Plaidophile

Urgh, that's the kind of irritatingly twee thing that bugs me about that strip, especially when you see the mouseover message.

Also note the traditional gender roles. They may be wild, free and wackily sailing through the limitless sky; but obviously it's the boy who has to pluck up the courage to speak to the girl. She is the Other and cannot say "Hi".

Well it's very appropriate for something on my mind right now. I just treat the stated genders as metasyntactic variables though.

The genderless sudo comic was enough for me to set such concerns to rest.
xkcd.com/c149.html

Also since when do girls and only girls have long hair, and guys and only guys are cueballs?

(well okay the main character refers to her as 'her' but the main character could be a girl too!)

TheoEsc:

Urgh, that's the kind of irritatingly twee thing that bugs me about that strip, especially when you see the mouseover message.

Also note the traditional gender roles. They may be wild, free and wackily sailing through the limitless sky; but obviously it's the boy who has to pluck up the courage to speak to the girl. She is the Other and cannot say "Hi".

I got the impression that they BOTH were thinking "maybe I should say 'Hi'", since the thought cloud appears between them without pointing to either character specifically.

I find the lack of speculation as to why I felt that comic was so fitting for my mental state either refreshing or annoying. I'm not sure which.

fluffy:

I find the lack of speculation as to why I felt that comic was so fitting for my mental state either refreshing or annoying. I'm not sure which.

Well, I think I could guess why.

That's no fair, I already told you why on IM.