I have a feeling that Becky might (mind you, only might) try to coerce Dina into becoming a Christian and get chewed out for it. Or, she might blurt out to Dina that Joyce is being stupid for becoming an atheist, at which point Dina may call Becky a hypocrite for tolerating Dina’s different beliefs and not Joyce’s (and Dina would be justified in doing so.) Their relationship could be put on pause for a little bit, or emerge even stronger, depending on how Becky reacts.
I don’t think Dina is particularly inclined to call anyone a hypocrite, at least not in so many words. Seems more likely that she’d ask why Becky feels differently about Dina’s beliefs than Joyce’s. Whether or not Becky takes that as being called a hypocrite is another matter, but I’d say it’s not the same thing.
This. The act and the word are the same, but asking someone why two things are different, and labelling the person are very different approaches. The latter promotes a hostile reaction, and the former is more likely to provoke some introspection. (more likely, no guarantees)
I’m assuming they’re referring to leave a webcam running, which if I’m being honest I also find gross. It’s a total invasion of privacy and in general, it’s a huge red flag to have a third party, or anyone really, record you without your consent.
Yeah amber should stop pussyblocking but the second
Thats screwed up, a violation and betrayal for at least 5 Major different unique moraL reasons, ( and probably 30 minor ones)
plus its weird as you can fufill any voyeoristic desire by subscribing to slipshine w/out , any in-universe character violating the trust of virgins & sexual minorities.
Hopefully awhile. I have concerns that them becoming physical might lead to Becky feeling guilty or angry at Dina for tempting her to ‘sin,’ and that such emotions might put unsustainable strain on their relationship.
PS.
I feel that there is a pun in here somewhere about Satan and Dinosaur bones but I can’t put my finger on it….
You’re right that it hasn’t, but it’s at least likely. Their church certainly taught against it and she’s given no hint of changing her take on that part.
How long can Cadet Becky resist pushing the button that could alter her very existence? Will her tortured mind give in to its uncontrollable desire? Can she withstand the temptation to push the button that even now beckons her ever closer? Will she succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate chastity at the mere push of a single button? The beautiful shiny button… The jolly, candy-like button… Will she hold out folks? CAN she hold out?!
Agreed. Which is one of several reasons I prefer using ‘conga’ for my go-to vaginal swear. The other reason being that it’s from the Latin (cuni) and is thus the most linguistically proper.
(no idea if the C word is gonna get censored – this comment will make far less sense if it does)
i would really, deeply like it if that word lost its power to hurt and offend. it absolutely feels like a funny term of affection, for something funny and deserving of affection.
Well, some of that is the difference between the usages.
Talking about your vulva/vagina vs being called a vulva/vagina (as if it is the only part of you that matters).
While I find British men calling one another vulvas/vaginas is amusing, I wouldn’t want to see that usage return to usage in the US. Rather, I would like to see that usage fade entirely while the use of the term to simply mean vulva + vaginal interior become the main usage.
I don’t want to go into explicate details, but the answer can likely be found in developmental biology (there is a stage, I think in early embryonic, when the sexually dimorphic genitalia start to differentiate from common base structures, just follow the path of development from there).
There’s got to be a good one. The key is that is has to rhyme with a slang term for lady parts. “c*ntblunt” is the best I can think of off the top of my head but that’s a little too crass. Maybe something that rhymes with cooch or puss?
i’m not sure why the rhyming aspect is so crucial. i mean sure, cockblock sounds very funny, and it would be fun and playful to find a female counterpart that also rhymes but clamjam or (ugh) beaverdamming are just unpleasant sounding to me, neither term is in common use as slang for vulva and they don’t sound sexy in the slightest.
i mean, except for the fact that they don’t rhyme, clitblock, pussyblock or c*ntblock all feel like fine equivalents to me, with the first having my personal preference because while not rhyming it’s still nicely alliterative.
…yeah beaverdamming also doesn’t rhyme but it clearly comes from the same impulse of finding a word that has some of the same “playful” quality as cockblock.
