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Infectious
Posted on December 25, 2018 by David M Willis
It's Christmas!  You can pop over to Slipshine today to see a Christmas-themed Dumbing of Age naked person!  It's Christmas themed because it's a naked person in a Santa hat. I apologize belatedly for not having any Hanukkah-themed naked people.

183 thoughts on “Infectious”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “I’ll be the bongoest Alpha Bongo and show those darned muffin hanky-pankiers what’s what!”

    1. butts

      bongo bongo

      bongo bongo

      bongo bongo

      bongo bongo

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Bingo Bongo!

        1. Delicious Taffy

          Plasma Mongoose is about to make a Steven Universe reference!

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          I look forward to seeing the newest episodes of SU once I get back from holidays.

          I cannot believe I failed to figure out that RQ=PD, I was so sure PD was going to come out of hiding with everyone in shock.

        3. Delicious Taffy

          Imagine Ronaldo’s surprise, when he found out his little brother was secretly a magical alien rebel.

        4. Plasma Mongoose

          At least Walter is still best gem.

        5. Delicious Taffy

          No way, it’s definitely Jelly Bean.

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          A fan of the meme dorito I see.

          Stretch has been kinda dropped in my esteem somewhat now she has revealed herself to be less of a renegade and more of a slave “in love” with her master.

        7. Delicious Taffy

          Yeah, that particular twist kinda cheeses my onions. A lot of the latest season has sorta been doing that.

          Mmm. Cheese and onions.

        8. Plasma Mongoose

          Onion and Aquamarine are my favourite crack evil ship.

        9. Cipher

          Have to agree with Delicious Taffy, Jellybean/Meme Dorito is the best gem. That said, Razzle Dazzle Dorito>Meme Dorito.

        10. Lieutenant Dan

          Thanks, Padparascha.

        11. Opus the Poet

          Or you can just listen to the opening of Hare+Guu.
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-AiGlgHUk8
          Lots of Bongo in that, conga too.

      2. Deanatay

        Bingo bango bongo
        I don wanna leave da jungle
        Oh no no no no no
        Bingo bango bongo
        Ahm so hoppy in da jungle
        I refuse to go

        1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Bing Bang,
          Digga-rigga-dong,
          Funny words I sing when I am dancing!
          (Dancing, dancing, dancing)
          Bing Bang,
          Digga-rigga-dong,
          Silly words that can mean anything!

          xD

        2. BarerMender

          I’ve never seen that written out. It’s kind of dirty, isn’t it? Of course, the whole show was for the edification of pedophiles.

      3. Mr D phone posting

        Bingo bango bongo
        I dont wanna leave the Congo
        Ohhhh no no no no noooo

    2. Hinoron

      Hmm… an “Alpha Bonobo” actually sounds more interesting… though once Joyce Googles them, and realizes she’s been loudly proclaiming herself one…

      …Actually that sound’s fantastic! Go for it, Dave! ^_^

  2. ValdVin

    It’s Canon now. Hee hee.

    1. Bicycle Bill

      Not only is it canon, but it is de factoproof that the Dumbiverse is, in fact, the real world.

      1. Emperor Norton II

        I think it’s more like proof that the real world is in fact the Dumbiverse.

    2. 3-I

      Life Imitates Life.

  3. Madock345

    Nice.

  4. John

    If she’s wearing a hat, she’s not naked, is she?

    1. Delicious Taffy

      If you think that hat’s not getting tossed away in a few moments, you’re as naïve as me.

    2. Needfuldoer

      Oh sure, ask that question here and it’s philosophical. Ask it at the grocery store and it’s “disturbing the peace”.

  5. newllend(henryvolt)

    Well she’s in high spirits.

  6. NerdHerder

    Yippie-ki-yay, Mister Falcon.

    1. Proto

      This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!

  7. DailyBrad

    This is adorable. I love that Billie doesn’t even have a look of judgment, she’s just… used to it.

    1. Crusading Barista

      If I remember correctly, Billie had the sudden realization that Joyce was, for the moment, technically her only friend.

      At this point, despite not enjoying her mannerism, she considered Joyce a friend.

  8. Mr. Mendo

    The bongo IS the mean girl of the rhythm section…

  9. Yumi

    [chanting]Bongo! Bongo! Bongo!

    1. butts

      i don’t wanna leave the congo

      1. Delicious Taffy

        OH NO NO NO NO NOOOOOO!

        1. Deanatay

          dey have things like the atom bomb
          So I think I stay right where I omb
          Civilization
          I’ll! Stay! Right! Here!!!

