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September 20, 2023

Asshole

by David M Willis on November 25, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit

└ Tags: danny, grace, mike, sierra

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 25, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    at this point “doing Mike things” constitutes his mere existence

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 25, 2019 at 4:50 am | #

      I know. I’m kind of worried about him too. Nothing good comes from losing the will to engage in your regular habits.

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 25, 2019 at 7:02 am | #

        Unless those regular habits are inherently destructive to the mental well-being of those around you, sure.

        • BenRG
          BenRG
          November 25, 2019 at 9:36 am | #

          But not replacing those habits with something new and better? Just apathetically repeating the old behaviours because he doesn’t seem able to think of anything else to do? No, just worrying.

          • HeySo
            HeySo
            November 25, 2019 at 11:49 am | #

            Er. While I’m not necessarily opposing your sentiment, your presented logic isn’t really panning out. Much like with drug abuse, simply avoiding a strictly negative behavior is in itself already inherently a positive [ie, “something new and better”]. Or, per your phrasing, “Something good coming from losing the will to continue engaging in regular habits”. Given that fact, I’m a bit confused as to your intended sentiment.

            I mean, so far I’m getting the impression that your sentiment is along the lines of “Sure, he stopped murdering people, but really, isn’t his life so unproductive now?”

            • ProfBluestocking
              ProfBluestocking
              November 25, 2019 at 1:13 pm | #

              Let’s phrase it a different way.

              One of the signs of serious depression is the loss of interest in engaging in your previous behaviors. Even if your previous behaviors were being a huge dick, the loss of will is a sign of a dangerous level of depression that often ends in suicide.

              • HeySo
                HeySo
                November 25, 2019 at 8:04 pm | #

                Thanks, that makes the sentiment a lot more clear. 🙂

  2. auroki
    auroki
    November 25, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    And it only cost a nickel

    • mrnoidea
      mrnoidea
      November 25, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      Beat me to it.

    • Felix
      Felix
      November 25, 2019 at 4:33 am | #

      You’re gosh darn right.

  3. Suet
    Suet
    November 25, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Nickels. All the nickels.

    Sorry, Dan, Dan-nuendos ain’t worth it

  4. Emperor Norton II
    Emperor Norton II
    November 25, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    Dan gets knocked down
    But he gets up again
    Mike will never ever keep him down.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      November 25, 2019 at 5:54 am | #

      Dannying the night awayyy

  5. Danielle
    Danielle
    November 25, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    lmao

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 25, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    *doesn’t play anything because Danny already is playing something*
    Today’s strip is sponsored by Delta Faucets.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      November 25, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      What’s he playing? It’s too late to pick up my guitar and try to suss it out.

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        November 25, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

        It’s not a guitar, it’s an ukulele. I have no idea either. The chord progression is F# major – E major – Eflat minor – C# major. Too generic to get you a specific song unless you know Willis’s ukelele repertoire, which I don’t.

        • merbrat
          merbrat
          November 25, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

          Ukeleles tune to: My Dog Has Fleas

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          November 25, 2019 at 1:17 am | #

          I know it’s a uke, but all I have is a guitar.

          At any rate, it’s 1am and either would wake my wife up. I’ll have to try it in the morning.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 25, 2019 at 2:23 am | #

          So he’s playing just about anything, then?

          (I don’t know chords…)

          • znk
            znk
            November 25, 2019 at 7:35 am | #

            @Needfuldoer Danny’s is not actually as generic as the famous I-V-vi-IV progression you linked. 😉
            I don’t recognize it, but it has a bit of a quirky/bluesy vibe to it? (The chords C# major and E major don’t fit in the same major scale, whereas most pop chord progressions stay in one key.) My tentative genre guess would be indie or classic rock.

            • John
              John
              November 25, 2019 at 8:06 pm | #

              I’d guess “indie” just from the fact that he’s Danny and he’s playing a ukulele.

        • znk
          znk
          November 25, 2019 at 7:17 am | #

          ValdVin is probably just going to use the chord letter names, not the fretboard diagrams below. But interestingly, ukulele chord frettings also work on guitar. Ukes are tuned like the 4 treble strings of a guitar, with a capo on 5th fret.* (Which is why a uke G chord & guitar D chord are fretted the same: 0232)
          Although for recognizing a chord progression, the absolute pitch doesn’t matter anyway. (It’s still the same song if you play it in the key of C#, instead of F#.)

