Not that I have personal experience, but from my time in a college dorm the smell of it going off in the hallway is less contained than in Ruth’s toilet.
This is a thing that I don’t think has been addressed?
All double rooms in Read share a half-bath with one of their neighbors. But do single rooms have a half-bath attached? I don’t think so, but I can’t easily find evidence one way or the other. I’m pretty sure there’s never been any reference to a half-bath attached to Ruth’s room.
Not so much “a necessity” as “normal.” Your body is assuming there will be alcohol and proactively does things to cope with it.
When you stop drinking suddenly, the alcohol isn’t there but your body is still proactively assuming it is, and the coping mechanisms still in action produce the withdrawal symptoms.
vitalProximity
Woooah, cool.
…I mean, not cool to experience, I assume. Just, like, scientifically. *Spock voice: Fascinating.*
With a private room, does that also mean she gets a full bathroom? Private half-bath? I don’t know how all that works & Daniel the Human has a separate toilet and bathroom, which has the shower, sink, actual bath but no toilet…
I got to Billie’s line and I was like “cause you’re gonna hurl”
And then Ruth was talking about the defeatist attitude, and I was like “huh?”
And then the punchline was what I assumed she meant in the first place.
I actually think the skill with which Willis portrayed Billie’s nausea visually ruined his own joke.
I think it’s funnier, because Ruth cares so much about Billie’s mental wellbeing that she misses the painfully obvious reason Billie wants to get out of her (their?) room.
…okay. Ten minutes later, on the third scroll by, I got that. Thank you, Needfuldoer. Well played – I may actually be awake now. *slow clap* *approving nod*
Ruth is so sweet here, and I’m glad she’s pushing for Billie to go to therapy as well. But yeah, not barfing all over Ruth’s new decor might be a good move.
It’s nice to see their progress. Enemies –> angry f*#k buddies –> suicidal secret girlfriends –> somewhat decent girlfriends! Still a lot of progress needed, alcoholism-wise and mental state-wise but still!
Gatorade probably is good for withdrawal, and also for hangovers. Hydration with extra electolytes! If you want/need to make what is effectively Gatorade on the cheap, google “oral replacement therapy”. If it works for cholera victims, it will work for you, and without the food coloring.
Also, clean (boiled) water that has had one teaspoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of sugar (or glucose if you have it) dissolved in it, without flavouring, tastes bad.
I was just gonna recommend Pedialyte as well. Had to drink a bunch for a really bad flu last year, and it was… surprisingly delicious? I mean, it wasn’t QUITE as delicious once I felt better and was trying to finish it off so it wouldn’t go to waste, but still. Yum. It made keeping no food down and feeling super crappy, like, WAY less unpleasant than it was before we got some. Still terrible, obviously, but with some bright spots. 🙂
Perhaps laminate flooring should be a requirement for student housing hallways. Because the carpet at Boise Riveredge (as if my internet comment is going to be the one to tarnish their precious reputation) has dog shit once a week, among other things.
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Ana Chronistic
“anywhere other than where *I* would have to clean it up, pls”
ValdVin
Not that I have personal experience, but from my time in a college dorm the smell of it going off in the hallway is less contained than in Ruth’s toilet.
(Ruth has a half-bath, doesn’t she?)
Stephen Bierce
And what is the likelihood that Mary will be in the (*gnurf*) line of fire?
ValdVin
Do we know if Mary and Roz share a half-bath with Ruth?
I’m not sure that’s been shown/not shown yet.
(I realize I’ve just summoned Bagge with that question.)
Bagge
Ruth has her own room, I’m pretty sure that includes bathroom.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/misery/
Bagge
Hmmmmm. but if so, why did Billie ask her to throw up in a trashcan instead of in the toilet.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/trash-ca/
Ana Chronistic
less distance to move Ruth
Geneseepaws
Moooooommm, Stephan used the “M” word again!
Shane Wegner
I would at least be thinking trash can.
Clif
And ruin the new Mapple Leaf’s commemorative trashcan?
Tualha
And that is why we line the trashcan with a plastic bag.
Dean
The only thing that would commemorate the Leafs better than a trashcan would be a trashcan full of vomit.
Marsh Maryrose
This is a thing that I don’t think has been addressed?
All double rooms in Read share a half-bath with one of their neighbors. But do single rooms have a half-bath attached? I don’t think so, but I can’t easily find evidence one way or the other. I’m pretty sure there’s never been any reference to a half-bath attached to Ruth’s room.
Tawdry Quirks
Yes, Ruth has a half-bath attached. Billie hid with her in the half-bath during the fire alarm incident. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/hiding/
Marsh Maryrose
Excellent recall! Also, going back a couple of strips, “My lap wasn’t one of the options!”
Do we know if it’s a private half-bath? If not, who does she share it with?
trizzle9
I think Ruth has her own bathroom, being the RA and all
Tparadox
Could be a long way. My dorm’s RAs had to clean messes in the hallways and stairways of their floor.
Michael Steamweed
Some severe reaction to the Maple Leafs! :O
Shane Wegner
BODY SENSES POISON, THINKS IT MIGHT BE DIGESTIVE. HORFING TO RULE OUT THIS HYPOTHESIS.
BarerMender
Unfortunately, it never actually rules out the hypothesis. I guess hypotheticals are too abstract for the dumb old body.
Jamie
Body: You can never be absolutely certain! Let’s repeat this solution ad infinitum.
LynziGraye
You sure you don’t mean ad nauseum? 😉
electriccombines
Lynzi that was a fucking beautiful pun, you win.
