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Wordplay
Posted on April 16, 2021 by David M Willis
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229 thoughts on “Wordplay”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “Study TOO much? That’s unpossible!”

    1. Ana Chronistic

      on squiggly words: my favourite story to tell is when I got over an inappropriate crush by finding out he used “lol” as punctuation

      1. Clif

        Could be worse. He could have used HOMPK!

        1. Demoted Oblivious

          How dare you denigrate hompk as punctuationHOMPK

      2. Needfuldoer

        lol

        I think it’s fair enough to use sparingly in informal text communication, but unironically verbalizing it as a word is a bridge too far regardless of context.

        1. Clif

          On the other hand, lutz is perfectly acceptable.

        2. Kryss LaBryn

          that was my chiropractor’s name lol

        3. milu

          i will go on using lol as punctuation lol
          if that makes me unfuckable then so be it lol

        4. Demoted Oblivious

          Not knowing your gender, and I am not sure it even matters, but humourously spiteful use of lol as punctuation has somehow made you seem more attractive. That and “so be it” rather than “thankfully” also. A sacrifice rather than a blessing, which when dealing with the internet is a bold move.

        5. milu

          i’m boygendered, and thank you, i guess =D

        6. Ana Chronistic

          Crush legit used it like six times in a paragraph with no other punctuation

        7. Needfuldoer

          That’s… horrible.

          lol

          Personally, I can’t stand the overuse of “like” and upspeak that have become pervasive.

        8. Demoted Oblivious

          You can blame Shaggy and the gang from Scooby Doo for “like”.

        9. zee

          Eh, it’s something I do out of anxiety. Like haha please don’t take anything I’m saying seriously it’s just a joke lol I wanna die lol

        10. milu

          aaahahahaha i’m so stupid xD xD xD looool wtf omg rofl nooooo lololol ^^ :facepalm:

        11. milu

          …is a message a variant whereof most of my friends will have received a number of times

      3. Rabid Rabbit

        I once got over the possibility of an erotic relationship with someone when it turned out she was terrible at writing erotica.

        I mean, there was nothing wrong with the scenario she sent me per se. It’s just that her prose style made it unreadable.

        I’m not necessarily proud.

        1. ktbear

          Huh, theres a coincidence. My ex wife and I got together as much because of my erotica writing as anything. Guess it covered up certain other short-comings that resulted in the ex part of that statement.

        2. Demoted Oblivious

          I had a great fling with someone once, based largely around dirty writing. It was fun, quick, light hearted, exciting and ended on good terms. It was quite possibly the only healthy intimate relationship I’ve had with the opposite gender. Unfortunately, the goods remain odd so the odds aren’t that good.

        3. Ana Chronistic

          I was initially only sort of attracted to my spouse at first meeting, but he won me over by telling me about Sanskrit, like, actually for real, not the Penny Arcade bullshit (Sanskrit is a written language)

        4. milu

          unborn lion…?

        5. Demoted Oblivious

          That is an awesome tale of the meet-cute.

        6. Z

          There’s a strip of Girls With Slingshots that features a guy wooing his girlfriend via text all day then in the final text he uses the wrong “you’re”.

          No sexy times were had.

  2. Demoted Oblivious

    Dotty knows whats going on.

    1. Demoted Oblivious

      Also, web server behaves as on the correct time (comic available at 00:00). It appears that the comments server or maybe database is whats out of chronological whack. This comment posted 4:00 minutes post comic.

    2. Wizard

      And what’s going down.

      1. Clif

        Dorothy knows her audience.

  3. butts

    dotty, people who make turd jokes don’t become president

    1. Thag Simmons

      Yeah, True Presidential Material joke about drone striking people or mockingly mimic disabled reporters.

    2. Sirksome

      This turd joke is gonna be part of the republican sponsored smear campaign against her when she runs.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Smearing turds on people does sound like a GOP move.

        1. Sirksome

          Tucker Carlson twenty years from now: “Turd jokes. Really? Is that the kind of sense of humor we really want in our commander and chief? If she’s so crass with her humor who knows how she’ll treat our nuclear launch codes?”

          Yes and aging Tucker Carlson will definitely still be on the air by the time Dorothy’s old enough to run for president.

