The man invented a color organ so that people listening to his music would see the right colors accompanying it. That’s pretty authoritarian, and authoratively pretty.
I’d argue that most traditions we’ve come to associate with Christmas, at least in America, from gift-giving to decking the halls to feasting and drinking, have their origins in Saturnalia.
Also I think decorated trees were borrowed from European Pagan traditions in celebration of the Winter Solstice, and were actually prohibited by the Bible (I don’t remember the passage, someone back me up).
Watched a video recently about just this! Santa as we view him today, visually at least, comes from a political comic by Thomas Nast from 1881. Coca-Cola wasn’t founded until 1892, and didn’t start using him in ads until the 1920s.
In The Netherlands (that country that has Amsterdam as a capital) we celebrate the birthday of St Nicholas (5th of december), the patron saint of children, with gift-giving and songs. “Sint nikolaas,” is called “Sinterklaas” by practically everyone and that sounds a lot like “santaclaus”. He is usually depicted as a bearded bisschop in red and white robes with one of those bisschop hats. So you give him a big belly and take away the Catholic parts of his clothing and there you have him.
It’s a big thing here, the corona press conferences mentioned him and everything.
Well it’s for Levy-Strauss a syncretism anyway?
Also for an historical reflexion on St Nicholas, I recommend Jochen Gerner’s comics “Le Saint Patron” (but here the celebration takes place on the 6th of december – at least we don’t have the blackface character with it like in some other places).
Over here (UK), depictions of Father Christmas (not Santa Claus until muuuuuuuch later, like late 19th/early 20th century) show him in a similar styled suit but with a longer robe instead of a jacket, usually in green or brown rather than red, and riding a sleigh pulled by any even number of deer (not specifically 8, nor specifically reindeer). The name Santa Claus was a later import from the USA, I believe.
Not actually Saturnalia, which was tied to the Solstice. The actual festival the early Christians hijacked was Dies Nates Solis Invictus, the Day of the Birth of the All-conquering Sun, a feast of the God Apollo which fell on the 25th day of December.
I wish a happy Christmas to everyone, even the people who don’t celebrate it, because not following the holiday is no reason to not wish for someone to have a happy day
You can always specify that, like, “Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, happy Saturday otherwise!” If someone doesn’t celebrate Christmas, then, well…why would I target that at them? Now, some people don’t mind, but some do, and I don’t think “Happy/Merry Christmas” is exactly synonymous with wishing someone a happy day.
This is why I wish people a wonderful day/week(end)/time etc. I once had an argument with someone who should have known better when I said I don’t celebrate Christmas and her point was if someone wished me a happy Christmas I shouldn’t say anything because they were still wishing me a good day. No, they’re specifically wishing me a HAPPY CHRISTMAS. If I though Saturday was someone’s birthday and I wish them a happy birthday I’m not saying “I hope you have a good day on Saturday whether or not it’s your birthday”, I’m saying “I hope your birthday celebrations are good”. And if it turns out it’s NOT that person’s birthday, why wouldn’t they correct me? At which point I’d probably say “then I hope you have a good not-birthday”, except I’d already have avoided that by saying “I hope you have a great time on Saturday” which would be valid even once the lack-of-birthday confusion had been cleared up.
I started off with two different points to make and I’m not sure I’ve coherently made either of them. Point is- yeah, if there’s any question personally I go with “have a great dayweektime” and it keeps me out of trouble… I think. (Also certain holidays- including birthdays- can upset some people, so for those people saying you hope they have a great day is validating those feelings while still giving them the wishes for their day.)
Kinda missing their point, Yumi. By the time you’ve finished making all the exceptions, clauses, disclaimers, and explanations, the point has been lost and you’re out of breath-all for fear of offending someone who should be enough of an adult to listen for context instead of seeking ways to be offended.
I had to go into advanced settings on my Kindle’s browser and disable scripts for this site. The ads were making it difficult to even read the comic. The downside is I can no longer view the alt-text.
I remember all the hubbub about the commercial, and for the life of me I couldn’t see it. But for all those who still think this was the case, I say Honi soit qui mal y pense.
That’s now a thing I’ve put into a search engine. Also that was so awkwardly funny and I… I think I should thank you for my seeing that, but maybe I shouldn’t?