Agemegos
The body understands the precautionary principle. My body has been refusing seafood since I was four, as a precaution, just in case.
mrnoidea
Isn’t withdrawal from alcohol caused by your body thinking alcohol is a necessity, not poison?
Marsh Maryrose
Not so much “a necessity” as “normal.” Your body is assuming there will be alcohol and proactively does things to cope with it.
When you stop drinking suddenly, the alcohol isn’t there but your body is still proactively assuming it is, and the coping mechanisms still in action produce the withdrawal symptoms.
vitalProximity
Woooah, cool.
…I mean, not cool to experience, I assume. Just, like, scientifically. *Spock voice: Fascinating.*
Danielle
get her to a can!
GoblinScribe
Between these two and Kill Six Billion Demons, I am definitely getting my fix for “problematic violent lesbians”.
StClair
innit great?
Felgraf
I still love that there is now a Pen and Paper mech game (LANCER) that is, literally “What if the author of Kill Six Billion Demons did Gundam.”
BarerMender
Horf. That’s a new one on me.
LordSimian
It’s about to be a new one on Ruth, too.
Charlie Spencer
Whoopsie-spew. Swallow up. Exgest.
Screwball
Yeah, wouldn’t want to mess up the half-bath…
With a private room, does that also mean she gets a full bathroom? Private half-bath? I don’t know how all that works & Daniel the Human has a separate toilet and bathroom, which has the shower, sink, actual bath but no toilet…
DailyBrad
I think she and Carla share a bath, but I am not positive.
He Who Abides
Ruth’s used the public showers before, so I assume it’s just a half-bath.
LeslieBean4shizzle
I got to Billie’s line and I was like “cause you’re gonna hurl”
And then Ruth was talking about the defeatist attitude, and I was like “huh?”
And then the punchline was what I assumed she meant in the first place.
I actually think the skill with which Willis portrayed Billie’s nausea visually ruined his own joke.
He Who Abides
I think it’s funnier, because Ruth cares so much about Billie’s mental wellbeing that she misses the painfully obvious reason Billie wants to get out of her (their?) room.
Reltzik
For someone so experienced with alcohol, alcoholism, and withdrawal, both on a first-hand and a second-hand basis, Billie seems pretty green.
Agemegos
Ho! Ho! Ho!
It is to laugh!
Needfuldoer
Apparently it’s not easy.
vitalProximity
…okay. Ten minutes later, on the third scroll by, I got that. Thank you, Needfuldoer. Well played – I may actually be awake now. *slow clap* *approving nod*
Thursday Violist
because hallway horfing is more socially acceptable
LordSimian
I think some schools have a team for that…
vitalProximity
because Ruth cares more about “socially acceptable” than “misery for me alone when I could share the pain with everyone”? 😉
PB
Oh WOW yeah she is green yikes
Roborat
Yup, you can tell that someone is really sick when even their text box is green.
Kyrik Michalowski
Ruth is so sweet here, and I’m glad she’s pushing for Billie to go to therapy as well. But yeah, not barfing all over Ruth’s new decor might be a good move.
Hazel
It’s nice to see their progress. Enemies –> angry f*#k buddies –> suicidal secret girlfriends –> somewhat decent girlfriends! Still a lot of progress needed, alcoholism-wise and mental state-wise but still!
Uly
Gatorade probably is good for withdrawal, and also for hangovers. Hydration with extra electolytes! If you want/need to make what is effectively Gatorade on the cheap, google “oral replacement therapy”. If it works for cholera victims, it will work for you, and without the food coloring.
Agemegos
Also, clean (boiled) water that has had one teaspoonful of salt and three teaspoonfuls of sugar (or glucose if you have it) dissolved in it, without flavouring, tastes bad.
Agemegos
Per litre…
Uly
Nah, squeeze a lemon in it and it tastes JUST like gatorade.
DailyBrad
Pedialyte isn’t a bad option, either. If I recall, they even treat that as a secondary market now.
vitalProximity
I was just gonna recommend Pedialyte as well. Had to drink a bunch for a really bad flu last year, and it was… surprisingly delicious? I mean, it wasn’t QUITE as delicious once I felt better and was trying to finish it off so it wouldn’t go to waste, but still. Yum. It made keeping no food down and feeling super crappy, like, WAY less unpleasant than it was before we got some. Still terrible, obviously, but with some bright spots. 🙂
Dean
Plus, drinking Gatorade will habituate Billie to the taste of vomit.
Schpoonman
Somewhere a Gatorade employee feels eminently attacked and they have no idea why.
Needfuldoer
Gatorade tastes better than seltzer water.
Dracke
It is also good for sleepless nights and mornings with 2 hours of sleep…I have severe insomnia.
BBCC
I was gonna say ‘aww’ but I’m gonna say ‘eww’.
Keulen
It went from cute to gross in the span of a few panels.
mrnoidea
Perhaps laminate flooring should be a requirement for student housing hallways. Because the carpet at Boise Riveredge (as if my internet comment is going to be the one to tarnish their precious reputation) has dog shit once a week, among other things.
mrnoidea
Also, glad to see Ruth is continuing therapy. I wonder what her sessions are like so we can see how she’s progressed.
Bagge
They are both right.
JessWitt
Billie’s pallor resembles a certain hue of Gatorade Frost.
ValdVin
Not much into Gatorade, but I don’t recall a Gatorade Frost with the hue of an overcooked hard-boiled egg yolk.
Benjamin Geiger
You obviously haven’t had Cucumber Lime then.
He Who Abides
Blech, that stuff was bad. And I normally enjoy the taste of green food and drink.
Chrissy
Cucumber lime is the best Gatorade flavor for people who also like pickle flavored milkshakes from Sonic.
AbelUndercity