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Scoot over
Posted on May 2, 2024 by David M Willis
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266 thoughts on “Scoot over”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    that’s how I like to start MY day

    go back to bed

    1. Doctor_Who

      The best days begin at noon.

      1. porthos9438

        Exactly. 6:00 AM should happen to other people.

      2. Paradox

        The best part about waking up

        Is Folger’s in your cup going back to sleep

    2. Abdomino

      There’s something… cathartic? Pleasant? About taking a big ol’ dump in the mid-morning and just going back to bed, at peace with the idea of just laying in bed. It’s like a lower-grade version of the feeling you get when plans to go out are canceled when you kinda want to stay in.

    3. Kyrik Michalowski

      With narcolepsy, going back to sleep is how I start every morning. It takes multiple attempts to wake me up to the point of staying awake for more than 30 seconds.

      1. Allen Alberti

        SAME! Narcolepsy buddies!

    4. Needfuldoer

      As someone who’s worked a weird shift for over 10 years, I relish the days I get to sleep in until 6 AM.

      I never used to be a morning person. I’m still not, but at this point the inertia is too deeply ingrained to change easily.

      1. Azrael

        I feel you coming from getting up at 2am every morning. Asphalt Life.

        Except of course when we have night work, then I get home around 6am. Usually for two-three weeks then back to day shift.

        1. Moon

          Roadwork is quite an interesting life. Did that for a couple years before I moved over into parks. Our usual schedule was days Monday-Thursday, and then an overnight into Friday , so you’d get off Thursday, take a power nap, and then get back into it for an overnight. Having a pseudo 3 day weekend was nice though.

  2. IntangibleMatter

    We have two possible options here:

    1. Awkward or wholesome scenario

    2. Slipshine

    Place your bets now!

    1. bubba0077

      What kind of odds can I get on “both”?

    2. Azroth

      All of them at once!

    3. Axel

      wholesome now slipshine later

      1. ValdVin

        I’ve had a few relationships starting with clothed sleeping in bed, and on subsequent nights, less clothing and more emotional connection. Then finally increasing physical activity.

        The last one was with my wife:; we were 33 years together before she passed.

        (It worked for me but I can’t guarantee the same results for others.)

        1. Erik

          Similar with me and my wife (30 years and counting last month).
          I’m very sorry for your loss.

    4. Proxiehunter

      Option 3: An awkward and wholesome slipshine.

      1. Jo_cubstar

        Thats my vote

        1. DJTsurugi

          second ~<3

      2. Chronos

        third

    5. Rose by Any Other Name

      Yes.

      1. clif

        Agreed.

    6. MordWa

      I’m still waiting for Sal to pop in and realise Joyce is getting naked with Joe before Sal gets naked with Danny.

      What a development, whitebread!

      1. Schpoonman

        Sal will hear about it later today and will then immediately grab Danny and drag him off to somewhere private.

        1. Freemage

          Private? Hell, she’s likely to take him in a manly fashion right there on the cube chairs, just to put to rest any rumors about her Wild Child status…..

        2. Needfuldoer

          She’ll grab her shirt back first.

        3. GholaHalleck

          Then Joyce will get to steal her first hoodie.

        4. Steamweed

          Stack one cube chair on top of another cube chair; get privacy. Just gotta be quiet-ish.

        5. zee

          Sal will probably be pissed if Joyce has sex with Joe for the first time before her and danny

    7. Freezer

      Wholesome pr0n is a thing! I’ve seen it!

      1. missilentmurmur

        Where? Tell me

        1. Rowan

          Look up Beccibeyond, lots of wholesomeness on their site. Also there’s a few feminist pon groups filming couples having a good time together

        2. Jo_cubstar

          A friend of mine won a film award at the feminist porn awards a couple years ago

      2. wwwhhattt

        it took me a while to see you hadn’t written prün. I may need glasses

        1. Erik

          I feel like prün would have a VERY specific audience…

    8. M!a

      An awkwardly wholesome Slipshine.

    9. Chris

      Neither? (May be misunderstanding your #1 though.)
      He’s gonna not be able to fall back to sleep, she’s gonna end up facing him. Nothing untoward will happen at all.

      1. Chris

        OTOH, she wakes and goes “this is nice” his hand is on my … and his other hand is on my … and his third hand is between my… OH!

        1. Erik

          Those aren’t pillows¡

    10. Spongegirl Circleskirt

      Definitely a “Why not both?” moment.

