My dad- bless his heart- was/is a Tina. I typically had Joel’s mortified reaction, but now that I’m grown and moved out, I can appreciate that he cared enough to have my back when I needed it. And Aaron’s genuine confusion is hilarious!
INB4 Rod G goes all “One step forward two steps back, the old Tina would’ve been worse, I can’t get over the fact that the old version of Tina was retconned out for some stupid reason, blah blah blah, yadda yadda.”
God, Tina… here she goes again, trying to be in synch with her son.
Now that Jocelyn mentioned Ronald and Phyllis, I wonder if we will see the followup of the “Bob Ronalds” once Clinton becomes President.
Trying to be hip, and other failures. Joel’s suffering continues. Ah, newspapers and their ill-informed, mostly made up, secret societies whenever something becomes a fad.
Man, if Jocelyn had a youtube account (nope, 2005), she might have actually done that. It would be unnecessary, but reaction-face funny, teasing to mail a copy to Deb of Tina doing that.
Tina and Jocelyn forming a genuine friendship because Jocelyn wants a parental figure who actually accepts her and her interests is something I never knew I wanted.
My dad- bless his heart- was/is a Tina. I typically had Joel’s mortified reaction, but now that I’m grown and moved out, I can appreciate that he cared enough to have my back when I needed it. And Aaron’s genuine confusion is hilarious!
at first, this strip was kind of confusing, but now that I have context for what this all means, it’s become super funny to me
INB4 Rod G goes all “One step forward two steps back, the old Tina would’ve been worse, I can’t get over the fact that the old version of Tina was retconned out for some stupid reason, blah blah blah, yadda yadda.”
Know what I mean, nudged nudged, say no more?!
God, Tina… here she goes again, trying to be in synch with her son.
Now that Jocelyn mentioned Ronald and Phyllis, I wonder if we will see the followup of the “Bob Ronalds” once Clinton becomes President.
FYI, Tina; The “B-Boy Stance” you hit in the fourth panel is hip-hop, not grunge.
Aw, c’mon, Joel. Tina’s at least trying to bond with you a bit more. Joce is going with the flow, but Aaron just looks confused.
At least she’s trying.
Jocelyn seems to enjoy it.
Real article, FYI, and not just general parody:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak
Hmm, but why is the St. Paul Pioneer Press printing NYT articles…?
Tina embodies the phrase “He’s a little confused, but he’s got spirit”
Or in this case she
Nice to see Jocelyn and Tina getting along.
Custody of child
@TheJayster49 I suppose Tina be like:
Trying to be hip, and other failures. Joel’s suffering continues. Ah, newspapers and their ill-informed, mostly made up, secret societies whenever something becomes a fad.
Man, if Jocelyn had a youtube account (nope, 2005), she might have actually done that. It would be unnecessary, but reaction-face funny, teasing to mail a copy to Deb of Tina doing that.
Tina and Jocelyn forming a genuine friendship because Jocelyn wants a parental figure who actually accepts her and her interests is something I never knew I wanted.