If this was an apartment and she had her own bedroom, they’d hardly see her. If she had an en suite bathroom, they’d almost never see her. Jury’s out on how much of the chores she’d contribute to, but as long as she pays her share of the rent on time she wouldn’t be that bad.
so… but your friend wasn’t ok with this then? the didn’t ask them to leave, or at least tell them that they were about to get busy? was this happening while your friend was sleeping and their roomate thought they could get away with it if they were quiet?
i mean, i’ve had sex a couple times with people sleeping in the room and we were trying to be quiet. cos like… sometimes you really really wanna fuck and you don’t have a better option? for what it’s worth, i’ve been the other person as well and i just found it sweet and lovely. hearing people fuck makes me happy. not in a voyeuristic way, like it doesn’t arouse me, it just makes me happy for them you know?
but of course ymmv and i can see how this will be upsetting for some people, i’m just sharing my experience here.
If some folks are tryin’ to get it on in the same room and you don’t mind, is it weird to put on your headphones and watch Power Rangers loud enough for them to hear it, so they know you’re not eavesdropping?
It’s only bad for your hearing if your headphones are the sort that blocks outgoing noise. I can’t afford good ones usually, so there tends to be some audibility for other folks in the room. Hearing damage is a myth anyway, and I definitely don’t have auditory processing issues or have to shout “WHAT” from the other room constantly when other people are trying to talk to me at a reasonable volume.
Joe is the superior roommate in this specific scenario, yes. He’d even put a sock or something on the doorknob too. Amber really needs to learn how to be a good wingwoman.
WRT Amber’s last line, how much does Photoshop go for these days?
I ask because I’m currently using an ancient copy of Elements 9 that I got for Christmas in, like, middle school, and can’t install on any computers I’ve gotten since 2016 or so despite still having the activation code because the servers to do so no longer function.
I maintain a VM of my old, old, old Windows 2000 machine solely to run my antique school version of Photoshop and Illustrator for basically this same reason.
Your best choice is probably to use GIMP. I’m not an artist myself, but my understanding is that Adobe took Photoshop to a subscription model years ago. You can no longer just purchase the program and use it; you can only “lease” it now. I hate that greedy corporate shit.
GIMP has a completely ass-backwards interface in comparison to Photoshop, like it’s perpetually stuck in 1992. It’s held up as one of the pillars of open source software, but I personally can’t stand it.
Aye, GIMP is a good legal freeware alternative to Photoshop.
And you still use “Photoshop” as a verb when referring to image editing something with GIMP because, well, saying something like “I need to GIMP this reaction image” tends to send an entirely different message.
Paint(dot)net won’t do everything that photoshop can, but with (completely free) add ons, can do a remarkable subset. Easier to learn and use than GIMP.
at this point i’ve been using gimp for my image manipulation needs for a few years so i’m well acquainted with its basic functions. i started with photoshop like 10 years ago though, and the transition was pretty seamless.
now i’m sure the photoshop workflow has changed a lot in the intervening time while gimp’s hasn’t, so i’m not sure how easy it would be for someone to make that shift now.
i would’ve gladly tried out paint.net but it looks like it’s not avb on mac ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have an old copy of CS2 I found at a thrift store years ago for $5. It doesn’t install because Adobe shut the activation servers down, but at one point they released a patched installer that didn’t need to be activated to work properly. They took the installers down because people were treating it like freeware, but not before it was mirrored all over the place. As far as I’m concerned that old physical copy in my possession represents a license for a working copy of the software, so my conscience is clear.
Beyond thinking about the dramatic layers, there’s something so sweet about these two and their relationship.
Despite their differences they’re both trying to do things that makes the other happy. There is a communication problem but their 19 so understandable.
The only thing missing is a Disney talking animal singing about their romance.
See, this is the problem with two people sharing a birthday and then not being considerate enough to synch up the actual year they were born. It’s very disrespectful of them.
