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The bubble
Posted on January 20, 2025 by David M Willis

281 thoughts on “The bubble”

  1. Nymph

    “Tasks” including thinking very seriously about poking Jocelyne’s bubble?

    1. Clif

      Our tasks or Dorothy’s?

      1. Taffy

        Linda’s, surprisingly.

        1. Clif

          That *would* be surprising.

  2. Charles Phipps

    The bisexuality is coming from inside the house!

    1. Rose by Any other Name

      — Jocelyne, mentally, during panel 2

      1. a/snow/mous/e

        Joyce is a friend of Dorothy, so to speak

    2. Lokitsu

      “It’s inside the closet with you!”

    3. Furie

      Coming to a theatre near you this summer: The Gay Agenda!

      *final girl version of Charlie Kirk with pigtails, blows a gum bubble, picks up a gun*

      1. Akane

        Ugh. Imagining Kirk’s ugly mug with pigtails makes me want to puke.?

  3. shadowcell

    the queerness was all the way in

    1. Rose by Any other Name

      Shove that queerness in!
      Harder! I can take it.

      1. Jennible

        I’m saving that one to tell my girlfriend next time were in bed.

  4. Tan

    (Jocelyne is still talking about butts)

    1. Clif

      We heard her.

      1. Clif

        Wait! Who in the heck is this avatar?

        1. Gigafreak

          Is that Marcy?

        2. Clif

          Maybe?

        3. NGPZ

          that she is, yippee!! ^^

        4. Thag Simmons

          Marcie. She hasn’t had a prominent role in the comic for a while.

        5. Michael Steamweed

          That’s a roller-derby-ing Marcie.

        6. Clif

          Thanks to all. I wouldn’t have recognized her.

          As is obvious.

        7. Michael Steamweed

          Huh. You was a Marcie. Now you is a, um, is that Leslie?

        8. thejeff

          Daisy, I think.

          A second shuffle today?

        9. Clif

          No, just continuing a search for Sal.

  5. NGPZ

    Poking on on on… ?

    Poking on on on… ?

    1. Amy

      Thanks, didn’t even need to click the link to have that in my head now.

  6. Thag Simmons

    I feel like “the Bubble” is a pretty middling euphemism, honestly.

    1. nobodybasically

      I don’t think they’re still using it as a butt euphemism the way Jocelyne and Dorothy did last strip. I think the punchline is that Joyce made it sound like the queerness was inside HER (Joyce) all along, and Jocelyne is just clarifying she means inside the metaphorical bubble, rather than implying she’s queer herself.

      1. Clif

        Maybe, but I think you are underestimating Jocelyne’s commitment to the bit.

        1. Mark

          She’s saying that and teasing the other, I think.

        2. Michael Steamweed

          Jocelyne is reinforcing the point _now_ so that, later, when Joyce inevitably has expanded vocabulary and then remembers this scene…the Joyce Face [TM] will exist once more. Though Jocelyne may not be present for it, nonetheless, it will live!

    2. Jon

      Yeah, I haven’t really been tracking the bubble jokes yesterday or today, even with all the helpful explanations.

  7. Charles Phipps

    Dorothy will have to someday explain to Joyce she has no need or desire to evangelize atheism.

    Joyce: WHAT?

    Because the need to evangelize is another remnant of fundamentalist brain.

    1. NGPZ

      Yeeeeeeep.

      we see once more that “Christian Atheist” is *not* an oxymoron XD

      1. brionl

        Even the lapsed Atheists?

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfxxZoW13bM

        1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

          “There’s nothing an agnostic can’t do as long as he isn’t sure whether he believes in anything or not.”

        2. Clif

          Reality is highly dubious.

        3. NGPZ

          “I am uncertain if god exists, but the god who’s existence I’m unsure of is Not Yahweh.”

        4. spriteless aunty

          I’ve never heard a funny agnostic joke but as soon as I do I’ll change my mind.

        5. Clif

          Well done.

      2. Michael Steamweed

        Most ingrained social behaviors will stay as habits, if we don’t think about them critically.

  8. Grimey

    Joe’s thoughts in Panels 3 & 5: Man this polycule is gonna get unhinged real quick.

    1. justin8448

      Joe’s a smart guy, and by now he’s personally observed multiple situations that could lead someone to suspect that Joyce has romantic feelings for Dorothy.

