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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by squigz on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:36PM (#41036398)
Society gives you plenty of goals to achieve. Do you really believe pursuing a relationship is the only real goal you can work toward?
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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by anal_reactor on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:26PM (#41036969)
> Do you really believe pursuing a relationship is the only real goal you can work toward?

Yes, and I'm tired of pretending it isn't. I'm sorry I'm a human, not some higher being that exists above natural constraints of biological brain that spent millions of years evolving around the concepts of "be a member of a tribe" and "have a family".

My tribe will fire me the second I stop being useful to them by the way, so yeah.

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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by squigz on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:53PM (#41037327)
Hmm. Well, this might be the first time I've been described as "some higher being", so... thanks for that.
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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by anal_reactor on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:58PM (#41037389)
You're welcome
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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by shrimp_emoji on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:38PM (#41036416)
It's a horrible goal, too. Programming is way better than (and mututally exclusive with) being in a relationship!
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Re:No One Expects Young Men to Do Anything and They Respond ... by AnnikaL on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:43PM (#41036481)
You can do both!
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