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Meepbeep
Posted on November 13, 2023 by David M Willis

140 thoughts on “Meepbeep”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “tummy wands may have been involved”

    “still saying nothing”

    1. Ana Chronistic

      12:12! =_=

      1. Ryan

        12:12! = 1:11!

        1. Mark

          I suppose that to apply factorial to time you convert time to the smallest single unit, but I still don’t see how you got this.

        2. the mathfessor

          it’s a ratio. divide both sides by 12 and you get 1 and 11!

        3. deliverything

          I think it’s a ratio? Divide both sides by 12.

        4. a/snow/mous/e

          ah yes, checks out

  2. DarkoNeko

    Good. Don’t speak with your mouth full.

  3. DarkoNeko

    But, more importantly… I hope Dotty could recover the glasses safely, haha.

    1. jeffepp

      She’s currently wearing Joyce’s. She’s too bleary to notice.

  4. Doctor_Who

    This is what comes of starring at Dorothy’s crotch all evening in search of a Secret Weenus.

    1. Sirksome

      Joyce Brown: Secret Weenus Detective!

      1. Pylgrim

        She’s only looking for inspiration for another door whiteboard spree!

    2. RassilonTDavros

      I know “weenus” is being used as slang for “penis” in this context but I’m laughing my ass off imagining Dorothy somehow having a secret elbow.

      1. Reltzik

        … wait, so DOES Joyce know her crotch from her elbow?

        1. Furie

          When she arrived? Not a chance. These days? Amber’s slashfic filled her in (last three words regularly used in said slashfic).

        2. John Campbell

          I think it’s mostly hims getting filled in Amber’s fic.

  5. Sirksome

    Most straight people probably don’t have to reaffirm their straightness in the morning I assume.

    1. Ymbrael

      It’s more common than you might think! But then again, my experience is only half-straight, so it might not be the best barometer…

    2. Bryy

      As much as I want to see Carol’s reaction to Joyce’s potential bisexuality, I hope we never, ever see her again. Outright saying it’s okay for people to die if the Church deems it is enough for me.

    3. asmodai27

      My college experience is a bit dated, and in a somewhat conservative state, but male students used to do things like that pretty much all the time.
      It is a testament to how homophobic (and/or biphobic) american college culture actually is (in a conservative place at least).
      I could have put that last sentence in the past tense as I haven’t been in the US or a college in 15 years, but I am unfortunately not that hopeful.

      1. Jon

        Not as prevalent in my experience, though echoes are alive and well pretty much wherever you go.

        Romesh Ranganathan has an excellent stand-up bit about this where he talks about the whole awful, ridiculous “no homo” thing homophobic people sometimes ‘jokingly’ say.

    4. Thag Simmons

      Eh, homophobic cultures can be pretty good at giving straight people massive insecurity about their own sexuality

    5. Vulcanodon

      I learned early in life that acting in an effeminate way was an immediately punishable offense. That you could never let your guard down, not for a second.

      1. Bryy

        People that are homophobic, I can figure out. People that are so sexist that they think you literally have to be a woman for walking a certain way, I can’t.

        1. Rectilinear Propagation

          Especially since they’re also transphobic.

    6. milu

      *Judith Butler has entered the chat*

  6. Kyrik Michalowski

    So Dorothy didn’t wake Joyce up when she went for her morning run? Or did she slip out of the room when no one is awake similar to one night stands?

    1. True Survivor

      I don’t know, but I am baffled about how she would have managed to do either of those things. The bed seems to be too high to easily jump down off by Joyce’s feet and I would imagine the ceiling is too low to get over Joyce without and still get down without hitting her (you can’t stand and jump off).

      1. Sirksome

        Maybe Joyce is just a heavy sleeper? Sometimes it’s the simple explanation that’s true.

        1. Needfuldoer

          The story needed her to, so she did.

        2. milu

          the plot made her sleep?? that’s so contrived

      2. qrlorax

        most bunk beds i’ve slept on have had the end have sort of ladder rungs you climb down to get off.

