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Out with
Posted on July 28, 2023 by David M Willis

149 thoughts on “Out with”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    leaving the room wasn’t an option, huh

    (…I mean *with* Joe)

    1. Angel

      well she wanted to purge herself of horniness so it might be awkward in a crowd lol

      1. Clif

        If she wants to do laundry, Joe should offer to help.

        1. Felian

          it is extremely important that men take over 50% of household work for more equality!!

        2. Felian

          And yes, that means every lesbian couple gets a free male butler to do half their chores 😛

  2. NGPZ

    Oooo looks like Joyce and Joe are gonna get busy ?

    I can hardly wait!!!!! ?

    *plays “Mystery Kindaichi Band” on hacked muzak*

    1. Ed Rhodes

      Nice piece of hacked music!

    2. Lumino

      New Slipshine?

      1. NGPZ

        I mean most likely. Hardly a coincidence that a new Slipshine would be a nice break from the way this storyline has been so far. ??

  3. Animedingo

    You dorty WHOOOORE

    1. Bin

      Dirty? Yes. Hence why she left.

    2. ktbear

      Am I missing something or are you being extremely judgemental?

      1. Freemage

        Given the spelling, I’m assuming Animedingo is quoting some movie or something, probably a Scottish character.

        1. Daibhid C

          I’d have guessed Newcastle, maybe.

        2. Mark

          Not Sgt. Shadwell?

      2. Animedingo

        It’s Sarcasm

        Facetious

        Hyperbolic

      3. Vulcanodon

        Exactly. She’s not a whooore, she’s a hussy. Much higher class!

  4. Doctor_Who

    (On their eventually honeymoon)

    Joe: Are you sure about this? I mean, I’m okay with kinky stuff, but is this really the costume you want?

    Joyce: Put. It. On.

    Joe: Okay, whatever you want…Hi, I’m the Maytag Repairma-

    Joyce: (pounce!)

    1. MM

      It’s canon now. I don’t care what actual canon turns out to be.

    2. Laura

      For the win!

    3. Maveric1984

      Nah, Joe has to cosplay as Wash from My Hero Academia

      1. Smallmoon

        for those not in the know: Susugu Mitarai, known as “Laundry Hero: Wash”, is the number 8 Pro Hero in My Hero Academia, and dresses like an anthropomorphic washing machine. It is unclear how much he looks like a washing machine out of the costume.

    4. Dday

      I think at this point, all he has to do is enter the room with a fabric softener sheet on his head

  5. StClair

    Joe Doesn’t Know

    1. cbwroses

      ? Joe doesn’t Know/ that Dorothy and Me/ ride the washing machiNe every morning. ?
      ? Tell him it’s dir-ty/ but it’s actually clean/ I’m just happily-yy/ riding the machine! ?
      ? So, Joe doesn’t know! Joe doesn’t know! Joe doesn’t know! Joe doesn’t know! Don’t tell Joe! Joe doesn’t knoOOoow! ?

      1. AY

        A++

      2. Freezer

        *golf claps*

      3. Amelie Wikström

        Excellent lyrics, but I have one note. you’d have to pronounce “Joe” with two syllables to make it scan. I’d make it “Joseph.”

        1. Drew Hargrave

          You don’t HAVE to, you can just drop the second syllable. It was already 2 syllables within a beat, it just worked for the tone of the song, but imo it’s fine with just the one. Duh duh-duh DUH, rather than duh-duh-duh-duh DUH. It’s harder to convey in text what I mean than I predicted.

        2. cbwroses

          I agree.
          Thank you.

  6. DailyBrad

    She needs a magic bullet or something, unless she’s maintaining this as a euphemism.

    1. True Survivor

      According some sources, a magic bullet helped JFK get over his sex addiction.

      1. AbacusWizard

        too soon

        1. Queen Anthai

          It has been SIXTY YEARS

        2. PirateTawnee

          Huh, it almost *has* been sixty years. That feels weird to me, and I wasn’t even alive when it happened.

        3. Abel Undercity

          I wasn’t either, but I had a “current events” teacher in high school who wouldn’t shut up about it.

        4. Ed Rhodes

          And, it’s still too soon.

        5. Vulcanodon

          I remember when it happened! It cannot have been sixty years!
          (looks it up)
          Dammit.

    2. Angel

      lmao i wonder how profitable it’d be for someone to have a sex store right next to a college campus

      There’s a sex store brand/chain in my state called “Condom Sense” and the one closest here is like within a shopping area that has a church haha

      1. Queen Anthai

        There was one close to NIU back in the late ’90s. AFAIK it did pretty well.

