You say ‘black’, I say ‘white’
You say ‘bark’, I say ‘bite’
You say ‘shark’, I say ‘hey man!
“Jaws” was never my scene
And I don’t like “Star Wars”!’–Queen
When I was very little, my dad and I were attacked by a black swan. He fended it off while I ran inside and suffered noble wounds in the ensuring struggle (it bit him on the butt).
Casi
Swans are terrifying because they’re just as agressive as geese, but unlike geese, they have the mass to back up their threats. Its like the difference between a 1.5m 50 kilo soaking wet kid threatening to beat you up, and a 2m 150kg linebacker doing the same.
Kamino Neko
…. Sorry I accidentally flagged you while aiming for the reply link. >_< (Would it be possible to separate them a bit more, whoever is in charge of that? Or maybe adding a 'are you sure?/why do you want to flag?' dialogue?)
The reply I was trying to make when I did that: Now, imagine being a little kid and threatened by a swan. It's why I do not trust water fowl.
Nova
It’s not a big deal to accidentally flag things because it takes MANY flags to prompt moderation action and then it’s reviewed.
Also, Willis has said repeatedly that he can’t mess with the code like that. He’s using a pre-made thing and doesn’t want to put in that effort when it’s already not a big deal to accidentally flag. Which is honestly fair.
Psychie
I think it’s still polite to apologize for it, especially since if it somehow does go through moderation for whatever reason it’s clear at least one of the flags was made in error.
I do think it would be funny if, as an april fool’s day prank or something, we just absolutely bomb one really innocuous comment with flags and comments apologizing for the accidental flag. I dunno if that would result in enough work to be an actual problem since I have absolutely no idea how moderation actually works, but if it is moderately annoying at worst I think it would be funny. Obviously if it would be like an actual problem we shouldn’t do it.
Clif
It might be funny, but it would also be impolite.
Nova
Psychie, you and I have different definitions of both “polite” and “funny”.
Roborat
Come to Canada, we have cobra chickens.
Paradox
I was in a fight with a goose once
Bicycle Bill
No, it’s not the same drawing. There’s a couple of slight differences, like Beckie’s left eyelid being present in the second one (and the single-line shading/accent below her left eye having gone missing).
Short answer: yes. I noticed you said that OTC analgesics don’t work for you. The active ingredient in Motrin is ibuprofen, so if other ibuprofen-based pills haven’t helped you, Motrin probably won’t either.
I could see her being rather taken aback. Becky was just convinced that Joyce is gay 4 strips ago. She still can’t fully buy that Joyce isn’t into girls.
Joe is, like, the most opposite of a girl you can get.
No one fully believes Joyce isn’t into girls, but Becky has recognized and accepted Joyce’s extreme thirst for Jacob in the past. I don’t think it would surprise her she’s into Joe. Joyce also has a type. I wonder how Joyce would react if we ever find a tall, shredded, girl, with a great ass?…..Anyway I don’t think Becky would freak. She might even already know. Joyce doesn’t hide her emotions well.
Nono
Carla is tall and she shreds… the carpet with her skates.
Sirksome
I don’t ship it but Joyce and Carla do have a pretty cute dynamic.
It’s possible, though I could actually see Becky being more supportive of it for a variety of reasons. She simply knows Joe less, for starters, along with being less likely to patronize Joyce. She also would be more inclined to approve given Joyce’s support for her and Dina.
Growing up, I used to think I had migraines (like, as a regular thing). Then I actually had one, and was like, “Oh, this is not what I was experiencing before.” They suck. I’m fortunate to have only had them very rarely throughout my life.
I occasionally get the visual aspects, with the spectra and whatnot. They’re rare, and they generally pass quickly. It’s only hit full-blown migraine once, and it was “mild.” That is to say it was quite possibly the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life and I felt sick in my gut, but I was able to function and drive an hour or so to a funeral that day. Not like I was expected to be in a good place anyway.
