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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (43 children)

None of the men who say the things in panel 1 are the same ones who say the things in panel 3.

Men are not a monolith. The panel 1 men are on your side re the panel 3 men. Don't push them away with sexist generalizations.

Also, women do this plenty as well (google "nice girls"), you just don't hear about it as much, even though I suspect the % of women who do it is comparable to the % of men (if not more, which I think may be the case, based on the second bullet point below), simply because women experience a lower absolute number of rejections, as a sex, than men do, by virtue of the following:

  • They do the approaching far less often on average. Only the 'approacher' can be the one who gets rejected, after all
  • On the absolute scale, men are definitely less likely to reject a woman who approaches them, than the other way around
    • This means women in general have less experience with rejection, and that difference of 'exposure'/experience likely leads to being less likely to handle it maturely, on average, as is the case with all sorts of things (I'm reminded of Christopher Titus's quip about how dysfunctional people can handle anything, while 'well-adjusted' people are more likely to freak out over what's trivial to the former demographic)
  • I'm also fairly sure men are also less likely to publicly 'call out' a woman, when she does react poorly to a rejection, than the other way around

And for a mini-anecdote along those lines: I've personally been called the f-slur for rejecting a woman who propositioned me while having a boyfriend I was aware of.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (38 children)

Some of the men in panel 1, will also act like the men in panel 3.

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Not all men, also women are bad".
Yeah, man, not all men. Some men though. Some men, definitely.

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[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Comic is ragebaiting. The artist isn't looking for discussion and the people supporting it as some "truth" aren't either.

Call a spade a spade and don't bother engaging. The people that peddle this slop arent feminists... They are certified sexists that just want to retaliate against everyone and think they are somehow beyond reproach. Its shit behavior and it needs to stop being tolerated.

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Social commentary in comics? Can you imagine THE HORROR if Scott Adams criticized people who are bosses?

I'm all deep offend.

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[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You could have posted anything else but you had to post rage bait. Nice.

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 48 points 2 days ago

Every time someone says not to ghost them, they turn out to be extra ghostable.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (23 children)

Just be honest...to the potentially dangerous PoS who might attack you, follow you home, stalk you, worse...

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[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I've seen guys like this but I don't get it. Why get angry that someone isn't into you? Just move on. Geez. Like, do you think she will change her mind if you insult her? What's the logic here? Just a bruised ego? Little man syndrome?

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[–] PixelPilgrim@lemmings.world 2 points 1 day ago

me when im told what i ordered isnt available

[–] verdi@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"I have Herpes" also works.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 22 hours ago

Marry me.

/s, but you're so un-believably right, that it hurt to think about all the trouble and subsequent need to vent people could save themselves, but won't.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Except when it doesn't... eugh bug chasers are the one kink I will happily shame.

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