this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
682 points (95.5% liked)
Greentext
8374 readers
474 users here now
This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.
Be warned:
- Anon is often crazy.
- Anon is often depressed.
- Anon frequently shares thoughts that are immature, offensive, or incomprehensible.
If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
You are absolutely not alone in those experiences. What you've described is almost exactly the paradigm of experience since the pandemic- people are just bizarre and unpleasant, even while espousing a desire to make connections. It's a bit mind boggling, but also very lonely.
It kind of feels like we are STILL isolating, except there are large cohorts of toxic people who aren't, and so stepping foot outside is inevitably a run-in with some jerk, or jerkette.
Eh, I think my points still stand.
People, in general, don't seem really inclined to make any kind of lasting, substantive connections and the pandemic just exacerbated the social and economic spiraling that was already extant. It also forced the majority of US Americans to see that there are no safety nets and our leadership (regardless of political flavor) is almost laughably inept/corrupt/blasé; in other words, no one is coming to save us, and that outlook is grim. So the average person, understandably, has some tunnel vision and a kind of deep, subconscious sense that things are going to get worse, regardless of their efforts to the contrary. That's rocky ground to build any kind of foundation.
I think if a woman you like making a hard pass at you makes you want to pass on her, you have something internal to resolve if you're thinking you still want to be in an intimate relationship with another human being.
I mean dating at 40 has to be hard anyway. Your body does not look the same. It does not work the same. And making friends when you're older is hard. If you're religious you can try joining the church. At the stage thing did you go up and tell a story?
Whoa whoa, not everyone at 40 is a washed up wreck. Especially with no kids. Physical maintenance and nutrition has come a long way. We aren't the 40+ of the 80s and 90s who looked rundown af.
Was not trying to say 40-somethings are washed up, but if you think it's like 20-something I have some herbal brain supplements to sell you.
Also that message may have been public but it wasn't aimed at you. I don't know really but from what you said I'm sure you're doing great. You're maybe taking it from a perspective of someone who is in a different place from OP.