I had never seen this or even knew of its existence. But now…yes, now…I have seen this. And now know of this. I shall now think of this the next time I have coffee. Especially Folgers. :O
Headcanon: Galasso, being Galasso, was entirely unaware of the Christian god until Becky talked him up, and she did that so well that she actually scared him.
I would not be surprised if Galasso has somehow managed to be unaware of the concept of the Christian god until meeting Becky. We’re talking about a man who doesn’t understand the concept of gender despite being alive for at least a few decades and having a wife and a daughter.
Realtalk though since he started as a Ra’s al Ghul parody I would buy him actually being thousands of years old or an alien or something. Even in the Dumbingverse.
To be fair there is a school of thought that common proselytising tactics tend to be more effective in maintaining/keeping the believers they already have than in actual new conversions. (Send the kids out and you’ll get them sticking with it because of the experiences they have). Persecution complex/alienation of those with different beliefs so they’ll return back to the fold as their source of comfort from a harsh world they ‘just wanted to help’. (Also granted they can also feel genuinely they made a difference if they felt there was a positive effect but whatever the result it can help maintain their beliefs for a while).
Not always going to work mind you but it works enough.
Granted I doubt most missionaries, even skim from the tops like John, are probably aware of this idea. Kind of self perpetuating in a way if true.
*looks at the Basketball section of the Sports page* Okay so the Hoosiers are in 5th place in the conference but there are _ranked_ teams BELOW them? The system is way out of whack this season.
Willis has posted YouTube videos of the real-life Psalty a few times on Twitter (and once linked a video below one of the DoA comics discussing the fictional Hymmel, based off of Psalty).
Yea, if he’s getting info from Becky (somebody whomst is notably not Jewish), then the whole “don’t say the name of God” thing probs would never come up.. That’s not a Christian thing..
I mean, “Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain,” is definitely one of the Ten Commandments, and I always thought that Christians still followed those. But I could be wrong, since I’m not Christian.
Speaking of not-Christian; as a Jew, I have to point out that “Yahweh” isn’t G-d’s name. The Tetragammaton is unpronounceable as its vowels were lost to time and modern scholars can only guess at how it’s said. (Also it’s a word that’s not meant to be said, and is often considered as a word purpose-built to be unpronounceable.) It’s considered rude in Judaism to even attempt to pronounce it, which is why Jews object to the word, but it’s still important to note that the pronunciation is literally incorrect, and thus the word has nothing to do with G-d.
I mean, IIRC it was meant to be said in exactly one circumstance: by the Cohen Gadol on Yom Kippur, in a temple that’s been gone for close to two thousand years. Small wonder that the pronunciation’s been forgotten!
We very much do follow the Ten Commandments. Curiously I’ve seen an interpretation of the “Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain” as not using it as a weapon in arguments with people. Basically don’t use God to try and hurt other people.
It can be. I know of people raised in fundiegelical homes who weren’t even allowed to say “gosh” or “gee” because, after all, that’s just saying God or Jesus but not really, so you’re still violating a commandment. It’s terrible! Whereas, for at least a few of them, the f-word and other “secular” curses were only a little bad because, hey, no commandment.
Fun fact: “The World Turned Upside Down” was originally written as a protest song against the Puritans’ banning Christmas when they had control of the English political scene during the Interregnum. 😛
Kwanzaa was why I said “Habari Gani!?”. It’s the traditional Kwanzaa greeting which is a Swahili phrase that means “What is the news?” The answer is what the principle for that day is: 26th Umoja (Unity), 27th Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), 28th Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), 29th Ujamaa (Cooperative economics), 30th Nia (Purpose), 31st Kuumba (Creativity), and Jan 1st Imani (Faith).
He’s like garlic. A little Galasso makes things much better. Too much, and he’d drown out everything else, and the world would start revolving around him.
Still have to wait for another six months or so for those–but given that the launch date’s been constantly delayed for the better part of two decades (even within the past 60 days, there’ve been at least five delays I can think of off the top of my head), merely getting it off the ground at last is a momentous milestone. 😀
I’ve only played Four Swords and Breath of the Wind, so I’m not sure what levels of incest or Folgers tend to be in those games. Whatever the level is, it needs to be higher.
Joyce, please do not try to have this conversation here. As a former service industry worker, I beseech folks not to confront workers with deeply personal stuff while they are on the clock. It puts them into an uncomfortable position where they can not leave and leaves them feeling trapped.
