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Forget you
Posted on January 31, 2025 by David M Willis

183 thoughts on “Forget you”

  1. NGPZ

    all this FUCKS, totally! ^^

    1. Deanatay

      Well ain’t that some shit!

  2. Doctor_Who

    A perfect time for Unexpected Boobs.

    1. Clif

      True.

    2. Aquila

      Is there an IMperfect time for that?

      1. Furie

        No, but there’s none more perfect than when your lesbian friend who has a feud with those boobs is right there with you and your boyfriend is holding your phone.

        1. Anna

          Since I’m not fond of Becky, I have to say I like this development ?

        2. Adam Black

          wont Becky see right away its not Dorothys boobs?

        3. TerribleTransit

          It IS Dorothy’s boobs. Jennifer sent the picture she took on Dorothy’s behalf immediately, and it was received quite a while ago. The picture Dorothy just (re)sent is the one of her own boobs that Amber helped her take.

        4. Furie

          They are.

          And also, not sure she’ll see them. That buzzing from the phone is them arriving and Joe is holding it.

          Chances are he might delete the whole thing out of some attempt to protect Dorothy, perhaps causing a rift between him and Joyce when she finds out and stunting his attempt at redemption.

  3. poofdepoof

    Aw this is great though

  4. Pocky

    Dorks, and proud.

  5. LEE

    Love that pose at the end

  6. Joe Moose

    I forgot about this song.

    Also, buzzing phone! [prepares the popcorn]

    1. Byron Orpheus

      Song? Link, please. Disclaimer: I am old.

      1. Wizard

        Forget You by Cee Lo Green

  7. RassilonTDavros

    Dumbing of Age Book 15: And Fuck You Too!

  8. butts

    CeeLo Brown

  9. Thag Simmons

    This is very charming, even with the impending disaster

  10. NGPZ

    Dorothy may not become president, but one things’ for sure,

    she just got a Guinness World Record in PERECT timing LMFAO XD

    1. Nono

      Is it Dorothy though? The phone is in Joe’s hand.

      1. Dante

        This is Joyce’s phone. I’ve got no proof, but no doubts either.

      2. Michael Steamweed

        The way he’s holding it makes me think he’s holding it for her. It’s not his phone, which is probably in his pocket.

      3. HueSatLight

        Joe’s phone is gray. Becky and Joyce’s phones are orange though.
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/sabbatical/
        https://www.dumbingofage.com/scanner/

        Pretty certain it’s Joyce’s. She probably just asked him to hold it while her and Becky danced.

        1. Opus the Poet

          Yep, that color matches Joyce’s phone case.

      4. clif

        Is Joe really holding the phone or has Joyce grown a third hand?

  11. Segnosaur

    I thought the real lyrics were “fox news”

    (With special thanks to Steven Colbert)

    1. Needfuldoer

      Ha-HA! Mondegreen.

      (I still hear Phil Ken Sebben from him.)

  12. Nono

    I’m personally surprised by how often these guys just leave their dorm rooms open. I always shut my door because mah privacy.

    1. Nymph

      Oh mine was open unless I needed the privacy for some reason, I liked people knowing they could stop by or leaning in to invite me along on something they were heading out for. I have a lot of siblings, so quiet solitude was actually making me homesick.

      1. clif

        Privacy is over-rated and just leads to speculation about what you’re up to behind closed doors. After all, if you weren’t doing anything wrong, why would you need privacy?

        My privacy is different of course.

        1. Yeet

          because I’m frequently semi naked or just being gross in my own space and people walking around visibly tends to distract me from stuff
          like video games or homework or jacking it

        2. Nymph

          I mean, I just personally didn’t need the privacy more than I needed the company.

    2. Veronica

      Dorms are like sharehouses: doors are left open to say “yeah, you can swing by for an impromptu hang, friend”

    3. MacareuxMoine

      I’m quite sure Becky wants everyone on their floor to know what they are sing..

      scratch that.

      I’m quite sure Becky wants everyone in the world to know what they are singing, but she makes do with their floor for now.

    4. jmsr7

      Everyone on every floor left their doors open all the time (except when privacy was needed) was my experience in college too.

  13. Samniel

    Oh this is… this is… I can’t wait to see how this turns out.

    1. Samniel

      Perfect gravatar remains perfect

      1. Dante

        //Hi5

        Trainwrecks everywhere for those with Boosted eyes to see

      2. Anna

        LOL!

