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[–] [email protected] 87 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So... should I put my pants back on?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

No... Keep them off

( ͡◉◞ ͜ʖ◟ ͡◉)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Nice dick... I mean comment!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Nice comment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

The last time I was in a Spirit Halloween store, the cashier told me they liked my hoodie.

I want to emphasize that I still occasionally think about this thing that happened in October.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's amazing how well a small, well meaning compliment can make your day, your week...

I was playing hockey last month and one player on the other team complimented something I did on the ice. Simple thing. "Nice puck protection!" after I made a play. Fuck, I'm so used to being chirped out there that it caught me completely off guard. I told my gf that night "The karma version of my brain is like: I should compliment players on the other team more. They probably feel great when that happens too 😀"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Hell, I remember when one of my classmates in gym class complimented my basketball shot, and that was back in the '90s. (If you're out there, Leon, thanks.)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I try to be the guy giving the compliments. Like, "Hey I like the jacket," or, "Hey I like the hat," stuff like that. I'll say it strangers and they always seem surprised and put on a seemingly genuine smile.

Us guys need to look out for each other, ya know? Some guys will never hear a compliment, and just hearing one can make someone's day.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hey, nice attitude! I can relate to that, and it's why I made this comic doodle. There's nothing like creating a good ripple in someone's life (and I don't think it's insincere to share what naturally crossed my mind anyway).

Keep doing what you're doing!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

for some a compliment can be a thing they remember for years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Good on you, I'm trying to be that person more and more because I know it makes my week whenever I get a compliment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Make sure you don't run into people of the culture, who - once you express that you like something - they have to gift it to you.

^^'

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I was wearing a nice suit while walking to my car on the way to a job interview, and this rolled his windows down and pulled over to say I looked amazing.

It felt nice. And I got the job offer!

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Title: "Emotional Starvation and the Modern Man."

The one thing most modern men have in common. Together forever alone.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (12 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Now we need a "hey nice shirt", "sod off" and vice versa

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need more nice shirts.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Pro tip: if someone compliments your shirt, offer it to them. Bonus points if you start taking it off before they can say no.

To take it a step further: if you compliment someone's shirt, pause just long enough for them to form a response, then ask, "Can I have it?" The key is to deliver it with a flat tone and a straight face, as though it's a totally normal question to ask.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

This sounds like a "I think you should leave" bit

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I always worry that I'll compliment someone, they'll have a look at my shabby self and it will have the opposite effect of them never wearing the thing again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Same. I have zero fashion sense and it shows. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate something nice. But always scared if I compliment someone, that it will do more harm than good.
Thanks for sharing, somehow reassuring to know I'm not alone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago

Is this loss?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Anytime this happens to me I spiral about how I might have just missed the sarcasm

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What would be the harm in just taking it as a compliment anyway?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably none, and that's exactly why I'm not going to do it!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Cartoon would be better if you saw a sliver of red coming out of the bedsheets.

Edit not sure why downvote. I think it'd be funnier if he wore the shirt to bed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, as you suggest, it would be funnier, but I don't think that's the main idea.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I get compliments from random people several times a week, and while it does feel kinda good it also makes me anxious and more aware of how I look. I feel a lot better when I give compliments, I generally don't get the anxiety and feel better about it afterwards.

I'm a dude, FYI.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Anxiety is a bitch.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I think we found Ryan Reynold's secret Lemmy account...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Proceeds to never wear another shirt again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And 4th panel should be him sleeping in it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It's probably not as comfortable as sleeping in his bed /s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

My New Year's Resolution was: Every day I'm out walking the street is to give at least one compliment to a stranger.

Whether it be the man walking with his beloved with a Larry David tier smile, or the person rocking a cowboy hat well in my local frozen sunless hell, I let them know how wonderful they are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Am I the only one who finds this uncomfortable?

Ok, I’ll see myself out then.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Last panel needs dark blue shirt guy looking in through the window.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

When people compliment me I blurt out some gratitude then spend the rest of the day worrying I screwed up the interaction.

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