I get “silent migraines” (a bunch of symptoms excluding the pain, or in my case low levels of pain) on occasion and ocular migraines (the visual element, sometimes to the point of being almost blinded) somewhat regularly. I’ve very rarely had it with extreme pain and it’s… not a fun addition. Plus I have pretty severe ADHD, so sitting there quietly waiting for it to pass is not possible, with severe headaches/silent migraines I usually swing between doing something until I can’t stand it, then doing nothing until I can’t stand it.
I don’t know what my point is. I guess just sharing.
I used to get migraines when i was a kid. The only thing I could do was go lie down in a dark room for hours until they ended. Fortunately I stopped getting them as I grew up.
I also got them as a kid but didn’t know it. I got told the visual disturbance was just because the amount of light in the room was changing as the sunset when I brought it up.
I didn’t get diagnosed until college when I had one bad enough it scared me into seeing a doctor.
I get insomnia-induced migraines which, in turn, contribute to insomnia. Let me tell you, it really fckin sucks when your brain refuses to do the singular thing that would alleviate the throbbing pain it’s been experiencing all day
I’ve been getting them consistently since I was little. The only clear early memories i have are crying in the back of my dad’s truck with a migraine and being given liquid cataflam and put to lay down in a dark room with a rag over my head.
These days unless it’s really horrific i just pop the painkillers and keep doing what I’m doing bc i don’t have the patience for dark rooms anymore. Plus if i did that every time i had one i wouldn’t get anything done
The last time I had a migraine I remember hiding in my room for a full day. Even then it was too bright so I had to hang a towels in front of the windows to stop the sun coming in. I decided I liked having less sunshine in my room so I have kept them there.
As for sound, I have a pair of earplugs that I keep on hand for them. They block up like 90% of the sounds. I wish it blocked 100% but at least it is better than nothing.
Anyone else getting downright bizarre ads? I’ve been getting “adopt a teen” shit consistently for like two months. What even feeds these stupid algorithms?
167 thoughts on “Off-the-cuff”
Ana Chronistic
My shark week: Put my head in a freezer for twelve days kthanxbai
Stephen Bierce
You say ‘black’, I say ‘white’
You say ‘bark’, I say ‘bite’
You say ‘shark’, I say ‘hey man!
“Jaws” was never my scene
And I don’t like “Star Wars”!’–Queen
Aura
You say ‘rolls’, I say ‘royce’
You say ‘god’, give me a choice
You say ‘lord’, I say Christ! I
Don’t believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman!
Bicycle Bill
All I wanna do is
Bi-cycle, bi-cycle, bi-cycle…
Plain Marie
Ching-ching. Ching-ching.
Chingchingchingchingchingching!
Sirksome
It’s also rabbit season, but Joyce isn’t ready to hear that either.
Doctor_Who
Duck season!
Yumi
Fuckin beat me to it.
Thag Simmons
bzzt! the correct answer was “Rabbit Season!”
Yumi
If it helps, I said it in Daffy Duck voice.
OBBWG
Rabbit season!
Doctor_Who
Rabbit season!
OBBWG
Duck season!
Nova
FIRE!
OBBWG
You’re despicable.
Concolor44
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
You guys are the mint!
Clif
They’re fresh? They belong to the organization that coins money? They are Men In New Trenchcoats?
Someone moved the language when I wasn’t looking?
Renadt
Elmer Season!
Reltzik
Look, it’s the EXACT SAME DRAWING, stop arguing about it already!
Yumi
Have you ever been in a fight with a duck? Ducks are jerks.
True Survivor
When I was very little, my dad and I were attacked by a black swan. He fended it off while I ran inside and suffered noble wounds in the ensuring struggle (it bit him on the butt).
Casi
Swans are terrifying because they’re just as agressive as geese, but unlike geese, they have the mass to back up their threats. Its like the difference between a 1.5m 50 kilo soaking wet kid threatening to beat you up, and a 2m 150kg linebacker doing the same.
