Maybe he was about to take his daily vitamin (this IS roundabout breakfast time) when he answered a knock at the door, so he’s just been carrying them around?
Decidedly Orthogonal
+1
I would also have accepted “spooky comic book action at a distance.”
I don’t think it’s for Liz.
I think that’s for Joyce.
I think we’re about to have the pleasure of seeing how Joyce behaves when she THINKS she’s high and can thus use it as an excuse later.
**makes popcorn**
That was my first thought too, but how would Liz know it’s not “really” an edible?
Siddlaw
If Liz ever had an edible before and tasted it she should know. Joyce would not know.
StClair
Upon further consideration, my doubt is because I would never amuse myself by daring someone to take something that (as far as I know) actually is a drug – no matter how “harmless”, or how “hi-larious” watching them be affected by it – because they might.
But I’m old and boring and Liz is… well, see the strip title. Like most of the cast, she’s at the age where they’re still discovering things like “consequences”.
Lys
No no, the strip titled “consequences” is another one
Powerful enough. My mother, in her wayward youth, drank most of the vodka in a bottle and filled it with water. My uncle got absolutely smashed on shots of the homeopathic vodka.
Reltzik
Given that I don’t think Liz or Joyce KNOW what affect THC is supposed to have, and are already kinda hyper about meeting each other?
I’m pretty sure that the placebo effect’s going to have them bouncing here and there and everywhere.
*runs from the three people who got that reference and now have the song stuck in their head*
Oh! I hadn’t realized they’d gone into Joe’s room. That makes the vitamins make a lot more sense. Although, with this newly realized context and Sal pitching rocks at the window earlier, I’m going to transition over to saying that Joe’s having a really weird day this arc.
Vitamin gummies are my adhd brain’s way of tricking me into losing 6 hours of my life because I jumped online to try to find out whether this brand is vegetarian.
…. or is that just neurosis?
… Look, multivitamins = multiple brain disorders. It’s a fact, okay? I’ve proven it, it’s a fact now!
It’s more just she generally doesn’t like him, both for past… Joe-ness, and because I think it really got under her skin that he had the moral highground during the Jacob saga, and seeing him reminds her of that.
He also didn’t promote any good will from Sarah in their last significant interaction. What with the whole. “We’ll never be friends but maybe you can use me as a focus of anger” speech from Joe after pissing her off with a mildly sexist comeback.
StClair
Believing that your greatest, or only, value/utility to others is as something they can hate is a level of self-loathing I’d expect of… Amber, actually. 🙁
Reltzik
Nah, Amber wouldn’t like being the focus of so much attention.
Maybe Mike? No, he valued being perceptive and puncturing bubbles, and the hate was just proof that he was good at his job. (And maybe funny.)
Maybe Ruth or Billie, at previous points in the story?
Daniel M Ball
Uh, StClair, it’s not, only it is, but it isn’t. It’s complicated.
First panel: asking about her age makes it sound like he wants to have sex with her and checking to see if she’s at least 18, which is especially weird to ask Sarah since they’re sisters.
Second and third panel: Liz was born after Sarah’s parents’ divorce, so talking about their ages is implicitly asking, “How long did it take for your mom to start a new family?” I don’t think Joe means any of this, but I can see why it sounds bad. Plus, Sarah’s already in a bad mood (worse than usual).
Sarah and her sister share me and my older brother’s almost exact age difference. 16 months apart for me. No, I don’t know how my mom pulled that off. I also started school a year late. Huh.
My brother is 13 months younger than me. But I skipped a grade and graduated high school 2 years before him.
Also, my sister’s 2 youngest are, 14(? something like that) months apart.
Also, also, we had a neighbor whose 2 youngest were 9 months apart, because the youngest was born more than 2 months premature.
I went to school with a brother and sister who I thought were twins. Turns out he was born in January and she was born in November. Because the cutoff date for starting school where we lived was December 1, they were in the same grade.
My younger brother and I also have a sixteen month age difference. Although he had to repeat kindergarten so he was one more grade level behind me than expected.
My brother and I were born 15 months apart, and were always one grade apart in school, just like Sarah and her sister. My parents did want two kids, but they did NOT intend to have me so quickly after my brother.
Man, I envy all of you with the closely aged siblings. I’ve got seven years and eleven months between my sister and I. To the day. Hooo boy, that sucked a fat one.
My kids are 16 months/1 school grade apart because the oldest was born in October
Except the youngest child is smol and the oldest child is tol so they look like they’re 4-5 years apart, lol
My older brother and I are one year and one week apart but he was a preemie and I was a chunky baby so people thought we were twins for awhile.
Then he started balding when he was twenty and I still looked like a grade schooler when I was 19 so… People thought he was my dad.