I wonder if Joyce is being oblivious here as to why it’s a bad idea to have this personal conversation at work where Becky has her “get tips” face on in front of other customers…or if she deliberately came here unannounced while Becky is on the clock so Becky will have to be nice and her dinner with Dorothy is guaranteed.
Looks like this may turn out to be a valuable experience for Dotty’s work as a politician — a demonstration on how the psychology of rewards can backfire.
– Joyce tries to converse/lecture right here and now, widening the schism in their friendship. (Wrong place, wrong time.)
– Joyce actually shows Becky how broken-up she feels and asks to talk later, maybe breaking out some Sad Joyce Face in the process. Becky is skeptical but agrees.
Joyce still doesn’t have the words to properly communicate what she’s feeling, she’s just here because Dorothy told her that she needs to fix it now, otherwise Becky won’t be her friend anymore, while Dorothy can tolerate it for now.
Plus, we still need Becky to be more of an actively and equally barbing character in this current dynamic. I mean, I already blame her a whole bunch, but I don’t think they’re gonna reconcile before we deep dive into Becky’s possessiveness of Joyce.
True. This is probably going to be one of the primary plot threads for at least the rest of this book.
For now though, they can at least stop digging and making the conflict worse. That’s a good first step toward finding their new normal. (Unless we haven’t hit bottom yet…)
My guess is she’s gonna want Joyce to go back to being her “bestie in christ” before she’s willing to forgive Joyce and Joyce is (rightfully) going to refuse to those terms
Yeah that’s how (I’m choosing to) interpret this. Becky’s been vocally upset, either just today or for a while now, and he’s being supportive in his bizarre way.
to be told you 1) obviously have a god, then to 2) give up on it and then 3) substitute Becky’s Christian god for it, is an escalation in frustration that a lot of atheist Non-Christians have to deal with
Joyce is taking it pretty well, although that probably just shows that her atheist obnoxiousness doesn’t extend to people she doesn’t care for.
The GALASSO’S PIZZA (and subs) t-shirts in the background of today’s strip made me check in the online store to see whether this was an item I could buy IRL — and it seems that it is not.
If it WERE available IRL, I may or may not buy one, but I bet a lot of people would!
I’m only realizing this literally now, and it’s I think literally 1 minute from the next comic coming up so it might be worth saying more there, but glasso’s statements about ‘gods have no power here’ applied only to ‘your gods’, nothing about the gods of his employees.
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ugh, I hate blowhards like this, all hot air until an ACTUAL higher authority looms over them
(though curious that “Becky’s God” holds that much sway over Galasso… *popcorn.gif*)
on that note, Happy Birthday to someone in a supremely high position of authority to many around the world… Sir Isaac Newton
(can’t unsee the ceiling closing in on Galasso)
Since it’s still before midnight here (thanks, server drift!), it’s also currently my dad’s birthday. He holds relatively little authority.
Happy Birthday Yumi’s dad! To have fathered so Yumi a soul, he must be very tssty indeed!
🍰🎁🎈
And one of my favorite composers, Alexander Scriabin (in the Julian calendar, anyway)
But how much authority does he hold?
The man invented a color organ so that people listening to his music would see the right colors accompanying it. That’s pretty authoritarian, and authoratively pretty.
÷1
Becky’s God sends superheroes and dinosaur girls to take down assholes with guns. I wouldn’t fuck with Becky’s God, either.
Never send a Superboy to do an Amazi-girl’s job.
In-Deed, Z. Becky’s got some powerful mojo on her side for a believer in an invisible sky-friend.
Merry Christmas to all (who celebrate it), and to all a good-night!
It’s beginning to look a lot like non-denominational holiday
It used to be called “Saturnalia”, and like the Olympics, any original religious meaning tied to it has all but faded.
Christmas has a complex history and many ancestors but Saturnalia is a prominent one!
I’d argue that most traditions we’ve come to associate with Christmas, at least in America, from gift-giving to decking the halls to feasting and drinking, have their origins in Saturnalia.
Also I think decorated trees were borrowed from European Pagan traditions in celebration of the Winter Solstice, and were actually prohibited by the Bible (I don’t remember the passage, someone back me up).
Something something tree with silver and gold.
how much of the modern Santa Claus is a (literal) product of the Coca-Cola corporation?
If it weren’t for the Coca-Cola company, there wouldn’t even BE a Grand Unified Santa Claus™
Watched a video recently about just this! Santa as we view him today, visually at least, comes from a political comic by Thomas Nast from 1881. Coca-Cola wasn’t founded until 1892, and didn’t start using him in ads until the 1920s.