          * Or 7th fret, if it’s a soprano uke tuned to A-D-B-F#, or no capo if it’s a baritone. Also, usually the 4th string is tuned one octave higher, but that doesn’t really change the chord, only its voicing.

          • ValdVin
            ValdVin
            November 25, 2019 at 8:26 am | #

            I will use the chord letter names.

            I recognize the similarity between E and F#, also E and Ebm. But it doesn’t ring any bells.

            (I must admit when folks talk about alternative tuning on a guitar, or how different ukeleles are tuned different.)

        • Fred
          Fred
          November 26, 2019 at 1:27 pm | #

          https://www.hooktheory.com/trends#node=1.b7.6.5&key=F# gives me three options: Stop by the Spice Girls, Weep by by TMBG, and… knowing Danny as we do… the Dragon Roost Island theme from Zelda (Windwalker)

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 25, 2019 at 8:15 am | #

      puts on Hey Jealousy by the Gin Blossoms

  7. vitalProximity
    vitalProximity
    November 25, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

    MIKE IS BACK

    AND WE’RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE THING WITH ETHAN

    YESSSSSSSSS

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

      …is there anyone else who’s actually excited about this storyline, or is it just me? o.O

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 25, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

        You aren’t alone, though I replace excited with cautious interest because it involves Mike.

        • Charles Phipps
          Charles Phipps
          November 25, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

          I’m pretty sure Mike will sleep with Danny at the party.

          Thus causing Danny existential angst for abetting cheating.

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            November 25, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

            At? Please let it be “after”. Those college parties are very uncomfortable, and these kids aren’t even high.

            • Clif
              Clif
              November 25, 2019 at 3:20 am | #

              But it’s a joint party.

            • Miri
              Miri
              November 25, 2019 at 4:01 am | #

              That is not correct use of the Quiet Room! Sarah might have to go get her bat.

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                November 25, 2019 at 7:31 am | #

                Kinky.

        • vitalProximity
          vitalProximity
          November 25, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

          I guess I also have cautious interest. I just feel cautious interest as excitement!!!

          …lol jk, but seriously, I love when a well-established asshole character has the possibility of even a glimpse of the long, long, long road to redemption, because… like, what’s the worst that can happen – they screw it up and are still an asshole?? They become MORE of an asshole, which no one would be surprised by at this point? There is all potential gains here, and practically nothing to lose in terms of the realistically expected outcome. Also, in a karmic sense, I think it would be hilarious if Mike slept with Ethan to make Danny jealous, which he was able to accomplish by taking advantage of Ethan’s old attraction to Mike, and accidentally gave HIMSELF feelings that he now doesn’t know what to do with.

          From a more nurturing perspective, I would also be looking forward to watching him figure out what the hell to do with that. But also I would really enjoy the irony of the situation, especially because Mike probably has the greatest sense of irony of all the characters here, probably by lightyears, so you just know he’s gotta be beating himself up, all “How the f did you let this happen, Mike?”

          • Meagan
            Meagan
            November 25, 2019 at 3:44 am | #

            I like your headcanon of Mike being super self-aware of his ironic and self-inflicted feels.

      • Gallio
        Gallio
        November 25, 2019 at 3:28 am | #

        Ah, my two favourite characters interacting! I’m hoping for a relationship to develop.

        • Gallio
          Gallio
          November 25, 2019 at 3:29 am | #

          I see this dialogue as flirtation.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            November 25, 2019 at 7:09 am | #

            All dialogue is flirtation. Hell, the two words are just anagrams of each other, anyway.

            • Bathymetheus
              Bathymetheus
              November 25, 2019 at 9:09 pm | #

              I am not familiar with whatever arcane alphabet you are using.

              • vitalProximity
                vitalProximity
                November 27, 2019 at 2:33 pm | #

                It is the ancient and revered alphabet called SLASH GOGGLES. *spooky fingers*

  8. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    November 25, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    This is a surprisingly tame Mike interaction, makes me wonder why Mike is still holding to that agreement. Does Mike actually have feelings for Ethan?

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 12:55 am | #

      YES. YES HE DOES.

