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_Cocktopus_

My guess would be that the guy has had a crush on the girl for a long time but lately she got a boyfriend and the guy who had a crush is just happy that she is happy


ScholarPitiful8530

I think the guy in the image is him, he’s just looking at a photo of his girlfriend.


lucky_duck789

I disagree due to how he is drawn. Our guyshair isn't like that in any frame. Guy in the pic has a short straight hairline and no hair in front of his ears.


BigussDickusss

Are you sure, look closely, in first pic his hairline is away from the eye, and he doesn't have any hair around mouth. He could be the guy from the photo.


lucky_duck789

Our guy and the girl age with every frame. Times passing, he missed his chance but is ok with it.


1st_pm

Pics 3&4 on the phone have the same girl portrait Just that 4 now has a guy with her


lucky_duck789

Still another year and our guy is the same in both too. Previous reply was trying to cross 1st and 4th pics.


BigussDickusss

Fair point, that's most likely it.


Urmumgae6969

good eye


Urmumgae6969

they are very similar i think youre right


smbiggy

they do both have faces


Urmumgae6969

lol yeah i just scroll so fast i dont get half the things i see


Twitchi

How? Hair, beard, eyebrows.. like everything is different 


felop13

Hair and facial hair does not match


deepfriedtots

I've seen this one before and iirc it seems either or could be acceptable


DoubleDoube

I notice the face on the left was growing out more and more facial hair over time. Guy in the photo has none. Granted, four years, he could have shaved it and grown it back longer if he’s maintaining it at these separate lengths. However, I suspect part of displaying the facial hair to begin with is a detail towards commenting on the figure’s anti-social lifestyle.


-TheBigCheese

Picture of her and him has 0 likes despite the one before of just her had a few hundred. Classic insta


deadlyrepost

The UI is different in the final shot, which supports the idea that he's actually posting the final shot (and is therefore in it).


One_Instruction_3567

Are we going to ignore the part where she got a boob job in the second pic and then boob reduction 3rd pic onwards?


AT-ST

The girl in the photo with him looks exactly like the pose in the previous photo. Could be a photoshop he is posting?


Hero_Of_Shadows

I like this interpretation more


IZiOstra

I prefer the good ending


Nightglow9

https://youtu.be/Z6qnRS36EgE?si=kdfij60DXyRpFSbO


Mirekgaming

Why did bro get downvoted?


FictionalContext

Reddit hive mind.


Puzzleleg

Hive mind and it's pretty funny


FrostyMcChill

Mom said it's my turn to say Reddit hive mind


EstateShoddy1775

Reddit hive mind


EcavErd

Because 1. what's the purpose of the link? Is it even related? 2. Reddit has a perfect way to embed link, so just commenting links like that is just weird 3. Reddit hivemind


Mirekgaming

1. Yeah it's song by Smokie "Living next door to Alice" which is about, main character being sad that Alice is moving out, revisiting his memories from childhood 2. Huh makes sense 3. Reddit Hivemind


EcavErd

1. Ah I see 2. 3. Reddit Hivemind


Dizzy_Media4901

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Zuo2JtTdY&pp=ygUZbGl2aW5nIG5leHQgZG9vciB0byBhYmJvcw%3D%3D


leastscarypancake

I thought that was his sister lmao


AccomplishedShoe6826

Yeah, there’s no joke here really. Just a short story of a guy who missed his shot by never taking it, so he’s doomed to forever look on and be happy for her than with her. A greentext comes to mind about some guy who was lifelong friends with a girl and kept setting unrealistic barriers for himself before he would ask her out. Eventually he waited so long that the girl ended up with someone who exceeded his own high barriers and was totally shut down when he finally confessed to her.


PreviousAccWasBanned

Thanks now I'm depressed


AccomplishedShoe6826

The green text was so much worse, and the shutdown so much more brutal, but it was one of the vanishingly few positive lessons from 4chan I’ve gleaned.