Looks like Nast deserves more credit than he’s given!
As if the origin of Santa Claus isn’t ridiculous enough, I have now discovered that it is a monument to corporate greed 😐
In The Netherlands (that country that has Amsterdam as a capital) we celebrate the birthday of St Nicholas (5th of december), the patron saint of children, with gift-giving and songs. “Sint nikolaas,” is called “Sinterklaas” by practically everyone and that sounds a lot like “santaclaus”. He is usually depicted as a bearded bisschop in red and white robes with one of those bisschop hats. So you give him a big belly and take away the Catholic parts of his clothing and there you have him.
It’s a big thing here, the corona press conferences mentioned him and everything.
Typo for the 6th.
Well it’s for Levy-Strauss a syncretism anyway?
Also for an historical reflexion on St Nicholas, I recommend Jochen Gerner’s comics “Le Saint Patron” (but here the celebration takes place on the 6th of december – at least we don’t have the blackface character with it like in some other places).
Can we call him “Nasty Claus” then?
Over here (UK), depictions of Father Christmas (not Santa Claus until muuuuuuuch later, like late 19th/early 20th century) show him in a similar styled suit but with a longer robe instead of a jacket, usually in green or brown rather than red, and riding a sleigh pulled by any even number of deer (not specifically 8, nor specifically reindeer). The name Santa Claus was a later import from the USA, I believe.
A pretty solid chunk of him.
yes, yes, put the rotting corpse of the tree in your home and desecrate it with gaudy baubles and strands of dangerous foil strips!!
That’s a pretty well-debunked myth. They’re not even at the same time.
Not actually Saturnalia, which was tied to the Solstice. The actual festival the early Christians hijacked was Dies Nates Solis Invictus, the Day of the Birth of the All-conquering Sun, a feast of the God Apollo which fell on the 25th day of December.
[death metal voice]
HAIL SANTA
Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it! 😀 And Happy Free Presents/Capitalism Celebration Day for everybody else! 😉
Oh, hush and have a Merry Christmas.
no zaxares do not hush
Everyone hush! Let us instead gaze with silent awe as GALASSO is cowed by Becky and her God. But mostly Becky.
I wish a happy Christmas to everyone, even the people who don’t celebrate it, because not following the holiday is no reason to not wish for someone to have a happy day
You can always specify that, like, “Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, happy Saturday otherwise!” If someone doesn’t celebrate Christmas, then, well…why would I target that at them? Now, some people don’t mind, but some do, and I don’t think “Happy/Merry Christmas” is exactly synonymous with wishing someone a happy day.
This is why I wish people a wonderful day/week(end)/time etc. I once had an argument with someone who should have known better when I said I don’t celebrate Christmas and her point was if someone wished me a happy Christmas I shouldn’t say anything because they were still wishing me a good day. No, they’re specifically wishing me a HAPPY CHRISTMAS. If I though Saturday was someone’s birthday and I wish them a happy birthday I’m not saying “I hope you have a good day on Saturday whether or not it’s your birthday”, I’m saying “I hope your birthday celebrations are good”. And if it turns out it’s NOT that person’s birthday, why wouldn’t they correct me? At which point I’d probably say “then I hope you have a good not-birthday”, except I’d already have avoided that by saying “I hope you have a great time on Saturday” which would be valid even once the lack-of-birthday confusion had been cleared up.
I started off with two different points to make and I’m not sure I’ve coherently made either of them. Point is- yeah, if there’s any question personally I go with “have a great dayweektime” and it keeps me out of trouble… I think. (Also certain holidays- including birthdays- can upset some people, so for those people saying you hope they have a great day is validating those feelings while still giving them the wishes for their day.)
Kinda missing their point, Yumi. By the time you’ve finished making all the exceptions, clauses, disclaimers, and explanations, the point has been lost and you’re out of breath-all for fear of offending someone who should be enough of an adult to listen for context instead of seeking ways to be offended.
What
Fuck this fucking site until it is dead. Everytime I try to post a comment, the site switches to an ad and deletes my comment.
I don’t normally recommend this for sites I whitelist but…
Have you tried an Ad-Blocker?
I’m on a tablet so I don’t think I can add adblock.
Firefox mobile browser allows some addons, like uBlock Orgin.
