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His friends aren't his friends because they want to fuck his girlfriend. They were his friends before he had a girlfriend.
Her guy friends are only friends with her because they want to fuck her.
Those are completely different things in this small window of context.
Sure, but this small window of context also still indicates that "he":
Which sounds pretty toxic imho. Given that, if she wants to respond to toxicity with trolling, it certainly is pretty funny. Which seems to be the main point of the post, and the added nuance doesn't really undermine that.
I don't see it that way at all. He can trust her while not trusting the people she associates with.
I've had this issue with multiple girlfriends (who all ended up with one of the guys I warned them about). It's easy to tell when a guy is only being friendly to try to fuck a girl. Pointing that out isn't controlling in my eyes it's trying to be protective.
I'll grant you he shouldn't have said "stop hanging out with them" but the main point is there if you don't have the knee jerk reaction to the phrasing.
If the existence of alternatives is a threat to your relationship, your relationship is on borrowed time anyway.