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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

That type of behaviour is a huge fucking red flag and not a rookie mistake...

Edit: the reaction is the red flag, not calling some actor/actress pretty

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 85 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean getting a gun pulled on you is usually an awkward situation.

[–] illi@lemm.ee 46 points 1 month ago (3 children)

May also be considered red flag by some

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You guys just have never been in a relationship. Pointing guns at your significant other is normal!... Right?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In America it's a form of affection.

[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Close, it's considered a "love language".

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Only in America.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Especially if it’s one of those joke guns that shoots out a literal red flag with “BANG!” on it.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I can fix her 😔

At this point I'm just glad she is communicating. Two steps forward, one step belly up.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Meanwhile, my parents: Started gushing to each other about how cute Milla Jovovich is when we watched The Fifth Element on family movie night, to the point of making me and my sisters a little uncomfortable.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just try not to think about the fact that a woman who looks like her was subsequently your parents' unicorn at least once, and you'll be all set.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

What does unicorn mean in this context?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wait, she was the redhair in the Fifth Element? Yup, there she was cute.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Haha, this is funny, I wonder what Lemmy thinks

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Content that is potentially polarising, allows for virtue signalling, allows judgement of a romantic relationship, meant to be lighthearted......this has a lot of elements to be very successful as internet posted content.

Only ways I can think of is adding in something about sex, weed and /or a dog.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We should also unpack the problematic race representation of this comic

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'll be in the bathtub with a toaster if anyone needs me.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Much better than reddit I’ll give you that, you will be told that your relationship is toxic and you should end it

Well okay,

Having my significant other draw a gun on me would end the relationship. Should we both survive this encounter I would take fairly drastic action to make sure we never encounter each other again. I was once in a bit of a dry spell, and I decided to datamine my sex life up to that point to collate what kind of things lead to success, and the thing I realized was more than half of the women I had dated were violent with me. And because sitcoms think that woman slaps man is a punchline, I thought that was normal. I don't accept violence out of a romantic partner anymore and this is a comic depicting a threat of extreme violence between romantic partners.

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Now seeing that the art style gets more abstract in the last two panels, I won't take the gun literally but more as "she lets it be known that she will make it a major problem if he doesn't comply." Whether it's about her insecurities about her own looks or a desire to control his opinions, the fact that she'd rather threaten to scream or cry or pitch a fit or turn a cold shoulder or make him sleep on the couch or whatever if he doesn't say what she wants him to say rather than talk about it...doesn't really allow much room to build a future with this woman. He'll probably stick around until she stops putting out, probably because she blew up about something.

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On the third hand, there are ways to play this as flirty and fun, depends on your dynamic together. I strongly suspect the above isn't that, but it can be done.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Me here trying to figure out the significance of the characters changing looks dramatically in the 4th and 5th panels.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The characters were drawn in a more stylized way in order to add some levity to the punchline panels. You’ll find a similar technique in anime when the characters become chibi during comedic scenes. This emphasizes the idea that a scene shouldn’t be taken seriously.

The artist probably could’ve gone further with the stylization here to drive the point in harder. Right now it looks more “unfinished” than an obvious style change for comedic effect.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Ah. Not familiar with that technique. Thanks for explaining!

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

So drawing them like that is a comic/animation form of writing /s at the end of a sarcastic remark

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah making a comment like that unless your GF is bi or something is def a risky maneuver

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It really isn't, unless your SO is ridiculously insecure.

[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you met the average person 😂 I agree they only get upset if they are insecure

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I've met the average person, but I definitely wouldn't date the average person.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Being very insecure isn't that rare, so it sorta is a risky move. Shouldn't be, but it is

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah my SO and I actually point out our preferences all the time. It's not like they're realistic competition.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I mean it could be but sucks if you're with a partner who does get upset about that

[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Boomer humor translated into a zoomer comic.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Haha yeah it's just the boomers who are insecure and possessive ^ha^ ^ha^