13 Reasons Why Nice Guys Are The Worst
Nice guys: pro or con? Here’s the case against that particular species.
Nice people are great. They bring joy and love into our lives.
Self-proclaimed “nice guys,” however, are kind of not like that at all.
1. “Nice guys” are always trying to convince you they are *such* nice people.
2. “Nice guys” apparently aren’t listening to themselves when they speak.
3. It turns out there’s no such thing as the Nice Guy Card(TM).
Comic by Callmekito
4. “Nice guys” think that all women owe them something.
5. “Nice guys” think that “the friend zone” is a thing that is both unfair and some kind of punishment?
A different take on the original Friend Zone Fiona meme.
6. “Nice guys” aren’t really as great at compliments as they think they are.
Comic by Hanging Rock Comics
7. “Nice guys” don’t seem to have the most accurate grasp of reality.
Comic by Eat That Toast
8. “Nice guys” are all over the place! Trolling the Internet…
Comic by Toothpaste for Dinner
10. “Nice guys” are emotionally manipulative and, again, seem to not hear themselves speak.
Comic by Something Positive
11. “Nice guys” sometimes evoke sympathy…
Because, let’s be honest, everyone just wants to be loved.
…but their sense of entitlement is not just annoying, it can actually be pretty scary.
Find the full comic “The Friend Zoner vs. Nice Guy” by Mamamantis here.
12. “Nice guys” just miss so many things.
Courtesy of the now defunct Tumblr blog Nice Guys of OK Cupid.
13. And they’re always complaining about how “nice guys finish last.”
IT’S NOT A COMPETITION.
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mariac13 4 months agoI swear. Every “nice guy” I’ve ever met always thinks that because you go to happy hour with them or go out for drinks and they pay, you are supposed to make out with them or thank them with a blow job!… Their true colors come out when you show them that you just want to be friends. Just because a girl talks to you and you feel the need to “invest” in her doesn’t mean she HAS to sleep with you.
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Roxtar 4 months agoIf I hadnt have lived life to actually see nice guys AND nice girls finish last, I might have actually bought this BS. Thing is i’ve rarely seen non-nice guys claim they are nice guys, usually they just think they are gods gift. But I dunno, maybe its a generational thing.
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feistychick 4 months agoYou know a guy is one of these guys when he gets butthurt by this article. I love it. I’m glad more and more people are catching onto this phenomena and are calling out these pseudo nice guys for what they are. They’re just crazy passive aggressive assholes with no self-awareness. And yes, there are female versions of these guys.
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Frogamigo 4 months ago“nice guy” must be some specific slang term that I dont know about. We should all strive to be nice. Though the term is taking on mixed connotations, there ARE values such as kindness, charity, love, responsibility, and so on which we should all hope to find in our partners. This post is merely describing men who are either socially awkward or emotionally manipulative. That is not the same thing as being NICE!
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DangerChalmers 4 months ago
It’s more directed at the kind of guys who refer to themselves as nice guys, like, you should just be a decent human being and get on with life not feel the need to shout your great achievement (being nice) from the rooftops as though you deserve some reward for it
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DangerChalmers 4 months ago
Unless your boyfriend is the reanimated corpse of Sinatra you’re viewing him through rosé-tinted love glasses.
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gabes6 4 months agoThink about it this way: when a man sleeps with a woman with nice tits but an abrasive personality, people just accept it as typical behavior and it’s ok because he’s fulfilling a natural impulse to sleep with a girl with nice tits. But when a woman sleeps with a guy with an abrasive personality but some other attribute she finds physically attractive, people call her “damaged” or “self-destructive” and “oh poor girl she’s just in an endless cycle of getting used and hurt” blah blah blah. It’s a ridiculous sexist double standard that implies that women are moral barometers for male chivalry rather than people with physical needs. Women who don’t follow that double standard don’t need pity or help. They’re getting what they want. Me. Those “troubled” girls are my bread and butter. I don’t always remember to hold the door or tell them they’re the rainbow in my Lucky Charms. But metaphorically speaking, I guess they think I’ve got nice tits.
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introvert 4 months ago
Who cares? The “nice guy” is basically is a passive-aggressive douchebag, the actual nice guy is passed up by anyone with self-esteem issues, and most of the people in the dating game shouldn’t be reproducing in the first place! Preparing for the afterlife is interesting compared to this, guh.
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notmyrealnameprobably 4 months ago
This article did make a very valid point in highlighting the hypocrisy and sense of entitlement that exists among a significant portion of so-called nice guys. That being said, there is a legitimate problem that can arise when two people are in a close relationship, yet with each person having a very different view as to the nature of that relationship. Friendships between men and women (or any friendships with the possibility of sexual attraction) are just damn difficult. I have seen in my own life and among my friends, the problems that can arise when one person develops romantic feelings for another person and those feelings are not shared. In fact, one of the clearest examples was that of a female friend of mine. Over a period of a couple years, she was very close friends with another guy in our social circle. There was a lot of flirting, a lot of time spent together, an uncomfortable amount of playful physical contact with one another, etc - but never anything more. And these were people in their mid-20s. It should have been clear to the guy that my friend was interested in something more (to be fair, she never said anything), but he was happy for the attention and said nothing until she finally pressed the issue. I think this is part of the problem with many genuine nice guys and girls, they are either too shy or don’t have the same emotional intelligence as most people, and when they fall for someone who is either outright manipulative or also lacks emotional intelligence, they are bound for disappointment. The genuine ones might also not rush to ask someone out because they are respecting certain boundaries – e.g. the person is a coworker, they just got out of another relationship, etc. I think our challenge as mature people is to both set appropriate boundaries and to just be honest with people. It is easy to criticize “nice guys” who turn a simple hello into a marriage proposal, but it is much harder to set boundaries with someone who is giving you lots of attention and emotional support. Realize that part of the reason you may really like the person as a friend is because that person is putting way more time and energy into your relationship than any other in their life, all because they see the potential for something special. While you are by no means obligated to sleep with someone who is nice to you, I do believe that when a person willingly accepts another person’s friendship and attention, we do our best to treat them with respect and honesty. Real friendships involve mutual give and take, not out of obligation, but from shared affection. If someone is way more into the friendship (and probably interested in something more), be courageous enough to be honest with them. Or, to put it one way, please have the decency to be the asshole. Letting someone down easily is not a gift, because a broken heart usually screws with a person’s ability understand subtlety. And remember, a lot of genuinely nice people are also emotionally stupid. Is it fair that you have to be the bigger person and have to risk hurting someone’s feelings? Maybe not, but honesty is the price we pay for letting people into our lives. So please, the next time you reject someone, be a jerk about it. From younger me, thanks!
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lynne benoux 4 months agoOnce I was friends with this “nice guy” who would ask me out all of the time. I was bored and went on some friendly dates, paid for my own food too. When I passed on his sexual advances one night he became a sullen asswad and later on I found out that he had two other ladies on the burners with me. Nice guy indeed.
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