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[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can almmost guarantee this is what it is. One of those isn't even a big deal. If I was single I wouldn't date a single mom, not because there's anything wrong with them but because I'm looking for a serious relationship, and I know I'm not emotionally ready to be a father and I know I never will be.

I don't want kids for that reason. I was raised by a single mom and have seen how difficult it is. Nothing but respect for all of them out there.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't know why no dating apps. What's that about?

[–] Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably something about the hookup culture? Strangest of the 3 imo

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For sure. I met my now fiancee on a dating app, neither of us are into hookup culture. She's demisexual so it's actually the opposite for her and I'm just not interested in it. These guys are really huffing the 4chan sauce hard.

[–] Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably true, I found my wife before dating apps were commonplace, just what I've heard from others my age, I can't imagine trying to date these days. Also kinda surprising 4chan is still around.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yea 4chan is worse than it used to. I browse the X board which is just supernatural stuff. No kidding, 5 percent is the stuff I browse for which most people would be interested in, ghosts, cryotids, aliens, scary stories the usual stuff but X is overrun by semen retention, succubus, manifestation, literal religious nut jobs, actually literal insane conspiracies, the nobody (sounds interesting but it's actually just delusional people), divination and spirituality and any and all combinations of all these topics sprinkled with casual racism and xenophobia.

I'm not even nitpicking these are common and I just pulled up the app and saw all of the there.

I unserstand how some of these could fall under paranormal but the board is just overrun by insane posts and nobody sane could remotely believe them.

[–] Naboo_calls_for_aid@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Being pretty familiar with it in the late 2000s, I kinda forgot about it in the mid-late 2010s only to recently find out the role of it & 8chan in the junk like q-anon and the rise of the alt-right. Like where did we go wrong?

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Non moderation in a world that is increasingly connected. All the crazies can easily find themselves and use propaganda to turn youths into them.