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[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 103 points 7 months ago

You got it backwards mate. Young men are falling for those charlatans because they provide an easy solution to the loneliness epidemic (of which young men are the most likely victims).

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 74 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Well, most accurate would be a feedback loop, but the point still stands that it's self-harm, regardless of why it arises.

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Except they don’t offer a solution. If anything, they make the problem worse. Their “solution” is to offer bullshit advice that will turn you in to a toxic person too. Normal people don’t want to hang out with the followers of Tate and the like, and because they’re all so unlikeable, they don’t want to hang out with each other.

So it’s a feedback loop that gives these grifters more money while the followers get more loneliness. It’s sad, really.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

to the loneliness epidemic (of which young men are the most likely victims).

I read this statement of yours my initial reaction is not very complimentary. Instead of making assumptions on what you mean and assuming the worst, I'm interested in your view to see if I would find validity with it, or if my initial reaction was sound. Do you have any source you'd consider objective on this you'd recommend me reading to explain your position/definition on this?

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

A simple search with the keywords "men" and "loneliness epidemic" should pull up plenty of resources on the topic. I'm on mobile right now and don't feel like doing a whole deep-dive but here's an article from NASW

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A 2020 research study found that age and gender can influence how lonely people feel. Younger people report more loneliness than older people, and men are more vulnerable to loneliness that is more intense than women.

There's plenty of debate to be had for whose "fault" this is, but the fact that young men are facing the brunt of the loneliness epidemic is a matter of fact that's reinforced by countless polls.

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[-] MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

I’m not the one you’re responding to, but I have a recent, relevant, non-biased video here that discusses the issue from a mental health standpoint.

[-] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Dude, I just watched the first 30 seconds of that video.

The way that it is edited tells me that it is written for entertainment rather than informing (the quick cuts), intended to emotionally manipulate the audience (listen to the music), and likely biased because it is using an interview / podcast format. This is a secondary source of information, rather than a primary source.

Good sources to read and share are primary sources e.g. peer reviewed research articles. If there are a research articles given in the video, then you should be sharing those, not the video.

Here is an example of an article that is related to men and loneliness:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6142169/

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