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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

There is no male loneliness epidemic; there is a loneliness epidemic. They have been talking about it since at least 2020 and it predates the pandemic. Anyone calling it a male loneliness epidemic is absolutely engagement farming. The entire manosphere is a rage-bait-engagement-farming scam.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

Not just engagement. Back when it was just a loneliness epidemic, there were talks of maybe bringing back third places, or changing society to help. Then it became a male epidemic, and suddenly it was someone else's problem, it's an individual issue, no need to make a cause of it.

This is actually a really fucking eye opening post, assuming they're not lying. I personally never thought there was a "virginity epidemic" among my peers, lol.

It seems like people have gotten less cliquey about virginity since then, so maybe it is a good lie?

[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 60 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

having sex (perhaps just once?) doesn't equal not lonely, though.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 11 points 2 hours ago

Having a ton of sex doesn't equal not lonely either.

Like Barney from HIMYM, or Charlie Sheen in 2.5 men.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No, I'm pretty sure that every man who has had sex at least once in their life turned out to be a top bloke

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But can't top blokes be lonely?

[–] Valthorn@feddit.nu 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They say it's lonely at the top, bloke.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 2 points 46 minutes ago

So.. more men as bottoms?

[–] FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

To me, the Bubonic plague will always be "the epidemic", but COVID can still be called the pandemic since it happened all over the world at the same time, which makes it more pandemic than the Bubonic Plague

Edit: "didn't even read the greentext before I started yapping about something" award

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Me in the >10% category.