        2. butts

          judging from the sliding timescale, by the time Dorothy’s old enough to run for president Tucker Carlson will have been dead for two thousand years

        3. Reltzik

          So? Horses and Sparrows economics has been dead as a viable theory for over a century and right wingers are still treating it like gospel.

        4. Reltzik

          … and yes, I know Horses and Sparrows is not what the strategy is called nowadays, but I prefer this name because it…

          1) … emphasizes just how damn old this idea is, inviting an examination of its track record, and…

          2) … does a much better job of capturing the dignity with which the “sparrows” are fed relative to the “horses”, which…

          3) … dovetails well with today’s comic strip.

        5. Clif

          Are you really going to make me google Horses and Sparrow economics only to find out it’s supply side theory or something?

        6. Reltzik

          @Clif It’s trickle-down economics. But google it anyway to see how its metaphor helps with points 2 and 3.

        7. SillyGoose

          Thanks for this nugget of information. Definitely not the least useful TIL in this comment section.

        8. jflb96

          Funny how ‘Horses and Sparrows’ left the vernacular right around the time the Horses wanted to sell the philosophy to the sparrows, isn’t it?

        9. Demoted Oblivious

          Damn! Thanks for the history lesson. On the bright side, we are garnerung a growing body of solid academic data showing that economic model is bupkus, no matter what it’s called.

        10. Reltzik

          On the not-so-bright side, most of the people pushing this idea only give a damn about the science when it supports their preferences, and when it doesn’t the science is obviously a liberal/communist/fascist/satanic conspiracy.

          *grumblegrumblegrumble*

        11. thejeff

          Yeah, true or not, it sounds like a better argument for feeding the horse than just “We’re horses and we want more food.”

    3. Yotomoe

      And this is coming from a butt. I’d listen.

      1. Schpoonman

        You got a Ko-fi or something for commissions? You mentioned a dogpile idea a week or so ago and I was wondering if cash could be a decent motivator.

        1. Yotomoe

          Yes I do!
          Also I did draw this 😀 https://i.imgur.com/oCcqNc2.png

        2. Yotomoe

          I guess the site won’t let me link a Ko-fi or anything so I guess just search my name.

        3. Demoted Oblivious

          Hot damn, honey mustard indeed! I’d “shut up and take my money” you, but broke. Thank you for sharing though. That was a real pick me up.

    4. Clif

      People forget that this comic literally opened with Becky making a joke about an inaugural poop.

      1. butts

        chronic me disease

        1. Clif

          Your time has come.

        2. Demoted Oblivious

          No need to be blunt about it.

    5. MugiwaraNoPancakes

      TBF that goalpost was airlifted to the other side of the planet with the last administration

    6. Ray

      actually, the past 4 years would disprove your assertion….

    7. Diner Kinetic

      Pffft yeah, you’d need to be an *actual* turd.

    8. Rabid Rabbit

      LBJ forced people to talk to him while he took a shit with the door open. Your argument is invalid.

      1. SillyGoose

        When did reality ever matter to political commenters?

      2. Chris

        Wasn’t he the one who, when a reporter followed him into the bathroom, gave him a good look and made a remark about how everything is bigger in Texas?

        1. MaximumZero

          He was well known for swinging around his Lyndon B. Johnson.

    9. Stanistani

      i present to you George W. Bush who called Karl Rove ‘Turdblossom’ and Putin ‘Pootie-Poot.’

    10. Delavan

      I 1000% guarantee Obama has made poo jokes.

  4. Sirksome

    He’s growing stronger!!…Maybe. I assume Becky is near here and her absolute zero reaction to Walky hotness is so low that it’s not even worth panel time. We’ll see.

    1. Clif

      There you are. I was afraid an impostor was posting using your name.

      1. Sirksome

        I may have slipped for a moment. Forgive me. I’ll be more vigilant in the future.

    2. Doctor_Who

      Having longer hair makes him look slightly more like Sal, and Sal is the very hotness, so I guess it’s possible that Becky would notice he’s like 1 angstrom hotter.

      1. Mr D

        Seeing Walky with long hair would give a lot of people weird feelings they usually wouldn’t have for a man.
        The curse of Androgynous looks.

