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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Either she's his girlfriend and he's just a complete asshole, or she's his girlfriend and he's being a sarcastic jackass(this is the only "good" scenario), or she's a clingy type who calls herself his girlfriend even though he's not into her at all and he's either set boundaries she ignores or he just doesn't really care if she invades his space like that.

No matter what, this comic sucks.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Maybe their relationship is fueled, in part, by sarcasm and thats just part of their dynamic. By being sarcastic, he's actually demonstrated that his battery has recharged.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is the case it was badly conveyed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

He's smiling in the last panel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Except, they included his uncharged battery in most frames.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Good take. That’s the only way I can get any wholesomeness out of the comic. Otherwise it just feels awkward and bad!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or that batteries don't actually work like that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Well, batteries only charge when you plug them in. (hint hint)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, "subverting" basic human love is just depressing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'm very much feeling the last scenario. She seems incredibly clingy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'd downvote it, but it is currently showing 666 net votes, and that captures how I feel about it even better.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's called dark humor. Carful or you might drown in your own tears.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dark humor has to actually be funny.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Dark humor like any humor is subjective. Funny to one, not to the other.