Or she’s melting down having a surprise reaction at seeing her (what she thought was only) emotional confidant getting felt up by a different hussy. i.e. not herself.
Joyce, internally fuming, “That’s…that’s MY lab partner. You have your own lab partner. How dare you do science with my lab partner! I know I haven’t done science with him yet, but I might!”
We’re really getting mileage out if the lab partner metaphor in this comic. XD
Fume hood to remove dangerous gasses from the area. When I was making computer chips the tubs we used to clean some of the equipment had those, and had to be turned on and working anytime we used the cleaners.
Second hypothesis is they are standing on some kind of balcony on the second or third floor over a lobby of some kind and the railing is supported by a glass wall.
Perhaps the fact he assumed a butt grabbing pose implies consent but yeah Dina probably should’ve waited for verbal confirmation as well. These kids are still learning.
DailyBrad
I think that the general rule would be to have explicit consent, obviously, but I kind of assume this is just being expedited for the comedic flow of the strip, and that we can safely assume Joe’s cool with this.
Sirksome
He definitely doesn’t seem bothered by it. Although by this point Dina has literally climbed all over him. They have a surprisingly comfortable physical dynamic despite the platonic friendship.
Suzi
There are those of us who genuinely have little to no personal space and when two of us platonically collide it can weird everyone else the hell out.
I have a best friend, I’ve known him for 15 years, and both of us appreciate physical affection/cuddles/close touch. We will lay across each other, put our head sin each others laps, snuggle close and even have napped on the same bed before. We’ll walk down the street with his arm around my shoulders and mine around his waist, cuz the sidewalks of our town are narrow. Whenever I tell anyone else this they look at me like I’ve got two heads or ask if we’re fucking/cheating. We also don’t really ask for verbal consent for this as we’re both aware that the other is comfortable with it.
I had to train myself to be aware of others personal bubbles because I can’t apply my own personal bubble to anyone else. Finding someone else who is comfortable being touched/has no personal space who you trust is so relaxing. I guess I’m just saying, even without verbal affirmation, some of us touchy kinds don’t feel the need for it between friends.
Meagan
This is a way I’ve heard it put. People are “dogs,” “cats,” or “birds.”
Dogs – Touch me all the time! I love touch! You don’t need to ask! Just come up and touch me!
Birds – Do not touch me. Ever.
Cats – I like touch sometimes, when I want it, in the specific ways I want it. Ask first, and expect the answer to be different each time.
It sounds like you are a dog.
Decidedly Orthogonal
“It sounds like you are a dog.”
Ba-dump tssshhh!
(jk I know you meant, “dog type person”, vice the innuendo of calling them a man-whore)
Mturtle7
Ooh, that’s actually a really good way of putting it, I’m definitely going to steal that.
ischemgeek
I am a cat by that analogy.
Wack'd
I find it’s helpful in a lot of media to simply assume we’re not seeing every single bit of tedium that would happen in a normal conversation. Dina asked to touch Joe’s butt, and then we see her touching Joe’s butt with Joe having no negative reaction, we can intuit from there and our knowledge of these characters that consent was given.
That, also maybe he’s saying “I thought you’d never ask” with a confirmatory inflection that we the readers can’t hear through text.
Shen Hibiki
And to be honest, the usual meaning of that is “I was hoping you’d ask, and I approve of it”
Sure, there’s many times it’s been used the other way around but those’re usually to subvert expectations, and those expectations wouldn’t exist without the usual meaning of approval~
he turned and stuck his butt out, i think that’s a pretty clear nonverbal okay
thejeff
Yeah, nonverbal consent is very definitely a thing. Sometimes gets overlooked. Sometimes by people being overzealous about following consent rules. More often by people attacking them.
Dinosaur jesus, who did not die for our sins, but instead died when a large rock collided with the planet showering the earth in a hail of superheated exploding rocks that rose the global temperature to unliveable degrees before the smoke and ash blocked the sun, causing the global temperatures to lower to unliveable degrees, sparing only smaller mammels and lizards that could scavenge and burrow to survive this harsh and unforgiving climate. He did not revive 3 days later.
230 thoughts on “Disprove”
The Wellerman
AYE AYE AYE…. ?
Looks like Joe is in for quite the bizarre adventure!!!!
??? ???
