# Lament of the nice guy.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 17, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lament-of-the-nice-guy/312910 "2005-07-17T23:12:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lament-of-the-nice-guy/312910/4 "2005-07-18T01:47:50Z")

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It’s hard to believe that you’ve been here since 2001 and haven’t encountered one of these threads:  
[In which I pit Nice Guys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286992)  
[Can we filter out all the ‘nice guy’ posts?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303847)  
[Why don’t women go for nice guys?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146916)  
[Nice guys finish last](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=120642)  
[Nice Guys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=111899)  
[Nice guys never get the girl…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=44628)  
[So, why scumbags? Seriously, why?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37123)

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