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Exermacises
Posted on November 19, 2023 by David M Willis

89 thoughts on “Exermacises”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    no shirt
    no shoes
    no toenails

    1. Ana Chronistic

      You be polite to the exercise machines by WIPING THEM DOWN AFTER EVERY USE

      1. Angel

        maybe any group exercise she ever had in a church group was in one of those rooms with those soft mats where she’d be used to taking off her shoes lol

    2. Decidedly Orthogonal

      No horny?

      Something tells me this won’t exermacise her horny demons.

      1. GLaDOS

        As Screwtape put it:

        If he must think of the medical side of chastity, feed him the grand lie which we have made the English humans believe, that physical exercise in excess and consequent fatigue are specially favorable to this virtue. How they can believe thus, in face of notorious lustfulness of sailors and soldiers, may well be asked.

  2. Animedingo

    Foreplay

    1. Clif

      It’s called foreplay because that’s what it’s fore.

      1. Plaaaaaa

        Fo’ replay

  3. Thag Simmons

    Hehe, maybe this was a sub-optimal idea for a date

  4. Caro

    theyre so cute /gen

  5. True Survivor

    Wow, they are all ready at the married 40 years stage of the relationships. Who says Joyce takes relationships slow?

    1. PASchaefer

      Nobody. Nobody says that . Joyce was the one imagining marriage about as soon as she held a boy’s hand. =D

      1. Miri

        Nah, she got there as soon as he asked her out. No physical contact necessary!

  6. Schpoonman

    Step machines are ridiculously kinky, they want you to step on them and to wear shoes, too.

    Maybe Joyce should start with the treadmill.

    1. Some1

      I was going to make a comment saying Joyce should just imagine that the step machine is into it but you kinda beat me to it so imma piggy back on your comment

    2. PirateTawnee

      Still waiting for a step machine that will ask to be stepped on. Consent is important yo.

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        Interesting concept. One wonders if “harder daddy/mommy” will motivate more people to work out harder¹, or will make more flee in terror/shame from the gym? ?

        [1] ?

  7. RacingTurtle

    “Make out. Make out now.”

  8. RassilonTDavros

    Dumbing of Age Book 14: Oh Good, You Remember the Things I Retroactively Decided Nobody Noticed To Keep Myself Sane

  9. Thag Simmons

    I will say it’s probably good to have a lightly traumatic but ultimately harmless accident early when learning any sort of potentially hazardous activity. Sticks in your brain and keeps you cautious without having serious consequences

    1. Angel

      “joyce brown and the mediocre body horror”

      that said id prefer a brisk with while holding hands and then grabbing lunch after

  10. Dara

    This seems like weirdly quick escalation

    1. David DeLaney

      … have you even met Joyce

      –Dave, I’m told it’s a learning experience, for everyone involved

  11. Opus the Poet

    You’re to being polite to the machine, you’re being polite to the people using the machine after you, by not leaving it covered in blood from your unshod foot.

    1. Angel

      i assumed someone wiped it down but i wonder how many ppl did visit the gym that day.

    2. thejeff

      I think she just got her toe crunched a bit. No actual blood.

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        Oh there was blood. Now, whether it remained subdermal, or fully popped like a cherry washing machine is up to someone willing to do an archdive.

    3. Needfuldoer

      Unshod shouldn’t be a problem, socks were the problem. Those things are way too slick.

  12. Mym

    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/glisteny/
    Conquistador

    1. bejouled

      Thank you for your service, now I don’t have to go looking

    2. Miri

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/stepmachine/ and possibly why she’s so cross with Joe… He was trying to let her know she was doing something dangerous, but could definitely have done it in a way that didn’t cause her to break concentration, stride, attention, twist away from the machine… But also allowances for 18 y/o reacting to person doing something silly and trying to stop them ASAP…

  13. darkoneko

    Yes you can

  14. BBCC

    Joyce you’re polite to the machines by using them properly – by wearing shoes!

    1. Angel

      i’m surprised she didn’t feel more uncomfortable instantly, even w/o the injury, i had a ‘stepper’ thing at home and there was def bumps on the machines to where you def had to wear shoes

  15. Dday

    Reposting this from yesterday, cause I finished it kinda late. I swear I won’t be spamming it later. Mostly drew this cause Sarah in her workout duds is making cartoonish steam shoot out my ears
    Its kinda spicy but more or less sfw, features abs:
    https://i.imgur.com/WcMTGzx.png

    1. HueSatLight

      ?

    2. NGPZ

      awe shit awesome! ^^

    3. NickG

      Great expressions on all of them, but Sara in particular.

      1. Dday

        Thanks, yeah Sarah is Our Lady of Perpetual Grumpitude, RBF queen

    4. David DeLaney

      and your bound/gagged Faz avatar goes SO well with it

      –Dae, spicy, hot, but I can still see myself swallowing…

    5. Miri

      I managed to read that as “go greasy on the carbs” but am ill… Pretty sure that oodles of garlic bread and proper fish and chip shop chips are not the way to chiseled abs… Sadly…

  16. HueSatLight

    what’s wrong with exermacises? Is it because it feels like it should be -ize?

    1. Angel

      probably too early for sarah to put up with joyce’s whimsical word choices, or maybe because it makes her sound childish, tho i imagine that was a misspeak based onthe second panel rather than being playful

    2. Bash

      She’s saying it to cover up the fact that she doesn’t actually know how to work out, and didn’t think this far ahead. And being Joyce, she’s going to do or say something cringe rather than admit that.

