I was going to say accepting something as futile and moving on was a good first step that many adolescents never get. But turning into bitter dude-bros is another likely scenerio.
Because there’s a particular variety thereof whose refrain is “[…] but I’m a nice guy!”
They don’t seem to realise that if they really were, they wouldn’t feel the need to keep telling people all the time, or that being nice does not entitle them to sex or romance.
It does, however, mean that I have known two or three people now who’ve been told they were nice guys, with this needing immediate clarification: “Genuinely nice, that is”.
My friends (16-18) use it somewhat frequently, in the form ‘[celebrity/character] is (the) bae’, but are never 100% serious about it.
I also see it a fair amount on tumblr.
Alfie needs to talk to Nick. Both about dealing with crushes and about acting mature in general. Funny how Nick seems to have become the expert on that.
At first I thought, Alfie, those flowers were in no way hard to get — they’re right outside the house. But then I realized that he probably meant “hard to pick given that I have no hands.”
Let’s face it, since Alfie started hitting on Bubbles, she’s taken on interest in two NEW people on top of her present sig other, and NONE of them are Alfie. He might as well quit now before he ends up on the outside of an anime-sized harem.
Alfie really isn’t registering on Ms. Cooler’s radar (figurative, I hope) anymore, is he? Just background noise with flowers and a tube sock sweater. Gotta give Killobot his due, the mechanoid’s got game.
And Alphie’s Nice Guy Syndrome is averted! Good job, Bubbles!
I can kind of see Alfie rocking a fedora and some poor attitudes towards romance in the future. XD
Some of us expect to be friend-zoned, so the flowers don’t get killed anymore.
I was going to say accepting something as futile and moving on was a good first step that many adolescents never get. But turning into bitter dude-bros is another likely scenerio.
Ok, why do people call manipulative guys ‘nice guys’. It really bugs me.
Because that’s what they call themselves.
Because there’s a particular variety thereof whose refrain is “[…] but I’m a nice guy!”
They don’t seem to realise that if they really were, they wouldn’t feel the need to keep telling people all the time, or that being nice does not entitle them to sex or romance.
It does, however, mean that I have known two or three people now who’ve been told they were nice guys, with this needing immediate clarification: “Genuinely nice, that is”.
Now THAT’s a “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.”
Panel 3, is “bae” supposed to be “babe”?
Best And Everything, Before Anyone Else, something like that.
That’s a backronym, I think. It is actually and abbreviation for babe.
Apparently it’s also a Danish word for ‘poop’,
So be careful who you use it to.
My friends (16-18) use it somewhat frequently, in the form ‘[celebrity/character] is (the) bae’, but are never 100% serious about it.
I also see it a fair amount on tumblr.
Thanks y’all.
Pretty sure that translated to “I appreciate the effort.”
I read it more as, “You seem like a nice kid.”
Cobra-robot Friend-Zoned. SHE DOESN’T OWE YOU, COBRA.
No Alphie, no… NEVER use the word “bae”.
That’s the part of that dialogue box you find objectionable?!
“We’ll always have Paris!”
Alfie needs to talk to Nick. Both about dealing with crushes and about acting mature in general. Funny how Nick seems to have become the expert on that.
And Alfie grows up a little bit…
Those are the most heartbreaking little head pats. I feel for Beatnik Emo-Cobra.
Alfie’s hard-to-pick flowers are .. Chekhov’s goldenrod?
At first I thought, Alfie, those flowers were in no way hard to get — they’re right outside the house. But then I realized that he probably meant “hard to pick given that I have no hands.”
Let’s face it, since Alfie started hitting on Bubbles, she’s taken on interest in two NEW people on top of her present sig other, and NONE of them are Alfie. He might as well quit now before he ends up on the outside of an anime-sized harem.
I thought every anime harem needed at least one awkward character with an entirely unrequited or unrecognized crush on the center of said harem.
He’s removed some of the protection surrounding the place. This is a bad idea.
Alfie really isn’t registering on Ms. Cooler’s radar (figurative, I hope) anymore, is he? Just background noise with flowers and a tube sock sweater. Gotta give Killobot his due, the mechanoid’s got game.
Alfie never registered on Bubbles’ radar from the outset.
Ok, why do people call manipulative guys ‘nice guys’. It really bugs me.