    11. Steamweed

      Awkward and wholesome Slipshine!

      Steamy!
      *fans self

  3. shadowcell

    yeah i can see how poop would be an unwanted interruption here

    1. Reltzik

      Poop is an unwanted interruption in most cases.

  4. Dara

    Joe: . o O ( WHERE? HANDS? NOW?! WHERE? WHERE CAN I? HANDS? WHERE? )

    1. Steve

      Reminds me of this comic:

      https://twitter.com/DeyaMuniz/status/1533917128310546433

      1. Kyrik Michalowski

        I have never seen this before, but it is great. I think many of us have been in this situation.

        1. Jon

          Something like this happened once resulting in partner commenting “do you know where your hand is?” and awkwardness.

        2. Kyrik Michalowski

          In highschool, I used to share a bed with my best friend whenever she would spend the night. There were many occasions of accidental hand placement, but fortunately it didn’t make anything awkward.

          Sexually tense? Yes. Awkward? No.

      2. Dr. Sharks

        I’m not gonna claim that “sleep in my bed with me, it’s comfier” necessarily equals “new parts of me are available to touch” in all cases, but I’d say it’s a pretty clear-cut signal to broach the subject if you’re so inclined.

        1. stePH

          She’s in Joe’s bed, in case you forgot.

    2. Ray

      The missing panel has Joyce placing his hand where she wants it to be…..

      1. Woop de doop

        Squeezing the melons! 🙂

        1. Shakes

          I thought Joyce was the one with the jugs.

        2. Devin

          Yeah but she only wears them when she showers

  5. Sirksome

    I think some of Sal’s personality absorbed into Joyce through that shirt.

    1. Rose by Any Other Name

      Yeah. This kinda reminded me of something that happened to me in college.
      I was dating this guy, and he wanted to take things slow, but also wanted to cuddle me.
      I did almost the exact move Joyce just did.
      We did not, as it turned out, take things slowly.

      1. Puppeteer Nessus

        It’s a good move

  6. Icalasari

    Slipshine: Joyce Does A Noods

    1. Icalasari

      My avatar looks way too happy about this title

      1. RassilonTDavros

        Your avatar looks exactly the right amount of happy about that title

        1. clif

          I have to agree.

        2. Icalasari

          But Becky is in a relationship D:

    2. Puppeteer Nessus

      Pulitzer, Nobel prize, Piston Cup

    3. Icarus

      Spooning upside down? Kinky.

  7. NGPZ

    *plays “Mystery Kindaichi Band” on hacked muzak*

  8. Joe Moose

    [anime gasp]

    Joyce-chan!

    1. Steve

      Joe is about to get the mother of all nosebleeds.

      1. Jamie

        Ew, in her hair? Gross.

  9. Blume

    SHE’S EVOLVING??? My goodness, too scandalous for me !

    1. Blume

      Huh… Wait. I guess it’s only fair? His shirt is off too…

  10. Nono

    Reminder that we’ve established that Joyce’s bra is on the floor.

    1. poofdepoof

      ?

    2. David DeLaney

      Chekhov’s undergarment!

    3. Steamweed

      Now so is Sal’s shirt. What’s next? The socks?? Where’s this going to end???
      *gets popcorn

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        The sock gap!

      2. GholaHalleck

        For some reason I think joyce is a socks-on during smexy times person. I have no idea why. but it feels right.

        1. John Campbell

          Can’t have her getting cold feet.

        2. R. Francis Smith

          I’m married to one such person, and that is definitely her reason.

    4. Meagan

      Thank goodness, sleeping in bras is uncomfortable.
      Although it does look like she has cleavage in one of these panels, so I was wondering if she was still wearing it and worrying about her, just from a pressure-on-the-rib-cage-torture perspective.

  11. Axel

    okay but I feel this so hard, I’d kill for casual skin on skin contact with my partner

    I don’t have to, because no one’s trying to stop us, but you know

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      So what is holding you back? Have you talked to your partner about wanting this? Because working up the courage to tell them is a great first step.

      1. Axel

        sorry for being unclear; by the second line I meant that I DO get skin time (but I’m very passionate about it, so if I wasn’t, then I’d kill for it [hyperbole])

        1. Kyrik Michalowski

          Ah, that makes sense; congrats on your love life as well. Sorry for getting confused.

