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June 14, 2026

Take care

by David M Willis on November 11, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: jennifer, ruth

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    November 11, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

    “oh no, wouldn’t want to go around being GAY in front of my same-sex girlfriend now”

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      November 11, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

      “I’m shocked — SHOCKED — to find out that gaying is going on in here!”

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 11, 2019 at 3:38 am | #

        The comic is, in hindsight, called Gaying of Age. It’s right there in the banner and URL. Maybe we’ve all been slightly silly.

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          November 11, 2019 at 4:27 am | #

          Silly? Looks like a job for The Colonel!

      • Mr. Bulmbin
        Mr. Bulmbin
        November 11, 2019 at 3:44 am | #

        All thrusters are go. Launch engines, set up! Secondary engines, OK! Gay levels, 35%!

        Flight is go!

        And if you get that reference, you’re just as colossal a nerd as I am.

        • anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
          anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
          November 11, 2019 at 9:53 am | #

          All systems are F.A.B.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          November 12, 2019 at 4:12 pm | #

          I am going to guess Thunderbirds? Maybe Thunderball XL5.

          • Roborat
            Roborat
            November 12, 2019 at 4:12 pm | #

            Argh, Fireball XL5.

            • Mr. Bulmbin
              Mr. Bulmbin
              November 14, 2019 at 6:01 am | #

              You’re vaguely on the right track, but the “35%” thing is actually ghee key to the entire reference.

  2. Cheesy1
    Cheesy1
    November 11, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

    “Liberace” Gay.

  3. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    I guess we cut away for the horfing.

    I can live without having seen that, unless my imagination supplies me with nightmares about that act now.

    • Benjamin Geiger
      Benjamin Geiger
      November 11, 2019 at 12:04 am | #

      Or unless that’s going to end up on Slipshine. 😳

      • ValdVin
        ValdVin
        November 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

        I won’t kinkshame, but only say that that is not the strip which will get my to buy Slipshine.

        • Jhon
          Jhon
          November 11, 2019 at 1:07 pm | #

          It’s somebody’s fetish, guaranteed.
          (The internet has Rules, after all.)

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            November 11, 2019 at 10:27 pm | #

            Emetophilia…it’s a surprisingly common thing.

  4. SUGauthor
    SUGauthor
    November 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    “Wait a second, we’re both girls aren’t we?”

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      November 11, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      “I don’t remember any penises when we were having sex, but I think we were both still drinking at the time so it’s possible they went unnoticed.”

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        November 11, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

        >discussion about how some girls have penises

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          November 11, 2019 at 12:14 am | #

          Granted, it wouldn’t have been conclusive either way.

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          November 12, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

          Link to today’s relevant and funny Assigned Male
          (SFW, she even spells it d**k)

      • Rabid Rabbit
        Rabid Rabbit
        November 11, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

        “Though there was an odd glowy penis when I was telling the story of us getting it on to some people. Now I’m confused.”

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          November 11, 2019 at 12:40 am | #

          It wasn’t glowy, don’t tell fibs. It was hyper-realistic with bloody eyes.

          • Miri
            Miri
            November 11, 2019 at 5:31 am | #

            Ummm… I’m pretty certain if you see a penis that has bloody eyes its owner should take it to the vet doctor… Penises (penii?) don’t generally have any eyes.

            You definitely shouldn’t let it inside you. Catching ebola DTD-style would be a really awkward story to have to explain to people…

            • Miri
              Miri
              November 11, 2019 at 5:43 am | #

              STD-style. STOP THAT, AUTOCORRECT!!! (It tried to do it a second time)

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              November 11, 2019 at 5:47 am | #

              DTD? Door To Darkness. Ansem’s computer system.

              Ruth’s hypothetical Kingdom Hearts creepypasta dick is her own business.

              • LeslieBean4shizzle
                LeslieBean4shizzle
                November 11, 2019 at 8:33 am | #

                Bravo, Delicious Taffy.
                The phrase “Ruth’s hypothetical Kingdon Hearts creepypasta dick” broke me.

