• RandomStickman@fedia.io
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    2 years ago

    her own boyfriend audiobook library

    mfw I’m a sighted straight man and will never have my own boyfriend audiobook library

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            2 years ago

            Yeah, but people over simplify it. There are a lot of people on there the left can ‘recruit’ with a different perspective on it.

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              1 year ago

              There’s an infamous article on Foreign Policy about how /leftypol/ managed to do that with 8chan’s infamous /pol/ board, and I recall some people saying it got them out of GamerGate (a right-wing recruitment pipeline). In fact, I remember hearing there’s some lineage of that board from 4chan’s /lit/erature board. So there’s certainly truth that users can often be directed away from incel and alt-right spheres into something more social and constructive.

              At the end of the day, 4chan, if taken as a whole rather than just the political boards, is largely a popular hub for alienated nerds (even the /fit/ness board). Not sure how much that’s stayed true over the past 10 years, but screencaps like this show it’s still a complicated place despite the edgy surface.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    This is something the neckbeards need to take a page from (apologies for the intended pun).

    It boils down to this. No matter who you’re dealing with, no matter what they look like, no matter what may afflict them… People want to be treated like people. Not be “looked after” or “taken care of” or whatever…

    The friend zone doesn’t exist. If you’re in a “friend zone”, one of two things is true: either, they’re not attracted to you (big deal, move on), or you’ve made it clear to them that you would be a nightmare to date.

    Pretty much every gf I’ve ever had in my 20+ years of dating, started with friendly conversation and normal get togethers with friends. I’m going to depart the dating pool now, the ring is on order and I got the tracking number yesterday.

    Stop treating anyone like they’re a prize to be won, or that you need to do something “get” them. If you’re being yourself, and nerding out over something you’re genuinely interested in, and that turns them off, then maybe your happiness isn’t important to that person you like so much… Maybe you need to find someone who can be happy that you’re happy. Simply: you deserve to be with someone who loves who you are, not what you are for them.

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      2 years ago

      He is seeing more then one in the blind group, but non of the others in the group see it happen.