Men who like to date older definitely exist!

I think it means something like “this is ‘mid’ (i.e. uninteresting), I mean it”. “fr” seems pretty similar to how a lot of use honestly/“to be honest”/TBH, just kind of random words for emphasis.

That depends on a lot of factors, e.g. whether they go to college or start working or doing trades directly after highschool.

Interesting, though this sounds like it’s not supposed to be the minimum age, but the ideal age.

AFAIK more in the sense of feeling hot or cold. But IDK, digestive issues and insomnia are also common issues; it seems like whatever triggers autism has more wide-reaching consequences than just different behavior.

It’s a place that sells alcohol as its primary product. I’m not pro-prohibition or anything like that, but a bar is just not a good place for someone with severe mental health issues. Certainly, some people can handle it, but for a lot of other people it’s dangerous.

Which disability is that? It sure sounds like anon has autism, but while I know that autists have issues with body heat I haven’t heard it described quite like that, yet.

‘going to bars’ doesn’t have organisation and rarely has community, and it encourages problematic drug use which is just about the last thing people like this need. Hobby clubs are much harder to find than churches, and I’d say due to social norms they’re generally not as willing to go into dealing with emotions as churches tend to be. Even if churches are too eager to manipulate you into feeling certain things about certain topics.

IMO, even a worker’s union would have been a better example than yours, but it’s obviously much more single-topic than a church - they don’t usually get involved in marriages or burials, and they tend to be just as gender-segregated as the trades they represent.

Turns out, being rejected by someone you’re in love with actually sucks, and that goes double if you were friends with them. Sure you can try and stay friends with them after, but whether that works depends a lot on your state of mind/mental health, the rest of your social circle and the state of your life in general (and on how the rejecter/friend acts, of course). Your average 4chan poster is spectacularly ill-equipped to make it actually work well, even if they somehow aren’t somewhat misogynistic.

At the same time, just keeping it to yourself is probably not a good option either, if you’re not the type who can actually move on after a while (e.g. by crushing on someone else).

tfw the country that started with violent settler colonianism in the not-so-distant past decides that even the settlers don’t get to have personal freedom or political participation anymore

The churches in my country are fairly humble compared to that …

Great point. The idea that a relatively normal person would completely turn their life around just because they read the New Testament is fairly absurd, especially if their issue is depression and not something that’s talked about more directly in the text like how you’re supposed to be compassionate and forgiving instead of hateful. Maybe if you’re already very religious, your old church is always preaching against compassion and forgiveness and you’re the bookish type.

Also seems to indoctrinate a lot of people if they aren’t turned off from the get-go. IMO it’s predatory.

Could have done all that without religious propaganda. Though I’ll admit that secular organisations rarely have the knack for creating the kind of organisation that churches have that makes it so much easier for them to actually reach people and keep them engaged, especially without a clear (to the members), concrete worldly purpose. Hard to catch up on ~1000-1500 years of Christianization I guess …

That’s only a subscription if you keep the car 24/7, it’s a completely different thing if you only rent for a couple of hours per week. Even renting a car for a day (which might be the shortest amount of time you can rent a car in many places) wouldn’t be a subscription, though at that point it might not be cheaper than owning anymore.

True, you’re definitely missing out on a lot of bulk items, especially when you’re living in a smaller apartment and don’t even have the space to store 10 pound bags. And you pretty much have to go to the store multiple times a week.

Have you considered renting? Depending on the business model, that could be very cheap if it’s just a couple of hours per week.

Depends on how many people live in your household and what you eat. You can probably spend even less if you’re only cooking for one and most meals are ‘beans and rice’-level.

I’d assume that the hard part is finding an affordable place in a somewhat walkable neighborhood in the US, especially if you don’t want to live in a one-room apartment.

Either way, the $50 are really not the important part. It would still be true if you paid $200 and could save $50 by shopping at cheaper supermarkets that are further away.

Surely, there’s an anon out there with more or less the same life, but 10 years older and proportionally worse health.

The masses aren’t smart enough for that, it’s too easy to distract them with some completely blameless minority group.