        1. Demoted Oblivious

          looks locks

        2. Demoted Oblivious

          oh and blessing instead of curse. 😀

    3. Reltzik

      I THINK the difference is that his eyebrows are much more visible. … maybe.

  5. JetstreamGW

    God dammit, Dorothy.

    1. Clif

      You have an error in punctuation. You left out the “Damn You, Willis” at the end. The use of lol or Hompk! is optional.

  6. cmasta1992

    Maybe this will help Lucy move on towards someone more reasonable.

    Walky please have a spine and don’t bark back up that tree though.

    1. Doctor_Who

      It’s like the “I’m the future Mrs. Socks-On-His-Ears” IW! strip.

      Lucy: I’m the future Mrs. Cheeto Turds.

      1. Rose by Any Other Name

        This, more than anything, demonstrates to me that Lucy and Walky are not relationship material.

        I feel like Lucy needs a friend to say “girl, you can do better” right about now.

        1. Prince Mech

          I mean, on one hand. One joke does not an entire relationship make.

          On the other hand, yeah. I think Lucy has had Walky mentally pegged as nothing other than “Cute boy who likes cartoons” without any real awareness of who he actually is as a person.

        2. Needfuldoer

          Which implies she hasn’t been paying attention for the months they’ve known eachother.

        3. Demoted Oblivious

          I don’t know, I kind of read this strip as her being, “really…? Poop jokes?”

        4. Jenn

          Didn’t Booster tell her that during that first floor meeting of the semester?

      2. thejeff

        Dorothy: No you’re not. I am.

    2. jeffepp

      Like Joyce?

  7. Nono

    “I looked down
    Thought I was dying
    But I had just eaten a whole bag
    Of flaming-hot Cheetos

    I’m dyeing, mama
    I’m dyeing, don’t you see
    It’s turdplay, that’s right, it’s just
    Dying, with an e”

    1. Ray

      “Mama….
      Just poo’ed the can…..
      Flamin’ Cheetos in mah head
      Crappin’ dye, thought I’d be dead….”

    2. davidbreslin101

      Cheetos
      Are a burnin’ thing
      And they make
      A fiery ring.
      Bound
      By appetite
      I shat orange with all my might.

  8. RassilonTDavros

    Dumbing of Age Book 11: Turdplay

    1. Keulen

      Best potential book title so far.

    2. milu

      Dumbing of Age Book 11: That Wasn’t Necessary Information

  9. Stephen Bierce

    Making sure there’s logic in scatological.

    1. Clif

      Mray Mae May Kingshu sure the ther errs scuh scuh scatin scatglological.

  10. Yotomoe

    Just so you guys know I am drawing something and I’ll post it later tonight. Look forward to it.

    1. butts

      aw yiss

    2. Devin

      Given the subject matter of this strip I’m a little nervous.

      1. Deanatay

        Also, butts likes it. So, be afraid.

    3. RacingTurtle

      Woooo

    4. Yotomoe

      https://i.imgur.com/oCcqNc2.png
      Posting this here too.

      1. RacingTurtle

        i am giggling madly, thx

      2. Keulen

        They’re hungry, but not for the nuggets.

        1. MaximumZero

          That’s not hungry, that’s thirsty.

      3. milu

        oh shit Walky is extremely HOMPK!ing hot in this
        Amber’s light-coloured hair threw me off though?

      4. zee

        Walkys never been so adorable

      5. Jeff K!

        Oh that’s delightful, Yotomoe!
        Harem anime indeed!

      6. RowenMorland

        Of all the fun things in that I think I like that the nugget box keeps count of the contents the most.

  11. BBCC

    Dorothy, no. For so many reasons, no.

    1. Sirksome

      No? Why not? Walky’s a fun, (suddenly even hotter) guy. He was never actually that bad an influence on her. If anything his presence helped her learn the value of relaxing which is a very important lesson for her. She might even need a few refresher courses. It would be a good thing for both of them, they both deserve, with zero downsides. Everybody wins!

      1. Clif

        Lucy doesn’t.

        1. drs

          Lucy isn’t winning anyway.

        2. Devin

          I don’t think a “win” in this instance would be all that good for Lucy. There’s a big imbalance in the respective desires between Lucy and Walky, and I think she’d let him walk all over her even when he didn’t mean to, whereas Dorothy was perfectly willing to call Walky out on his crap and challenge him. And I think Walky complements Dorothy a lot better than he’d complement Lucy. Of course she wouldn’t consider Walky getting back together with Dorothy a win, but I think it might be better for everyone.