  14. Segnosaur

    Wait a sec.. is that Joe’s own phone he is holding, or is that Joyce’s (which could mean Dorothy ‘s text/cleavage shot just came through)

    1. Needfuldoer

      It’s Joyce’s. He’s holding it for her so her hands are free for dancing.

  15. Nono

    Man, Joe has been looking really nice lately. Stubble, looking broad, and just the right amount of smirk.

    1. Veronica

      I started rereading book one and honestly you could fit a Book One Joe inside each of Current Joe’s shoulders. Boy has had a serious beef up.

    2. Veronica

      Also I reported this comment by mistake (damn tiny mobile links) and I don’t seem to have a way to unreport it.

      1. Michael Steamweed

        Report or report not. There is no unreport.

        1. clif

          Fumblefingers for the win.

      2. HueSatLight

        keep reporting until the report counter wraps around back to 0.

    3. clif

      Just the right amount of smirk is something I’ve aspired to, but have never actually achieved.

  16. Grimey

    Peak friendship.

  17. Dante

    Aw, this is adorab– OH.

    Oh, Joe is holding the phone. Ohhhhh noooo~ Impending disaster countdown, absolutely terrible and awful and ohhhh noooo~

    [GRABS POPCORN.]

    1. NGPZ

      hotdogs and fried chicken too! :9

      1. Dante

        Let’s not forget something to toast with once the trainwreck hits head-on

        1. Nymph

          Okay, I grabbed a toaster!

        2. clif

          I trust it had cooled first.

  18. RacingTurtle

    Holding your music player/phone/impending disaster device is an underrated utility boyfriends have.

    1. clif

      My wife tells me it’s true of husbands and heavy purses too.

      1. clif

        Wait. Impending disaster? What could possibly go wrong?

        1. Rolf of Many Doors

          [Previous strip]

  19. Jeremiah

    The are indeed dorks and that is why we love them

  20. BBCC

    LMAO oh that phone message is perfectly timed indeed.

    This is cute though. Dancing around and singing with your friends is the best.

  21. Ray Radlein

    Easily Rich Mullins’ best song

    1. cbwroses

      Legitimately made me laugh out loud ?

    2. clif

      Since I am almost completely unfamiliar with Rich Mullins’ oeuvre, I have decided to believe you implicitly.

  22. Charles Phipps

    Their energy is so great they can team up and defeat Ruth!

    Then Puddinghead!

    Save the dorm!

    1. Charles Phipps

      Seriously, I’d love a River City Girls-esque version of Dumbing of Age.

      Becky and Joyce beat up Blaine, Incelerator, Asher, Ruth, Mary, Linda, and probably some dirty cops too.

  23. Jess

    So has Dorothy been texting between now and the text she sent of Jennifer’s boobs? Because I’m not sure if two boob pics makes it more or less awkward?

    1. Effie

      By this time next week, Joyce has received a boob pic of every girl in the dorm… all of them sent from Dorothy’s phone.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Even of herself, somehow.

        1. TerribleTransit

          Joyce’s own boob pic would literally be the easiest one of all for her to get. Dorothy being in possession of Joyce’s boob pic was the catalyst for the entire chain of events. Sending it back would be the work of moments, easier even than Jennifer stopping to take a quick photo, let alone the ordeal Dorothy went through to try and perfect her own shot.

        2. Yumi

          But it’s a different picture this time and Joyce isn’t sure when it’s from. Like when my neighbors had a neighborhood party and they made everyone name tags featuring pictures of the house each person lived in, and I checked and they weren’t the same images from street view maps online.

    2. MacareuxMoine

      Dorothy did not sent the pic of Jennifer’s boobs (as far as we know), she did not delete it either (as far as we know).

      1. Taffy

        Then how did Joyce receive it and wonder why she was receiving it?

        1. clif

          Jennifer sent them using Dorothy’s phone.

        2. Taffy

          Bah. A technicality.

    3. Nymph

      The Text-Chain-Bazooka-Bandit picking up where the Whiteboard-Ding-Dong-Bandit left off.

  24. Rocketboy1313

    That is a good sing along song.
    I think it was so good it mostly got my mom over songs having curse words in them. Used to be a thing she would complain about but this broke some barrier via being catchy.

  25. IntangibleMatter

    I can tell we’re about to have some serious drama moments, so this lovely moment of adorkableness between two people who’ve been friends forever is absolutely amazing.

  26. AnonGrouch

    Oh right, I forgot these characters had platonic chemistry.

