Is calling Joyce’s agressive mood ‘pissiness’ demeaning or minimizing? It’s not an intrinsically gendered word, and yet I feel like it’s traditionally applied to feminize and/or devalue a person’s expression of grievance. This is an attempt to understand if my perception of this is valid or if I’m discovering my own bias (or both). Anyone else out there have thinks on this?
I have zero gender association with the word pissiness or any variation thereof. Nor does it seem demeaning to me. It can feel minimizing when applied to serious emotions, and obviously it’s kind of an unsightly word, but that’s about it. Sarah’s fine.
Also after a lifetime of wearing glasses I honestly barely notice they are there so this whole Joyce thing has me wondering if it’s really that much of a nuisance? I cannot relate at all to what she’s feeling.
I don’t wear glasses, but I will say I am acutely aware of my sunglasses when I wear them— so I totally get Joyce being hyper aware of the weight on her face.
Wizard
I wear safety glasses at work, and I always have my shades on if I’m outside and the sun is up. So I sometimes feel a little off when I’m not wearing glasses of some kind.
When you’ve never worn them before, yes/maybe. She’s only had them a few hours at most and it does take a little getting used to, even when you’re not angry you need them (though that obviously isn’t helping).
Also, her glasses might legitimately need adjusting.
The last time I got glasses, I got ones without those nose pads. At some point I’ll need them adjusted because right now they’re loose enough to slide down my nose and pinch my nostrils closed. I’ll be sitting there getting a headache and thinking I’m congested and then realize it’s because of my glasses.
I’ve worn glasses since I was very little so I wouldn’t know either. Though I have noticed in the past several months how annoying it is that face masks make my glasses fog up.
He Who Abides
Ugh, yes, that annoyance. And it really doesn’t matter what facial covering you use, they all do that.
Giguioto
Here is my advice: buy medical masks that are can be adjusted to your nose. I use mine at work and it is really helpful
Needfuldoer
I use the disposable* medical masks, and found this works best (for me, anyway) through trial and error:
Pinch the metal band to fit your nose as best it can, keep it up fairly high, and slide your glasses forward so they’re sitting right above the mask. Also pull the bottom of the mask under your chin. The idea is to ‘exhaust’ between your eyes and glasses and toward the sides as much as possible. I’ve gotten a lot less fogging this way than letting the exhaust hit the (marginally colder) front of the lens.
Tissues, Vicks Vap-o-Rub, gauze, and other folk remedies for the problem are more trouble than they’re worth, in my opinion. Anti-fog stuff for goggles won’t last if you wash your glasses at all.
*They say they’re “disposable” but I just keep using the same one until they get nasty, usually at least a couple weeks. I’m only part way through my second 10-pack since this whole mess started. It seems like some people use a new one every day, every outing, or every breath they take, which is more than a little overboard.
misanthropope
spent last weekend installing insulation under my house. i had an n95 mask and swim goggles on. the freaking GOGGLES kept fogging up, in defiance of everything i thought i understood about basic physics.
Daniel M Ball
body temperature and relative humidity, Misanthrope-the inside of the goggles fog because your mouth and nose aren’t the only parts of you releasing gas and moisture.
Needfuldoer
That’s one instance where anti-fog stuff for goggles (or even just saliva) on the inside makes a difference. Either way you’re making it more difficult for condensation to occur on the surface next to the cold air.
Thanks, relative humidity!
Leorale
They don’t all do that! Get one that seals to your face as well as humanly possible. Mine has a silicone seal all around the edges of the mask. Then sit your glasses on top of the well-fitted mask.
You don’t want your breath escaping and hitting your glasses at all. (Because, if your breath goes out the top or sides or bottom of the mask, that means you’re also inhaling around the mask instead of through it.)
I’ve also heard that washing your glasses with dish soap helps, but when I got the right mask for my particular face, I didn’t have to.
StoneyB
Cut a 10″ tube from the thigh section of a pair of cheap pantyhose. Pull it over the mask — in front, over the chin and with the top at the top of your nose, on the sides UNDER the ears. This “seals” the mask at the top , so your breath doesn’t rise onto your glasses. . . . It also increases the mask’s efficacy by about 50%. The pantyhose piece is washable.
I’ve worn glasses since I was in grade school and I could never get used to them. My current glasses in particular slip off my face and it’s eternally annoying.
(I had a decent pair I could tolerate but they broke and when I checked Zenni to see how much the replacement would cost, turns out they’re discontinued. I’m stuck with the crappy pair until I can be arsed to get a new prescription)
Needfuldoer
Sounds like they’re either too big or not adjusted properly. That’s the downside to ordering from Zenni, they don’t send an optician to help you fit them.
If it’s an adjustable metal frame, try bending the nose pads and curve at the end of the temple a little tighter.
I got glasses in 7th grade but refused to wear them until my vision got drastically worse in 12th grade bc I couldn’t stand the feeling on my nose. I still struggle tbh. I always figured it was a hyper sensitivity thing, which i wouldn’t be surprised if Joyce had
I think she smiled once or twice around Halloween, occasionally when Joyce hugs her or she’s satisfied at seeing someone she doesn’t like suffer maybe. Also she might have smiled a few times while being horny for Jacob. It’s pretty rare overall though.