      3. Fnord

        Dorothy is the new Amazi-Girl confirmed.

    2. Rotunda

      It is likely she wished to spare Joyce the embarrassment of waking up in bed with her.

      1. butting

        Or the whole binge-on-Dorothy business was the dream.

        1. Rotunda

          If it was a dream, I don’t see the point of having Joyce note the depression in the mattress; it’s also hard to account for Joyce leaving that spot open as she sleeps.
          My take is that Dorothy left very carefully, and Joyce is referring to the event as a dream because she was just wakened by an alarm, and it’s common to confuse dreaming and waking events in that state.

        2. butting

          The very small, elbow-sized depression in the mattress? She’s just reacting to the unwelcome reminder of her weenus. She even drops it down below her eyeline in panel four, clearly unsettled by the sight.

    3. HueSatLight

      she can fly when she’s dreaming.

      1. milu

        not without Horse though??

  7. Mydnyt

    This broke me out in a fit of happy cackling

  8. AK

    I guess Dorothy’s back to getting up at crazy hours, which is… good?

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      I don’t know that it is good, but it is part of Dorothy’s routine, so doing so probably made her feel good this morning even if she is still freaking out on the inside.

  9. Grimey

    Sarah probably stated those exact same words when Dorothy was awkwardly leaving while Joyce was asleep.

  10. Vanessa

    Why are Joyce and Sarah both up at sunrise, they aren’t going to church are they?

    1. jeffepp

      Probably just getting up in time for breakfast. Skipping meals is wasting meal cards.

    2. Needfuldoer

      It’s January in Indiana, sunrise is at 8 AM.

      https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/bloomington-in?month=1

      1. Thag Simmons

        the many joys of winter

    3. Angel

      Well she might still not be getting up as early as walky ended up doing but i imagine other than the occasional bad day joyce isn’t the type to sleep in for too long/prolly has plans with joe if it’s a weekend date versus class

  11. milu

    ✨CUTIES BEWARE✨

    much smutness awaits beyond the link.

    i may have gotten carried away with my gay threesome caper the other day and turned this plotless fantasy into a full-blown story (for some definition of story) of which this is part 1. Part 2 may or may not follow in the near or distant future. This is, after all, happening in a galaxy far, far away, so like, what is time.

    After a long, gruelling negotiation, Space Captain Julia Gray and President Doris Keener have finally gotten the three warring Space Vampires whose names i can’t keep straight to agree to peace. The warriors seal the deal with (obviously) a ceremonial orgy — under Captain Julia’s ever-watchful gaze. Only one small formality remains…

    1. milu

      …woops the last image is supposed to be the first??? for some reason i can’t fix it??? ?‍♀️

      1. Bogeywoman

        Image order is fine now. My phone does not like that site apparently. I have to refresh the page for every image. Which I did. Totally worth the effort ?

        (Also I may sneaky steal part of your story idea to write a short thing for my sci-fi loving lady friend if that’s okay with your lordship)

        1. milu

          oh hey it worked then. good! and please, use and abuse this premise

    2. Yotomoe

      Wow I’m Blown away. So many characters. So much art. And really sexy. Just absolutely fantastic work. BRAVO.

      1. milu

        haha thank you. ehh i may have work yet to reach your levels of sexy but, baby steps <3

  12. NGPZ

    re: alt-text,

    Was there a voice telling you to get up, kill and eat?

    1. HueSatLight

      isn’t that just like a god, to omit the oxford comma.

  13. StClair

    gals being pals

  14. Kenny Williams

    Dorothy Is ENDGAME!

    1. Needfuldoer

      She’s going to time-travel and help her past self get home from the Delta quadrant?

  15. Illithid

    To those talking about Dorothy slipping out while Joy was asleep, note that Joy is in different clothes.

    1. Prince Mech

      Or, yknow. She just put on some pyjamas while Dorothy was sleeping rather than going to sleep in a jumper and jeans.

