesterday, if that helps.

    4. Tan

      I’m going to also point out that Danny was at karaoke night like 4 fays ago: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2024/comic/book-14/02-its-the-love-i-havent-got/courtesy-2/

      Which does not particularly show significant direct interaction between them on-panel, but at the very least Danny experienced Dorothy’s singing choices for that evening.

    5. HueSatLight

      Danny’s a dreamwalker. Danny is Horse.

  29. Kitschensyngk

    Might sound crazy, but it ain’t no lie
    You’re bi, bi, bi…

    1. thakoru

      Really, this is the only bi pun anyone ever needs.

      1. JessWitt

        While Deadpool dances in the background.

  30. Ryan

    My drag name is now Sloppy Bi Puns

    1. Hastur

      What a coincidence, mine’s Sly Puppy Buns.

  31. Charles Phipps

    Danny is relishing this.

    A chance to lord over Dorothy is a rare dish.

    He’s the Thanos of Dorothy’s Endgame.

    1. Jamie

      He should have gone for the head?

  32. Suet

    If they’re sloppy, they’re not clever. Having a buffer on your birthday is clever. Updated art is also clever.

    Danny is sloppier than Sloppy Joe.

    Even if Danny hasn’t seen Dorothy much, a four or five is ridiculous. 0.8, final answer.

  33. Doopyboop

    *points excitedly at the first two panels* There it is, it’s the Kinsey scale strip! Hooray!

  34. anonymsly

    The final panel represents the firs5 t8me I have ever fully accepted that Danny and Dorothy were ever a genuinely attached couple.

  35. cbwroses

    I’m guessing her estimate started changing when she started brushing her bangs to the right.

  36. synnerman

    Happy Birthday!

  37. Dara

    Happy BIrthday! Happy BIrthday to you!

  38. Sirksome

    Happy B-day Willis!

  39. Slartibeast Button, BIA

    Or untreated amblyopia…

  40. Ben

    You did it

    After xxxxx years, you made Danny likeable

    1. Teddae

      By (bi!) making him even more of a dork than he already is

    2. Dr. T

      Honestly, I think he’s been likable the whole time in DoA (minus a moment or two). I could see someone coming from the Walkyverse being reluctant to embrace the character though.

  41. Shakes

    Cool redraw of the flashback panels.
    You didn’t have to do that, but I’m also completely unsurprised you did.

  42. ThatDerpGuy

    Happy birthday Mr. Willis Authorman

  43. Bryy

    I love how Dorothy needs to be right even about things she thinks are not true.

    1. Jeremiah

      It is the autism.

      1. Charles Phipps

        As much as I love being neuroatypical, I think Dorothy is just a perfectionist.

        Coming from a neuroatypical.

        1. Jeremiah

          I am also coming from a Neuroatypical and many parts of Dorothy strikes as sharing many similar traits to it.

  44. GholaHalleck

    Happy birthday Willis!

    *starts chanting*

    Please have Sal in his room wearing one of Danny’s shirts

    Her brain will melt, her brain will fry.

    Something something bi bi bi!

    1. NGPZ

      heh, I hadn’t considered there might be another reason Billie changed her name XD

  45. CitrineMonster

    LOVE this for danny actually

  46. RacingTurtle

    It’s okay, Dorothy. Danny can teach you to get bi with a little help from your friends

  47. Shakes

    The flashback is also good for showing the visual difference of old and in control President Dorothy and the current frazzled Crisis Dorothy.

  48. Lamppost

    God I love Danny so much

  49. butts

    this is exactly what being bisexual is like

  50. IntangibleMatter

    Happy Birthday!

    The world is in shambles, but I bet Amber’s insanely excited about Silksong!

  51. staszu13

    Ok new Chapter 15 title: MY PUNS ARE ALWAYS ACCURATE IN EVERY SENSE!

    Also, Danny, stop being a dick

    1. Taffy

      He’s not being a dick, he’s just teasing her a little bit.

      1. Jeremiah

        For some commenters there is no distractions

        1. Taffy

          The constant overuse of the word “asshole” comes to mind. It’s like people forgot how to talk.

    2. Suet

      #1 choice: My Puns Will Always Be Accurate in Every Sense

      #2 choice: This Is Your Life Now

      #3 choice: Give In To Sloppy Bi Puns of Various Cleverness Levels

      #400 choice: Your Bife

    3. Ray Radlein

      I meant to ask this earlier, but did any commenter call the last book title correctly?

  52. TrueVCU

    ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

  53. Vukodlak

    He should have said bi-nocular but a space between syllables rather then empathize one.

  54. Fuzzy

    Happy birthday to us! (It is also my birthday.) (And Carla’s, if I remember right.)