      But we still don’t have any confirmation of what he suspects, or what his opinion is on what he suspects, other than when he told Joyce “I just want you to be happy.”

      I’m very eager for the day when we finally find these things out.

      1. justin8448

        Ooh, I have happy Lucy now! I’ll take it.

        1. Clif

          Congratulations on finding your final form.

        2. CrimsonStorm

          Gravatar check

        3. CrimsonStorm

          Yeeeessssss

        4. Michael Steamweed

          You have won the day!

  9. Schpoonman

    Is it bad form to find JoycexDorothy baiting extra funny because I know it’s yanking sea lions’ chains?

    1. apricot

      I usually only scroll the comments once, so I haven’t seen anything except people enjoying the bisexual awakenings. I did not realize there might be anyone upset about it, but I guess that was my first mistake

      1. Mark

        For every ship there is an equal but opposite unship.

    2. Thag Simmons

      Is it? It seems largely popular and I haven’t seen any reactions to it that could be considered Sea Lioning, unless those animals have acquired another undeserved derogatory meaning.

      1. Schpoonman

        My curse is that I cannot forget shit, so the sea lion on Patreon who blasted every single comment on every single JoJo comic with “ShE jUsT wAnTs HiS bOdY” comes to mind every time Joyce and Dorothy are teased. I used to just find the material funny but now there’s a darker satisfaction to it.

        1. Taffy

          Some folks have endless energy to focus on a single topic, it seems. I envy them, in a way.

        2. Michael Steamweed

          Let not the troll children distract you from enjoying your comic, life, and shipping.

          Their lack of maturity (and possibly humanity, what with LLMs these days) need not cause your lack of enjoyment. 🙂

        3. Taffy

          All trolls are Russian bots, I thought we all agreed on this a decade ago. We need to lose this naive mindset that hostile or obnoxious behavior online is anything but foreign agents sowing chaos in our webcomic comment sections. They’re keeping us all distracted so we don’t notice them buying up all the good toys and electronics.

        4. Michael Steamweed

          Eh, the Chinese, Iranian, and American troll farms would disagree with ya.

          But, we didn’t all agree on it a decade ago. The intarwebz get re-invented anew every dang day. (all hail the upcomin’ singu-hi-larity)

  10. Doopyboop

    I was raised in a small town in the south and even here, even in my friend group, there was lots of queerness. Of course, there’s also lots of queerness in my family too, as well as TONS of comphet. The craziest part of my Christmas visit with my grandma last year was listening as she told me a story about how she developed a crush on another young mom in her neighborhood, how she found her to be so beautiful and adored spending time with her, and even became resentful and jealous of that woman’s husband, but then also capped the story off by telling me she “resisted the temptation”. It’s okay Grandma, I’ve known for a long time that you’re a very closeted lesbian.

  11. Jo_cubstar

    Imagine a Joyce, joe, dotty polycule with Joyce as the hinge

    1. John Campbell

      I don’t think we really need to imagine it.

    2. Rose by Any other Name

      “I’ll be in my bunk.”
      — Jayne

      (It was that or “That’s my secret, Jo_cubstar. I never stop imagining that.”)

    3. Yumi

      I’m imagining a Joe~Joyce~Dorothy~Walky~Amber setup, so that you can fold it into the shape of a W.

      1. Rose by Any other Name

        **eyes wide**
        Yumi has discovered the Endgame. Hinge W polycule. It’s all an elaborate set-up to reference the Walkyverse via romantic partnerships.

      2. Schpoonman

        But that’s not an ouroboros.

        1. Reltzik

          We can fix that with more connections!

          …. um, I’m not seeing more connections.

          Booster might be a viable link to Amber, but that’s iffy.

          BUT if we equate Amber with Amazi-Girl, we can link to Danny, and from Danny to Sal, Sal to Jason, Jason to Ruth, Ruth to Jennifer, Jennifer to Asher, Asher to Ethan…

          … no, the Sal/Jason, Ruth/Jennifer, and Jennifer/Asher links are dead, that wouldn’t work.

        2. Michael Steamweed

          Thoughtful Ruth gravatar is thoughtful about this. 🙂

        3. Yumi

          The ouroboros is made of past relationships, and the W relationship is set in the middle of it in a contrasting color.

        4. Clif

          My assumption was Roz-Joe-Joyce-Dorothy-Walky-Amber/Amazigirl-Danny-Sal-Jason-Ruth-Jenifer-Asher-Ethan-Mike-Your Mom.

