As a means of getting laid, it’s actually one of the worst methods possible (like just going on dates and not being an asshole has way more “success”). Yup, and that’s the big thing with PUA culture. Sigh, I put way too much thought into the implementation of this horrible list…
#Sax and dotty repeat password
Heck, the “admin” password may even be the same one! Even if that were not the case, it’s probably pretty easy to break in - as Danny himself said a couple strips ago, it’s definitely not up to modern security standards (I think the term “paper bag” was used?) There’s probably just one viewing password he gave to everyone, so he can’t ban accounts if one person gets their revenge by sharing the password. Danny was probably a novice programmer back then and created a simple webapp with basic features like viewing the list and adding/editing/deleting entries. That covers the why… as to the how, well Danny helped him create it back in junior high. Probably was thinking more with the “lower horn” and not very logically then. Despite Joe’s desire for security of “the list”, he also clearly feeds his own ego by sharing it with those he deems “worthy” and has offered the password to others (both male and female) on multiple occasions, without thinking that oh hey, they might share the password with someone else. And there’s an RSS feed, so anyone subscribed to said feed (which presumably required a password to access) would instantly see whenever he updated it. Well, then he wouldn’t be able to show it off to others (who may or may not want to see it… probably more the “not” side), view it on his phone, etc. Lovable Jerk who knows damned well he’s a jerk and that he’ll have to change because he’s in an after-school special type thing, but doesn’t wanna, is kind of… endearing, for some reason.) (Honestly, I kind of like Joe, in the same sense as Mike.
#Sax and dotty repeat windows
He actually sees the character development coming and is like “damn it, no! Give me one more arc of fist-bumping and meaningless hookups! I don’t wanna grow up! PADME! NOOOOOOOO!” Then he clenches his fists and all the windows shatter and he punches through the fourth wall and wanders off to the nearest singles bar. The difference between Joe and the rest of the cast, though, is that he’s genre savvy for the actual genre of the story he’s in.
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He’s essentially discovering that Joyce is a friend, as in a woman that he enjoys interacting without any element of sexual interest, and that’s the chip in the facade that’s probably going to drive him to re-evaluate more than the actual drama-whatever of the list being published. It’s… I don’t want to say “sweet” because there’s really no context in which the list isn’t incredibly rude to everyone on it, but if you’re looking for hints as to where Joe’s personal growth arc is going that kind of seems like a good one.
#Sax and dotty repeat movie
She’s not really interested in a sexual relationship and likely won’t be for some time, and since she’s gone through basically an entire Abbot and Costello movie to get that to sink in he’s respecting it and listing her as “not an option” on the list. In fairness, it’s possible that the rating of zero (MINUS!) is a result of Joe respecting her boundaries. Even if she’d been looking for a more conventional boyfriend, he wasn’t looking for anything beyond a naive virgin to fuck.Īll that said, I am kind of afraid they will eventually get together and likely Joe’s growth in that arc isn’t going to work for me. But that didn’t cut her off from anything because there was never a chance of it being anything. He can’t handle the friendship/emotional connection that had started to grow. Much like he’s acted with Sarah.Įven after their texting connection, he cuts her off in person. Short of that and without some kind of really extreme response (like the punching), he would either have just kept trying or written her off. She wasn’t going to sleep with him and that wouldn’t have led to any real emotional connection anyway (for him, at least).
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That friendship wasn’t going anywhere anyway. She’s no longer righteously angry at him, so she’s remorseful and blames herself.