Oh no, what if it turns out Tony is actually super chipper in the morning?
He stays over, and he and Joyce are both grinning over Sarah at six AM. Morning people just make other morning people more powerful, as illustrated in this strip.
Nono
Tony actually gets grumpier after coffee.
Later on in life he would be diagnosed with a caffeine intolerance.
If it was me I’d simply stop being asleep when other people get up instead of complaining.
(I do stop being asleep constantly. It’s chronic insomnia.)
(But every complaint I hear about morning people honestly sounds like sour grapes.)
It is sour grapes. In the “I feel like shit, am groggy and need time to get my body working after sleep, and the fact this god damned beacon of sunshine is able to be fully cognizant and active during my idling stage is annoying” kind of way.
Also the whole “I am still tired and sleep is good, bouncing around the house while other people are still sleeping can be considered rude in and of itself” thing.
At least most night owls know to be quiet in our nocturnal circadian rhythms, lest we draw Shai-Hulud to us.
What’s so great about mornings? Humans have considerable natural variation in their wake/sleep preferences. Studies of remote, un-contacted tribes suggest that this long predates modern technology. The leading theory is that this variation offered an evolutionary advantage, with “early birds” and “night owls” keeping watch against attacks from enemies or predatory animals while others slept.
Depends what you mean by ‘a morning person’. If you mean someone who is able to wake up and function quickly, then I am myself a morning person (which is….weird because I haven’t woken up in the morning in months) because while I choose to move slowly after I get up, I can be functional pretty fast.
If you mean a person who likes to wake up early, fine.
If you mean someone who likes to be obnoxiously cheerful when someone is sleeping or just waking up – by which I mean, someone like Joyce who stuck her face in other people’s faces and screamed WAKEY WAKEY? Yeah, I hate them, because they’re fucking rude
What if you were in a situation where nobody around you shared the same sleeping schedules and any one or more of them would getting up at all hours? Would you just never sleep at all, in that case?
As an ex-night-shift worker, I used night masks and earplugs (though, technically I STILL do, since the one next to me is a snorer)
particularly Night Shift problems are the lawn care people and kids hitting the apartment building with their ball bc too close to the playground and people calling all day bc they have the wrong number and never seem to get the hint and why I got rid of the “with FREE walkie talkie” phone my ex made me get before
Soon Hasbro will announce a new line of Star Wars Transformers (yes those were a thing) with a Kit Fisto that turns into this thing and the metamorphosis will be complete.
It’s a direct continuation from the previous page and her old cheerleader uniform is clearly visible in the first panel. Then again, I’ve made similar mistakes before, so I won’t laugh very loud.
PedanticJerkass
Yeah, on the one hand it is the page directly following the previous page, which in the last panel showing Jennifer lying in the exact same position as the “mystery character” in this strip, just from a different angle.
On the other hand… um… I guess Jacob, who is Ethan’s roommate, being there could cause confusion that the “mystery character” could indeed possibly be Ethan, since… uh… it does kind of look like Ethan…? A bit…? If you tilted your head and squinted really hard?
Of course, the tag also says “jennifer” and not “ethan,” so…? *shrug*
It’s always been weird to me how close that name is to Tuscans. Those darn desert planets, ya gotta watch out for all the Italian sand bandits. They’ll toss big fishing nets on you and turn you into mildly spicy sausage.
Lokitsu
Tuscan Raiders are vicious and cruel but they come with unlimited breadsticks.
The implication of the hair care thing here is that Jacob has waves which I’m now realizing is a very cool thing that can be implied through art without even needing to draw waves
Wait. I just noticed that there’s some unknown blondie sitting at the table with Alice. They aren’t seen again. So did they just sit there for that whole dramatic conversation?
She’s still in the shot a couple pages later. My head canon is that she’s Alice’s new girlfriend.
It’s possible Alice and her still share Billie’s old thing about nerds, but there’s no real evidence for it in that conversation. Jennifer thinks so, but Alice is desperately trying to avoid talking to her, not to her dorky friends.
cbwroses
Her forgetting Walky’s name despite knowing him for years and again after just being told it in the cafeteria does at least imply that she hasn’t changed in that aspect.
thejeff
Forgetting the name of a vague acquaintance from high school while in the midst of a traumatic confrontation with your ex isn’t really proof of anything.
Yeah, I figure she’s Alice’s new girlfriend who’s trying very hard to pretend that the old girlfriend isn’t causing an embarrassing scene in the middle of the cafeteria.
Seeing Jacob just makes me think: how sturdy are their beds? Obviously they can handle the two of them sleeping but what if it was like… a JoexJacob couple. I’m not sure about the integrity of college beds.
What is the room bedding situation like? Cause it seems like some rooms have bunkbeds and others have separated twins. A private twin seems like a luxury in this regard.
Read Hall has loft beds, not bunk beds. Every single time it comes up, someone calls them bunk beds, and that’s not what they are. There’s a desk and whatnot underneath, not a second bed.
