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A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Oh wow, another meme completely disregarding a problem many are struggeling with. But don't worry guys and gals, it's okay because it's making fun of mens' suffering. And men can't be discriminated against.
On another note, has anyone figured out yet, why men are never emotionally available? It truly is a mystery π€
/s in case you can't tell.
Silly men just need to understand that saying "I'm lonely" and "women belong in the kitchen" are equivalent. So don't you dare ever talk or reach out if you're lonely.
It's a real shame that male loneliness is so quickly dismissed because it would be a great starting point to begin talking about how traditional male friendships tend to keep each other at a distance, and maybe come up with ways to bridge the gap so existing friendships can become deeper.
Instead it feels like the conversation just gets to this point where we all collectively shrug and say, "shame" and never really talk about it more than this.
there is a ~~male~~ loneliness epidemic
FTFY
I think it's phrased like this because it's less acceptable for men to express feelings like sadness or loneliness. men and boys who are lonely and alienated can more easily fall down the Andrew Tate/4Chan/Jordan Peterson/blackpill pipeline which yields violent extremist behavior. Obviously it's not only men
Women don't have the same issue because it's socially acceptable for them to have deep emotional connections with their friends, where as men are mocked for being gay if they open up to their buddies about any kind of difficult emotion.
I have had the good fortune of being borderline gay with all my friends for my whole life. I wish it upon everyone
i don't think so, if there was another context i would absolutely agree with you, but following the discourse this, on my eyes this is phrased more like "men are getting more lonely but not women" or "men are getting more lonely, and it's because of women"; if it was another person, this would be the case, but this text did not mentioned any social acceptance of man's loneliness
You're not wrong. I think if anything this is making fun of men who fall down the hate pipeline
Yeah, thatβs not at all what the male loneliness thing is about at all. Was the point of your meme to make fun of how ignorant people are about this particular issue for men or were you trying to suggest the issue is invalid and the result of misogynistic assholes? Because if itβs the latter I think you just demonstrated your own ignorance and should probably spend some time trying to empathize more with men and educate yourself.
It's pretty much everybody but go off I guess
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf
There are multiple ways to get to the loneliness stage. The meme identifies one way that is self inflicted which starts with misogyny and spirals from there.
I doubt the first 3 statements are the same person as the fourth in most cases
The people speaking about male loneliness epidemics aren't the incels right? I think trying to understand the problems related to masculinity in society is exactly the opposite, trying to combat incels and the like. It has nothing to do with blaming women (at least in my experience)
I know this guy who is absolutely ridiculous about this.
On one hand, he can't stand women's groups, gets upset about women's sports, can't stop dismissing anything that isn't solely masculine like yoga, dance, and even rages on women artists and musicians.
On the other hand, has BEGGED OUT LOUD to people (I'm not even his friend) to get him connected with "chicks".
I have no idea how to tell this guy he's a miserable hateful fuck who will die alone because of his own personality.
Death of third places and the tech takeover of social interaction is why men and women seem to hate each other now. We don't have much opportunity to meet romantically in person and the online space pits extremists against each other until all the regular people believe that's just the way it is in real life too.
Can't overlook that women being, for the most part, economically equal for the first time ever gives them more opportunity to choose as well.
