I wonder why so many of them are lonely and why some have to become sex tourists to get laid? :thinking-about-it:

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    What the fuck has love got to do with money?

    I get the feeling a lot of these people are sociopaths that don't understand human connection.

    Imagine being like "Hmm yeah I don't have friends, too much on an investment."

    People would be like "Huh?"

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I've gone to class with, roomed with, and worked with self-described libertarians.

      A common thing most of them said was "relationships are just transactions," usually to justify the abuses and failures in their own relationships.

      Yep, it was the same energy as the "love is just chemicals" meme that Rick and Morty started.

      • CTHlurker [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The people who argue that relationships are just transactions, are the same people who get mad at women for rejecting them, even after they did X amount of "nice" things for them.

        • karl3422 [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          well yes because they think they were cheated in a transaction the fact that it would be plainly ridiculous to say you are owed from a transaction the other person did not agree to or know about in any other sphere of life is irrelevant here

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Reminds me of the PUA types who describe sex as a "transaction of power". If you think about it like that it's no wonder you don't get any pleasure from it.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      It's Boomer pop-sexism that's been copied and pasted so many times that the veneer has rubbed off. None of these "marriage is expensive because divorce arguments" ever run the numbers on how much money you save by being in a relationship, it's just about "damn broad is gonna take half my money because she had her period!"