      …I HAVE SO MUCH [circumstantial, but still] EVIDENCE. IF ANYONE CARES I WILL LIST IT ALL OUT, BUT IT IS TOO MUCH WORK IF NO ONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO SEE IT.

      …I feel like this is a weird ship to be pulling for but I don’t actually care that much.

      • vitalProximity
        vitalProximity
        November 25, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

        Actually I don’t necessarily ship Ethan liking Mike back necessarily, although I don’t NOT ship it.

        Can you ship something one-sided?? I definitely ship Mike liking Ethan. o.O

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          November 25, 2019 at 2:11 am | #

          I think you can ship an unrequited love scenario, it is unusual but it can be done.

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            November 25, 2019 at 2:16 am | #

            What would that ship look like, anyway? I’m picturing a catamaran missing one of its hulls.

            • Lone Duck
              Lone Duck
              November 25, 2019 at 5:28 am | #

              A Mike ship strikes me as one of those little children rides outside of big stores. In Mike’s case, put in a nickel, climb on board, enjoy some sounds and motion, then it ends.

              • geno
                geno
                November 25, 2019 at 7:58 pm | #

                I mean he marries Amber in the Dumbiverse does that mean she just kept putting nickels in?

                • Seregiel
                  Seregiel
                  November 25, 2019 at 9:02 pm | #

                  Coin operated boy – Dresden dolls and amber

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              November 25, 2019 at 7:33 am | #

              Outrigger canoe?

            • Khno
              Khno
              November 25, 2019 at 3:42 pm | #

              It would look like the Titanic: an unrequited crush with an iceberg.

              Wait, people are telling me in my earphone that it is crash and not crush.

              Well, does it changes so much things with Mike involved?

      • jufreire
        jufreire
        November 25, 2019 at 9:31 am | #

        I am late but yes I am interested. Mike in an unrequited love scenario, liking someone who… has morals and is overall a decent and good hearted person and pushes him to be better? And doesn’t like him back, therefore his perspective doesn’t become skewed by rose colored glasses? I like that

      • Zee
        Zee
        November 25, 2019 at 10:36 am | #

        *please* give me your evidence I am very much interested

  9. Hazel
    Hazel
    November 25, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Mike is trying not to Mike.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      November 25, 2019 at 2:18 am | #

      Judging by the last panel, he’s not succeeding at it.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 25, 2019 at 7:34 am | #

      Mike is Miking by not-Miking.

      • Liquid Len
        Liquid Len
        November 25, 2019 at 8:07 am | #

        But is Danny Danning-up the not-Miking?

  10. HeatherJean
    HeatherJean
    November 25, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    There’s probably something funny about the Mike-and-Ethan thing and “innuendo” but I’m too sleepy to think of it.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 25, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      “Love goes out the door when money comes innuendo.” – Marx

      • anonymsly
        anonymsly
        November 25, 2019 at 8:47 am | #

        “If that’s annoying you can leave in a huff. If that’s too soon you can leave in a minute and a huff. Do you realize you haven’t stopped talking since I got here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!” -Marx

  11. Dafydd
    Dafydd
    November 25, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    Well, in-Ethan’s-endo, anyway…

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 12:57 am | #

      Actually, it was Mike’s.

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        November 25, 2019 at 3:46 am | #

        At first i was like “how do you know???” And then realized someone has a slipshine subscription. Jealous. I haven’t been able to justify that expense to myself.

        • vitalProximity
          vitalProximity
          December 6, 2019 at 11:05 pm | #

          Very late reply so you’ll probably never see this, but oh well: Honestly, I couldn’t really justify it either. But… I did it anyway, because I’m bad at adulting. So like… props to you for your self control.

  12. Doctroid
    Doctroid
    November 25, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    So I saw this on Patreon yesterday and thought “Hm, I want to put the link to this strip in this ukulele-related document I’m working on” so I waited until this morning to find out what the link was going to be and no I’m not putting it in that document after all…

  13. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    November 25, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    NOW KISS!!

    Other people of course. Because the last person Danny should kiss is Mike.

  14. Regalli
    Regalli
    November 25, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    … Why was Mike invited?

    No, serious question, who involved in the planning of this party actually wants to spend time with Mike? You didn’t have to let him in, Becky!