        3. Sirksome

          I don’t think Walky would walk all over Lucy. There is definitely and imbalance in desire here, but the comic has shown us what they’re like together when Lucy isn’t one-sidedly lusting for his bod.
          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/comedicmasterpiece/
          They seem to work off each other pretty well and would make a nice couple….maybe.

        4. Clif

          See! There’s that imposter again. We know the real Sirksome would be telling us that Walky is so bad that he wouldn’t make a nice couple with anyone.

        5. Diner Kinetic

          Maybe if you take Walky’s manchild tendencies and Dorothy’s mechanical academic precision and put them together, you get a single, likable human being?

      2. RassilonTDavros

        “Everybody wins!”

        Well, Joyce doesn’t.

        1. Diner Kinetic

          I see dating someone who isn’t Walky as a win for Lucy- not because I consider Walky to be a bad person, but because I consider Lucy to be someone who deserves to date someone who hasn’t been fake-ignoring her affections for several months

        2. Mr D

          Do we have any confiration that Walky isn’t JUST THAT DENSE?

          I mean, come on, we’ve all been 18. We’ve all woken up years later in the middle of the night figuring out “OH GOD THAT GIRL WAS MAKING A PASS AT ME FOR MONTHS IN HIGH SCHOOL”

        3. Sirksome

          I don’t know. Saying Walky’s dense kind of breaks his characterization for me. We’ve seen him in two relationships now. We know how he acts when he’s attracted to someone. Even if for some reason we throw out his past experience and say he doesn’t realize Lucy’s into him, he still hasn’t shown any sign of being into her.

        4. Clif

          Your saying Lucy loses Walky and Joyce loses Dorothy?

          They can still be friends.

        5. Sirksome

          Joyce either needs to make a move or step aside. On either Walky or more likely Dorothy. (I feel like Walky has been available long enough that Joyce has had ample opportunity to pursue him if she really wanted to.) That goes double for Lucy! Walky’s a catch and he can’t be expected to stay on the shelf forever. Someone’s gonna pick that up.

        6. Clif

          Lucy has been pursuing him, just not effectively. Dorothy accomplished more in two sentences than Lucy has the entire time. Part of this is a lack of self confidence on Lucy’s part.

        7. Azhrei Vep

          Part of it is having already been his girlfriend and knowing better than most how to relate to him … and being willing to do so.

      3. BBCC

        ‘No’ as in, please don’t encourage more poop jokes. We have plenty. XD And also ‘no’ because there is ABSOLUTELY A THING AS TOO MUCH STUDYING. Not so much getting back with Walky, I’d be down for that.

        1. milu

          preach

      4. BBCC

        Also – that’s not something Sirksome says. Are you broken? 😛

        1. zee

          Every now and then when people get too annoyed at sirk for going extra hard on Walky he course corrects. I think since the start of season 2. I kinda appreciate it

        2. BBCC

          I get that. I think Sirksome can be funny when they’re hating on Walky, but I get why some felt it was wearing thin.

        3. Rani

          If he’s moderated any, I could see it’s because somehow the surplus ire was transferred to me, because by God I can’t remember disliking a character this much in a long ass time. And I certainly can’t remember the actual character it was.

          I won’t go as far as to say “the wrong roommate died”. Walky had actually grown on me by the end of S1.

          But I could certainly tell you whom I’d miss less now.

    2. MugiwaraNoPancakes

      Name one reason that outweighs Walky’s midriff

      1. Clif

        Don’t think of it as a midriff; think of it as future excrement.

    3. Rose by Any Other Name

      The main reason is this: turdplay is a hard limit for most folk.

      (no kink-shame intended – just feel like both of them need to watch what they’re implying without meaning to)

      1. Needfuldoer

        2characters1pun

        1. milu

          hahaha

  12. Pocky

    One of the earliest human writing is a fart joke.

    I think you can make a poo pun.

    1. Thag Simmons

      Shakespeare was quite fond of them too as I recall

      1. RassilonTDavros

        And Shakespeare’s got nothin’ on Mozart in the toilet humor department.

