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![[0750] Subtle Signals](/comics/2016-01-07-0750-subtle-signals.png "[0750] Subtle Signals")
Oh boy, almost a day late. But having to write and publish 200+ comic pages per year can sometimes be a little taxing.
- Larisa: Girls need to send boys subtle signals to make it clear that they’re interested in them.
- Larisa: When it comes to the means of sending such subtle signals, one should always consider fashion.
- Luna: This is subtle?
- Larisa: Almost too subtle.
- T-shirt: Thomas, I like you!
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Larisa….no. That’s….not subtle. It’s the OPPOSITE of subtle.
Larisa really does not do subtle very well, does she?
IRL, of course, any “signal”, if any, tends to be a bit TOO subtle, or at least, it has been, in my experience:
[img]http://i.chzbgr.com/full/7582860800/h071F51C3/[/img]
I tend to tell people that I can only take hints when they’re applied with sledgehammers.
Otherwise, I miss them completely.
Yeah no, WAY too subtle. Take it from a guy, especially one who went through that age, we basically need it screamed at us. Unless you just want to be friends. Then we think EVERYTHING means you’re interested in us!
If that is subtle, I wonder how she will do when she don’t want to be subtle? 😉 Standing with a megaphone? 😉
@ Bergman:
If it’s Larissa calling the shots, it’ll be written in gasoline and lit on fire.
This is either brilliant or insulting. The whole stereotype that girls are subtle and guys are dense is somewhat true, though it can be applied both ways. Finally Larisa will break the vicious cycle, Amulet of Mara style.
Leomon wrote:
Well … She didn’t club him, and she did not BBQ him ….
Too subtle. My advice as a male is use a neon sign.
Novil, you still got the touch!
@ TehTimmah:
TehTimmah wrote:
she’s the kind that uses a flame thrower not a dagger, subtlety isn’t in her character.
As a guy, I’m not sure what she’s referring to when she’s talking about subtle. Is there something in the comic that’s meant to be a hint? I’m confused. 😛
Seems Larisa took the advice of Admiral Nelson according to Captain Jack Aubrey, “Never mind the maneuvers, just go straight at them.”
How come their eyes are drawn so differently?
Well… If there are multiple boys with the name ‘Thomas’ in the school, it doesn’t say which one. I guess that’s kind of subtle… XD
@ Leomon:
Leomon wrote:
No, see the mind of boys works differently than normal humans. Anything less than this would simply pass right over his head.
Bizkit wrote:
Oh dear, that would be terrifying. Imagine them all being in the same class too.
@ WizardOfIz:
That… I don’t doubt that happening actually.
As a guy, an introvert, and someone with social anxiety, I have to say that even this is too subtle. Don’t bother with subtle, be direct. Just don’t be forceful, and don’t creep them out. “Hey, I like you, want to go out with me?” Perfect. Unfortunately for me, the social anxiety bit prevents me from actually saying that to anyone, but it’d work on me if someone said it (whom I’m not disgusted/appalled by, anyway).
Most people make the wrong assumptions when things are left ambiguous, so don’t be ambiguous, say what you mean.
That was way too subtle, if I’m Thomas and I see a girl wearing that clothes, I must be thinking that her current boyfriend is also named Thomas.
Unless there is a pic of me in that clothes (^o^).
As a boy, it still might be a little too subtle for me.
I’d be surprised if Thomas gets the hint…
Oh, just to be clear, it’s not that I wouldn’t notice it, it’s that I’d question if it was directed at me. Really awkward to go up to a girl, who you think is giving you signals and simply get told “hey, can you talk to your friend for me?”
Or
“I just think you’re a fun guy to hang out with.”
Makes a guy want to wait for the girl to make the first move.
The best way to tell someone you like them, in my opinion, is to take them skydiving. Beforehand, you weld shut all the fire hydrants and slash the tires of all the fire trucks. Then you systematically set alight certain houses in a town to spell out “I like you, [name]”. You then say something like “I hope you like my handiwork”, jump out of the plane, pull your chute, and angle the two of you towards the state/province line. This way, if you’re caught, your crush will be tagged as an accomplice and, with any luck, you’ll serve your jail time in a co-ed prison together. It works every time.
Larisa’s speech bubbles might as well have Papyrus font right now.
Oh, no, Larissa’s at it again. XD
It’s subtle because Thomas is a rather common name, and Luna probably didn’t talk to him before.
I think Luna should write a love letter. Without Larisas help, of course. 🙂
@ AndiJN:
roses are red
fire is too
its also hot
so are you.
As a guy, that’s still too subtle. There could be multiple guys named Thomas at their school. Or what if the shirt is referencing some movie or TV show?
fetteraga wrote:
Masterpiece.
You should publish this.
In order to get s guy’s attention, it is actually too subtle.
Way too subtle. Cluelessness is a secondary male sex characteristic like hair on the forearms. Go sit on his lap.
It`s to subtle. There might be more than one Thomas in this school
@ Leomon:
NOW you get it!
My first name is Thomas, however, I doubt she is targeting me as I am 53 😛
Seriously? Larisa, come on, what are you thinking? That’s WAY too subtle. He’ll never get it!
@ Leomon:
Trust me, for us guys that IS subtle.
Speaking as a guy: ladies, please don’t ever get any subtler than this. We won’t notice it.
“Girls need to send boys subtle signals to make it clear that they’re interested in them.”
The more subtle the signal, the less clear it is. The more clear you make a signal, the less subtle it is. To be honest though, I don’t think Larisa has a full grasp what subtle is. She was equally unsubtle to Cloud back when she was still pinning for him. Also, why does she give advice she doesn’t follow herself? Her “I’m interested in you” signal to Landon was to french kiss him without any warning.
I guess that’s somewhat of an explanation though. Since Larisa herself haven’t ever followed her own advice, she haven’t been able to see that her advice is rather terrible, subtle or not-so-subtle. The idea that sending boys subtle signals is something girls should do, she could have picked up from a movie or something.
For Larisa that IS subtle.
I am happy to see someone likes me.
“But do you LIKE like me?”
Chuck wrote:
if it doesn’t go over his head, it’ll cause reactions she does NOT want… about a meter from the floor.
that’s how teens (male and female) operate. it’s nothing or too much
So, like, like like? Or like, like.
Then they quickly find out that there’s 10 different Thomas-es at their school.
Hall diz “subtle” shtuff iz givink me a headache. Vy dozn’t Larissa chust lend her a flameddrower? It might not gets de message across, bot at leasht iz not subtle…
@ Leomon:
Really, that is the appropriate level of subtlety required for guys.
Bergman wrote:
Flame Thrower.
Larissa is Very Articulate with Flames.
Just as a reminder:
This ( http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2010/09/23/0202-girlfriend/ ) is what larissa thinks of as subtle. It may just not be her forté.