Depending on what you meant by “very easily impressed with basic factual statements” it could go either way. I’m an adult and I’m happy to admit I don’t know a lot things, sometimes I’ve been stunned that what I believed was totally wrong and all it took was some to give me a basic fact to make me realise.

I just pinned the new version to the taskbar so I don’t have to mess around with the old version diversion

That’s what the ceiling mirror and magnifying glass are for

Be boring rather than arrogant. If they ask what you did this weekend or what you’re doing later just say nothing really or watching TV and relaxing. Few words answers, when the conversation isn’t flowing naturally they will just think you’re boring and leave you alone.

Obviously this might not work for everyone but it’s worked for me everytime.

Rock wool, ignoring it’s insulating properties, I’m forced to believe was created by the devil himself.

I didn’t even know she was still alive

Imagine being dead and looking alive for 10 hours

And here comes the “make shit up about them to make them seem evil” play. You know nothing about me, including the generation I’m from. What a joke

Ripping it from the context? This post was about how men rarely receive the support they may well need and you turn up bashing men and playing the victim card.

Where’s the context?

You’re clearly too oppressed that you can’t even accept someone else’s experiences. Have the life you deserve, you waste of resources.

Only if you look down on women, I don’t. Maybe you should have a little more respect for women.

Also, I never said I hate women, in fact, I said that I don’t use that phrase because people are equal in my eyes and people cause the problems.

And after sharing my experiences, you wonder why I might be that way. You argue for the reasoning why some women say they hate men and as soon as someone says women aren’t all angels you get defensive. Look in the mirror, the patriarchy you hate, you’re part of it.

So you didn’t even bother reading the whole reply. You’re part of the problem.

As a man who is basically dead inside, probably, in the long run, due to men. I tend to use the phrase “I hate people” not because I’m avoiding the whole thing of saying I hate men or I hate women but people generally suck. All of the reasons you have listed above apply to people as a whole.

I’m not defending the opposing side of your argument because I fully understand it, women probably do face those things in large proportions due to men, but I have been told, in the grand scheme of things, probably an equal number of times to man up or grow a pair by men and women alike. When I say I’m dead inside, I don’t physically know how to display any actual emotion, (anger and humour are the 2 most prominent if you count humour as an emotion) so simply by voicing something that I don’t like or making a complaint is enough for people to think I’m not being manly enough.

I still have a circle of people I care about and I’m almost sure they care about me but I would still say I hate people.

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My partners best friend was dating a guy very briefly. She called it off because on day 3 of just getting to know each other he started sending her nudes and rubbing himself with inflated balloons and videos of him humping. That guy has a balloon fetish.

I don’t think the balloons are what killed the short lived relationship so much as the boldness of thinking she wanted those videos/pictures.

If I’m not mistaken it was originally to describe Italian immigrants during whatever period of time (world war 1 maybe?) and it was a acronym for Without Papers. As in not having a visa.

I could be mistaken though, I read that once from one source so not really done any due diligence.

I’m not that young and optimistic tbh, it sounds like you’ve just been dealt a tough hand in life and hope you can get through it one day. Truly.

I’m 30 and do this easily enough when I drink.

It’s definitely killing me though and the next 3 days are hell.

That’s fair, I’m sorry that you’ve been through what you have, but you made a heavy generalisation that people don’t change, my experience is that they can and do.

Strong disagree on people not changing, my partners brother was a heavy alcoholic at 30 and he’s now 5 years sober and has children and hasn’t touched a drop. He relapsed in his first week and nearly died.

People can change, they just have to want to. Of course this isn’t applicable to all but generalising your situation to everyone isn’t helpful to people in these positions.

On the flip side so show that I understand people not changing, her uncle has currently lost his family and maybe soon his job. Every time the kids are due to be with him he’s completely shitfaced and the adult dropping them off refuses to give them to him in that condition and that still isn’t enough for him to want to change. I bet he has seen his own children for over a year. He is constantly lying and we think he owes money to people because he’s usually in a bit of a roughed up state. It’s sad but until he wants it there’s nothing anyone can do.

Her brother is still a testament to the way people can better themselves though.