This story is charming and funny, right up until the punchline in the last panel, when it gets dark. Incel dark. I wish I was kidding – this is actually a running joke on Incel forums. One wonders how much sub-cultural influence strips like this had in the long run. 

(Heavy Metal issue #193, May 2001 – Page 18 A Bit of Theory… by Goupil and Walter)