        1. khn0

          Well Rabelais was the one writing 64 whole pages about farts and how to fart in sociey…

      2. Reltzik

        If you think about it, that’s how Hamlet was hoisted on his own petard.

    2. Bicycle Bill

      Pardon me; do you have any Grey Poo-pun?

      1. Clif

        And the question is: “What’s my favorite line ever from Captain Gray/Captain Picard slash.”

    3. Needfuldoer

      Just look at all the dirty graffiti they uncovered in Pompeii. What’s limited to public restroom stalls now was scratched into the streets back then.

  13. Yotomoe

    I wonder if Lucy just fell out of love. Probably not, she’s been crushing on him this logn.

    1. Clif

      It’s called the sunken poo fallacy.

  14. Diner Kinetic

    I’m embarrassed to admit that this is probably my new favorite strip.

  15. Grimeyville

    Dorothy In Panel 5: Oh crap.

    1. Clif

      Topical.

  16. Clif

    Done. Hoping for harem illo. And not, you know, a turdplay illo.

    1. Clif

      Okay, that was supposed to be a reply to Yotomoe’s announcement of a post tonight.

    2. Wizard

      Yeah normally I’d be looking forward to it, but coming off this strip, I’m… apprehensive.

      1. Reltzik

        Don’t stress. Just relax and wait for it to drop.

        1. Clif

          I refuse to see what you did there.

  17. ian livs

    Okay, but that fourth panel. The wonderful moment you and one of your friends come up with the same awful piece of wordplay at the same exact time–it’s a joy.

  18. Bagge

    Yet again it’s up to Joyce to save her friend from the lustwolves

    1. Clif

      As well as she did the first time?

      1. Devin

        If at first you don’t succeed…

    2. RassilonTDavros

      “No, John Joyce. You are the demons lustwolves.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        And then Joyce was a horny.

  19. Blackdrazon

    Ugh, yes, the left-over chemistry with an ex.

    1. Clif

      In this case, they really weren’t over each other. Dorothy was just protecting her aspirations from a time crunch.

  20. DarkoNeko

    a match made in heaven

    1. Clif

      or somewhere.

  21. Wagstaff

    Funny thing is, according to the Law of Diminishing Returns, it actually IS possible to study too much.

    1. Clif

      It’s not really a law. More like a suggestion.

    2. milu

      there’s more directly applicable laws, like the Law of Getting Enough Sleep

    3. Deanatay

      There’s a word for studying too much – it’s called SUCCESS!

      or is it excess

    4. Chris

      You know you’re studying too much when you miss the test because you lost track of time studying for it.

  22. Rani

    …a harem anime starring the most irritating dumbass of the entire strip. This is where we have come. This is what we are doing.

    I am clearly out of my element now. See y’all next month.

    1. Clif

      You’re right. It would be ever so much better if we replaced Walky with Danny.

      1. Mordecai

        Yeah I was feeling this way more until I realized there is no male character that this would be not weird with, haha. Jacob would probably be uncomfortable, Joe is Joe, Ethan is gay, Danny is Danny… etc.

        1. Clif

          Mike is dead and in witness protection.

        2. King Daniel

          Didn’t Willis confirm that Jennifer is actually Mike?

        3. a/snow/mous/e

          that definitely sounds like a thing that willis would have said 😛

        4. Clif

          https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/rockypatch/#comment-1529265

        5. Clif

          Sh!

        6. Deanatay

          I’m certain they’ve done a harem anime centered around a dead guy.

        7. brute

          someone make a weekend at bernie’s / anime pun title please, i’m not talented enough

        8. Rani

          I’m not talking about a plausibility issue. I’m not a stickler for logic.

          I’m talking about a “This isn’t fun” issue. A “oh god why is this still going on issue”. A “If I shook hands with someone who actually found this entertaining, we’d mutually annihilate from the anti-matter interaction because we almost certainly come from different universes, such is how little I enjoy it” problem.