My sister is 15 months younger than me but I kind of raised an eyebrow at Joe because I’ve never considered it really THAT weird. Like I had several classmates/friends with similar age gaps, though admittedly they were in bigger families than the two daughters my parents had.
Hard to say. After this strip, I’m starting to think she might be fronting almost as much as Joyce. Guess I’ll just have to tune in again tomorrow to see.
206 thoughts on “Quick math”
Ana Chronistic
the best edibles
gummies are Top Tier amongst things that can be eaten
Doctor_Who
Though they are always better when long.
Corlanthis
Wow. I just went on a *journey*. And I have no regrets.
K^2
Savor it. You can only watch long long man for the first time once in your life.
Ok, I suppose, that goes for many things, but this is one of the few I definitely wish I could take in again with a blank slate.
Keith Curtis
That was worth every minute.
Achallenger
… I thought I’d seen them all already, but that video was about 2 minutes longer than I’ve ever lived before and I’m a more complete person for it
carms
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS I HOPED WHEN I CLICKED AND IT ISSSSS
Michael L
That was incredible.
Lys
I knew this was going to be that. And I’m so so happy I spent these 6 minutes watching it too
Enkrod
I… what? Yes! Good, but also… what?
Hilzabub
Clap. Clap. Clap.
Decidedly Orthogonal
They may blow her mind, but it’s still neither of them blowing Joe.
…
Why does Joe have those *on his person?*
anonymsly
Maybe he was about to take his daily vitamin (this IS roundabout breakfast time) when he answered a knock at the door, so he’s just been carrying them around?
Decidedly Orthogonal
+1
I would also have accepted “spooky comic book action at a distance.”
Reltzik
Well this is his dorm room.
Needfuldoer
It looks like he’s in arm’s reach of the desk, or they could have been sitting on the mini-fridge next to the door.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/rainorsunshine/
fishamaphone
It is his dorm room. Probably on a desk behind him, and we just skipped the panel where he turns around for pacing.
Doctor_Who
Liz ’bout to get fuuucked up on 150% of her daily recommended Selenium intake.
Rose by Any Other Name
I don’t think it’s for Liz.
I think that’s for Joyce.
I think we’re about to have the pleasure of seeing how Joyce behaves when she THINKS she’s high and can thus use it as an excuse later.
**makes popcorn**
StClair
That was my first thought too, but how would Liz know it’s not “really” an edible?
Siddlaw
If Liz ever had an edible before and tasted it she should know. Joyce would not know.
StClair
Upon further consideration, my doubt is because I would never amuse myself by daring someone to take something that (as far as I know) actually is a drug – no matter how “harmless”, or how “hi-larious” watching them be affected by it – because they might.
But I’m old and boring and Liz is… well, see the strip title. Like most of the cast, she’s at the age where they’re still discovering things like “consequences”.
Lys
No no, the strip titled “consequences” is another one
A Red Balloon
Now, just how powerful is the Placebo Effect?
Fëanen
Powerful enough. My mother, in her wayward youth, drank most of the vodka in a bottle and filled it with water. My uncle got absolutely smashed on shots of the homeopathic vodka.
Reltzik
Given that I don’t think Liz or Joyce KNOW what affect THC is supposed to have, and are already kinda hyper about meeting each other?
I’m pretty sure that the placebo effect’s going to have them bouncing here and there and everywhere.
*runs from the three people who got that reference and now have the song stuck in their head*
Crotonhurst
Crotonhurst
Bouncing here and there and everywheeeere
StClair
ah yes, been a while.
Reltzik
For the record, I’m running from the three people who didn’t need the link. Crotonhurst is running from everyone else.
Crotonhurst
But only in the best slow jam sort of running
Thag Simmons
That is at least one successful Bluff check.
CC
Bluff: 4
Insight: 3
Sirksome
Joe doesn’t really seem like a weed type to me anyway.
Cmasta1992
Nutrition is the ultimate high
Lanie
But where was he keeping them…!?
This arc is already a trip.
Thag Simmons
Since this is his room presumably like the counter or something.
Lanie
Oh! I hadn’t realized they’d gone into Joe’s room. That makes the vitamins make a lot more sense. Although, with this newly realized context and Sal pitching rocks at the window earlier, I’m going to transition over to saying that Joe’s having a really weird day this arc.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Why and how the hell did they… ooohh wait, didn’t joyce say she was taking Liz to meet Joe?
Ah.. It’s Sarah’s fault (not really)
Andrew Weil
Is that a multivitamin jar in his pocket or…
Bogeywoman
Vitamin gummies are my way of tricking my adhd brain into taking meds
Reltzik
Vitamin gummies are my adhd brain’s way of tricking me into losing 6 hours of my life because I jumped online to try to find out whether this brand is vegetarian.