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      November 25, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

      Becky doesn’t know many of the people at the party in a personal level, so she probably invited him because he hangs out with Joyce’s group.

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      November 25, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

      He didn’t even pass the test to the last party.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/nice-2/

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 25, 2019 at 7:39 am | #

        That party was much more exclusive than this one.
        Still, I assume Mike is crashing this party. Becky doesn’t seem to exercising much control over who comes in.

        • Khno
          Khno
          November 25, 2019 at 3:45 pm | #

          I was once the sole 20 y.o. at a 17/18y.o party. I ended doing much more door control than partying, let it be said.
          I also ended being one of the only useful witnesses when the cops investigated weeks after (about theft only, thankfully)

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      November 25, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      Mike probably trolled some homophobes or joined the Desanto campaign to troll some homophobes.

      • Emperor Norton II
        Emperor Norton II
        November 25, 2019 at 2:17 am | #

        Knowing Mike, he probably trolled some homophones.

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          November 25, 2019 at 4:53 am | #

          Or some gramaphones.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      November 25, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

      Maybe since Amber’s there for Dina’s birthday, and Dina would know Mike as Amber’s friend. I can’t really recall Dina being around for most of Mike’s assholery.

    • Deathjavu
      Deathjavu
      November 25, 2019 at 1:37 am | #

      Yeah, this is a good point. Is word just out about the party now?

    • geno
      geno
      November 25, 2019 at 7:59 pm | #

      Amber is friends with MIke.

  15. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    November 25, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Mike may be a big asshole, but he doesn’t have to try when saying insults. He is a champion at subtles offenses.

    Also, Danny, don’t be jealous of Mike banging Ethan. Ethan is becoming a bigger village bicycle than Roz, so there’s little hope of a functional romance between you two.

    To clarifying, I am not slut shamming. I am just pointing some stuff is hard to do, even if you have a nickel.

    • Charles Phipps
      Charles Phipps
      November 25, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      Danny isn’t dating Ethan so he has no right to judge him.

      Ethan also is right that now is probably not the time for a serious relationship (at least for him).

      It’s Danny’s issue he wants to be with a one true loveTM now.

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        November 25, 2019 at 3:48 am | #

        I kinda figured that Ethan/Danny is endgame once Ethan sows his wild oats.

        • Charles Phipps
          Charles Phipps
          November 25, 2019 at 6:40 am | #

          Mike/Ethan!

    • JBento
      JBento
      November 25, 2019 at 7:03 am | #

      To object to your clarifying, you most certainly are. First, please forever abstain from using the term “village bicycle”. Second, just because someone enjoys casual sex it MOST CERTAINLY does not mean that they are not also interested in a romantic relationship with the right person (or subset of people).

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        November 25, 2019 at 5:04 pm | #

        How do you feel about the term “doorknob”?

        • JBento
          JBento
          November 25, 2019 at 5:11 pm | #

          I don’t, because I… never heard of it? I mean, I ASSUME you don’t mean a literal doorknob? That you use to open doors?

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            November 25, 2019 at 7:29 pm | #

            “Everyone gets a turn.”
            As usual, used almost exclusively for women.

            • JBento
              JBento
              November 25, 2019 at 8:20 pm | #

              Ew.

              Also, ew.

              • He Who Abides
                He Who Abides
                November 26, 2019 at 5:00 am | #

                That reaction’s why I asked. I’d feel worse about knowing the term, but the context in which I heard it (a Static comic in which he uses the term to make his enemy too angry to notice what’s going on behind him) makes it more funny to me than gross.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 25, 2019 at 7:25 am | #

      Do we even know of anyone Roz has had sex with, other than Joe? She hit on Jacob that one time, but that doesn’t count. I don’t know that you can really call her a “village bicycle” with just one confirmed partner. Not that you should call someone that to begin with, seeing as it’s really dehumanising, but the point remains.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 25, 2019 at 7:44 am | #

        There was Beef at the party, but we didn’t actually see the sex. Her comments suggest there’s been more, but she could have been exaggerating. In one of the Slipshines, for example, she says something about hooking up with Joe when she can’t find anyone better.

        Mostly we haven’t seen it, because she’s a minor character and only important when she’s interacting with main characters.

