# I'm sad. Can I get a hug? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856 "2010-05-18T04:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/21 "2010-05-18T13:24:34Z")
Internet hugs really help? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/22 "2010-05-18T14:00:36Z")
I don’t know, is this one of those creepy internet hugs in order to cop a virtual feel? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/23 "2010-05-18T14:11:11Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > There’s a way for you to escape your sadness forever and ever, and it “may” even make all those around you very happy in the bargain… I am not sure of **Rand Rover** ’s intent in starting this thread, but I must insist that we take him at his word that he is having a hard time with something. And so, this comment is out of line. Please do not do it again. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/24 "2010-05-18T14:22:46Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I am not sure of **Rand Rover** ’s intent in starting this thread, but I must insist that we take him at his word that he is having a hard time with something. I strongly suspect it’s a reference to his comments in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12466780&postcount=142). Not that, y’know, he shouldn’t get a hug if he wants one. The man clearly hasn’t had enough hugs in his life before now. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/25 "2010-05-18T14:24:41Z")
After the last time when I had to cancel all my cards? No way. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/26 "2010-05-18T15:09:18Z")
Here ya go, buddy! **{{{{Rand}}}}** Huggles! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/27 "2010-05-18T15:18:31Z")
I’m very sorry that you were punched. Maybe next time you won’t be hatin’ on people’s mad hot chix getting skills. {{Rover}} ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/28 "2010-05-18T15:29:46Z")
I mean, I certainly agree that words on the Internet can help - sometimes they are just saner and sometimes just crazier than you. However, if a hug will help, I am not stingy on hugs. Here’s one. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/29 "2010-05-18T15:53:13Z")
happy to hug, especially since I need one too. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/30 "2010-05-18T16:01:30Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/31 "2010-05-18T16:05:52Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > No. Meanie. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/32 "2010-05-18T16:21:22Z")
She’s no meanie, she’s a miner. Or something. Possibly she’s just coated in a viscous petrochemical. So hot. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/33 "2010-05-18T16:22:26Z")
You wouldn’t want one of mine (even if I weren’t currently loaded with evil germs). Manly fist-bump do instead? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pliny\_the\_younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@Pliny\_the\_younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pliny_the_younger)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/34 "2010-05-18T16:43:01Z")
If it’s possible to get a copped feel, I’m offering boobies (nice ones) and a hug to Rand Rover. When I want a hug from the husband, I jokingly stand in front of him and announce “I present myself for LOVE!!” and he knows to give me a hug. 🙂 I have him well trained. HUGGS to ya, Rand. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/35 "2010-05-18T16:57:01Z")
{{{Rand}}} from another of those northern lefties. Buck up, man. There’re good people out there too; it’s not all a howling wasteland. > [@Pliny\_the\_younger](#): > > When I want a hug from the husband, I jokingly stand in front of him and announce “I present myself for LOVE!!” and he knows to give me a hug. I think that response is hard-wired. So to speak. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/36 "2010-05-18T17:01:50Z")
[Hug?](http://27.media.tumblr.com/7zJSKM6IS68hv1cnU0BjPzTX_400.jpg) I let cartoon cactuses do all my internet hugging because I’m afraid of catching someone’s internet cooties. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/37 "2010-05-18T17:27:37Z")
[How about a T Shirt instead?](http://www.bewild.com/drnothut.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/38 "2010-05-18T17:32:48Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > No. I’m with you. It’s very unlikely that this isn’t a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/39 "2010-05-18T17:36:51Z")
I don’t hug strangers on the intarwebs, but I can offer a fine assortment of homemade baked goods and/or lollipops. I have many many lollipops and you can have all you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856/40 "2010-05-18T17:39:42Z")
I don’t do man-hugs, but I will give you a friendly punch on the shoulder. Of course, if this is just a way to make fun of us all, then the punch will be a \ harder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sad-can-i-get-a-hug/539856.md?page=3)