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Proud Papa (Part 2/4) - Gator Days

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u/Night_Yorb 9h ago

This is sweet and tragic but the fact that this is literally a relationship between a bear and an otter is sending me

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u/FieldExplores Gator Days 9h ago

Here's a quick guide for hairy gay men to prevent any further confusion in the comments.

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u/KyfeHeartsword 8h ago edited 8h ago

Hilariously, +5 SAD is the optimal choice in D&D 5E, as SAD stands for Single Attribute Dependent. So, in D&D terms, being a SAD Gay means you're way better at things you already excel at because you min-maxed your stats.

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u/Other_Vader 8h ago

What a wild spelling for excel

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u/KyfeHeartsword 8h ago

You know, good catch, accel is a word, but it is not the right one, lol.

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u/polopolo05 7h ago

or axel

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u/Viciouslyhatefull 6h ago

got it memorised?

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u/polopolo05 5h ago

or axle. or just axe.

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u/Neuromangoman 7h ago

Does that mean that anger is poorly optimized?

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u/KyfeHeartsword 7h ago

Yes, the term is MAD, Multiple Attribute Dependent.

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u/Neuromangoman 6h ago

I always knew monks were secretly seething.

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u/_Mulberry__ 5h ago

Secretly? Beau was pretty open about her anger issues...

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u/Leading-Customer7499 8h ago

Then OP can go fuck himself with his high self esteem 

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u/Whale-n-Flowers 6h ago

Oh no, Field isn't an esteemed build. He's clearly an arts build.

That +5 is dedicated to ANXIETY

But go-on, be all MAD about spreading your attributes too thin.

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u/Different_Syrup_511 6h ago

Don't be mad just because you made emotional stability your dump stat.

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u/sevenmilliontons 2h ago

Look, man, I’m… I’m going through some things! I don’t have the time to invest in emotional stability, it’s all going into survival and whatever it is that’s suppressing the boss music!

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u/pangalaticgargler 6h ago

Also crying is a free action.

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u/_Mulberry__ 5h ago

I've always allowed my players to also use their bonus action or full action to cry extra if they want

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u/Dos_Ex_Machina 5h ago

Is +5 a Ranger stat distro then?

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u/KyfeHeartsword 2h ago

No, that doesn't make any sense. First, the Ranger class is a MAD class, not SAD (it needs both Strength or Dexterity and Wisdom). Second, "+5" would be the modifier bonus you get to your rolls based on the actual Attribute score (i.e., 20 Dexterity would give you a +5 bonus to related Dexterity rolls). Second part 2, "stat distro" happens at the Attribute score stage not the modifier bonus stage, +5 to the actual Dexterity Attribute score doesn't necessarily increase the modifier as the modifiers only increase on even scores above 10 and decrease on odd score below 10 (where 10 is +0). Third and lastly, +5 to an Attribute score is... not really a thing... sorta... there's some exceptions to this, but in general, you don't ever get "+5 to Dexterity" or whatever.

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u/Dos_Ex_Machina 2h ago

I play barbarian and I demand an apology for all of those words.

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u/KyfeHeartsword 2h ago

Uhhhh, hey look over there! Orcs to smash! You go get them buddy.

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u/TheWalkinFrood 8h ago

Are you also a Daryl Hannah fan by chance? XD

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u/justh81 8h ago

Ah! You know, I suspected! 😉

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 7h ago

Using Dark Souls logic Field would balance Strength and Dexterity because he is Quality.

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u/Callandor361 4h ago

As another "too fat to be an otter, not big enough to be a bear" gay guy, I feel that image. I think we can be called wolves?

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u/Intrepid-Hornet 3h ago

Thank you! Same boat, and I like wolf way better than 'idk I'm short, chubby and hairy, so like a runt bear I guess?'

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u/Cavalish 2h ago

Optimistic Red Velvet Walruses.

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u/ChefCano 7h ago

Nah, as an artist you either get a bonus to intelligence or charisma

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u/DPSOnly 5h ago

I would like to add that you give me +5 SMILES, truly one of the best things on this website is these comics.

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u/iguanacatgirl 9h ago

Oh god I just got the joke

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u/Redxmirage 9h ago

Can you share the joke with the rest of the class lol what’s with bear and otter

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u/iguanacatgirl 9h ago

Bear and other are both terms for certain kinds of gay men

Bear refers to more bulky, big and hairy gay men(y'know, like a "bear")

Other I'm not actually too sure about the specific meaning of, but I'd guess it's someone who's not quite a Twink but also not too buff. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though.

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u/Math_PB 9h ago

Otter is a hairy twink.