      2. Tacos

        But then you gotta watch out for malaria and stuff there if you stay.

  10. Stephen Bierce

    I don’t wanna work
    I just wanna Bang On The Drum All Day    …

    1. Deanatay

      I don’t wanna play
      I just want to bang on me drum all day

  11. Cattleprod

    No! My precious fourth wall!

    1. Yumi

      The forth wall was just an illusion Joyce was allowing you to hold on to.

      For a time.

      1. Kris

        It’s like Haruhi, wherein Joyce is the god of Dumbing of Age.

        1. fire_daws

          Would that mean that Walky is Kyon?

        2. Opus the Poet

          Or Guu.
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-AiGlgHUk8

    2. SgtWadeyWilson

      “If you don’t break it every so often, how will it know you’re friends?”
      -Deadpool, probably.

      I say this as a joke, but I’m quickly remembering Deadpool’s history of torturing his “friends,” so… Ouch. Don’t be friends like Deadpool, people… What were we talking about again?

  12. drs

    Billie and Sal are like sisters. So if Joyce is like Sal’s little sister, she can be like Billie’s little sister!

    And Sarah’s.

    1. BBCC

      Sal and Billie don’t actually seem to consider each other like sisters. Walky, yes, and Billie definitely considers Sal’s parents to be like her parents…but Billie doesn’t seem to extend the same feeling to Sal. Partly because Sal was away for 5 years and partly because when they meet up again, well….refer to one of the earliest pieces of evidence of Billie’s bisexuality:

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/03-the-first-step-towards-recovery/unimpressed/

      1. BBCC

        That said, Joyce is ABSOLUTELY like a little sister for Billie. And Sal. And Sarah. And she’s got other sisterly relationships with Dorothy and Becky. Not to mention her actual sister, Jocelyne.

        Joyce is the Steven Universe of sisters, yes.

        1. Kris

          Is there a DoA wiki or age chart or something? All this little sister talk reminds me that Joyce started at the same time as most of the cast and could in fact be as old or older than Sal and Billie which would be funny, Kinda like how Dina’s a year older than most of them.

        2. BBCC

          If the birthdays are the same as in Walkyverse (but different birth years), Joyce is about a month younger than Sal (and Walky). Not sure about Billie though.

          And yes, you are referring to walkypedia and we desperately need contributors. I’m technically an admin, but I have a lot of other commitments and rarely have a ton of time. We’re fairly irreverent, so as long as you’re not posting bigoted shit or spam, please feel free.

        3. BBCC

          For those curious

          Walky and Sal’s Walkyverse birthday – April 1st

          Joyce’s Walkyverse birthday – May 5th.

        4. Dana

          Birthday on Billie’s fake id- October 19. My birthday.

        5. BBCC

          Willis said that’s not necessarily her real birthday though, and unlike Dina and Sarah’s, Billie’s isn’t mentioned as coming up soon.

        6. Dana

          I know what he said. That’s why I was careful to say on her fake ID.

        7. ValdVin

          Dorothy is nineteen. Others I cannot say.

        8. Needfuldoer

          I remember a reference to Dina being 19, and other characters surprised she’s on the older end of the main cast.

          Ruth’s twenty, we know that from Chloe’s attempt at a pep talk in the hospital.

          Other Rachel’s birthday was September 9, Meredith’s was September 17.

        9. thejeff

          Dina’s actually still 18. Her nineteenth birthday is coming up shortly though.

  13. Kris

    This comic is becoming self aware. That’s a sign of the robot apocalypse! Also “bongo”. Yes I actually typed the word for the filter.

    Double also: Happy Holidays, but don’t kid yourself into thinking we’ll see Christmas in comic before 2025!

    1. Spaz

      the word bongo will soon become the word “beach” just to mess with us.

  14. Marsh Maryrose

    Peak Meta Joyce is peak meta.

    Also, happy 11th day of Agnostica.

  15. Ivy

    You know, Joyce, it’s not the word that’s a problem but how it’s used. Sensoring it with a placeholder everyone knows the real meaning of does nothing to stop hateful speech.

    1. Kris

      This reminds me of when I watch dog shows and they sometimes say “b*tch”(We’ll find out if this gets passed the filter) and I gasp a little before remembering that’s actually how the word is used. Soon “bongo” will be the defacto derogatory term around here if it isn’t already.

      1. Clif

        Today, the comment section. Tomorrow, the world. 🙂

      2. thejeff

        An older friend of mine breeds and shows dogs. It’s always amusing to listen to these nice old ladies talking about bongoes.

        1. BarerMender

          Up in the mountains where I come from, they’re too finicky to say bongo, so they call a female dog a “gyp.”

