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View submission: Disagreement in /r/xkcd after Randall fires shots through the friendzone
xkcd has already done a "friend zone" comic
Comment by Americunt_Idiot at 03/02/2014 at 19:45 UTC
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He's also fired shots at negging[1] and pickup artists[2].
Comment by yourdadsbff at 03/02/2014 at 19:28 UTC
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It's overall a great comic, as usual from xkcd. But I was never crazy about the "I'll make you depend on me" line. It unsubtly implies that the guy is acting more out of malice or a desire to manipulate than out of cowardice or insecurity.
Comment by [deleted] at 03/02/2014 at 19:35 UTC*
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To be honest, I think that whatever point that comic is trying to make, it does so poorly. It's almost like it wants to say that relationships can't develop out of friendships, and you're better off dating a jerk than someone who genuinely cares about you, because the person who cares might want more out of the relationship and that's bad somehow...? edit: wow, check out the downvotes. Lots of bluepillers and SRSers hanging around here, I guess.