                • Delicious Taffy
                  Delicious Taffy
                  November 11, 2019 at 3:49 pm | #

                  This isn’t the first time I’ve gotten somebody here with a description of a character’s pingas, and it won’t be the last.

  5. butts
    butts
    November 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    ‘lads is it gay to be gay’

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 11, 2019 at 3:47 am | #

      It’s only gay while the sun is up. Sorta like daytime drinking.

  6. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    November 11, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Sounds Pretty Gay: The Tenth Volume

  7. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    November 11, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Ah, perfect storytelling through visual metaphor.

    Even though Ruth’s condition has improved and she has happiness within her arms (Billie), her depression will always be hanging over her shoulder, a symbol of misery and hopelessness, just like a Leafs logo.

    Bravo, Willis!

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 12, 2019 at 10:50 pm | #

      Mmm.

  8. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 11, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m starting to think that Bi Visibility Day picture with these two and Danny was a hint at something. What do you guys think? Am I reading too much into this?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 11, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      I dunno, these characters are usually pretty forthright about that sort of thing.

    • noiob
      noiob
      November 12, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

      they are pretty visible rn, not quite clear about the other stuff

  9. Woomy
    Woomy
    November 11, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Tell her that next time your mood zigzags

  10. MixMax
    MixMax
    November 11, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    doa book 10: “that sounds pretty gay”

  11. Solenoid
    Solenoid
    November 11, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    I’d rate that a gay out of gay. Full marks, Billie! Well-spotted.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 11, 2019 at 3:49 am | #

      You’re only rating it a Gay/Gay? I’d have thought you’d give it at least a Gay.Gay/Gay, to be honest.

  12. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    November 11, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Wait a minute, these two are queer!?!? Well, I’m incredibly surprised. There were no indications or hints, even on Slipshine.

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 11, 2019 at 8:48 am | #

      I believe Billie has stated she isn’t queer and we have to respect that.

      • StClair
        StClair
        November 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm | #

        Everybody gets curious. That’s perfectly normal.
        Perfectly normal.

        • Apostate
          Apostate
          November 11, 2019 at 3:42 pm | #

          The beautiful thing is, this IS normal! :3

      • Jhon
        Jhon
        November 11, 2019 at 1:03 pm | #

        Billie is starting to think about considering the possibility that she might be bi.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          November 11, 2019 at 9:03 pm | #

          Nah, she just likes girls sometimes. Like everybody does. She’s normal.

          Seriously though, you’re right. She is starting to consider it. Kind of a big breakthrough for her.

  13. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 11, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    As someone who has to remind myself to smile in social situations, it will take me time to process this new, happy, more content Ruth.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      November 11, 2019 at 1:04 pm | #

      Now there’s something you don’t see every day, Chauncey —

  14. Danielle
    Danielle
    November 11, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    sweet gay moments

  15. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 11, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Today’s strip is brought to you by multiple auto dealerships in UTAH. Why there?–I have no idea.

    • Wizard
      Wizard
      November 11, 2019 at 9:25 am | #

      On Saturday’s strip, I was getting ads warning me not to risk pirating Brazilian television, but to sign up with their authorized providers instead. (At least I think that’s what it said. I don’t actually speak Portuguese.)

  16. BarerMender
    BarerMender
    November 11, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    “Sweetie, I love you and will always be your mate. No homo.”

  17. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    November 11, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    Pfft. I have heard this conversation so many times, even participated in a few. There’s something that’s really funny about getting to use “that’s gay” when you’re LGBT+.

  18. Confuzor
    Confuzor
    November 11, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    “I am happy to.”

  19. Pearl
    Pearl
    November 11, 2019 at 12:23 am | #

    Hey, is anyone starting to think that these two might be like… really good friends? Like best friends even?

