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Anon questions the epidemic (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You can have sex and be a totally toxic bastard that people don't want to be around once they get to know you. You could have sex frequently but still be deeply lonely.

[–] sprightly_exigence@leminal.space 9 points 3 days ago

Agreed. It's dangerous to conflate emotional intimacy and sex - they aren't the same thing and pretending they are is part of what got us into this mess imo.

[–] taygaloocat@leminal.space 9 points 3 days ago

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

The phasing is as a sudden historically unique crisis, not the generic sense of ennui common to adulthood throughout history.

I can show you black and white French films from the 1960s complaining about the same Male Loneliness