Dina: “Now, while Littlefoot and Spike are both Jurassic species, Cera, Petrie, and Ducky are Late-Cretaceous. And don’t get me started on the random cameo of what may be a Dimetrodon midway through the film. It would actually be closer to accurate to put a human there than a Dime-are you actually making out right now?”
Amber: “Sorry, Dina, the lecture just added ambiance. You’re like a small female Barry White.”
Weren’t the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park accurate to the commonly accepted theories about them at the time? (I mean the designs and behavior, not the “bring them back to life” and “patch the corrupt spots with amphibian DNA” pseudoscience parts.)
AGV
Most were for the most part, except for the raptors, they took alot of liverties with them beyond what was known at the time
JBento
And the dilophosaurus.
3oranges
The venom and frill were based on a solid idea, though, that at least one dinosaur should have surprises. More of a problem is that all their wrists are the wrong way.
Heavensrun
The whole thing about T-rex’s vision being based on movement is also entirely invented and also really stupid to anyone who understands how eyes work.
Wizard
Not really pseudoscience. At the time, there was some serious speculation about the possibility of recovering dinosaur DNA. Current science says any genetic material that old would be degraded beyond recovery, but there’s still some proposals to try something similar with more recently extinct species, such as mammoths.
anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
Well the mammoth challenge is not in the access to the DNA – there is plenty of it kicking around and slowly thawing and rotting in exposed tundra or ending up on some far eastern dinner plate – it is in generating a viable zygote and getting it gestated.
Why mammoths? I’m just wondering bc why not dodos, which would be less difficult to reincorporate into the ecosystem
Unless those seafarers ate all the DNA
Deathjavu
There were mammoths in cold places where the remains might have been preserved (and pretty recently too, 10-5k BC iirc) Dodos were in warm places where the remains might not have kept so well.
Needfuldoer
So if we hunt something to extinction, we should remember to save some in the freezer for later. Got it.
KarlBob
I think the biggest inaccuracy was the name substitution. “Velociraptor” just rolled off the tongue more easily than “Deinonychus”.
I recently learned about a 2014 movie called Dinosaur Island, which features feathered dinosaurs, (apparently too feathered to be scientifically accurate in the T-rex’s case).
Not quite, Joyce has had her extranormal abilities since peuberty, it’s just that her denomination’s Communion Ritual was blocking the telepathy, but her Teleportation ability is too powerful even for that.
Psychie
Or perhaps the group think in her community was so strong, she couldn’t distinguish the thoughts of those around her from her own.
This might explain why she never noticed how screwy and sketchy some parts of her childhood were, she had the thoughts of those around her intruding making the stuff they were doing and saying seem like the obvious thing.
It could also explain why she was so disappointed about no longer hearing the voice of god, perhaps there was a priest or something in town that she was mistaking for the voice of god, and she didn’t notice he wasn’t there until she had a crisis of faith and started looking for the voice.
And perhaps the telepathy requires better understanding of a person and/or a more genuine connection, and that’s why Walky’s the first one she picks up, as they have similar personalities and interests, so she understands him and connects with him naturally and instinctively.
Amber wasn’t your original intention to help Walky with studying.
If you’re not gonna help and just gonna lie there on your phone, you could… be somewhere else? Seems like Walky was studying fine before you got there.
And yeah, Amber, you meant because having someone else in the room but that…may not be how Dina heard it considering how some people react to any idea of her having a sexuality.
Are Dina’s sleeves intentionally the colors of the asexuality flag? Cool if so, but like, that kinda goes against what she’s been up to in the past couple arcs, which is slightly confusing
In fact, Dina’s shirt is gray, and with her sleeves…if that isn’t a visual pun, I’d be somewhat surprised.
MaddMaxx
Grey’s in the regular ace flag, but it still makes sense for her to possibly be grey-ace.
Shane Wegner
I get the feeling Dina likes sexy times well enough, maybe lesbian maybe bi well enough, she has just been slowing her roll out of courtesy and consideration for Becky’s need for time to come to terms with her own desires.
I believe the arc up until now was here experimenting like she suggested she’d like to a while back. She and Amber were discussing Amazi-Girl. I dunno, maybe wishful thinking.
