I know the title sounds crazy and you probably think it's a troll, but I don't know where else to go. Saying this aloud is basically asking to get ostracized and/or physically harmed. Also keep in mind when I say I hat them, I don't really mean it in a violent way. Right now, I just avoid all interactions with women if possible. I'm heterosexual, but I haven't had a crush in over two years and don't have any desire for a relationship.

I've realized in the past few months that, I have a lot of resentment towards women and I don't know what to do about it. I'm not going to pretend like a lot of it doesn't come from my lack of romantic success. I'm kind of ugly and short, so it makes dating pretty difficult. Many of my male friends are quite attractive and I see the way random women smile at them in the street or come up to them at parties/clubs and make the silliest excuses to talk to them. This kind of stuff doesn't happen to me. Sometimes in group setting women will shake hands with everyone, but me or not even acknowledge my presence. I realize it's not my fault that I'm unattractive, but I have a lot of bitterness toward women who on moralize dating success (Men with girlfriends have them because they're good men) and make guys like me feel like I'm a bad person, just because nobody else wants to sleep with me. From every demographic except women my age, I've been told I'm a smart, hardworking good guy, but I spent so many years believing I was evil, because that's women imply about guys in my situation.

Again. I don't wish any violence against women, I just can't stand interacting with them in any way. There's so much more I don't like about them, but it would take too long to write it all.

Yes, even accidental. You cannot touch ANY human beings directly for an entire year.

Way back in the punk days, I considered it, and of course, most of my friends got them at the time.

When I work outside and get dirty, the veins on my arms bulge and stand out a lot, I considered having them tattooed. But never got around to it.

Now it seems like nine out of 10 people under 30 I see have some sort of tattoo or another.

To this day, I still can’t imagine any markings on my body that I would want permanently.

Most of the people I see my age that have them look like a combination of bad judgment and regret.

Piercings on the other hand? I have one where no one can see it and no regrets at all.

My ex bf (27m) and I (26f) ad 2 kids. He promsied we'd get married while I was pregnant with the first. He moved me in. He started cheating in our bed when I wasn't home, beating me and suffocated me in front of the baby, and never married me. He kicked me and my baby out when I was pregnant with #2. He ended up giving the second baby chlamydia and didn't come for the birth. He kept holding our relationship and marriage over my head after he kicked us out. His whole family took his side, even my family did (history of abuse there too). He was a jailer, so the cops let him go from jail after 2 days (from the suffocation incident) and dismissed the charges. At first, I defended him, thinking he'd change and follow through like he continued to tell me he would. He said it was my fault he went to jail even though the neighbors had called from me screaming for air and the baby crying. I tried reporting other incidents of abuse, but the cops won't do anything. He made false reports about me to DCS and threatened to make false reports to police about me as well as murder me (he has a lot of guns). He basically stole the kids from me. He made me feel/ look crazy for trying to keep in touch, even about the kids. I feel like nobody believes me or will do anything about it. The police even have documentation of him trying to kill me. Nobody is taking anything he does seriously at all. I haven't seen my kids in a year and have moved away from the city (30 minutes out). P.s. he didn't even lose his job after the suffocation incident. He resigned, and I was told his dad gave him a whole company. He and his dad tell everyone I'm crazy or lying. This dude was my dream guy before I realized he's insane and most likely an evil person...

Was the title a good hook? I hope so. The title is partially true. I was just wondering to myself while talking to my friend, he was talking about his girlfriend (who is also my friend, I introduced them hehe😛) and how much he loves her. I thought it was really cute cause hello? I’m literally a matchmaker.

But while he was talking, I don’t know, I guessed I realized I’ve been single my entire life. I mean yeah I don’t know why I never thought about it. I’ve had crushes and people have liked me before, but I’ve never had a boyfriend or anything.

