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Decorate
Posted on June 17, 2014 by David M Willis

242 thoughts on “Decorate”

  1. Zap Rowsdower

    She’s been exposed enough to the real world to know the “gays are camp and girly” stereotype?

    1. TheOthin

      Well, her first reaction when he told her was “but you seem normal”.

    2. Doctor_Who

      She once denied that he could be gay because he liked Transformers instead of Barbie.

      1. Tunaro

        I imagine the concept of a transforming Barbie would fry both their brains.
        (Also, please, please for the love of God don’t let this be a real thing.)

        1. Karl

          http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/okami/default/transformer-barbie–large-msg-129748114151.jpg

        2. Kelly

          That’s a Gundam, not a Transformer!

        3. Time Sage

          There’s always the Sailor V gundam, and the Chibi Moon and Super sailor moon… and the V repaints based Venus and the other senshi which all have thematic powers. (Like saturns being banned and having planet destorying capabilities)

        4. gwalla

          Saturns banned? I know they were part of the GM recall, but that’s just to replace the ignition. Banning them seems a little harsh.

          Also, the guy at the dealership never mentioned planet destroying capabilities. Did those come standard?

        5. ZORK

          You know, when I read “Okami”, “Transformer” and “Barbie” in the link, I hoped for some sort of Barbie Transformer that transforms into Amaterasu von Okami, Beast Wars style.

        6. Nobody

          http://okami.buzznet.com/photos/default/?id=64485321
          …I had to check

        7. Tunaro

          I find myself surprisingly cool with RX-78 Sweet Lolita Gundam.

        8. Ramba Ral

          (it’s the char custom)

        9. dailybrad

          I see what you did there.

        10. Rutee

          You must really fucking hate that guy for getting all the good press.

        11. Megatron

          Barbie and Transformers are made by two different companies: Mattel and Hasbro respectively. They are bitter rivals. So, unless they merge (and that would likely require FTC approval, but that’s not as hard to get as it should be) then no Barbie/Transformer crossovers.

          This isn’t to say that Hasbro wouldn’t court little girls who love fashion dolls with their Transformers brand. There is some MLP/Transformers crossover, after all. I wouldn’t expect a lot of it really. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Transformers brand started courting woman and girls, but I suspect that with be TF specific products, not crossovers.

          But who knows. I wouldn’t mind more woman helping Decepticons overthrow Prime.

        12. Daibhid C

          I’m honestly surprised there aren’t transformer-style Barbie toys, since “transformer-style” is something you can add to anything, even if you don’t own the rights to Transformers. There’s a transformer-style Postman Pat toy, and it doesn’t strike me as any weirder than that.

        13. Betty Anne

          Fun fact: Jem and the Holograms was Hasbro’s answer to Barbie.

        14. David M Willis

          And then Mattel did Barbie And The Rockers in response.

        15. The Candyman

          Ah, competition.

        16. Yotomoe

          Sega and Nintendo levels of Pissing Contest!

        17. Jen Aside

          And now Universal and Hasbro are making a Jem movie.

          Checkmate, Mattel.

        18. Deanatay

          *shrug* Like there haven’t been Barbie movies.

          (In fact, it’s scary how many Barbie movies there have been.)

        19. Kamino Neko

          The Jem movie is a big budget theatrical live action film, not a direct-to-video cheapy.

        20. Jen Aside

          They’ve also been taking suggestions [and auditions!] from the fans from day one.

          I hope they use the “Synergy played by RuPaul” one =o

        21. Chibi

          Could be a My Little Pony crossover though. And on that note http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er83h9Bbn8

        22. Legasher

          I just put that video on my facebook the other day. I couldn’t stop laughing. So, so funny.

          “Tag! You’re it!”

        23. Deanatay

          Or an Angry Birds crossover.
          http://transformers.angrybirds.com/

        24. DarkMyste

          if there is ever a transforming barbie that turns into a metal transformer i am going to hunt you down.. and make you play with it in public!!

          and watch you cry as you play with it

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      But of cause, she has read Chick Tracts after all.

      1. TFC

        i think even she would think they’re exaggerated.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Are you suggesting that playing DnD doesn’t allow you access to cast magic missile in real life?

          How can this be? 😛

        2. Gigafreak

          It doesn’t? How will I attack the darkness now?

        3. neeks

          With a gazebo, obviously.

        4. Clif

          By lighting a single candle on a hill-top in the rain.