    2. V

      I’d assume Joyce just changed into her pajamas and got back into bed last night while Dorothy was still asleep.

    3. HueSatLight

      Sarah changed their clothes for them after they were asleep, and carried Dorothy back to her room and tucked her in? ok, I can see that.

  16. CrazyJ

    I assume Dorothy’s dream is an infohazard that has infected Joyce.

  17. Yotomoe

    Billie gets yoinked(NSFW)
    A request of a follow up to this comic.
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/gottagetoutof/

    1. Sirksome

      I actual forgot Ruth did that. No wonder Joyce was questioning her sexuality.

    2. Bash

      LOVE the look on Joyce’s face.

    3. PirateTawnee

      Any day where you draw Billie is immediately better, so just, yes, thank you, more of this please.

    4. ValdVin

      Just like a Leafs fan.

    5. Needfuldoer

      I forgot about that sequence! Nice job.

    6. milu

      bahaha
      thank you for your service <3

    7. Taffy

      The faces are excellent. So are the boobs. You’re very good at both.

  18. Meagan

    Everyone questioning what happened last night…I’m almost positive they were in Dorothy’s room and Joyce eventually left. It looked.like they were in a downstairs bunk bed, not a top one.

    1. drs

      Nah, apart from the current lack of stripes on Joyce’s pillow, the two beds match up perfectly.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-14/01-everybodys-looking-for-nothing/mrmmrrmrmimo/

    2. miz

      there are no “downstairs” bunk beds, in any of their dorms. the beds are all lofted above a desk.

      1. Rotunda

        What miz says is true for double-occupancy rooms in Read Hall, which is where most of the characters live. Ruth and Carla have single-occupancy rooms with a normal bed and no loft. Forest Quad, where Lucy and Jennifer live, has double-occupancy rooms with two beds at normal height.
        [These assertions are based on what I think I’ve seen in the comic; corrections welcome.]

        1. miz

          nah, that’s accurate. i thought about mentioning the typical beds in the other hall but decided not to since we were talking in the context of dorothy and joyce, but you’re correct, also about the singles.

        2. miz

          also, even WITH those other types of beds, it’s STILL true that there’s no downstairs bunk beds anywhere, so ha!

        3. HueSatLight

          Based on dialogue (Malaya commenting on the lofted beds), it sounds like the beds are configurable. But Joyce’s came pre-lofted with a ladder. I think all the beds in doubles in Read are lofted, but there’s a chance that’s because the bare background images are re-usable.

        4. miz

          as rotunda pointed out, malaya’s comment stems from the fact that forest quad, where she had just moved from, had standard beds, not that the lofts are configurable. i don’t really see how they could be; you can’t put a desk OVER a bed.

        5. John Campbell

          My dorm had configurable lofts. Each occupant had a desk, bed, and wardrobe, and a couple of short shelf units. The rooms were just big enough that you could have a desk, bed, and wardrobe on the floor down each side of the room. But you could also stack a bed on top of the shelf units to loft it over a desk. Or, with a set of steel pins inserted into the bedposts, you could stack one bed on top of the other and have bunk beds (though I don’t recall ever seeing anybody actually set them up that way).

          My roommate and I generally had both beds lofted over the desks on one side of the room, with one of the wardrobes between them, and the other wardrobe in the corner on the other side, which left the rest of the other side for a couch, fridge, stereo, and his drafting table.

        6. HueSatLight

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/smaller/ Malaya’s comment

  19. Dday

    Joyce you don’t gotta start no-homoing first thing in the morning

    1. milu

      well, if you don’t, you turn into a homo???

      1. Bo

        i also take my yes homo pills in the morning

  20. Bash

    Yes, the incredibly straight dream had by and incredibly straight person.

  21. The Jighole Man

    i wonder who will realize she is bi first, joyce, dorothy, or becky?

    1. khn0

      Becky isn’t bi maybe?