I don’t get the entire thing. As far as I know, the “no sex before marriage” refers to heterosexual sex so any resulting children can be orderly managed within a family of man (who can be fairly certain they’re his offspring) and woman (who’d be treated horribly for getting pregnant out of wedlock). I don’t recall reading about any kind of restriction for a lesbian couple in the bible. It’s not like one of them can become pregnant, so this is all a huge fuss about nothing.
ok so… i don’t want to get into arguments about how dumb religion is, i’m just explaining it as i understand it as a catholic-bred atheist.
so, for a lot of people, self-discipline is an important part of a religious lifestyle. many religions have dietary restrictions, a regular period of fast, regular prayers and rituals, a prohibition of intoxication, and yes some sexual prescriptions too. Part of the social and psychological role religion is supposed to play, for many people and communities, is as a protection against one’s inner turmoil. you have all sorts of passions and desires, but because you obey religious morality, you choose to exercise your free will in resisting those “animal” desires. religious communities tend to both enforce these rules, and ideally may also be understanding and supportive of members struggling with them.
so sure, from an anthropological perspective you might say that the bible prohibits sex out of wedlock because it is a patriarchal text, so this is really a way to guarantee the paternal bloodline.
but from a believer’s point of view, that’s not all that it’s about. That’s not how people talk about it. it’s often framed in terms of self-discipline and purity, the exercise of one’s will against one’s desires and a struggle between the godliness of the spirit and the earthliness of the flesh.
You don’t get why a lesbian who grew up in an environment that not only denied her exploration of her own sexuality growing up but most likely was hush-hush about sex in general would have a weird hang-up over being sexually active?
I think taking a “this makes no logical sense!” approach in relation to someones emotions(and faith?)isn’t really useful here. To me it really reads like she’s subconsciously connecting stuff from her upbringing (“sex before marriage is bad!”) to her own anxieties about having sex and her first relationship in general. Curious to see where it goes.
Actually the bible doesn’t even condemn sex before marriage. That is just an early christian/fundamentalist add-on.
When the bible does prohibit sex, it is either about specific things that do not apply here (such as adultery, because neither becky nor dina are married to other people), or is extremely vague (such as “sexual immorality”, which is not defined, so a consentual relationship between 2 adults is probably acceptable)
Check Deuteronomy 22:20–21, which prescribes death by stoning (on her father’s doorstep) for any woman who was not a virgin on her wedding-night.
(The case of an unmarried woman who has non-adulterous sex and who does not subsequently marry is covered by Deuteronomy 22:28–28. Her lover pays a fine to her father, the couple are compelled to marry, and they can never divorce divorce.)
“Ugh, I can’t stand being around you two. Actually, hold on. Maybe I’m more comfortable staying in. You two don’t mind me, I’ve got inspiration for writing.”
Does Amber have a laptop or a desktop computer? If it’s a laptop, she could just take it with her. If it’s a desktop, that sucks but she still should leave the room and give Dina and Becky some space and time together. Especially since she still has a phone that she can do some internet stuff on.
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“n/m”
*Amber goes back to speedrunning*
“as you were”
the horny energy in the room will probably give her power
I have a feeling that Becky might (mind you, only might) try to coerce Dina into becoming a Christian and get chewed out for it. Or, she might blurt out to Dina that Joyce is being stupid for becoming an atheist, at which point Dina may call Becky a hypocrite for tolerating Dina’s different beliefs and not Joyce’s (and Dina would be justified in doing so.) Their relationship could be put on pause for a little bit, or emerge even stronger, depending on how Becky reacts.
I don’t think Dina is particularly inclined to call anyone a hypocrite, at least not in so many words. Seems more likely that she’d ask why Becky feels differently about Dina’s beliefs than Joyce’s. Whether or not Becky takes that as being called a hypocrite is another matter, but I’d say it’s not the same thing.
This. The act and the word are the same, but asking someone why two things are different, and labelling the person are very different approaches. The latter promotes a hostile reaction, and the former is more likely to provoke some introspection. (more likely, no guarantees)
Amber… Amber.
Oh no she’s lost in the horny sauce
Amber is true pc mustard race
This is a thing? Does it also come with a ketchup race? 😛
Yes. Yes it does. Relish too!
i’m surprised amber wouldn’t have a backup laptop lol
Or just take that one with her.
Come on Amber, you are ruining the vibe. Don’t unintentionally cockblock(no idea what the lady equivalent is) your roommate.
That being said if she wants to leave a webcam running, I certainly wouldn’t object.
Gross.
