• fossilesqueOPM
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    2 days ago

    The key to happiness is not having expectations haha. (Oversimplification, of course)

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      2 days ago

      It is hilarious to me that you are paraphrasing a famous stoic philosophy, which is famously associated with masculinity, as a response to the ‘as expected’ higher suicide rate of gender role conforming men.

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      By that measure, we’re all supposed to be fuckin’ ecstatic over here in the US right now, then. 🥹

      I mean, everything about the fetid amalgam of mud fuckery that’s festering to boil over… As a nation, the prevailing placating excuse (aka “flagrant lie”) seems to be: we simply did nazi that coming. 🤷🏼‍♂️