• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    It’s wild how many men were outright offended at this on reddit.

    edit: or perhaps AI instances pretending to be men. What kind of world are we leaving to our granddroids? We need to set a better example for the chatbots we’re leaving this world to.

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        A lot of the young men who frequent larger sites like reddit feel very sensitive to what they perceive as criticism of men broadly, or have spent so much time reading man-o-sphere victimization porn that they see even mild jokes like this as misandry and hate and why women won’t touch their weewee and cook them tendies.

        Source: used to mod a large gender-related subreddit, it’s even worse than you can imagine.

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          I’m a bit flabbergasted just, is the gripe that this guy has hooked up with a girl? That it has the gaul to portray how intersex relations used to be?

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            Oh, I can guarantee that there is no small share of young incellish guys who have their crippling insecurity triggered every time they see even loosely-drawn cartoon characters hooking up.

            I know because I used to have to deal with those fucks while moderating that cursed place.

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              That’s really sad. I wish I could show them how to get out even though that’s exactly what the manosphere grifters prey on

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                When I was very active there I would frequently “adopt” incels if I looked through their post history and saw something worth saving. I engaged with them in a non-judgemental way, listened to them whinge and rant about how awful the world was to them, then started asking them a lot of questions and started introducing new ideas and perspectives to them that way. I often had to be a bit of “chad asshole” to them at first to earn their respect.

                I grew up around wolves and other wild animals, they really do respond similarly.

                I had a pretty high success rate too, the ones that didn’t crash and burn tended to go on to just send me updates about their lives regularly until they suddenly found a new calling or got a girlfriend. At least one thanked me for “saving his life” which felt good to hear.

                It’s tiring and exhausting and I can only imagine how hard that kind of project is for people who aren’t social or don’t have a lot of emotional intelligence, but I feel strongly if more people at least tried, it would make a dent in this atrocious problem we have with young men.

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                  Good that sounds absolutely awesome. I am certain you actually did save a few lives. 💛

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        Copilot via Edge xD

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        This comic plays with expectations in a clever, visual punchline. The woman expresses her love for minimalism and zen design, setting up an image of sleek, curated interiors. But when they enter the man’s apartment, it’s minimalism in the most literal—and hilariously underwhelming—sense: a bare mattress, a lawn chair, and a single poster of cartoonish musclemen.

        The humor hinges on the contrast between aesthetic minimalism and practical minimalism. It’s a wink at how people interpret trends differently, and maybe a gentle roast of bachelor pads everywhere. If you’re into visual storytelling or comic timing, this one nails it with just two panels. Want to explore more comics with this kind of humor or dig into minimalist design tropes?