During the write-up-Diorama hiatus, Johns worked on various side tasks, the most noteworthy becoming The Dissociatives with dance musician/producer Paul Mac. In Episode fifteen of their Zelda II playthrough, Arin reveals that there was an episode of Joe and Mac back in the Jon Era that went unaired due to the fact they put in the overall episode conversing about abortion, and they failed to want to stir up any controversy in the comments.