internalized pressure and overthinking

Yes, exactly that. What I'm saying it's it's a lot more common than it has any right to be -- at least in the USA. I'm legitimately happy if you're insulated from it and/or have the self confidence to see it for what it is and brush it off. I'm of the same mind on that in that I have the confidence to laugh at it and ignore it.

I'm talking about the men that don't, and how unfortunately it's a huge problem. My experience has been the opposite: I'm in a "skilled" male dominated blue-collar job: the amount of dysfunctional, toxic masculinity I see on a daily basis is wild. Even when I was "white collar" it was there, if to a lesser degree.

A lot of guys of all ages are deeply insecure and are falling into the "traditional manhood" grift to the detriment of themselves and those around them. The extreme examples like incels, Andrew Tate, right-wing ideas on "manhood", "trad" idiots gaining momentum are a symptom of a far more widespread problem.

I'm fairly certain these people are trolling.

People are drawn to and fascinated by taboo topics, and one's experiences and upbringing determine the relationship with those taboos a person has.

Women have personal experiences with creepy/dangerous men, it's a "known danger" they hear about from a young age, and serial killers represent the extreme example of this -- it's not really surprising "true crime" type media is popular with women.

To add what other people have said: the sealion in the comic is following them around and being obnoxious. It even follows them to their bedroom.

One aspect of sealioning is continually trying to "debate" someone for something they once said, even if they're currently engaged in a completely unrelated conversation.

4. Forrest had a serious intellectual disability, and she almost certainly felt like she was taking advantage of him.

Alright, so I watched the video so you guys don't have to. Here's a synopsis:

Youtube's ad blocking is going to backfire because:

• It caused people to stop using crappy ad blockers that didn't even work with youtube to switch to effective ones that do.
• Drawing attention to "good" browsers and ad blockers, increasing adoption -- including people that weren't using or aware of the existence of them in the first place
• Increased support of the people making/maintaining ad blockers. Spite driven increase in donations, subscriptions to paid ad blockers, bug reports, etc.
• Cites the Streisand effect.
• Analogy of how prohibition led to stronger drugs, stronger booze, etc. If you tell people they can't do something, they're more likely to do it and get better at doing it.
• Cites how Youtube's attempts to block ad blockers is breaking older embedded apps in smart TVs, chromecast, etc. Older or non-tech people are just more likely to stop using those rather than try to fix them -- and thus cut back on watching youtube.
• Believes Youtube's actions are an indication the internet's "free with ads" model is dying -- they're getting desperate to maintain profitability.

We should absolutely have safe housing for homeless people with UBI and transitional programs. We should also offer mental health and substance abuse treatment -- and in extreme cases humane involuntary treatment for people that are a danger to themselves and others.

And none of this should take place in shared, public spaces for the safety and dignity of everyone involved. This is a failure of society and needs to be treated as such. Placing the burden on individuals isn't the solution. Expecting public spaces designed for other uses to pick the slack of a broken societal safety net is insane.

mirror.co.uk

Ah yes, the highly respected Daily Mirror. I am 100% convinced this is a real thing that happened.

Because his company was (and continues to be) a powerful force acting against consumer rights.

He was also a self absorbed asshole that's still idolized for some reason.

The test isn't if someone dislikes the movie, it's why if they disliked the movie.

It's fine if someone thinks it was boring, poorly written, etc. It's a red flag if they go off on some misogynistic rant.

I'd call it emotionally immature.

A surprising number of the people I grew up or work with act like they're still in high school when it comes to social/interpersonal skills -- these people are all well over 30 years old.

I've taken to de-DRMing any e-books I bought from Amazon for that reason.

Also, the "You can only view this book on 3 devices" -- yeah .... fuck off.

Calibre + DeDRM plugin + KFX plugin. Perfectly legal too, as long as you aren't distributing them.