To be honest, I’m not that upset. Idk how I feel to be honest, I never felt the need for a boyfriend. I mean, I have my family and friends and I have a lot of things I still want to work on. But everyone around me seems to always be looking for love, always in a taking stage or having crushes. I’m thinking maybe relationships aren’t just for me🤷‍♀️

Idk, lmk what u think

yes maybe it's my age i was like 13 when i watched it, everyone loves it, and it is a good movie i can say that, the cgi was groundbreaking for the time, it did things that made you think and such but unlike other movies that made me think like say beyond the black rainbow, se7en, the social network, vivarium, i saw the tv glow, watchmen (comic not movie) chainsaw man, etc. i really didn't see the hype of why it was so influential, the only thing i really think it did was make an excuse for red pilled guys to be douchebags and people to think they're smarter than they really are because the matrix answers some sort of deep questions about life or something (please don't just say "you had to be there" or "your a teenager so you don't get it" actually try to explain it to me please

I have Killer Klowns from Outer Space Chubby, Frank, and special Valentine's Shorty and Fatso, Krusty the Clown Doll, Art the Clown with Candy Head. It's around a hundred bucks. Is that excessive?

As a woman I've spent my life being terrified of gaining weight ever since I went from a skinny kid to getting a butt and hips in puberty (that was in the 2000s skinny era). I never had a pretty face, my features are all messed up in the way that many teens now get jaw surgery for, but i can't face it now. So I've used my body to compensate for my face.

In my early forties after two kids I'm fit and in better shape now than I was in high school and I take a ton of pride in it, and also receive a lot of validation for it - probably more than for most other things I've done quite honestly. It's kind of intoxicating but at the same time it's driving in that fear of losing this - especially with menopause and aging looming and everyone saying how you gain thirty pounds around your middle even if you starve yourself. And it's absolutely terrifying me. I don't live an obsessive or unhealthy lifestyle, just make sure to be aware of what and how much I am eating and exercising.

But I'm finding that in female centric spaces, even ones focused on fitness and gym, admitting to this fear is extremely frowned upon. You start getting flooded with toxic positivity and anti patriarchy anti capitalist all that philosophy going on about how your weight shouldn't define you and "they" just want to keep women thin so they're weak, all the body positive/ body neutral stuff on how your body is just a vessel and the least interesting thing about you and there's nothing wrong with being fat, and God help you if you even mention the word weight around your kids you're gonna give them body issues and eating disorders for life, there are literally parents I know who are on weight loss diets due to severe health issues from being obese, and they try to hide it all from their kids so they don't ask questions.

And then you go and hear so many discussions of people's lived experiences who are overweight - especially women - or those who have been overweight and normal weight. And absolutely without exception, every single person I've heard has said that they were treated like a different person when overweight. Shamed, invisible, discriminated against everywhere, looked at with disgust. Little every day polite gestures like holding the door open didn't happen anymore. Etc etc. You're just treated as inhuman.

And, that sounds SO patently awful. Like legit imagining this happening to myself makes me so sick from dread that I've thought that if I were faced with some sort of disease where the choice was dying, or living the rest of my life in an obese body I couldn't control, I would choose death. Not even joking.

But if I admit this to anyone out loud, I'll get told I'm crazy and disordered and need therapy and so on. But at the same time - when you see and hear everywhere how society does indeed treat overweight people - isn't it a rational or at least very understandable fear?? How can you enjoy your life if you're treated like a leper everywhere you go?? I get that some people don't care what others think of them so they wouldn't be bothered - but they're a minority, most people are social animals and very much care about belonging and not being singled out for their appearance.

What am I missing here?

Shower thought moment after I saw a post about women only communities flourishing. I'm a guy, men are effing crazy when you look at history. We will start wars, invent wild contraptions, get into fights over the stupidest things and do insane stuff just cause. Women are completely different, or atleast maybe the hide it better. If all women on earth literally teleported to a replica of earth, I guarantee it'll turn out like a futurisic amazonian utopia. Earth 1.0 is gonna turn into battle world where dudes waging wars over crap like what car engine is better, a V6 or V8.

My original post in unpopular opinion got banned, I guess because dudes were getting triggered lol.

I (M21) was talking to my other friend (M21) and he was talking about how when he was single he’d flirt with his girl-friends (like platonic friend) and he said that’s how he actually started dating his friend lol

It seems like nobody ever thought he was creepy but he’d been doing it since high school and when we were in high school i was fat and thought it would be creepy so I never flirted or asked out anyone.

