I had a friend who had those (Ovarian cysts). Always sounded awful.
I feel like I should have a birth control pills story, but I really don’t. I didn’t need them until College at which point I just went to the pharmacy and got them on my own.
Don’t J&S share a bathroom with B&D? Honestly, I don’t know how universities config the locks on those. If they’re for privacy of the bathroom occupant, then it’s effectively a four person suite. Regardless, they seem to leave the bathroom unlocked generally.
Devin
No, Joyce and Sarah share a bathroom with Sal and Malaya.
Becky and Dorothy share a bathroom with Dina and Amber.
thejeff
No. Sal and Malaya share with Joyce.
And yeah, I’ve got no idea how the half-bath doors work.
I like how, despite being very similar aesthetically, the lesbians have adopted it as ‘plaid’, while the gays (and Canadians) have adopted it as ‘flannel’.
Do an image search for ‘flannel’ and see what pattern you see. Usage rules language 🙂
Bicycle Bill
With the exception of pajamas and Ralphie’s bunny suit (from “A Christmas Story”), just about every piece of flannel I’ve ever seen has been a plaid-patterned shirt. Maybe because there just ain’t much call for things like flannel trousers or underpants.
Thag Simmons
If you google steel you get a lot of pictures of tubes/pipes but that doesn’t mean “Steel” and “Tube” are synonyms
jackiedu46k
Not really equivalent here. I get appliances, tubes , bolts and all kinds of steel objects when looking up steel.
When looking up flannel i only get plaid.
thejeff
To quote Wikipedia “The term “flannel shirt” is often mistakenly used to refer to any shirt with a plaid or tartan pattern. However, ‘flannel’ refers simply to the fabric, and not all flannel shirts are plaid.”
Nor, for that matter, are all plaid shirts flannel.
I had what I’m pretty sure was a flannel shirt where the design was effectively graph paper
brionl
I have flannel sheets. They are not plaid pattern.
I have plaid shirts that are not flannel material.
There are shirts that are both, but there are a lot of things that are only one or the other.
Leorale
Same.
(Flannel sheets are real nice when it’s chilly out.)
Inahc
in england, a flannel is what you wash your face with. it was a looooong time before I found out flannels (the washcloth) are not made of flannel (the fabric). I’m still not clear on what the fabric names actually are. terrycloth maybe?
is that a thing where you are? In all queer communities I’ve been in plaid and flannel have been used interchangeably by everyone with a lean towards flannel, especially for lesbians
Cut her some Slack Sarah, Joyce has been through a lot of shit and come honestly a long way in the last, what’s it been, 3-4 months? You don’t overcome 18 years of brainwashing followed by a total shattering of said brainwashing in a few weeks you know.
Yeah. My niece asked her mother to sign off on Guardisil. My sisters response was “Why? Are you planning to have sex?” And proceeded to shame her about the request and detail her getting the vaccine. A few years later, niece needed treatment for HPV. I still haven’t forgiven my sister.
that is super Fuqed up
especially as you can get HPV from saliva.
( i think People are less aware of that because the higher testosterone levels less likely you are to clear an HPV infection;By only focusing on women with HPV they missed who/ where the biggest carriers were. So unlike women there is a massive amount of men with hidden HPV oral and throat conditions. A lot were hidden behind tobacco cancers . ie Not vaccinating men was sexist and a bad idea.
Not to mention vaccination more of the population for things when there is even a half decent reason gets people more used to the idea of vaccinations being a normal and sensible thing.
Mopey
Yes.
But.
The anti-vax movement is reactionary by nature and isn’t about unfamiliarity really (at least not the ‘true believers). Unfortunately the more people are vaccinated the higher the odds are of someone receiving a vaccine at the same time as they’re coincidentally starting to show unrelated symptoms for an unrelated condition. Which is basically free money to any public person unscrupulous enough to stoke the anxieties of anti-vaxers.
Wizard
For most of my life, vaccines weren’t really controversial. The only people up in arms were the same tinfoil brigade that claimed fluoridated water was a communist mind control plot. I’m not really sure why the whole anti-vax bullshit blew up when it did. I think it might be partly because the most common vaccines had been around long enough for a lot of people to forget just how dangerous the diseases they had nearly eliminated really were. Back when most people knew, or at least knew of, someone who’d been paralyzed by polio, the vaccine was a pretty easy sell. Nowadays, lots of people barely even know what polio is. Since people are determined to be scared of something, some settled on vaccines.
Wow, preventing STDs will only encourage people to have sex. That’s right up there with the idea that comprehensive sex ed will encourage kids to have sex. (Despite the studies showing that kids given the “abstinence only” version tend to start having sex sooner and have more unplanned pregnancies.) Or the idea that needle exchanges promote drug use. (Instead of reducing the spread of blood-borne disease, and making sure that used needles are disposed of safely.)
Pants Drugs sounds like when you are folding laundry and find a quarter in your gene pocket, except instead of a quarter it is mind-altering substances and now all your sweat shirts and work out pants are tripping balls.
