I had problems with girls until I started acting like I didn't care. In High School, the thing that worked most was saying "Hey, let's go make out." and they gave a reluctant yes.

I have no experience outside of high school though, so if you try my line, go to your local High School.

Have you been spying on me?

is this the first time you're referred to by name in the strip? I think it is!

One of my favorites in a while. "Humpification process" is my new secret weapon of flirtation.

Her name is Athena?! I... think that's pretty cool, actually. Though it's a lot to live up to.

My favorites this time:
Panel 2: "This time Scott's here to watch!"
Panel 4: "Not if you want them to like you."

Still chuckling as I type this. Keep it up, Scott!

Athena? She's just a girl.

Of course, now he's just going to be standing next to her, staring, not saying a word...

Oh, man ... I know someone who needs to see this. Perhaps with his face pasted over Jenkins' ...

The only line that ever works is "Can I buy you a drink or do you just want the money?". That said, it only works about once every five years...

Man, only a hopeless fool would ever degrade "humpification" by referring to it as a "process."

'Nubile.' *shudder*

Hey a new avatar on my BI favorites link!

Great job on the new site!

"Humpification process"?!? Does Jenkins by any chance share Pete and Dud's fascination with "busty substances"?

hey Scott, could you make the links stand out a little more compared to the barely-perceptible darker pixels and mouse-over underlining?

Note: she decided within ten seconds of meeting you whether or not she was willing to sleep with you. Her decision to do so on any occasion is solely contingent upon the status she believes this will confer upon her relative to the status of other females she knows. You are a mere token in this social calculus, and beyond it, you barely exist at all. Anything you do or say will be held up to derision by her amongst her social circle.

You cannot win. You cannot break even. You cannot quit the game.

Isn't sex fun?

Maybe I just missed a ton of comics, but it seems like you're finally giving out names. This is the first time I heard Athena. In fact, it's the first time I heard you referred to as Scott.

*snrk* "Humpification process". I'm going to start using that one.

Perfect line: "Hello. I find you attractive and would like to get to know you better."

Works sometimes.

Wait, isn't Jenkins supposed to be in a badly-committed relationship? Is he unsuccessfully cheating on the girlfriend he won't marry?

This comic has used its best humpification process relentlessly on my sense of humor.

I think I like it.

The sad thing is that this approach is subtle and sophisticated compared to what happens in many bars.

@khereva
How did you manage to only meet the most pathetic, shallow women in existence, to exclusion of all others? Is there a geographical location where they all congregate, and do you have the misfortune of living there? ...Seriously though, stop trying to get laid at bars. Your life will improve substantially.

This reminded me of "Hothead Paisan - Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist" for some reason.

Maybe her line 'thank god, thank god, thank GOD I'm queer'.

What's up with the link to the next comic?

I think (hope, pray) I have it fixed. Some of the code is permanently jacked. ~Missy

@Adam: You figured out that it takes being a horrible person to succeed long before the rest of us, and for that I envy you.

So the next comic link is screwed. I can't skip to the next one through the archives because they're indexed ONLY by title for some reason, and I obviously don't know what the next comic is, not having read it yet. I can't even get there by manually entering the url because again the comic urls are based on the title. Anyone with a less benighted browser want to post a link to the next one down here?

Next one from here is this comic. I see that the "next" and "previous" links are in really weird places on this one, but they still work as links in Chrome. Hmmmmm. ~Missy

The link that Missy gave goes to the previous comic, I think. Unless, of course, I am reading in the wrong direction? Or maybe my Firefox is playing tricks on me?

Anyway...

link to the one *I* think of as "next":
http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2012/7/29/how-to-alter-someones-perspective.html