I had to go into advanced settings on my Kindle’s browser and disable scripts for this site. The ads were making it difficult to even read the comic. The downside is I can no longer view the alt-text.
I also had this site green-listed for year but I kept getting adds that blocked the actual comic so…
I need to know a lot more about that guy in teh background immediately. He looks like some sort of miserable gerbil.
The other person at the table just said that exact thing to him. Right after he proposed.
It’s the Folger’s Coffee Incest Siblings™
Oh shit, it is. Their hair color here vs hair color in my mind threw me off.
HOLY CRAP YOU’RE RIGHT! 🤯
And that alt text… 😵
I am so happy that this knowledge has become relevant for you so quickly after learning about it.
(for anyone confused, see https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-12/02-ill-leave-you-a-phantom/throuples/#comment-1598634 )
Haha, glorious
I remember all the hubbub about the commercial, and for the life of me I couldn’t see it. But for all those who still think this was the case, I say Honi soit qui mal y pense.
I… I thought they were people Willis knew, or won a contest or something.
… That explains the alt text.
I read the hovertext and understood the refernece, and I still didn’t recognize those two until I read your comment.
That’s now a thing I’ve put into a search engine. Also that was so awkwardly funny and I… I think I should thank you for my seeing that, but maybe I shouldn’t?
Wait is that… is that actually the Folgers Incest Christmas Commercial siblings? Is that what the alt text is referencing?
*Checks Youtube*
Yep, clothes match, he has the little ribbon she stuck on him… WILLIS.
(Oddly enough, it’s the girl’s outfit that tipped me off first and not the ribbon.)
I had never seen this or even knew of its existence. But now…yes, now…I have seen this. And now know of this. I shall now think of this the next time I have coffee. Especially Folgers. :O
I had not heard of these. Now I have seen the original ad and the parody. In reverse order. Hee hee.
Oooooh, that’s the ribbon. I totally thought that was some kind of red christmas cookie or something she was feeding her brother boyfriend.
His eyes terrify me.
Becky’s god? Does that mean Galasso believes or is he just hedging his bets?
Headcanon: Galasso, being Galasso, was entirely unaware of the Christian god until Becky talked him up, and she did that so well that she actually scared him.
Galasso is like an atheist from a Chick Tract.
I like your take on it, until Willis says otherwise(or someone comes up with a better explanation) this will be canon in my head.
Seems plausible.
Think he has money on the Hoosiers or something?
It’s Galasso. This is quite plausible.
I would not be surprised if Galasso has somehow managed to be unaware of the concept of the Christian god until meeting Becky. We’re talking about a man who doesn’t understand the concept of gender despite being alive for at least a few decades and having a wife and a daughter.
I assume he’d have similar feelings about a lot of gods. Ishtar, Tengri, Zeus, best keep them all happy.
Although… how old is Galasso again?
UNKNOWABLE, FOOLISH MORTAL.
Realtalk though since he started as a Ra’s al Ghul parody I would buy him actually being thousands of years old or an alien or something. Even in the Dumbingverse.
I mean I’m not saying Galasso personally witnessed Yahweh’s worshippers conquer the world over the course of his lifetime, but I’m not not saying that
I would literally laugh out loud if it turns out Becky actually converted someone to Christianity unlike any of Joyce’s family.
To be fair there is a school of thought that common proselytising tactics tend to be more effective in maintaining/keeping the believers they already have than in actual new conversions. (Send the kids out and you’ll get them sticking with it because of the experiences they have). Persecution complex/alienation of those with different beliefs so they’ll return back to the fold as their source of comfort from a harsh world they ‘just wanted to help’. (Also granted they can also feel genuinely they made a difference if they felt there was a positive effect but whatever the result it can help maintain their beliefs for a while).
Not always going to work mind you but it works enough.
Granted I doubt most missionaries, even skim from the tops like John, are probably aware of this idea. Kind of self perpetuating in a way if true.
Happy Saturnalia!!!!!!
And for those of you who DON’T wanna see Joyce argue with Becky, I’ve prepared a nice little Holiday Gift for you all!
It’s a little animation where Joyce and Becky really try to BLOW each other!!! 🤪
Oh and also Tag the Cricket is in it too!
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/thewellerman/joyce-and-becky-blow-a-cricket
Enjoy! 😉
All hail Tag the Cricket!
May Odin smile upon you this yuletide season!