      2. eskimolos

        Think it’d have to be some paying customers, but a lot of loiterers and a fair number of thefts.

        1. Ymbrael

          Not sure how it is for sex shops, but for most retail the shoplifting numbers seem like a lot until you actually compare them to sails, probably higher for smaller shops, but the average loss is like 0.01% of gross product (and even that’s inflated by the outlier of designer fashion shoplifting, which is apparently like 30% of all shoplifting losses, which makes sense since it’s expensive, conveniently sized, and relatively easy to fence).

        2. Ymbrael

          sales*

          I should get some sleep, now I’m imagining someone using stolen Louis Vuitton and GUCCI to stitch together a Jolly Roger for their pirate ship….

      3. Vulcanodon

        I guarantee the CVS next to campus is well-stocked with… things.

  7. Muttski

    Are you doing laundry Joyce? Or is it doing you?

    1. Kim

      xD

    2. Steamweed

      In Soviet Russia…

      1. Ymbrael

        Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Washing-machine/vibrators

  8. MickeeC

    Thank you Dorothy, this is backfiring not how we’d expected, BUT around the same parameters.

    Seriously I’m…never gonna not look at that chapter with eyes of “The fuck?!” Not in a “This makes the story bad” way of course, as their fucked up college kids discovering themselves and it works for the narrative, but I’d be lying if I’d say seeing it play out wasn’t several wards of AWK!

    1. Shrub

      Are you trying to say you’ve never been so mad that you made your best friend masturbate?

      1. HueSatLight

        perfect summation.

      2. Clif

        Well, when you put it like that.

    2. Risky

      This is literally what Dorothy wanted. Joyce needed a release valve, now she has one.

      1. MickeeC

        No, she wanted Joyce to stimulate herself with something other than sex with Joe rather than just make her own decisions and mistakes, as in her need for control she feels she needs to fix everything.

      2. HueSatLight

        Dorothy wanted to fix Joyce, of her attraction to Joe, by making her cum. Dorothy wanted to not feel like a failure, after a week or so of not living up to the inflated image of herself. Dorothy wanted to hurt Joe.

        Joyce has an actual problem, a crippling shame reflex when she gets horny or when other people know she gets horny. Joyce not having a “release valve” was secondary to that.

        1. MickeeC

          Only thing I disagree with that is wanting to hurt Joe, because to her Joe isn’t even a person, she sees him as an obstacle to Joyce’s supposed well being.

  9. Thag Simmons

    Ah, the mercy of a scene transition.

    1. Shrub

      As long as its these two I’m ok with it

  10. Samniel

    Oh, no, Dorothy, what have you created?

    No, seriously, how long until someone actually catches her?

    1. jflb96

      Pretty sure she’s already been caught, at least the extent of someone seeing her leaving the laundry room with none of the accoutrements required to actually be doing laundry and offering a recommendation of which machine is best

      1. Heatth

        I think the better question is: how long until Joyce realizes she got caught and is embarrassed about it?

    2. Thag Simmons

      I give it a week, tops.

    3. thejeff

      Do we think she’s literally using the washing machine every time now, rather than “doing laundry” just being a euphemism?

      1. Felian

        That depends on whether she’s ready yet to use her hands or even TOYS. Or if she has another hands off technique.

  11. EpochFlame

    she learned his name?!

  12. Yoursmoreisburning

    Joe: “laundry. Is that my new nickname?”

    1. PirateTawnee

      “No, you know what your nickname is”

      1. Nono

        *shrieks, slams down the phone*

  13. Yotomoe

    “Man I’m really out of date on these Euphemisms.

    1. Bin

      I got wet so I have to use a dryer.
      Also my shirts just finished in the wash and need the water and stuff too.
      (Getting banned for this)

      1. Taffy

        You’re hired.

        1. Emperor Norton II

          You’re fired from hiring people

          You’re now hired to fire people.

  14. Dara

    wow joyce has… yeah, wow, I just… lol.

    Girl’s not careful she’s gonna end up writing robot pr0n and then Amber will find her pseudonym and gods only know where we go from there.

    1. Nono

      I mean Amber’s already read her fanfic. Apparently it’s vanilla, but she knows how things work.

      1. Daibhid C

        There’s a strip somewhere where Amber refers to the explicit Julia Gray stories that she is absolutely certain Joyce writes and then immediately deletes, and Joyce is mortified, but does not deny this.

  15. Sirksome

    Well while Joyce master ages I can say that Joe is right in that Carol is holding up well. Gotta a lot upstairs to work with and not just talking about her new apartment.

  16. not someone else

    Oh dear. It’s gonna be Pavlovian.