What about my comment is gross?
I’m assuming they’re referring to leave a webcam running, which if I’m being honest I also find gross. It’s a total invasion of privacy and in general, it’s a huge red flag to have a third party, or anyone really, record you without your consent.
I would. It’s not cool to record people sexing without their express permission.
Fair enough, not everyone likes to be recorded against their knowledge. With Joe as the exception to the rule.
Joe was told he’d be recorded. They taped webcam on Danny’s foot if I recall.
Roz isn’t a great person, but she understands consent.
But did he give consent to publice record?
Roz told him in advance as I recall, yeah.
Beaverdamming is the yonic equivalent to cock blocking.
That made me choke on my water, so thanks for that.
That’s a new favorite word if I’ve ever seen one. Can we make beaverdamming a thing?
Just ’cause…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5amo0VhAMw
hahaha that’s good!
Actually, I’m not even sure she is.
I would laugh if this turns into a Slipshine where you can see Amber just sitting in the background the whole time working on her photoshop/whatever.
Yeah amber should stop pussyblocking but the second
Thats screwed up, a violation and betrayal for at least 5 Major different unique moraL reasons, ( and probably 30 minor ones)
plus its weird as you can fufill any voyeoristic desire by subscribing to slipshine w/out , any in-universe character violating the trust of virgins & sexual minorities.
“clam jam” is one equivalent for the ladies.
How about private parry
Just googled for the hell of it and I’m not sure if I like mine or libido veto better XD
The female equivalent of cock blocking is box blocking.
I have heard the term “clamjammer” utilized for such a situation.
Hey, yeah, as people have mentioned, this is a major consent issue. NO one do this. Ever. Not just for legal reasons, but morally.
Chastity fetish or not, how long can Becky even endure this?!?!
*plays “Gangstar Torture Dance” by Yugo Kanno on Amber’s phone*
I can already tell tonight’s comments are gonna be on a whole ‘nother level.
Hopefully awhile. I have concerns that them becoming physical might lead to Becky feeling guilty or angry at Dina for tempting her to ‘sin,’ and that such emotions might put unsustainable strain on their relationship.
PS.
I feel that there is a pun in here somewhere about Satan and Dinosaur bones but I can’t put my finger on it….
PPS. I have no idea where Wellerman found this song but as my lingo savvy friends say ‘it slaps.’ Is .. Is that the correct usage of that phrase???
Why can’t this poor girl just learn to masturbate? Or is that somehow forbidden by her custom-built Jesus too?
I mean Masturbation is a Sin in several religions lol.
When has it been established that Becky doesn’t do masturbation?
I know Joyce didn’t, but Becky’s uttered nary a word on it AFAIK.
You’re right that it hasn’t, but it’s at least likely. Their church certainly taught against it and she’s given no hint of changing her take on that part.
How long can Cadet Becky resist pushing the button that could alter her very existence? Will her tortured mind give in to its uncontrollable desire? Can she withstand the temptation to push the button that even now beckons her ever closer? Will she succumb to the maddening urge to eradicate chastity at the mere push of a single button? The beautiful shiny button… The jolly, candy-like button… Will she hold out folks? CAN she hold out?!
Becky has something we should all envy: That awesome plaid shirt. I mean two pockets, those tasteful threads of orange. Hot damn!
What’s the lesbian version of a cockblock? Because Amber is performing that function admirably (and probably superfluously) at the moment.
“clit-block” ?????
I’d usually just say clockblock anyway, but I agree clitblock would be the most 1:1 equivalent LOL
Clamjam
After looking it up apparently the term is clam jam.
Clamjam is pretty good, but “clam” to me doesn’t have the same impact as “cock”.
Agreed. Which is one of several reasons I prefer using ‘conga’ for my go-to vaginal swear. The other reason being that it’s from the Latin (cuni) and is thus the most linguistically proper.
(no idea if the C word is gonna get censored – this comment will make far less sense if it does)
Ayup.
That shoulda been a classic C yoU Next Tuesday.
i would really, deeply like it if that word lost its power to hurt and offend. it absolutely feels like a funny term of affection, for something funny and deserving of affection.
