this would be absolutely the funniest reversal of joyce’s earlier expectations. “oh, shit, turns out big sis didn’t know everything related to the divorce”
I like to think that Joyce pointing out her wearing glasses now was more less about showing her own development, and more about showing that she doesn’t want to make a big deal about Jocelyne’s transition – she’s just happy to have her sister there. 🙂
I think it wasn’t that thought-through, i think it was “well anything i say now might be wrong because i don’t have a clue what to say….. OH SAFE REPLACEMENT TOPIC”.
Which is already progress compared to blurting out something thoughtless.
So even if Joyce doesn’t have the skills yet to actually understand how to react to a transition, at least she knows one way how not to, and manages! Joyce has definitely grown!
Yeah, it’s this comment box doing it, not autocomplete by the browser.
:D
Decidedly Orthogonal
Mobile submission, and an OS or keyboard that auto-completes emoticons into emoji. I know whatsapp(mobile) turns <3 into ❤, but others are a mystery too me.
Agemegos
?️
James
They’ve put an empty bold tag between the characters. Any tag would do: it’s just preventing the simple text replacement code from matching the smiley.
Clif
Testing. :D
eh, whatever
Open and close it between the characters.
Pergola
Why you could get around the bongo filter with that.
( dont lest you bring down the wrath of dyw )
Migraine. For a moment I was imagining making popcorn balls and using them like bath bombs and bathing in soggy popcorn and that sounded bad, and then I realised they were separate suggestions and you weren’t suggesting ruining popcorn like that…
That smile is the smile we all needed for coming out. It’s not about what Joyce should have said, this smile says enough for a positive first reaction.
I would imagine touching a penis seems less huge to somebody who had to handle one to wee for probably the best part of two decades assuming limited bathroom privacy and questions about sitting to do it…
OTOH Joe will need to convince a THIRD big sister, who has plausibly spent time in actual locker rooms overhearing people talk misogynist crap and may, therefore, have even more reservations about straight men than Sarah, that he is a safe person to be around little sis…
Kimi
Questions about sitting? I have known several guys of various ages that say that they prefer sitting to pee, so I always thought that it was just a personal preference. My dad used to prefer sitting, but as he has gotten older, his knees got more cranky and less cooperative on that front. I don’t have any personal experience on the pros and cons though.
flumfula
As a guy, when you clean the bathroom yourself you damn well start sitting.
eh, whatever
Some guys can aim 🙂
Leorale
And many guys think they can aim.
Taffy
A few guys think it’s gay to aim, so they deliberately don’t.
(They’d have to touch their dick, which means they’re touching a guy’s dick and since they’re guys it also means a guy is touching their dick.)
Adept
Peeing standing up is gross and unhygienic. There will be urine splatters all over due to fluid dynamics of the stream hitting either porceline or water.
And then people don’t close the lid before they flush, sending aerosol into the aid. People don’t understand hygiene.
Taffy
As a normal person who pisses standing up without making the giant mess y’all are talking about, this seems outlandish and kind of insane. Splatters everywhere, an aerosol piss mist, it all sounds like absolute nonsense.
Shinino
Look up ‘fecal bloom’. It’ll explain the ‘aerosol piss mist’ fairly well.
Taffy
I’m definitely not looking that up, that’s immoral to suggest. You’re grounded for at least two months.
I’m always baffled by the “seat up/seat down” debate, because what kind of filthy barbarian flushes without putting the lid down?
Pagannerd
fffffffffffudging THANK YOU. You know what kind of barbarian? My bloody WIFE. One of the few things that actually gets us full-blown arguing. She just doesn’t get why it bothers me! Even when I show her the stuff about particulate ejecta in a room where we keep our toothbrushes!
Mom picks on me for closing the lid, even after the litany of other reason (kids and cats knocking things in…) to close it.
When she swore hers didn’t “throw water” into the air. I said “Fine. Sit down and flush. Let me know if your butt gets wet.”
She didn’t say, but I’m sure it did. She still leaves her seat up.
Theron
The Germans have a word for them (of course): sitzpinklers.
eh, whatever
Without the -s (of course), because -er words don’t change in the plural.
eh, whatever
It’s a situational preference.
Decidedly Orthogonal
I sit unless I’m in a rush/crowd **and** have a urinal available. Sitting is a lot less likely to miss or otherwise make a mess.
Just always beware both the artic tea-bag, or … the witch’s kiss. ??
thejeff
Jocelyne probably won’t have any problems with Joe or at least not more than any other boy.
People’s issues with Joe don’t come from him just being a straight boy, but from his own reputation.
Morleuca
touching one that isn’t attached to you is a totally different experience. the heat of it, the different textures, the interplay between the skin and the inside of it.
