Not sure why you are getting downvoted. What wonderingwanderer says is true as well, but honestly not relevant to this comic. Comics with this type of messaging often very explicitly call out men (even those that don't treat women as such), which leads to a hostile counter response. This one just says "you're a dummy if you treat women like this", which yeah. You probably are, if not worse. But unlike many other examples it could literally also apply to other women, (eg. lesbians), non-binary, or other folks who objectify women. They are exceedingly rare I would bet, but things like TERFs exist too sadly.

So if someone makes a comic titled "Men: a guide for dummies" and the two slides are "Not this way: (picture of a vending machine where "sex" is the input and "money/free dinner/free drinks" is the output)" and "this way: (picture with a man that says "complex, conscious human being that you can't program to buy you things")," would that be any different?

Because in my view, both are exploiting harmful stereotypes by making an overgeneralization about the implied opposite gender. You're defending OP's example, but somehow I expect you wouldn't be too happy about the one described above...

And by the way, if I had simply replied "not all men" to OP's comic, then I would have been mocked and ridiculed by people claiming that's just a manosphere dog whistle. But now it's okay for you to say it doesn't apply to all men when you're backtracking and attempting to diminish the concern that this plays on a harmful stereotype that's not-so-subtly directed towards men as a general category?

"Don't worry, not all women are golddiggers. If you're not one then you don't need to defend yourself or attack your imagined adversary when you see a post titled 'Dilbert Creator's insta thot wife disappears with prenup pension.'"

Same shit, different direction.

So you're saying my argument is only valid if I'm a woman? And if I'm a man, I just need to learn to be more self-deprecating? What kind of double-standard is that?

Good luck trying to tell women to "appreciate some self-deprecating humor without getting butthurt." I'm sure that will turn out well for you.

Or is it only men who need to be self-deprecating? Cause again, that would be a double standard.

And if you find it self-deprecating to laugh at "men think sex is transactional," then you're telling on yourself. This comic is about you, so don't act morally superior to men who don't identify with it.

Ah, then you must also have the privilege of being either conventionally attractive, endowed with good social skills, well-integrated into an accepted social group, or some combination of the above.

But go ahead and say anyone who has none of the above is probably a dick if he faces ostracization cause he probably deserves it.

But... but... some feminists on reddit told me golddiggers aren't real and only men are culpable in transactional relationships!!!1!

You know, any critique of a woman's behavior is a harmful generalization. But generalizations about men are totally fine and anyone who says "not all men are like that" is a redpilled incel, apparently...

...at least according to reddit feminists (not real feminists)