  12. Taffy

    Garden of Eden style!

    1. True Survivor

      Does that make Joyce a spare rib?

    2. HueSatLight

      Which one of them is Crawly and which one is Raphael?

      1. clif

        I don’t think it matters.

    3. missilentmurmur

      Yeah, with socks, panties and watch on

  13. JA

    I’d say Joyce is getting brave, but honestly, she’s comfortable and feels safe. Props to her for growth.

  14. Bret

    Joe.exe has stopped working

  15. Grimey

    Touch is a slow process and every step we go? I think it’s good for both of them.

  16. Ray

    I can’t stop wheezing at the utter blankness on him in the last panel.

  17. AmazingKMan

    …Holy shit that actually made me blush O_O

  18. ian livs

    I’m glad she feels comfortable and confident enough to do this. It took me a long time to unlearn the fundamentalism shame stuff enough to do this with a partner, and I’m happy for Joyce

    1. Koko

      I like to think that, while trying to help her friend-in-need, she ended up having a breakthrough all her own.

      Alcohol: The problem of and the solution too all of life’s problems

  19. Derek

    do they have classes today?

    1. Throwatron

      not anymore they don’t!

    2. Dara

      They went out drinking last night I kinda thought it was Friday or Saturday evening which would make today Saturday or Sunday. But I’m not sure I actually knew that or just kinda decided that.

      1. RassilonTDavros

        If the timeline on Walkypedia is correct, it’s currently Tuesday. Which would make sense with the storyline title. So I think they’ve got biology, but I’m pretty sure that’s it for these two.

        1. Nono

          I mean they’re definitely studying biology.

        2. Steamweed

          Today’s the Anatomy Lab.

        3. bemisawa

          …Yeah they do.

        4. Steve

          Oh, they’ve got biology, all right!

        5. John Campbell

          Also chemistry.

        6. Aura

          Lol 3 salacious comments in the same vein in the space of a minute

        7. Nerrin

          I think you are correct, as early in the previous story/”yesterday” Walky and Lucy are leaving math class and Lucy says she’ll see him Wednesday – and the wiki says it’s a MWF class for them.

        8. Tanglaar

          Joyce has life drawing in the evening as well, so long as she’s talked to her dad about adding it, but yeah. these two only have afternoon classes as far as we’re aware

        9. David DeLaney

          “but for Joyce, it was Tuesday”

        10. David DeLaney

          DAMNYOUWILLIS it’s the CHAPTER TITLE auuugghhh^{tm}

        11. Koko

          So are we somewhere in Spring now? They stopped counting at January here!

      2. HueSatLight

        Bio, which isn’t first thing in the morning. And Joyce has life drawing in the evening. Carla, Charlie, Ruth, Jennifer, and an Omniscient 18 year old have Leslie’s class.

    3. Taffy

      Why’s somebody always gotta ask that first thing in the morning for these characters? Buncha hall monitors.

      1. Nymph

        For real. Like no one’s ever had an afternoon class or just skipped to have a nice day before.

        1. SailorCakes

          It’s honestly cute how invested they are in these cartoon collage kids lives ?

  20. Cholma

    “Ohhh Myyyyyy!”
    It’s a bold new day for Joyce!

  21. True Survivor

    Come on Joe! He is in a stable relationship that makes him happy and no longer advertising his playboy lifestyle. Also, he has at least one drawer. Therefore, I posit he should take the giant string of condoms off his desk.

    Unless, of course, that is, for some reason, actually a string of wallet photos too large for any wallet.

    1. Dante

      Even if he for some arcane reason threw them away … She’s on birth control.

      Oh my.

    2. SailorCakes

      Maybe he keeps them out like that as communal condoms. In case Danny needs them or whomever. Condoms out for anyone to freely take. Also maybe he’s encouraging Danny/Sal sexytime? Only God *Willis* knows……

    3. Dr. Sharks

      Good eye! I didn’t catch that detail.

  22. Schpoonman

    Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang.

    1. Woop de doop

      Amn? Ang? Addy?

      1. eh, whatever

        Ang, after three and a half lines. I checked: triple-click, copy, paste.

        1. Schpoonman

          If I’m remembering correctly I pressed “D” then held “a” until three lines had filled, then finished with “ng.” on the next line.

    2. Schpoonman

      “I’ll scoot over best I can to make room.”