  16. Kern Wallace

    I’m pretty sure there’s an Oingo Boingo joke to be made here, but I can’t figure one out.

  17. Sporky

    Does it count as an ascended meme when Willis is the one who came up with the word filter in the first place?

  18. BBCC

    Yay! It’s canon now! <3

    Merry Christmas, (belated) Happy Hanukkah, Happy Children's day, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Yule, happy holidays for anything I missed, and if you're not celebrating anything at all, then have a nice day.

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Agnostica — “the holiday for anyone who has ever calculated Santa’s airspeed” — began on Dec. 14 and has a half-life of 10 days, so celebrations are still ongoing. There’s still time to string up the Moebius chains, not open the Schroedinger’s box, and dress up as your favorite scientist.

      1. Bicycle Bill

        Sounds like something Sheldon from “Big Bang Theory” would celebrate.

        1. StClair

          Wow. Burn.

        2. Bicycle Bill

          It was not intended as one. Wasn’t there an episode of “BBT” in which the group *DID* have a party and the invitees played a game where they were supposed to choose someone from the world of science and interact with the others? And the reference to Möbius chains and the Schrödinger’s box was just a natural call-out to everyone’s favorite physicists.

        3. Needfuldoer

          Well… Big Bang Theory is about as representative of nerds as Swamp People is of Louisiana. Any comparison or parallels drawn to it can be taken as a backhanded compliment.

        4. Yumi

          Knowledge of that would require watching BBT.

        5. Marsh Maryrose

          Don’t know about BBT, which I find unwatchable unless Mayim Bialik is onscreen, but that sounds about right.

          Agnostica is associated pretty much exclusively with the comic strip Nukees, and even there it seems to be dying out — Darren didn’t even send out an announcement this year (nor last year, either).

          Guests at Agnostica parties are invited to come as their favorite scientist. It was a running joke in-strip (outdated even in 2000, even more so now) that all the women came as Marie Curie.

        6. No Name

          Except Jeannie, who came as Irene Joliot-Curie

    2. Yumi

      This makes me absolutely want to dunk on those who get upset by people saying “Happy Holidays” by just saying, “Have a nice day!” to people on Christmas itself, or at least close to it since I don’t see much non-family on Christmas.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Wish people a pleasant day to own the libs? 😉

      2. Needfuldoer

        Seriously, just appreciate someone being nice. Why does the party that rallies against “identity politics” get so upset when they’re not being pandered to?

    3. Spaz

      Supreme Saturnalia!

  19. Shiro

    Ayyyyyyyyyy

    I approve of this meta

  20. Tan

    I was not prepared for this.

  21. Reed

    merry christmas all you little bongos

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      I saw three bongos sailing in, on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day…

      We wish you some merry bongos, we wish you some merry bongos….

      Bongos, bongos, all over the town, our cup it is white and our ale it is brown…

      The holly and the bongos, when they are both full grown…

      Up on the housetop the bongos pause…

      O come, all ye bongos…

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        Bongo, the red-nosed reindeer…

        Walking in a bongo wonderland…

        Bongo, the snowman, was a jolly happy soul…

        Bongo belles, bongo belles, bongo all the way…

    2. Keulen

      Merry Christmas you filthy animal

      1. Clif

        And to you and your appropriate avitar.

  22. Ascension

    So we have to wait til next year for naked Hannukah Ethan, then?

    1. UniqueSnowflake2

      If you have an erection lasting more than eight days, contact your physician immediately.

      1. Opus the Poet

        It’s a Chaunukka Miracle!

  23. tim gueguen

    It should be noted that Bongo is an African name. Omar Bongo Ondimba, born Albert-Bernard Bongo, was the second President of Gabon, serving from 1967 until his death in 2009. His son Ali Bongo Ondimba was elected as his replacement in 2009.

    1. Spaz

      Out of curiousity, wikipedia, google, or top of your head?

      1. tim gueguen

        Wikipedia. Omar Bongo’s Wikipedia entry was featured entry of the day years back, and the fact his family name was Bongo always stuck with me. It’s the kind of name that if it was used in a movie or novel by a non-African would probably get them in trouble.

    2. Lingo

      And Bongo is an anagram of Gabon.

      1. Lingo

        Oh wait shit no

  24. pienapp1e

    Merry Christmas Dave and everybody else 🙂 thanks for the laughs!

  25. Viktoria

    I have HAD IT with these monkey faced snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Monkey-faced snakes sound absolutely horrifying.

