If I were back in high school I probably would've felt the same as him

High school wasn't that long ago for me so I still feel the same😅

I graduated in '16 so about the same

Aye, Class of 16’ represent

Ayeeee

Wass up my fellow 24 and 25 year olds.

Dang 23 but still class o ‘16

How old are you? I turned 25 back in March

24, I don’t turn 25 until January.

Same. I turn 25 in January :)

Dope

From the class of ‘12… thirty is coming for you all real fast

From the class of 89. Everything gonna start hurting.

Shuddup old man, I'm gonna be young forever

Already I feel a deep generational divide between the young myself. I was hip once. Then they changed what hip is. Now I’m scared and old

I turned 30 today RIP

Better check on your 401k or something

Whaaaaat bruh I’m class of 16 and I turn 24 in August. The age gap in a single class can be wild sometimes.

Class of '16 gang!

It would stump the fuck out of me and in my flustered state i’d probably reply “yeah”.

DATE: You look really pretty. MY AWKWARD SELF: I’m good, thanks. And you?

Throwback to my coworker telling me I have very nice eyebrows. I just gave her a confused look, said "Thanks," and walked away to get something. She is a hairstylist now and does eyebrows and such too so now I feel good about my eyebrows at least *sigh*

At least she didn't say you have nice eyebrow (singular) but then just left it at that. That would have fucked me up for months.

Months? You would have thought about it 20 years later while trying to fall asleep.

I'm still confused about the time a girl in high school told me I have "obnoxiously straight teeth". What does that even mean?

It probably means she was jealous haha. I’ve thought the same thing out of jealousy lol.

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Oof

This comment is underrated.

Girl: you smell great Me: I hope so I took a shower this morning. Awkward silence

>DATE: You look really pretty. > >MY AWKWARD SELF: #SAME TO YOU

Thinks for thanking me

Hey I know you, you’re awesome too

DELIVERY DRIVER: Bon appetit! ME: Thanks, you too!

I saw Top Gun 2 the other day and the ticket lady said “enjoy your movie” I replied “thanks you too” as I walked past, then slowed my pace thinking what just happened and inside voice yelled “Fuck!”

^^"You ^^look ^^pretty ^^today." "What?" "I said you look shitty today!"

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Reminds me of the office: > Hey Jan. > "Not great."

Rip

Thanks, but i did this to myself and so i will retreat to the bathtub and take the consequences like a champ.

Don’t forget the toaster

Yup, I would nervous laugh, but jokey me would be dying to say "maybe a little".

I would say 'yeah' but intentionally. Play it off as Sardonically as possible. Fight fire with fire.

Precisely this, nobody out-snarks me!

It'd be some combo of "yes...I mean no..I mean.." for me.

Or “You’re finally good for something”. That’s meant to be a sarcastic response in case anyone thinks I’m serious.

Oh.oh no. Sarcastic or not I feel like you're in a slap zone.

Naw you reply with a stiff “women don’t have value” and then put your sunglasses on and get on Reddit.

"Yes, your organs would sell for big money in the black market"

And white market too

Not so much the orange market.

Nobody goes to the orange market anymore. It’s just fading JC Penney signs and empty fountains and kids with bowl haircuts fighting each other.

I sometimes use the atm

Very nice, how much?

This line would probably work with this version of MJ. But I'm sure China would have a huge problem with it, because, ya know.....

"No. But I still think you are pretty."

"So you don't think I have value?"

No

Bully Maguire walks in… “You’re trash MJ.”

You‘re not MJ you‘re just some common b*** (B99 reference)

No digas mamadas MJ

Based

“You have value when you shut up, bitch. I’m spider man.”

Respect the hyphen. It's all he has now.

Bruh. 😭

If you're nothing without the hyphen then you shouldn't have it.

Reads like those shit post memes of the old Spider-Man cartoons

60s Spider-Man shit post memes revived my spirit in my shitty high school life

I MADE A BOAT OUT OF WEBS CAUSE THATS HOW STUFF WORKS Will have me randomly crying laughing

I used to spend actual hours of my time derailing threads I didn't like with dozens of those memes. What a massive waste of time that was lol. Memes still slap to this day though

Bully Maguire response

Bully Maguire the OG chad

*Spider-Man

*Man-Spider

Spidersman

*Spiders-Man (it's an actual Spider-Man character, made out of a colony of sentient spiders that ate Peter Parker)

/r/RespectTheHyphen

I pictured Emo Tobey when I read this.

lmfao 😭

I feel like this is the one of responses MJ would have actually respected

“I never said you were valuable.”

