[0138] Unfavorable Compliment
 

[0138] Unfavorable Compliment

The current story arc started with this strip: There’s Still Hope.

A more subtle one…

  • Sandra: I’m not a five.
  • Woo: Wow, your dress is really pretty.
  • Sandra: Why, thank you.
  • Sandra:
  • Woo: Huh, why are you mad?
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  1. Terrapinpower says:

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    never say her dress is pretty always say she looks pretty in that dress or just she looks pretty

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  2. wasneeplus says:

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    Hey Novil, I’m realy sorry I’m bothering you like this, but I’ve send you an e-mail concerning some problems I had when donating. Just in case you missed it.(sorry)

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  3. Random says:

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    Sandra, the dress is pretty, but you make it beautiful :D (sappy I know). Anyway, don’t be so touchy about a compliment. Poor Woo, that would never happen to you the forest (I think).

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  4. gamerjoel135 says:

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    Not even the raccoon can win….
    I hope this doesn’t end before we get to Cloud, because he’s probably gonna get stuck in the worst trap when it comes to this kind of thing.

    That trap being when Sandra asks if she is prettier then another girl…
    Good luck to Cloud should that occur.

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  5. mystery penguin says:

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    Poor little woo being caught in the problems of a young girl…

    I will be thoroughly surprised if he gets through this unscathed, her father is already one casualty.

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  6. Mort says:

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    You figure he’d be a little more sly with words.

    Next time – compliment the girl and get a cookie.

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  7. Frank says:

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    Actually, I’m thinking that she knows he’s probably the only racoon in town that got nothing during mating season. So, if someone who’s bad at dates says something is good, you avoid it. It’s like the weatherman joke: if the weatherman predicts sun, take a raincoat.

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    Oh, that’s SUCH a common guy mistake, right there. Will we ever learn?

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  9. Urthdigger says:

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    …I’m not sure that’s the kind of thing Woo would mention to Sandra, Frank.

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  10. Ryguy987 says:

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    Me, I have experience with women as friends and acquaintances but I’ve never had experience with a woman in a love-cross relationship. How I complement women is that I just say something about them is nice, if they ask questions about it, I calmly explain myself. If they get picky about it, I just abandon the complement altogether and either start conversation from a different angle or leave them to what they’re doing. I’m pretty sure this strategy won’t work in a serious love-cross relationship so I’m pretty sure I have nothing to offer except a headache.

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  11. Lax says:

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    How about if she was fat or/and ugly and the dress was the only thing that was pretty? It would have been an insult to both honesty and the dress itself if we lied there!

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  12. Someone says:

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    Well, Woo was honest by beeing nice.
    Of course it’s the dress. It’s the only thing that changed after all ^^
    But that’s not what she wanted to hear XD’
    But I think that’s a common problem between men and women (it’s obvious, isn’t it?)
    They want to look good so they dress different but they don’t want to hear that the dress looks good.
    What happens then is a fight we men can’t win without a white lie.
    Easy solution: Be yourself and dress as you like and not just as others excpect.
    But this solution is “killed” by our society… again!

    btw:
    That’s also the reason why I’m an enemy of high-heels :?
    I don’t like this rating stuff but I would give a girl with high-heels 1 point less.
    Girls! Stop killing your feet!!! Torturing yourself doesn’t make you more pretty!
    Sorry, just had to say that :?

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  13. Alectric says:

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    I didn’t get the joke until I read the first comment. Pretty funny once I realized! But then I thought some more, and it really is a compliment. It implies that she has good taste in clothing. I would always be happy to hear my clothing complimented. I think that’s why I didn’t get the joke at first.

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  14. alurker says:

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    Girl: “Oh I love your dress, it looks so good on you.”
    Guy: “Dude. Cool Shirt.”

    Tomato, Tomah-to. Same sentiment, different language.

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  15. Samsonguy says:

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    @gamerjoel135: You know darn well Cloud is going to get trapped into this. I just feel sorry Woo already did. :(

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  16. Jesse says:

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    “Wow, your dress is really pretty,” is a good compliment, but when she’s feeling insecure, a better one would be, “Wow, you really bring out the best in that dress!” An even better thing to do when a girl is feeling insecure is to just avoid them and hang out in the woods. He should just thank the gods that she’s too young for a particular monthly problem.

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  17. Mort says:

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    Btw, got my Woo yesterday finally.

    Woot!

    Some advice, order from amazon instead of lulu if you can, their shipping service is not so good.

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  18. Hyp3rB14d3 says:

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    Huh. Sandra seems to have switches faces with Larisa in the last panel.

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  19. Iron Ed says:

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    Woo really should have complemented Sandra. The dress is definitely a 5 or less. :-) :-) :-)

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  20. Bucc-i says:

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    Why is Sandra mad?
    Girls…. I just don’t get them!

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  21. ceijiz says:

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    *facepalm* I had to read this comic eight times before I figured out why she was angry.

    Ridiculous.

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  22. Moroni says:

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    I think what’s really funny is that Woo seems to have some taste in fashion despite not wearing any. :D

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  23. Twilightfairy says:

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    Ah woo, you’ve no idea what you’ve gotten into.

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  24. Neveko says:

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    Oh, we’re supposed to get mad when someone compliments our clothes and not how /we/ look in them? I’ve been doing this girl-thing all wrong!

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  25. Shady Kitsune says:

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    *Sigh* Women… You can’t tell them compliments without them twisting it into offence through vague subtexts.

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  26. Bartimaeus says:

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    Sandra, just take the compliment as it’s offered.

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  27. Kepesk says:

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    Wow, I suppose the fact that I had to read the comments to get this one should tell me something about the reasons why I have been notoriously unsuccessful with women.

    Sandra and Woo, teaching clueless guys what they’re doing wrong, one comic at a time!

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  28. jup-reindeer says:

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    @Blitzkrieg1701:

    I would have made the same mistake. Or, not noticed at all… *shrugs*

    @Bucc-i:

    I once was very cross, like Sandra is now. A good, swift street fight cured that mind numbing anger really quickly. Maybe, she needs to take up boxing for a bit, or something.

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  29. RA says:

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    I’ve been trying to figure out what the problem is since Monday, I’m glad that I checked the comments because I was COMPLETELY oblivious! Esp important since I just started dating for the first time in about 2 years, guess my suaveness is rusty.

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  30. Manfred Kooistra says:

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    Girls, you should go naked. You’ll get more compliments than you know how to handle, and you’ll avoid being complimented on your dress. Simple.

    I just wish girls didn’t have these knots in their brains …

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  31. MalixDexide says:

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    I got the joke after looking at the strip the 2nd time round. :D Poor Woo… but hey, he’s not human.

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  32. lilspirit16 says:

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    What the heck is up with her!? She just got a comment from a raccoon! that’s pretty rare…although I must say…the dress is well…ugly……*PUNCH*….

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  33. Anteros says:

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    Im guessing its a mirror gag xD

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