It only has that power in the United States, and maybe Canada.
Well, some of that is the difference between the usages.
Talking about your vulva/vagina vs being called a vulva/vagina (as if it is the only part of you that matters).
While I find British men calling one another vulvas/vaginas is amusing, I wouldn’t want to see that usage return to usage in the US. Rather, I would like to see that usage fade entirely while the use of the term to simply mean vulva + vaginal interior become the main usage.
CLAMS?!?!?! Becky better watch out!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
*plays a 4/4 string ostinato in D minor on Hacked Muzak*
I don’t want to go into explicate details, but the answer can likely be found in developmental biology (there is a stage, I think in early embryonic, when the sexually dimorphic genitalia start to differentiate from common base structures, just follow the path of development from there).
i think you might have misread the OP? (;
There’s got to be a good one. The key is that is has to rhyme with a slang term for lady parts. “c*ntblunt” is the best I can think of off the top of my head but that’s a little too crass. Maybe something that rhymes with cooch or puss?
A quick internet search suggests the terms are, as noted above, clam jam or beaver damming. C*nt blunt refers to a tampon.
Who said DoA wasn’t educational?
i’m not sure why the rhyming aspect is so crucial. i mean sure, cockblock sounds very funny, and it would be fun and playful to find a female counterpart that also rhymes but clamjam or (ugh) beaverdamming are just unpleasant sounding to me, neither term is in common use as slang for vulva and they don’t sound sexy in the slightest.
i mean, except for the fact that they don’t rhyme, clitblock, pussyblock or c*ntblock all feel like fine equivalents to me, with the first having my personal preference because while not rhyming it’s still nicely alliterative.
…yeah beaverdamming also doesn’t rhyme but it clearly comes from the same impulse of finding a word that has some of the same “playful” quality as cockblock.
Amber’s a bad roommate.
she’s a bad lots-of-things. 🙁
She’d be a difficult person to live with, yeah.
To share a room with, anyway.
If this was an apartment and she had her own bedroom, they’d hardly see her. If she had an en suite bathroom, they’d almost never see her. Jury’s out on how much of the chores she’d contribute to, but as long as she pays her share of the rent on time she wouldn’t be that bad.
Her intentions were good; she just got sucked down the Internet rabbit hole.
who among us
Next panel: “Wait, someone linked to TvTropes, this will only take a moment.”
I had a friend whose roommate would full-on fuck her boyfriend with her in the room. It was kinda disturbing.
so… but your friend wasn’t ok with this then? the didn’t ask them to leave, or at least tell them that they were about to get busy? was this happening while your friend was sleeping and their roomate thought they could get away with it if they were quiet?
i mean, i’ve had sex a couple times with people sleeping in the room and we were trying to be quiet. cos like… sometimes you really really wanna fuck and you don’t have a better option? for what it’s worth, i’ve been the other person as well and i just found it sweet and lovely. hearing people fuck makes me happy. not in a voyeuristic way, like it doesn’t arouse me, it just makes me happy for them you know?
but of course ymmv and i can see how this will be upsetting for some people, i’m just sharing my experience here.
If some folks are tryin’ to get it on in the same room and you don’t mind, is it weird to put on your headphones and watch Power Rangers loud enough for them to hear it, so they know you’re not eavesdropping?
i mean, that sounds a bit weird, but if this is happening and no one’s like talking about it, the situation is already weird anyway???
“Do you mind if we fuck next to you?” is a question that needs to be destigmatised.
Hell yeah
Maybe not too destigmatized though, like maybe if you get asked this on the bus you should still be a little bit shocked
I don’t know about weird, but it’s probably not good for your hearing
It’s only bad for your hearing if your headphones are the sort that blocks outgoing noise. I can’t afford good ones usually, so there tends to be some audibility for other folks in the room. Hearing damage is a myth anyway, and I definitely don’t have auditory processing issues or have to shout “WHAT” from the other room constantly when other people are trying to talk to me at a reasonable volume.
I mean, it’s not conventional, but if everyone involved is okay with it then what’s the problem?
Not to worry, Amber, this is clearly a Melian and Thingol situation we have going on here (but gay).