  26. tirachokko

    to be fair, bongo just doesn’t have the same impact. It lacks the panache that bongo has

    1. adjudicus

      I love how we’ll never be able to tell which is which

  27. Arian

    This is my favourite strip this year.

    I’m So Meta, Even This Acronym

    1. Yumi

      Hi, Smeta! I Yumi.

      1. Arian

        Hehe

  28. sultryglebe

    This is a lovely gift. Thank you Willis!

  29. Kris

    You just know panel 5 is Joyce having a Scrubs flashback.

  30. NinjaNick

    Alpha Bongo. I like it.

  31. Whatevsman

    Baddest bongo on the block baby

  32. Keulen

    I hope Joyce hasn’t developed the ability to see the comments through the fourth wall now.

    1. BBCC

      Eh, even if she has, we’ll make her faint within the day.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Is this thing on? Alright, cool.

        *ahem* Uvula.

        1. Spaz

          Moist.

  33. Delicious Taffy

    This is the first time I’ve really wanted to get a Slip shine subscription. Naturally, it comes at a time when I have absolutely no money at all.

    1. Delicious Taffy

      If I get a subscription later on, will I still be able to view this particular image, or is it a limited-time thing? I’ve never paid for smut before.

      1. BBCC

        I’m not a subscriber, but from what I understand, all of Willis’ work is always available, so you should be able to see it.

      2. Sol Karas

        Everything that gets uploaded to Slipshine is there forever (it’s why the first month is a lot more expensive than the subsequent months, because you have this MASSIVE archive to work with).

        The only time something got removed (that I saw) was because of a copyright issue.

      3. 3-I

        They’re on sale right now, too!

  34. Jimi

    Just gonna test this: “alpha bongo”

    1. Jimi

      AH. I see. Alright, I didn’t get it at all. I Googled frantically for a while. For anyone else who was extremely confused by the alt text and all the comments, the DoA comments filter doesn’t let you type that word that Joyce won’t say. It replaces it with bongo.

      1. Amazi-Stool

        For a bit of background about this word-filter, read this comic and count the number of musical instruments in the comments!

  35. Architex

    Merry Christmas to my fellow readers, to the Willis family, and bongos everywhere.

  36. Alanari

    Is Billie still trying to get Ruth to somewhere they serve alcohol?

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Well, she was using “lead us not into temptation” as a guideline, but since the Pope tossed that out the window, Billie figured she might as well do the same.

  37. mrnoidea

    “BONGO” HAS OFFICIALLY MADE IT INTO THE CANON!

    oh and merry christmas everyone

  38. Bagge

    I love this!

    I love Ruth and Billie banter

    I love Joyce popping up as a mini-me for Billie

    I love Joyce taking on the mantle as an alpha bongo (and with about as much effect as Billie herself, when it comes to Walky and his love life).

    I LOVE Joyce picking up our running gag from the comment section

    And I really love the last panel, with Joyce being content staring into the glorious, Bongo-filled future as Ruth and Billie add commentary.

    Merry Christmas!

  39. Bagge

    AAAAAAALPHA B-WORD!!!

    1. mrnoidea

      ALPHA BETA!

  40. Opus the Poet

    Bongoes love cannons.

    1. Raen

      I had been wondering whether the word filter corrected the plural. I guess not.

  41. Bagge

    Oh, and Merry Christmas from Sweden, where all is well and THE GOAT LIVES!!!

    http://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goat

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Merry Christmas from Illinois, where all is corn and there are also some goats.

      1. Bagge

        You are corn.

        I am corn.

        All is corn.

        There are also some goats.

        Welcome to NightVale.

        (With apologies to Illinois)

      2. Dana

        Merry Christmas from central Washington State, where there are more apples and cherries than corn, but the good corn is local.

        1. Clif

          Merry Christmas from Texas where the goats and mosquitoes are bigger.

        2. Needfuldoer

          Merry Christmas from Massachusetts, where even Santa cuts across three lanes of traffic flipping you off to get to Dunk’s.

          Enjoy the day with your family, be they by biology, marriage, or of your choosing.

        3. Marsh Maryrose

          Merry Christmas from New Mexico, where Santa controversially (though unsurprisingly) favors red chiles over green ones.

        4. Bathymetheus

          Merry Christmas from Canada, where our smiles are warm, but precious little else is.

    2. Emily

      The real Christmas miracle!

    3. Nymphie

      I wonder if the livestream helped the goat live this year. one of it’s legs got scorched last week but nothing worse? Dissapointed.

  42. Raen

    Alpha bongo has me picturing Richard Feynman.

  43. fire_daws

    Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all you shippers out there! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

  44. abysswatcher1993

    I thought Joyce broke the fourth wall.