*crosses fingers for sitcom antics in which Joyce attempts to convince a pharmacist that she’s a lesbian, possibly discovering her true feelings for Dorothy in the process*
I think if Joyce discovered she was a lesbian and then DIDN’T go for Becky, it would shatter Becky completely. Like I know she’s got Dina already but Joyce was her first love, since long long long ago.
Sarah’s right that Joyce is gonna need to get her own meds at some point or she’s gonna be in a LOTTA pain, but right now she is in the pain. I say let Dorothy get ’em this time. Joyce can be a grown up next time.
Yeah, around here it’s like ‘lesbian or just Canadian?’
258 thoughts on “Enqueerinatin’”
Ana Chronistic
Now remembering a friend whose grandmother took her to get her BC, then afterwards was all, “I know what these are for… they’re for HAVING SEX”
Friend: “Grandmother, they’re for my ovarian cyst!”
Grandmother: “…OH. Well, that’s okay then! ? ”
so, looking forward to all kinds of lovely exchanges coming up ¬.¬
Rose by Any Other Name
I had a friend who had those (Ovarian cysts). Always sounded awful.
I feel like I should have a birth control pills story, but I really don’t. I didn’t need them until College at which point I just went to the pharmacy and got them on my own.
darkoneko
Wow what’s this, the town market ?
True Survivor
Yeah, for a pair that got kidnapped just a few months ago Sarah and Joyce seem very unconcerned with keeping their door locked.
Ryan
Don’t J&S share a bathroom with B&D? Honestly, I don’t know how universities config the locks on those. If they’re for privacy of the bathroom occupant, then it’s effectively a four person suite. Regardless, they seem to leave the bathroom unlocked generally.
Devin
No, Joyce and Sarah share a bathroom with Sal and Malaya.
Becky and Dorothy share a bathroom with Dina and Amber.
thejeff
No. Sal and Malaya share with Joyce.
And yeah, I’ve got no idea how the half-bath doors work.
Nono
I like how, despite being very similar aesthetically, the lesbians have adopted it as ‘plaid’, while the gays (and Canadians) have adopted it as ‘flannel’.
brionl
Plaid is the color pattern.
Flannel is the fabric.
Jflb96
Plaid is an item of clothing, flannel is a type of fabric. The pattern is check, or possibly tartan.
Star Ringer
Nah, plaid is the wolf guy from elden ring and flannel is what you use to pour liquids into a small opening.
Ana Chronistic
I thought Flannel was John and John of TMBG
Some1
Nah, flannel is a fabric and plaid is a pattern. They’re objectively two different things.
CorporateDronesDontHaveMissiles
Do an image search for ‘flannel’ and see what pattern you see. Usage rules language 🙂
Bicycle Bill
With the exception of pajamas and Ralphie’s bunny suit (from “A Christmas Story”), just about every piece of flannel I’ve ever seen has been a plaid-patterned shirt. Maybe because there just ain’t much call for things like flannel trousers or underpants.
Thag Simmons
If you google steel you get a lot of pictures of tubes/pipes but that doesn’t mean “Steel” and “Tube” are synonyms
jackiedu46k
Not really equivalent here. I get appliances, tubes , bolts and all kinds of steel objects when looking up steel.
When looking up flannel i only get plaid.
thejeff
To quote Wikipedia “The term “flannel shirt” is often mistakenly used to refer to any shirt with a plaid or tartan pattern. However, ‘flannel’ refers simply to the fabric, and not all flannel shirts are plaid.”
Nor, for that matter, are all plaid shirts flannel.
Ana Chronistic
I had what I’m pretty sure was a flannel shirt where the design was effectively graph paper
brionl
I have flannel sheets. They are not plaid pattern.
I have plaid shirts that are not flannel material.
There are shirts that are both, but there are a lot of things that are only one or the other.
Leorale
Same.
(Flannel sheets are real nice when it’s chilly out.)
Inahc
in england, a flannel is what you wash your face with. it was a looooong time before I found out flannels (the washcloth) are not made of flannel (the fabric). I’m still not clear on what the fabric names actually are. terrycloth maybe?
Plain Marie
That sounds right.
Doctor_Who
Plaid is Scottish, flannel is Canadian.
From this we can deduce that Scots are lesbians and Canadians are gay.
Some1
According to the internet flannel might actually be Welsh.
Enkrod
Idk, that consonant to vowel ratio seems wrong for welsh.
RowenMorland
Wouldn’t it be plaid is Northern bellow Scotland and tartan in Scotland (where conforming to whatever patterns they’ve approved as tartan)
SDRainbow
*nathan fillion holding up finger then putting it down meme*
how did you know I’m wearing plaid flannel RIGHT NOW
FlamestAndLight
is that a thing where you are? In all queer communities I’ve been in plaid and flannel have been used interchangeably by everyone with a lean towards flannel, especially for lesbians
Stephen Bierce
You say “Diamond Dogs” and that’s just begging for Bowie. Am I right?
wwwhhattt
This ain’t rock and roll, this is Lesbians
Jen Aside
for certain reasons that song makes me feel self-conscious ?
(let’s see if I remember the correct e-mail for this name)
The Wellerman
Love how well this strip is drawn, and the ever increasing gay-diation levels I’m sensing ?
I’m so close to finishing my interview project, i can feel it….