    1. Carla's #2 Fan

      If the wikia can be trusted, her’s was a few days ago. So happy belated to Carla! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to Dorothy and Willis!

      1. Council

        Are you Carla’s #2 fan because #1 is Carla?

        1. Clif

          #2, do you pay people to ask that?

        2. Carla's #2 Fan

          I swear I don’t! This is honestly only the second time it’s happened. As long as you count the last time as one despite it being a group.

          But yes! Carla is her own #1 fan, I could never compete!

    2. HueSatLight

      Sal and her brother’s birthday was this week too!

      1. HueSatLight


        For Carla, word of Willis is March 28th        . In the two strips the asker mentions, in October she says she’s 19 and in January she says she’s 20). BUT Carla would definitely fudge her age if she thought the bit would land better.

  55. ADLegend21

    I forgot about the kinsey scale panels and just thought Dorothy was bi already…..

  56. OBBWG

    ♫Oh, Danny Bi…♫

    And Happy Birthday to you, Willis.

  57. Taffy

    Dorothy should kill somebody. Just ice a motherfucker, dead on sight, no warning.

  58. keet

    you’re right, danny. this IS gonna be her bife now #teambi

    hbd willis!

  59. Florence

    Happy birthday Willis!

  60. Arianod

    Bi Jove, it is the Willis’ birthday! Oh frabjous day!!

    1. CianM1301

      Callooh, callay!

      1. Arianod

        (they chortled in their joy)

  61. GUIGUI

    An author tend to self-insert to some level or an other into the characters they write. And to the question “How much is David Willis” self-inserting into Dorothy in the last panel, the answer is “very”.

  62. Needfuldoer

    Happy birthday, Willis!

  63. DaveM

    Happy birthday! And may you survive many more orbits of the increasingly bizarre world!

  64. Sol

    Maybe it’s just me, but if I went to someone, out of confusion and wanting support, of an identity we now both shared, and they were like this to me, I would no longer find them a safe person to talk to.

    1. King_Salty

      That might be a valid and justified reaction to this situation for you and many other people, but I think something like this really depends on the context of the relationship, don’t forget that Danny has known Dorothy very well for years now, and I think that in his way he is being supportive about this, instead of acting like it’s a huge deal and causing Dorothy to freak out more than she already was, he went with some good old fashioned well meaning teasing and she no longer has that timid stressed out look she had on her face in the last strip, and he can still follow up this icebreaker with a more serious and supportive conversation. It’s also worth mentioning that while she didn’t default right to telling puns, Dorothy was also very casual during most of the conversation they had when Danny was dealing with this issue, so it seems like this is probably just a sign of how relaxed these two are with each other.

      1. Tan

        There’s also something to be said for seeing directly how Danny has moved from his previous ‘bangst’ into a comforable ‘bilaxation’. Showing rather than telling that it can in fact get better and just be a normal part of you.

        But this definitely a “know your audience” moment that works because Danny and Dorothy have known each other for years and know what to expect from one another. It is also valid to nope out of this kind of response.

    2. Taffy

      No fun allowed during Serious Conversations™

    3. Jeremiah

      Well they probably will be happy about not having to talk to you anymore.

      1. sea salt ice cream sequel

        ngl kind of a weird reply

        1. Jeremiah

          Well I think that was a weird comment to make so I guess it balanced out.

        2. Sol

          Me commenting on how Danny comes off as hostile and would make me feel unsafe with him with regards to coming out with important topics is not a “weird comment” to make, it’s how I feel (and in conjunction with today’s comic, I feel even more validated in that feeling).

          You, however, are just being a straight up asshole for no actual reason. Like you literally went and said people I know would be glad not to talk to me. Fuck you, step on a tack.

      2. Tan

        A bold move to demonstrate that Danny is not an asshole by being one yourself.

  65. Abel Undercity

    Happy birthday, Willis! And many happy returns!

  66. DJTsurugi

    just gonna leave this one here https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/cheating/ since it’s been all the rage pointing out all the times Dorothy and Joyce flirted. ~<3

    1. Florence

      Hehehehehehe

  67. Acher4

    10 Years in the making?!!!!

    And Happy Birthday!!!

    Wow!

    How the years go bi! 😛

  68. Adept

    Danny is enjoying this the exactly appropriate amount. You better bi-lieve it Dotty.

    1. Adept

      (And since I commented on the wrong strit just now, I’ll repeat it here)

      Amazigirl’s ”A friend of Dorothy’s” quip is paying off in a very satisfying manner.

  69. aSnowyEvening

    I really love this, the playful teasing is adorable. And I am always here for the puns.