        5. CrimsonStorm

          And, weirdly, your mom links back to Roz!

        6. Michael Steamweed

          She voted Roz, unfortunately.

        7. Clif

          That’s what makes it an ouroboros.

      3. Michael Steamweed

        In my shipperific imagination, Willis has been working on that chef’s-kiss-piece-de-resistance Slipshine / Patreon for a few years now. And will release it sometime around 2030.

      4. Carla's #2 Fan

        This is perfect, the W polycule

      5. Jo_cubstar

        Haha yes, that’s perfect lol

    4. Thag Simmons

      I do not think Dorothy would be particularly happy with this arrangement.

      1. Rose by Any other Name

        … why specifically Dorothy?
        If anyone, the titular Walky is the weakest link.

        1. Thag Simmons

          I wasn’t responding to the version that included Walky.

        2. Rose by Any other Name

          … oh wait, shit, you weren’t replying to me, were you Thag? You were replying to someone way farther up thread.

        3. Clif

          Thag is universal and speaks to all of us.

        4. Thag Simmons

          Man I can’t handle that sort of responsibility.

      2. Michael Steamweed

        Joyce/Joe/Dorothy … a more likely trio-ing than Joyce/Walky/Dorothy, methinks.

    5. Grimey

      I continue to believe with all my heart and soul that THAT will be where Wally’s villain arc kicks off.

      1. Charles Phipps

        Walky will just stumble out of the dorm and into another relationship with a short girl with glasses.

        He’ll then be annoyed as he is entirely okay with platonic friendship.

    6. Michael Steamweed

      Hey, we’re working on it. Give it some time to develop. These things can’t be hurried. 🙂

      1. Clif

        Not without a time-skip anyway.

  12. Wendy

    The real queerness was the bubbles inside us along the way

    1. Wendy

      That made more sense in my head

      1. Yumi

        All my inner bubbles are pretty queer.

    2. Dara

      like the bubbles in 2-litres of sprite

      that’s what did it

      the sprite bubbles

      1. spriteless aunty

        sprite fairies make everything better. Especially cranberry juice.

  13. Dara

    goddammit joyce

    Honestly I think Joe will take it pretty well but… well… I would like Becky to surprise me.

    slowest burn is hilarious tho

    1. Needfuldoer

      She’d have doe-eyed pouting on the outside, and bawling on the inside.

      1. Morleuca

        and considering family history, not a good situation

  14. mindbleach

    One dialog, three and a half conversations.

    1. mindbleach

      Aw, I got de-Roz’d.

      … retroactively? That is a bizarre system for avatars.

      1. Thag Simmons

        When new avatars get added to the random pool everything gets shuffled around.

        1. Clif

          And yet there can be only one Thag.

        2. Needfuldoer

          Not everybody gets to have the spiky thing on the end of a dinosaur’s tail named after them.

        3. Michael Steamweed

          True immortality!

  15. StClair

    New comic, another attempt.

    1. StClair

      that’s twice I’ve gotten that one (with different capitalization), I think it’s a sign.

      1. Miri

        It’s a nice one though! (No idea who I now get!)

        1. Clif

          There are worse.

  16. DailyBrad

    Gravatars have changed again, I think, interesting!

    Joyce is a very interesting person.

    1. Reltzik

      Wait, they did?

      DAMN YOU WILLIS!

      1. Needfuldoer

        Yeah, a bunch of the existing ones changed and Jocelyne was added to the mix.

      2. Mark

        Puzzled Ruth staring at your comment is a perfect fit, though.

    2. Lamppost

      Oh wow I hope I get someone good this time

      1. Lamppost

        Oh hell yeah

  17. Davus

    Joyce makes an important point, it’s not that there aren’t queer people where she grew up. The bubble wasn’t to keep out queer people. Instead it was forbidden to actually do queer things inside the bubble. (They would and you could say that ther are trying to do this outside the bubble too)

  18. Cmasta1992

    Joe is doomed and he doesn’t even know it

    1. Charles Phipps

      Joe will end up with Amber in this universe while Amazi-Girl ends up with Danny.

      1. Miri

        Sal may object quite strongly to this…

      2. Michael Steamweed

        What are you talking about, “ends up”? Sal already has Danny.