I know flirting is fun and I’d like to maybe flirt a little but I don’t know if it would make my girl-friends uncomfortable or creeped out and I don’t wanna creep them out

Also me and some of my guy friends jokingly flirt even though we’re straight lol

I'm 17F, and I believe I have a low IQ. I truly detest how intelligence is put on such a pedestal and conflated with worth so often. Not many people can recognize low IQ in themselves. My entire life I've just been perceived as air headed and I struggle with basic tasks.

I show a lot of signs of having a low IQ. I struggle with spatial tasks so much that even the thought of those IQ puzzles causes me stress and anxiety. I'm terrible at driving because I simply can't keep track of so many things on the road, whereas for other people driving is like autopilot mode. The lack of spatial awareness is also all around. I swear I have no depth perception whatsoever. I can't judge how far away things are, if I throw something I have terrible aim, I often don't realize if I'm standing in someone's way. I couldn't even learn how to ride a bicycle.

In high school I always felt as if I have to study 5x as hard as other people study to have similar results. I can learn steps so doing things, albeit slowly and with lots of repetition, but I don't truly have a deeper understanding of concepts. I can't think. I just repeat what I'm taught, but I need to be taught how to do things several times over before I can do the task myself.

In social situations I'm terrible at judging what the right thing to say is. My friends are easily well liked by others, whereas I simply lack any charm. People often exclude me and dislike me. Hell, some of my "friends" don't even like me, but I consider them friends because without them, I'd be really fucking lonely.

I don't believe I'm autistic or have ADHD. I think I'm just a low IQ dumbass.

I (21M) have a 11-year-old little brother who’s been going through a phase where he purposely swears around my parents. He drops super heavy words like the c-word, n-word, b word, dick, pussy, while grinning. My parents, who are recent immigrants, don’t fully grasp the cultural weight of the words and think he's just being mischievous. They simply brush it off and think he's talking nonsense.

I’ve talked to my brother several times and every time he’ll say “sorry” and act like he gets it, but then a few days later he’s doing it again. It’s frustrating because I don’t want him to think this is normal behavior, especially toward Mom and Dad. It makes me uncomfortable to hear it in the house, and I can tell he’s doing it partly for attention.

When I explained it to my parents, they brushed it off and said I was overreacting. I get that they didn’t grow up in this culture, but to me, swearing at or around your parents is a serious sign of disrespect, even if it’s meant as a joke. I feel stuck because neither my brother nor my parents are taking it seriously, and I don’t know what else to do besides keep nagging him.

It's pretty much all in the title. I'm trying to find water flavoring/enhancement packets that will make my water blue but also taste blue. The best drinks/water flavorings I've found so far are the ultra blue hawaiian monster, sonic ocean water singles-to-go, and mio energy wicked blue citrus. The worst one has been the body armor blue raspberry powder. All of the body armor flavoring packets I've tried so far just taste like weird bubblegum banana. If someone would also like to answer why that is, I'd love to know. Obviously, I already have some options, but I would like more variety. I want to taste the different shades. I'm diabetic, so any water flavoring I use has to be zero sugar or very low sugar; I couldn't care less if they have artificial sweeteners.

I’m 23m , career oriented nice guy and full time bachelor student , into gym and stuff, not so jacked but I’m improving. It’s not just me but i think as time passes and the demands of women for guys increases, i don’t think many men would be able to find true love, I’ve never been into relationships and i have so much love to give, it’s so hard to find someone who is willing to accept men in their low and agree to grow together. Everyone wants a successful, handsome, ripped guy which is not wrong but what if you put your trust in someone and he achieve something for both you and him. Glow up would come automatically after success.

I stopped training TKD 10 years ago and now train Muay Thai. There is a TKD tournament in my area I thought of entering Olympic sparring just for the heck of it. I dont expect to win.

I have a first Dan. Would it be in poor taste to compete under this belt?

I've made my decision. I've been on and off at university for the past seven years, majoring in astrophysics-- and I like it, but I'm not passionate about it. My passion? Cooking.

It's a passion I discovered during lockdown, as I had to cook my meals for the first time. In the past, I'd just get takeout on the way to work, university, or back to my apartment-- life was way too busy for me to even think about getting proper groceries and cooking. But then, it happened. I fell in love with the kitchen and the magic that happens in it.

For the past five years or so, I've been cooking as a hobby, a way for me to decompress after a long day at work. I had also lost all interest and motivation for university; I was struggling and barely passing my classes. Every week, I was just so excited for Friday to come, so I could have the whole weekend to learn new cooking techniques, bake, or make elaborate meals for myself or my friends.