      1. Radiance

        Hmm, I can’t remember if Becky’s ever brought up her sexuality before. I don’t think there’s been any indications one way or another.

        1. Mark

          You mean, besides shouting it to all and sundry, so loudly it wound up on the cover of a book?

        2. milu

          there were some minor hints, it’s open to interpretation

        3. Tan

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/kinsey/

          Yes, there is uncertainty between 24 or 25 on the Kinsey scale

        4. Vulcanodon

          Becky canonically is gay not bi, just ask her

      2. Dday

        Pretty sure the question meant who will realize *Joyce* is bi first. The answer is Sarah

    2. Bryy

      Joyce being bisexual would be super interesting, given how she reacted to Ruth’s boyfriend.

    3. Raen

      Of the three, I think Joyce seems the only one at all likely. (…very likely at this point, honestly.) Dorothy clearly cares about Joyce, but she seems to know where she stands, although granted the “laundry” circlejerk was a little weird. Joyce is the one who’s always seeing something there that maybe she doesn’t want to be seeing.

      (Becky, of course, doesn’t even deserve a response.)

      1. Daibhid C

        ICBW, but I honestly read this as which of them will realise Joyce is bi first.

        1. Raen

          …oh. That… actually makes more sense. In that case, I just assume Dorothy and Becky already think so, but Dorothy doesn’t want to push her, and Becky doesn’t want to come off the wrong way, especially now that she’s with Dina.

        2. milu

          you think Becky already suspects? i think she may go through a mini-heartbreak again when she realizes, Dina notwithstanding.

          Sarah obviously knows, though.

        3. HeatherJean

          Lucy knew after just one encounter with her.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/04-vote-for-robin/proselytize/

        4. milu

          ah indeed that is a less bonkers resolution of this otherwise mystifying comment XD

    4. Thag Simmons

      did you mean someone other than becky? because becky will definitely not be doing that

    5. zee

      How did only one person realize that this comment is talking about Joyce specifically. Obviously. No one thinks becky is bi.

      1. Drew Hargrave

        Right? I’m so mystified by the lack pf reading comprehension.

    6. TerribleTransit

      Dorothy. There’s some evidence she has an inkling already, and is more likely to think critically about it and realize she’s bi, or at least straight with an exception, or a biromantic heterosexual, or whatever is actually going on with her.

      Joyce will realize she’s bi about three seconds after Dorothy mentions being interested in her, if that ever happens, otherwise she will continue to assert being straight indefinitely regardless of the evidence.

      Becky would sooner die than claim attraction to men. She will never realize anything because there’s nothing to realize, and she will go to her grave with the knowledge she is 100% lesbian.

  22. Rabisch

    Poor Joyce, she looks so disappointed. Maybe in the next strip she will think that dreams don’t leave their perfume on the bed, or something like that.

  23. PirateTawnee

    Sometimes the symbolism in dreams is just symbolism, sometimes it isn’t.

    Most of the fun is working out which is which.

  24. Suet

    Yeah, “a dream”

    Darned if you are, Joyce, and darned if you ain’t

  25. CaravanShaker

    Joyce has Dorothy’s glasses, Dorothy has Joyce’s glasses

  26. Raen

    “For the record, your girlfriend left an hour ago, your laptop screen is cracked, and I stepped on your glasses.”

  27. Needfuldoer

    How the hell is she this adorable first thing in the morning?

    1. milu

      afterglow.

      1. Arianod

        BA DUM TSS

  28. HueSatLight

    If she thinks Dorothy falling asleep watching cartoons was just a dream, I’m even more convinced that Dorothy jimmied Joyce’s lock and watched her sleep, two nights ago.

    1. Needfuldoer

      Oh yeah, that absolutely did happen.

      If Dorothy will break into Ruth’s murder cave, she will absolutely check up on Joyce in the middle of a sleepless night.

    2. Mturtle7

      Ooooooh I completely forgot about that strip, honestly.