AeromechanicalAce
Cut her some Slack Sarah, Joyce has been through a lot of shit and come honestly a long way in the last, what’s it been, 3-4 months? You don’t overcome 18 years of brainwashing followed by a total shattering of said brainwashing in a few weeks you know.
Limons
Sarah would be a very very very strict mother ( if she ever becomes one of course).
ktbear
Duess we’ll never know, short of a HUGE time skip.
Nono
Also Becky is still considering herself Joyce’s bestie huh. Despite them having a massive row like, days before.
justin8448
I like how the way she phrased it, she left room for Dorothy to be Joyce’s “Straight Bestie.”
But yeah, it’s nice to see that they’re capable of putting aside their recent argument.
thumb
Besties do be like that sometimes.
Bunny
Yeah. My niece asked her mother to sign off on Guardisil. My sisters response was “Why? Are you planning to have sex?” And proceeded to shame her about the request and detail her getting the vaccine. A few years later, niece needed treatment for HPV. I still haven’t forgiven my sister.
Bunny
“Derail” not “detail”
Hazel
Yeah, that’s not something you just forgive.
Adam Black
that is super Fuqed up
especially as you can get HPV from saliva.
( i think People are less aware of that because the higher testosterone levels less likely you are to clear an HPV infection;By only focusing on women with HPV they missed who/ where the biggest carriers were. So unlike women there is a massive amount of men with hidden HPV oral and throat conditions. A lot were hidden behind tobacco cancers . ie Not vaccinating men was sexist and a bad idea.
RowenMorland
Not to mention vaccination more of the population for things when there is even a half decent reason gets people more used to the idea of vaccinations being a normal and sensible thing.
Mopey
Yes.
But.
The anti-vax movement is reactionary by nature and isn’t about unfamiliarity really (at least not the ‘true believers). Unfortunately the more people are vaccinated the higher the odds are of someone receiving a vaccine at the same time as they’re coincidentally starting to show unrelated symptoms for an unrelated condition. Which is basically free money to any public person unscrupulous enough to stoke the anxieties of anti-vaxers.
Wizard
For most of my life, vaccines weren’t really controversial. The only people up in arms were the same tinfoil brigade that claimed fluoridated water was a communist mind control plot. I’m not really sure why the whole anti-vax bullshit blew up when it did. I think it might be partly because the most common vaccines had been around long enough for a lot of people to forget just how dangerous the diseases they had nearly eliminated really were. Back when most people knew, or at least knew of, someone who’d been paralyzed by polio, the vaccine was a pretty easy sell. Nowadays, lots of people barely even know what polio is. Since people are determined to be scared of something, some settled on vaccines.
BBCC
Yeah, the idea that HPV is a ‘girl’s disease’ and that only vaccinating women for it would be sufficient herd immunity did nobody any favours.
Wizard
Wow, preventing STDs will only encourage people to have sex. That’s right up there with the idea that comprehensive sex ed will encourage kids to have sex. (Despite the studies showing that kids given the “abstinence only” version tend to start having sex sooner and have more unplanned pregnancies.) Or the idea that needle exchanges promote drug use. (Instead of reducing the spread of blood-borne disease, and making sure that used needles are disposed of safely.)
Schpoonman
Sarah.
Taffy
Sarah.
AGV
Sarah Harding! ?️
Nova
How many Sarah’s do you think are on this island?
Devin
Wow, I can’t remember the last time I heard a JP2 reference, I appreciate the both of you. <3
Mopey
Google was no help here. Unless you’re genuinely talking about the image format or Pope John Paul II.
Devin
Jurassic Park
True Survivor
Pants Drugs sounds like when you are folding laundry and find a quarter in your gene pocket, except instead of a quarter it is mind-altering substances and now all your sweat shirts and work out pants are tripping balls.
Leorale
That’s how tie-dye was invented. True story
RassilonTDavros
*crosses fingers for sitcom antics in which Joyce attempts to convince a pharmacist that she’s a lesbian, possibly discovering her true feelings for Dorothy in the process*
Jon
I think if Joyce discovered she was a lesbian and then DIDN’T go for Becky, it would shatter Becky completely. Like I know she’s got Dina already but Joyce was her first love, since long long long ago.
DrunkenNordmann
Considering sexuality is consistent between universes, wouldn’t Joyce be bi in that case, if anything?
chuckroast
Where do I get the drugs for my pants? And where do I put them? The pockets? The fly?
True Survivor
I think ants drugs are just belts. Just one can keep a pair of pants riding high for hours.
True Survivor
Pants not ants.
Miri
But ants gleefully riding belts makes for a beautiful mental image…
Lieutenant Dan
“What is this? A drug for ants?”
TheFlamingonator
in that little pocket within a pocket.
Plain Marie
What else are you going to do with that little pocket, right?
BBCC
Sarah’s right that Joyce is gonna need to get her own meds at some point or she’s gonna be in a LOTTA pain, but right now she is in the pain. I say let Dorothy get ’em this time. Joyce can be a grown up next time.
Yeah, around here it’s like ‘lesbian or just Canadian?’
AGV
It’s hard to guarantee!
JBento