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WCDT: 2741-2745 (07-11 July 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread

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Mr_Rose:

--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Jul 2014, 10:05 ---"Threesomes are like communism. Good idea in theory, bad idea in practice." (I may have misremembered that quote.)

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Threesomes, like any relationship, work fine as long as all participants are rational adults. Therein, of course, lies the fatal flaw.

Smallest:

--- Quote from: snubnose on 11 Jul 2014, 00:31 ---
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 10 Jul 2014, 14:15 --- Sven is inadvertently stumbling into "nice guy" territory, [...]
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:?

What the ... what ?!?


--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 10 Jul 2014, 14:15 --- He genuinely seems to believe that being honest about your feelings will make things work out how you want them to do.
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Well OK "nice guy" isnt exactly a clearly defined term in the first place, but still I dont see how "being honest about your feelings" fits into any definitions I'm aware of.

Nice guys are typically thought of as people of low self esteem, overly sensitive/feminine, they end up too easily in the friend zone of girls they fancy, they are respectful towards women (at least they think so) while the girls they fancy end up with douchebags, etc.

If theres anything Sven doesnt lack is confidence. And he isnt very sensitive at all, either.
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I think you're thinking of a slightly different thing than we are. The definition I (and I assume Barmy) was using is:

A 'Nice Guy' is a guy who thinks that just because he is nice, he is entitled to the women he is nice to (see also friendzone*). The sort of guy who says 'hey, you passed out drunk, and I didn't even take advantage of you! obviously I'm better than that guy you're dating that you complained about once! you won't date me? well fuck you I hope you get raped!' (though not a direct quote, a friend just related this story).

Someone that thinks that fulfilling the very basics of being a non-criminal, okay person means that they are NICE and deserve a woman. Generally they are not actually nice, and only fulfilled those basic human decencies because they thought it would get them laid.

Sven obviously isn't to this extreme, but implying 'I was honest, so you have to date me!' is pretty close skirting.

*some people genuinely use friendzone to say that they will only be friends with a person, never romantic, but in the context of nice guys or the internet, 'friendzone' is used to imply that friendship is only a means to an end (fucking) rather than an end in itself, and that it's a penalty, rather than good to have a friend.

dilbert719:

--- Quote from: Akima on 11 Jul 2014, 02:26 ---
--- Quote from: dilbert719 on 11 Jul 2014, 01:02 ---"I clearly just put my foot in something, and I don't know what. I'm not really in my element here. What did I just do?"
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Seriously? Could even Sven be so far lost in clueless self-absorption?
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He certainly appears to be, if reacting to "Oh my God you're an idiot" with "Is that a no?" is any indication. He hasn't expressed an inkling of a clue that Faye was in a rough emotional state, he told her that his confession of love to someone who was already taken was "not a big deal," and all of this came after Faye explicitly told him not to hit her with anything big. That's about as clueless and self-absorbed as anyone I've seen in this comic for a while.

Honestly, I think it'd show more awareness to realize there's even a question to ask here; the alternative, just walking away, could very easily result in him just stewing and not getting any clarity. It'd be more impressive if he did ask.

We'll see, though. Probably in two weeks' time, unless the guest week is followed by "The Saga of Spathe Ham".

KOK:
On the other hand, how would you likeit if someone told you he had something to say to you. You tell him that this is not a good time for something big, and he says. "OK. See you later."?

Method of Madness:
Isn't that how they should respond?

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