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[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 56 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Honestly so happy I’m married, I’m sorry for all of y’all. Dystopian times.

But hey to add my two cents: I think that fear is marketable, so women are over fed on paranoia.

At the same time, porn and propaganda have put bad expectations in some percentile of dumb men.

Both sexes are generally out of social practice, and societal trust is at an all time low. Most people are nice, but most people are also awkward.

So get out there and meet some people, don’t even do so romantically, just go learn how to interact with people, form some friendships.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

came back to this thread to find discourse that ISN'T cancer. thank you for your sane and gentle response. if more people had your empathy, less of them would be single and hurting.

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 18 points 4 days ago

But hey to add my two cents: I think that fear is marketable, so women are over fed on paranoia.

This is the case with literally everything.

Used to hear about "no-go zones" in Stockholm in my local news a lot, areas where even the Swedish police were afraid to go in to. Then a friend of mine moved to Stockholm and started going to "the worst no-go zone" every weekend to get fresh produce. The only time he felt in danger was when he stumbled upon a drunk countryman.

[–] zeropointone@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Going out nowadays doesn't work anymore. Things have changed dramatically in the last few decades.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I was lucky enough to meet my SO before online dating became the norm.

I'm just not equipped to navigate something like that.

I feel like being eternally single and lonely would be easier than having to encounter the constant rejection.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I feel like being eternally single and lonely would be easier than having to encounter the constant rejection.

Sadly, I think a lot of people are going down this route.

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[–] javiwhite@feddit.uk 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I wholeheartedly refute the assertion this comic makes that the word 'lock' is onomatopoeic.

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 15 points 4 days ago

i think lock is an onomatopoeia and I vote

[–] don@lemmy.ca 67 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Holy shit, ad blockers are a thing, people. ublock origin and SponsorBlock for a safer, happier life! Browsing anything without blockers is akin to dripping dimethyl mercury on your genitalia, crossing your fingers, and wildly hoping for the best.

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[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago

Wow, this comment section is a nightmare

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Reminds me of a story. Four scientists, all male, on an expedition in Antarctica, far from any other human being. They set up camp, establish the data link to sync their email, and one of them gets an email spam of the sort "hot women in your area". The next human female was several hundred kilometers away...

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The next human female was several hundred kilometers away...

...and probably more cold than "hot".

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[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Turns out he's a locksmith.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] darkreader2636@lemmy.zip 52 points 5 days ago (1 children)

for people who doesn't get the joke

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[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Men looking for women as romantic partners is like searching for potable water in a desert.

When looking for men as romantic partners is like searching for potable water in a SWAMP.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is kind of like how parents don’t let their kids play out anymore because the news told us it’s all pedophiles out there.

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Yep, that's just how it is these days. Let me ask though, does it really matter?

If the girls are afraid of the guys, that's their problem, not yours. Stick the time into something else you enjoy, let nature run it's course. Find a job you don't hate, spend your money as you like, live a happy life without the anxiety of rejection.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 31 points 5 days ago (12 children)

does it really matter?

Does a dysfunctional society matter?

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[–] Draegur@lemmy.zip 18 points 5 days ago (22 children)

We're finally approaching some twisted semblance of equality via men becoming afraid of women in return ._.

Men who took the lesson to heart:
Ladies don't want to talk to you.
They don't want you to approach them.
They don't want you to initiate social interaction.
Men need to be less visible, less audible, overall less perceptible, because this coincides with them being less obnoxious.

Instead of teaching them to act in less obnoxious ways, society taught them to act less--period.

And so, I now see unironic posts showing up on social media of women asking each other (paraphrased),
"Why don't men ever talk to me anymore?"
"Why don't men ever approach me anymore?"
"Even when I see men in public, they never even acknowledge me. Why are they ignoring me? What is going on?"

A lot of folks heard the pleas of women wishing men would just leave them alone. And a fair proportion of the men acquiesced.

I mean, yeah, SOME didn't, and became even more obnoxious, but the chronically unfuckable bootlicking simps of the fascist grift are more miserable now than they've ever been; The few that "seem" "successful" are just poster children of survivorship bias, pied pipers leading the naive and highly suggestible to self-inflicted ruin.

I have divested myself of this bizarre tragedy of errors. Humans are humans. I treat humans like humans. If other people project weird freaky intentions upon me while I'm JUST trying to mind my own gods damned business existing within line of sight and vague proximity, that's THEIR skill issue. AT LEAST nonbinary asexual persons never get weird at me like the ones vested in all the maladaptive notions and festooned in toxic stereotypes... and it's refreshing. Good riddance to all the outdated reproductive caste dynamics. Good riddance to the gilded cage of having to drag-perform whatever the fuck I was assigned at birth.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago

if girls are afraid of guys, that's my problem

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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Single X in my area. Uses the plural form.

Well, which is it?!??

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Women who fall into this category aren't even in the dating pool.

He goes off and gets laid. She stays at home. Looks like everything works out. What's everyone arguing about? Both characters get exactly what they're signing up for, unless we have some users on Lemmy who really need to touch grass and realize that not every chick is locking their door lmao.

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