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amathieu13 Since: Aug, 2013

Mar 19th 2023 at 10:07:20 AM •••

A 2022 Trope Talk thread on the scope of Nice Guy

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Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Misused, started by MichaelKatsuro on May 27th 2014 at 9:56:25 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

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Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Not Tropeworthy, started by Glutentog on Oct 24th 2020 at 10:42:55 AM

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

IreneDima9 Since: Dec, 2017

Jun 10th 2019 at 10:27:08 AM •••

A genuine Nice Guy likes watching people being happy. He does not care whether he will be rewarded for his good deeds or not.

Edited by IreneDima9

MichaelSar Since: Feb, 2019

May 28th 2019 at 5:42:50 AM •••

Should we have a page for comic strips? Off the top of my head there's Pig from Pearls Before Swine, quite a few characters from Peanuts (Charlie Brown, Franklin, Linus, Marcie and Rerun), Earl and Mooch from Mutts...

open_sketch Indie Game Developer Since: Oct, 2010

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Jul 30th 2011 at 11:24:18 AM •••

With the other definition of "Nice Guy" getting more and more common on the internet, I increasingly feel this needs a rename.

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Soupdragon Since: Aug, 2010

Nov 27th 2011 at 7:36:36 AM •••

I increasingly feel those people need to change.

EnigmaLobo Since: Dec, 2011

Jan 3rd 2012 at 4:23:03 AM •••

I agree with open_sketch, the title of this trope is a little misleading when taking into account of the 'Nice Guy' stereotype. Better to change the misleading title than to force those to change their opinion about what this trope is trying to achieve.

Stoogebie Since: Apr, 2011

Apr 9th 2012 at 10:17:12 AM •••

Well, the Internet definition means something utterly different; this is Exactly What It Says on the Tin; someone who is genuinely nice to people. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

madfoot Since: Aug, 2011

May 27th 2012 at 3:22:39 AM •••

The problem is with the people who buy into the Nice Guy stereotype, not the page itself.

violettglass Since: Mar, 2010

Oct 26th 2018 at 1:03:42 PM •••

Good lord, the incels have ruined this term.

Life hack: if you hate women and think your every interaction with them should be rewarded by sex, you are not a nice guy.

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jate88 Since: Oct, 2010

May 21st 2013 at 11:45:58 AM •••

Couldn't a subversion other than the "Nice Guy" be the nice guy who is completely over run by his flaws of being unassertive and boring. Maybe that's what the article is talking about the beginning where the nice guy is the target of many writers for lack of hidden depth.

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Stoogebie Since: Apr, 2011

Apr 9th 2012 at 10:20:11 AM •••

"Also, if the Nice Guy has a rougher male as his Foil, they're a Sensitive Guy and Manly Man duo."

Not to go off on a tangent here, but why does the nice guy have to be the effeminate one? Is it possible for the more manly one to be the nice one, while the sensitive is either the nasty one (in comparison, they need not be a total jerkass) or maybe just a Shrinking Violet who's less social?

GammaWALLE Since: Dec, 1969

Mar 9th 2012 at 3:10:18 AM •••

Is there someplace where a Nice Guy can exist without being Vaporized by Karma? Fiction? No Real Life? No

PICK ONE, DARN IT—!

Wait. *Looks At Examples*

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