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post 10000252721 5 hours ago, 08:24 AM
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Both men and women are forever alone these days. Srs.

It used to be just a man thing, but it's also effecting women too.


Wageslave 8 to 5 with 1 hour commute
Gym
Get home at 7
Eat and video games/doomscroll
Sleep
Repeat

There are a lot of normal men and women who lives said life.


Its honestly a scary brutal cycle. After college you are 100% on your own. Working retail is a great social experience, but pays peanuts. And you can no longer marry coworkers like Boomers used to.


I will be 36 soon and trying to break this before the point of no return. Srs.
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You can't date coworkers in retail?

Why can't you just do it without telling the boss and if it gets serious then just transfer to another store or rival brand store
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post 10000252743 5 hours ago, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted By Papi_Chulo⏩
You can't date coworkers in retail?

Why can't you just do it without telling the boss and if it gets serious then just transfer to another store or rival brand store
Retail pays minimum wage, therefore you can't work a retail job.


In an ideal world, you'd live off retirement funds and work part time retail to smash young sloots.
post 10000252750 5 hours ago, 08:45 AM
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It's really apparent people yearn for community out in the wild. Going out to do anything on the weekends, I've made so many friends and romantic connections that started as small talk with somebody else doing what I'm doing.

Especially in this digital age of AI ubiquity, genuine human connections are like crack
Have fun and be yourself :-)
post 10000252755 5 hours ago, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted By CocoaButterMage⏩
It's really apparent people yearn for community out in the wild. Going out to do anything on the weekends, I've made so many friends and romantic connections that started as small talk with somebody else doing what I'm doing.

Especially in this digital age of AI ubiquity, genuine human connections are like crack
The only thing with going out is it seems most folks are with friends

I seriously need to start going out though. Would going to upperscale bars work?
post 10000252796 5 hours ago, 09:11 AM
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I see it man.

There are number of women that get upset that I don’t give them attention lol.

We all lonely out here.


I would suggest it is on purpose.
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post 10000252811 4 hours ago, 09:22 AM
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Wrong. I've been in a relationship for years. You losers are alone. 😆
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post 10000252816 4 hours ago, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted By ectobruh⏩
Wrong. I've been in a relationship for years. You losers are alone. 😆
Being in a relationship is more lonely than being alone lol
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
It used to be just a man thing, but it's also effecting women too.


Wageslave 8 to 5 with 1 hour commute
Gym
Get home at 7
Eat and video games/doomscroll
Sleep
Repeat

There are a lot of normal men and women who lives said life.


Its honestly a scary brutal cycle. After college you are 100% on your own. Working retail is a great social experience, but pays peanuts. And you can no longer marry coworkers like Boomers used to.


I will be 36 soon and trying to break this before the point of no return. Srs.
Whoah 36, almost as old as I am (38) at which point it will be over
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
The only thing with going out is it seems most folks are with friends

I seriously need to start going out though. Would going to upperscale bars work?
I don't know about upperscale, but with the McGregor fight coming up it seems like the perfect opportunity for some guy talk. Get there for the prelims and make a night out of it. As somebody that loves MMA (watching and training), you'd probably be surprised how open to new friends groups of fans are
Have fun and be yourself :-)
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Originally Posted By smallcalves⏩
Whoah 36, almost as old as I am (38) at which point it will be over
Why is it over at 38
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Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
Being in a relationship is more lonely than being alone lol
Cope
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Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
I see it man.

There are number of women that get upset that I don’t give them attention lol.

We all lonely out here.


I would suggest it is on purpose.
Women are certainly more desperate for male interactio. A lot of men cbf dealing with their crazy dopamine-fried dating behaviors or personalities.

Personally I think the endgame is to make us dependent on AI so they can use it to influence us even more. First they got everyone hooked on personalized social media algorithms and as AI progresses they will get us hooked on it too. It's already starting..I've had clients say things like "AI told me that my shitty business idea will change my life and make me rich" as if it were a Wall Street valuation. Tons of loonies in this world that can't think for themselves and tech companies are perfectly positioned to execute Order 66.