Michael Steamweed
I don’t see the conversation between Jocelyne and Joe being a difficult one. The former Joshua (the guy) and the new Jocelyne (the girl) should have some openness toward seeing how good people are for each other. Joyce smiles at Joe; that should be the best cue for Jocelyne.
anon
@ miri well idk if jocylene was dating anyone , male/female other even when she was closeted but i think it’s also more about the ‘girltalk’/sister bonding thing even tho it’s a little bit appropriate to tell your sibling about sexual details versus “Oh yeah things are going well between me and my partner”
Um – pretty sure Jocelyne is a lesbian based on her comments to Ethan.
(This is a response to the comment about Joyce beating Jocelyne to touching a penis).
well i imagine they could still open up more about their personal relationships but i guess it would be awkward if it’s like “i got to 2nd base with my partner” versus just t’things are going well’
352 thoughts on “Sis”
Ana Chronistic
=D =D =D =D =D =D =D
“BTW I have your art I think”
“Oh? Why?”
“Mom dumped it all on me after she sold the house”
“MOM SOLD THE HOUSE?!”
M!a
? perfect
Decidedly Orthogonal
Bravo Joyce!
Throwatron
this would be absolutely the funniest reversal of joyce’s earlier expectations. “oh, shit, turns out big sis didn’t know everything related to the divorce”
Dean
“Mom and Dad are getting DIVORCED??!!”
Taffy
“We have parents???”
Miri
Ouch, I was drinking…
Theron
Ouch, I had a HERNIA operation yesterday!
Pergola
Hey, I hope it went as well as mine did.
( the swelling and discoloration is only temporary )
Yet_One_More_Idiot
I like to think that Joyce pointing out her wearing glasses now was more less about showing her own development, and more about showing that she doesn’t want to make a big deal about Jocelyne’s transition – she’s just happy to have her sister there. 🙂
WillowD
Yup. Bravo for Joyce.
Liz
That was my interpretation as well. Go Joyce, way to grow as a person <3
Felian
I think it wasn’t that thought-through, i think it was “well anything i say now might be wrong because i don’t have a clue what to say….. OH SAFE REPLACEMENT TOPIC”.
Which is already progress compared to blurting out something thoughtless.
So even if Joyce doesn’t have the skills yet to actually understand how to react to a transition, at least she knows one way how not to, and manages! Joyce has definitely grown!
easrng
aw 😀
easrng
If I wanted an ? I would’ve typed an ?, give me back my :D
NGPZ
how did you even do that? :0
Marisa Mockery
Witchcraft
Clif
It’s a Sorcery coding thing. I think. Let me be sure.
:DClif
No, that’s different. Some other branch of magic then.
DJTsurugi
😀
Big Z
Hmmm.
😀
Big Z
Yeah, it’s this comment box doing it, not autocomplete by the browser.
:D
Decidedly Orthogonal
Mobile submission, and an OS or keyboard that auto-completes emoticons into emoji. I know whatsapp(mobile) turns <3 into ❤, but others are a mystery too me.
Agemegos
?️
James
They’ve put an empty bold tag between the characters. Any tag would do: it’s just preventing the simple text replacement code from matching the smiley.
Clif
Testing. :D
eh, whatever
Open and close it between the characters.
Pergola
Why you could get around the bongo filter with that.
( dont lest you bring down the wrath of dyw )
NGPZ
do it like this:
:D
;D
NGPZ
goddammit
i tried to show you using the code tag
basically between : and D there’s a bold opening and closing tag with no character in it
a/snow/mous/e
:[b][/b]D but pretend the brackets are
:D
a/snow/mous/e
hmmm didn’t work for me
NGPZ
“you clever girl” :D
Agemegos
?
elebenty
I love that the little dino is looking adorably up at your swan.
elebenty
Adoringly.
Twirls
both are true!
NGPZ
she’s her sister
her HOMIE
the connection is INSTANT
just like it should be
? ?️⚧️?
*plays “Dreams Come True” from Sailor Moon CD on hacked muzak*
KPG
that big sister fond smile… aww…
pickonecard
that panel 5 smile is EVERYTHING.
I think it’s all gonna be ok.
NGPZ
*plays “Miracle Tears” from Pokemon Movie Music CD*
Decidedly Orthogonal
Set my heart on warm squee
Clif
But what am I going to do with all this popcorn I had prepared?
NGPZ
make popcorn balls,
bathe in it,
or use it to make caramel kettle corn
AKA the heroin of the farmer’s market XD
Miri
Migraine. For a moment I was imagining making popcorn balls and using them like bath bombs and bathing in soggy popcorn and that sounded bad, and then I realised they were separate suggestions and you weren’t suggesting ruining popcorn like that…
NGPZ
funny enough i haven’t eaten popcorn for movies or anything in YEARS, i more likely to get stuff like soft pretzels, hotdogs and candy XD
Felian
That smile is the smile we all needed for coming out. It’s not about what Joyce should have said, this smile says enough for a positive first reaction.
