Non-Slip Surface

That's a great idea! Thanks for posting it!

I have a yoga mat underneath an area rug in my living room - it's useful for subtle feedback when getting close to the boundary zone while in a VR game without the immersion-breaking Fence appearing in the game. Marigold can always do something like that if she decides to play a VR game for her audience. And it means that my exercise spot is always out and available to use, without being a tripping hazard.

lol I love Dale

Lee B.

It occurs to me that both Marigold and Hannelore are very ... prosperous. Marigold has a big income, and Hannelore is just rich. I'm pretty sure her dad would just hand her millions if he had the faintest idea she wanted money. The gift is literally just a gesture, of no economic significance to either one.

Carl Fink

Soooooo much unneeded and even less wanted advice! The last thing she needs is an effing audience!!!!!!!

Mike O'Dell

I've been told it's quite a bit worse. But I'd personally think it would depend on the carpet. I've personally skinned a knee on a yoga mat, but that was doing yoga at home in my shorts rather than doing it in sweats. On the one hand, that wasn't much more painful than the one carpet burn I managed to get. On the other hand, getting the carpet burn happened at a much greater speed and level of force (I was carrying a heavy load and tripped - but somehow kept from spilling my load so all that extra weight was on my knee when it hit, too.)

Some Ed

Well, good news for Marigold, then: she spent nothing on this.

Some Ed

Who needsFreecycle? These days out it on the sidewalk with a "Free" sign

Todd Ellner

That's what Freecycle's for, Marigold. To remove the reminders.

Maurice Kessler

For me, personally, the more I spend on an activity, the less likely I am to successfully pursue it. Then, like Marigold, every time I see the objects associated with the "failed" endeavor, I feel a twinge of regret and shame.

Joe Vandevander

There are an awful lot of my favourite characters in that last panel.

Marc Ducharme

Just make them out of neoprene. No see through. (Or breath through though....)

Where's Emily with her prototype adaptive fit yoga tights that won't turn sheer when you stretch?

I imagine the lack of slip could even be beneficial in certain positions? Doggy style, for example, could benefit from limbs not slipping around?

Ste Saunders

I love that Hannelore colour cordinated her top with the mats

Bagge

Fact: Yoga mats are 6 x 3. This means you can cut one in half and have two non-slip mats of exactly the correct size to play the X-wing miniatures game (in which it is very important to keep the miniatures from accidentally sliding around). Because yoga mats are so much cheaper than the mats sold specifically to play the game on, for a while when the game was new, Amazon's "You might also like" suggestion for yoga mats was X-wing miniatures.

Brannon Boren

Well streaming she gets to hide behind an avatar which probably helps and I bet its the only thing she thinks she is good at.

Aaron Schulz

With this attitude toward *potential* failure, how did Marigold ever, ever, EVER, try something she hadn't done before? Like, streaming for the first time, or even playing a game with other people around to see her?

Am Queue

I expect the blocks and straps could be useful for better positioning though.

Mad Marie

Hanners the Phobic went away and returned as Hanners the Wise.

no pain, no gain?

Mad Marie

Not nearly enough padding!

Marigold, yoga mats are dirt cheap and Hanners is just being thoughtful! Don't read too much into it!

Grace Kieser

'May, here's 500 yoga mats and a Sharpie. Get started.'

Dean Reilly

Beach without a towel, abandoned hockey rink, bear preserve...

THE FRICTION BURNS ARE THE BEST PART!

Yelling Bird

Slip n slide or Velcro, no inbetween

at0m

Turns out that being super bendy is her secret super power.

Things to not have sex on: Yoga mat, bare mattress, shag carpet, concrete, airport conveyor belt, wood chipper intake, canoe.

Anthony Gaglianese

From personal experience, you can definitely use it without getting friction burns. The key is expecting no slip

Carin Maja Brooks

Dale knows what's important. I can also recommend not having sex on a bare mattress with no sheets. Or um so I've heard.

DVW

I have so many yoga mats and I've never used them for yoga. Or for sex, that just seems like a bad idea.

fluffy

Just a heads-up: that's good advice. VERY good advice.

Mister Cletus

Now at least she will be guilted into trying out yoga long enough to be sure that she hates it. Too easy to just do 1 or 2 sessions, be sore and give up.

Thisguy

Just write "Burger Oni" on it and sell it!

BobC

I would like to see a Dale-centric storyline at some point. He's a good dude.

Lana Del Prey

With all the build-up I now have my fingers crossed that it's going to turn out Marigold actually *loves* yoga

David Jackson

***ow***

Tamara Macadam

Team Hanners/Team Marbear..Assemble!

Michael Boettger

First thing I think is, yeah, I need another one of those so I can put my workbench on it. That way it won't slip when I'm .... planing.

Kenneth Carlile

Sure Jeph. We believe you.

Joel Bateman

You know, a certain website that's a Hub has a few videos about that.

Joel Bateman

So is it worse than carpet burns?

doorbender

Hmm, so does the mat have that kung-fu grip?

Terry Parry

Uh huh, I'm sure... XD

Forgettable

A yoga class, but for fuckin'

GDI May

Miyaa

Is this... also from personal experience? Edit: for once I failed to read the subtext :(

Max D S