    1. anon

      Considering they’re friends, i’d hope most would lol

  27. DailyBrad

    This is so damn cute, and I love Joe’s look he’s giving her. Love these dorks.

  28. Ray

    *The power of CeeLo compels you*

  29. AGV/Ruby

    And then there’s me who’s more familiar with the pokémon parody of this song by NateWantsToBattle:
    https://youtu.be/NkfuN4dZ1W8?si=z21Hz45Du-mre0OG

  30. Cholma

    This song drives me nuts. It keeps changing perspective. One moment he’s saying “FU” to the person who stole the girl he loves, but then he’s saying “FU” to the girl herself. And he goes back & forth. Pick a lane, dude!

    1. Effie

      They all deserve to die!
      Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why…

      1. ValdVin

        Ah, the eternal question: Should their lives be made brief, or would their deaths be a relief?

    2. Charles Phipps

      The song is deliberately about him being childish about his breakup. He is trying to blame her (claiming she only left him because he’s poor) but he still loves her and pathetically so.

    3. 3oranges

      You can’t be upset at the girl who broke up with or is cheating on you and the guy she’s doing it for?

      1. Cholma

        Oh, you most certainly can, but he shouldn’t be using “you” in both contexts. If he’s singing to her, then she gets the “you” and the other person should be “him/her”, depending on who his girl is dating now. “Fuck you and fuck [him] too!” In terms of the song, it’s too confusing the way he keeps changing who he is singing about.

        1. 3oranges

          It’s hard to hear but I’m pretty sure the actual line is “fuck her too”, Joyce and Becky screwed it up.

  31. Wendy

    Becky’s gonna feel left out and wanna send Joyce titty pics, too, isn’t she.

    1. AGV/Ruby

      Becky would 100% take that as a challenge, specially since Dorothy is sending it to Joyce.

      1. Taffy

        It’s gonna escalate to Becky and Dorothy topless, arguing about who’s got the better pair while Joyce, Dina, and Walky just watch them, perplexed.

        1. Effie

          Dina and Walky watch them, perplexed.
          Joyce whips her shirt off: “Yeah but check THESE out!!”

        2. Effie

          no wait no wait

          “I declare… both of ’em good!”

          https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4158

      2. ValdVin

        I’m just gonna leave this here.
        https://betweenfailures.com/comics1/1472-battle-of-tits

  32. GholaHalleck

    I was worried for a bit about this train-wreck, but Becky being there makes this so much more fun.

    Joe’s going to be pushed out of this conversation so fast he’s going to time travel and turn into Carla’s dad again.

  33. Taffy

    Becky does a perfect impression of the guy’s voice, you just can’t hear it unless you’re sentient.

  34. Shakes

    Part of me is hoping there’s no drama aside from everyone being concerned for Dorothy’s mental wellbeing.

  35. HueSatLight

    I think we might see Dorothy’s pfp soon. Possibly for the first time.

  36. Rolf of Many Doors

    “Dorks (positive).”

  37. Woop de doop

    I hate how cutesy this is, and Joe standing in the middle and holding a phone looks so unnatural, but also I like the ominous BZZT BZZT

    1. Taffy

      Don’t hate cutesy things. It’s against Gosh’s will.

  38. Kaz

    Oh that is the w o r s t time for her to get that text.

    1. Kaz

      AND THAT IS THE WORST GRAVATAR NOOOOOOO

    2. Taffy

      Turns out it’s just DoorDash, letting them know their steak sandwiches arrived.

  39. Rectilinear Propagation

    Oh G-D, the lyrics are foreshadowing!

    OMG, I just remembered that Joyce has also been texting Dorothy her boobs! So when they see what Dorothy just sent, they’re also gonna see that she sent boob pics first!

    1. Clif

      Only if they look back. Joyce didn’t when she got the pic of Jenifer.

      1. MacareuxMoine

        That pic wasn’t sent: Jennifer gave Dorothy permission to do so, but (as far as we know) Dorothy did not send it.

        1. clif

          This is not true. https://www.dumbingofage.com/2024/comic/book-15/02-the-one-where-jocelyne-returns/sitin/

        2. clif

          Well, okay. Dorothy didn’t send it, Jennifer did shortly after she took it.

        3. clif

          She just didn’t know who Dorothy was texting.

        4. MacareuxMoine

          I stand corrected – that last panel eludes my memory

    2. Needfuldoer

      Joe has the context, but Becky doesn’t.

      https://www.dumbingofage.com/photo/

    3. furubatsu

      To be fair, Joyce was adamant that she sent her tit pic to Joe, even asking him if he got it yet? So at least he knows that Joyce accidentally sent it to Dorothy.