    • brute
      brute
      November 11, 2019 at 1:52 am | #

      gals bein pals

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        November 11, 2019 at 3:52 am | #

        Gals bein’ BEST pals.

    • Miri
      Miri
      November 11, 2019 at 5:41 am | #

      True story: my mum discovered that my uncle and his long-term partner were gay rather than just very good friends who had a flat together, holidayed together, etc, when they announced they were getting married… The rest of us had figured it out a good decade or so earlier but kinda figured they’d tell us if, when and how they wanted to, no big deal.

      My mum also only realised that me and the now-husband had sexy times together about 3 years into us sharing a one-bed flat, mind… Yet she assumed my baby sister was sleeping around when she was about 15 because she wears make-up. But also complains that I should wear make-up more often…

      My mum means well but sometimes her logic and other people’s logic really do not align. At all. On any plane that mathematicians, quantum mechanics or other physicists have yet to hypothesise.

  20. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 11, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    Wait, if this webcomic is turning gay, I’m out of here!

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 11, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      For real, it’s never been like this before.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      November 11, 2019 at 4:01 am | #

      You’re out of here?

      ….

      …. define “out”.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        November 11, 2019 at 4:23 am | #

        touché

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      November 11, 2019 at 8:50 am | #

      I can promise this website is not turning gay.

      There is no “turning” involved

  21. p!enapple
    p!enapple
    November 11, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    awwww <3 🙂 btw- love the green tinge in billie's face lol

  22. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    November 11, 2019 at 12:25 am | #

    I dunno if Billie will hold up her end of this relationship, and aside from that they could break up and go their separate ways for any number of reasons, but I’d say Ruth is growing from the experience. I’ll give Billie credit for trying and paying a down payment.

  23. Beatrice
    Beatrice
    November 11, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    “I’ll take care of you.”

    “It’s rotten work.”

    “Not to me. Not if it’s you.”

  24. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 11, 2019 at 12:56 am | #

    adorable… terrifying… adorafying…

    Seems like the pendulum has svung back to the “adorable” part.

  25. Tandel
    Tandel
    November 11, 2019 at 1:07 am | #

    Still not as gay as, “Hey, guess what? I’m a lesbian!”

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      November 11, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

      I don’t know, I think Billie and Ruth being in a lesbian relationship is at least a little more gay than that.

      • Illithid
        Illithid
        November 11, 2019 at 2:04 am | #

        There’s no one more gay than a fresh-out-of-the-smoldering-ruins-of-the-closet gay. Because Everyone Must Know! Twice!

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        November 11, 2019 at 8:54 am | #

        Given that Becky is 24 or 25 on a 6 point scale, she’s not only more gay than 2 bi women, but also than 2 normal lesbians.

      • ego
        ego
        November 11, 2019 at 9:58 am | #

        im a comfortable middle aged cis het dude, so i must just be virtue signalling, but i would be a touch annoyed at someone discussing in apparent sincerity who is more or less het than i am. having the grading rubric explained to me wouldn’t help.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          November 11, 2019 at 3:52 pm | #

          No worries, there’s a bright side. Much like The Game, you can’t lose if you simply don’t participate.

  26. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 11, 2019 at 1:21 am | #

    Plays “Separate Ways” by Journey on hacked Muzak.

  27. StClair
    StClair
    November 11, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

    COMFORT
    ONE
    BARFY
    CHEERLEADER

  28. Archivist
    Archivist
    November 11, 2019 at 1:58 am | #

    IT’S ROTTEN WORK NOT TO ME NOT IF IT’S YOU

  29. BenRG
    BenRG
    November 11, 2019 at 2:08 am | #

    It’s in character for someone like Billie to react to the embarrassment of Ruth’s admission with a bit of snark. In any case, I’m sure that she’ll come up with a better and more nuanced response when she doesn’t feel like death that’s been reheated from frozen.