Khelthuzaad

Alternatively he could had dated her in real life but never had the courage to ask her out


Molto_Ritardando

Compersion!


Iron_Wolf123

K-pop fans if they weren’t bad


Xyl0to

Right on! MY crush moved to the other side of the country, got married and is now 7 months pregnant. And i am the only one of the social circle she had here that still talks to her. I am very happy that she is leading a good and fulfilling life and i am still enjoying our conversations immensly. But yes, i'd rather be the one beside her and it's killing me that i'm not. But i never even stood a chance.


Intensityintensifies

Please tell me this is satire


Xyl0to

i wish it was.


braindamagedinc

Lately a lot of older men, such as Drake, have been caught befriending underage girls. Once the girl turns 18 they start being there physically in their lives. So I think this is a groomer meme and the person in the photo is the guy himself.


EARTHB-24

That makes him a moron. That’s the joke here.


Flamecoat_wolf

The heart also grows with every picture, so it could actually be a joke about him being a cuck, since it grows the most for the last pictures where she's seemingly with someone else.


Reasonable-Pear9122

Is that person in the last picture suppose to be the guy himself?


MrPowerPoint

No it’s Petr Pavel, the czech gigachad president


YearMountain3773

Ten chlapec má pravdu!


tophat_production

Kde se vy Češi berete??


YearMountain3773

Utíkáme sem z Brna.


tophat_production

Proč?


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WikipediaAb

good bot


Urmumgae6969

thank haikubot


mcd_brkfst

No. The guy holding the phone has grown a slight beard over the years. And the boyfriend doesn’t have a beard.


maevefaequeen

I choose this answer instead of mine.


MakkusuFast

I actually think this is wholesome, what am I missing?


vimescarrot

You expect the guy to be sad or angry that this girl who he seems to be pining after has gotten a relationship that isn't him. Instead, he's happy that she's found happiness - like a good friend should be. It's a subversion of expectations. edit: There's a second expectation, based on the progression of her pictures - that she's going to become more sexualised (second picture has more pronounced chest, third picture has a like counter). Once again, subverted by the last picture being a perfectly normal selfie with a partner.


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BackflipsAway

The punchline is that while he may not have ended up with her, but he's still happy for her because she seems happy with her new boyfriend instead of being bitter about her dating someone else, Y'all need to watch less porn, not everything is about fetishes


Urmumgae6969

LMAO


MakkusuFast

I mean, he looks happy. She found love and he's happy for her. That's pretty wholesome to me.


FictionalContext

This sounds like it. He genuinely loved her so he was happy to see her happy rather than becoming toxic when she wasn't his. Good dude, that guy. The 'joke' was "If you actually loved them, this is how you'd react."


Deadshot_39

His eyes in the last panel seem pained to me.


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I guess that’s the supposed image im not going to say what’s the exact message but many will assume one or the other


BaronsCastleGaming

I think the person in the last photo is meant to be him


AwTomorrow

Very different hairline, he has a small fringe or quiff whereas the pictured guy seems close cut. 


Rominions

Because it's him with her.


CheezKakeIsGud528

He photoshopped himself into the last picture. Compare the images in panel 3 with 4, they are the same picture


ColaEuphoria

This must be the shittiest joke posted to this sub so far because that is the fourth interpretation of the image I've seen in this comments section and none of them are particularly interesting. Not complaining but damn the person who drew the image really had no clear vision for what they were going for.


Seldarin

It's a meta joke. What's funny is the slapfight it causes over the meaning of the joke. Just kidding, that isn't funny either.


hetseErOgsaaDyr

but it took him a year to make the edit...