        1. Clif

          <3

    2. justin8448

      I wouldn’t bet that Joe is doomed. Fact the he seems to understand what’s going on and is cool with it (“I just want you to be happy”) gives him a higher likelihood of making it through what’s coming.

    3. RacingTurtle

      I know what you mean. If one Roomies! main character is due to realize their bisexuality in the Dumbingverse each decade of real time, Joe is due a revelation sometime in the 2030s.

  19. Vanessa Pinter

    So funny, Joyce is adorable and so are the rest of them.

    1. Vanessa Pinter

      Ah, very appropriate, the mom character.

      1. Yumi

        That’s Agatha, not Leslie (mom character). Unless Agatha has some mom-ing of her own that I’m forgetting.

  20. Coatl

    Okay, there’s a massive Gravatars change happening.

    1. Coatl

      Oh, now I have Roz’s gravatar

      1. Clif

        Roz is happy for you to use her gravatar as long as you use protection.

    2. Mark

      [pedantic] If it’s an actual Gravatar, it’s registered to your email and won’t change.

      1. Clif

        What kind of coke do you drink?

  21. Pocky

    Now I want a bubble bath

    1. Reltzik

      …. wait, literal bubble bath or one of the euphemisms?

      1. Miri

        … Does the euphemism Joyce is going for work for bathing? Can you bath in a bubble of your community? Is that why they sometimes call swimming costumes bathing suits?

        1. Taffy

          That might just be a regional thing.

        2. Reltzik

          Bubbles like that can use a good cleansing.

        3. Nymph

          Who the fresh fuck uses “swimming costumes”? Serious question.

        4. cachew sequel

          The brits if I had to guess. I could also look it up but I bet I’m right

        5. Michael Steamweed

          Voila!

          https://www.speedo.com/women/swimming-costumes.list

        6. Taffy

          First off, Speedo’s a brand???

          Second off, I enjoy how the header says “Womens Swimming Costumes” (no apostrophe), and then the first result is a “Women’s Racer Zip Swimsuit Swimsuit Dark Teal”.

        7. Michael Steamweed

          Bandaid, Chapstick, Crock Pot, Escalator, Kleenex, Speedo.

          All brands. 😀

        8. Clif

          Even Coke is a brand.

        9. Taffy

          I didn’t know about Crock Pot or Escalator, either. They may have name recognition, but if you’d put a Crock Pot-brand crock pot or Escalator-brand escalator in front of me with the labels showing before just now, I’d have assumed they were fake generic labels on normal objects. Like Water™-brand bottled water or Bathtub™-brand bathtubs.

  22. AGV/Ruby

    The metaphors are so clear that Joe doesn’t even giggle at them

    1. Michael Steamweed

      He is FAR more amused at how Future Joyce is going to react (with trademarked Joyce Face) when she is newly educated and then remembers this conversation.

  23. JessWitt

    Funny that college can both pop a bubble while also being a bubble in of itself.

    1. JessWitt

      Oh wow, went from Malaya to new fan favorite. I’m down with this.

  24. Scolopendra

    Wait, new avatars? Am I finally not Becky anymore?

    1. Scolopendra

      THAT’S WORSE ?

      1. Miri

        Time to play with the capitalisation of your email address?

        1. Needfuldoer

          Indeed.

          Change it for every comment you’d normally make, please don’t just make a giant pile of replies to yourself playing Gravatar roulette.

        2. Nymph

          Or do, we’re not the boss of you.

        3. Reltzik

          But we can request not clogging up the comments section with a hundred grav roulette posts.

          … we’re supposed to be doing that with shipping, double entendres, and pun wars, not grav roulette.

        4. Nymph

          Sure, never said you couldn’t.

  25. RacingTurtle

    I think I’ve hit semantic satiation on “bubble”. BUBBLE bubble BUBBLE bubble

    1. Regret

      “semantic satiation”
      Thanks for my new favourite phrase.

      1. Clif

        Salacious Semantic Satiation would be a terrible band name.

    2. Reltzik

      Semantic satiation is fine. The danger is semantic surfeit.

  26. Florence

    “Well, I’m glad I’ve accepted the queerness of my best friend and sister, so happy I’ll never have any other kinds of queer awakenings to confront that will change my world”

    1. Clif

      Mmm.

      1. Michael Steamweed

        Appropriate gravatar is totally appropriate.

        …

        (for future ref, that’s booster at this time.)