Kamino Neko
…. Sorry I accidentally flagged you while aiming for the reply link. >_< (Would it be possible to separate them a bit more, whoever is in charge of that? Or maybe adding a 'are you sure?/why do you want to flag?' dialogue?)
The reply I was trying to make when I did that: Now, imagine being a little kid and threatened by a swan. It's why I do not trust water fowl.
Nova
It’s not a big deal to accidentally flag things because it takes MANY flags to prompt moderation action and then it’s reviewed.
Also, Willis has said repeatedly that he can’t mess with the code like that. He’s using a pre-made thing and doesn’t want to put in that effort when it’s already not a big deal to accidentally flag. Which is honestly fair.
Psychie
I think it’s still polite to apologize for it, especially since if it somehow does go through moderation for whatever reason it’s clear at least one of the flags was made in error.
I do think it would be funny if, as an april fool’s day prank or something, we just absolutely bomb one really innocuous comment with flags and comments apologizing for the accidental flag. I dunno if that would result in enough work to be an actual problem since I have absolutely no idea how moderation actually works, but if it is moderately annoying at worst I think it would be funny. Obviously if it would be like an actual problem we shouldn’t do it.
Clif
It might be funny, but it would also be impolite.
Nova
Psychie, you and I have different definitions of both “polite” and “funny”.
Roborat
Come to Canada, we have cobra chickens.
Paradox
I was in a fight with a goose once
Bicycle Bill
No, it’s not the same drawing. There’s a couple of slight differences, like Beckie’s left eyelid being present in the second one (and the single-line shading/accent below her left eye having gone missing).
Bicycle Bill
AARG! That’s her RIGHT eye!
Icarus
I understood that reference.
…I think.
anon
…Time for someone to draw Joe in a bunny girl outfit ;P
Clif
Did that ever require a special time?
ValdVin
Well I say “Shoot me now!”
Stephen Bierce
Don’t Forget The Motrin City!
Clif
Are Motrin Chewables even a thing?
I ask as a person who is male and for whom nonprescription pain relievers, other than asprin, have never worked the slightest bit.
Wizard
Short answer: yes. I noticed you said that OTC analgesics don’t work for you. The active ingredient in Motrin is ibuprofen, so if other ibuprofen-based pills haven’t helped you, Motrin probably won’t either.
Pocky
Ah; Migraine Town. . . A place I have a permanent home in. . .
please help me get out.
BarerMender
My sister says put an ice pack on the back of your neck as soon as you feel it coming on. Says it works like a charm.
Bicycle Bill
I thought that was for nosebleeds.
KiaStirling
Constricts the blood vessels, which depending on the kind of migraine means it works for either
Nono
Okay, prediction is that Joyce is gonna tell Becky that she fancies Joe, and THAT’s when she’ll flip her lid. For some reason.
Doctor_Who
I could see her being rather taken aback. Becky was just convinced that Joyce is gay 4 strips ago. She still can’t fully buy that Joyce isn’t into girls.
Joe is, like, the most opposite of a girl you can get.
huesatlight
Pretty sure she was joking.
Sirksome
No one fully believes Joyce isn’t into girls, but Becky has recognized and accepted Joyce’s extreme thirst for Jacob in the past. I don’t think it would surprise her she’s into Joe. Joyce also has a type. I wonder how Joyce would react if we ever find a tall, shredded, girl, with a great ass?…..Anyway I don’t think Becky would freak. She might even already know. Joyce doesn’t hide her emotions well.
Nono
Carla is tall and she shreds… the carpet with her skates.
Sirksome
I don’t ship it but Joyce and Carla do have a pretty cute dynamic.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/framework/
She’s one of the few people that throws off Carla’s narcissism.
Thag Simmons
Carla’s tall but not big.
Nova
Oh hey look, my new ship. *throws a champagne bottle at it*
Freezer
¿Por que los dos?