        5. Clif

          I once shot a gazebo in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.

        6. John

          In the wilds of Virginia one day I encountered a wandering gazebo.

    4. Yotomoe

      She does have the internet as confirmed by her knowledge of what shipping is.

      1. Jen Aside

        although that black basketball sounds racist

      2. Edster

        Then she has seen things. You met whit a terrible l fortune haven’t you?

    5. David M Willis

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/toy/

    6. Kschenke

      I think her parents/the church made she sure she knew how to see the elusive “gay stereotype” when out so she could avoid or convert said stereotype.

      1. Jen Aside

        Well, this is the problem I have with super fundie Christian parents who say they “don’t even want [their] kids LEARNING about evolution!”

        Don’t you have to know what [supposedly] evil IS in order to combat it?

        Morons.

  2. Wonder Wig

    Big McLargehuge

    1. Wack'd

      Crunch ButtSteak

      1. Mal

        Bob Johnson

    2. Leorale

      Rex Clampjaw

    3. Dr. Zeus

      Swift McRunfast

      1. Dr. Zeus

        Damn it THICK! Thick McRunFast

    4. Plasma Mongoose

      Hugh G Wang

    5. Leorale

      Dirk Hardpec

    6. Tunaro

      Merika Fukyeah

      1. Opus the Poet

        Team America! Best puppet porn evah! (Imagine porn shot with Barbie and Ken dolls)

        1. Anarchy 101

          there is rule 34 for a reason

        2. gwalla

          Dude, the movie has scat porn in it already. You can’t make it any more corrupt than it already is.

    7. Bill

      G. Studdley Hungwell

    8. StClair

      We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.

    9. buzzsaw

      Smoke Manmuscle

    10. Sir Gregor the Unwise

      Stump Beefknob

    11. Kryss LaBryn

      Sebastian Lance. And ten Internet cookies to anyone who gets the reference. 😉

      1. Disloyal Subject

        I see your Sebastian Lance and raise you one Barry Steakfries.

    12. Kryss LaBryn

      Also Sausage McStud-Muffin.

    13. gwalla

      Roll Fizzlebeef

  3. Doctor_Who

    “In fact, I’m putting the manliest things imaginable on your door! Like pictures from muscle magazines! And Chippendales! And Batman! That’ll make you straight!”

    1. Yotomoe

      And He-Man, the manliest of men there is. No sir. Nothing gay about good old HE-Man.

      1. EvilPenguin

        HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA

        1. Betty Anne

          I say, “HEY! What’s going on?”

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Moe Mr Satan grav? Scary! 😛

        3. Betty Anne

          LOL Thanks. I had to do it after I posted that pic yesterday…I was dying on the floor with laughter. It’s such a perfect pic of him. XD

        4. Sambo

          And he tries….

        5. Sambo

          http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/

      2. Doctor_Who

        “Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said ‘I have the power!'”

        Fun fact, I heard that the writers were 100% aware of the overtones and just ran with it for fun. Apparently Filmation was actually pretty gay friendly for the 80s.

        1. Swerve

          I’m not sure if “overtones” is the right word. Maybe subtext. And crappy animation. And bad PSAs. If you guys have a chance check out Bumblebee and Seaspray’s unaired PSAs. They did some really great stuff. But apparently someone felt “Knowing is Half the Battle” sounded weird coming out of an Autobot’s mouth, so they cut them.

        2. Betty Anne

          “BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL,” bro. (No, I didn’t watch too much He-Man when I was a kid, why do you ask? :p )

          I don’t know if Filmation was gay-friendly or not, but their nameplate at the beginning of their shows was very rainbow-y. http://youtu.be/VnBbW3g5y5Q

    2. jatman18

      fun fact: male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality than any other mammal

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        What about male robins?

  4. Jen Aside

    “I like… tube steak”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I gotta +1 that comment! 😀

      1. Opus the Poet

        Yep, that there was funny, I don’t care who you are.

      2. LeslieBean4Shizzle

        As must I. Heh, tube steak.
        Also, PM, I quite like your gravatar… even if I’ve forgotten what anime it’s from.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Saya(today’s grav) is from from a horror/romance visual novel Sayo No Uta, she only looks cute if you have ‘meat-vision’.

        2. LeslieBean4Shizzle

          Ah, of course. It is the only PC game I actually own on a disk. I mean other than my GOG backups.

  5. Kernanator

    I’ll admit, Panel 4 made me actually crack up Joyce always has the best faces.

