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The friendzone isn't real, but the enemyzone IS.
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July 17th, 2014 | by Trae Dorn
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  1. Langland
    Langland
    July 17, 2014 at 5:39 am | # | Reply

    the friendzone does exist Trae. You said so in your nerd dating panel. Plus I can prove it exists.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      July 17, 2014 at 8:08 am | # | Reply

      Actually, I used to quite specifically say the friendzone ISN’T real in that panel. Clearly you weren’t listening.

      Because if you’re hanging out with someone just because you want to sleep with them, you aren’t really their friend. I could go on about this for paragraphs about emotional manipulation and passive aggressive behavior, but all of that is moot in this case.

      Because Ruth hates Harry, making his use of the term not really work on any level in the first place.

  2. Dessa
    Dessa
    July 17, 2014 at 12:42 pm | # | Reply

    Thank you, Trae, for your comments there. I find the entire concept of the “friendzone” to be offensive. I exist as a person, not a sexbot. Heck, I’m asexual to start with!

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      July 17, 2014 at 1:09 pm | # | Reply

      …then you have more in common with Ruth than you know.

  3. EcchiKitty
    EcchiKitty
    July 17, 2014 at 8:06 pm | # | Reply

    I think the FriendZone exists, but is far far less common than popular media thinks. For the reasons already mentioned.

    Regardless, the term does -not- apply here… he seemed like a potentially smart guy just a little while ago.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      July 17, 2014 at 8:28 pm | # | Reply

      The friendzone doesn’t exist the way most people who say that term mean.

      As for Harry, this is the first time we’ve seen him without Jerry keeping him in check.

  4. E. Bernhard Warg
    E. Bernhard Warg
    July 17, 2014 at 10:40 pm | # | Reply

    I want to cosplay as Harry!
    …actually, I just want a shirt like that.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      July 17, 2014 at 11:06 pm | # | Reply

      Closest I can find : http://www.cafepress.com/mf/68333456/star-trek-terran-empire-logo_tshirt?productId=651149063

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      July 18, 2014 at 8:42 am | # | Reply

      (Here’s another one that’s pretty close, although it uses the Enterprise era Terran Empire logo instead of the TOS era Terran empire logo: http://www.cafepress.com/mf/88121453/star-trek-mirror-universe-emblem-black_tshirt

      • E. Bernhard Warg
        E. Bernhard Warg
        July 18, 2014 at 8:58 am | # | Reply

        Thanks, Trae!

        (After he went through the trouble of finding those links, I don’t have the heart to tell him I meant the other shirt? What’s the term? Overshirt? Flaming Hawaiian shirt? Alohaaaah Eruption! shirt?)

        • Trae Dorn
          Trae Dorn
          July 18, 2014 at 9:53 am | # | Reply

          Wasn’t so much “trouble” as “five seconds on google” 😛

          Hmmm… the overshirt.

          Y’know, I just went to google because I assumed it would be easy to find a similar orangish-red bowling shirt with flames on it… but wow. I haven’t found anything similar so far.

  5. Ed Rhodes
    Ed Rhodes
    July 18, 2014 at 12:29 pm | # | Reply

    Closest I could find;

    http://www.southwestbowl.com/RagingFire.htm

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