  16. Cephalo the Pod
    Cephalo the Pod
    November 25, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

    Huh, I don’t think those chords fit into either a regular major or minor kyy, I wonder how they sound.
    *…*
    …is that “Bye Bye Miss American Pie?

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      November 25, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

      They actually aren’t as weird as they look in tab form. First chord is tonic, last chord is dominant; the intermediate chords descend modally instead of tonally, but they don’t sound that odd if you actually play them.

  17. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    November 25, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    Danny, don’t be jealous. You aren’t dating Ethan and have no reason to object to the fact that he isn’t interested in a serious relationship, let alone one with you.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      November 25, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      Danny is just possessive of everyone he is romantically attracted to. Maybe dating Sal would have been good for him to stop being a stick in the mud.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        November 25, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

        It’s a longstanding character flaw, and not one that’s gotten huge amounts of airtime in the Danny Relationship Troubles til recently.

        And given how his parents appear to have told Danny for quite some time that he would amount to nothing and he should attach himself to a woman who’s going places, I can see how that flaw developed. (I hate the Elder Wilcoxen. It’s a quiet, simmering hate compared to the hatefernoes reserved for the bad parents who’ve appeared outside Family Weekenf, but it is hate nonetheless.)

        • Nono
          Nono
          November 25, 2019 at 1:03 am | #

          It’s also been mostly balanced by the fact that the Dorothy/Danny relationship ended mercifully briefly and Danny was mostly seen as a good stabilizing influence on Amber.

          Now we get to see Danny wanting to be selfish, and that is a very slow lesson to balance out.

      • Charlotte
        Charlotte
        November 25, 2019 at 8:15 am | #

        Hm, I’m not saying you’re wrong, I just don’t see anything he said just now as possessive. He can disapprove of Mike being an asshole and trying to hurt his friend without being possessive.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 25, 2019 at 1:38 am | #

      He’s allowed to be upset about it. Humans aren’t just some creature that function on pure logic. That’s literally the definition of envy. Wanting something you don’t have or can’t obtain.

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        November 25, 2019 at 4:18 am | #

        Co-sign.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 25, 2019 at 7:47 am | #

        Plus, he’s not doing it in a way that would interfere with any actual relationship (or even casual hookup) of Ethan’s. But to Mike, whose “Mike things” aren’t just sexual, but manipulative.

        And look, Mike’s plan is working.

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 25, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    Yup, they both have a correct assesment of the situation in the second panel.

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

      In everything except the question mark.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        November 25, 2019 at 5:29 am | #

        True. Danny’s mistake was engaging in conversation. Just make a plain, factual statement and keep playing the Uke, Danny.

  19. Pan
    Pan
    November 25, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    for a nickel

  20. FriskyJacket
    FriskyJacket
    November 25, 2019 at 12:26 am | #

    To be fair to Mike (oh goes I feel dirty, I mean I knew I would feel dirty but I didn’t think I would feel THIS dirty), I didn’t read Danny’s line as an innuendo at all till it was clarified.

    • Miri
      Miri
      November 25, 2019 at 4:11 am | #

      Well that’s because most people don’t mean sexy things by Mike things. (Those are Mike things that he does for a nickel, often with somebody’s mother but not exclusively. Unless he’s bored, messing with people or horny, in which case his price may be waived.)

  21. Derek
    Derek
    November 25, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    What does Danny know about Mike being an asshole? I looked through the Mike+Danny tag and their last interactions weren’t aggressive

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      November 25, 2019 at 12:48 am | #

      I mean, he’s been around Amber and Ethan enough to probably pick up on that through osmosis, if nothing else.

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 1:06 am | #

      He seems to know that Ethan and Mike slept together, based on his assertion that Mike did “Mike things” to Ethan, and confirming he intended it as an innuendo, so I would suspect he heard about it from Amber or Ethan. Possibly Amber, since he also seems to understand this is probably not a good thing and there was probably an ulterior motive.

    • Charlotte
      Charlotte
      November 25, 2019 at 8:16 am | #

      Danny isn’t stupid. I don’t think it’s inconceivable that he figured out that Mike merely hooked up with Ethan with the explicit purpose of making either Ethan heartbroken afterwards or Danny heartbroken while it was going on.

