The speaker is male, it refers to itself as being a boyfriend ergo its male.
The prospective gay man is also male, it’s clearly refered to as a man.
If the gay man were the last man on earth, then the speaker would not exist. And, since the speaker does not exist, he cannot (conventionally) be the boyfriend of the prospective gay man.
Though… if the speaker were straight then if he were to become the gay man’s boyfriend he could be said to be gay. And ergo… would cease to exist or defy the statement making it redundant?
So he could either be straight and not be the gay man’s boyfriend.
Or become the gay man’s boyfriend, potentially be classified as gay (which is clutching at straws as misunderstanding fundamental aspects of homosexuality), and ergo make the statement redundant…
The text in the comic and the hover text don’t have any direct correlation. Wjhat Luke says is that the hover text would be totally redundant. The one in the strip makes perfect sense for anyone who has ever been told “Not if you were the last man on earth…” The poor guy IS the l;ast man on earth, but there are no women for him to say “Who’s your MAN now, B!@(4?”
Oh man that’s brutal. Good one Luke. I like the shading as well
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I suggest making robots for friends. That way if one of them makes you angry, all you have to do is just short circuit them.
It’s not redundant. The speaker could be straight, and then the sentence makes perfect sense.
It is redundant.
The speaker is male, it refers to itself as being a boyfriend ergo its male.
The prospective gay man is also male, it’s clearly refered to as a man.
If the gay man were the last man on earth, then the speaker would not exist. And, since the speaker does not exist, he cannot (conventionally) be the boyfriend of the prospective gay man.
I guess if the speaker were straight, he wouldn’t need to say that sentance anyway
Disregard my last post, I can’t read. D:
Though… if the speaker were straight then if he were to become the gay man’s boyfriend he could be said to be gay. And ergo… would cease to exist or defy the statement making it redundant?
So he could either be straight and not be the gay man’s boyfriend.
Or become the gay man’s boyfriend, potentially be classified as gay (which is clutching at straws as misunderstanding fundamental aspects of homosexuality), and ergo make the statement redundant…
But yeah, the hover-over text is badly worded. :/
The speaker could be a bisexual man who is not interested in the gay man being spoken to. This would allow the statement to work.
I imagine he went all over the world trying to find a female. How else would he know no women/men survived?
The text in the comic and the hover text don’t have any direct correlation. Wjhat Luke says is that the hover text would be totally redundant. The one in the strip makes perfect sense for anyone who has ever been told “Not if you were the last man on earth…” The poor guy IS the l;ast man on earth, but there are no women for him to say “Who’s your MAN now, B!@(4?”
So, would it be possible to repopulate the earth with only 1 man? (if you ignore the spermbanks and random girls stockpiling sperm)