Mark
Any allegations to the contrary are bunk.
Michael Steamweed
Why keep talking about this? Let’s put the drama to bed, people.
Well, I never lived in a dorm, but I have… enjoyed activities in a few of them. The ones I’ve been in were quite sturdy, but the last dorm bed I experienced was 20+ years ago so they could have gotten worse.
170 thoughts on “Yaawwn”
Ana Chronistic
ugh, morning people
Dante
Love the Sarah gravatar for this
Doctor_Who
Oh no, what if it turns out Tony is actually super chipper in the morning?
He stays over, and he and Joyce are both grinning over Sarah at six AM. Morning people just make other morning people more powerful, as illustrated in this strip.
Nono
Tony actually gets grumpier after coffee.
Later on in life he would be diagnosed with a caffeine intolerance.
IntangibleMatter
Morning people are the worst, and I <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp-20h78PqE"?hate getting up early.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Here, you dropped these:
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Unless this fails, in which case I’m just making a bigger mess. Help-ing!! ?
Needfuldoer
Bleh.
And that’s coming from someone who has to wake up at this hour.
Mark
Humph, I’m starting to think that “morning people” are a myth. I seem to be the only one.
clif
Many of them have died under mysterious circumstances.
Gigafreak
Where there were once morning people, there are now mourning people
Morleuca
I love being a morning person.
Amelie Wikström
If it was me I’d simply stop being asleep when other people get up instead of complaining.
(I do stop being asleep constantly. It’s chronic insomnia.)
(But every complaint I hear about morning people honestly sounds like sour grapes.)
GholaHalleck
It is sour grapes. In the “I feel like shit, am groggy and need time to get my body working after sleep, and the fact this god damned beacon of sunshine is able to be fully cognizant and active during my idling stage is annoying” kind of way.
Also the whole “I am still tired and sleep is good, bouncing around the house while other people are still sleeping can be considered rude in and of itself” thing.
At least most night owls know to be quiet in our nocturnal circadian rhythms, lest we draw Shai-Hulud to us.
Wizard
What’s so great about mornings? Humans have considerable natural variation in their wake/sleep preferences. Studies of remote, un-contacted tribes suggest that this long predates modern technology. The leading theory is that this variation offered an evolutionary advantage, with “early birds” and “night owls” keeping watch against attacks from enemies or predatory animals while others slept.
BBCC
Depends what you mean by ‘a morning person’. If you mean someone who is able to wake up and function quickly, then I am myself a morning person (which is….weird because I haven’t woken up in the morning in months) because while I choose to move slowly after I get up, I can be functional pretty fast.
If you mean a person who likes to wake up early, fine.
If you mean someone who likes to be obnoxiously cheerful when someone is sleeping or just waking up – by which I mean, someone like Joyce who stuck her face in other people’s faces and screamed WAKEY WAKEY? Yeah, I hate them, because they’re fucking rude
PedanticJerkass
What if you were in a situation where nobody around you shared the same sleeping schedules and any one or more of them would getting up at all hours? Would you just never sleep at all, in that case?
PedanticJerkass
*would be getting up
Amelie Wikström
There may be real reasons I’ve lived alone for the last 23 years.
Ana Chronistic
As an ex-night-shift worker, I used night masks and earplugs (though, technically I STILL do, since the one next to me is a snorer)
particularly Night Shift problems are the lawn care people and kids hitting the apartment building with their ball bc too close to the playground and people calling all day bc they have the wrong number and never seem to get the hint and why I got rid of the “with FREE walkie talkie” phone my ex made me get before
Doctor_Who
The Ethanification of Jennifer.
Soon Hasbro will announce a new line of Star Wars Transformers (yes those were a thing) with a Kit Fisto that turns into this thing and the metamorphosis will be complete.
Aura
I actually thought it was Ethan until I read the comments, checked the tags and reread the comic! ^^;
Felian
Wait what it’s NOT Ethan?
…. oh
Michael Steamweed
Same. Totally saw her as him. I must now hie myself away to indulge in “Gasp! Secret family link of Ethan and Jennifer!” hypothesis hijinks.
Eric
The Occam’s Razor machine spits out: “Nope, just a copy-paste of Ethan’s eyes”
Wizard
It’s a direct continuation from the previous page and her old cheerleader uniform is clearly visible in the first panel. Then again, I’ve made similar mistakes before, so I won’t laugh very loud.
PedanticJerkass
Yeah, on the one hand it is the page directly following the previous page, which in the last panel showing Jennifer lying in the exact same position as the “mystery character” in this strip, just from a different angle.
On the other hand… um… I guess Jacob, who is Ethan’s roommate, being there could cause confusion that the “mystery character” could indeed possibly be Ethan, since… uh… it does kind of look like Ethan…? A bit…? If you tilted your head and squinted really hard?