Dark times ahead.
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post 10000252913 3 hours ago, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
The only thing with going out is it seems most folks are with friends

I seriously need to start going out though. Would going to upperscale bars work?
People with their own groups at an upscale bar arent typically looking to spend all that much time engaging the lone wolf hangin out in the corner.

You gotta find hobby-centric meet ups if you wanna start a social network. Groups that get together over... gardening, or bicycling, or entrepreneurial interests, rec league sports, whatever it is. Theres pretty much something for everything these days. You can easily find info on the times and places online. Just pick some things you'd be willing to participate in and go to the group meet ups. Then from there you can find some people you click with and see who wants to go to the bar on the weekend etc.
post 10000252925 3 hours ago, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Wageslave 8 to 5 with 1 hour commute


Working retail is a great social experience, but pays peanuts.
Also why are you commuting an hour for a job that pays peanuts?

Theres no peanut paying work that's closer to you??
post 10000252935 3 hours ago, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
It used to be just a man thing, but it's also effecting women too.


Wageslave 8 to 5 with 1 hour commute
Gym
Get home at 7
Eat and video games/doomscroll
Sleep
Repeat

There are a lot of normal men and women who lives said life.


Its honestly a scary brutal cycle. After college you are 100% on your own. Working retail is a great social experience, but pays peanuts. And you can no longer marry coworkers like Boomers used to.


I will be 36 soon and trying to break this before the point of no return. Srs.
yep u figured it out srs

at 36 u have plenty of years to correct but do not sit still in the boat u need to make moves now especially if ur looking to breed
I put effort in all my threads srs

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post 10000252942 3 hours ago, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted By SAND⏩
Also why are you commuting an hour for a job that pays peanuts?

Theres no peanut paying work that's closer to you??
I dont work retail.

I mentioned college and retail are the best social experiences but you can't stay forever. We all leave retail for careers that pay well, unfortunately you cant flirt with coworkers or else you get fired.
post 10000252946 2 hours ago, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted By iamdetermined⏩
Women are certainly more desperate for male interactio. A lot of men cbf dealing with their crazy dopamine-fried dating behaviors or personalities.

Personally I think the endgame is to make us dependent on AI so they can use it to influence us even more. First they got everyone hooked on personalized social media algorithms and as AI progresses they will get us hooked on it too. It's already starting..I've had clients say things like "AI told me that my shitty business idea will change my life and make me rich" as if it were a Wall Street valuation. Tons of loonies in this world that can't think for themselves and tech companies are perfectly positioned to execute Order 66.

Dark times ahead.
This theory makes sense when you realize how many data centers are going up by the dozen.

Dystopia doesn't seem that much further ahead.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
I dont work retail.

I mentioned college and retail are the best social experiences but you can't stay forever. We all leave retail for careers that pay well, unfortunately you cant flirt with coworkers or else you get fired.
Ah ok I gotcha
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Good. Many of us saw this coming since a decade ago. Normalized ghosting, taking advantage of ppl then blaming mEnTaL iLlnEss, being 2 hours late then yelling "hurr durr i dont owe u anything!", and all the other slew of BS behavior is catching up to everyone. Fuk em.
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
This theory makes sense when you realize how many data centers are going up by the dozen.

Dystopia doesn't seem that much further ahead.
Dystopia has always existed for the unfit.

The idea that the average man was happy 500 years ago or even 100 years ago is a delusion.

The average job was digging a ditch with a bunch of other grunts spreading malaria and cholera amongst each other. Or working grueling hours in unregulated factories where loss of limbs was common. Or manning the oars on rickety naval vessels where becoming shark food was an accepted occupational hazard. Not even to mention the fact slavery itself was standard for the vast majority of history.

And your wife back home was a plain hag with no access to modern grooming, hell she probably didnt even wash daily if she wasnt upper class. Imagine the smells.