    2. Taffy

      Certainly there couldn’t be any more, yeah?

  27. Mada

    Embrace the bisexuality, Joyce (we have the best flag 😛 )

    1. Miri

      *Googles*

      Huh, that does happen to come in some of my favourite colours and shades!

      1. SailorCakes

        Second that!!! It got all my favs ?

    2. Nymph

      Respectfully, no. It lacks the best color (yellow).

      1. SailorCakes

        Which makes me happy as a bisexual because yellow is one of my least liked colors.

        1. Taffy

          But your icon is a Sailor Moon…

        2. SailorCakes

          Yes but that doesn’t mean I like yellow. SM hair is blond which I consider to be more gold then yellow. Plus beside her hair Usagi is more a pink/pastel girlie. Yellow lovers are more in Sailor Venus sphere. Like if your favorite color is blue then Sailor Mercury is you girl ect ect…….

        3. Clif

          Gold is just shiny yellow.

        4. SailorCakes

          Which is better then plain yellow.

        5. Nymph

          Not liking yellow is a character flaw, but that’s okay. Character flaws make us interesting.

        6. SailorCakes

          I consider liking yellow/orange a character flaw. Like they are just too loud in my option. But what is truly wonderful is the bi-pride flag are all my favorite colors so it makes me feel so happy. Like it really connects with me and I feel like being bi was meant to be for me ?

        7. Nymph

          It’s okay for you to be wrong. I’ll allow it.

        8. SailorCakes

          It’s more okay that the world matches up with my favorite things

      2. NGPZ

        I love yellow, on account it’s the color of some of my favorite things.

        egg yolk, sunshine, lightning, lemonade, pikachu, mustard… ?

    3. Michael Steamweed

      That comment coming from L.T. is perfection.

  28. Farmer_10

    Are we dealing with this finally?

    1. Taffy

      Dealing with what, Joyce’s insatiable lust for Becky?

      1. Clif

        Of course not. She’ll only realize that after Becky’s dead.

  29. BBCC

    She’s pretty obvious, Joss!

    1. BBCC

      Oh motherFUCKER. At least Dorothy is cool for tonight.

  30. AGV/Ruby

    Also, all this talk about having bubbles inside you is starting to make me feel like there’s an epidemic of the bends. Which might be appropriate since many of us aren’t straight.

    1. Chris Phoenix

      Nicely done

    2. Michael Steamweed

      When you go queer diving, don’t come (heh) up too fast. Otherwise, yeah, you’ll get the queer bends.

  31. Chris Phoenix

    “My bubble is just lousy with queerness” – title of DoA book whatever

    I know, it has to be in-comic, but this would be a good one, wouldn’t it?

  32. NGPZ

    happy birthday to our homie MLK!

    as we see Joyce lookin’ to sate her mate!

    always pokin’ and breakin’ bubbles of hate!

    just like our brotha from long ago!

    preachin’ love to break the status quo!

    cuz the systemz broke and just has to go!

    no matter who held power in the white regime,

    no matter how dire things would seem,

    brotha kept on releasin’ serious steam!

    underminin’ the giant bigoted scheme!

    anti-establishment and pacifist to the EXTREME!

    he never gave up cuz HE HAD A DREAM!

    homie’s long since passed, but he ain’t gone

    as we fight for our causes, his memory will carry on

  33. Suet

    Metaphors unclear, “The Girl in The Bubble” is in the works.

    It’s no “Dirty Bubble”, but Joyce, Becky and Jocelyne are “Bubble Buddies”

  34. thumb

    Jocelyne be like, “she’ll figure it out sooner or later.”

    1. Akane

      I hope she figures it out sooner rather than later.

  35. Taffy

    So, when is this comic gonna start adding biopunk elements?

    1. Jeremiah

      Your mom has bio punk elements!

      1. Taffy

        Titanium legs count, probably.

        1. Clif

          Amazigirl was involved in a lab accident.

    2. Nymph

      It already has, but you have to pay close attention. Joe’s left eye is cybernetic.

      1. Mark

        cues up Coulton’s “The Future Soon”.

    3. Michael Steamweed

      I’m waiting on Carla to get into that.
      (or maybe Dr. Brock)

  36. Opus the Poet

    I’m wondering how auto-biographical that alt-text is.