That was Robin’s apartment though right? So then where did the cat come from? It was a relatively small party with people mostly from yhe main cast none of which are known t o own a pet cat. This is a mystery maybe?
RacingTurtle
Cats are just like that sometimes.
Clif
This.
Diane
Sarah asked if there would be a cat in the hiding room at the party. Becky said if she had time to find one there would be. Thus, Becky stole the cat Amazi-Girl saved from a tree.
Cut to One Year Later in the middle of Joyce’s rampage:
Sarah is doing her best to put out all the fires and dig students outta the rubble, just mumbling “I’msorryI’msorryI’msorryI’msorrythisisallmyfault” over and over under her breath.
Joyce has bumped herself up to Super Saiyan level 3 and the glasses have melted to her face from the heat of the energies now cascading from her eyes – complete with Kirby Dots.
Poor Walky couldn’t run far or fast enough.
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Ana Chronistic
*adds to the collec… wait*
Ana Chronistic
whoops
Clif
I shall have nightmares.
Keulen
It makes a fine addition to your collection.
butts
ADD IT TO THE LIST
fridge_logic
For a second I thought you were referencing Koh and that you were going to add Sarah’s smiling face to your collection.
Demoted Oblivious
Is calling Joyce’s agressive mood ‘pissiness’ demeaning or minimizing? It’s not an intrinsically gendered word, and yet I feel like it’s traditionally applied to feminize and/or devalue a person’s expression of grievance. This is an attempt to understand if my perception of this is valid or if I’m discovering my own bias (or both). Anyone else out there have thinks on this?
Pizzasgood
I have zero gender association with the word pissiness or any variation thereof. Nor does it seem demeaning to me. It can feel minimizing when applied to serious emotions, and obviously it’s kind of an unsightly word, but that’s about it. Sarah’s fine.
Michael L
I think you might be conflating it with prissiness, which I think has a more feminizing meaning.
Doctor_Who
Sarah has become the very thing she swore to destroy.
Leorale
She just needs to get her eyes to bug out real big.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
If you stare too long into the triangle smile, the triangle smile will stare back into you.
JetstreamGW
Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to become the villain.
Jane
*Either you die a hero, or you live long enough to become the smiley.
🙂
Jamie
Why so serious?
Keulen
Sarah as Anakin? Didn’t expect that.
Blindness
well she had the whole “wallowing in self-pity” down…it was inevitable
Sirksome
Oh how the tables have turned!
tuuuurrrn
Oh how the turn tables
Deanatay
Oh, and a microphone?
Jon
That’s where it’s at.
Makkabee
It spins them right round, baby right round, like a record baby round round right round…
StClair
light booj
TRUE BOOJ
Sirksome
Also after a lifetime of wearing glasses I honestly barely notice they are there so this whole Joyce thing has me wondering if it’s really that much of a nuisance? I cannot relate at all to what she’s feeling.
Nicole
I don’t wear glasses, but I will say I am acutely aware of my sunglasses when I wear them— so I totally get Joyce being hyper aware of the weight on her face.
Wizard
I wear safety glasses at work, and I always have my shades on if I’m outside and the sun is up. So I sometimes feel a little off when I’m not wearing glasses of some kind.
Rectilinear Propagation
When you’ve never worn them before, yes/maybe. She’s only had them a few hours at most and it does take a little getting used to, even when you’re not angry you need them (though that obviously isn’t helping).
Also, her glasses might legitimately need adjusting.
The last time I got glasses, I got ones without those nose pads. At some point I’ll need them adjusted because right now they’re loose enough to slide down my nose and pinch my nostrils closed. I’ll be sitting there getting a headache and thinking I’m congested and then realize it’s because of my glasses.
Keulen
I’ve worn glasses since I was very little so I wouldn’t know either. Though I have noticed in the past several months how annoying it is that face masks make my glasses fog up.
He Who Abides
Ugh, yes, that annoyance. And it really doesn’t matter what facial covering you use, they all do that.
Giguioto
Here is my advice: buy medical masks that are can be adjusted to your nose. I use mine at work and it is really helpful
Needfuldoer
I use the disposable* medical masks, and found this works best (for me, anyway) through trial and error:
Pinch the metal band to fit your nose as best it can, keep it up fairly high, and slide your glasses forward so they’re sitting right above the mask. Also pull the bottom of the mask under your chin. The idea is to ‘exhaust’ between your eyes and glasses and toward the sides as much as possible. I’ve gotten a lot less fogging this way than letting the exhaust hit the (marginally colder) front of the lens.
Tissues, Vicks Vap-o-Rub, gauze, and other folk remedies for the problem are more trouble than they’re worth, in my opinion. Anti-fog stuff for goggles won’t last if you wash your glasses at all.
*They say they’re “disposable” but I just keep using the same one until they get nasty, usually at least a couple weeks. I’m only part way through my second 10-pack since this whole mess started. It seems like some people use a new one every day, every outing, or every breath they take, which is more than a little overboard.
misanthropope
spent last weekend installing insulation under my house. i had an n95 mask and swim goggles on. the freaking GOGGLES kept fogging up, in defiance of everything i thought i understood about basic physics.