  22. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    November 25, 2019 at 12:39 am | #

    Probably word of mouth from Amber and Ethan.

  23. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 25, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

    Damn, Mrs. Wilcox is a lucky woman. I’ve heard Mike’s dick game is pretty good.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      November 25, 2019 at 1:05 am | #

      This is another example of why this site needs comment upvotes.

    • JBento
      JBento
      November 25, 2019 at 7:05 am | #

      If it were that good, he wouldn’t have to pay to play it.

      • dralou
        dralou
        November 25, 2019 at 8:09 am | #

        It just occured to me that I always understood that “for an nickel” line as him asking for a nickel in exchange of his services, and it actually didn’t really add up to the insult, while the opposite (him, offering a nickel to the moms) did… Mmmh :s

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          November 25, 2019 at 10:39 am | #

          It’s never been clear. Maybe it varies from occasion to occasion. All we really know is that a nickel is involved.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            November 25, 2019 at 5:08 pm | #

            The real question is, does his Walky!verse daughter get a nickel in her college fund every time her parents get it on?

        • Khno
          Khno
          November 25, 2019 at 3:51 pm | #

          Both add to the insult, by undervaluing the sexual service, or by making it a valued service rather than a consenting free affect relation. In both ways I’d even say. It only works the way you say if you find not prostitution, but prostitutes, offensive.

  24. CMasta
    CMasta
    November 25, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

    Ugh why the hell is Mike here.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      November 25, 2019 at 1:00 am | #

      I’m guessing it’s because he plays an important part in some upcoming narrative arc?

      Because otherwise, I got nothin’.

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      November 25, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

      Also he gave Amber and Dina a ride to the party.

      • Miri
        Miri
        November 25, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

        … For a nickel? Each, or did they get a 2 for 1 deal?

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 25, 2019 at 5:35 am | #

        But they’re both in relationships.

        • Zee
          Zee
          November 25, 2019 at 10:55 am | #

          Technically Amber and Walky broke up

    • Dean
      Dean
      November 25, 2019 at 3:54 am | #

      Every slice of free pizza Mike eats is a slice someone else won’t get.

  25. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 25, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

    Knowing Danny’s mom, she’d probably just denigrate Mike the whole time and nitpick his skill. You want any part of that, Mike, be my guest.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      November 25, 2019 at 12:53 am | #

      She had a good opinion of Dorothy and seems to like her older son, so there’s a chance she’d like him. And then probably tell Danny how MIKE is going places, too, and he should be more like Mike.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 25, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

      “I just think you could work on your cunnilingus, dear.” “I think your strokes are…spirited though a bit lacking.” “I mean…I GUESS I came. Do I give you a nickel now or?”

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 25, 2019 at 3:27 am | #

        No fair. I’m trying not to wake someone up by laughing too hard, and you’re making it difficult.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 25, 2019 at 7:00 am | #

      If I know anything about people (we’re already off to a rocky start), I know that there are massive amounts of people who have exactly this kink. Or at least, they draw it a lot on certain websites.

  26. Zatar
    Zatar
    November 25, 2019 at 12:54 am | #

    Okay fine: There’s a Mike Comic I like.

  27. Nono
    Nono
    November 25, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

    Wow, in an interaction between Danny and Mike, Danny comes off as the worse one.

    • Danielle
      Danielle
      November 25, 2019 at 1:24 am | #

      is he?

      • Nono
        Nono
        November 25, 2019 at 1:54 am | #

        He is, yeah. Mike approached the conversation with, at best, casual indifference. Danny reacted with hostility. The most Mike did was just ‘agree’ with Danny til the last panel.

        • Kyrik Michalowski
          Kyrik Michalowski
          November 25, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

          I think Mike has earned out and out hostility, and he does not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

          • Nono
            Nono
            November 25, 2019 at 3:45 am | #

            And Danny is clearly just angsty about Ethan sleeping around and taking it out on an available target.

            It’s not like he was flowers and sunshine to Drew, either.

            • facedepu
              facedepu
              November 25, 2019 at 8:58 am | #

              Exactly. Came to the comments to say that.

        • Emperor Norton II
          Emperor Norton II
          November 25, 2019 at 2:15 am | #

          Mike was basically honouring the “not doing Mike things to you” the same way a kid being told not to touch their sibling will wave their hand back and forth one inch from the sibling’s face. He chose his words specifically on how well they’d provide him plausible deniability.

