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)
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.
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.
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.
“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!”
“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.
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.
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).
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.
“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…
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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”?
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.)
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…
’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.
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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!
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.
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*
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.
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.
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.
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.
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*?
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She’s been exposed enough to the real world to know the “gays are camp and girly” stereotype?
Well, her first reaction when he told her was “but you seem normal”.
She once denied that he could be gay because he liked Transformers instead of Barbie.
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.)
http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/okami/default/transformer-barbie–large-msg-129748114151.jpg
That’s a Gundam, not a Transformer!
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)
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?
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.
http://okami.buzznet.com/photos/default/?id=64485321
…I had to check
I find myself surprisingly cool with RX-78 Sweet Lolita Gundam.
(it’s the char custom)
I see what you did there.
You must really fucking hate that guy for getting all the good press.
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.
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.
Fun fact: Jem and the Holograms was Hasbro’s answer to Barbie.
And then Mattel did Barbie And The Rockers in response.
Ah, competition.
Sega and Nintendo levels of Pissing Contest!
And now Universal and Hasbro are making a Jem movie.
Checkmate, Mattel.
*shrug* Like there haven’t been Barbie movies.
(In fact, it’s scary how many Barbie movies there have been.)
The Jem movie is a big budget theatrical live action film, not a direct-to-video cheapy.
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
Could be a My Little Pony crossover though. And on that note http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er83h9Bbn8
I just put that video on my facebook the other day. I couldn’t stop laughing. So, so funny.
“Tag! You’re it!”
Or an Angry Birds crossover.
http://transformers.angrybirds.com/
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
But of cause, she has read Chick Tracts after all.
i think even she would think they’re exaggerated.
Are you suggesting that playing DnD doesn’t allow you access to cast magic missile in real life?
How can this be? 😛
It doesn’t? How will I attack the darkness now?
With a gazebo, obviously.
By lighting a single candle on a hill-top in the rain.
I once shot a gazebo in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.
In the wilds of Virginia one day I encountered a wandering gazebo.
She does have the internet as confirmed by her knowledge of what shipping is.
although that black basketball sounds racist
Then she has seen things. You met whit a terrible l fortune haven’t you?
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/toy/
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.
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.
Big McLargehuge
Crunch ButtSteak
Bob Johnson
Rex Clampjaw
Swift McRunfast
Damn it THICK! Thick McRunFast
Hugh G Wang
Dirk Hardpec
Merika Fukyeah
Team America! Best puppet porn evah! (Imagine porn shot with Barbie and Ken dolls)
there is rule 34 for a reason
Dude, the movie has scat porn in it already. You can’t make it any more corrupt than it already is.
G. Studdley Hungwell
We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.
Smoke Manmuscle
Stump Beefknob
Sebastian Lance. And ten Internet cookies to anyone who gets the reference. 😉
I see your Sebastian Lance and raise you one Barry Steakfries.
Also Sausage McStud-Muffin.
Roll Fizzlebeef
“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!”
And He-Man, the manliest of men there is. No sir. Nothing gay about good old HE-Man.
HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA
I say, “HEY! What’s going on?”
Moe Mr Satan grav? Scary! 😛
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
And he tries….
http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/
“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.
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.
“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
fun fact: male bats have the highest rate of homosexuality than any other mammal
What about male robins?
“I like… tube steak”
I gotta +1 that comment! 😀
Yep, that there was funny, I don’t care who you are.
As must I. Heh, tube steak.
Also, PM, I quite like your gravatar… even if I’ve forgotten what anime it’s from.
Saya(today’s grav) is from from a horror/romance visual novel Sayo No Uta, she only looks cute if you have ‘meat-vision’.
Ah, of course. It is the only PC game I actually own on a disk. I mean other than my GOG backups.
I’ll admit, Panel 4 made me actually crack up Joyce always has the best faces.
So JUST BECAUSE IT’S A BASKETBALL IT’S GOTTA BE BLACK.
I see how it is, JOYCE.
(:P)
Your avatar does not help.
Of course YOUR avatar would say that.
Fuck you Joyce
Black basketballs are even a thing?
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.
Thanks!
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=48934346
Bugger, I stuffed up the link.
Unlike black pencils, this does not automatically make them better. Mostly because orange rules.
It’s the new black.
Joyce is not thinking about a basketball. She’s thinking about the vibrator she was swinging around like a lightsaber.
A song for David Willis is in order.
I shall call it ” Comic God”
…why does the basketball have to be black, Joyce? Just curious
Cuz…Black is a …manly color?…
No…
Yeah Joyce. WTF?
I think it’s supposed to be manly. She could’ve used blue, but then we’d all be cracking jokes regarding Ethan/Jacob.
Aaaannnd…. black prevents that somehow?
She’s decided that for Ethan she will only work in black. And sometimes very very dark grey.
That was a Bat-joke.
Because as far as colors go black is about as close as you can get to something that says “not a rainbow”.
Someone get the subtext.
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).
I hope for a future where she has a cyborg arm and can chuck cars one handed.
What like jax from Mortal kombat?
Pfft, he couldn’t chuck a motorcycle with BOTH hands!
Pfff, she can do that without a cyborg arm in the Alpha timeline.
I hope for a future where she fights robots in an apocalyptic wasteland.
And then goes on a quest to rescue Dorothy
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!
same here lol
I want the future where he leaves her for a dude, we all want it to happen.
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.
I want a future where Joyce gets rocket boots and punches a shark in the face!
“…in the FAAAACE.”
Fixed that for ya.
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.
Young Joyce can too. She just has to… believe in herself.
No spiral power for her.
You gotta believe! Punch, kick, it’s all in the mind.
Lol at the whole chain of comments.
I have friend called Jocelyn (Joss for short) and I guess my wires crossed.