*plays “Awaken Pillar Men Theme” on hacked muzak*
True Survivor
Perfect comment, no notes.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Dinah may not be getting turned on by this interaction with Joe, but am unsure about Joyce’s reaction… xD
Liam
Dina: “Can I touch your butt for science?”
Joe: “Yare yare.”
Pylgrim
JoeJo?
I get the feeling “Bloody Stream” would fit better.
Heavensrun
Petition for “JoJo’s Bizarre adventure” to become the official name of the Joe/Joyce ship.
KingMonster
*Starts to play “roundabout ” on my music player*
True Survivor
Signature +1.
The Wellerman
Signature +1
someone
No reaction so far from Dinah, but is Joe’s man-pillar getting awakened?
Ana Chronistic
so FAR
Decidedly Orthogonal
And yet so close!
Doctor_Who
As Dina’s lab partner, Becky had better be writing this down.
Needfuldoer
She’s too busy
jumping to conclusionsinternally exploring a hypothesis.Johan
Joyce is just made her science partner is doing science without her.
(Or more realistically, she’s mad her “besties” gf is touching other booty)
Decidedly Orthogonal
Or she’s melting down having a surprise reaction at seeing her (what she thought was only) emotional confidant getting felt up by a different hussy. i.e. not herself.
Autogatos
Joyce, internally fuming, “That’s…that’s MY lab partner. You have your own lab partner. How dare you do science with my lab partner! I know I haven’t done science with him yet, but I might!”
We’re really getting mileage out if the lab partner metaphor in this comic. XD
shadowcell
Dumbing of Age Book 13: Can I Touch Your Butt For Science?
Chris (the other one)
Ding ding ding ding
Taffy
This is the one.
Keulen
Perfect
Jinx
I endorse this idea.
Opus the Poet
This is the Way.
Cattleprod
Every time they’re in the lab I instantly think they’re lining up to order food and those glass panels are the sneeze guard.
Yotomoe
Ok so it’s not just me. I legitimately thought they were grabbing lunch before class or something.
Theozilla
Same, I thought they were in the dining hall/cafeteria too.
What is the blue glass/plastic supposed to be exactly anyways?
Cattleprod
Some sort of lab safety equipment? I guess to stop people from being splashed by chemicals or something.
Opus the Poet
Fume hood to remove dangerous gasses from the area. When I was making computer chips the tubs we used to clean some of the equipment had those, and had to be turned on and working anytime we used the cleaners.
Second hypothesis is they are standing on some kind of balcony on the second or third floor over a lobby of some kind and the railing is supported by a glass wall.
Rose by Any Other Name
I also thought that was a cafeteria.
Bratty Roger
As did I
raultsi
oh. Oh! No kidding, I thought they were in the cafeteria too.
Sirksome
Let’s not forget what is important here is that Dina asked first.
Doctor_Who
Consent is important in both hanky panky and science.
Jamie
Joe didn’t actually say yes. Technically.
Personally, with a response like that, I’d feel a need to confirm.
Yotomoe
He does appear to be sticking out his butt towards Dina, which would be a very strange mixed signal to send following a request to touch said butt.
Fart Captor
Yeah, that’s a pretty clear “go ahead and touch my butt” stance right there. Textbook, even
AJ
I don’t know what the hell kind of textbooks you’re reading but I would like to sign up for that class.
Sirksome
Perhaps the fact he assumed a butt grabbing pose implies consent but yeah Dina probably should’ve waited for verbal confirmation as well. These kids are still learning.
DailyBrad
I think that the general rule would be to have explicit consent, obviously, but I kind of assume this is just being expedited for the comedic flow of the strip, and that we can safely assume Joe’s cool with this.
Sirksome
He definitely doesn’t seem bothered by it. Although by this point Dina has literally climbed all over him. They have a surprisingly comfortable physical dynamic despite the platonic friendship.
Suzi
There are those of us who genuinely have little to no personal space and when two of us platonically collide it can weird everyone else the hell out.
I have a best friend, I’ve known him for 15 years, and both of us appreciate physical affection/cuddles/close touch. We will lay across each other, put our head sin each others laps, snuggle close and even have napped on the same bed before. We’ll walk down the street with his arm around my shoulders and mine around his waist, cuz the sidewalks of our town are narrow. Whenever I tell anyone else this they look at me like I’ve got two heads or ask if we’re fucking/cheating. We also don’t really ask for verbal consent for this as we’re both aware that the other is comfortable with it.