The reason the future unfolds the way it does is because people make the decision they prefer newer ways over older ways. But once each generation gets separated from the ways before their time, they lose perspective on how harsh things actually were. And they start to imagine it used to be better when it wasnt.

Think about what youre proposing as dystopian. People with safe lives spending time playing video games and having food delivered to them by the government. Thats what past generations would have called... utopia.

If youre not satisfied, you have to accept some responsibility for changing that. Everyone is different, therefore by pure logic there is no government or economic or social system that can make everyone happy. Because that means different things to everyone. You have to take your fulfillment into your own hands.
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Originally Posted By ayyylmao⏩
Why is it over at 38
dunno, it just feels that way to me, at the doorstep of 40
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uhhh it doesnt have to be like this lol. If you can find a way out of the 40hr/week life, good for you.

Me (currently wfh but my typical in office routine):

Wakeup/get ready - 5a-615a
Commute - 615a-640a
Work- 640a-4p (Fridays I get out closer to noon, strict 40)
Commute - 4p-430p
Whatever tf I want (Gym, play with kiddo, bike ride, cook dinner, garden, ect) 430p-10p

Wife:

SAHM - legit whatever she wants as long as the kid is taken care of and the house is squared away.


I would like to live closer to work but where I am is the best balance between schools and commute. People who have 1hr+ commutes make me lol, 10 hours a week in the car given up for free. Factor that into where you work. Id rather make 75k/yr and have a 5 minute commute than 100k/yr with a 90 minute commute. Also, fuck working more than what you are paid for. Do your 40 and skate, I purposely chose where I work because they dont require any OT. Older you get, the more you realize it is not about money but rather time.
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Originally Posted By Papi_Chulo⏩
You can't date coworkers in retail?

Why can't you just do it without telling the boss and if it gets serious then just transfer to another store or rival brand store
Too big a risk. If it ends poorly she could easily get you fired and metoo'd, could fxck up your social life too.

Even if it doesn't end badly someone could find out and then you both could get fired or she could throw you under the bus to save her own skin.
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Originally Posted By cuminmebro⏩
uhhh it doesnt have to be like this lol. If you can find a way out of the 40hr/week life, good for you.

Me (currently wfh but my typical in office routine):

Wakeup/get ready - 5a-615a
Commute - 615a-640a
Work- 640a-4p (Fridays I get out closer to noon, strict 40)
Commute - 4p-430p
Whatever tf I want (Gym, play with kiddo, bike ride, cook dinner, garden, ect) 430p-10p

Wife:

SAHM - legit whatever she wants as long as the kid is taken care of and the house is squared away.


I would like to live closer to work but where I am is the best balance between schools and commute. People who have 1hr+ commutes make me lol, 10 hours a week in the car given up for free. Factor that into where you work. Id rather make 75k/yr and have a 5 minute commute than 100k/yr with a 90 minute commute. Also, fuck working more than what you are paid for. Do your 40 and skate, I purposely chose where I work because they dont require any OT. Older you get, the more you realize it is not about money but rather time.
aint waking up at no 5am...that's when i go to bed
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Originally Posted By edwardhaskell⏩
aint waking up at no 5am...that's when i go to bed
Been doing it for a decade at least now. A lot of times ill wake up around 450-455 before my clock naturally and get going.
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Originally Posted By cuminmebro⏩
Been doing it for a decade at least now. A lot of times ill wake up around 450-455 before my clock naturally and get going.
i need 9-10 hours of rest/sleep
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Originally Posted By ChadHumper⏩
Too big a risk. If it ends poorly she could easily get you fired and metoo'd, could fxck up your social life too.

Even if it doesn't end badly someone could find out and then you both could get fired or she could throw you under the bus to save her own skin.
That's for real jobs


The general advice for retail is it's ok, you can just do the same job somewhere else it's basic unskilled labor

Retail yourw broke as hell you might as well at least get laid
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