[ SECRET POST #710 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #710 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 14 pages, 330 secrets from Secret Submission Post #102.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 3 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

111 OP

[(Anonymous)]

You're missing the point of the secret. There were lots of people saying "Oh, that's me!" and "Oh, that's my life!" about a comic that is entirely about a guy being friends with a woman specifically to manipulate her into being in a relationship.

If you think the comic is abut someone who wants his relationships to grow organically out of his friendships, then you're missing the point of the comic. And missing that point says something about your (general "you", not you in particular) experience and conceptions of friendships.

Re: 111 OP

[trustyoursins.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, I hoped that was the point -- it seemed like it would be, but I don't actually see anything in fandom about xkcd so I actually hadn't seen any of the reactions to it. It is kind of creepy that the point goes over way too many people's heads like that.

Yeah, I get that, really -- I'm just tired and went off on a tangent because I have actually had people tell me they find it too creepy to ever date anyone they're friends with. XD So I tl;dr'd pointlessly on that one. XD; The comic itself is completely not about that -- and yeah, the Nice Guy syndrome is one I've had brushes with a couple of times, and it. Just. Noooo.

At least "this jerk" in that comic is honest. :|b

Re: 111 OP

[trustyoursins.livejournal.com]

Aaand to edit because I was apparently brain dead when I read/responded to that secret:

By "I also think that if you're taking it too seriously, you're just a little paranoid yourself," I was mostly worried that people might not get it on BOTH sides of the spectrum. That Nice Guy in the comic is so fucking creepy it's not even funny, but I've had too many people say how creepy it is to EVER date someone you were friends with (and I have no idea whaaaaat is up with that or how I run into the minority that seem to think that B|), that I was a little worried that people would misread the comic as being, "Look, this is what 'friends' who eventually ask you out are REALLY like!" I know neither that nor sympathising with the Nice Guy are the point of the comic at all, but personally I've met fewer people who'd sympathise with the Nice Guy than I have those who'd use this as an example of what happens when friends date.

BUT YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART, I JUST FAIL. I was less addressing the secret than I was some hypothetical alternate response to the original comment that apparently never happened. Sorry about that :|;;;