Randall (at XKCD) has the “Nice Guy” pegged.

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1. Kimberly December 7, 2008 9:14 am

   Yep, I’ve come a cross a few of them…eewww.

2. Shirley December 8, 2008 1:32 pm

   This is so right, it’s terrifying! Wouldn’t this be considered a form of coercion?

3. Momo December 10, 2008 12:08 am

   This comic gave me multiple “I can relate” orgasms.

   Yeah, the nice guy who’s always been waiting in the wings may be sweet and supportive, but it will never be anything really significant. The really good things in life tend to have high highs and low lows, which the Nice Guys can’t comprehend.

4. Jurhael December 10, 2008 12:24 am

   It’s manipulative, that’s for sure.

5. Undis December 13, 2008 4:19 pm

   hmm – I’d found this already and think it’s a brillant, cynical portrait of an everyday lie-we-choose-to-live-with.
   What it’s not:
   - coercion
   - one-sided.
   The situation works for both genders, and in real life, when we don’t love somebody, we simply break up the relationship when we realise the fact. If we don’t, maybe it’s what we want, after all. And sometimes, maybe, a friendship is important even if there are some unreturned feelings involved.
   The tragical imagined ending with all the sighing and wistful looks requires a passive, sexist cliché woman, who can’t decide what’s good for her. But of course, having exactly this image of women, and a weird, possessive idea of love is one trait of the “nice guy” character.

6. Jay Stewart January 29, 2009 2:37 pm

   Sounds like the lyrics to a Death Cab for Cutie

7. Jay Stewart January 29, 2009 2:38 pm

   Oops! I mean a Death Cab for Cutie song,

   Whatever happened to Led Zeppelin?

8. Vijay February 17, 2009 3:16 am

   LMAO that has to be funniest thing i ever saw and I thought I was immature.

   On second thought i still I am immature. lol