  37. IntangibleMatter

    Narration: This was, in fact, entirely why Dorothy was leaving. She was truly and utterly devastated by the revelation that Joyce didn’t become an atheist for her. She’d have to cry about that in her room later.

    1. Michael Steamweed

      While working up a powerpoint presentation slide deck for all the reasons why Joyce did, in fact, become an atheist because of her.

      1. Clif

        Maybe she could get Faz to help her.

  38. Jeremiah

    For anyone still “Confused” about it, like Joyce, it is butts, Jocelyn is talking about butts.

  39. Arianod

    The queer is coming from inside the house!

    1. Taffy

      He’s walking to work, leave him alone.

      1. crepuscularkid

        The queer is taking public transit

        1. Clif

          How odd.

  40. APersonAmI

    I love Joe’s smile in panels one and two. It tells of a gentle happiness that his love also loves another. Not everyone is mature enough to see that with gentle joy.

  41. Thing2

    So. Did the USA have ‘bubble’s during covid? Lockdowns where you were to remain within your bubble and not risk contaminating (or being contaminated by) anyone else’s? There’s some pretty dreadful metaphors in there, but if you guys didn’t have that, I guess it wouldn’t make sense.

    1. Taffy

      We called it “social distancing”, because our country has to make everything sound as boring as possible.

      1. Jeremiah

        We here in Argentina also call it that if it make you feel better.

      2. Mark

        The term was emulsified by public health officials. We’d have called it something catchier if they’d asked us.

    2. rjmmbc

      The US also had “bubbles” for who was considered safe to interact with. The problem was that not everyone really understood how those were supposed to work so people’s bubbles tended to overlap with other bubbles. Like… a friend in someone’s bubble also had their own separate bubble which meant a LT of cross contamination.

    3. Mark

      Yes. Except that politicians quickly convinced half the population that carelessness and selfishness are patriotic, and they refused to comply.

      1. Mark

        My own rambunctiousness took a different turn: I privately insisted that the recommended distance was 2 meters, not 6 feet.

      2. Michael Steamweed

        Carelessness, distrust of science, and selfishness.

      3. Thing2

        Well, I guess I wasn’t very clear, some understood, but a bubble was not social distancing. You were not allowed to be anywhere near anyone not in your bubble (and, yes, bubbles had to be exclusive, no overlap). Usually your household, but could include solo folks for safety and avoiding loneliness. We were told “Where you stay tonight, you must stay for the next 4 weeks.”

  42. Adept

    Let it go Jocelyne.

  43. Jeremiah

    Btw I tried doing the Gravatar roulette thing but it just doesn’t seem tow Ron for me? That or I didn’t understand what you actually have to do for it.

    1. Nymph

      where you put your email in, you change capitalization and it’ll roll up a new gravatar for you.

      Jeremiah@salgrav.com
      jEremiah@salgrav.com
      jerEMiah@salgrav.com

      Etc. Go nuts with it.

      1. Jeremiah

        Let’s see

        1. Jeremiah

          Hey it worked, I got malaya! Honestly I might keep it since I seem to be one of the only ones who like them (Their assholery amuse me)

        2. Taffy

          Malaya’s also got one of the hottest Slipshine stories.

        3. Jeremiah

          Malaya is hotted that any of us and they know it.

  44. Kyulen

    As someone who thought I was straight until my 30s when I realized I’m bi, sometimes the queerness was inside all along.

  45. Rosstifer

    Joyce is SO close to figuring it out. It feels like it could click by the end of the day, so we’ll all enjoy waiting at least another 2 months in real time.

    1. Rosstifer

      Oh fuck yeah, I got Sal.

      1. spriteless aunty

        YOu go sister!

      2. Clif

        There can never be too many Sals.

  46. Disastroid

    Maybe *that* is what the appendix is for.

    1. Michael Steamweed

      ‘Twas (probably) (and might still be) for helping us digest some tough plant material by keeping specialized bacterial populations inside it.

      Eh, not very helpful with the bubble butt metaphor. 😛

      1. eh, whatever

        No, it’s a place for bacteria to survive diarrhea.

      2. Clif

        It’s also stuffed with immune tissue that helps protect against gut infection.

  47. Shakes

    This webcomic has been about bubbles since day one.

    1. Michael Steamweed

      Bubbles Disease is a real thing.

