Appropriate avatar has never been more appropriate.
CoMa
They are referring to a game, a dating simulator called “Dream Daddy”, at least that’s what I think. (It’s a dating simulator for Daddy’s meeting up Daddy’s.)
CoMa
Wait, I got my plurals wrong (as in, a plural doesn’t need an apostrophe). It should be “daddies”, I believe.
I got the reference, what I’m baffled by is Danni’s insistence that referencing the game makes JessWitt and Brotato disgusting. JessWitt’s assumption that Danni is unaware of the game and thinks it’s an incest reference more or less makes sense, but seems to be a bit of a stretch.
geno
Danny is clearly referencing 50-60’s era slang. Jess is making a joke about a game. I really have no idea where the incest part is coming from. Seems completely out of left field. Danni is vague about their disapproval. My only assumption is they either hate homosexuality or dad’s specifically.
Alan Lafond
I just assumed it was because Danni read it as the literal definition of “Daddy,” which would imply incest and possibly pedophilia, which could certainly explain the “disgusting” claim. Of course, one has to be very secluded to have not seen previous references to Dream Daddy somewhere, seeing as it seems to be referenced all over the place. 😛
I mean, I should have known that Joe would be the kind of person to interpret his situation as needing to “swear off all women”, but I’m still disappointed.
See all the men who are going apeshit about predators getting outed with long thinkpieces about “how they aren’t even allowed to say hello anymore”.
But yeah, he’s definitely still in missing the point and wallowing in rare consequences phase but hopefully when that’s done it’ll be followed up by meaningful growth.
At least his swearing off all women is coming along with making an effort to interact with women as people – even if he’s doing a mediocre job at that. I think he kind of gets what he needs to be doing and is putting the pieces in place to slowly, mediocre-ly do that.
It’s an extreme over-correction, but at least it’s a correction. Limiting his interaction with women to just Joyce, Amber, Dorothy (assuming she’s still speaking to him), and perhaps Leslie until he sorts some stuff out probably isn’t the worst way to go.
Though now I really want to know what’s gonna happen the next time he’s in gender studies.
FireSTK
Overcorrection can become more dangerous than the previous condition.
He’s talked about how he’s a pariah… and yes, that’s probably a factor… but I’m thinking that it’s just as much of a low self-esteem issue. He doesn’t think there’s a “safe” way for him to interact with women — meaning, a way that he doesn’t cause some harm. Not that such a way doesn’t exist in general, but it doesn’t exist for HIM, because he’s toxic. So he quarantines himself. Which fixes… well, nothing, but at least he can tell himself (as he was doing before Joyce set him straight) that at least this way he isn’t hurting anyone.
One of the things about self-esteem issues is that they’re often coupled with a desire to isolate yourself (or aspects of yourself) so that no one else can see them, and there’s a million ways to rationalize that. If one of them (emotionless, meaningless hookups) falls apart, you can just find another.
Well, it does fix some things. He’s no longer harassing women, for example. Which quite likely fixes the problem for the targets of his harassment.
It doesn’t fix his issues, but it’s not all about him.
Reltzik
And instead he’s refusing contact with women on the criterion that they’re women. I won’t weigh which is worse — okay, the harassment was probably worse — but that’s still pretty dang bad.
If Joe doesn’t fix his root problems, they’re going to keep expressing themselves in one nasty way or another.
thejeff
For the women around him, it’s far better. Nor, as far as we’ve seen is he actually refusing contact with women who approach him, though I don’t believe any have.
This expression of his problems does less damage to those around him.
geno
I personally don’t see the problem. He didn’t cut out his female friends. If anything he’s talking to them as people more often than he did before. People don’t fix everything about themselves instantaneously. Dude needs a break from the ladies almost as much as they need a break from him. Remember like a week has passed in this comic. Nobody can fix them self that quickly.
If you order one, the bartender says “We ran out of ingredients, sorry. I mean, we had all the ingredients LAST month, but there just isn’t the same call for it anymore. But I heard there’s a bar around the corner that still serves them, I guess.” And when you go THERE, they just give you a PBR with a little umbrella in it and say “We’re calling it the Ukelele Hipster” ironically, see?
Unless the bar is the Horrible Revelation in Northampton, Massachusetts, in which case you are likely to just get punched in the mouth by one of the other patrons, likely Faye Whittaker. On the other hand, if you order a “Gentleman Ukulelist,” the bartender’ll rent you an antique tailcoat and top hat so you can take pictures.