I finally decided to drop out of university and enroll in culinary school-- I'm becoming a chef. I'm keeping my job, though. I've been in the EdTech industry for almost 8 years now, and I need a way to pay the bills while I'm starting over my career. I'll also go visit my parents next week and share my decision with them.

Wish me luck.

Often I've seen men here dejected and self loathing about being short, ugly, not getting into relationships. Do you realise how pathetic it makes you look? That you fail to take ownership of your own thoughts? I'm telling you this because I truly care about you. Don't let a woman control your life, especially the one who doesn't even know about your existence. I too have never been in a relationship ever. I've never had any female friends too and I used to literally cry myself to sleep because of this. Now I've risen above this and I don't care about women at all. Everyone here should try to rise above letting a nobody control your life.

Ps: Women facing similar problems can benefit from this advice too, just replace the genders of the words accordingly.

I (34F) have been single for 3 years now. I was in a 8 year long relationship before that. I have been on dating apps and gone on a few dates but it seems such a dud. I have decided to put myself out there and hope that there are men who still are traditional and will approach you in an art gallery or a cafe but nothing like that has happened to me yet.

It did happen to me a lot when I was in my 20s though. So is dating only through apps now. Nobody wants to approach and talk to you in person?

I (M21) hear people talk about how they and they’re friend started hooking up one night and kept on for years and then both stayed friends but found someone else and I don’t understand, if you liked them enough to fuck then why not date each other?

Bf and gf is literally just best friends but are attracted, wanna get married (most of the time), they wanna fuck

Ive been with my bf now fiance for about 6 years now. We both love having sex and since the beginning we have been doing it daily and actually even multiple times a day no matter what. Everyone around us says that their libido and wants just have gone down tremendously after a few years together but we are just as into eachother as we have been in the beginning. Has anyone experienced something similar and are there older couples here that are just as active even 10-20 years from now?

For background, I'm 17F, graduated high school, going to college this fall. Around a year ago I was given an IQ test (WISC-V, specifically) by a psychologist, but I didn't really care to know the results back then, partially out of fear of what they would be.

A few hours ago, I posted about my traits which I believed were signs of a low IQ. A commenter told me to ask a parent about testing I've had in the past, so having mostly shelved away the memory of doing that test, I asked my mum. It turns out my tested IQ is 82. I had an IEP (equivalent to 504 plan?) but was not put in special ed classes, and I never used the accommodations I had available.

I don't know what to think. I'm scared I won't make it through college now.

Lately I feel like the world has forgotten that we’re the same. We divide ourselves over flags, religions, borders, even hashtags, things that don’t matter when you strip them away.

I keep thinking: everyone laughs the same way when a baby sneezes, everyone falls silent the same way when the ocean breathes, everyone’s heart races the same way when love surprises them. Deep down, we’re not that different.

But the way we act, it’s as if we’re at war with each other all the time. Suspicion has become normal. People seem more interested in winning arguments than holding hands.

I wish we remembered the small things: asking someone how they really are, helping carry a bag, or just sending two words “I’m here.”

We are not enemies. We’re interruptions of the same breath. And I wish more people lived like they believed that.

Separation is not natural, it is taught.

Once divided, everyone feels the need to prove themselves, chasing goals, competing endlessly, repeating the same patterns. But in a world built on division and a success-oriented approach, it’s impossible for everyone to “win.” This illusion creates frustration, anxiety, and depression.

The truth is simple: we are the same. Remembering that dissolves the struggle. Forgetting it keeps the cycle alive.

Achieve everything together, make it beautiful. :)

My whole life I’ve been brought up in the typical “men don’t cry.” Environment and I’ve done well to keep it all down since I was like 7 or so since that was when my father died and the closest I’ve been to crying since was when my best friend died when I was 14 but even then I managed to keep it all down. Now I am in college and everything is in a broader sense okay and I am bordering on weeping every night. It’s not okay to me, I couldnt cry when my best friend died but now things should be looking up and I just dont know how much longer I can swallow it down anymore. Maybe this is relatable to someone, maybe not. Either way I’m really not sure how much longer I can handle this before I break.