Ohhhh yeah, definitely. And I totally agree with that, it's utterly creepy when people do things for those specific reasons. But I think I just missed all of the "people not getting it" trouble (I don't see xkcd in fandom a lot), so I was just kind of addressing it more cautiously, since it kind of (for joke purposes) presents it as a black and white, "she chooses the jerk over the 'friend' who is just manipulating her!"

The jerk is definitely more honest in that case, though. Nice Guys freak me the hell out. I just honestly don't know how fandom reads that comic, and I've heard people denounce the whole "friends before dating" thing before so I totally wasn't sure. >__>