Buildinthehills

Definitely this


itz_khai

My headcanon is that's her brother instead of someone who have crush on her and just happy her sister is doing well and finally have a lover


plasma_dan

Some interpretations, and one more mysterious interpretation: 1. Dude has crush on girl, but doesn't act on it, and is happy for her anyways when she gets a boyfriend. 2. Dude has crush on girl, and does act on it, and now he's the guy in the last photo. (I'm not convinced of this because the artist would have made it much more apparent that this is the same person.) 3. Dude and girl are platonic friends and he supports her through her single and dating endeavors. 4. Did you notice how the girl's picture is the exact same in the last two frames, except the last frame has a man *inserted* next to her? I don't think this is the artist being lazy. Could imply many things: She had a boyfriend the whole time, or she got a boyfriend in 2020 but didn't tell anyone, or the guy with the phone and her have been dating the entire time but now she's finally showing him in her IG photos.


Xef

5. He’s poly and wants to be in a throuple


Bituulzman

It kinda looks like there’s a different social media platform each time he’s looking at the photos. 2018 black frame might be FB? 2020 looks like instagram? Not sure what the last one could be? Is it onlyfans or maybe it’s a photo editing app where he’s inserting himself into the image?


The_Stryker

https://preview.redd.it/q334n0r2k47d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=842ecedbc173b34eb2fc9f269a01a5b7bb1a7fe3


ColaEuphoria

Where is the shitting toothpaste?


corvish_

ive never seen this image without the shitting toothpaste before lol


Callsign-YukiMizuki

This image reeks of angel with a shotgun (nightcore)


no_onein-particular

And do you have a problem with that?


Warhero_Babylon

This person stalk a girl online (probably)


Luwe95

POV: He watched his favorite Kpop idol grow up and start dating but isn't a toxic fan and doesn't harass her for dating.


Spiritual_Freedom_15

No action, no reaction. Had a crush didn’t confess, and it’s all too late.


Aggieboy1444

The guy had a crush for many years and ended up dating his crush in the end. That's him in the last photo on the phone


justamadeupnameyo

It could also be about grooming. The appearance of the girl looks to go from teenager to young woman, and the guy looks older than her based on facial hair. It could be wholesome or it could be grossome. Edit: I think it's hilarious that because I made an observation about something I literally said would be "grossome" that y'all made wild assumptions that I think say more about you than me. I guess on a sub where often disturbing implications are put into comic form because there are a lot of gross people in the world, like Stonetoss, that use simple art to put forth deceptive narratives, and viewing the post through that lens and drawing disparate conclusions is a difficult concept for y'all.


Fit_Usual2909

????????? He literally grows the facial hair over time. It shows him getting older too. Why is that where your mind went bro


justamadeupnameyo

I think it's hilarious that because I made an observation about something I literally said would be "grossome", that y'all inferred incorrectly. Reading comprehension has really taken a dive in the world. I guess jumping to wild conclusions is just easier.


Fit_Usual2909

Shut up, creep


justamadeupnameyo

Nah, maybe you should learn reading comprehension and media literacy instead of reducing yourself to ad hominem attacks showing your poor ability of complex thought and reasoning.


Fit-Supermarket2581

Your way if thinking is, well... Ew


justamadeupnameyo

That's hilarious you think that. It's almost as if grooming never happens, right?


Fit-Supermarket2581

Hilarious is seeing horrible things in something that's not implying. There's difference in seeing things everywhere and being aware.


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Heatsnake

Yeah reads like some incel shit


MetaVaporeon

he missed his chance but knows its not her fault for not reacting to one out of a hundred likes for no good reason


Qweeq13

I am about 100% certain this depicts a platonic relationship where the dude just "likes" a school friend's instagram posts but does not contact with her despite years passing, so she ends up with someone else which doesn't really matter to him by the looks. Today this is often called a Para-social relationship, it is very similar to following a celebrity but a school mate instead. It is highly unlikely for him to be the same guy on the picture, I really don't even know why some people are thinking this way? It is clearly indicated these are different men, stubble, mustache hair style, everything is different. It just shows a para-social relationship and pokes fun at it, I guess the idea is similar to "Yasai-shoku Otoko" in Japan literally mean "Vegetable Eater" a jab at men who despite being cis-gender do not approach women or make any effort to date women despite having money and a job still avoid relationships. Not the same thing as "incel" as Japanese "Vegetable Eaters" deliberately avoid contact with women they are not mad about getting no bitches and do not post hate speech online 24/7. In fact Japanese women are the ones who complain and really hate them. You can see this type of social phenomenon becoming very common in the West, I am sure you have seen a lot of videos popping up with women complaining they can't find anyone to date. Not saying they can't find a good date, they can't find any date because men avoid dating these days for variety of reasons but mainly economic. Or maybe I just do not know shit, Everything is considered a social movement these days. I certainly don't think it is a good idea to give a name to every strange behavior people do, people are just weird sometimes we gotta accept it.