I never thought I’d say these words, but be more like your (step-)brother, Amber.
I mean if he was there he might try to get in on it.
Absolute mirror world shit right now…
Joe is so disappointed in amber right now.
SO DISAPPOINTED
Joe is the superior roommate in this specific scenario, yes. He’d even put a sock or something on the doorknob too. Amber really needs to learn how to be a good wingwoman.
Hurry up, Amber, nobody likes a cock block.
goddammit amber, you’re making us wat an extra 24 hours for the off screen pornogaphique!!!
let the gays do gay shit!!! aaahhh!!
they are gazing longingly into each other’s eyes, which a pretty gay thing to do already
WRT Amber’s last line, how much does Photoshop go for these days?
I ask because I’m currently using an ancient copy of Elements 9 that I got for Christmas in, like, middle school, and can’t install on any computers I’ve gotten since 2016 or so despite still having the activation code because the servers to do so no longer function.
“go for these days?” photoshop is always free and distributed through sites that also engage in piracy, I thought?
If this music isn’t playing while you download Photoshop and other such widespread-but-expensive software, you’re doing it wrong.
i wish. most crack installers i’ve encountered tend to blast some sort of shrill frenetic hard-tech when you open them
I maintain a VM of my old, old, old Windows 2000 machine solely to run my antique school version of Photoshop and Illustrator for basically this same reason.
Your best choice is probably to use GIMP. I’m not an artist myself, but my understanding is that Adobe took Photoshop to a subscription model years ago. You can no longer just purchase the program and use it; you can only “lease” it now. I hate that greedy corporate shit.
GIMP has a completely ass-backwards interface in comparison to Photoshop, like it’s perpetually stuck in 1992. It’s held up as one of the pillars of open source software, but I personally can’t stand it.
Aye, GIMP is a good legal freeware alternative to Photoshop.
And you still use “Photoshop” as a verb when referring to image editing something with GIMP because, well, saying something like “I need to GIMP this reaction image” tends to send an entirely different message.
Krita also exists as a free or a $15 “support us” version
Last time I got it I had to get the whole suite for like $600 because a laptop with my update-from-1993 LE dies and broke the update chain.
Photoshop is a monthly subcription that can run over a hundred dollars a year, if I remember right
People who don’t want to pay that typically seek out either an open-source alternative or do some piracy
Paint(dot)net won’t do everything that photoshop can, but with (completely free) add ons, can do a remarkable subset. Easier to learn and use than GIMP.
https://www.getpaint.net/index.html
Documentation:
https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/
at this point i’ve been using gimp for my image manipulation needs for a few years so i’m well acquainted with its basic functions. i started with photoshop like 10 years ago though, and the transition was pretty seamless.
now i’m sure the photoshop workflow has changed a lot in the intervening time while gimp’s hasn’t, so i’m not sure how easy it would be for someone to make that shift now.
i would’ve gladly tried out paint.net but it looks like it’s not avb on mac ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There was a guy who basically recreated Photoshop functionality in the browser for free, look it up
I have an old copy of CS2 I found at a thrift store years ago for $5. It doesn’t install because Adobe shut the activation servers down, but at one point they released a patched installer that didn’t need to be activated to work properly. They took the installers down because people were treating it like freeware, but not before it was mirrored all over the place. As far as I’m concerned that old physical copy in my possession represents a license for a working copy of the software, so my conscience is clear.
it seems important to you that your conscience be clear ^^ thanks for the faulty installer tip though =P
I don’t wanna get audited. :c
hm, did the font go weird for anyone else, or is it just me?
and now it’s back to normal. :/
Sometimes you can get a glitch while a page is loading that interrupts the CSS
Did everything taste plaid for a moment?
amber go away
Smooch already!
I sense a great disturbance, in my Pants!
Black vulcan, is that you?
i understood that reference 🙂
I have heard that in so many other cartoons, but Black vulcan isn’t one of them.
I appreciate Becky’s squiggly mouth. How long can Becky and Dina hold that pose, I wonder?
Until Becky finishes writing the core file to storage and reboots.