    1. Angel

      i mean, if it was like that every time one did laundry/chores it might make something tedious more enjoyable if you don’t already enjoy cleaning XD

  17. UrsulaDavina

    Joyce a little financial advice Joe is cheaper then a washing machine.

    1. Clif

      Yeah, but you’ve got to figure in the maintenance.

    2. Nono

      Instead of spending a quarter, you can bounce it off his butt.

  18. Amós Batista

    It was a eternity, but finally we reached next to this and principally thispreview.
    Something dramatic is coming for Joyce.

    1. HueSatLight

      so far, the setting is how I imagined, so now I’m expecting a curveball in the next couple of days. … Is that idiom in portuguese too?

  19. Puppeteer Nessus

    Offer to help, Joe

  20. Shrub

    Its funny how many strips of Joe and Joyce that would make very good final strips

    These two are my favourites:
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/tarp/
    https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/01-bring-me-to-life-drawing/feelingsboy/

    But as I was looking for them I realised just how well other characters come off looking like when interacting with Joe

    1. Steamweed

      “Grandma, what was your first date like?”
      “Well, youngster, your Grandpa and me, we bonded over drawing a naked person.”

  21. Taffy

    One of these days, Joyce is gonna let herself jump Joe, and it’s gonna be the end of this dorm building.

    1. Scruffy looking nerfherder

      It’ll probably spell the end for poor Joe. I feel like once she gets past the guilt and the first time fears Joyce is going to be a legitimate man-eater. Joe is going to have his work cut out for him.

    2. Yotomoe

      Just jackhammers a hole through the bed through the floor to the foundation of the building.

    3. drs

      Fortunately, this version of Joyce does not have super-strength.

      1. Bicycle Bill

        https://www.itswalky.com/comic/thumpasprung/

      2. Miri

        You do not need superstrength to demolish a bed! I think the only one that survived my now-husband and me was the single we first shared and we only lived there together for about 6 weeks, 2 months. Like, at one point, we ended up with a grid of IKEA tables cable-tied together on the basis that might distribute the weight better – or at least when one unit went, it would be easy to replace it. Units were replaced. Real beds had bits of wood added, things underneath them to prop them up… Our current one is a lift-up storage one and is basically being supported by the contents. It’s a pain when I want to get anything out of it, as the frame supporting the slats has come apart a bit, so it doesn’t all want to lift up smoothly and the slats won’t stay in.

        This was after e.g. after the bed that had the legs bend after less than a week, we had the replacement on rug grip stuff as the shop advised that, despite the advertising pic, it wasn’t suitable for use on laminate flooring. That extended the life a bit…

        I do think our situation isn’t helped by the fact that the 8 year old is the only one to date who has learnt that the bed isn’t for jumping on (5 year old and 3 year old frequently look at me blankly when I tell them this) – but this has been an issue for about 18 years now…

        1. Taffy

          Damn. Go off, Miri.

        2. Miri

          #ThingsYouCan’tAskPeopleAboutIRL #NoButSeriously #BedsAreFLIMSY

          I really can’t believe it’s just us ?

        3. Yotomoe

          And here I thought beds were literally designed with the assumption people would be having intense, wall slamming sex on them. Like y’know…as a safety net for the mundane normal sex most people have.

  22. Golden Yak

    Never realized how perfect that euphemism was.

  23. ESM

    Joyce you can only have a running gag of publicly masturbating for so long before someone walks in on you and it gets turned into a story arc

    1. ESM

      Oh god did Carol actually leave?! Are you SURE she left, Joyce?

      1. Yotomoe

        Actually she seems to be far right.

        1. Taffy

          *that gif of the guy at that awards/talent show trying very hard not to laugh*

  24. Bin

    Joyce: Because my pants are dirty now.
    Joe: OH???
    Joyce: Yea, BBQ ribs are tricky.
    Joe: oh….

    Sudden Appearance Roz: ALSO BECAUSE SHE JUST….(Mary tackles her).

  25. DaveM

    “I’ll be in my bunk”,
    “I have to go do laundry”,
    two useful metaphors 🙂

  26. Cmasta1992

    I made fun of Yoto’s stocks crashing and then mine took a hit the next day

    1. Yotomoe

      I had shares in this business too tbf. But I’m much more confident in my investment with them.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Diversifying your portfolio is important.

        1. HueSatLight

          I have some stock tips.

  27. Far

    Oh they are definitely gonna have sex within (in-universe) days

    1. Needfuldoer

      All the drama and internal conflict teed up by Joe’s encounter of the Liz kind will pay off!

    2. Reltzik

      I notice you didn’t say HOW many days…

  28. Francoinblanco

    I wonder if Joyce throw out everybody from laundry room or she will run around city in search for empty laundry room

  29. Alanari

    Wonder how long it will take Joe to figure out what this means.