    I also wonder if this conversation is going to go in the direction of Dorothy’s life trajectory being upended and her confusion in its entirety. Walky’s blinding unconditional belief in Dorothy is better for their romantic/sexual relationship than Danny’s was, but iirc Walky’s “I know you Dorothy, you’ll bounce back” encouragement fell flat. I think Danny might actually be the one to give her genuine advice for how to pick yourself up when the life plan you were blindly following for years gets ripped out from under your feet, both because they have known each other for years, and because that’s the journey he went on (is still on probably) since Dorothy dumped him at the beginning of the school year.

    And now my baby is awake so I have to stop my comment. Happy birthday, Willis!

  70. Alaric

    Danny’s pun IS completely accurate, in every sense. He DOES have binocular vision. Just because, in one of those senses, it’s common, doesn’t make his statement wrong. It does make me jealous, though- I’m slightly cross-eyed, and my brain usually- unless I’m very tired- turns off one eye’s image so I don’t see double all the time, so I actually DON’T have binocular vision. But don’t worry, Dorothy- I didn’t find your initial statement offensive in the least.

    1. eh, whatever

      I’m slightly cross-eyed, and my brain usually- unless I’m very tired- turns off one eye’s image so I don’t see double all the time, so I actually DON’T have binocular vision

      Uh, there are glasses for this. I’ve had mine since I was 6. Are you in the US, and your insurance doesn’t pay?

      1. Taffy

        Weird way to phrase that.

        1. Looney

          a moment of silence for willis circa one year ago having to draw dorothy’s old hair. happy birthday sir. your efforts do not go unnoticed

        2. Looney

          THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE A REPLY. WHY WAS THIS A REPLY. CAN I REPORT MY OWN COMMENT AND GET IT DELETED OUT OF EMBARRASSMENT AND SHAME

      2. Alaric

        I have severe nerve damage in one eye, so the prism glasses don’t help. Believe me, I spent years using them AND going in for eye training regularly before the nerve damage was found.

  71. Looney

    everyone in my friend group had come out in one form or another before graduation. we all joked it was something in the water supply.

  72. Cybersnark

    Hey, Happy Birthday, Willis!

  73. Leaf

    The Kinsey Scale was created to make 1 research project easier, and now people are stuck in the 1940s. Tho to be fair, it’s difficult to break away from the legacy while living at the home of the research institute.

    1. Heavensrun

      It illustrates a concept it doesn’t have to be entirely inclusive of all conceptual possibilities for sexuality.

  74. Willoughby Chase

    She went straight down the middle!

  75. Willoughby Chase

    For a high flown intellectual, she should be getting a Marlene Dietrich poster at a bare minimum.

  76. Deanatay

    Happy Birthday, Willis! And, happy 1-year buffer-versary? Nice present to give yourself. I know of only one other comic to have such an extended buffer – Howard Taylor’s Schlock Mercenary – and that one’s finished, so the field is yours!

    1. Deanatay

      Gaah, it’s Tayler, not Taylor.

  77. Caro

    omg happy bday!!

  78. Heavensrun

    Or if you just close one eye!

  79. Mr.Morningstar

    ahaaa! previous strip flashback.

    Its always fun to compare how your art has changed and improved over the years.

    You have so many different comics to compare from its a pretty incredible journey to look at for aspiring artists.

  80. Mr. Random

    Eh, I’m still unsure on how appropriate it is to say “Bi” in this.
    Which… may come across as bi-phobic… and definitely comes across as bi-erasure, but it’s more in terms of practicality.

    Imagine you have a pie and cut it into 8 slices, and then I eat 7 and a half slices of that pie.
    You would, reasonably, say I ate the entire pie.
    I COULD technically, and correctly, say that I didn’t eat the entire pie. That I only ate some, but not all.
    Realistically, that’s kind of how I’d term the umbrella terms of “Straight/Straight*” and “Gay/Gay*”.
    It’s more about practically understanding what’s more useful as a label.
    I had a crush on a girl in middle school, but I still identify as gay, because if I eat 7 and a half slices of pie, it’s just practical to say I ate the entire pie. It feels slightly mis-leading if I’d term myself as bi. Even if that’s, technically speaking, the most accurate.

    1. Yumi

      Of course you can identify how you want (and lots of people had crushes in middle school that don’t end up aligning with their later identity), and I’m going to try to bypass (bipass) a lot of other potential mess of this to say… it seems like it would be different if you has a crush on a girl *now*, right? Like, Dorothy’s situation isn’t “I had a crush on a girl years ago,” it’s “I am having feelings for my female friend right now and they have been affecting me in several ways.”

