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View submission: Disagreement in /r/xkcd after Randall fires shots through the friendzone
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 10z20Luka at 04/02/2014 at 02:38 UTC
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I like XKCD, but it can get a little preachy sometimes. That's my only concern. I've known just as many strawman-feminists in real life as I have people who talk about things like 'negging' or people who complain about the 'friendzone' and feeling like they deserve sex.
In short, I've never actually experienced any of the above. Only internet people telling me it's a problem, or making fun of people who apparently tell me it's a problem.
Before reddit, when I heard 'friendzone' I saw it simply a case of "loving somebody who doesn't love you back." You know, gender neutral, legitimate throughout history, all that shit. Now there's fedoras to keep track of, neckbeards to shave, manipulation to note down, etc. etc.
I guarantee the vast majority of people who have ever used the term friendzone to refer to their relationship with someone else are more deserving of sympathy than scorn.