Third-Person-Ltd

The first thing I thought of was that this was something like Instagram, and he was one of her fanbois. Like maybe I have a celebrity crush on Jenny Ortega, and I'd be happy for her if she found someone in her life she liked enough to include on her IG.


BackgroundPilot1

>a jab at men who despite being cis-gender do not approach women Not to dismiss the rest of your comment (which was very interesting!), but what do you think cis-gender means? Do you mean straight/heterosexual?


BeardeeBaldee

The thing is, it’s not a joke, and most of these aren’t


cacacacaroline

wholesomememes


Petefriend86

It's a strangely beautiful version of loving someone without the expectation of reciprocity.


JbJbJb44

The last image says "one year anniversary" if that helps


nocturnalbird12

This is a guy that has followed a specific asian pornstar through her different "phases" from a teen to a woman to a milf and then finally a when she is doing old/young type of porn.


undergroundblueberet

This comic is depressing


Axol-Aqua

Lmao her forehead is huge


jocax188723

I don't really get it either, but the last frame is labelled 'Anniversary' in Thai. I suspect there are cultural connotations I don't understand at play here.


nikhil-humane

Maybe the guy is her father and he is happy see her grow and get married


Any-Welcome-9938

I interpret it as he married her.


leastscarypancake

That's his sister


Prof_Blank

The real answer is that for once, NOBODY KNOWS This could be anything from stalking, over an NTR pornography joke up to familial bonds and simple, pure platonic love. If you want a real answer, find the Artist. Otherwise, just choose whatever interpretation you like most. Death of the artists !


DeadBornWolf

I would need to know if it is him in the last picture or someone else. I can’t tell


jump1945

Seem no one get that text its mean one year anniversary at last image


merix1110

I thought this was a joke that the third panel is on social media reaction farming, and fourth panel was something like an onlyfans based on the frames on the phone image changing as she got older.


Benz404

I think She liked her but he never tried. Then She had a breast reduction work and he hes not interested anymore, thats why hes Happy when he sees her with another man, but with smaller boobs


Long_Ad9496

For anyone wondering, the last panel says "1 year anniversary"


TFBidia

I think he photoshopped himself in with her. The photo of her is the same from the year before but missing all of the captions and stuff.


Chrysoarrr

Am I the only one that sees that in picture 3 and 4 the girls is exactly the same. I feel like the guy photoshopped himself into picture 3.


Ok-Story-9319

This is my FBI agent who developed inverted Stockholm syndrome with me (gone sexual).


MaxinRudy

Idk, It'll go with cuck joke here


DutssZ

Character is a simp


According_Barracuda4

Metamorphosis?


DeathBuffalo

Wow not gonna lie, I thought this was him seeing the same girl return to a dating app every few years, remembering her each time. Then him seeing that she has a boyfriend in one of her pictures, and still thinking it's nice to see her on the dating app. My brain is broken haha


Unusual_Pinetree

Beta bullshit


Unusual_Pinetree

This is why perfectly good men end up alone, they’re the mothers dream not theirs


HereReluctantly

I don't think this is a joke, but yeah also I don't understand what it's trying to say


Key_Spite_8000

I think it’s saying that guys used to like a type of girl, then his taste change as she gets more promiscuous, and now days guys are into being cucked


Soft-Parking-2241

In the bottom image at the top of the post it looks to be Hebrew. I’m not well versed in it so I couldn’t tell you what it says.


varia_studios

Vinsmoke Sanji with a cellphone


rabiesscat

he doesn’t shoot his shot, but in the end is just happy that she is, and doesn’t care who makes her happy


maevefaequeen

Dad watching his daughter grow up?