I had to train myself to be aware of others personal bubbles because I can’t apply my own personal bubble to anyone else. Finding someone else who is comfortable being touched/has no personal space who you trust is so relaxing. I guess I’m just saying, even without verbal affirmation, some of us touchy kinds don’t feel the need for it between friends.
Meagan
This is a way I’ve heard it put. People are “dogs,” “cats,” or “birds.”
Dogs – Touch me all the time! I love touch! You don’t need to ask! Just come up and touch me!
Birds – Do not touch me. Ever.
Cats – I like touch sometimes, when I want it, in the specific ways I want it. Ask first, and expect the answer to be different each time.
It sounds like you are a dog.
Decidedly Orthogonal
“It sounds like you are a dog.”
Ba-dump tssshhh!
(jk I know you meant, “dog type person”, vice the innuendo of calling them a man-whore)
Mturtle7
Ooh, that’s actually a really good way of putting it, I’m definitely going to steal that.
ischemgeek
I am a cat by that analogy.
Wack'd
I find it’s helpful in a lot of media to simply assume we’re not seeing every single bit of tedium that would happen in a normal conversation. Dina asked to touch Joe’s butt, and then we see her touching Joe’s butt with Joe having no negative reaction, we can intuit from there and our knowledge of these characters that consent was given.
RassilonTDavros
^
This.
Fart Captor
Also, as has been noted, Joe is the one who moved so as to allow the butt-touchery to occur, turning his butt towards Dina and sticking it out
If he wasn’t consenting to it, Dina would’ve had to go behind him to grab it, and Joe would probably have a more startled expression
Geneseepaws
Thank you. Needed to be said.
tunasammich
Yeah I assume it happened off-panel and the third panel was just for Joyce reaction purposes
The Wellerman
That, also maybe he’s saying “I thought you’d never ask” with a confirmatory inflection that we the readers can’t hear through text.
Shen Hibiki
And to be honest, the usual meaning of that is “I was hoping you’d ask, and I approve of it”
Sure, there’s many times it’s been used the other way around but those’re usually to subvert expectations, and those expectations wouldn’t exist without the usual meaning of approval~
AlexanderHammil
he turned and stuck his butt out, i think that’s a pretty clear nonverbal okay
thejeff
Yeah, nonverbal consent is very definitely a thing. Sometimes gets overlooked. Sometimes by people being overzealous about following consent rules. More often by people attacking them.
zee
Presumably he did off panel and it wasn’t included bc it would disrupt the comedic flow.
butts
oh thank dinosaur jesus
RassilonTDavros
Dinosaur Jesus HOMPKed for our dinosaur sins.
not someone else
Dinosaur sins, like failing to put feathers on raptors?
Yotomoe
Dinosaur jesus, who did not die for our sins, but instead died when a large rock collided with the planet showering the earth in a hail of superheated exploding rocks that rose the global temperature to unliveable degrees before the smoke and ash blocked the sun, causing the global temperatures to lower to unliveable degrees, sparing only smaller mammels and lizards that could scavenge and burrow to survive this harsh and unforgiving climate. He did not revive 3 days later.
The Wellerman
OK that seems almost exactly like something Dina would say.
You’re really good! ?
Bratty Roger
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Wack'd
Dinosaurs don’t have souls! Only humans have souls! Jesus didn’t die for dinosaur sin!
Dinosaur Jesus died for dinosaur sin.
Neeks
Thank you so much for compiling that for poster(ior)ity.
ThunderNight
pre-marital tushy grabby
Illjwamh
Sudden Joyce!
Joyfulldreams
JOYCE WANTS TO TOUCH JOE’S BUTT.
UrsulaDavina
Can I Touch Your butt For Science? Would be a good title for the next DoA book.
BBCC
Well maybe not for YOU, Dina. Right, Joyce?
Nono
Now from this viewpoint, it almost looks like pegging.
Doctor_Who
That’s part two of the experiment.
Straximus
Folks, we’ve found our next Slipshine.
Cholma
Joyce: “What?! *I* wanted to touch his butt! Roz told me it was … juicy … Whatever that means.”