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The Dumbing of Age Book 13 Kickstarter continues and will not die! When will it end???? (in 11 days)
anyway go pledge for a book and some magnets
we unlock HALLOWEEN BECKY at $45k
(that's in $200)
204 thoughts on “Intervals”
NGPZ
Today’s strip is brought to you by the letter P
True Survivor
Because of electron-orbitals?
Kat
Yes, the electron orbitals that make you get up frequently in the night. They are, of course, the d-orbitals. ‘d’ stands for diuretic. It’s a scientific name, after all.
NGPZ
I mean, other orbitals too?
Ethanol produces it’s diuretic effects in earthlings by inhibiting production of vasopressin in the pituitary gland, a hormone which regulates kidney function and blood pressure (this is also partly responsible for ethanol’s effects as a vasodilator).
David DeLaney
gesundheit!
–David, srsly, i did understand those references
RassilonTDavros
People never adequately warn the newbies about that little side effect.
Ana Chronistic
…does Jo(yc)e have object permanence?
[sadly, if I got up multiple times like this, Spouse would switch positions in the meantime and not leave me room to squeeze in]
Rose by Any Other Name
See, I relate to this a LOT.
I have done this exact thing – both the sleeping with my wife cuddled behind me like that (with me as Joyce, my wife as Joe) and the part where I slip out to go to the bathroom, sometimes multiple times, while she remains unmoving.
The only difference is that, in the morning, I’ll ask if I kept her up, and she’ll be like “you got up?”
Animedingo
What
NGPZ
Going number one!
Going number one!
Going number one!
? HEY HEY! ?
Ed Rhodes
Does this work?
https://youtu.be/AVRbzDgNKWQ?si=90hgeXaYaNW2zURc
Cattleprod
I assume Joyce has to get up multiple times because she just drank a lot.
DJTsurugi
yep, that much alcohol means she has to pee a lot, at least she’s getting up and not so drunk that she doesn’t. ~<3
Radiance
Her Dorothy-teleporting powers keep kicking in while she’s sleeping, and she has to keep coming back. Inconvenient for all concerned, really.
Smallmoon
While Joyce can teleport to Dorothy’s side, as suggested by Sarah when Joyce was walking around with Fuckface on her head(book 9, Chapter 1, Teleport, published October 25, 2018), she’s also perfectly capable of just teleporting to a known space, as shown when she first met Malaya and materialized behind a box as Malaya set it down (Book 8, Chapter 1, Helping, published November 13, 2017).
TL;DR she’s probably just teleporting to and from the restroom.
mindbleach
Dranksequences.
Mr D phone posting
I got no idea what is going on
NGPZ
don’t ya know?
ethanol is a diuretic
Alanari
That or she’s freaking out because of being next to a boy or she’s freaking out because said boy notices her being next to him.
Or all of this.
Rose by Any Other Name
She doesn’t look particularly freaked out to me.
Devin
What Rose by Any Other Name said. I also feel like that’s a thing Willis would show us instead of skipping over it.
RassilonTDavros
…actually, that would definitely explain this.
PedanticJerkass
Also an emetic, potentially.
Vulcanodon
You can only rent it…
Needfuldoer
Liquids in, liquids out.
IntangibleMatter
I’m willing to bet next strip tells us where she keeps going. My bet is puking. Place your bets now!
HueSatLight
pissing.
Sirksome
They don’t tell you that apart about drinking. It comes outta ya one way or the other.
Ray Radlein
This is also something that is never mentioned in vampire fiction.
Thanks to a suddenly failed graft site on the roof of my mouth, I once spent an entire night swallowing my own blood, and, let me tell you, I had to pee a lot.
Mr D
Was the pee blood too?
David DeLaney
our kidneys do a more awesome job of filtering than most people realize
see, they’re filtering out the water, urea, and other trace waste products too directly FROM your blood
so … no, if there’s blood in your urine, something’s wrong OTHER than “you drank a quantity”
–Dave, on the other hand, that WILL show up as black tarry stool for a bit
Obi
When you drink blood, does it even enter your bloodstream? I figure the stomach and intestines would take care of it before it even reaches your bloodstream, and you’d probably poop dehydrated blood, kidneys wouldn’t be involved much.
Decidedly Orthogonal
We don’t digest our own blood terribly well. It’ll turn your feces black, but it’s generally not great to consume.
