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Anon's lil bro goes through his first break up (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] grinning_serpent@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yup, or a bit younger. I'm 40, so I was 28 when gamergate kicked off this whole online misogynist grifter ecosystem (which fed into and became a component of what we'd call the alt-right a few years later.)

By that point I'd already had my first few bad breakups and rejections and had grown up, and had made some good platonic friendships with women, so I wasn't vulnerable to it. But if it'd happened when I was like 23 or 24 and I hadn't had those chances to grow and mature yet? It might've been a lot different.

It's much easier to blame bad luck and personal failings on others. Growth and maturity takes work.