Daniel M Ball
body temperature and relative humidity, Misanthrope-the inside of the goggles fog because your mouth and nose aren’t the only parts of you releasing gas and moisture.
Needfuldoer
That’s one instance where anti-fog stuff for goggles (or even just saliva) on the inside makes a difference. Either way you’re making it more difficult for condensation to occur on the surface next to the cold air.
Thanks, relative humidity!
Leorale
They don’t all do that! Get one that seals to your face as well as humanly possible. Mine has a silicone seal all around the edges of the mask. Then sit your glasses on top of the well-fitted mask.
You don’t want your breath escaping and hitting your glasses at all. (Because, if your breath goes out the top or sides or bottom of the mask, that means you’re also inhaling around the mask instead of through it.)
I’ve also heard that washing your glasses with dish soap helps, but when I got the right mask for my particular face, I didn’t have to.
StoneyB
Cut a 10″ tube from the thigh section of a pair of cheap pantyhose. Pull it over the mask — in front, over the chin and with the top at the top of your nose, on the sides UNDER the ears. This “seals” the mask at the top , so your breath doesn’t rise onto your glasses. . . . It also increases the mask’s efficacy by about 50%. The pantyhose piece is washable.
Ezzy
I’ve worn glasses since I was in grade school and I could never get used to them. My current glasses in particular slip off my face and it’s eternally annoying.
(I had a decent pair I could tolerate but they broke and when I checked Zenni to see how much the replacement would cost, turns out they’re discontinued. I’m stuck with the crappy pair until I can be arsed to get a new prescription)
Needfuldoer
Sounds like they’re either too big or not adjusted properly. That’s the downside to ordering from Zenni, they don’t send an optician to help you fit them.
If it’s an adjustable metal frame, try bending the nose pads and curve at the end of the temple a little tighter.
zee
I got glasses in 7th grade but refused to wear them until my vision got drastically worse in 12th grade bc I couldn’t stand the feeling on my nose. I still struggle tbh. I always figured it was a hyper sensitivity thing, which i wouldn’t be surprised if Joyce had
Fëanen
They’ve reversed the polarity of the mood flow.
Clif
I was going to say that they’ve rubbed off on each other, but I like your way better.
Hazel
That’ll be a patreon only dream sequence strip.
thejeff
Or a Slipshine
Needfuldoer
That book backer tier is supposed to be a secret!
Suitora
Joyce, that was cold.
StClair
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Chris
I noticed that. What does that signify?
Deanatay
Emotional trauma.
HeinousActsZX
Joycification.
Needfuldoer
Evolution just loves making Joyces, I guess!
UnfrozenNeanderthal
I’m trying to remember how many times, if any, we’ve seen Sarah smile
Sirksome
I think she smiled once or twice around Halloween, occasionally when Joyce hugs her or she’s satisfied at seeing someone she doesn’t like suffer maybe. Also she might have smiled a few times while being horny for Jacob. It’s pretty rare overall though.
Sirksome
Also she smiled once here while petting Robin’s cat which I think we all forgot she has.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/scritches/
King Daniel
I don’t think that was Robin’s cat
Sirksome
That was Robin’s apartment though right? So then where did the cat come from? It was a relatively small party with people mostly from yhe main cast none of which are known t o own a pet cat. This is a mystery maybe?
RacingTurtle
Cats are just like that sometimes.
Clif
This.
Diane
Sarah asked if there would be a cat in the hiding room at the party. Becky said if she had time to find one there would be. Thus, Becky stole the cat Amazi-Girl saved from a tree.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-10/01-birthday-pursuit/designated/
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/cat/
Tawdry Quirks
Robin can’t possibly have a cat, or it’d die from Skittles-induced malnutrition.
Clif
Also this.
saltchocolate
Sarah, smi-i-iile (on the hacked muzak, or whatever it is that Stephen Bierce always says!).
Diane
You’re on candid camera?
fishamaphone
Sarah, how could you betray yourself this way?
Rosicrucian
It was nice knowing Sarah before Joyce destroyed her.
deathjavu
Really out-lawyered her, for the extra layer of rubins.
deathjavu
Oh man I forgot I had smug Punchface McMobster, that sucks
BBCC
Well not NOW she isn’t. You ruined it, Joyce. 😛
Bagge
Sarah got to be smug and superior for two panels. That’s pretty good for her.
ValdVin
I quite enjoyed the kissy face and however she magically got those flowers into her speech balloon.
Octopus Ink
Cut to One Year Later in the middle of Joyce’s rampage:
Sarah is doing her best to put out all the fires and dig students outta the rubble, just mumbling “I’msorryI’msorryI’msorryI’msorrythisisallmyfault” over and over under her breath.
Joyce has bumped herself up to Super Saiyan level 3 and the glasses have melted to her face from the heat of the energies now cascading from her eyes – complete with Kirby Dots.
Poor Walky couldn’t run far or fast enough.
Opus the Poet