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View submission: Disagreement in /r/xkcd after Randall fires shots through the friendzone
I like XKCD, and Randall is obviously very smart, but he's very preachy when it comes to relationships, and I don't think he's quite as clued in to human interaction as he thinks he is.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/02/2014 at 00:46 UTC*
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Comment by celebril at 03/02/2014 at 22:55 UTC
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It's a commonly accepted conjecture on the XKCD forum that Randall is slightly autistic. The comic's fanbase cherish it as part of the nerdy humour.
Comment by a_little_duck at 04/02/2014 at 06:43 UTC
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I generally like his comics, but I remember one he made which was basically an extreme strawman to preach against the idea of relationships that grow out of friendship. It seems that he subscribes to the pop-psych Ladder Theory that you must start dating someone right after you meet them or else there's no chance for a relationship.