  6. Yotomoe

    So JUST BECAUSE IT’S A BASKETBALL IT’S GOTTA BE BLACK.
    I see how it is, JOYCE.
    (:P)

    1. Edster

      Your avatar does not help.

      1. nothri

        Of course YOUR avatar would say that.

    2. newllend

      Fuck you Joyce

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Black basketballs are even a thing?

      1. Swerve

        Yeah. They usually reverse the color pattern, with the striped part of the ball being red, orange or white, with the main areas of the ball black.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Thanks!

          http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=48934346

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Bugger, I stuffed up the link.

        3. Disloyal Subject

          Unlike black pencils, this does not automatically make them better. Mostly because orange rules.

        4. Arkadi

          It’s the new black.

    4. Robert

      Joyce is not thinking about a basketball. She’s thinking about the vibrator she was swinging around like a lightsaber.

  7. Edster

    A song for David Willis is in order.

    I shall call it ” Comic God”

  8. -JAD-

    …why does the basketball have to be black, Joyce? Just curious

    1. Yotomoe

      Cuz…Black is a …manly color?…
      No…
      Yeah Joyce. WTF?

      1. Leorale

        I think it’s supposed to be manly. She could’ve used blue, but then we’d all be cracking jokes regarding Ethan/Jacob.

        1. John

          Aaaannnd…. black prevents that somehow?

    2. Wack'd

      She’s decided that for Ethan she will only work in black. And sometimes very very dark grey.

      1. Deanatay

        That was a Bat-joke.

    3. nothri

      Because as far as colors go black is about as close as you can get to something that says “not a rainbow”.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Someone get the subtext.

  9. luxlucis

    Gosh Joss, I like you but then you have these moments T.T
    Seriously I can’t wait for the future in which you are maybe ok with Ethan being gay and people not following stereotypes (especially gender ones).

    1. Yotomoe

      I hope for a future where she has a cyborg arm and can chuck cars one handed.

      1. newllend

        What like jax from Mortal kombat?

        1. J-Debs

          Pfft, he couldn’t chuck a motorcycle with BOTH hands!

      2. nothri

        Pfff, she can do that without a cyborg arm in the Alpha timeline.

      3. Dean

        I hope for a future where she fights robots in an apocalyptic wasteland.

        1. Sambo

          And then goes on a quest to rescue Dorothy

    2. Historyman68

      For a second I thought you were talking about joss whedon and that you literally thought he wrote this webcomic. You know, like, Damn you, whedon!

      1. Kerry

        same here lol

    3. newllend

      I want the future where he leaves her for a dude, we all want it to happen.

      1. Gordon

        I want a future where he’s happy with who he is and doesn’t feel forced to hide.

        If he gets a boyfriend, that’s just the… The typical dessert metaphors are all puns and I refuse to make them, but y’all can pretend I did.

        1. Leorale

          I want a future where Joyce gets rocket boots and punches a shark in the face!

        2. Kryss LaBryn

          “…in the FAAAACE.”

          Fixed that for ya.

        3. newllend

          Nope! Badass Mature Joyce is gone now we have the younger not as cool one… You want to know how cool the old Joyce was? The old Joyce could beat Sal in a fight that’s how cool she was.

        4. Historyman68

          Young Joyce can too. She just has to… believe in herself.

        5. newllend

          No spiral power for her.

        6. gwalla

          You gotta believe! Punch, kick, it’s all in the mind.

    4. luxlucis

      Lol at the whole chain of comments.
      I have friend called Jocelyn (Joss for short) and I guess my wires crossed.

      1. Deanatay

        Nope, Joyce is Joyce. Jocelyn is her ‘brother’s name.

        1. luxlucis

          That would be her sister!

        2. Deanatay

          Not how she identifies. There was quite a bit of discussion on this topic when this was revealed. You may want to read up on it.
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/writer/

        3. David M Willis

          the fuck page are you reading if you think that’s how she identifies

  10. newllend

    If you have Joyce teaching you how to be a man than you are literally the most pathetic guy on campus.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Next strip she sings “I’ll make a man out of you” from Mulan.

      1. Tunaro

        Yes, because Disney songs are what he needs to act more manly.

      2. Opus the Poet

        “In just 7 days, I can make you a man-aannnn!” And he can still sing all these years later… Amazing how many big stars graduated from that movie, Tim Currie, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick…

        1. Tunaro

          That movie is an immortal monster and so is Tim Curry, in the most awesomest of ways.