…. or is that just neurosis?
… Look, multivitamins = multiple brain disorders. It’s a fact, okay? I’ve proven it, it’s a fact now!
Clif
Yay for Science?
Yotomoe
😛 I definitely am channeling too much Joe here, but in my defense, I do draw some saucy stuff sometimes so it’s good to know.
Jamie
Not getting one for Joyce?
ReverendJ
…or only getting one for Joyce…
Decidedly Orthogonal
Or sharing. A lot of people will section a gummy, because they are often so insanely potent.
Mr D
What did Joe say wrong this time?
could someone explain for those of us who are slow?
DailyBrad
It’s more just she generally doesn’t like him, both for past… Joe-ness, and because I think it really got under her skin that he had the moral highground during the Jacob saga, and seeing him reminds her of that.
Thag Simmons
They’re also just uncomfortably personal remarks from a dude you just generally don’t like.
Sirksome
He also didn’t promote any good will from Sarah in their last significant interaction. What with the whole. “We’ll never be friends but maybe you can use me as a focus of anger” speech from Joe after pissing her off with a mildly sexist comeback.
StClair
Believing that your greatest, or only, value/utility to others is as something they can hate is a level of self-loathing I’d expect of… Amber, actually. 🙁
Reltzik
Nah, Amber wouldn’t like being the focus of so much attention.
Maybe Mike? No, he valued being perceptive and puncturing bubbles, and the hate was just proof that he was good at his job. (And maybe funny.)
Maybe Ruth or Billie, at previous points in the story?
Daniel M Ball
Uh, StClair, it’s not, only it is, but it isn’t. It’s complicated.
Jed!
First panel: asking about her age makes it sound like he wants to have sex with her and checking to see if she’s at least 18, which is especially weird to ask Sarah since they’re sisters.
Second and third panel: Liz was born after Sarah’s parents’ divorce, so talking about their ages is implicitly asking, “How long did it take for your mom to start a new family?” I don’t think Joe means any of this, but I can see why it sounds bad. Plus, Sarah’s already in a bad mood (worse than usual).
thejeff
I doubt Joe knows that Liz is her half-sister, so he’s just reacting to them being that close in age.
Yotomoe
I think it’s really impressive that Joe did the edible thing without missing a beat. He’s pretty quick.
Decidedly Orthogonal
I’m sure he would be sure to point out that he’s quick in *some* things.
Sirksome
Sarah and her sister share me and my older brother’s almost exact age difference. 16 months apart for me. No, I don’t know how my mom pulled that off. I also started school a year late. Huh.
brionl
My brother is 13 months younger than me. But I skipped a grade and graduated high school 2 years before him.
Also, my sister’s 2 youngest are, 14(? something like that) months apart.
Also, also, we had a neighbor whose 2 youngest were 9 months apart, because the youngest was born more than 2 months premature.
Norah
I went to school with a brother and sister who I thought were twins. Turns out he was born in January and she was born in November. Because the cutoff date for starting school where we lived was December 1, they were in the same grade.
JessWitt
My younger brother and I also have a sixteen month age difference. Although he had to repeat kindergarten so he was one more grade level behind me than expected.
bejouled
My brother and I were born 15 months apart, and were always one grade apart in school, just like Sarah and her sister. My parents did want two kids, but they did NOT intend to have me so quickly after my brother.
Azhrei Vep
Man, I envy all of you with the closely aged siblings. I’ve got seven years and eleven months between my sister and I. To the day. Hooo boy, that sucked a fat one.
Andrew Weil
My grandma had her third child, then 11 months later she had twins.
Khyrin
My sister is 359 days younger than me.
Robbie
My kids are 16 months/1 school grade apart because the oldest was born in October
Except the youngest child is smol and the oldest child is tol so they look like they’re 4-5 years apart, lol
My older brother and I are one year and one week apart but he was a preemie and I was a chunky baby so people thought we were twins for awhile.
Then he started balding when he was twenty and I still looked like a grade schooler when I was 19 so… People thought he was my dad.
It has been a wild ride.
brionl
My brother was on the big side for his age, and I was a little short, so people frequently thought we were twins.
Heather
My sister is 15 months younger than me but I kind of raised an eyebrow at Joe because I’ve never considered it really THAT weird. Like I had several classmates/friends with similar age gaps, though admittedly they were in bigger families than the two daughters my parents had.
DailyBrad
I really wonder if Liz is naive and talking a mean game, or if everyone here is humoring Joyce on multiple levels.
Wizard
Hard to say. After this strip, I’m starting to think she might be fronting almost as much as Joyce. Guess I’ll just have to tune in again tomorrow to see.
adam Black