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on the male loneliness epidemic
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Screenshot of a Tumblr post by nongunktional:
when i first heard about the male loneliness epidemic i was like oh yeah close camaraderie and bonding between men is often discouraged in favor of competition or, if not discouraged, at least filtered through a lens of individualism that precludes deep connections. and then i learned what people meant by it (men arent getting laid) to which i say skill issue
to all the men out there not getting laid: try less hard to get laid and try more hard to be an enjoyable and relaxing presence
The comparison isn't apt for the need. It's apt for the insanely vapid suggested solution. Though it sounds like you hardly understand how vapid it is...
What? What is vapid about using time to improve skills?
The part where that is not at all what so ever in the top five primary driving factors of the problem.
Can you clarify what the problem is? I am unsure because this thread was initially about how homelessness is the same thing as being single.
Is the problem that people lack social skills so it is hard for them to get a partner? If that is the case, why isn't social skills in the top five? What are the top five?
I love this platform dude nowhere else will you find commenters so fundamentally incapable of understanding analogies
I understand good analogies. This one was a bad.
How would you know? You thought they were saying homelessness is the same thing as being single lol
Wait, I think I see what you are getting at. Ok, so when I said:
This triggered you because you because it wasn't 100% accurate. It should have been something more like this.
Ok, yeah, my wording wasn't 100% clear there. Sorry for the mistake on my part.
Either way it still is a bad analogy.
No, it's neither. They were drawing a similarity between the advice given in the post and the advice given in the video. That is, that it sounds obvious to people who say it, but it's condescending and dismissive and in practice it doesn't really help
So the video is just a girl saying "If your homeless, just buy a house" the video isn't even giving out any tips.
So if OP was saying, "If your single, just get a partner", then you would be correct. But they are not saying that. They are actually giving useful advice to someone who is new to dating and possibly looking for advice.
Am I wrong? If so, how?
Does this not imply that they were equating being homeless to being single? If it doesn't what were they saying?
Edit: Seems like this wasn't their issue, see my other reply.