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Feb 4, 2014

The Friendzoner vs The Nice Guy

By MammaMantis / filmsforaction.org
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This comic offers a pointed critique of the phrase "getting friend-zoned" and the unthinking attitudes that often get carried along with this term. What do you think?

All credit to http://mamamantis.tumblr.com/. Visit her Tumblr for more.

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