Transcript:
Nate: Whitey! How come you didn't hug me back there?
Whitey: Hm? You didn't seem like you wanted one.
Nate: Look, I can't be the only kid in school not to get hugged! So lay one on me!
Whitey: Sorry, man. I'm not feelin' it.
Nate: Oh, come on!
Nate is “unpopular”. Well the comic strip is extremely popular and all that but at school he’s unpopular but easily recognizable.