“no, no, take your time, we’re gonna be just sort of staring at each other for another eight or ten minutes before anything happens”
Im sligly suprised that Amber dont squee about some yaoi action, but again yaoi /= yuri
Funny thing, yaoi isn’t exclusively about gay love, basically any love that’s “forbidden” or “looked down upon”.
So this still counts as yaoi. I think.
Some yaoi fans in the comments section back me up here!
I don’t believe the word is used widely like that. Pretty sure it’s about prettyboys fuckin’.
Only time I see anything about Yaoi it’s about BL.
That’s…not at all true
Shes a straight fujoshi. She doesn’t care that it’s gay she care that cute boys are rubbing up on each other for her pleasure
As a fellow Asexual, I can appreciate Dina’s interest in Intercourse being almost entirely about beating God at something lol.
I’m not asexual myself, but as an atheist I very much appreciate it too!
IT IS TIME.
BUSINESS TIME 🕺
Beyond thinking about the dramatic layers, there’s something so sweet about these two and their relationship.
Despite their differences they’re both trying to do things that makes the other happy. There is a communication problem but their 19 so understandable.
The only thing missing is a Disney talking animal singing about their romance.
I think Dina might be 20 by this point, which is… pretty groovy.
She turned 19 the same day Sarah turned 20 (I think).
See, this is the problem with two people sharing a birthday and then not being considerate enough to synch up the actual year they were born. It’s very disrespectful of them.
I feel like Becky and Dina both have no idea what to do next and are kinda panicking internally
You could even say that they’re… both a little scared? neither one prepared?
“ok so I won against God. Now what”
They’ll stand there forever waiting for the ither to make the next move, like the Zax.
As I said above. Melian and Thingol, but gay.
Generations of college students come and go through that very dorm room, as Dina and Becky stand rapt, lost in each other’s eyes
There’s no way Dina hasn’t prepared for this with research.
There’s book research, sure, but Dina knows that’s no substitute for empirical research.
Becky has GG eyes. Which is different than Bette Davis eyes, mmmmm, or Marty Feldman eyes for that matter.
I aspire to Dina’s focus.
“I can feel her horny. It gives her focus. It makes her stronger.”
don’t mind her, girls, Amber is just going to completely shut down the world around her by diving between tweeter accounts
You know, it’s been a while since we had a new Slipshine.
I don’t get the entire thing. As far as I know, the “no sex before marriage” refers to heterosexual sex so any resulting children can be orderly managed within a family of man (who can be fairly certain they’re his offspring) and woman (who’d be treated horribly for getting pregnant out of wedlock). I don’t recall reading about any kind of restriction for a lesbian couple in the bible. It’s not like one of them can become pregnant, so this is all a huge fuss about nothing.
I don’t think Becky believes the bible anymore, but other than that, it’s not really clear what she believes in besides Jesus?
How many times can you alter a Christian before they aren’t a “Christian” anymore?
Apparently Becky decided that premarital sex was the big red line between Christian and non-Christian. The “one principle she MUST keep”.
ok so… i don’t want to get into arguments about how dumb religion is, i’m just explaining it as i understand it as a catholic-bred atheist.
so, for a lot of people, self-discipline is an important part of a religious lifestyle. many religions have dietary restrictions, a regular period of fast, regular prayers and rituals, a prohibition of intoxication, and yes some sexual prescriptions too. Part of the social and psychological role religion is supposed to play, for many people and communities, is as a protection against one’s inner turmoil. you have all sorts of passions and desires, but because you obey religious morality, you choose to exercise your free will in resisting those “animal” desires. religious communities tend to both enforce these rules, and ideally may also be understanding and supportive of members struggling with them.
so sure, from an anthropological perspective you might say that the bible prohibits sex out of wedlock because it is a patriarchal text, so this is really a way to guarantee the paternal bloodline.
but from a believer’s point of view, that’s not all that it’s about. That’s not how people talk about it. it’s often framed in terms of self-discipline and purity, the exercise of one’s will against one’s desires and a struggle between the godliness of the spirit and the earthliness of the flesh.
You don’t get why a lesbian who grew up in an environment that not only denied her exploration of her own sexuality growing up but most likely was hush-hush about sex in general would have a weird hang-up over being sexually active?