      If that was only 2 nights ago, Joyce’s pre-emptive insistence that her dream was straight this time actually makes a lot more sense. Almost enough to make her look not horribly insecure in her sexuality! ALMOST.

  29. Kazuma Taichi

    I think the dent on the bedding may disagree with your assessment Joyce

    1. Kazuma Taichi

      oh jeez, Jason? alright time to play with the case in my email

      1. Kazuma Taichi

        okay cool back to Joyce with only once change, much better

    2. Angel

      just two galpals having a platonic besties sleepover ;P

  30. Taffy

    Notice that Joyce is wearing different clothes than her previous appearance. This means she’s changed outfits between then and now. Which further means that there is a non-zero chance she changed in front of Dorothy, leading me to the very normal and reasonable conclusion that Joyce possibly treated Dorothy to the sight of full frontal nudity last night, maybe.

    To quote Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man 2: “We don’t know for sure.”

    1. HueSatLight

      Dorothy peeked, then she felt guilty and promised herself not to do it again, maybe. Like a Judy Blume book.

  31. Kelli217

    So, are we good with saying that Joyce is, at this point, heterosexual but bi-romantic? She doesn’t necessarily want to engage in ‘hanky-panky’ with girls but she likes to have very close personal relationships and snuggle/cuddle?

    And still with the possibility that she might continue to change…

    1. Dday

      Maybe there’s some gray area between the two, like “bi-intimate”? There’s obviously that scene in the laundry room, plus the way Joyce was getting really interested in Jennifer’s chest (as St. Yoto recently reminded us)

      1. Icalasari

        Aww, Joyce is in as much denial as I once was!

        1. Icalasari

          Dammit didn’t notice I replied instead of posted

          Plus side, my god the avatar choice

        2. Angel

          a polycule would be ideal, if sarah doesn’t end up saying something snarky that’d freak joyce out like “you know this is technically *emotional* cheating” (which i mean can kinda be nuanced/a loaded term, since while it’s good to lean on a partner about emotional stuff, spreading that stuff among your friends would be ideal as well so it all doesn’t go on one person depending on what it is)

      2. Adept

        Identity and sexuality are both complicated. It also makes sense that she wouldn’t have the hots for her childhood friend, even if she turns out to be bi-sexual. The Westermark effect applies.

        1. Raen

          You know, it’d be the funniest thing in the world if she starts to genuinely question when Hank just figures she has a girlfriend now.

      3. Schpoonman

        Well, the laundry room was Dorothy trying her hand at Joe’s “We’re going to make this sexual whether you like it or not” behavior so I wouldn’t say it’s evidence of Joyce being bi-romantic.

        1. Schpoonman

          And before anyone says anything stupid, here is Dorothy and Joyce’s last interaction before “I’m going to teach you how to masturbate.”
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/slutshamey/

          Followed by Dorothy blowing past a sexual assault victim’s boundaries.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/gopee/

          So please, continue to ignore all context of that night.

      4. Mym

        Was she interested in Jennifer’s chest? I thought it was Carla’s!

        1. Dday

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/curiosity/
          took a little digging. the following strip seems to further suggest things

  32. yeah

    I just love the tint on this one. it’s super pleasant to look at, it communicates the time of day instantly, and there’s a certain emotional tone that that soft rosey orange casts over proceedings. made me feel something about the funny comic strip

  33. Mym

    Excited for her very straight wet dream about Dorothy in her bed

  34. HueSatLight

    no stripes on the pillow. Joyce has slid into a different dumbiverse, and nobody else will remember Dorothy. Meanwhile, Dorothy has slid into a dumbiverse with no Joyce, and the pillow is no stripes the other way.

    1. Mym

      Dorothy swapped out the pillow case so she could smell the striped one in the privacy of her own room

      1. HueSatLight

        oh, that makes more sense. A sudden introduction of sci-fi wackiness so soon after some heavy drama would be quite a mood whiplash.

  35. Bo

    the bisexual bisleptual

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