      “I’ll be backing up on your ‘miracle of biology’ in about two minutes, so I’d actually prefer if you would try to stay in the middle of the bed.

  23. Animedingo

    AYO

    1. Bobcat

      She’s in a different strip

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        And not stripping there. Yet.

        1. Steamweed

          That’s Willow’s job.

  24. Lia

    all fun and games now but u know god will strike her down in the next strip

    1. Nymph

      Yikes.

    2. Amós Batista

      “…you know WILLIS will strike…”

    3. Mark

      She will only become more powerful.

  25. Ray

    She’s looking forward to feeling “the miracle of biology” on three…. two… one…

  26. DailyBrad

    Sexy as all hell, honestly. I do kind of wonder if Joe will be the one to slam on the brakes and not her, but what if they just… don’t? Wouldn’t be the first time two characters wound up grinding, for instance.

  27. RassilonTDavros

    The emotion I am currently feeling upon reading this strip cannot adequately be conveyed in comment form.

    Just letting you know that

  28. Bittersweet

    Joyce is braver than I ever was lol. The first time topless around a new love interest was always stressful, embarrassing, and anxiety inducing for me. And those were all in my room in my house. I don’t think napping topless in a room where a roommate could reasonably be expected to wander in would ever have crossed my mind.

    I’m glad that she’s getting into that new comfort zone though. Less anxiety is usually better, and skin-on-skin contact can be one of the most comforting feelings in the world.

    1. thejeff

      Danny has only gone to take a shower. Admittedly “for however long you need me to take”, but he is going to want to come back and get ready for his day at some point.

      1. GholaHalleck

        we’re not seeing danny again until the 4th of july strip…

  29. Acher4

    Joe: POKE

  30. bemisawa

    Super wholesome. And as a dude who was both repressed and fairly touch-starved for a big portion of my life, such that ANY cuddling-type activity kind of overrode the horniness circuits in my brain until they started smoking, being able to just cuddle sometimes is really, really nice. Steps towards that are, in my experience, in some ways as nice or nicer than steps towards more sexytimes. (And I say that as someone who enjoys him some sexytimes, albeit in a somewhat nonstandard / neurodivergent way.) It’s just nice to be that comfortable with someone.

  31. Bicycle Bill

    What you DON’T see is her “Iron Maiden” bra, secured with the special Rubik’s Cube clasp, still in place.

    1. John Campbell

      It was established a couple of strips (heh) ago that Joyce’s bra is on the floor, with the jacket she borrowed from Sal.

      What, you can’t solve a Rubik’s cube one-handed behind someone else’s back?

    2. eh, whatever

      Never link to an xkcd without its alt-text.

      1. Aura

        https://xkcd.com/457/

  32. Kim

    Thismfeels like some great cyddling starting off! ?

  33. hastur

    Is that condoms hanging over the edge of the desk?

    1. Dante

      I think they are !! Nice catch!!

    2. Amós Batista

      Like a typical Caravaggio’s work: it’s all on the details…

  34. miz

    but the watch stays on?

    1. Needfuldoer

      It likes to watch.

      1. SailorCakes

        *Upvote*

    2. Mark

      I wear one of those health-monitor watches and never take it off except to shower or work on rotating machinery. Because when it’s off, it’s not monitoring, and I hate incomplete records.

    3. Jamie

      Tick, tick, boom.

  35. Dante

    This was happening with full intent the moment Joyce asked to see Joe’s hard on (if not earlier.) I’m so proud of her, oh my godddd.

  36. Versen

    Breaking Bad Meme:

    Joyce! Joyce you arent wearing a bra! Joyce!

  37. Loki

    Omg Joyce!

    You need to be more careful!

    Your glasses could break there!

    1. SailorCakes

      I was looking for this comment! I’m surprised more people didn’t chime in when her glasses went under the pillow case. Especially since everyone freaked when her glasses were on the bed….

  38. EpochFlame

    daaaaaaaaaaang

  39. AGV

    D’aww

  40. DashWallkick

    Oh are we doing this? Joyce had a few drinks and realized, “this isn’t going to make me soiled or damaged?” Huh! I really thought we’d be sticking with ‘premarital hanky panky’ forever!

    1. Lysbeth

      Can’t wait for the upcoming remake of “consequences” when Danny hears of this though

      1. DashWallkick

        Danny is absolutely going to Danny Joe’s relationship despite that she’s utterly sober and has been working on changing for a while. Or Joe will self-destruct over it in some way. Either way this is going to be a ride.