DailyBrad
It’s possible, though I could actually see Becky being more supportive of it for a variety of reasons. She simply knows Joe less, for starters, along with being less likely to patronize Joyce. She also would be more inclined to approve given Joyce’s support for her and Dina.
Johan
Joe army crawled into Becky’s class to have her console Joyce because he noticed her looking at her phone all sad.
I don’t think Becky would be surprised that he likes Joyce as well
Rectilinear Propagation
Oh, I *hate* that though. When you can feel the prodrome wave go across your brain?
Not as bad as your vision going ape shit, but it’s still UGH.
Awaiting Moderation
AARGH, JOY! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!!!
DarkoNeko
-throw bucket of water-
Yumi
Growing up, I used to think I had migraines (like, as a regular thing). Then I actually had one, and was like, “Oh, this is not what I was experiencing before.” They suck. I’m fortunate to have only had them very rarely throughout my life.
Bysmerian
I occasionally get the visual aspects, with the spectra and whatnot. They’re rare, and they generally pass quickly. It’s only hit full-blown migraine once, and it was “mild.” That is to say it was quite possibly the worst headache I’ve ever had in my life and I felt sick in my gut, but I was able to function and drive an hour or so to a funeral that day. Not like I was expected to be in a good place anyway.
Yumi
In an odd experience, my first one came on when I was sleeping. I woke up suddenly and thought that I had been stabbed in the head.
Jason
I get “silent migraines” (a bunch of symptoms excluding the pain, or in my case low levels of pain) on occasion and ocular migraines (the visual element, sometimes to the point of being almost blinded) somewhat regularly. I’ve very rarely had it with extreme pain and it’s… not a fun addition. Plus I have pretty severe ADHD, so sitting there quietly waiting for it to pass is not possible, with severe headaches/silent migraines I usually swing between doing something until I can’t stand it, then doing nothing until I can’t stand it.
I don’t know what my point is. I guess just sharing.
Keulen
I used to get migraines when i was a kid. The only thing I could do was go lie down in a dark room for hours until they ended. Fortunately I stopped getting them as I grew up.
Rectilinear Propagation
I also got them as a kid but didn’t know it. I got told the visual disturbance was just because the amount of light in the room was changing as the sunset when I brought it up.
I didn’t get diagnosed until college when I had one bad enough it scared me into seeing a doctor.
Lan
I get insomnia-induced migraines which, in turn, contribute to insomnia. Let me tell you, it really fckin sucks when your brain refuses to do the singular thing that would alleviate the throbbing pain it’s been experiencing all day
zee
I’ve been getting them consistently since I was little. The only clear early memories i have are crying in the back of my dad’s truck with a migraine and being given liquid cataflam and put to lay down in a dark room with a rag over my head.
These days unless it’s really horrific i just pop the painkillers and keep doing what I’m doing bc i don’t have the patience for dark rooms anymore. Plus if i did that every time i had one i wouldn’t get anything done
Suet
I, too, would ride Euphoria straight into Migraine Town, aka I ain’t watching it. So is Shark Tank.
Don’t give her eight tablets like she had the last time, okurr?
DailyBrad
Becky knows Joyce’s body.
J. Gawain
Just not as much as she wishes she did…or at least used to.
BBCC
Oh god, I’ve had a sinus infection the last couple weeks and I’ve been right there with ya Joyce. Remember, quiet rooms and darkness are your friends.
Kyrik Michalowski
The last time I had a migraine I remember hiding in my room for a full day. Even then it was too bright so I had to hang a towels in front of the windows to stop the sun coming in. I decided I liked having less sunshine in my room so I have kept them there.
As for sound, I have a pair of earplugs that I keep on hand for them. They block up like 90% of the sounds. I wish it blocked 100% but at least it is better than nothing.
Needfuldoer
Blackout curtains make a huge difference.
Taffy
Anyone else getting downright bizarre ads? I’ve been getting “adopt a teen” shit consistently for like two months. What even feeds these stupid algorithms?
Emperor Norton II