You look at your phone. You giggle. You quickly tap some sort of message onto the screen. Clearly you are in conversational exchange with a friend. You willingly fabricate this appearance of electronic popularity to avoid the pitiful gaze of fellow diners who arrived in pairs.
Phones really are a god send to the social awkward loners
>>81013233
Where's the fucking joke, Ronnie?
>>81013280
Or are they just a new avenue to realize how lonely you truly are.
Yes you can use it to create the facade you're not a complete loser, but every time you look at your phone it simply confirms your lie to you.
No Voicemail, No New Messages, A superfluous contact list only containing family and those preinstalled service numbers. You may fool those around you, but you can't fool your phone, and your phone won't ever let you live it down.
>>81013312
No jokes, only socially awkward fat man
>>81013312
the joke is he is bad at comics and is fooling no one.I'm sorry Ronnie...please don't cry. It gets me everytime when I have to watch your blubber folds jiggle. Look we'll go to the McDonalds and get you some chicken nuggets. Just do better next time okay?
>>81013312
You... you just don't get it, do you Anon?
>>81013233
I honestly could never get the nerve to dine in alone. Thank god most fast food places have a goddamn drive through.
I-Is it wrong that I can relate so much to this socially awkward fat man
>>81013648
>look at my phone messages settings
>there's an option to auto-delete messages once it passes a limit of 1000
>I have three messages, and they're all from my mom
Yeah...
>>81013312
Have you read Whomp before?
>>81014026
>check my phone
>last call received
>it's from my mom
>march 6th
>>81013312
I'm the joke
my parents were wrong about me.
>>81013804
>Consider myself socially awkward
>Have no problem going in and getting an ice cream cone, by myself, while it's cold and raining outside
Dining alone isn't awkward, nor is it pitiable. You're hungry, you don't want to cook, you don't want to eat at home, and you have no company or choose to enjoy your meal by yourself, it's not something weird to see. Now if you were at some sports bar, or a titty restaurant alone, that would be a bit creepy, but hey, not everyone has sports and titty friends to hang out with.
>tfw whomp used to be really popular
>maxed out threads every monday and wednesday
>tfw regulars got bored of it
>tfw normies shit on it because they can't relate
Don't worry ronnie. I support you
>>81014026
Yeah, see, you can only do this sort of thing if you have a phone in the first place. No one, not even my mom, ever tries to contact me, so there's no point in having one.
>>81013648
You write like Ronnie.
This is the first Whomp! comic to make me chuckle in a long time.
I wonder if Ronnie is really the lonely fat nerdy socially awkward neckbeard portrayed in his comics.I think he's not
>>81014867
IRL ronnie is just a less fatter version of ronnie with a southern accent
>>81013280
I don't own a mobile phone, I've never liked calling people
>>81014178
I still love it but most webcomics get by on the creators being astonishing idiots. Ronnie doesn't stab himself or burn books so he doesn't get the publicity the nutjobs get.
>>81013280
They're a boon to the socially elite too, no better wAy to get men to fuck off than earphones and fake-texting
>>81015173
I was talking about his attitude potrayed in the comics, it wouldn't be really smart to portrait yourself differently from what you really are in this case.
>>81018453
Gee, anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTrC86mmPaw
I've been waiting to post this in a Ronnie thread.
>>81013648
>>81014026
>>81014060
The thing is, if you want people to talk to you, you should be texting them. Take some initiative.
Unless you're like me and just wish people would fuck off. I don't know why I have a smart phone.
>>81018503
I wonder if McDonald's in Japan is made out of food.
>>81018554
Yeah, people discount how important phone communication is to building relationships if you're under 30. It sucks but if you are not wishing people happy birthday in Facebook, liking their stupid Instagram posts and texting them dumb shit related to their posts you'll get nowhere,
I was doing poorly socially then I started taking the initiative, and now I get invited to do shit and have a few convos going at any point.
A necessary evil of modern living.
>>81013280
That's true. Just last night I went to Wendy's and was thinking this as I enjoyed my half salad with a side of shitposting.
>>81013648
My phone doesn't even have service. I just connect to Wi-Fi use it to get on the internet.
>>81018503
Nothing better than fast food yuri. What's /u/ got to say about that one?
>>81013233
>You look at your phone. You giggle. You quickly tap some sort of message onto the screen. Clearly you are in conversational exchange with a friend. You willingly fabricate this appearance of electronic popularity to avoid the pitiful gaze of fellow diners who arrived in pairs.
Oh fuck... I do this.
>>81018554
Every time i try that:
>Hi
>Hello
>What's up? how are you doing?
>fine
>...
And that's the end of the conversation.
>>81019978
Next time you see a funny clip, interesting movie trailer, new music video, compelling article or a hot person send it to someone who would care
>>81020082
How do I find someone who cares? I only have you guys.
>>81013233
>>81020115
Reestablishing old contacts. Half the time they're as lonely and awkward and looking for friends as you are
>>81013233
>tfw sitting alone at a restaurant-bar but actually chatting with my bros on irc with smartphone
actually pretty comfy tbqh
>>81020762
>old contacts
Like the people I sat next to in high school? I don't think I can remember most of their names.
>>81013233
I don't usually think this, but the alt-text is really the better gag this time.
>>81020115
Do you read comics? I could be your friend, anon
>>81021884
I read comics. Not as much as I want, but I try to find the time when I'm able to tear myself away from here. What comics do you like?
>>81018503
Well, that's... It exists.
>>81020165
I thought it was good.
>>81022016
I'm just a big fan of the medium as a whole. Right now I'm going through Cerebus, Copra, Lucifer, Starman and Steranko's SHIELD. What've you been reading lately?
>>81013648
>mfw I'm active enough that I enjoy not having new messages
>>81022219
>Oh no, positive feedback!
>>81014026
wake ME UP
>>81016428
I guess most people use them for internet in places with free wifi, but i hate the stupid fingerpainting interface. I'm waiting for brainwave reading tiaras before i learn a new interface paradigm.
>>81019978
>sup
>can i get a g?
>ok ill try later
>>81013280
i just use my phone to look up videogame cheats and masturbate via whatsapp with random strangers
>>81019978
Conversations are hard, even when you are paying a woman for sex
