hesusingthespiritbomb @ hesusingthespiritbomb @lemmy.world

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I mean...

Writing off an entire gender because of the actions of some is absolutely insane. Men represent 50 percent of the population. In any other context that would be considered bigoted without a second thought.

Likewise, the idea that it's the same men is straight up fiction. A teenager today was born in the 2000s. They have literally nothing to do with historical sexism.

Finally the "I had to suffer so it's your turn" is beyond shitty. All that mentality is going to do is breed resentment. I'm pretty sure it already is, and alt righters are leveraging this shit to radicalize a small but increasing amount of young men.

I had issues growing up. Some of that was related to women, but a lot of that was related to social isolation in general. When I say I'd probably kill myself in growing up as a boy in today's world, I'm not joking.

Have you read any of the top comment threads? People are 100 percent taking this at face value.

Yeah the world is super fucked up. I met almost all my previous hook ups (along with my GF) in real life.

Also according to my single friends it got infinitely worse during covid. Although I'm in my late twenties and almost everyone over thirty says it's not super hard or anything. I don't know if that's a generational difference or old stereotypes are actually true.

I'm just glad that I grew up in a different era.

Seriously, I hate this shit. There are real issues men face and it's always the same story.

"These issues don't exist"

"Yeah these issues exist but women have it worse so they don't matter. Also you're a sexist POS".

"LMAO men are suffering. Sucks to suck"

Okay, the fact that Lemmy (which owes it's popularity to the fact that reddit killed third party apps) thinks this is ridiculous.

I can't wait for Lemmy apps to come out that let me ban keywords. I swear you people invent scenarios to rage over.

The above meme:

My parents in their thirties: Let's buy this house.

Me in my thirties: I can't afford teeth.

As I said, that is BS.

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2023/04/18/millennial-homeownership-increasing-but-not-keeping-pace-with-the-past-generations

Take it up with the US Government.

Dental insurance usually comes with 2 teeth cleanings a year, and one set of xrays. These are 100 percent covered.

This layout is the more or less standard delta dental PPO. It's used by the vast majority of employers across the country.

Employers also get group discounts, so it's usually something like $10. The total cost is $120 a year if you don't need dental work.

You have one of the worst dental plans possible.

Yes it is? It's a measure of how many people were able to purchase a home.

This is directly relevant to this post, which say that modern day Americans can't dental insurance, much less homes.

Why is it when anyone tries to acknowledge any sort of issues men have some asshole tries to dismiss them?

FYI this post is mostly BS.

70 percent of people in the EU own homes. In the US it's 65 percent.

While it is lower among millennials, especially compared to Boomers at their age, the majority of them still own homes. While I don't have stats on Gen Z, the oldest among them is 25.

Almost all dental issues can be avoided with preventative measures. Virtually every single white collar job offers dental. Some blue collar jobs do. If your job does not offer dental, it's available on the ACA exchange for like $20/month.

Again, despite what reddit would have you believe about us all being paid poverty wages, the vast majority of Americans can afford dental.

Finally, I don't understand why reddit sees the fact that Boomers got married and had kids at like 21 on the late end a good thing. Basically everyone acknowledges marrying young is absolutely idiotic most of the time. Even more people acknowledge that having kids is a dumb idea. Boomers were forced into that. There's a huge reason a ton of Boomer Humor is about hating your spouse.

Also at this point someone with Boomer parents is in their thirties or forties. Someone with Boomer parents who came of age when the economy was amazing and houses were dirt cheap is 50+. If you can't afford dental at that age, you've fucked up big-time somewhere along the way.

Virginity among women hasn't climbed in nearly the same way, most men 21 and under also report having never been in a relationship, young men's mental health has declined more than any other demographic, and incel culture seems to be on the rise.

I realllly don't think this is a good thing.

Man I'd hate being a young man today.

Guys are put in a position where they have to put themselves out there and face rejection. it's obviously becoming harder to connect with women given that a larger and larger percentage of men under 21 report being virgins every year.

Then as a result of being in this sad but common position you get told that it's all your fault and you're a shitty person.

I think I would have just ended up killing myself if I was a teenager today.

So I don't mean to be racist but as an American, it seems like a ton of Indian startup culture centers around BS claims made for hype.

Like so does American startup culture, but India takes it to the next level.

So I wouldn't use this as an industry barometer.