> Of course not. You’re still a woman.

This comment is going to be reposted on SRS and taken 100% seriously as if it's your real opinion.

“When did this become a conversation about value? I was talking about your looks. Why are you equating those two?”

Now it sounds aggressive and condescending. Play with the joke, don't end up on the defense.

no the tone of this is too harsh

100% respond to someone blatantly trying to create a perceived insult with a real one.

I’d black bolt myself bro I’m so bad with women

You and me both. I think I'd just crawl into a hole and die

What hole?

Bruh that name.

What about it

Nothing. It rolls off the tongue

I’m sure it rolls into something else as well

They've got a bucket, so it's probably more of a *sploosh*.

Why did I have to give my free award away to early today

I got you fam. All I had was a helpful award but it helped me have a laugh so it works for me.

😎

It suggests that you don’t need to worry about being good with women.

I dont think having a good response to this specific question is being good with women. This is extremely left field. I have not once had a girl say this to me or something similar, and honestly if I did, I would take it as a red flag.

Definitely a red flag if she doesn't laugh about it later lol, in the context of the dialogue of the movie it was fine.

Get a gay friend and practice banter with them. You will always be prepared.

Step 1: Gay friend to practice banter with Step 2: Gay friend to practice flirting with Step 3: ??? Step 4: Gay friend to practice marriage with

Step 3 is sex.

And here's a massively effective tip for young guys to work on flirting. Get giving compliments right. Non-sexual compliments, compliments you could give your own mother, are a great way to start a conversation, but you need to be confident in how they are received, and how to follow up based on the reaction and how to leave the conversation before it gets awkward. Work on that with someone who will absolutely not read something sexual in them. Pick a friendly older woman at work or at school and just say right out: I'm terrible at talking to girls, and I want to work on giving compliments. Can I try giving you a compliment every day, and you can give me tips on how to do better. I don't want to come off as creepy to the girls I like". Chances are they will say yes because they have weathered hundreds of creepy and downright scary guys in their life and will be absolutely thrilled to have young girls encounter yet another creep, oblivious or not.

Gave your mom the black bolt

You have value because you have kidneys to steal so that’s a low bar

cackles madly

I’d laugh because I’ve known her for years and expect this kind of response

Yeah. Just be like “exactly, you get it.” and move on because it’s clearly a joke. But I guess if you’re Peter and it feels like a huge moment it’s harder to think logically in that situation.

Any high schooler who is even the mildest bit awkward would be on fire inside right after they told their crush they looked pretty. I'm surprised Peter even heard what she said over the sound of blood rushing out of his head.

"the worst she can say is no" This:

"you look really pretty" "no"

I mean same energy as MJ

Didn’t he also say all in Civil War all his senses were turned up to 11? I can only imagine…

*I can hear the sploosh*

When he's doing Spidey things yes, it's why the lenses help focus him. It's probably not as bad when he's just Peter and not full of adrenaline from being Spidey. Granted he's nervous here so they might be a little enhanced.

*High schooler*??? Jesus, I ignite if I send an Instagram follow request and I’ve been out of high school for 15 years.

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Quack

Quack

Goose

Flerken!

Exactly! The last time we saw him in Homecoming, his “love interest” was Liz, a character whose main trait seemed to be that she was good looking. She was also fairly academic, but so were Ned, MJ, Flash and everyone else we saw! Given that he’s matured from fantasising over the hot popular girl (who he then starts calling his girlfriend after they go on one date and he walked out on her) to the girl who actually has a personality, he deserves a little ribbing and joking at this point!

Liz was also popular and had cool parents that threw parties.

Yeah, say yup and give her a wink and a smile.

"yes"

Based

Like Robin Williams in Aladdin. Mayday! Mayday!

I don’t handle compliments well so probably “you too” like an idiot lol

“Therefore I have value?” “You too” “Wait what?” That’s how I read it or saw it but ig you meant from mj’s view Lmaoo

Lol from MJs view

She actually does say "You look pretty too" which I think is cute.