Nope, Joyce is Joyce. Jocelyn is her ‘brother’s name.
That would be her sister!
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/
the fuck page are you reading if you think that’s how she identifies
If you have Joyce teaching you how to be a man than you are literally the most pathetic guy on campus.
Next strip she sings “I’ll make a man out of you” from Mulan.
Yes, because Disney songs are what he needs to act more manly.
“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…
That movie is an immortal monster and so is Tim Curry, in the most awesomest of ways.
(And six long nights!)
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
This isn’t getting nearly enough love.
Have an internet, good sir or madam.
+1 no scratch that +10
You had me until you put ‘glitter’ and ‘rainbow pony’ in the same sentence. I just don’t see the correlation.
If your rainbow pony ain’t glitterin’ just a little bit then they clearly ain’t rainbow enough.
I will send you one of the OG My Little Pony toys with the goddamn faken jewels IN THEIR EYES
[also glitter hair]
…..Danny?
I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I swore I would stop doing this. It just slipped out. Its addicting.
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/
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.
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.
I thought it was more money, more problems.
No, Joyce is the hag (burn, couldn’t resist)
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.
Actually now I kinda want a picture of steak on my door, too.
I wonder what Jacob will think of this development.
“Ah yeah! Like “Beefing Up”! YEAH LET’S GET RIPPED! (and then they work out for 5 hours.)
HOO-AH!
You do know that a euphemism for a gym is “gay church”?
To the Village People’s “Macho Man” and “YMCA”.
Beefcake is kind of like steak.
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.
Ethan is the master of the glass closet.
Flaming…
LMAO. I love this one, it’s cracking me up.
If you went for your original idea Joyce, people wouldn’t assume he was gay, they would assume he was a brony.
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.
…..Mongoose, I have no idea why this comment ended up responding to yours. Not my intention. Maybe a kindly Willis could correct that?
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.
The comment program screws up sometimes.
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…
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.
Mongoose – why not both?
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 )
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.
GENIUS.
It’s a cunning plan, one that could not possibly fail. 😀
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.
It shouldn’t fail but if Willis gets involved, he will somehow write it so it will end up outing him somehow.
And now I really want some Arrachera… https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrachera#mediaviewer/Archivo:01_Carne_Arrachera_Mexico.jpg
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?
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.
It wasn’t just me that heard a record scratch with Panel 4, right?
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”?
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.)
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…
I was born in ’92 and I know both floppy disks and vinyl records. Then again, my roommate’s a vinyl junkie, so…
’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.
I mean < Millennials! Need to ask some friends what their sprouts think [in a few years when they understand what I'm asking]
<— Was born in 1961 and is feeling distinctly elderly in this crowd.
Don’t be silly. It’s a well known scientific fact that no-one human was born after 1991.
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.
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.
They might interpret it as a variation on the “screeching brakes” sound.
I like trains.
I like turtles.
I like fractile quartonions
Fractal Quartonions (/virtual edit)
I like pie.
Yes, Joyce. Big balls and juicy meat will be perfect!
She’s going to unintentionally arrange it like a dick and balls somehow.
These two are so great together. (I mean, funny. Also cute.)
wrestling is the most homoerotic sport there is, closely followed by water polo(also known as “wrestling, but in the water”)
That reminds me, there’s some site that does pornographic wrestling-don’t remember the name.
I swear, i love this avatar. Kinda looks like girl-me (from some years ago).
I suspect there are lots of sites like that!
Ah! Naked Kombat!
Mortal Kumbat.
It’s really more like “kicking people in the shins, in the water”.
In panel 4, you can almost hear the sound of Joyce’s brain breaking…..
Straight People can like Pegasuses and Unicorns.
The Song Unicorn Wizard is Proof of that
I heard that guy’s horn was his strength.
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?
I eat steaks and drive monster trucks made of steaks. Rrr!
Real men eat steak.
Wrapped in BACON!!!
My quiche has a crapton of bacon.
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.)
And yes I realize I’m fueling the Willis brand social justice machine here. Good job.
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.
Hammocks are great regardless of gender! Social justice for hammocks! No more stereotyping their peaceful swinging ways!
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.
the American stereotype Father’s Day is Dad lazing in the hammock or something
I was not aware hammocks were masculine or feminine…?
Two black basketballs and a Genoa salami?
Ethan would *love* Jacob’s black basketba–DAMMIT NOTHRI, YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!
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.
REALLY? No one has posted anything about “Chocolate Salty Balls” yet?
That apparently just happened. 🙂
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!
MY BOYFRIEND IS NOT A BRONY!
What a coincidence. Neither is Ethan.
+1
Why’s the basketball gotta be black yo? That’s racist
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.
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*
Joke failed, gottcha.
*takes notes*
Joyce should just send Ethan to Walky, if she wants her boyfriend to be truly manly.
You go Joyce! Assert his masculinity!
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.
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.
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.
Well, that’s kinda the point of the whole comic
[spoiler]
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.
I should have put more steaks on my dorm room door back during my university days. ;(
I’m picturing you nailing entire raw steaks to your door. I am enjoying this image. It’s funny.
Yep, this is what I picture Joyce doing. Whole raw steaks! MANLEH. But hilarious and, um, unhygenic.
Guys can like Ponies!!!
Cause Ponies are awesome! Of course, so are Giant Space Robots.
I bet you do, Ethan. I bet you do.
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.
Insecurity, which is why she countered with, “YOU’LL BE GETTING MANLY THINGS.” I doubt Joyce would be jealous of paper and sticky tape.
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*?
Oh Joyce, your prejudice is adorable.
Until it isn’t.
And you can just see Ethan’s heart break in panel five. He really, REALLY wanted Fluttershy on his door.