Hey life under late stage neoliberal capitalism how's it going? :yea:
Yo, we're all lonely, capitalism has stolen our lives.
Get your sister to send him back theory lmao
I mean, it probably has a marginally higher success rate than unsolicited dick pics.
Cisheteronormative masculinity tends to reward performative stoicism, overlook toxic (aggressive, pushy, violent) expressions of emotion, and downright punish softer/integrative strategies for self-care in men. I'm guessing that's what they were getting at.
Mind you, I don't know what that guy's deal is and I don't like playing at internet psychologist. Could be he's heard that vulnerability can be authentic and, indeed, attractive but just doesn't know how to go about it. Or it could be he's weaponizing performative vulnerability to creep on strangers. :shrug-outta-hecks:
Maybe he's just been listening to a little too much Type O Negative while his wife and kid are out of town, and October Rust is just really getting to him because he has been alone with his thoughts and the constant echo of Peter Steele pleading, "am I good enough...?" over and over again.
Please help me.
:meow-hug: Shit sucks, comrade, but we're here for you. I know it's not the same as RL relations, but we all gotta keep sane as best we can. :Care-Comrade:
Thank you. I was about 90% joking, but I really did pick a bad week to suddenly fall down a Type O Negative rabbit hole. I'm OK, just a little more introspective than I'm used to.
if this dude just chilled out and just talked normally instead of demanding attention like a 8 year old he'd probably be able to talk to someone
have you ever told a depressed lonely person to "just chill out"? not exactly sound advice
you can be depressed and lonely and not just text "help me" to random women. I don't mean "chill out" like "simply stop being depressed" I mean "talk to people with a less demanding tone"
I'm depressed and lonely and I manage to do it, though I admit if someone told me to chill out I probably wouldn't like it very much either. I'm just saying he'd get a lot farther if he said something more chill like "hey I haven't been able to talk to many people lately do you think we could chat and maybe catch up a bit?"
"I'm lonely help me" makes you look like you're fishing for some poor lady to become your gf so she can "fix you" in a toxic relationship
