>>82185437
>I miss when it seemed like people were occasionally having fun here
>incel/blackpill/woman hate/trans stuff is all pulling from Twitter and blogs
I mean we were never totally independent of the rest of the internet here, but I absolutely feel what you're saying. All those groups that get shit on so much have a lot more in common with your average loner/weirdo than not, and always have.
>less natural to the board
>at least not copypasted from a substack or whatever
>trying to demoralize everyone
>this was ever a "nice" place.
We've always had more to gain from coming together, and I think that subconscious understanding has always been part of what brings us here. But at the same time, misery has always loved company. And that beginner's nihilism will always try to drag you down with it.

>>82185680
>memes like these which got me here lmao
>>Sure takes me back, is 9gag even still a thing
It do, in fact, be like that lmao
>site still exists
I actively chose not to load that page when I typed that lol.
>i also tried tiktok
I still doomscroll too much on my IG, but the algorithms are very clearly painting me into my comfy lil' corner there. At least here I can still interact directly with ideas I might not like.

>>81746564
>a date, she says shes bringing her friend
I had someone say this to me once. But I was in middle school, and she would turn out to be asexual. I think we could all use some more context here Bud.

>>81590785
>if real rate of transgenderism is lower than whatever is visible
Yeah that's my point; if the discourse around trans people feels disproportionate, that's because it is. Drummed up out of political convenience.
>If so, why not let them come out and, you know, do things that won't be properly discussed in high school history
I don't know exactly what
>things
means there. But you're giving conservatives too much credit. They haven't thought it through that much. The common theme between this, and the way they talk disproportionately about other minorities, is xenophobia. Conservatism is, by definition, a resistance to change; a reactionary worldview reacting violently to anything new and different.