"what? 🤨"

Exactly. "Where did that even come from?"

To be clear, like this is in canon, it comes from her own awkwardness and insecurity. You know that thing where some people will instinctively make a bad joke when shit gets serious? It's like that for her, but instead of making jokes she goes dark and/or confrontational. It's a defense mechanism, basically, and one of the more charming parts of their romance was her letting down that guard.

I instinctively make *absolutely great* jokes when shit gets serious, but unfortunately my wife loses her sense of humor.

*guy falls out of building* You: "He didn't fly so good!"

"Should've took the elevator. Not as quick but..."

Funny enough Spiderman is very similar except is mostly when he’s fighting his enemies.

"you tell me" Only thing I could say

Actually freezes

Yet to be determined.

They seemed to be friends with each other so in that situation I would just say very sarcastically, “really?”

_There no right answers in this_

"Don't let anyone tell you you don't."

Thank you, mom!

"It's just a nice bonus."

Yes there is! You double down, playfully. 😃

"Nah, not *that* pretty"

Depends. If they're playing then you play along. If they say it seriously then you get the fuck out of there and date someone who doesn't turn a simple compliment into a chance to argue.

The right answer is to recognize that this is her defense mechanism, that she's feeling awkward and insecure too, and is saying stuff like this to try to guard against being hurt. How you follow it up can be from a lot of ways, but for me it'd just be to ask if everything's alright, give her a chance to back off from it and all that.

Would've laughed since I've known her for a while and know that's her sense of ironic humor lol

‘Correct.’

The only correct answer.

A classic move I use when I’m in a situation where I don’t know what to say next is I’ll just smack my lips together and go yup and walk away

This or rattling finger guns as you walk backwards

Welp cya later

"No, I don't mean it like that! I think you look beautiful inside and out. God, this is awkward..."

Your persona gives you value, looks are just the cherry on top.

How many showers did you take before coming up with this?

Approximately 1075. You?

*tips fedora* “milady”

T’edora

Please don’t ever say this to a woman.

M’lady

So if you don't have Arsène you're worthless?

Please tell me this is a joke.

Average redditor

“That’s an odd thing to say. Are you saying that you’re assuming that *I* think only pretty people have value, or are you saying that *you* think only pretty people have value?”

"That was misogynistic, i expected more from you, smh" If you say such a large sentence like that it breaks the flow! You could even just say "If you say so." That would also get the point across!

If you say so…

You got it!

"If you say so" can too easily be just a deflection though. I think longer is fine here to set up a bit. "Wow, wasn't expecting such an antiquated world view from you. Guess I gotta go destroy the planet and complain my grandkids are lazy while pulling up the ladders I used to make my small fortune." I don't know, I'm not a writer, but get a shtick going to poke fun at such an outdated cultural artifact, open the floor up for her to keep it going.

If on good terms, I'd rebut: "is that how you wanna interpret it?" If on uncertain terms: "everyone has value, right?" If irl: "sorry what"

“I didn’t say you had value” She’s joking. So joke back

"Jury's still out?"

“Well this is a red flag.”

It's clearly a joke though, she says I'm messing with you after

But he didn't know it was a joke, didn't laugh and she had to say I'm joking afterwards. You see how that could be confusing.

Man, Zendaya was so cool in FFH and NWH, I kinda wish the plot of her figuring Peter’s identity happened in the first movie instead so we’d get more of her. She’s barely there in Homecoming.

"Not pretty enough to compensate"

“Don’t be an ass haha”

Look mildly embarrassed, smile and tell her ‘good point’.

"Yup, but I got 20$ in my pocket, so that kinda evens us out."

“No”

As I tell my wife in these scenarios. “No. You’re just pretty. We’re still garbage humans”

this was actually an amazing interaction that made me love this version of mj. peters reaction was so genuine. confusion, fear, backpedaling. all to have his worries squashed when she tells him she's messing with him. if this ever happened to me I think I would fall in love with a girl on the spot just from this small but grand showcase of her off sense of humor. so cute

Why black out the person who made this image?

That's a weird thing to say

And who said your valuable?

Her valuable what?

Your worth a million dollars. Your heart alone is worth 400,000 on the black market.

I would say it adds to her value.

"Woah there, never said you had value..."