      1. Doopyboop

        Agreed with Yumi, it’s obviously something that depends on how a person wishes to identify, but all we’ve learned is that Dorothy doesn’t like being called a lesbian. She hasn’t been shown to say, disagree with the label of bi. She’s bi-curious perhaps, one might say! She has unresolved feelings for at least two different women and is exploring herself. She’s also very much into men as well, what with the latest apology bed dance with Walky as well as prior experiences with him and Danny, so… what about bi seems like it doesn’t fit here for Dorothy, exactly?

      2. thejeff

        People are complicated. “Straight with an exception” probably does exist, even if it’s more common as a stage into accepting actually being bi. So, even as a current crush, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

        But in this case, Dorothy’s definitely having an awakening

        1. Yumi

          True, I just don’t know that it’d be more “practical” to just say one was straight/gay in that circumstance… “with an exception,” yeah. (But also, I don’t think identities are just about what’s practical.)

          If we didn’t know all that we know about Dorothy pointing to her realizing she’s bi, I’d still think it’d be part of the questioning stage.

        2. Mr. Random

          I think there may be some word confusion.
          When I use “identify” I mean in terms of how you commuicate towards others.
          When you use it, I THINK, you’re more using it to refer to how you may internally define yourself.

          The issue I have with:
          Kinsey 0 – Straight
          Kinsey 6 – Gay
          Kinsey 1,2,3,4,5 – Bisexual

          Is how some conflate self-internal identification versus external communication of your label.

        3. Yumi

          Honestly, basically the opposite of what you said. I was absolutely taking about how you’d communicate it to others– if, say, you’re a girl exploring your romantic feelings toward another girl and considering a relationship with her, I don’t know how saying you’re straight would be more “practical.” It might be how one identifies, though.

    2. Masumi

      Tbf, it’s quite a different issue whether I get to eat the remaining 1/16th of that pie, or none at all.

    3. Jeremiah

      You do get that and this situation are almost entirely different right? I am sorry but yes this does fell like bi erasure.

    4. John Campbell

      As Dorothy says, there’s all those numbers in the middle for a reason.

  81. Jdorr

    Happy b-day.

    Also love how Dorothy isn’t claiming the bi part is wrong at the end, just that her puns will infact be accurate

  82. Kyulen

    Happy Birthday Willis! Sadly I seem to have missed out on making lots of bi puns since realizing I’m bi a couple years ago.

  83. thumb

    The implication being that even then, Danny had at least an inkling which is what prompted him to ask. And when given an answer, to think to himself “bullshit”.

    1. Daibhid C

      No disrespect to Danny, but I find it hard to credit that he was thinking this immediately after learning bisexuality was even a thing. I think it was more like “Wait, how does she know bisexuality’s a thing?” (possibly influenced by having heard Joe suggest she’s a lesbian since they were fifteen).

      In fact, his immediate follow-up was “No offence, but I’d rather hear this from a non-zero,” which rather suggests he took it at face value at the time.

  84. SailorCakes

    Happy birthday Willis!!! Thank you for bringing us enjoy every single day of the year and gifting all of us on our birthdays! ?????

    1. NGPZ

      I wonder, what are sailor cakes anyway?

      they anything like sailor bi-scuits? XD

    2. SailorCakes

      If their my cakes they would be :3

      1. NGPZ

        A nifty foodstock you could get bi on for a very long time?

        Very good! ^^

  85. Amós Batista

    Congratulations for your birthday, Willis, and for your one-year vacation.

  86. Veronica

    Did anyone else think Dororhy was saying “unimclusive” because the second n and the c are…weirdly touching for some reason? Is that what happens when the font is rendered that small?

  87. shanunu

    Haha Danny went from not even knowing bisexual was a word in the strip before the flashback to making god awful bi puns to the person that taught it to him. Growth?

  88. Taffy

    As much of an irritating twerp as Dorothy’s being about the semantics, I do sort of enjoy her not going along with Danny’s “pun”. All he’s doing is emphasizing “bi” like that’s clever on its own just because it’s part of the word “binocular”.

    1. Jeremiah

      That, that is what a pun is.

      1. Taffy

        No.

        1. Jeremiah

          Yes.

  89. Warmth

    Many “good guys” are sadly very obnoxious when dealing with sensitive or personal subjects…

    1. Jeremiah

      Be for real rn ?

  90. Victor Riley

    Oh wow… that flashback is from the Before-Times. Before Covid, before… him.

  91. Borg

    I don’t do orientation puns much, but when I do I always ace them.

  92. HueSatLight

    Dorothy should have said, “I kin see what you did there”

  93. OLD

    I was hesitant about the fan theory that Dorothy is actually autistic and her planning was a symptom of that. I was sure that she was ADHD and all her planning was her way of masking it. This conversation though. Her taking the pun literally is very autistic.

  94. Paradox

    I keep forgetting that Willis and I have the same Birthday

    One of these years I’m going to remember it

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