  30. Lensipensi
    Lensipensi
    November 11, 2019 at 2:10 am | #

    As a person struggling with depression since childhood I have to say, that taking care of someone (even if it is “just” the cat) is very uplifting and fulfilling.

    • Jago
      Jago
      November 11, 2019 at 8:48 am | #

      That does sound nice. I’ve always wanted a cat, but if I can’t take care of myself, I doubt I could take care of an animal, so that’s something for a vague “later”.
      Cats are pretty good companions, though.

  31. Mr.Morningstar
    Mr.Morningstar
    November 11, 2019 at 2:59 am | #

    Hooray for growth as a person!!!

  32. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    November 11, 2019 at 4:17 am | #

    Well, considering the original definition of “gay”, Billie’s not wrong. 😉

  33. He Who Abides
    He Who Abides
    November 11, 2019 at 4:47 am | #

    Oh man, my sister and her wife call each other’s more sappy declarations of love “gay” all the time. It’s just as funny here as it is there.

  34. Juanoku
    Juanoku
    November 11, 2019 at 4:56 am | #

    WOW REALLY? I NEVER NOTICED, THANK YOU BILLIE FOR POINTING IT OUT

  35. Arianod
    Arianod
    November 11, 2019 at 5:37 am | #

    She was bound to notice sooner or later.

  36. WeirderThanWeird
    WeirderThanWeird
    November 11, 2019 at 7:11 am | #

    So I finally got around to subscribing to Slipshine so I could read the Mike/Ethan smut and I’m not sure how I feel about it. Mostly just weird. It was weird to see the characters in a sexual situation

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 11, 2019 at 2:32 pm | #

      Wait til you get to Malaya’s. You’re gonna need T-Dub to show you what’s up and what’s not up.

  37. JBento
    JBento
    November 11, 2019 at 7:26 am | #

    Gayness? In THIS relationship?!

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      November 11, 2019 at 8:30 am | #

      It’s more likely than you think!

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      November 11, 2019 at 8:46 am | #

      I’m not sure but I believe that ‘gay’ has recently become a slang term for ‘sentimental’ in the sugary-sweet way.

  38. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 11, 2019 at 7:51 am | #

    I love when these two are the sweetest things possible. They have gone through so many difficulties and are still able to stay together. Awwwwww…..

  39. motorfirebox
    motorfirebox
    November 11, 2019 at 7:56 am | #

    Whoah whoah whoah, what’s this? HEALTHY relationshippery!?

    • Falcon
      Falcon
      November 11, 2019 at 8:15 pm | #

      I was there, Willis. I was there 3 in-universe weeks ago.

  40. JBento
    JBento
    November 11, 2019 at 8:23 am | #

    No, wait, I get it now. Billie is using “gay” in its original meaning, she is remarking on the uncanniness of Ruth, depressed and in a suicide pact relationship, being HAPPY.

    • plasticwrap
      plasticwrap
      November 12, 2019 at 12:02 am | #

      Ewwww.

  41. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    November 11, 2019 at 9:18 am | #

    If only two sentences could be used for one book title.

    DoA Book 10: “That sounds pretty gay.” “Oh, so you finally noticed.”

  42. greatdistractions
    greatdistractions
    November 11, 2019 at 10:22 am | #

    “I’ll take care of you”
    “It’s rotten work”
    “Not to me. Not if it’s you”

  43. fire_daws
    fire_daws
    November 11, 2019 at 12:52 pm | #

    D’awwwwwwww

  44. HMH
    HMH
    November 11, 2019 at 3:49 pm | #

    Honestly, Ruth’s perspective here makes for a pretty good lesson that I could probably do well to incorporate into my own thoughts and my own life. She really is correct, about how it is to really love someone, and I do feel that way too when it comes to those who are important to me…so, maybe, it’s not such a stretch that other people might feel the same way in return.

  45. Pocky
    Pocky
    November 11, 2019 at 6:30 pm | #

    from my experience; the gayer something sounds, the better it turns out to be.

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