        2. Historyman68

          (And six long nights!)

    2. Yotomoe

      BE A MAN
      YOU MUST BE SOFT AS A FLUFFY PILLOW
      BE A MAN
      WITH ALL THE POSH OF A FOPPISH HEIR
      BE A MAN
      WITH ALL THE GLITTER OF A RAINBOW PONY
      AS FABULOUS AS HARRY STYLES’ HAAAAAAAAAIR

      1. TheStranger

        This isn’t getting nearly enough love.

        Have an internet, good sir or madam.

      2. newllend

        +1 no scratch that +10

      3. Disloyal Subject

        You had me until you put ‘glitter’ and ‘rainbow pony’ in the same sentence. I just don’t see the correlation.

        1. Yotomoe

          If your rainbow pony ain’t glitterin’ just a little bit then they clearly ain’t rainbow enough.

        2. Jen Aside

          I will send you one of the OG My Little Pony toys with the goddamn faken jewels IN THEIR EYES

          [also glitter hair]

    3. nothri

      …..Danny?

      I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I swore I would stop doing this. It just slipped out. Its addicting.

      1. newllend

        I hate to admit it be he’s been on a roll lately l think about it, fist he rejects sex with 2nd hottest girl on this comic, then gets to second first base with the 3rd hottest girl ( in my opinion the most ) and now gets to hag out with #1, he’s an idiot but he’s the most lucky one hear, the only thing that makes him an idiot is that he finds ways to fuck it up

        Like this: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/trust-2/

        1. nothri

          Really he hasn’t done anything in awhile worthy of our wrath (unless you count this thing with Sal, but whatever). But like I said, addicting.

        2. Deanatay

          Give Danny time. There’s no surer way to Dan things up than to give Danny lots of relationships with lots of different women. More women, more problems. More Dan-ing. It’s a sure-fire solution.

        3. gwalla

          I thought it was more money, more problems.

        4. Historyman68

          No, Joyce is the hag (burn, couldn’t resist)

        5. Kinoko

          Because the ability to hang out with multiple “hot girls” is winning forever, is exactly what he wants, and could in no way backfire? =_=;

          He seems pretty happy being monogamously faithful to Amber/Amazigirl (complications aside), so I’m sure he would consider romantic attention from others to be problematic.

  11. Leorale

    Actually now I kinda want a picture of steak on my door, too.
    I wonder what Jacob will think of this development.

    1. Yotomoe

      “Ah yeah! Like “Beefing Up”! YEAH LET’S GET RIPPED! (and then they work out for 5 hours.)

      1. Leorale

        HOO-AH!

      2. Opus the Poet

        You do know that a euphemism for a gym is “gay church”?

      3. Ancestral Hamster

        To the Village People’s “Macho Man” and “YMCA”.

  12. Kennerly

    Beefcake is kind of like steak.

  13. Ragnal

    You might as well put a sign up in flaming letters, “NOT GAY”.

    Because that totally doesn’t hide anything by having a basketball and steak, nosireebob.

    1. Leorale

      Ethan is the master of the glass closet.

    2. Yotomoe

      Flaming…

  14. caesaria82

    LMAO. I love this one, it’s cracking me up.

  15. Plasma Mongoose

    If you went for your original idea Joyce, people wouldn’t assume he was gay, they would assume he was a brony.

    1. nothri

      Okay, Joyce, take a moment to remember who his roommate is, then ask yourself if you want to put the idea in Ethan’s head every time he goes back to his dorm room of handling big black balls. You should probably rethink this one.

      1. nothri

        …..Mongoose, I have no idea why this comment ended up responding to yours. Not my intention. Maybe a kindly Willis could correct that?

        1. Deanatay

          It depends which comment box you use. If you click the Reply link, a comment box comes up that looks EXACTLY like the one at the bottom of the page. It PM’s was the last comment on the page at the time, it’s easy to confuse them.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        The comment program screws up sometimes.

    2. Kol

      Unlike nothri, this IS at Mongoose! And it is to say that oh my goodness, your avi is adorable. Who is that?

      Anyway, I think those decorations would be awesome on ethan’s door :3 Dang it Joyce! Stop holding him back! It’s not like that’s basically the reason you think you’re a good match for him or anything…

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Today’s gravatar is Saya from a horror/romance visual novel Sayo No Uta, in the story, she looks like a cute girl if you have ‘meat-vision’ but if you have normal vision she looks like an icky slime beast.