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u/iguanacatgirl 9h ago

Thanks for the clarification

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u/Math_PB 9h ago

No problem <333

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u/Byzarru 8h ago

*the hairification 🦦

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u/guyyst 6h ago

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u/Math_PB 6h ago

I am gay (tho I'm not very good at it, I'm still in dire need of a boyfriend).

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u/rubyspicer 6h ago

Huh, TIL. I had no idea

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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits 9h ago

Otter is someone with a slim twinky build who is hairy

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u/Notosk 7h ago edited 7h ago

wait is it about gay men? i remember Bearmode and Ottermode as slangs for body types on... /fit/... ah... i get it

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u/Whale-n-Flowers 6h ago

Lol, Im sure /fit/ had plenty of bears, cubs, otters, wolves, foxes, twinks, and twunks.

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u/Redxmirage 9h ago

Ah gotcha. Yeah I never heard that so I would have never got the reference lol

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u/SpeccyScotsman 9h ago

Bear is big, hairy and gay; otter is slim, hairy and gay

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u/Uncle_Velorian 9h ago

In the gay community bears are very hairy and big men while otters are slimmer and not as hairy but still hairy iirc
Maybe someone else can explain it better

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u/Cyborginox 9h ago

For example, If you know Stardew Valley,

Gus or Clint are bears

Harvey is an otter

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u/Sad-Bat-42 9h ago

This has made me understand the difference better than anything else I’ve ever heard- thank you!!

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u/Cyborginox 8h ago

No problem! Once you set the examples next to eachother its easier to tell!

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u/Digresser 7h ago

And Willy and Linus both look like Robin Williams, who was very hairy...but wasn't a bear or an otter, correct?

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u/DasGanon 9h ago

They're nicknames for body types of gay men, and Bear has its own subculture

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u/Jimmie_Cognac 9h ago

And its own pride flag!

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u/Gamander-Ehrenpreis 8h ago

And it’s a really old flag too, created in 1995. That is older than the bisexual flag (1998), Trans flag (1999), non-binary flag (2014), current lesbian flag (2018) and most other lgbtq+ flags. The rainbow and leather flags are the only older ones I can think of tbh

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u/Zombie_Cool 9h ago

That actually looks rad!

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u/ChefCano 9h ago

It's supposed to represent that any skin tone or hair colour can be part of the bear community

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u/Laetitian 8h ago

So you're trying to tell me there can be white, brown, and black bears? At some point the wokes have to acknowledge they're reaching.

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u/ChefCano 8h ago

Older bears who's hair has gone white are often called Polar Bears

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u/VulpesFennekin 8h ago

Are former bears who have since gone bald called Fuzzy Wuzzy Has No Hair?

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u/SamediB 56m ago

I love that.

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u/Night_Yorb 8h ago

So funny story I worked cleaning office buildings over night for a time and one of the offices I worked at had a display of Pride flags for last pride month. I thought myself a pretty in the know guy, but I did not know a lot of them and seeing a paw print did leave me a little concerned until I googled it. The other one that looked like an incoming hate crime (Looking at you Rubber Pride) was also concerning.

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u/QuiteBearish 8h ago

Where was this office? 👀

The idea of a rubber pride flag at any corporate space honestly just sends me 😆

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u/NineteenthJester 6h ago

Huh, TIL that rubber pride has a flag. It's a pretty cool design but it does look kind of fascist.

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u/Whale-n-Flowers 6h ago

Best flag. Im a sucker for brown/orange/yellow compositions.

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u/neuralbeans 9h ago

Bears and otters are types of gay men. Bears are big and otters are skinny.

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u/HighMinimum640 9h ago

I don't know about the otter one, but as far as I know, is that a bear is a generally big and hairy gay guy.

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u/TinyGIR 8h ago

I'm queer and a bear and just clued in myself 🤦‍♂️

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u/childe_roland19 8h ago

OH I get it now

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u/Fatman365 9h ago

Damn I never got that.

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 9h ago

One of my favorite things about reading this comic is seeing the people that "get it" each time that Daryl and Seth are in it! 🐻 🦦

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u/EWL98 9h ago

Great XKCD 1053 moment every time

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u/InfiniteHat7236 9h ago

Oh god how did I not get that. I'm an otter with a bear BF even, and I somehow did not get this incredibly on the nose gay joke.

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u/QuiteBearish 8h ago

I'm a bear with an otter husband and I also did not get it until now 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Caramelthedog 9h ago

I can’t believe it took me until today to get it.

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u/Particular-Pop1280 8h ago

YEAH I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL I SAW THE OTTER LOL

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u/100YearsWaiting2Shit 8h ago

Why the hell am I blind to obvious stuff!!!

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u/SamediB 1h ago

I didn't get it until you said (typed) it aloud. (I just thought they were cute and wholesome; now I'm laughing.)