    2. Mark

      There’s a few other ways it can go.

      “I’m ruined now anyway, can’t be more ruined….”

      There could be cycles of adventure and remorse. Sometimes conscience waits until it can really get its teeth into you.

      1. Mark

        I don’t think two decades of training just evaporated. There will be internal struggles from time to time. That’s good! that’s how you work out what you really believe and what you really know.

      2. Needfuldoer

        I don’t know, that doesn’t sound like the takeaway she had in the hallway last night.

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/transformative-2/

        1. Mark

          What, you have only one voice in your head?

        2. David DeLaney

          *Amber intensifies from an unexpected direction, silently*

  41. Plaaaaaa

    Call a doctor if you have an errection that lasts over 4 hours

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      Not a joke. The blood will clot in there, requiring surgical correction. And it will never work right again.

      Source: Doctor who was prescribing a med with that as a possible side effect.

  42. Dday

    Well, it’s been 14 years, but I think we can finally call it that this is Dumbiverse’s version of Anti-Joyce

    1. Ophidiophile

      Drunk-Joyce. May we see a lot of her.

      1. SailorCakes

        No head bubbles so she’s not drunk here more like hang over Joyce.

  43. Queen Anthai

    Giiiiiiirrrrrllll GET IT

  44. Blibdoolpoolp

    Bed sheet give me strength!

  45. Taigan

    Huh. Just had a thought.

    The chapter title, “For Me, It Was Tuesday,” is a reference to a situation that was life changing for one person but commonplace for the other.

    …kinda like the difference between Joyce and Joe when it comes to having sex?

    1. anon

      we know joe was a bit of a ‘horn dog’ before his growth tho i wonder how many inexperienced ppl he hooked up with compared to ppl who are more like roz, bc i don’t think it’s been brought up if he was used to hooking up with first timers

      (tho that does remind me of that plot point with one of the love intersts from girls with slingshots who kinda endedu p sleeping with 300 ppl)

      1. Big Z

        Speaking as a bit of a horn dog in college myself, you honestly end up with a lot more of “people like Roz” unless you’re SPECIFICALLY looking for inexperienced people, if only because they know how to make themselves easier to find for the same reason you’re looking.

    2. Needfuldoer

      It does feel like the lesson Liz taught him may come into play in this chapter…

  46. Miri

    Danny is in for one veeeeeery long shower before Joe takes him some clothes…

    1. Rowen Morland

      He should just do what Joyce did and borrow some of Sal’s.

      1. Leorale

        He’ll look cute in a tank top and motorcycle jacket

    2. Segnosaur

      Yeah, Danny probably figured “They can have sex and get me in a half hour when its over”. But cuddling in bed/potentially sleeping more can drag it out into a few hours.

  47. anon

    aww

    feels like she should use a glasses case tho lol

  48. GUIGUI

    Well, that’s not going to help unpitch the tent.

    1. Alan in DC

      Joyce: “Joe, do you always sleep with a pool cue in bed with you? ”
      Joe: “. . . .”
      Joyce: ” OH!…”

  49. Needfuldoer

    *Gasp*

    Socks IN BED?!

    1. David DeLaney

      yes ma’am
      for many reasons; mine are long-neuropathic feet and a need to have them stick out from the bottom of the blanket so the toes don’t get squished down, causing mild pain and interfering with falling asleep
      also at my age taking off or putting on socks is a bit of a production

  50. shrub

    Is this unspoken permission for Joe to honk a hooter?

    1. Rowen Morland

      Since that might break the mood it would go against the spoken goals of “lay in bed uninterrupted”.

      1. shrub

        It’s alright for Joyce but Joe now has to work out where to put one of his hands and deal with his pitched tent

        I mean it’s cute as anything and great how much trust Joyce has in Joe but damn if it’s not making it difficult for him

        1. Amós Batista

          I guess Joe can simply tell Joyce if he’s getting uncomfortable.

        2. Miri

          https://xkcd.com/335

          This issue has been solved!

        3. Big Z

          If you’re as much taller than your cuddle-buddy as Joe is, it’s pretty easy to unobtrusively contrive pulling up your legs in such a way that your pitched tent is not really poking the person you’re spooning with.

        4. Jamie

          They go wherever she moves them to, honestly.

