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Being emotionally available is underrated (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] Boozilla 89 points 9 months ago (28 children)

I'll never forget the time I ran into an old friend of mine and I went to give him a hug and he awkwardly laughed and said uh, no, and shook my hand.

We're still very good friends and we send several texts to each other every week.

But it's a terrible feeling when you instinctively go to hug someone with zero sexual feelings and get instantly and reflexively rejected. I don't blame my friend. I blame our fucked up culture.

'Murica: where we love our guns more than we love our school children. Is it any wonder men can't hug here.

[–] Rwaterhouse 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I agree with a lot of what you say, but your last line is ridiculous. Everyone in LotR was armed to the teeth, and that was no hindrance to expressing their feelings for one another.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Its not about the weapons it's about the weapon culture. In the LOTR they respected the weapons and their purpose, simple.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure how that is different. They had same sort of awe for weapons that a lot of weapon hobbyists do. Hell, I remember reading about/seeing ceremonial and decorative weapons in LOTR.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sure any gun nut will happily tell you how much they respect guns.

[–] Boozilla 0 points 9 months ago

Thank you, very nicely put into context.

[–] Rwaterhouse -1 points 9 months ago

This is nonsense

[–] Boozilla 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure the goodly people like humans, elves, dwarves, and Hobbits didn't mow down their own kids with crossbows on a regular basis like we do with our guns.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Historically there's been a shitload of children slaughtered with swords and arrows.

[–] Boozilla 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

During war. Really reaching aren't we.

And completely ignoring the fact there are modern countries in the world today where children are not regularly shot to death in school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

During war also. Unless you were under the assumption there weren't killings and shit outside of war during medieval times or something.

there are modern countries in the world today where children are not regularly shot to death in school.

I'm not ignoring it at all. You just hadn't added that caveat before. You were just talking about people using weapons to kill their kids which did regularly did happen swords and crossbows. It's not like people have changed for the better.

[–] captainlezbian 3 points 9 months ago

Well yeah it was a war. Everyone was armed to the teeth because war. Except in the shire where nobody was armed because peaceful land of homes.

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