      1. HueSatLight

        you hit the nail right on the head, as it were. Her awkwardness is cute, but she still feels awkward.

        I still think exermacizes looks better. But I’ve been trying to spell it exercize my whole life so -shrug emoji-

    3. Shadowsnail

      It’s because the correct pronunciation is emaxemarcimasemas.

    4. Needfuldoer

      Because it’s cute, and Joyce has too much of that going on as it is.

  17. Angel

    maybe she should stick to jumping rope…tho what would be a good beginner thing to use other than the tiny dumbbells lol

  18. Reltzik

    Now kiss.

    …. actually that feels kinda different saying that when they’re already in a romantic relationship….

  19. Joe Moose

    To quote: “You two bicker like a married couple!”

  20. Steelbright

    This is going well

    1. The Jighole Man

      indeed.
      it may be an argument, but the argument is based on joe caring for her, rather than some drama nonsense.

    2. Bash

      I think it is going pretty well actually. It’s a return to their usual dynamic, rather than things being awkward now that they’re dating.

    3. HueSatLight

      But so far, this is an acceptable fight so far, neither of them are trying to hurt the other emotionally or physically, and they’re not letting anything fester unsaid. Compare to Walky and Lucy, we haven’t seen them fight yet (If I Remember Correctly). Walky seems to be avoiding saying almost everything he’s thinking, possibly because he thinks it will upset Lucy.

      Joe is right about the toe smooshing, and Joyce should stop blaming him. But Joe should also be telling Joyce he doesn’t think less of her if she doesn’t know about working out and won’t think any less of her if ultimately she ends up disliking it.

      1. Mym

        +2

  21. DashWallkick

    Joe you might like her for being beautiful and kind and funny but she’s still Joyce and you still have to deal with her neuroses and her inability to accept when she’s wrong.

  22. Andrews

    *tips hat* madam step machine

    1. Taffy

      M’chine

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        Just want to express my appwciation for this word play.

        1. Decidedly Orthogonal

          Appreciation even. ?

        2. HueSatLight

          appweciation

    2. David DeLaney

      it’s rude to cut someone you’ve been introduced to, after all

      –Dave, Alice is just full of useful etiquette lessons

  23. Suet

    You can actually be polite to a step machine maybe, by wiping the handles after using it.

    Hit it? What did the treadmill ever do to you, Sarah?

    1. Pergola

      Politeness to machines is practice for politeness to people.

  24. Taffy

    Stretching is for people who don’t want to pull something or whatever. Also known as cowards.

  25. foducool

    it’s like they’ve been married for years lmao

    1. NGPZ

      if they’re bond can withstand the trials, who knows? ^^

      (but knowing Willis he can always come up with more end-game-y ships LOL)

      1. HueSatLight

        like who?
        <-

        1. Mym

          RaidahXSarah

  26. Amós Batista

    Shit, it’s exactly how my parents argues. Or me with my mom.

  27. Daibhid C

    This is the most adorable first fight I’ve seen in a webcomic since that bit in El Goonish Shive where they were all “No, you’re wrong to think you might be a bad person!”

  28. Rabisch

    The beginning of the end for the beautiful couple or just a healthy discussion that will strengthen them? Let’s see what Jacob and Sarah will say.

  29. David DeLaney

    they do say you should never go to bed angry

    –Dave, they’re leaving footprints in their sands

    1. David DeLaney

      also I notice we’ve got thirteen completely different facial expressions this strip! in, what, 45 seconds?

      –Dave, all hail Willis, bringer of visual conflict! *the mice cheered!*

  30. Needfuldoer

    The toe may have healed, but Joyce is still sore.

    1. Dday

      Joyce’s toe may be wounded, but her sole still burns…

  31. Cracker Jack

    Look, the step machine LIKES being stepped on! Don’t kink shame!

    1. David DeLaney

      *Usenet from 3 decades ago would like to add high heels to your concept’s location and outfit*

      –Dave, we’ll work the accelerator pedal in somewhere too

  32. Stephen Nedland

    Well, can be polite to the step machine; whether or not it notices the curtesy, is questionable.

  33. Allen Alberti

    Am i the only one who noticed the incredibly high resolution of today’s strip?

    1. Taffy

      Is it higher than usual? I guess it might look a little crisper.

    2. Justnobodyfqwl

      Yeah, it’s INSANE? It’s like Sprite compared to the Coke of the rest of the comic

    3. HueSatLight

      Is it line weight and/or anti-aliasing differences? like in panel 2 especially

    4. Needfuldoer

      Maybe a super-high-res version was uploaded earlier, but right now the file’s the same pixel dimensions as yesterday’s comic.

      1. Allen Alberti

        can confirm, yesterday when opening image in new window it was MASSIVE and today it’s a normal strip.

  34. Adept

    Standing between these two Joyce looks tiny.

  35. Grayfinity

    Oh goodie, the first argument post-courtship. (Please correct me if I’m wrong…)

    This is progressing nicely! Won’t be long until they’re ‘(arguing) like an ol’ married couple’.

  36. Mr. Random

    That escalated…. VERY quickly.

  37. Hinoron

    “Hit the machines” “hit the treadmill”.
    It’s like no one knows how to use them properly and just punches them out of frustration…
    😉

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