  51. Lysbeth

    “Like last night. Until the poop”
    “Joyce I REALLY have to teach you when to finish your sentences”

    1. Aura

      It’s important to give the full context!

      (nice one, made me giggle ^^)

  52. Lysbeth

    May I suggest you think before you speak. What in the assaulter mindset is this

    1. eh, whatever

      *upvote*

  53. CianM1301

    I’m now waiting for the Joe/Joyce version of the Dorothy/Walky strip where Walky curls back to avoid poking Dorothy’s butt with his boner.

  54. YordleJay

    Nows time for a test Joe.

    You can pass! I believe

  55. Adept

    Very cute 🙂

  56. Amós Batista

    Joyce’s testing the water.
    Going slow, taking a clothing off one of time, gaining intimacy each step.

    Very smart. Don’t need big steps.
    *taking notes*

    1. ValdVin

      Can confirm. Wonder if she’s wearing a special bra for this. Was this part of he plan all along?

      1. Big Z

        If you’ll recall from a few strips ago, her bra is ALREADY on the floor (because Danny mentions seeing it).

        1. Needfuldoer

          But that means…

        2. Felian

          … she wore two bras? 😀

      2. Adept

        Surely nobody sleeps with a bra on, at least not intentionally. Joyce sure didn’t.

  57. DarkoNeko

    and now I wonder if there’s school today or if it’s the weekend, i kinda forgot. Since they went out drinking last night, probably weekend ?

    1. Mark

      This seems like a “classes? I’ll care about that later” moment.

    2. thejeff

      It’s probably still pretty early. As long as they don’t have classes first thing, it should be fine.

      1. Mark

        January. Indiana. If the sun is coming up, it’s halfway to lunchtime. 🙁

    3. Aura

      There was a discussion about that higher in the comment chain, apparently it’s Tuesday (as the chapter title suggests!) and they both have biology today but not until a bit later 🙂

      1. Mr.Morningstar

        They may have biology in a few minutes if joyce.keeps this up

        1. Steamweed

          A Biology lab. They’ve already got Chemistry lab. Maybe Anatomy lab.

        2. David DeLaney

          “well, I see you two brought unexpected charts … and diagrams? who is your small annoying helper there?”

  58. Woof McGee

    Thoughts and prayers to the Doyce shippers

    1. Amós Batista

      :(((

    2. Jennifer Bak

      No need to give up hope yet! This is not even a year into their freshman college – people end up dating lots of people. 🙂

  59. Valerie

    The return of Boner Comics?

  60. Mr.Morningstar

    DAMN JOYCE

  61. Taffy

    bongo, what?

  62. Colin McKenzie

    WHOOOOAA!

  63. Amós Batista

    I know that Willis has put these condoms on desk to serve as subliminal message to the plot, but I wonder if Joe let Danny or other people see these when they enter his dorm.

    And I don’t know if there’s workers that cleans the dorms. And so they will eventually spot Joe’s condoms…

    Gross.

    1. SailorCakes

      I just posted a theory about the condoms being out in the open in a above comment ^^^^^

      1. Amós Batista

        still gross, and condoms deteriorate faster if they’re keep in outside environment, under sun and conditioner air…

        1. HueSatLight

          They’re in sealed packages. Our dorm had some in public, for people to take when they needed. It’s not like finding a used condom on the little league soccer pitch next to your middle school (ensino fundamental II?)

        2. Amós Batista

          br?

        3. HueSatLight

          well, not your middle school. My middle school.

    2. HueSatLight

      I think they’re part of the background file https://www.dumbingofage.com/bluke/
      Joe hasn’t touched his books, pencils, or drink cup in over a week. https://www.dumbingofage.com/bluke/

      1. HueSatLight

        https://www.dumbingofage.com/ruined/ was the second link. And I’m going to read too much into those strips.
        Ruined was on a Friday, a little over a week ago. Everything on the desk is in the same place. Joe has some sort of compulsion, maybe he’s reminding himself of that night, to punish himself. In Bluke, his sheets are resting exactly the same way, more evidence of compulsion, since Bluke is on the next Tuesday, one week before this chapter.
        His sheets are different, but I can’t read anything into that, since he hasn’t had the opportunity to “make” his bed into how Liz left it. But I think he’s stopped doing that, because his pillow as at the other end now. His desk is still a monument to his flaws, but he’s trying to change.

        1. Amós Batista

          We, discovering some compulsion or disorder from Joe is a plot I never expected.