    3. Lel

      Mongoose – why not both?

  16. newllend

    Ethan: I also love boobs,and race cars ! I also hate Neil Patrick Harris !

    Joyce: But he’s so dreamy.

    Ethan: I know I just want to nuzzle his face- I mean NO he sucks!…( so dreamy )

  17. Plasma Mongoose

    What he really wants is a large whiteboard, that way he can have random strangers draw great big willys on his door and still come off as straight.

    1. Nevermaker

      GENIUS.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It’s a cunning plan, one that could not possibly fail. 😀

        1. Clif

          My mind is inserting sarcasm into your voice, but yet I must admit I’m unable to see the flaw in the plan. As such.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          It shouldn’t fail but if Willis gets involved, he will somehow write it so it will end up outing him somehow.

  18. Romanticide

    And now I really want some Arrachera… https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrachera#mediaviewer/Archivo:01_Carne_Arrachera_Mexico.jpg

    1. Clif

      Oh, thank heavens. At first I read that as “And now I really want some Arachnia. And with a name like Romanticide …

      so, is skirt steak intended as a gay reference?

      1. Romanticide

        nah I don’t have a tendency to mess with other people’s arachnophobia XD

        hmm good question, but to be honest I just heard steak and started to go hungry… but it could work I guess.

  19. Tom Speelman

    It wasn’t just me that heard a record scratch with Panel 4, right?

    1. Jen Aside

      I wonder what kids these days will have instead of the record scratch. Or do they grow up having heard it once and somehow knowing what it is *symbolically* without actually knowing what a record is, like how what is that square symbol they use to illustrate “Save File”?

      1. Leorale

        The record scratch is in modern animation; kids will totally know what this sound means without knowing what a record is. (Kinda like the penny-whistle slide for falling from a great height.)

      2. Kerry

        I’ve never actually seen/heard a real record, but I know what “record scratch” means
        and I understand that the save symbol is a floppy disk (though I have actually seen those irl)
        I mean, I was born in ’95, so maybe I’m not the demographic you’re referring to, but…

        1. Tom Speelman

          I was born in ’92 and I know both floppy disks and vinyl records. Then again, my roommate’s a vinyl junkie, so…

        2. Toad

          ’94 here, and yeah, I’ve seen and used floppies, and have handled vinyl records and listened to them on very rare occasions, but never heard the classic record scratch noise. I still know what it represents though. English (as with most other languages) is full of anachronistic idioms that we understand the figurative meanings of even if the literal meaning has long-since passed out of memory.

        3. Jen Aside

          I mean < Millennials! Need to ask some friends what their sprouts think [in a few years when they understand what I'm asking]

        4. Animal

          <— Was born in 1961 and is feeling distinctly elderly in this crowd.

        5. Clif

          Don’t be silly. It’s a well known scientific fact that no-one human was born after 1991.

        6. mistrali

          Mm, I think they mean kids born post-2000. I was born in 92 and have seen and used floppy discs. I’ve never seen or heard a real vinyl record, but they’re around and I’ve seen pictures of them. I’ve also heard songs off records (on Youtube, granted), with the crackling noises preserved.

      3. Chris

        We had a CFL bulb that died an epic death with over 5 seconds of ssszzZZZss..puh! That was the sound I heard in my head, and it kind of fits the light bulb-as-idea metaphor, too.

      4. gwalla

        They might interpret it as a variation on the “screeching brakes” sound.

  20. HamishD6800

    I like trains.

    1. ninja_jesus

      I like turtles.

      1. Clif

        I like fractile quartonions

        1. Clif

          Fractal Quartonions (/virtual edit)

        2. gwalla

          I like pie.

  21. FuryOfFirestorm

    Yes, Joyce. Big balls and juicy meat will be perfect!

  22. J-Debs

    She’s going to unintentionally arrange it like a dick and balls somehow.

  23. Jason

    These two are so great together. (I mean, funny. Also cute.)

  24. Bilfred

    wrestling is the most homoerotic sport there is, closely followed by water polo(also known as “wrestling, but in the water”)

    1. TFC

      That reminds me, there’s some site that does pornographic wrestling-don’t remember the name.

      1. TFC

        I swear, i love this avatar. Kinda looks like girl-me (from some years ago).

      2. Leorale

        I suspect there are lots of sites like that!

        1. TFC

          Ah! Naked Kombat!