      2. RassilonTDavros

        “It would be ever so much better if we replaced Walky with Danny”

        Willis already did that, it was called “The Most Insufferable Parts Of the Walkyverse.” Seriously– Joyce, Sal, and Billie (the latter of whom won out eventually) were all into Danny, and all of them hated each others’ guts as a result. Joyce fights Sal, and then attempts to force Danny to date her by telling Hank and Carol that they’re engaged. Sal breaks into Billie’s apartment and tries to fight her to the death. Joyce and Sal both try to steal the ring at Danny and Billie’s wedding, despite the fact that Joyce was engaged to Walky by that point. [SPOILERS] did have female friends, including Billie, but even she was introduced solely to die saving Danny’s ass from an oncoming truck!

        1. Rani

          I was just thinking “we’ve got to be approaching the bottom of how bad this could get”, but clearly I’ve misjudged the depth of the barrel.

          I can’t imagine how much of a shark jump it would be for one of the DoA cast to deadass love martyr themselves for this goof.

    2. Mordecai

      That ^ being said, I feel you.

    3. Thag Simmons

      I mean I’m starting to see the ‘oh he’s hot now’ angle, but it’s still fucking weird

  23. drs

    I have to say, from my experience of college, as couples form and break up, it would be statistically improbable for none of them to get back together. Some kept breaking/making up all the way into marriage and spawning.

    1. drs

      Alan last night: “Get within three feet of him though, and the goofiness and taco f*rts will ground anyone back in reality.”

      I think we can see the goofiness is a plus for Dorothy. And she didn’t break up with him because he was gross.

    2. Needfuldoer

      It doesn’t help that Dorothy broke it off because she was afraid of committing when she’s got one foot out the door (planning to transfer to Yale), not because either of them felt like their relationship wasn’t working. We’ve seen her have mixed feelings about this decision, and almost go back for “just one more high” at least once.

  24. Disastroid

    Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, yes, good choice. My go-to is usually Chili-Limon Dinamitas.

    1. Rainhat

      So, Im just chalking this up to some sort of Radon leak or something.

      1. Rainhat

        (sorry, didn’t mean to be replying to anyone w that.Also blaming that on the radon.)

        1. Clif

          I’ve never had a Chili-Lemon anything, but there are these chips with Chili-Lime powder to die for that I try really hard to avoid because they are addictive and I will sit there and eat them all until they are gone or I am sick, even if I already regret it while I’m eating them because I will keep eating them because they are just that wonderful. The sweetness and sourness of the Lime twists and curls your mouth and just then the chili hits. Did I say they were wonderful?

          Yes, probably Radon does have something to do with it.

          Damn it, now I want some.

        2. Throwatron

          In this case, I hate to be the one to tell you, but in this case “limon” actually means lime, so you are talking about the same stuff.

        3. Clif

          Why would you call a lime a limon? Must be some of that furiner talk.

        4. Seregiel

          Spanish. Limón (lemon) vs Lima (lime( but that only holds true in some (most?) Spanish-speaking countries. Some countries don’t have a distinct word for one versus the other, and others inverse it.

  25. Kravis

    “Turdplay” is very dangerous and can cause some very serious diseases.

  26. RacingTurtle

    Lucy, just because you’ve pursued him this long doesn’t mean you’d enjoy catching him. Please move on. Pretty please?

    Dorothy/Walky 2: The Sequel is fine. Have fun, be safe

  27. JessWitt

    Ughhh I never thought I’d have a shared experience with Walky. *pulls hat over face*

    1. Mr D

      Seriously tho, some of the dyes in snack food are horrid.
      There’s this candy in my country, juicy raspberry and blackberry shaped and flavored gummies, they have so much food dye that they lightly stain your fingers, quite like natural blackberries do.

      1. Clif

        I figure I’m being protected from the bad effects of the dyes by all the preservatives.

  28. BenRG

    You know that Dorothy is hanging on by thread when it’s Joyce making an intervention with her.

    1. Clif

      Intervention? Are you certain that, intentional or not, Joyce isn’t encouraging her?

      1. BenRG

        Based on Joyce’s facial expression, I’d say I’m well over 95% sure.

        1. Clif

          Well yes, but it’s Dorothy’s face you should be watching.

        2. BenRG

          Yes and Dorothy looks sick and more than a little frightened.

        3. Clif

          I refer you to panels three and five and panels three, five and seven yesterday. But read the comic you see and I’ll read the one I see.