        2. HueSatLight

          Yes, a compulsion or disorder from Joe, nobody else. >_>

    3. David DeLaney

      … “workers that clean the dorm ROOMS” would require a much higher level of tuition than Indiana University can charge. that’s a private-school boarding-school college type of thing, maids, as it were

  64. wakeangel2001

    we got us some skinship here

  65. Ben

    Oh, Sir Jasper do not TOUCH me/oh, Sir Jasper do not TOUCH me/ oh, Sir Jasper do not TOUCH me/ as she lay between the lily-white sheets with nothing on but her socks

    She’s a most immoral LA-DEEE/ she’s a most immoral LAY-DEEE/ she’s a most immoral LAY-DEE/ as she lay between the lily-white sheets with nothing on but her socks

    1. Loki

      Touch-a, touch-a, tooooouch me! I wanna be dirty!

      And if anything grows / while you pose / I’ll oil you up and rub you down (down, down)!

      1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

        “At this moment of surrender, darling
        If you really care
        Don’t touch me there (don’t touch me there)”

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w-HpBPJC1I

        1. David DeLaney

          from the Eurythmics album Touch

          –Dave, yes this means i’m an Old Fart now

  66. Terah

    I don’t foresee this as ending well. Someone is gonna walk in/find out and rumors will spread that Joyce slept with Joe. Combined with the fact someone’s sure to mention she’s on birth control, and this is going to be prime gossip on the floor.

    1. HoopsieDaisy

      Let us have a nice thing for like, a day. Then ruin it.

      1. Steamweed

        ^^^^ An appropriate DoA title for any chapter, really.

  67. Pseudowolf

    I like this. This is Joyce deciding what she is comfortable with and what she wants to try and Joe is being accommodating.

    Much nicer than everyone else trying to tell them who they are and what they can and can’t do.

  68. lawoot

    These developments, plus the M. Bison quote for the chapter heading, doesn’t make me feel this is going to end well.

    1. shrub

      A little rain must fall every now and then

  69. superglucose

    alright Joyce! Next step: get fucked.

  70. Furie

    Tomorrow’s strip: BADIONG! Nakedish Joyce catapulted out of the bed and lands in Danny’s arms just as Sal enters through the window.

  71. thumb

    Is Joe ready?

    1. David DeLaney

      Roz avatar KNOWS how ready Joe is

  72. Needfuldoer

    Almost-naked cuddling?

    [Pacha “just right” meme goes here]

  73. mindbleach

    Joe.exe has stopped working.

  74. JWK

    Why is this doing for me that which actual porn doesn’t?

    1. David DeLaney

      intimacy, trust, slow slightly confused realization, inner happiness
      you’ve been rom-commed!

  75. Pergola

    Hey! Careful with Sal’s stuff!

    1. Taffy

      What’s it gonna do, shatter on the floor?

  76. George

    What? Joyce wanted snuggles, so they’re snuggling. I’m not seeing anybody get taken advantage of here.

  77. :0

    Are… are those in the back … condoms?

  78. tomorand

    good for her!!

  79. Needfuldoer

    Prediction: Sarah realizes Joyce didn’t return to their room last night and goes looking for her. Joe’s room is the second place she looks, after Dorothy and Becky’s. Everything in this scene is perfectly set up so she’d think they did the horizontal bop, so Sarah threatens to acquaint Joe with her pal Louis(ville Slugger).

  80. Ty34er

    I swear to god Willis, if THEY are the Slipshine, I will riot.

    1. David M Willis

      wait why

    2. SailorCakes

      Ya why? :/

    3. NGPZ

      Oh wait! I think I know this one!

      It’s opposite day! XD

  81. zee

    …Kay so I might actually read the next page on release for once bc I had to put off reading today’s page to study and there is NO way I can resist seeing what happens next in only like an hour and 15 minutes

  82. Kelli217

    Joyce is probably finding out (through two layers of cloth, but even so) even more about miracles of biology.

  83. Mr. Random

    I have to say.
    His face BARELY changes, but I still get that panel 4 is “What’s she?”
    and panel 5 is “Oh.”

  84. Drain

    while I didn’t have a religiously motivated fear of sex I still needed this kind of slow and steady, nonsexual nude intimacy like this was a big part of getting comfortable. It’s nice to see that represented. If they start banging on the floor next panel tho I’m just happy I had this moment

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