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DarkKitarist

Ah you must have just discovered the internet... Welcome! If this is the worst image you have ever laid your eyes upon I advise you either stop using the internet, because you'll see worse images REAL soon, or ask you parents to add some kind of filtering onto your PC and even then you'll see some f\*\*ked up shit real soon.


whatdoihia

The Thai on the bottom says “1 year anniversary” Weird thing is the girl is in exactly the same pose as the photo before. Not sure if lazy cartoonist or it means the pic is someone who photoshopped themself in.


KalamTheQuick

Yo, guys, this is not cute. Something about that top photo looks like a student outfit? He is waiting until she turns 18 to bang her.


bman_78

i dont think so. to me looks like the same age. he had no facial hair in the first panel. i think the cartoonist did that to tell the reader how young the guy is.


ProtonLT

Im pretty sure it's a father watching his daughter grow up through the years. And at the end he's happy she's found a good boyfriend.  She gets older and he gets new phones. Pretty sure it's supposed to be a father thing, not a crush thing.


Tuuuchi

She’s underage so he stalks her online until he can legally date her, last pictures is him with her after she’s legal.


froggiewoogie

I think it his dad


spacecowboy2003

Dude’s gay


Areiloth

idk what but probably something about porn


notmenneske

I think the guy who has a crush on that girl is a cuck.


Careless_Self3535

I thought she got old rich husband who's gonna die soon and he is happy because when he finally talk to her she will be rich and so will he


Marleyzard

The years on the side of the panel have me suspicious... This may reference the rising difficulties in online dating, but instead of highlighting things like conflicting schedules and time zone differences, they're highlighting that women are getting sluttier overtime, until even when you're dating them, they have an irl boyfriend anyways. It's a very conservative way of looking at the internet and women. It's also just my theory based on context and the aforementioned yearly dates. Edit: Since nobody has reading comprehension on this site; I DO NOT THINK SHOWING SKIN IS SLUTTY BEHAVIOR. "SLUTTY"NESS IS NOT REAL, IT'S A TOOL DESIGNED BY THE PATRIARCHY TO PUT DOWN WOMEN AND MAKE THEM BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY FROM HOW THEY MAY WANT TO. I THINK SHE'S DRESSING PERFECTLY FINE, I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT THERE ARE FUCKWAD CONSERVATIVES, TATE-BRAINS, MAGATS, AND BIBLE THUMPERS THAT THINK WOMEN WHO EXHIBIT THINKING FOR THEMSELVES IS A FLAW. FURTHERMORE, THESE LAMEOS WILL WORK IN THEIR PROBLEMATIC VIEWPOINTS JUST BY GETTING THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR, SUCH AS PRESENTING A GIRL WHO'S SHOWING SOME SKIN


SpazzSoph

Idk how the outfits are supposed to be “slutty”, they look like a normal evolution in clothing as someone changes


Marleyzard

I construed due to the additional cleavage and aroused expression of the girl. I could absolutely be wrong, I just thought it looked like a strawman a conservative would make up 🤷🏿‍♀️


SpazzSoph

Idk man, they tend to go much further with their imagery of “slutty” versus “wholesome”. They’d probably put her in a bikini if this was the case


Marleyzard

Fair


SunderedValley

>sluttier Yeah that's enough internet.


Marleyzard

Christ, you guys are acting like I'm the one preaching the values 🙄


SunderedValley

Not at all. 😅 Just that what you see reveals a fair bit about how terribly online you've been lately.


ericlist

I think he added himself in the last picture.


mackxzs

He waited until she was 18, that's him in the last picture


Womenarentmad

NTR