And that, combined with excessive head that ALWAYS runs down the sides and that no one does anything about, is why no one can tell if it’s the best or the worst.
You see, you kinda loop around from best to worst or worst to best when you have an unhandled overflow flag.
190 thoughts on “Daddy”
Ana Chronistic
Joe’s been had, alright
AnvilPro
I friend-ship Joe and Danny so much
JessWitt
Dream Daddy Danny.
Danni
NO
Brotato
YES
Danni
both of you are disgusting
geno
Seems fitting you’re Mary
JessWitt
It was a joke, yeesh. I didn’t say I endorsed it.
JessWitt
*Didn’t say ‘I approved of incest or pedophilia.’ That’s creepy.
Kamino Neko
This thread just keeps getting more confusing…
JessWitt
I assume that’s what Danni is implying judging from their disgust with the term “daddy”.
Rowen Morland
Wait, aren’t you talking about the game, and a DD version of Danny?
kendermouse
That’s what I got from that joke…
Kamino Neko
??
Arianod
Appropriate avatar has never been more appropriate.
CoMa
They are referring to a game, a dating simulator called “Dream Daddy”, at least that’s what I think. (It’s a dating simulator for Daddy’s meeting up Daddy’s.)
CoMa
Wait, I got my plurals wrong (as in, a plural doesn’t need an apostrophe). It should be “daddies”, I believe.
Kamino Neko
I got the reference, what I’m baffled by is Danni’s insistence that referencing the game makes JessWitt and Brotato disgusting. JessWitt’s assumption that Danni is unaware of the game and thinks it’s an incest reference more or less makes sense, but seems to be a bit of a stretch.
geno
Danny is clearly referencing 50-60’s era slang. Jess is making a joke about a game. I really have no idea where the incest part is coming from. Seems completely out of left field. Danni is vague about their disapproval. My only assumption is they either hate homosexuality or dad’s specifically.
Alan Lafond
I just assumed it was because Danni read it as the literal definition of “Daddy,” which would imply incest and possibly pedophilia, which could certainly explain the “disgusting” claim. Of course, one has to be very secluded to have not seen previous references to Dream Daddy somewhere, seeing as it seems to be referenced all over the place. 😛
PB
I approve of this reference.
Cerberus
He’s gonna be your dream tonight.
Undrave
NO.
Zoey
God yess
PB
Joe strikes me as a Robert; Danny’s more of a Mat.
Pablo360
*sigh*
I mean, I should have known that Joe would be the kind of person to interpret his situation as needing to “swear off all women”, but I’m still disappointed.
Roger
hes slow. he’ll get there.
PB
Oftentimes, people who operate in one extreme feel as though the only way to break their previous habit is to switch to the other extreme.
Dark
To be fair, in this case it’s not a terrible idea. “Swear off” women, and slowly reintroduce them to himself in order to break the old habits.
Arianod
Yes, it may actually be the best course for him.
Cerberus
See all the men who are going apeshit about predators getting outed with long thinkpieces about “how they aren’t even allowed to say hello anymore”.
But yeah, he’s definitely still in missing the point and wallowing in rare consequences phase but hopefully when that’s done it’ll be followed up by meaningful growth.
Benjamin
At least his swearing off all women is coming along with making an effort to interact with women as people – even if he’s doing a mediocre job at that. I think he kind of gets what he needs to be doing and is putting the pieces in place to slowly, mediocre-ly do that.
Fart Captor
It’s an extreme over-correction, but at least it’s a correction. Limiting his interaction with women to just Joyce, Amber, Dorothy (assuming she’s still speaking to him), and perhaps Leslie until he sorts some stuff out probably isn’t the worst way to go.
Though now I really want to know what’s gonna happen the next time he’s in gender studies.
FireSTK
Overcorrection can become more dangerous than the previous condition.
Reltzik
He’s talked about how he’s a pariah… and yes, that’s probably a factor… but I’m thinking that it’s just as much of a low self-esteem issue. He doesn’t think there’s a “safe” way for him to interact with women — meaning, a way that he doesn’t cause some harm. Not that such a way doesn’t exist in general, but it doesn’t exist for HIM, because he’s toxic. So he quarantines himself. Which fixes… well, nothing, but at least he can tell himself (as he was doing before Joyce set him straight) that at least this way he isn’t hurting anyone.