  48. Michael Steamweed

    The queerness is coming from inside the bubble! (er, house)

  49. DJTsurugi

    HAHAHAHAHAHA thank you Willis, I needed that laugh today, Joyce is never going to beat the allegations. ~<3

  50. Serendipity

    let’s keep spinnin’ and see if we can get someone closer to me…

    1. Serendipity

      that wasn’t it!

      1. Serendipity

        better but not there

        1. Serendipity

          maybe this time?

        2. Serendipity

          weird that those were the same

        3. Serendipity

          augh this feels like spam but I absolutely must have this correct

        4. Serendipity

          grumble

        5. Serendipity

          we’ll get there

        6. Serendipity

          not like that!

        7. Serendipity

          Dina’s great but not me

        8. Serendipity

          the wheel on the grav goes round and round

        9. SailorCakes

          *Gets popcorn*

        10. Taffy

          If you report your own thread enough times, it’ll be like the spam never happened.

        11. Clif

          Do multiple reports from the same person count more than once?

        12. Taffy

          I assume so, if you’re using multiple devices. Not that I’ve ever hit the Report button on enough separate devices to find out.

    2. SailorCakes

      They must of wanted Leslie cause they stopped after my reply ?

  51. Mark

    It’s good to see Dorothy looking bright and engaging with tasks again.

    1. Clif

      Maybe? Tasks is pretty non-specific. She’s leaving with what sounds like an excuse.

  52. Pat

    I heard there’s one fan who ships Joyce with Walky and made a whole comic about it where they fight aliens. There’s some real weirdos out there.

    1. Charles Phipps

      I heard they really hated Ruth and had her die in an ironic fashion given her backstory.

    2. Needfuldoer

      Joyce and Walky?!

      Maybe in some other universe.

  53. HueSatLight

    Is it grav roulette time? As long as I don’t get Jason…

    1. HueSatLight

      trying again. no blowjob cat either, though, I forgot it was in there.

    2. HueSatLight

      frustrating. at least I haven’t gotten Professor Brock.

      1. Clif

        Do it with Sal and I’ll be more impressed. 😀

        1. HueSatLight

          My luck I’d get Walky if I was trying for Sal.

  54. Morleuca

    test

    1. Morleuca

      not really feeling that

      1. Morleuca

        eeeeeeeeh

        1. Morleuca

          one more try

        2. Clif

          Only one?

  55. DashWallkick

    I’d be astonished if Joyce actually was into girls secretly after 15 years of this comic but there’s always going to be entertaining setups about it.

    1. Astariel

      It’s not really a secret to anyone but her, (and maybe Dorothy).

    2. Jo_cubstar

      Some of us come into our queerness a little late lol

      1. NGPZ

        it ain’t never too late to come into ya queerness B)

    3. Nymph

      Yeah I think less a “secret” and more a “lacking self-awareness and in denial”

  56. elfroyalty

    part of me wishes we could just have jocelyne all the time, even if that wouldn’t make a lot of sense in-universe. i adore her. i hope this storyline means that joyce will talk to her more.

    1. Charles Phipps

      Jocelyn can get a job as a TA!

  57. Clif

    Shippers gonna ship. Joyce and Dorothy have a nice chemistry. There are worse ships.

    1. Clif

      Supposed to be a reply to Astariel.

  58. JessWitt

    Ohhh, I just got what Jocelyne implied by that. Apparently I’m as slow on the uptake as Joyce is.

    1. Clif

      Not true. Joyce isn’t there yet.

      Oddly, neither are a few of the commentariats.

  59. Ldritch

    Is there, like, an unspoken agreement in the social circle to not tell Joyce that she likes girls?

    1. Da Boy

      If there it’s probably of the “She has enough changes in her life to deal with, let’s leave bisexuality for another semester.”

      1. Da Boy

        Oh, i lost Becky avatar and got the Asher one… I’m not complaining.

    2. Nymph

      I mean, not sure it’s ever a good idea to tell someone else their sexuality like you’d know better than them. We can do that about her because she’s pretend and we’re reading about her, but as her friend? Wouldn’t dream of it.

    3. Clif

      Jenifer would tell her, but Jenifer is convinced that she, herself, is straight.

  60. Jo_cubstar

    Oh, I just noticed I got a new gravatar. I miss the Joyce face.. but I kinda look like Becky (redhead with a side shave)

  61. SailorCakes

    My favorite thing about today comic has been everyone playing grav roulette ?

    1. Clif

      Glad to oblige.

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