Happy pre-Christian pagan Germanic Yule, too! 😀
And OMG when I clicked onto your animation it had 69 views djskskfk
*looks at the Basketball section of the Sports page* Okay so the Hoosiers are in 5th place in the conference but there are _ranked_ teams BELOW them? The system is way out of whack this season.
That is an expression on Galasso I never thought he’d have.
I was like.. Wait.. is that the Folgers siblings in the background? and then the alt text. Yes! eew!
Folgercest is now canon in the Dumbiverse, damnations be unto Willis
Let us get BUSY!!! 🤪
Hadn’t noticed either of those things.
Scrolled back up for a double-take because of this comment.
…Huh. That sure is a thing isn’t? Damn, Willis, I appreciate your appreciation of niche content and incorporation it into your universe.
I really wanted to say something here but the site won’t let me :/
Nevermind apparently the site doesn’t like the contraction in “let’s”
Sky bread?
Manna
Garlic manna with marinara dipping sauce, also from the sky.
Beckmok and Joycelad at Galasso’s
It’s a good time for everybody!
Yahweh has powerful mana.
…. wait, no, that’s mixed up.
If YHWH doesn’t have powerful manna, why do people quail before him?
does the sky-bread come free with the meal or does it cost extra?
Merry Christmas! Here’s my… “present” to you all!
I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
Wait? This char is real? I thought it was from Humming the Himmel Himmal, from DoA…
Willis has posted YouTube videos of the real-life Psalty a few times on Twitter (and once linked a video below one of the DoA comics discussing the fictional Hymmel, based off of Psalty).
If anything, Hymmel and Chastity are less terrifying because they’re cartoon characters.
you’re uh. you’re not doing yourself any favors by saying his name, dude
Wait, is he actually Jewish? Am I missing something?
Yea, if he’s getting info from Becky (somebody whomst is notably not Jewish), then the whole “don’t say the name of God” thing probs would never come up.. That’s not a Christian thing..
I mean, “Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain,” is definitely one of the Ten Commandments, and I always thought that Christians still followed those. But I could be wrong, since I’m not Christian.
Speaking of not-Christian; as a Jew, I have to point out that “Yahweh” isn’t G-d’s name. The Tetragammaton is unpronounceable as its vowels were lost to time and modern scholars can only guess at how it’s said. (Also it’s a word that’s not meant to be said, and is often considered as a word purpose-built to be unpronounceable.) It’s considered rude in Judaism to even attempt to pronounce it, which is why Jews object to the word, but it’s still important to note that the pronunciation is literally incorrect, and thus the word has nothing to do with G-d.
Ah, yes, the ol’ “Well akchually you said it wrong so it doesn’t count” defense.
I mean, IIRC it was meant to be said in exactly one circumstance: by the Cohen Gadol on Yom Kippur, in a temple that’s been gone for close to two thousand years. Small wonder that the pronunciation’s been forgotten!
We very much do follow the Ten Commandments. Curiously I’ve seen an interpretation of the “Don’t take the Lord’s name in vain” as not using it as a weapon in arguments with people. Basically don’t use God to try and hurt other people.
“… it could be Yahweh, it could be Yehoweh, for all we know, it could be Yahu-Wahu”
KABLAMMO
“… yahu-wahu?”
-cartoon history of the universe
It can be. I know of people raised in fundiegelical homes who weren’t even allowed to say “gosh” or “gee” because, after all, that’s just saying God or Jesus but not really, so you’re still violating a commandment. It’s terrible! Whereas, for at least a few of them, the f-word and other “secular” curses were only a little bad because, hey, no commandment.
On the other hand, minced oaths are delicious.
Wait, waddya mean that’s not what “minced” means in this context?
Merry Christmas to anybody here celebrating today <3
Oh, Galasso. I missed you <3
Galasso, with an expression other than utter contempt for all other FOOLS? The law is inside out! The world is upside down!
Fun fact: “The World Turned Upside Down” was originally written as a protest song against the Puritans’ banning Christmas when they had control of the English political scene during the Interregnum. 😛
Glasso is a gift all the time
Merry Christmas!
Blessed Yule!
Habari Gani!?
Reasons Greetings and Merry Newtonmas!
Happy Boxing Day!
Merry HumanLight
Fair Festivis!
Happy Holiday!
Also, a belated happy Chanukah, Santa Lucia Day, Winter Solstice, Bodhi Day, and Las Posadas!
Happy Hogswatch!