  45. OnyxIdol

    Merry Christmas or appropriate holiday to y’all!

  46. abysswatcher1993

    Merry Christmas/Yule/Hogswatch/Saturnalia/Winter Solstice/Gristmas!

    1. Kannen

      Seeing Hogswatch there made me smile 🙂 it’s been way too long, I should really read that book again (or what the hell, just go through all the Discworld novels).

      Merry Christmas (and other adjacent holidays) everyone!

      1. Amazi-Stool

        I should really read that book again.
        Or see the movie?

  47. Adam Black

    bongoin

  48. Well_Played

    Shouldn’t these kids be off for the holidays? Or is it still fall?

    1. BBCC

      It’s the middle of October. This strip doesn’t go in real time.

  49. BenRG

    For what it’s worth Ruth, I wouldn’t worry. There’s nothing about Joyce Brown, her behaviour or her utterly bizarre tendency to imprint on and mimic the strongest personalities around her that could be classified as ‘foreshadowing a larger movement’! XD

  50. C.T Phipps

    Bongo Bongo Bongo I don’t want to leave the Congo, no no no
    Bingo Bango Bongo I’m so happy in the jungle I refuse to go

    *listens to racist song while shooting Super Mutants*

    1. woobie

      I thought that was only from Melvin of the Apes, as referenced upthread.

  51. Ronnie

    Can we get a Pesach (Passover) themed slipshine then?
    (Not now. For Pesach.)

    My Jewish heart would love that so much

  52. Arianod

    Merry Bongos, everybody!

  53. ValdVin

    That’s a bit of amazing! Thanks for sharing.

    Merry Xmas. And happy holidays to all.

    1. ValdVin

      Was supposed to be a reply to Bagge. Ugh.

      1. Bagge

        Still appreciated 🙂

  54. DarkoNeko

    *starts playing the bongo*

  55. Emily

    The last thing the world needs is more Billies regardless of scale.

    1. Bagge

      Joyce doesn’t agree.

      1. Emily

        Joyce has questionable priorities and perspective as evidenced by this entire comic.

        1. Bagge

          …Can’t argue with that.

  56. Bagge

    So… we in this comment section are all Joyce?

    1. Clif

      If the shipping fits … Signs point to yes. We were all Joyce all along. Merry Christmas, Bagge.

    2. Emily

      Well, for choice it’s an active choice rather than something she literally is not able to do and also she refuses to use it because it’s a “bad word” and not because it specifically is a gendered slur used primarily to degrade women. We can still say fuck.

      1. Emily

        Really should have proofread that. Should have been “Well, for one thing”

  57. JessWitt

    “Look at me. Look at me. I’m the alpha bingo now.”

    1. Clif

      Now we need the t-shirt to prove it.

  58. Deanatay

    Hey guys.

    Guys!

    GUYS!!

    The bongo filter is broken!! Billie’s B-word got through!!

    Hey, Willis.

    Willis!

    WILLIS!!!

    FIX IT

  59. Portland

    Anyone want to guess how long Willis has been planning this gag?

  60. ValdVin

    I quite enjoy panel three where Ruth, Billie and Joyce all say something about “little Billies” separately.

    1. ShinyNeen

      Setup, denial, and delivery! It’s enough material to be the entire joke of an ordinary strip, but here’s it’s only the halfway point!

  61. wakeangel2001

    Bongos…I feel like there’s a dirty joke about boobs in there…

    1. Delicious Taffy

      You could use someone’s boobs as bongos, depending on their mood and general patience.

      Results may vary. Ask your parents’ permission before logging on.

  62. hof1991

    I know this is a young and US comment section, but am I the only one who remembers King Leonardo of Bongo Congo?
    https://youtu.be/LxSUk7XgqaE

  63. Solenoid

    Last panel for book cover

  64. Mr. Random

    And there’s a reason she’s not gonna call herself a witch.

    1. Amazi-Stool

      “Are … are you inviting me into your coven?“

  65. ShinyNeen

    Joyce has totally been thinking of Billie specifically as ‘alpha bongo’ in her head this whole time, hasn’t she? That’s amazing.

  66. Lingo

    It really brings a different connotation to bongo Cat, doesn’t it.

  67. ischemgeek

    Bahahahahahaha. Love the metahumor.

  68. Batman

    Alpha Bongo: a weapon to surpass metal gear

  69. Catman

    Since I know you can get past the dOrthy=Dorothy censor by random capitalization, and I’m curious, is there any way to pass the bongo filter?

    Not that I want to. It’s for science.

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