I think taking a “this makes no logical sense!” approach in relation to someones emotions(and faith?)isn’t really useful here. To me it really reads like she’s subconsciously connecting stuff from her upbringing (“sex before marriage is bad!”) to her own anxieties about having sex and her first relationship in general. Curious to see where it goes.
Actually the bible doesn’t even condemn sex before marriage. That is just an early christian/fundamentalist add-on.
When the bible does prohibit sex, it is either about specific things that do not apply here (such as adultery, because neither becky nor dina are married to other people), or is extremely vague (such as “sexual immorality”, which is not defined, so a consentual relationship between 2 adults is probably acceptable)
Check Deuteronomy 22:20–21, which prescribes death by stoning (on her father’s doorstep) for any woman who was not a virgin on her wedding-night.
(The case of an unmarried woman who has non-adulterous sex and who does not subsequently marry is covered by Deuteronomy 22:28–28. Her lover pays a fine to her father, the couple are compelled to marry, and they can never divorce divorce.)
“Just a moment, killing spiders”
“I should check just this one TvTropes link real quick, and then I’ll be out of your hair.”
Amber just said she will give them space. She didn’t say anything about time.
Spacetime is a combined manifold. You can’t have one without the other.
Maybe I’m misinterpreted something. But this looks like a very magic moment between Dina and Becky ♡.
Hopefully not magic!
If Dina succeeds, Becky will renounce magical thinking and embrace empirical evidence bruh!!!! 🌌 🧬 😆
A very scientific, biological moment, involving hormones and supernormal stimulus.
“Any sufficiently remarkable occurrence can be indistinguishable from magic.”
oh by the way if the hacked muzak is free now, i’d like to play Lou Reed’s “This Magic Moment”
Judging by their steady poses, I think the magic spell in question is mass hold person.
“Ugh, I can’t stand being around you two. Actually, hold on. Maybe I’m more comfortable staying in. You two don’t mind me, I’ve got inspiration for writing.”
Amber, take your fucking laptop out of the room with you. They were literally invented to be portable. Fucksake.
But why would she? Pornhub is about to happen, right in front of her.
My favorite video genre, “Lesbians awkwardly maintain eye contact for a long time and then eventually start to smooch”.
Amber seems to be into guys though. Preferably two or more guys at once. Her own involvement is optional.
Could be like my laptop: the battery life is now near nonexistent so if I unplug it from the mains it shuts off in like two minutes.
Amber just wants to watch.
Amber ‘I-Swear-I’m-Not-a-Voyeur-i-Just-Have-an-Internet-Addiction’ Lastname
How long until Dina gets fed up and bodily carries Amber into the hallway?
Come on Amber, you’re better than this.
Based on empirical evidence, she is not.
what did we say about magical thinking???
Haha, ouch.
Does Amber have a laptop or a desktop computer? If it’s a laptop, she could just take it with her. If it’s a desktop, that sucks but she still should leave the room and give Dina and Becky some space and time together. Especially since she still has a phone that she can do some internet stuff on.
She has a laptop, mentioned here: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/refurbished/
She’s just being an obstructive pain in the arse.
For God’s SAKE, Amber… !
Indeed.
Amber’s doing them a favor, she’s letting the sexual tension come to a boil.
Can you go back to being a vigilante or something. This internet lifestyle isn’t healthy for ya.
Breathe Becky, for the love of God, breathe!!!!!
Amber, today we can paste images on Tweet. Find a meme on KnowYoutMeme.com and paste it. Work’s done!
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ADD FACES
https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1491476447420194820
Porn lord. Master of Memes. Taco Bell. 100% epic!!!!
So what you’re actually saying is,
https://img.ifunny.co/images/d951faff683ce0376e0aae77106614ecb52aa3dcc37392992b327ce5bf55baa2_1.jpg
It would be honestly a blessing if Joe, warned by his Horndog sense, walked in, grabbed Amber by the back of her shirt and dragged her out.
A+ sibling intervention.
I think is now the longest relationship in the entire comic …and nobodys gotten off.
So my obvious question is Who’s going to die to prevent them from hooking up?
and will be its from a truck or a bad dad ?