149 thoughts on “Fleshballs”
Ana Chronistic
Fleshballs, woo-OO-oo *clomp clomp*
(why basketballs tho, not Dragonballs)
Mo
It’s not a sportsball comic, but this IS still Indiana.
Doctor_Who
Dina: “Now, while Littlefoot and Spike are both Jurassic species, Cera, Petrie, and Ducky are Late-Cretaceous. And don’t get me started on the random cameo of what may be a Dimetrodon midway through the film. It would actually be closer to accurate to put a human there than a Dime-are you actually making out right now?”
Amber: “Sorry, Dina, the lecture just added ambiance. You’re like a small female Barry White.”
Plasma Mongoose
Are there any fictional movie out there that features highly scientifically accurate dinosaurs at all???
Segnosaur
The Velocipastor?
Needfuldoer
Weren’t the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park accurate to the commonly accepted theories about them at the time? (I mean the designs and behavior, not the “bring them back to life” and “patch the corrupt spots with amphibian DNA” pseudoscience parts.)
AGV
Most were for the most part, except for the raptors, they took alot of liverties with them beyond what was known at the time
JBento
And the dilophosaurus.
3oranges
The venom and frill were based on a solid idea, though, that at least one dinosaur should have surprises. More of a problem is that all their wrists are the wrong way.
Heavensrun
The whole thing about T-rex’s vision being based on movement is also entirely invented and also really stupid to anyone who understands how eyes work.
Wizard
Not really pseudoscience. At the time, there was some serious speculation about the possibility of recovering dinosaur DNA. Current science says any genetic material that old would be degraded beyond recovery, but there’s still some proposals to try something similar with more recently extinct species, such as mammoths.
anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
Well the mammoth challenge is not in the access to the DNA – there is plenty of it kicking around and slowly thawing and rotting in exposed tundra or ending up on some far eastern dinner plate – it is in generating a viable zygote and getting it gestated.
Ana Chronistic
Why mammoths? I’m just wondering bc why not dodos, which would be less difficult to reincorporate into the ecosystem
Unless those seafarers ate all the DNA
Deathjavu
There were mammoths in cold places where the remains might have been preserved (and pretty recently too, 10-5k BC iirc) Dodos were in warm places where the remains might not have kept so well.
Needfuldoer
So if we hunt something to extinction, we should remember to save some in the freezer for later. Got it.
KarlBob
I think the biggest inaccuracy was the name substitution. “Velociraptor” just rolled off the tongue more easily than “Deinonychus”.
Ultima
I recently learned about a 2014 movie called Dinosaur Island, which features feathered dinosaurs, (apparently too feathered to be scientifically accurate in the T-rex’s case).
Keith Curtis
Kung Fury. The dinosaurs were all real. Especially Triceracop.
Deanatay
*Becky suddenly appears in the room*
Was someone in here talking about SUPER-SEXY dinosaurs?? Cuz I coulda sworn I heard some SUPER-SEXY dinosaur facts in here!
Tunasammich
Joyce is telepathic, confirmed
Doctor_Who
Man, she skips church once and already possesses witchcraft? Girl’s a prodigy.
abysswatcher1993
If she begins reaading a biology book she willdevelop pyrokinesis.
HeySo
Hmm.. So what you’re saying is, her looking at anatomical photos will subsequently make parts of her body feel hot?
Professor Detective
I bet she’d be the one person who could learn real magic from playing D&D.
Khyrin
Not quite, Joyce has had her extranormal abilities since peuberty, it’s just that her denomination’s Communion Ritual was blocking the telepathy, but her Teleportation ability is too powerful even for that.
Psychie
Or perhaps the group think in her community was so strong, she couldn’t distinguish the thoughts of those around her from her own.
This might explain why she never noticed how screwy and sketchy some parts of her childhood were, she had the thoughts of those around her intruding making the stuff they were doing and saying seem like the obvious thing.
It could also explain why she was so disappointed about no longer hearing the voice of god, perhaps there was a priest or something in town that she was mistaking for the voice of god, and she didn’t notice he wasn’t there until she had a crisis of faith and started looking for the voice.
And perhaps the telepathy requires better understanding of a person and/or a more genuine connection, and that’s why Walky’s the first one she picks up, as they have similar personalities and interests, so she understands him and connects with him naturally and instinctively.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
I mean, she’s been able to teleport for freaking ever
NelC
Maybe she could hear him singing?