Osopescado
As a nurse I can tell you: no.
But: his next couple of poops probably looked like coffee grounds
KingoHrts
As a man with an undiscovered bleeding stomach ulcer, I can also attest to black stools. Unfortunately, I had just started some high fiber cereal, so I thought that was the cause. About a week later at hospital I had a doctor ask me why my blood count was half of the normal. Check your poops people. Easiest self diagnosis you can make.
deliverything
To underscore your point, here’s an informative song from Scrubs.
https://youtu.be/pnIk0npINiE
PedanticJerkass
Could be both.
True Survivor
That actually makes a lot of sense, I hadn’t thought of that. My money is on you being right.
Grimey
Judging by Joe’s face in Panel 5, he can see her or hear her making use of his trash can so I think you’d be right.
Tatterhood
Sudden need to do laundry
reed
reverse joyce specific object impermanence?
David DeLaney
she’s lost control of her teleport-to-Dorothy superpower whilst drunk, that’s all
–Dave, good thing the door’s unlocked
ps: oh hey, new storyline title … Taylor Hebert goes to IU?
Nono
The siren song of “oh my cuddle partner went to the bathroom and I’ve lose that comfort cuddle heat”.
Rose by Any Other Name
“And I’m peeing and I’m peeing and I’m peeing and I’m peeing
It feels good, it feels good”
— Arin Hanson
Casi
Every time i see Egoraptor’s real name i think he’s a member of 90s teen pop band Hanson
Jon
That’s what Cats are for. Once they settle in with their hoomin they’re not moving until breakfast time.
Which may be several hours before the hoomin wants to wake up, of course.
Sirksome
Sometimes you gotta pee probably.
Ray
Penel 4: Joyce test-fits Wolverine claws
Ray
Or, typo of “panel” transitions to “penile” – take your pick.
AbacusWizard
*snikt*
Yotomoe
Hey y’all! I made a Tierlist Maker for DOA relationships.
https://tiermaker.com/create/dumbing-of-age-relationship-tier-list-1004807
Let me know if I’m forgetting any major ones.
https://imgur.com/a/2CS83ld
Here’s mine. Share yours too 😀
Sirksome
Can anyone else see yoto’s tierlist? Cause I can’t for some reason. Also disappointed there’s no garbage tier so I can put Leslie x that awful negging dentist lady in the dumpster where it belongs.
cbwroses
I can’t see it, either.
cbwroses
I did place the relationships in their right and proper places, tho.
cbwroses
https://x.com/cbwroses/status/1784082156546929009?s=61
Yotomoe
Oooh nice. Two Walky ships in the top tiers.
cbwroses
I won’t say I’m not biased, but they are two of the better romantic pairings (while they lasted), and they are the two I cared most about.
Ray Radlein
Me neither.
BTW, Yotomoe, thanks for picking up PokemonGO again! I swear I will open your gift eventually (I am a weirdo who likes saving Postcards and need room for more)
Yotomoe
Haha I must’ve friended you at some point in the previous years 😛 Glad to be of service. My friend got me back into the game.
Ray Radlein
Yeah, it was a few years ago when Amber was making some PokemonGO jokes or some such and a bunch of folks here traded friend codes around in the comment section
Max
Do Tell. I could use more friends in PokemonGO.
BBCC
I can. I ranked it ‘Fave’ ‘Good’ ‘Like it’, ‘It’s fine but we don’t see enough of them/clearly just a one or two off’ and ‘Dislike’.
Yotomoe
You can rename the Tiers yourself y’know.
Yotomoe
https://i.imgur.com/q4bBsKg.png
Does this work?
cbwroses
Yes
Proxiehunter
New one is working.
Sirksome
i’ve never done this before so it will be interesting to see if this link works.
https://imgur.com/a/KvDIQKo
Mark
Weird: your works here; Yoto’s doesn’t.
Also, after looking at NoScript’s list for each: that is a boatload of hidden script sites.
Mark
Yoto’s first didn’t.
Wereg
I think your tierlist is almost exactly the same as mine would be
NGPZ
heeeeeres mine
https://twitter.com/NGPZ_dev/status/1784078490532458584
Blume
Thank you very much. I don’t think you’re forgetting anything, but it’d be neat to put the parents in there too if you want!
Yotomoe