    1. Miri

      My prediction is Concerned! Joe is going to go check on her and catch her in the laundry room.

      Question is, if he’ll walk in calling her name, and she’ll know she’s caught, or if he’ll just use his eyes to look, realise what he’s seeing before getting her attention, and leave her to it, secure in the knowledge she currently doesn’t want to be alone with him because SHE IS INCREDIBLY HORNY. Also, probably feeling guilty for intruding on her private time (in a public place but for somebody with her issues, Joyce does not seem to have figured out the problem with this), flattered and aroused himself, and with a few questions. I wonder if he’ll ask Sarah, and work out Dorothy taught Joyce to masturbate thinking she was too horny around Joe to accurately assess him as a poor potential partner…

  30. Serendipity

    Damnit, Joyce.

  31. Bryy

    She used to be Horny For Jesus and now she is just Horny, Jesus.

  32. Kreiger

    I’m taking bets that there are people in the laundry room on the next comic and she cant do what its implied she was gonna do.

  33. Da Boy

    Give her some time Joe, she is VERY repressed. Also I’m fascinated what kind of reaction we’d get out of Joyce if Sal would catch them in the act…

    1. poofdepoof

      s/Sal/Joyce and that’s what I’m wondering

  34. Needfuldoer

    Watch Joe take this at face value, figure “why not” and do a load of his own laundry. Watching him makes Joyce want to “do laundry” even harder.

  35. David Alexander McDonald

    *cartoon running in place noise*
    *cartoon zip shot noise*
    *cartoon double take noise* (Joe)

  36. Callid13

    “Doing laundry” – so that’s what the kids are calling it these days…

  37. Emperor Norton II

    Plot twist: She was actually starting to imagine Sal and Danny sexing it up.

  38. Rabisch

    I wonder if Joe will go to the laundry room because he wants to ask Joyce what she meant before.

  39. Taigan

    C’mon Joe. Be a gentleman and offer to help her! ?

  40. AlaninDC

    It’s only a small load, Joyce.
    You should do it by hand.

  41. Steamweed

    Joe: Hey, Joyce, you want to do laundry together?
    Joyce: *explodes

  42. Paprikahoernchen

    Oh honey (wonder how Joe will react if he ever finds out about her.. laundry.)

    1. Proto

      “I have to go… clean my room. A lot.”

      1. Bryy

        *Zoidberg noises*

  43. ValdVin

    I’m worried about Joyce’s new attachment to this…Amanda? Is that the name?

    1. Needfuldoer

      Yeah, apparently she’s a real speed queen.

      If Joyce is getting this hot and bothered, she should step outside for a few minutes. It’s winter, so the brisk, frigid air should help.

      1. ValdVin

        When is Joe going to attend to the needs of her hot point?

        1. Needfuldoer

          Depends. He may tag along, he may not.

    2. Mark

      Ken Moore. Dunno what his major is — he’s not in any of my classes.

  44. thumb

    Other people need to use the laundry room, Joyce!

  45. Stephen Nedland

    Joe, be a good boyfriend, and, you know, help Joyce, with her, “laundry”.

  46. davidbreslin101

    Is “Laundry” Joe’s new nickname?

    1. Da Boy

      Not until he is shaking like crazy under Joyce.

      1. Proto

        When/if Joyce is gonna have to stop and make him have like a whole pot of coffee to get the jitters first

  47. poyo

    someone get joyce a vibrator before she uses the worlds’ supply of quarters !!!!

  48. Dot

    I think Dorothy needs to get Joyce a vibe since she’s apparently Pavlov’d the poor girl into needing to do laundry in order to masturbate.

  49. TulipKitten

    It took me a reread to realize she was going to the laundry room to masturbate. I am not a very observant person.

    1. TulipKitten

      Joyce, get yourself a vibe or learn to flick the bean, this is weird.

    2. Sporky

      unrelated to the comic, but nice gravatar

  50. Proto

    Meanwhile in the darkest timeline…
    “I have to go return some video tapes”

  51. ZerglingOne

    I’m betting the laundry room is going to be very occupied.

    1. ZerglingOne

      Oh, or better yet, under maintenance for the machine Dorothy broke

      1. NGPZ

        If it’s under maintenance and Joyce can’t do laundry there… ?? Oh yeah

  52. BBCC

    Oh GODI want this conversation to happen so badly.

  53. anonymsly

    Joyce is going to have such a tough time having a boyfriend if she’s literally running away from spending time with him not in public/company. Poor Joyce, crippled by the horny.

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