        2. Catullus

          Mortal Kumbat.

    2. gwalla

      It’s really more like “kicking people in the shins, in the water”.

  25. Mass Confusion

    In panel 4, you can almost hear the sound of Joyce’s brain breaking…..

  26. Miles

    Straight People can like Pegasuses and Unicorns.
    The Song Unicorn Wizard is Proof of that

    1. ninja_jesus

      I heard that guy’s horn was his strength.

  27. Idon'tcarenomore

    A black basketball and a steak. Okay then.

    Basketball is what guys do apparently, in Joyce’s mind. And black is about as far from pink as you can get. Ok.

    But, steak? hummm, that one has gotta be a Joyceism. Maybe as in real men don’t eat Quiche, they eat steak?

    1. Leorale

      I eat steaks and drive monster trucks made of steaks. Rrr!

    2. Bill

      Real men eat steak.
      Wrapped in BACON!!!

      1. TFC

        My quiche has a crapton of bacon.

  28. Vree

    How typical of the matriarchy to force males into stereotypes >:(
    (/joke)

    But honestly, I was looking for Father’s Day ideas the other day and this is what the US web suggested to me:

    – the Carnivore’s Cookbook
    Apparently, red meat is only bad for women.
    – motorbike shop gift card
    – lace-up loafers
    I guess this one’s actually practical (for older parents especially) but the implication that this is for men makes me maybe a bit uncomfortable
    – ESPN subscription
    “Whether passionately defending their hometown teams or just filling in a lull at the dinner table, dads take their sports seriously. Help him keep up with upcoming games, athlete bios and exclusive stories relating to his favorite teams — along with damning ammunition to throw in the face of rival fans.”, it says.
    – hammock
    “A cold beer on a hot sunny afternoon, while lounging in a comfy hammock, is about as close to Dad-paradise as you can get.”

    I mean I get it, some guys probably DO fill the bill, but is this all that we can be like?

    (I got him some cell phone accessories in the end – the universal 21st century gift.)

    1. Vree

      And yes I realize I’m fueling the Willis brand social justice machine here. Good job.

    2. Sam

      Red meat is only bad for people if it has been processed to hell and back, because that removes pretty much everything good for you from it. There is nothing wrong with fresh red meat though.

    3. Israfel

      Hammocks are great regardless of gender! Social justice for hammocks! No more stereotyping their peaceful swinging ways!

      1. JO512

        Is hammocking usually considered a “masculine” thing, because it’s a pretty common activity at the college I go to and it’s practiced across genders.

        1. Jen Aside

          the American stereotype Father’s Day is Dad lazing in the hammock or something

      2. cmd1095

        I was not aware hammocks were masculine or feminine…?

  29. maarvarq

    Two black basketballs and a Genoa salami?

  30. TJ Baltimore

    Ethan would *love* Jacob’s black basketba–DAMMIT NOTHRI, YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!

    1. nothri

      In some tongues I am called the Thief of Lightning, for many a time have I stolen another’s thunder.

      😀

      Sorry about that. You could go with the Pegasus being discussed in panel three and say that Jacob is hung like a horse. That’d be funny and original…ummm….sorry again.

  31. Scott

    REALLY? No one has posted anything about “Chocolate Salty Balls” yet?

    1. Deanatay

      That apparently just happened. 🙂

  32. Animal

    What makes a man, is it the power in his hands?
    Is it his quest for glory?
    Givin all you got
    To fight to the to the top?
    So we can know you’re story?

    Now you’re a man! (Man!)
    A man, man, man!
    Now you’re a man! (Man!)
    A maney maney man!
    A man, man, man! (Man!)
    You are now a man
    You’re a maaaannn
    Now you’re a MAN!

    Live it! Live it!

    So, what makes a man, is it the woman in his arms?
    Just ’cause she’s got big titties?
    Or is it the way, that he fights everyday?
    No it’s probably the titties

    A maney maney man!
    A man, man, man! (Man!)
    You are now a man
    You’re a maaaannn
    Now you’re a MAN!

  33. Bagge

    MY BOYFRIEND IS NOT A BRONY!

    1. Clif

      What a coincidence. Neither is Ethan.

      1. Bagge

        +1

  34. dasbookpimp

    Why’s the basketball gotta be black yo? That’s racist

  35. Alexx

    Get ’em Joyce, GET ‘EM! Get that gay outta him! Just sit ’em down and toss basketballs at him, too. I don’t think anyone can be gay with balls getting thrown in their face.