One of the things about self-esteem issues is that they’re often coupled with a desire to isolate yourself (or aspects of yourself) so that no one else can see them, and there’s a million ways to rationalize that. If one of them (emotionless, meaningless hookups) falls apart, you can just find another.
thejeff
Well, it does fix some things. He’s no longer harassing women, for example. Which quite likely fixes the problem for the targets of his harassment.
It doesn’t fix his issues, but it’s not all about him.
Reltzik
And instead he’s refusing contact with women on the criterion that they’re women. I won’t weigh which is worse — okay, the harassment was probably worse — but that’s still pretty dang bad.
If Joe doesn’t fix his root problems, they’re going to keep expressing themselves in one nasty way or another.
thejeff
For the women around him, it’s far better. Nor, as far as we’ve seen is he actually refusing contact with women who approach him, though I don’t believe any have.
This expression of his problems does less damage to those around him.
geno
I personally don’t see the problem. He didn’t cut out his female friends. If anything he’s talking to them as people more often than he did before. People don’t fix everything about themselves instantaneously. Dude needs a break from the ladies almost as much as they need a break from him. Remember like a week has passed in this comic. Nobody can fix them self that quickly.
tyersome
Well … with sufficient local anesthetic and some rudimentary surgical equipment …
Danni
danny, dont call yourself a daddy
butting
BESTIES FOR LIFE CONFIRMED
Kernanator
Now all they need is a dragon.
Passchendaele
studENT
Tacos
Obviously a very studly ent.
nobodybasically
It actually took me a moment to get it was emphasizing the “stud” part, and not implying he was some kind of sentient tree.
Reltzik
But if he’s a stud…. huh. I wouldn’t have thought he was in the market for an entwife.
Arianod
Don’t you know? The entwives are gone.
Stephen Bierce
*plays The Zombies’ “Time of the Season” on a speaker off to a corner of the scene*
auroki
Hipster Danny looks pretty sauve.
Keulen
Calling yourself or being called “daddy” when you’re not actually a dad just seems kinda creepy to me.
Sky
That’s the point XD Joe recognizes how weird it is. Asking another man to call you Daddy is very… *very* gay. And Danny is completely oblivious
BBCC
Danny. Please. Phrasing.
Undrave
“Seriously, Why aren’t we still doing ‘Phrasing’?”
BBCC
I am! 😀
(I got the reference, but I am having fun. YOU’RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR)
Ferret
Do you want a meme-filled comment chain? Because this is how you get a meme filled comment chain.
3oranges
Combo breaker!
Wait, that didn’t help.
Kamino Neko
Just imagine my avatar is drinking something.
Cattleprod
I can’t decide if Ukulele Hipster is the name of the best drink or the worst drink.
Doctor_Who
It sounds like it comes with at least three umbrellas in it, if that’s a factor.
Dark
Umbrellas are always a factor.
Kamino Neko
Sounds like something for a Girl Drink Drunk.
JessWitt
So a cross between Pabst Blue Ribbon and a pina colada.
I’m full of bad ideas today.
brionl
If you like Pabsta Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
If you’re into Ukies, and have a cool hat…
adjudicus
If you like making music at midnight, pissing off my roommate
Then I’m the love you’ve been looking for, write to me and escape
Frederic Garber
If you order one, the bartender says “We ran out of ingredients, sorry. I mean, we had all the ingredients LAST month, but there just isn’t the same call for it anymore. But I heard there’s a bar around the corner that still serves them, I guess.” And when you go THERE, they just give you a PBR with a little umbrella in it and say “We’re calling it the Ukelele Hipster” ironically, see?
3-I
Unless the bar is the Horrible Revelation in Northampton, Massachusetts, in which case you are likely to just get punched in the mouth by one of the other patrons, likely Faye Whittaker. On the other hand, if you order a “Gentleman Ukulelist,” the bartender’ll rent you an antique tailcoat and top hat so you can take pictures.
Reltzik
No umbrellas. Flag. The drink comes with a flag.
And that, combined with excessive head that ALWAYS runs down the sides and that no one does anything about, is why no one can tell if it’s the best or the worst.
You see, you kinda loop around from best to worst or worst to best when you have an unhandled overflow flag.
UniqueSnowflake2
You win MAXINT internets.
thejeff
(MAXINT+1) internets.
Reltzik
So putting those together, it’s +1 internet.
…. good. Either of those alone would have dropped my collected internets into the negative.
Reltzik
….. wait, that’s MINUS one internet.
…. still better than going into the negatives.