Terry
Or maybe he heard her and decided it was a great idea.
Deanatay
Her link to Walky is surprisingly strong. It’s almost like she’s married to him in another universe…
Hoboturtle
Telepathy, teleportation, super strength.
Sorry Amber but I think the wrong girl chose to be the super hero.
anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
Just be glad she hasn’t gone over to the dark side or more likely CRACKED.
Those powers, and triangle smile combined with an unhinged mind? YIKES!
Nono
Amber wasn’t your original intention to help Walky with studying.
If you’re not gonna help and just gonna lie there on your phone, you could… be somewhere else? Seems like Walky was studying fine before you got there.
Deathjavu
Supposedly they’re both thinking about studying, but somehow all they can talk about is boning. Weird…wonder why that could be?
Clif
It’s Mike’s influence. He’s effecting them subliminally from the beyond.
Clif
Affecting.
Clif
Also.
timemonkey
No, Dina, featherless dinosaurs probably turn Walky on!
DarkoNeko
JUST FUCK ALREADY
Agemegos
How much difference can four hours of studying make at this stage?
Bagge
They are going to great lengths not to.
…you now, certain lengths
Shane Wegner
They’re lying horizontally next to each other on a bed. They should just make out and then bone.
LeslieBean4shizzle
Ah, the elusive golden chocobo… majestic.
Stephen Bierce
*plays Billy Idol’s “Flesh For Fantasy” on the hacked Muzak*
Keulen
Do I want to know if “flesh balls” means what I think it means?
Plasma Mongoose
My bet is tits or balls.
Cyntalan
Likely both.
Sunny
I looked it up and Flesh Balls was a minor antagonist in Men in Black 2.
Chaucer59
Good job killing the Jurassic and Triassic romance, Dina.
BBCC
Damn skippy it’s your room, Dina.
And yeah, Amber, you meant because having someone else in the room but that…may not be how Dina heard it considering how some people react to any idea of her having a sexuality.
JBento
I LOVE the “less-humbly” part, which is basically the equivalent of “bless her heart”.
Mr D
gonna regret asking this but, what are Flesh balls?
Doctor_Who
So far all I can determine is that they are neither Pokeballs nor Basketballs.
3oranges
Dwarf Fortress enemies, apparently. Plus slang for the same things that everything else is slang for.
HeySo
“Plus slang for the same things that everything else is slang for.”
..did someone mention cake?
Sunny
Cheese or beef?
Reltzik
Huh. Normally Willis would make the definition clear. It’s not like him to leave something like the definition of flesh balls hanging.
Fasuhn
… *snerk* well done, that got me.
mrnoidea
Is Walky referencing a song here?
DailyBrad
He’s doing the Ducktales theme, only about flesh balls, which I assume are either testicles or a euphemism for breasts.
Pare
Kind of meta, but I seem to get on many days ads which are wider than the space reserved for them, so the ads cover part of the comic.
I’d report these, but the ‘report’ link on the ad just gives a 404.
Does anybody else get these kind of ads?
Fasuhn
Yes. They’re super annoying and started being very frequent for me.
Heather Flowers
Are Dina’s sleeves intentionally the colors of the asexuality flag? Cool if so, but like, that kinda goes against what she’s been up to in the past couple arcs, which is slightly confusing
King Daniel
She could be gray-ace?
King Daniel
In fact, Dina’s shirt is gray, and with her sleeves…if that isn’t a visual pun, I’d be somewhat surprised.
MaddMaxx
Grey’s in the regular ace flag, but it still makes sense for her to possibly be grey-ace.
Shane Wegner
I get the feeling Dina likes sexy times well enough, maybe lesbian maybe bi well enough, she has just been slowing her roll out of courtesy and consideration for Becky’s need for time to come to terms with her own desires.
Lori
demisexual is totally a thing, and falls under the ace umbrella!
Agemegos
Every single time I have fallen under and umbrella I have gotten all wet, and one time I ripped my overcoat.
MaddMaxx
I believe the arc up until now was here experimenting like she suggested she’d like to a while back. She and Amber were discussing Amazi-Girl. I dunno, maybe wishful thinking.
Deathjavu