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I'm not trying to be rude, but this does sound like incel rhetoric minus the woman hating. I see tons of short fat guys with weak jaws or, no cheekbones or even slightly balding. Get some pretty women and even marry them.

I see these people too. They're usually older and in more conservative areas. Dating for young people is completely different and for every awkward guy I know that got a girl, I know 10 that have been single their whole lives. I'm not fatalistic, it's just not likely for this to happen.

You telling me 'oh all women seem to hate me and it's because I'm not a chad' is kind of lame to me.

I don't think women hate me, they just don't view me as a potential partner. I've made friends with a few while trying to date. They're simply human beings reacting rationally to their environment. If the situations were reversed, most men would probably choose a chance at a very attractive partner over a guarantee with an average one.

I'm happy you're not a misogynist, but you still have some warped thinking you need to work on.

Honestly I just feel gaslit by society at this point. At what point will my years of rejection be enough to show people that I'm unwanted? I worked on myself, put forth effort, made friends of both genders, got some dates, and I still haven't met a single person who even considered me on option. There isn't someone for everyone. That's cruel I think its crueler that we pretend if these people just got out more they'd all be able to find someone. It's why you shouldn't tell kids in poverty that they can become president if they work hard, the circumstances of your birth determine how far you can go.

It sucks but there's more to life than a romantic partner. Besides that I'm pretty fulfilled. Give it a few more years of trying and then I'll give up forever.

lol wtf it's because hetero women tend to date older

True, but only 3-4 years older on average.. Since "young" in this case covers 18-29, women dating older is insufficient to explain the massive discrepancy.

In all fairness, the rate of "serious relationships" is only a 10 point difference as opposed to 30 points but that doesn't conflict with my original statement. That being young women casually dating a smaller pool of men but not necessarily entering into a serious relationship.

That's probably me minus the misogyny.

I did the whole self-improvement meme, got fit, lost weight, made friends, joined social groups, cut my hair, got a skincare routine, clothes that fit, etc etc. While it did help me make become more outgoing, I'm just too unattractive to realistically get a relationship. I even got a couple of first dates after talking to some folks on Discord. We got along great, bantered, and even had a nice emotional connection. Then we meet up and they see my face and suddenly it gets awkward. There's a look in their eyes when you go from a potential partner to ugly friend that just hurts.

90% of non-misogynist incels would be good partners, but no one wants to date them. A significant reason why 2/3rds of young men are single and 1/3rd of young women are single is because a subset of women prefer to date the same man with the hope that eventually they'll be exclusive. That or they're unaware that the men they're after are casually dating other women. Unattractive men are invisible, the only chance they have is personality. But personality means very little in a dating market that's very young and using mostly apps. If these people could get dates, they'd have a relationship eventually. But getting dates as an unattractive man is almost impossible.

It does get a bit better for men when you're older but I'd be too bitter at that point. Knowing that the only reason you'd be given a chance is because everyone's old, less attractive, and wanting to settle down is a poison that would eat away at me. Even if my partner sincerely thought I was a catch after getting to know me, it still hurts to be the last of someone's options.

I'll probably never get a partner and that sucks. But I do have friends and hobbies to work towards.

"Okay I'll vote for Trump then since they're the exact same in your eyes."

Then they immediately back pedal and start hemming and hawing over definitions.

Unironically, I think this will be good. Not a masterpiece but a better than average slop-fest.

It's weird reading fan-translation done by high school kids from 15 years ago. This person is talking about exams in their little blurb at the end and I'm like this person is now 35 years old.

Butter, that is peanut butter.

I eat like 5 tbps of the stuff a day and toast is a good way to eat it.

This has always been a thing with the souls games. There's a massive amount of information to take in about game systems, item interactions, weird secrets. Going to community websites and wikis to share information and work things out has been part of the experience the whole time.

They went way overboard with Elden Ring. I could upgrade the first weapon I find in DS1 to + 25 and beat the final boss without worrying about anything. In Elden Ring, I could be 30 hours into a playthrough and my main sword swings too slowly to punish a boss so I have to look at the wiki for upgrade materials or alternatively find the weird item which stuns the boss halfway across the map hidden behind an unrelated NPC quest.

Elden Ring built their bosses around the idea that you have the wiki on hand. "Does this boss have enough openings? Eh who cares they can just respec or find the shackle on the wiki."

If you have a friend who’s chronically late, tell them 6:30 if you want to meet at 7.

But in the case that you do actually show up at 6:30, then I look like an absolute ass. If you are chronically late and you agree to meet at a certain time, how about you plan to be there early instead? If you plan to meet at 6:30, you can plan to arrive at 6:15. If it's okay for other people to wait for you, why wouldn't it be okay for you to wait instead? You can check your phone and read a book while you wait. Sounds like everyone should be happy.

I say this as someone who was chronically late for years. I have to put everything I need in my car hours before I plan to leave because otherwise I would forget. I have to set 2 alarms on my phone to remind me when to leave. Sometimes I'm still late, but it's always within 5 minutes. I do all this because my friends shouldn't be inconvenienced for something that's my responsibility to plan around. Fuck your boss though, who gives a shit about being on time for work.

I think she has the best chance of winning but ironically she has the same major liability that Joe Biden had, that is being associated with Joe Biden.

Almost any attack Trump could make against Biden, barring being senile, works for Harris because she was literally in the administration. The portion of the populace that votes to punish the current president for economic downturns will hate her almost as much as Biden.

Anyone that even critically supported succdems should be fucking embarrassed rn.

I can't believe the fire-brand "left" are one of the few groups still going to bat for genocide Joe.

"95% of being president is making gmail accounts to spam your supporters for money" - A Friend