Though this year I appear to mainly be celebrating DL-6mas.
That’s actually a week or so from now, on December 32nd (and no, that’s not a typo). But either way, may the Hogfather be munificent to you and yours.
Try this link instead.
…Aaaand now I’m going to have to re-read Hogfather. <3
Happy HOHOHO
Happy candlenights!
I’ve never heard of this one! Fascinating. Either way, I hope yours is a happy one ^_^
To be honest that was a reference to the adventure zone podcast :s
But yes I did have a happy holiday! Hope everyone here did too!
Happy Saturnalia!
And lo, Saturnalia to you! ^_^
And Kwanzaa (upcoming) and Diwali (a while ago).
Kwanzaa was why I said “Habari Gani!?”. It’s the traditional Kwanzaa greeting which is a Swahili phrase that means “What is the news?” The answer is what the principle for that day is: 26th Umoja (Unity), 27th Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), 28th Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), 29th Ujamaa (Cooperative economics), 30th Nia (Purpose), 31st Kuumba (Creativity), and Jan 1st Imani (Faith).
Enjoy your Starlight celebrations, or else.
Spent the day today celebrating something called “Navy Dad” with this chick named Phyllis.
I want a Galasso’s Pizza (and Subs) shirt like what’s displayed behind Joyce. Why is that not a product?
Word for word what I came here to post.
I can’t make out what he is saying on the shirt.
Same it’d be a great merch item to have. Assuming Willis would also make it available overseas.
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2698803-galassos-pizza-and-subs
Prices go up in 17 hours.
Nice!
I ordered my shit. Now, how much will you pay me for other merch ideas? 😀
Shirt. I meant to type shirt. LOL
I want Galasso to be a real person so very badly.
Well, he is very bad at being a real person…
He’s like garlic. A little Galasso makes things much better. Too much, and he’d drown out everything else, and the world would start revolving around him.
why does the site keep eating my replies?
In the site’s defense, your replies are quite delicious, it tells me.
Oh! That reminds me!
*sets out weed cookies for Santa Claus in honor of Thomas Nast, in accordance with this new tradition I just invented*
Anyone looking forward to the launch of the JWST today, by the way? It’s been a looooooong time coming. 😛
Yeah! 🤩 🚀 🔭
The launch is one thing, but I can’t wait to see the pictures we’ll get!
Still have to wait for another six months or so for those–but given that the launch date’s been constantly delayed for the better part of two decades (even within the past 60 days, there’ve been at least five delays I can think of off the top of my head), merely getting it off the ground at last is a momentous milestone. 😀
Totally. Waiting it for so long. Rooting that everthing is ggonna be alright today.
Just returned here to say the lauching was a success. Go Webb!!!
🥲 It all went so smoothly. I’m so happy.
* Kindly borrows Stephen’s Muzak and plays Buzz Lightyear’s “To Infinity and Beyond” *
I will accept Galasso as a present, thank you.
never going to complain about more Galasso
What about Galasso Past and Galasso Future?
That blue-eyed person in the back looks like that one fucker from Zelda. You know the one.
I didn’t know the Zelda games had incestuous Folgers-drinkers.
I’ve only played Four Swords and Breath of the Wind, so I’m not sure what levels of incest or Folgers tend to be in those games. Whatever the level is, it needs to be higher.
I have played several and can’t quite. Tingle? (Honestly though I played very little Four Swords.)
Tingle? 😳
Galasso… what a coward hypocritical… that’s so disappointing!
Joyce, please do not try to have this conversation here. As a former service industry worker, I beseech folks not to confront workers with deeply personal stuff while they are on the clock. It puts them into an uncomfortable position where they can not leave and leaves them feeling trapped.
I wonder if Joyce is being oblivious here as to why it’s a bad idea to have this personal conversation at work where Becky has her “get tips” face on in front of other customers…or if she deliberately came here unannounced while Becky is on the clock so Becky will have to be nice and her dinner with Dorothy is guaranteed.
Little of column A, little of column B.
Joyce has never worked a service industry job.
Pretty sure Joyce has never had a job of any kind, and it shows.
I for one absolutely believe in Joyce Brown’s cunning insight and social manipulation skills to pull a gambit like that.
Looks like this may turn out to be a valuable experience for Dotty’s work as a politician — a demonstration on how the psychology of rewards can backfire.
I think it’s going to go one of two ways:
– Joyce tries to converse/lecture right here and now, widening the schism in their friendship. (Wrong place, wrong time.)