      However, while sending a tit pic back to your bestie isn’t the worst idea (at least caption it with a joke, though) sending *two* tit pics, your own being hours after the first one does seem a little…desperate.

  40. shanunu

    That’s them right now but when they get to the N word everyone is silent (rightfully so)

    1. HueSatLight

      [awkward caucasian mumbling]

    2. a/snow/mous/e

      Ooh, she an oil-fracker
      Just thought you should know, cracker

    3. NGPZ

      well I mean, surely they wise enough to know the difference between swear words and slurs XD

  41. Cloud

    This is so cute omg

  42. anon

    lol awkward time to see dorothy’s selfie but surprised to see joe holding the phone (hopefully there’s not some preview thing even if he didn’t mean to pick) but i would’ve expected it to be on like a table and being like “becky can you grab it for me ” and her being hte first to see itlol

  43. Chris Phoenix

    I really like Joe’s expression in this one. Looks like some healthy “I’m appreciating and enjoying people I care about being themselves” energy. I almost want to say “dad energy” but not with the dads in this comic!

  44. Big Steve

    Incoming!

  45. Maddie B

    This is the hecking fucking cutest.

  46. Amós Batista

    Willis, that’s the first time in days that Becky and Joyce are having fun together. Do you have to make the train wrecking, right now?

    And yes, Joyce’s boyfriend is in same room.

    1. clif

      Traditionally, train wrecks happen on Valentines day. Which is coming up. But there are so many train wrecks in position it’s hard to choose.

      1. HueSatLight

        Guessing whose would be a fun poll.
        I’d vote surprise pharmacist relationship train-wreck. That’s why she wasn’t in the bonus strip, it would spoil the reveal.

  47. CianM1301

    I forgot those were the real lyrics. I kinda prefer “forget” to be honest.

    1. 3oranges

      I do too. I just like the extra syllable more.

  48. Florence

    The second strip this week where I’m giggling like Mr burns

  49. gnomedeplume

    Now ain’t that some shit.

  50. not someone else

    Motherfucking precious perfect children. I love this for them.

  51. Sharizard

    Really, we need more of the cast just having fun without drama.

    Also, with yesterday’s strip, i can’t help but feel that the resend was done out of habit rather than intent. She saw an undelivered message. She hit resend, then processed what she was resending.

    1. Yumi

      Honestly, pretty sure yesterday’s strip was showing the opposite. That’s why there were two panels of her looking at it before resending (in addition to the earlier strip when she was thinking about it). Instant regret, maybe, but resending was definitely a choice.

      1. Gigafreak

        One of the choices of all time

  52. Da Boy

    Everyone was having fun until the Boobs Attacked!

    1. J.Gawain

      Only the Avatar, master of all four nudey pics could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished.

      1. Da Boy

        When the world needed them most, they deactivated their OnlyFans account XD

        1. Michael Steamweed

          Fortunately, they moved over to Fansly, LoyalFans, and Patreon.

  53. Veronica

    If that song came out 15 years ago (very upsetting) does that mean it’s a retro song for Joyce and Becky?

    1. zee

      Childhood nostalgia

    2. HueSatLight

      Joyce doesn’t know very many secular songs. I imagine that in the 30-60 minutes they were hanging out in her room with Jocelyn, she copied her music library over to Joyce’s phone. Either Becky or Jocelyn would know enough of Joyce’s musical tastes to put on CeeLo. The parts Joyce is singing aren’t that hard to figure out, and Becky’s pointing at her, could have started as Becky queueing Joyce when to sing.

      Or yes, retro song, from childhood nostalgia. Hearing the radio version at the public pool or something.

      1. thejeff

        It feels very much like they’re singing something they know, probably from the radio version as you say, but now feel free to sing and emphasize the dirty words they couldn’t before.

        1. Veronica

          That or they just went on Spotify and found a Full Cusses playlist for Joyce to really cut loose with

  54. Adept

    Titty-pics for Joe

  55. darkoneko

    Dorks.

  56. thumb

    Perfect timing. Imagine Becky seeing Dorothy’s boob pic and suddenly realising not only is her queerness not in question, but her animosity to Dotty apparently is.
    Yeah, yeah, jealousy and all that. But that makes it just deliciously more messy.

