Is playing b ow the ultimate cuckoldry? I cannot think or comprehend of anything more cucked than playing bow. Honestly, think about it rationally. You are building, upgrading, and augmenting your bow and learning its overcomplicated moveset for at least 18 years solely so you can go and get ravaged by another Rajang. All the hard work you put into your beautiful little set - grinding decorations, buying coatings, making sure you get a set for every element, farming for custom upgrades, melding dash juice. All of it has one simple result: one-shotting you is more enjoyable for the black dragons that will eventually fuck you in every hole. Farmed the perfect set? Great. Who benefits? If you're lucky, a random LS user who has nothing to do with learning the game, who enjoys the status your para coatings inflict. He gets to fuck up the paralyzed monsters every night. He gets the benefits of the poison and sleep status that come from your other coatings. As a man who plays bow, you are LITERALLY dedicating at least 20 years of your life simply to inflict status for another man to enjoy. It is the ULTIMATE AND FINAL cuck. Think about it logically.

Reminder that bow has to deal with:
>taking increased damage because it's a (((ranged))) weapon
>having to stand directly in front of the monster to deal any damage
>not having any form of shield
>shit HZVs on every and all 'hard' monsters that came with Iceborne
>elemental-based damage, requiring at least five sets rather than just one
>no defensive skills even with Fatty armor because there are 172 must-have offensive skills
>same crutch claw range as melee weapons while XBG gets ayylmao range
>having to meld dash juice and buy coatings
>longest sheathing animation in the game
>still classified as a light weapon for the purpose of tenderizing

>Relevant links:
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
https://www.sprc.org/
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/index.shtml