          • Delicious Taffy
            Delicious Taffy
            November 25, 2019 at 6:24 am | #

            Mike’s not tossing slurs or whatever, so Danny owes Mike entry into his personal space, as well as a pleasant response to whatever Mike says. That’s how it works with antagonistic pieces of shit, you know this by now.

            • JBento
              JBento
              November 25, 2019 at 7:07 am | #

              Oh, come on. We both (and Mike) know that that’s only true if the antagonistic piece of shit is a white male: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/04-of-mike-and-men/recording/

              • Delicious Taffy
                Delicious Taffy
                November 25, 2019 at 7:29 am | #

                You’re correct, of course. I’d forgotten about that important caveat.

        • SuperZero
          SuperZero
          November 25, 2019 at 2:33 am | #

          It’s almost like Danny’s memory goes back farther than the start of the conversation.

  28. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 25, 2019 at 1:34 am | #

    Damn, Danny, I didn’t think you had it in you.

    Mike, fuck off.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      November 25, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

      Our little Danny boy is growing in so many ways these days.

  29. nlips
    nlips
    November 25, 2019 at 2:00 am | #

    I’m just amazed that Danny is there playing his little heart out and Sierra and Grace just have their back to him, ignoring him completely.

    • Khno
      Khno
      November 25, 2019 at 3:59 pm | #

      I had a friend like him. Skilled guitar player and correct singer, always bringing his guitar to parties, as he was in every moment of life (classes, bars, trolley, and so on). I think we all know this type of youth. They have to get a bit less self centered to discover than we you go somewhere with an instrument and it’s not right on a gig, you should at least try to care of the public’s tastes or envies to play. You can play to yourself in your own room, because nobody wants to see you playing with your thing in public again and again.

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        November 25, 2019 at 6:28 pm | #

        Okay, I have exactly one question: Did he sing The Trolley Song on the trolley?

  30. BenRG
    BenRG
    November 25, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

    That’s the first time that I’ve seen a Mike-ism delivered as a weak come-back rather than a dry put-down. Maybe Mike has changed!

  31. Arianod
    Arianod
    November 25, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

    Play us a song, ukulele man.

  32. Clif
    Clif
    November 25, 2019 at 3:33 am | #

    And I say unto you, give unto Danny the innuendos that are Danny’s and give unto Mike the nickels that are Mike’s.

  33. ZerglingOne
    ZerglingOne
    November 25, 2019 at 3:35 am | #

    Is…Is Danny playing the Song of the Fayth from FF10?

    • ZerglingOne
      ZerglingOne
      November 25, 2019 at 3:36 am | #

      Hymn*

      • Kyrik Michalowski
        Kyrik Michalowski
        November 25, 2019 at 3:46 am | #

        If he is, that would be amazing.

  34. ZerglingOne
    ZerglingOne
    November 25, 2019 at 3:57 am | #

    I’m not positive on it, but it also kinda sounds like the opening to Bath Water by No Doubt.

  35. Kaz
    Kaz
    November 25, 2019 at 5:23 am | #

    This has to be the only time I can remember Mike just using a dumb, petty comeback like that.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 25, 2019 at 6:26 am | #

      There was at least one other instance of “Your Mom” from him, as I recall. Somebody said something wasn’t so hard, or similar, and Mike replied “Your mom was so hard.”

      Or maybe that was Billie.

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      November 25, 2019 at 8:14 am | #

      Mike in church; “Why did you come?” “Gave your mom a nickel”

  36. znk
    znk
    November 25, 2019 at 7:46 am | #

    That’s a D#m, not an Ebm, Danny. Even if nobody can hear the difference b/c they’re enharmonic equivalents, I’m still disappointed in you for thinking of it that way.
    How are you ever going to master functional harmony if you throw together sharps & flats with reckless abandon? For crying out loud, you’re in the most sharp key you can be. Where’s that flat for the minor tonic supposed to come from, Danny?
    Jeez…

    • Liquid Len
      Liquid Len
      November 25, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

      +1 for music theory nerding!