Doctor_Who
Best possible way for this to go.
Rose by Any other Name
Yeah, that was just about perfect. Joyce’s smile is everything.
Thag Simmons
It’s very sweet
anon
“I also got a bf who lets me touch his penis!” “darn, you beat me to it”
lol i do half expect carla to show up soon again tho
Miri
I would imagine touching a penis seems less huge to somebody who had to handle one to wee for probably the best part of two decades assuming limited bathroom privacy and questions about sitting to do it…
OTOH Joe will need to convince a THIRD big sister, who has plausibly spent time in actual locker rooms overhearing people talk misogynist crap and may, therefore, have even more reservations about straight men than Sarah, that he is a safe person to be around little sis…
Kimi
Questions about sitting? I have known several guys of various ages that say that they prefer sitting to pee, so I always thought that it was just a personal preference. My dad used to prefer sitting, but as he has gotten older, his knees got more cranky and less cooperative on that front. I don’t have any personal experience on the pros and cons though.
flumfula
As a guy, when you clean the bathroom yourself you damn well start sitting.
eh, whatever
Some guys can aim 🙂
Leorale
And many guys think they can aim.
Taffy
A few guys think it’s gay to aim, so they deliberately don’t.
(They’d have to touch their dick, which means they’re touching a guy’s dick and since they’re guys it also means a guy is touching their dick.)
Adept
Peeing standing up is gross and unhygienic. There will be urine splatters all over due to fluid dynamics of the stream hitting either porceline or water.
And then people don’t close the lid before they flush, sending aerosol into the aid. People don’t understand hygiene.
Taffy
As a normal person who pisses standing up without making the giant mess y’all are talking about, this seems outlandish and kind of insane. Splatters everywhere, an aerosol piss mist, it all sounds like absolute nonsense.
Shinino
Look up ‘fecal bloom’. It’ll explain the ‘aerosol piss mist’ fairly well.
Taffy
I’m definitely not looking that up, that’s immoral to suggest. You’re grounded for at least two months.
John Campbell
I’m always baffled by the “seat up/seat down” debate, because what kind of filthy barbarian flushes without putting the lid down?
Pagannerd
fffffffffffudging THANK YOU. You know what kind of barbarian? My bloody WIFE. One of the few things that actually gets us full-blown arguing. She just doesn’t get why it bothers me! Even when I show her the stuff about particulate ejecta in a room where we keep our toothbrushes!
elebenty
Mom picks on me for closing the lid, even after the litany of other reason (kids and cats knocking things in…) to close it.
When she swore hers didn’t “throw water” into the air. I said “Fine. Sit down and flush. Let me know if your butt gets wet.”
She didn’t say, but I’m sure it did. She still leaves her seat up.
Theron
The Germans have a word for them (of course): sitzpinklers.
eh, whatever
Without the -s (of course), because -er words don’t change in the plural.
eh, whatever
It’s a situational preference.
Decidedly Orthogonal
I sit unless I’m in a rush/crowd **and** have a urinal available. Sitting is a lot less likely to miss or otherwise make a mess.
Just always beware both the artic tea-bag, or … the witch’s kiss. ??
thejeff
Jocelyne probably won’t have any problems with Joe or at least not more than any other boy.
People’s issues with Joe don’t come from him just being a straight boy, but from his own reputation.
Morleuca
touching one that isn’t attached to you is a totally different experience. the heat of it, the different textures, the interplay between the skin and the inside of it.
Michael Steamweed
I don’t see the conversation between Jocelyne and Joe being a difficult one. The former Joshua (the guy) and the new Jocelyne (the girl) should have some openness toward seeing how good people are for each other. Joyce smiles at Joe; that should be the best cue for Jocelyne.
anon
@ miri well idk if jocylene was dating anyone , male/female other even when she was closeted but i think it’s also more about the ‘girltalk’/sister bonding thing even tho it’s a little bit appropriate to tell your sibling about sexual details versus “Oh yeah things are going well between me and my partner”
Rose by Any other Name
Um – pretty sure Jocelyne is a lesbian based on her comments to Ethan.
(This is a response to the comment about Joyce beating Jocelyne to touching a penis).
Nymph
Which comments? This one seems to suggest she’s straight (in a devastating blow to many of us): https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/nope/
anon
well i imagine they could still open up more about their personal relationships but i guess it would be awkward if it’s like “i got to 2nd base with my partner” versus just t’things are going well’