    1. Drakey

      Well, I do usually find the three-pound objects flying at my breakable, cartilage-filled nose distracts me from thinking about naked men. Really, though, I find the sexualization of more-or-less perfectly spherical objects just because they’re called “balls” bizarre at best and offensive at worst. Just because I’m gay doesn’t mean that I think every round thing ever is just an excuse to think about testicles.

      and they don’t look like testicles. Testicles aren’t even really spherical, and even if they naturally were and everyone accepted that as the healthy, normal way for them to be, they’re wrapped up in a shape-concealing container.

      So yeah, actually, is is pretty difficult to “be gay”, in the sense in which you are verbing the word, with balls being thrown at your face, because you’re spending most of your time flinching and not being reminded of any part of a healthy male anatomy.

      *gets down off of soapbox, picks it up, and walks away with it*

      1. Alexx

        Joke failed, gottcha.

        *takes notes*

  36. The Candyman

    Joyce should just send Ethan to Walky, if she wants her boyfriend to be truly manly.

  37. Jerden

    You go Joyce! Assert his masculinity!

  38. ShadowDJ

    way to stereotype, Joyce. just because he thought something was pretty doesn’t automatically mean that he doesn’t like manly things. Sure he’s gay, but people can like both ‘Masculine’ and ‘feminine’ things, be it either gender.

    I don’t get why there’s stigma over that.

    1. kelticat

      It is how we are raised. I know that when I was twelve and my teacher had “coloring day” I was expected to choose the hyperglycemic cute baby animals with happy flowers(literally, they had happy faces on them) as opposed to the realistic cars and motorcycles that the boys got. Never mind that the animals were more appropriate for someone five or under, it was a “girl picture,” and I was a girl so I should like the “girl picture.” Interestingly enough 90% of the girls in my class couldn’t stand the “girl picture”.

      Interestingly enough in some European countries, needlework(knitting, crochet, embroidery, sewing) are taught to all students, regardless of gender. In fact knitting was once considered a manly profession and women weren’t taught how to knit. I recently worked with a gentleman who could both sew and cross-stitch and we got into quite the conversation. Too bad that he’s married.

    2. JO512

      Considering this “relationship” she’s in, we’re asking Joyce to evaluate her preconceived notions of femininity and masculinity? There are so many issues that have to be addressed with her between here and there.

      1. Jen Aside

        Well, that’s kinda the point of the whole comic

        [spoiler]

      2. ShadowDJ

        Sorry, but it’s getting old fast. Seriously, I’m a guy and I can say something is ‘cute’ or whatever and not feel like I lack masculinity. They say that guys who can be masculine but like feminine things are a LOT more manly than muscle guys who just lift weights and all that crap.

  39. pendrake

    I should have put more steaks on my dorm room door back during my university days. ;(

    1. Drakey

      I’m picturing you nailing entire raw steaks to your door. I am enjoying this image. It’s funny.

      1. mistrali

        Yep, this is what I picture Joyce doing. Whole raw steaks! MANLEH. But hilarious and, um, unhygenic.

  40. Sir Robin

    Guys can like Ponies!!!

    1. Sharon

      Cause Ponies are awesome! Of course, so are Giant Space Robots.

  41. Arkadi

    I bet you do, Ethan. I bet you do.

  42. Deanatay

    So, the question in my mind is, did Joyce’s abrupt turnaround in Panel 4 stem from:

    a) Avoidance of her boyfriend’s sexuality,
    OR
    b) Insecurity over Ethan thinking something other than her is pretty?

    ‘Cuz I’ve seen both reactions before.

    1. mistrali

      Insecurity, which is why she countered with, “YOU’LL BE GETTING MANLY THINGS.” I doubt Joyce would be jealous of paper and sticky tape.

      1. mistrali

        Also, she’s repressed and thinks gay people are just straight people who haven’t seen the light, but y’know. I really want to know what happened to Jocelyne now, too. She’s accepted that she’s trans* on some level, and even that seems like more than Joyce has done. Hell, that’s more than Ethan’s done re: coming out. How did Jocelyne get past her upbringing wrt accepting she was trans*?

  43. Ashley

    Oh Joyce, your prejudice is adorable.
    Until it isn’t.

  44. Sharon

    And you can just see Ethan’s heart break in panel five. He really, REALLY wanted Fluttershy on his door.

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