Of course, the tag also says “jennifer” and not “ethan,” so…? *shrug*
Deanatay
*Ethan walks in*
Hey, you’re in my bed.
…
AND MY MOOD
Michael Steamweed
Ethan: Oh, wait, that makes Lucy my roommate.
*immediately nopes right out
PedanticJerkass
Alternatively…
*Jennifer walks in*
Hey, you’re in my bed.
Animedingo
Suffer in their happiness
Charles Phipps
Hopefully her dreams are Jedi ones and it’s telling her to find Alice before the Tuskens get her.
Aquila
Obi Wan Kenobilly, you are my only hope.
Taffy
It’s always been weird to me how close that name is to Tuscans. Those darn desert planets, ya gotta watch out for all the Italian sand bandits. They’ll toss big fishing nets on you and turn you into mildly spicy sausage.
Lokitsu
Tuscan Raiders are vicious and cruel but they come with unlimited breadsticks.
Thag Simmons
Lucy already got on Jennifer’s nerves before she started being insufferable sweethearts with one of the hottest dudes on campus.
clif
Jennifer should complain to Radah about how cheerful Jacob is in the morning.
Sirksome
Well at least some named characters don’t suffer irreparable emotional trauma in this comic.
Thag Simmons
Well, give it time.
Nymph
–yet.
clif
Now you’ve done it.
DailyBrad
I know it’s probably a hair care thing, but my first thought was that Jacob had a bald cap on. Gotta get in on that hot Lex Luthor roleplay.
Sirksome
A bald cap would be an improvement over what he’s got going on under that do-rag.
True Survivor
And Lucy already found his kryptonite.
shanunu
The implication of the hair care thing here is that Jacob has waves which I’m now realizing is a very cool thing that can be implied through art without even needing to draw waves
Warmth
If anyone still wants a reminder on the Alice situation:
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/scowl/
mindbleach
Yeesh.
SmartAlec105
Wait. I just noticed that there’s some unknown blondie sitting at the table with Alice. They aren’t seen again. So did they just sit there for that whole dramatic conversation?
Thomas
Yes.
It’s okay though. The nerds are invisible to her anyway.
thejeff
She’s still in the shot a couple pages later. My head canon is that she’s Alice’s new girlfriend.
It’s possible Alice and her still share Billie’s old thing about nerds, but there’s no real evidence for it in that conversation. Jennifer thinks so, but Alice is desperately trying to avoid talking to her, not to her dorky friends.
cbwroses
Her forgetting Walky’s name despite knowing him for years and again after just being told it in the cafeteria does at least imply that she hasn’t changed in that aspect.
thejeff
Forgetting the name of a vague acquaintance from high school while in the midst of a traumatic confrontation with your ex isn’t really proof of anything.
John Campbell
Yeah, I figure she’s Alice’s new girlfriend who’s trying very hard to pretend that the old girlfriend isn’t causing an embarrassing scene in the middle of the cafeteria.
Dean
Charles Xavier. “To me, my Sex-Men!”
True Survivor
I bet dollars to donuts that Amber has read (or more likely written) a fanfic with that exact line.
Michael Steamweed
“A” fanfic? As in, just one?!
Nono
Seeing Jacob just makes me think: how sturdy are their beds? Obviously they can handle the two of them sleeping but what if it was like… a JoexJacob couple. I’m not sure about the integrity of college beds.
Sirksome
What is the room bedding situation like? Cause it seems like some rooms have bunkbeds and others have separated twins. A private twin seems like a luxury in this regard.
Thag Simmons
This looks like separate twins? Certainly not bunk beds in this room, so at least Jacob won’t be bonking his head on the ceiling.
Nono
Read Hall has bunk beds. Forrest has twins. Malaya mentioned that when she moved in with Sal.
Taffy
Read Hall has loft beds, not bunk beds. Every single time it comes up, someone calls them bunk beds, and that’s not what they are. There’s a desk and whatnot underneath, not a second bed.
Mark
Any allegations to the contrary are bunk.
Michael Steamweed
Why keep talking about this? Let’s put the drama to bed, people.
Rabid Rabbit
Clearly, they would need to acquire an oversized plush dinosaur.
VicMortimer
Well, I never lived in a dorm, but I have… enjoyed activities in a few of them. The ones I’ve been in were quite sturdy, but the last dorm bed I experienced was 20+ years ago so they could have gotten worse.
thejeff
Probably has, since they’re probably the same beds. 🙂
From my memories, the bed frames themselves were industrial strength sturdy, but the mattresses and springs were old and saggy
wetmonstersmell
yeah, this is my memory also — solid oak frames, kleenex mattresses
Sporky
♪ Hello darkness, my old friend ♪
Lingo
Y’know, if not for the cheerleader uniform, I could have mistaken this for Jacob’s room!
Joyfulldreams
I also thought that was Ethan for a bit there.
nobodybasically