        4. Daibhid C

          The comic I see has all the panels, but I’m not clear how the ones from before Joyce says anything are evidence that Joyce may be inadvertently encouraging Dorothy.

        5. Clif

          They are evidence of Dorothy’s state of mind and how she is likely reacting to what Joyce says. I see Dorothy’s face in the last panel in that context. I do not see Dorothy’s face looking sick and more than a little frightened.

          Future strips could change my interpretation. But the comic BenRG is responding to is not at all the comic I am currently reading.

  29. Varangian

    Lucy, Lucy, Lucy. Accepting primal obscenities like “turdplay” and the Cheetos Tale is part and parcel of the Walky Experience. You gotta hang on if you’re gonna (co)-sign that lease.

    (Dorothy, on the other hand, never really moved out.)

    1. Clif

      And she just moved back in so effortlessly.

  30. Yotomoe

    https://i.imgur.com/oCcqNc2.png
    IT IS DONE. Enjoy!

    1. Clif

      Enjoyed. You are good to us.

    2. Delicious Taffy

      Thanks for that. The absolute disregard for honey mustard is especially appreciated.

      1. Yotomoe

        Can’t agree with you there. Honey Mustard is by FAR my favorite sauce.

    3. King Daniel

      …I’ll be honest, at first I thought Walky was either Rachel or Billie (or both? somehow??) and I still can’t quite unsee it

    4. Rabisch

      Walky is so pure!

      1. Clif

        Pure is an odd way to spell oblivious.

      2. thejeff

        The question is: Pure what?

    5. Tus

      enjoying very much thank

    6. Varangian

      God dammit it’s too wholesome, in spite of all the lust being thrown about

      Extremely fun, dude, great job.

  31. Newllend(henryvolt)

    In order to get with Walky you got to vibe with him and his bizarre antics on some level and Dorothy seems to be able to do it better than anyone else.

  32. foducool

    the “oh shit what’s happening to me” eyebrow raise lmao

  33. Lone Duck

    I thought I had rectal bleeding, but it turns out I just have terrible taste in snacks! (Looking at you Dorothy.)

  34. Keulen

    Damn, Lucy’s gonna have to step up her game if she wants to get with Walky. Dorothy’s got a much better chance of getting back together with him right now.

    1. Rycan

      Of course, Lucy could also realize that there’s a huge gap in maturity between Walky and herself, but then this wouldn’t be Dumbing of Age.

      1. Joyfulldreams

        …There’s also a huge gap in maturity between Walky and Dorothy, and that didn’t necessarily keep them from being pretty happy together? Amazingly, it wasn’t Walky’s maturity or lack thereof that caused problems.

        Lucy knows what Walky’s about and I’m certain the immature goofiness is part of the package that makes him attractive at all. It’s probably a major reason he’s such a bizarre chick magnet, against all odds. He’s fun, nonthreatening, and has appeal as a “project” or a “fixer-upper”. (That last one isn’t necessarily a healthy attitude to take towards relationships but it certainly is a common one.)

        1. thejeff

          It’s also worth remembering that Walky can step up and be mature, though it’s been awhile since he’s had the need. He’s usually harmlessly goofy and likes being that way, since it lowers the demands on him. (And likely derives from dealing with Linda.)

  35. Butt Sir

    I remember some rapper guy (lil xan?) hospitalised, allegedly because he ate a bag of flamin’ hot cheetos?

    1. Rycan

      What, did he eat the bag itself, too?

  36. Rabisch

    I really like this side of Dorothy ♡. The joke, not the study freak.

  37. Shitbird

    If you can’t be sexy and make a poo joke then you’re not sexy, sorry not sorry.

  38. FacelessDeviant

    Ah, the amount of stupid one is prepared to put up with in order to get the bonage on.

    1. milu

      romantic isn’t it

  39. misanthropope

    the viking funeral ship is sailing!

    … again?

  40. C.T Phipps

    I kind of want to see Dorothy’s attempt to reconnect with Walkerton crash and burn.

  41. Bunivasal

    Wally Peralta and Dorothy Santiago

  42. Rycan

    Today is just not going your way, Sal.

  43. Amos Batista

    Unecessary. I was just having lunch when I was reading.

  44. Amos Batista

    Other comment: Walky making jokes about shit and still sexy.

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