  57. Kyulen

    I always hate it when the radio versions censor the swear words in songs. Normal human beings swear, let people hear the real lyrics of songs.

  58. Ornathe

    I feel like there’s a lack of appreciation in the comments so far for the amount of drama that’ll happen not only when Joe and Becky see Dorothy’s boob pic, but also scroll up to see Joyce’s saucy (if blurry) photos. Especially because even if they can’t tell right away what they are, Joyce will realize and be absolutely incapable of hiding it.

    1. Mark

      There’s also a Jennifer in the scroll, IIRC.

      My phone shows as many messages as will fit on the screen, so I expect that at least two photos will be showing. Maybe even a bit of the third. That should be interesting.

      OTOH when Joyce sees her photo in Dorothy’s message stream, (a) Joyce-face, and (b) that should jolt loose some explanation which will (eventually) straighten everything out.

      1. MacareuxMoine

        The Jennifer pic wasn’t sent: She gave Dorothy permission to do so, but (as far as we know) Dorothy did not send it.

        1. Alongcameaspider

          It was sent, there was a panel of Joyce wondering why Dorothy sent her the pic

        2. furubatsu

          Jennifer did send it, its why Joyce asks “Why did Dorothy send me a pic of Jennifer’s boobs?”

        3. MacareuxMoine

          I stand corrected – apparently all except me knew that Joyce received it:

        4. MacareuxMoine

        5. MacareuxMoine

          here

  59. Alan in DC

    Time is immaterial in this strip, but if it were not, the girls would have been three years old when this song came out.
    That would have made for some very salty church singalongs back in the day.

  60. Psi baka onna

    I know people round here normally say someone is Danning up whenthese sorts of impending situations but considering how the comic’s been going, I’d like to petition a change to “Dorothying up”. This will be at least the 2nd time she’s caused drama in someone else’s relationship, 3rd if you count Walky’s relationship with Lucy..

  61. Amós Batista

    “Imma drop a boooomb”
    B-52 *?? handshake* Joe Rosenthal

  62. TheFlamingonator

    The phone is OUT I REPEAT THE PHONE IS OUT DOROTHY RUN OVER QUICKLY

  63. Emily L

    The look on Joe’s face! I’m going to be so mad if he gets his heart broken.

  64. HueSatLight

    They won’t see the photo because it has a forbidden pixel that bricks her phone. Crisis averted.

    1. clif

      I didn’t follow the link because I don’t want to see the forbidden pixel and brick my phone.

  65. EtchJetty

    THIS ONE’S REALLY CUTE MY GOD

  66. anonymsly

    I am not a fan of Becky most of the time. However! The idea that Becky might end up working through her suicidal ideation about the concept of personal change through helping her roommate and alleged friend Dorothy talk/work through not being as straight as she’s always thought she was delights me.

  67. Looney

    it’s times like these that i wish i were a patron. i NEED to see tomorrow’s strip. if only i had any money at all

    1. clif

      I’m telling you, tomorrow’s strip is going to be Jocelyn being tear-gassed at the demonstration. Either that or Tony throwing his cup away.

      1. Tesset

        Wow. Uh… Huh. This was so much more correct than I could have guessed?

        1. Tesset

          I wouldna pegged Tony as being so environmentally concious

  68. SailorCakes

    Why is this so wholesome?

    1. BorkBorkBork

      Because for the first time, they’re not just understanding, but taking joy in the fact that it’s just a word, and that it can’t harm you.

      1. SailorCakes

        Their so cute! ?

  69. Amós Batista

    If you’re reading Dumbing of Age first time, and this is the first page you’ve read, I’ll give you a summary:
    Joyce is the mom of Joe and Becky, his auntie.

    1. Adam Black

      thank you paragraph guy

    2. Yumi

      Thanks, but I still have questions. Why is Joe (I think?) holding a knife?

      1. clif

        Mmm.

  70. Scolopendra

    This is so adorable that it really elevates the impending nuke of Dorothy Tits. How many times has Becky been absolutely fucking shattered by Joyce and Dorothy at this point? Let’s make it more >:3

  71. Lee

    I am so here for Joe being the sweetest bf

  72. Bryy

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

  73. Axel

    haate this song but it’s great to see them just enjoying themselves and doing teenager shit

  74. ZombieKyrik

    Does this work now?

    1. ZombieKyrik

      I gave up on rolling Sal, so I’ve taken matters into my own hands.

  75. shadebug

    I like doing a mix of both versions, sometimes “forget” scans better

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