– Joyce actually shows Becky how broken-up she feels and asks to talk later, maybe breaking out some Sad Joyce Face in the process. Becky is skeptical but agrees.
I mean, it’s probably not resolving now.
Joyce still doesn’t have the words to properly communicate what she’s feeling, she’s just here because Dorothy told her that she needs to fix it now, otherwise Becky won’t be her friend anymore, while Dorothy can tolerate it for now.
Plus, we still need Becky to be more of an actively and equally barbing character in this current dynamic. I mean, I already blame her a whole bunch, but I don’t think they’re gonna reconcile before we deep dive into Becky’s possessiveness of Joyce.
True. This is probably going to be one of the primary plot threads for at least the rest of this book.
For now though, they can at least stop digging and making the conflict worse. That’s a good first step toward finding their new normal. (Unless we haven’t hit bottom yet…)
My guess is she’s gonna want Joyce to go back to being her “bestie in christ” before she’s willing to forgive Joyce and Joyce is (rightfully) going to refuse to those terms
And Joyce’s gonna want Becky to stop believing and Becky will (rightfully) refuse those terms.
Eh, Joyce’s social cunning is mainly information gathering, at which she is an absolute savant, bht she’s not nearly as adept at manipulation.
(the joke is that Joyce Brown does not have cunning insight or social manipulation skills)
(she’s Joyce. She can’t even convincingly lie)
I dispute that, Joyce does have social cunning, just not in manipulation. Again, she is frighteningly good at surveillance and information gathering
Well, most of the time.
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/exchange/
Merry Holidays! 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhfcWTZeP1k
😛
“What could possibly go wrong?” – Dorothy Keener
pawsibly*
Dorothy is Bubsy now.
Its really sweet that Galasso offers Becky that kind of support. Under all the yelling is he a nice guy?
Yeah that’s how (I’m choosing to) interpret this. Becky’s been vocally upset, either just today or for a while now, and he’s being supportive in his bizarre way.
to be told you 1) obviously have a god, then to 2) give up on it and then 3) substitute Becky’s Christian god for it, is an escalation in frustration that a lot of atheist Non-Christians have to deal with
Joyce is taking it pretty well, although that probably just shows that her atheist obnoxiousness doesn’t extend to people she doesn’t care for.
Here though it’s framed as part of general Galasso weirdness, with little reason to take it more seriously that Galasso’s usual demands to submit.
At least if you’re not Joyce and there wasn’t the Becky fight connection.
He fought the becky, and the becky won?
lmao Becky tamed the Galasso
I love how this was most likely planned as the Christmas comic.
No “most likely” about it, this was written as the christmas comic, hence the folgers incest siblings.
Dear Lord, what did Becky DO to poor Galasso?
Maybe somebody should tell Galasso about the various gods of other religions too.
*final words after burning the drama tag* Galasso, this is your God.
Cute Joyce panels? Folgers incest siblings meme in the background? GALASSO?! This really IS a Christmas Present! C:
Hot take: Becky’s apparently so obnoxious and boundary-breaking that even GALASSO has decided to just roll with it rather than fight it.
Have we ever seen any version of Galasso cower like that?
Rebecca Leah MacIntyre what the fuck did you do to that poor man?!
…is anyone else kind of weirded out by the eyes of the person in the background of the last panel?
Nah, he’s just a Spice addict, you see them all the time around the spaceport.
Is that a Dune reference?
The GALASSO’S PIZZA (and subs) t-shirts in the background of today’s strip made me check in the online store to see whether this was an item I could buy IRL — and it seems that it is not.
If it WERE available IRL, I may or may not buy one, but I bet a lot of people would!
The online store link above is a dropdown menu. The second link in the dropdown is to T-SHIRTS, which should bring you to the t-shirt store on teepublic, where one can find this: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/2698803-galassos-pizza-and-subs?store_id=135970
“Ah yes, the . . . god(?). I’ve heard of him. Loved him in Scrubs. Great character.”
Changing the subject, where is the best place to get free roof inspections for reindeer damage.
Makes sense that a restaurant owner would fear someone who can massively duplicate food.
I’m only realizing this literally now, and it’s I think literally 1 minute from the next comic coming up so it might be worth saying more there, but glasso’s statements about ‘gods have no power here’ applied only to ‘your gods’, nothing about the gods of his employees.