      • Khno
        Khno
        November 25, 2019 at 4:03 pm | #

        Soon, in DOA: dodecaphonic and serialists ukelele songs.
        Can’t wait for Danny to go full on powernoise after that.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          November 25, 2019 at 6:27 pm | #

          Where is Howard Goodall when we really need him?

  37. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 25, 2019 at 8:20 am | #

    Go Danny!

  38. Kater
    Kater
    November 25, 2019 at 9:24 am | #

    This interaction is glorious.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 25, 2019 at 9:35 am | #

      On both sides. I wonder if Mike and Danny realise that they have a future in stand-up comedy?

      • PHNX
        PHNX
        November 25, 2019 at 11:47 am | #

        Which is kinda ironic considering their juxtaposition to Ethan!

  39. someone
    someone
    November 25, 2019 at 10:01 am | #

    Hey the RSS feed has been stuck on the “Nemesis” strip for a while now, Willis’ web person (who may or may not be Willis himself) needs to go there with a plunger and unclog it.

  40. Zee
    Zee
    November 25, 2019 at 11:04 am | #

    My boy is back!

  41. PHNX
    PHNX
    November 25, 2019 at 11:45 am | #

    Mike Mike is MIKE.

  42. Roborat
    Roborat
    November 25, 2019 at 3:57 pm | #

    I am waiting to see if someone is going to Animal House that ukulele.

  43. Jay
    Jay
    November 25, 2019 at 4:35 pm | #

    I love mike

  44. PB
    PB
    November 25, 2019 at 5:07 pm | #

    Mike’s eyes are different …

  45. Beef
    Beef
    November 25, 2019 at 7:11 pm | #

    I’d take the benefit of dick from Mike

  46. Beef
    Beef
    November 25, 2019 at 8:09 pm | #

    I should probably change my picture

  47. Sarpiedon
    Sarpiedon
    November 25, 2019 at 8:47 pm | #

    Is it possible that DOA Danny is actually douchier than Walkyverse Danny?

  48. Michael
    Michael
    November 25, 2019 at 11:59 pm | #

    Mike’s hair confuses me. Does it look like that for historical reasons? Everyone else’s hair seems to have evolved into something reasonable since the Shortpacked! years.

  49. miluyali
    miluyali
    November 26, 2019 at 9:23 am | #

    shit no one did guess the song then??? i just trusted this community to be like, collectively, an adorably encyclopedic show-off, I thought the DoA community would always be there to answer or at least speculate wildly and wittily about every last aspect of every strip, never mind a specific yet obscure cultural reference on the first panel referred to in the alt-text. I was so young and immature. Now I have learnt the hard way that if you want a thing done you have to do it yourself. Well, at least, make a desperate and doomed attempt at it yourself

    So, assuming—hoping—praying—Danny Willis didn’t transpose this, I googled the chord sequence (with both D#m and Ebm) and, found.. not that many pages. Like, a few hundreds. In many songs the 4 chords are maybe part of the progression but just kind of in the middle of it, they don’t make up a significant unit within the song. In lots of others they just appear once during some bridge or something. So anyway, I’m left with only like 2 or 3 possible contenders?

    * Iggy Pop – China Girl <- probably the closest match i got, but even that's not great unless Willis meant to confuse us, because the specific chord progression shows up kinda late in the song. Also isn't this song kinda racist maybe?
    * The Gipsy Kings – Soy <- it's some kind of descending outro thing? Plus playing flamenco-rock on a ukulele is certainly, a mood
    * The Smashing Pumpkins – Meladori Magpie <- again, not a perfect match; it's missing the final B chord to close the progression. but hey! maybe Danny got interrupted before he could strum it..??

    I mean, it's probably none of the above. But if it had to be I'd go with the Pumpkins one; it's an obscure b-side, but from like, the ur-emo-indie-rock band. Which feels pretty Danny to me..?? Also while it was just vaguely old and unhip when I got into it (and boi was I into it) it’s now firmly a last-century band you might’ve discovered going through your parents’ dusty frickin CDs, which might add a vintagey veneer to Danny’s personnal brand of goofy yet deadpan freshman-posturing??

  50. miluyali
    miluyali
    November 26, 2019 at 9:25 am | #

    Oh wait, Willis gave it away on Patreon
    It’s the DuckTales NES moon theme

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