Dealing with dry spell

[anonymous12345]

You should know that the notch count means less as you gain more wisdom. And it actually makes you a worse person....

Not necessarily.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

Not necessarily.

I mean in the sense that you can have a successful relationship with a woman.

Studies indicate that the higher your notch count, man or woman, the less likely you're going to be in a successful relationship.

I don't always believe in science, but i feel like living proof lol

 

[HaleyBaron]

Studies indicate that the higher your notch count, man or woman, the less likely you're going to be in a successful relationship.

No, this only applies to women. Men can have high counts and still bond with a woman. Multiple playboys settled and married with a woman late into their lives always. Then obtain mistresses.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

I never tire of my pets.

Too many pets means your attention is divided between them.

Past lovers are the same.

You can never truly commit, because you're comparing them to all that came before

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

No, this only applies to women. Men can have high counts and still bond with a woman. Multiple playboys settled and married with a woman late into their lives always. Then obtain mistresses.

Yeah, i used to think that.

But you become more picky as you get older and experience more.

Best to settle down young, i think

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

No, this only applies to women. Men can have high counts and still bond with a woman. Multiple playboys settled and married with a woman late into their lives always. Then obtain mistresses.

The ability to love?

Yes

Men are more capable of love than women. Women are more strategic

 

[HaleyBaron]

Yeah, i used to think that.

But you become more picky as you get older and experience more.

Best to settle down young, i think

That doesn't prove what I said wrong. Men can still bond with women after having lots of sex. Women cannot do vice versa.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

That doesn't prove what I said wrong. Men can still bond with women after having lots of sex. Women cannot do vice versa.

Blue pill men can

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

No, this only applies to women. Men can have high counts and still bond with a woman. Multiple playboys settled and married with a woman late into their lives always. Then obtain mistresses.

Once you learn about women's nature, you realize you're fvcked from the get go

You have to really want kids and a nuclear household to risk so much

Which i'm sure all those players in the study eventually realized

Life is gonna suck either way lol

But i will leave you with this

"…if the lives of men were relieved of all need, hardship and adversity; if everything they took in hand were successful, they would be so swollen with arrogance that, though they might not burst, they would present the spectacle of unbridled folly—nay, they would go mad. And I may say, further, that a certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without ballast is unstable and will not go straight."

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

Apart from not comparing women, what is there to commit?

Your time, your resources.

Your soul.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

Apart from not comparing women, what is there to commit?

You boomers were the most wealthy, sexualized generation to ever live.

Your offspring is the opposite.

It's funny how that works. You can look it up in studies.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

Even Satan wouldn't want my dark soul, dude. I'm not worried about women.

You aren't alone, brother.

All men are forced to carry the load. It's what we were meant to do.

Take pride in it. Those before you suffered much worse.

Strive to be like them.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

You can't 'meet' them through IG, but that's not how you should handle that. I get DMs from women on IG, but I just keep the contact friendly, not sexual. IG is not a dating app, but you can have chemistry online with someone and then meet with them IRL.
Or, what happens to me a lot, is a brief meeting in person and continuing the conversation through IG DMs.

Ive never understood communication through a platforms messaging system. Why not just text.

 

[corrector]

Cry me a river, 2,5 years dry spell here

10 years here.

 

[Romanemp22]

10 years here.

Hope you are being ironic here.

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

The operating word is 'hopeless'.

Corrector has been through some sh1t, buddy

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

I strongly believe that lack of access to sex really causes mental health issues for men. I'm convinced that there would be less violence in the middle east if more men where getting laid...seems like I am not the only one:

Does More Equality for Women Mean Less War? Rethinking Sex and Gender Inequality and Political Violence | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Does More Equality for Women Mean Less War? Rethinking Sex and Gender Inequality and Political Violence - Volume 76 Issue 2

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What is the connection between Media, Sexual Violence, and Systems of Oppression?

How powerful is the media in creating social norms?

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Does More Equality for Women Mean Less War? Rethinking Sex and Gender Inequality and Political Violence | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Does More Equality for Women Mean Less War? Rethinking Sex and Gender Inequality and Political Violence - Volume 76 Issue 2

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[Vending Machine Veteran]

I strongly believe that lack of access to sex really causes mental health issues for men. I'm convinced that there would be less violence in the middle east if more men where getting laid...

Nope

The greatest philosophers to ever live were abstinent

Probably not by choice!

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

Also, struggle builds character. Good looking people don't even think about it.

Struggle creates genius in men

@Pierce Manhammer

"…if the lives of men were relieved of all need, hardship and adversity; if everything they took in hand were successful, they would be so swollen with arrogance that, though they might not burst, they would present the spectacle of unbridled folly—nay, they would go mad. And I may say, further, that a certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without ballast is unstable and will not go straight."

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Nope

The greatest philosophers to ever live were abstinent

Probably not by choice!

Correlation does not imply causation, but given your argument says it does...

Here are a few examples:

• William James: Known for his work on the philosophy of religion and pragmatism, he suffered from various ailments in his youth, both physical and mental. His mental illness, known at the time as “neurasthenia,” included many separate and severe depressive periods which lasted for months and during which he considered suicide.
• John Stuart Mill: A crucial figure in the development of utilitarianism, Mill was a child prodigy whose father deliberately sought to educate him from an early age in the philosophy. His father’s intensive instruction eventually took its toll, and at the age of 20 he was struck by a nervous breakdown and a depression which he credited to having been deprived of a real childhood.
• Søren Kierkegaard: Considered the grandfather of existentialism, Kierkegaard was profoundly critical of the idealist philosophers of his time. He regarded depression as a failing, maintaining that the depressed individual always had “an equal or perhaps greater possibility of the opposite state.” This view is all the more poignant when you realize that Kierkegaard himself, and many of his family members, were themselves sufferers of deep depression.
• Michel Foucault: Engaged in critical studies on social institutions such as psychiatry and prisons, his writings on discourse and power were profoundly influential during the latter part of the 20th century and beyond. His importance within philosophy and across a variety of academic disciplines is marked by the fact that he is one of the most frequently cited scholars within the humanities1.
• Immanuel Kant: Faced periods of mental distress in his later years. Kant’s dedication to systematic philosophy and his insistence on a rigid daily routine began to unravel as he experienced episodes of depression.

However, it’s important to note that correlation does not imply causation. It’s also worth noting that mental health awareness and understanding were not as advanced in the past as they are today, which could have influenced how these philosophers’ mental health was perceived and reported.

If getting laid often by a passel of different women in any given week makes me weaker, I'm OK with it.

And given I do, and I'm better than you, that begs one to question your assertions...