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“Male loneliness” is this year’s Economic Anxiety. The obvious solution to ‘male loneliness’ is telling males to get off their asses and do something. Volunteer at a food bank or school. Take a watercolor painting or cooking class. DO FUCKING SOMETHING. (Start by taking a shower and putting on nicer clothes. Nobody wants to see you in a stained Browning gun shirt.)

When I was growing up, the solution offered to us young women who never had dates was to make ourselves into something men wanted, usually by losing weight, wearing makeup, and putting our brains in a box and pretending to be weak, stupid, cowards. Now that young men can’t get dates, the solution is for women to lose weight, wear makeup, and put our brains in a box and pretending to be weak, stupid, cowards. This is infuriating.

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"When I was growing up, the solution offered to us young women who never had dates was to make ourselves into something men wanted, usually by losing weight, wearing makeup, and putting our brains in a box and pretending to be weak, stupid, cowards. Now that young men can’t get dates, the solution is for women to lose weight, wear makeup, and put our brains in a box and pretending to be weak, stupid, cowards. This is infuriating."

Damn--you hit the nail on the head!! You young lonely guys? Quit gaming. Put some effort into your appearance. Put down the joint. Improve yourself and your conversation, either through education, reading, or just taking an interest in life. Treat women like people, not like something you want to F--K.. Quit your damn whining. Get some exercise.

Even if they don't meet someone, at least they'll be happier for having accomplished something, be it weight loss, learning new skills or just meeting new people.

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It's kind of like those PSAs that go out to women about, "Don't go out alone after dark. Watch where you park. Be aware of your surroundings," and somehow we never get one for men that says, "Don't Rape Women." It's always on us, and it's all our responsibility and our fault.

Meanwhile, if I were still a young woman, I wouldn't see much of an upside to making myself appealing to the male gaze, because who wants a bunch of slobbering incels looking at her? (Yeah, yeah, not all men...)

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Too many men, though. ;)

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And shave the neck beard.

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I have a friend who works at LA Times, and I'm keeping my subscription because she and her colleagues on the environment desk do great work. But this is awful. I'm so over billionaires "rescuing" media.

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Also, since when did large metropolitan newspapers stop endorsing presidential candidates?

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Washington Post decided not to either!

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Just saw that. Bezos, another billionaire!

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Cassidy Hutchinson has more courage than Bezos and Soon-Shiong COMBINED!!!

Are all rich guys afraid of other rich guys?

Unbelievable from these guys who have every resource to protect themselves and still they cave.

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💯 I still subscribe because of the Dodgers

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I just read that The Washington Post has also failed to endorse a presidential candidate, despite extensive coverage of how unfit Trump is to hold office. (I hope I can say that here.) So I just canceled my subscription to WaPo as well.

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Same

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did the same!

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Laughed out loud at the Dunkin!

Great choice for Dingus.

We will prevail! We will vote! And if I get called up and ordered to start shooting Americans I'll learn how to TikTok and start reporting from wherever I've claimed asylum cause I will be stateless.

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Pro: The male loneliness epidemic will end.

Con: Because you are wearing an ankle bracelet that delivers an electric shock when you walk more than 3 yards away from the off-brand Charlie Kirk assigned to you by JD Vance.

Choked heartily on my coffee at this part! But yes, good lord.

And every time I see Charlie Kirk's name, I chortle a bit. My old midwife is his aunt and she talked shit about him all the time and it was glorious.

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One of the best arguments I've heard for choice was that it is also about protecting the right to choose not to have an abortion. How much better is it for children to grow up knowing that they were chosen?

If the goal is to reduce the number of non-medically necessary abortions, then create laws removing the financial and social barriers that enable women to choose the when and how many children they have the capacity to care for. Sexual assault and homicide are illegal but incidents of initmate parter violence continue to rise, not fall as a result.

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I have a friend who had a complicated relationship with her mom, because while her mom generally loved and took care of her, there was this undercurrent sense that her mom wasn’t overly thrilled at being a mom but had instead made her peace with it. When Roe was overturned, we were talking and all of a sudden she realized that she was born about 5 years before abortion was made legal (had never connected those dots before).

Understanding that her mom did not have a choice to not have her made a whole heck of a lot of things about her mom and their relationship make sense. And made her wonder what might have changed if her mom had instead chosen to have her rather than being trapped by circumstances into doing so (and if she had chosen not to have her then the issue would have been moot because she simply wouldn’t exist or have known otherwise). Her mom passed years ago, so no way to know for sure, but this realization really helped her see her mom in a new light.

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There are two ways a child comes into this world. One is by parents (those that want a family). And breeders (kids are incidentals of the act). You tell me who has the betterr chance of a good life?

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I love that take on abortion! Make it a positive instead of the negative that it so often is.

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“Pro: The male loneliness epidemic will end.” Thank you for making me laugh out loud during this terrible time around the entire world, a time that makes it hard to laugh at all.

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i live for fridays and a laugh. as you say, it's getting harder. sending hugs to everyone gathered here - tough times ahead.

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I’m sure you know it, but I would love if your text was a little more clear that the morning-after pill is *not* an abortion. It’s absolutely an option that the GOP would remove if they get the chance, but it’s preventing a pregnancy, not ending one.

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As much as I hate IQ45 and can’t stomach the idea of him back in the Oval, it’s the billionaires we do and don’t know who are the scariest prospects. No money = no power as far as they’re concerned, and they’ll continue doing as they like. I’ve never really thought an income cap was “fair,” but recently, it seems like something needs to be done. Some of these people could eliminate the hunger and homeless crises in the United States all by themselves. Meanwhile, children are starving right here in our own cities. Ugh. It’s too much.

Lyz - thank you for making us laugh during these bleak times.

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I canceled my LA Times subscription yesterday.

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If I had a Washington Post subscription, I'd cancel it today.

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Okay, I am FREAKING OUT because I am the events coordinator at Bloomsday, the restaurant hosting Margaret Eby's book release party, and I was the person who posted that invite on Resy. Feel like I'm like a couple of degrees of separation from actually meeting you, Lyz-- and what a thrill that would be! I'm such a huge fan of your writing, and I truly appreciate you keeping us informed and chuckling through these stressful times. Oh, and Philly folks-- come through for Margaret's party! It's gonna be so much fun, there will be PIEROGIE QUESADILLAS, and no, I will not elaborate further.

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Just incredible writing, Lyz. Thank you for what you do.

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FFS, the election hasn't even happened yet, and already, censorship? Pretty depressing.

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OMG! This week’s Dingus is a close friend of Elon Musk and is the owner of the LAT?!?!?Give me strength and thank you, Lyz, for Miley’s vid of “The Climb.”

Scared, yet hopeful, in SOMN

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Yeah, I hadn't heard that particular detail yet -- so thanks, Lyz, for pointing that out!

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In not making a statement endorsing Harris, they've made a tacit statement that she's not worth endorsing. So there's your editorial after all.

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Thanks for the love note about Somebody Somewhere. A truer depiction of Kansas I have not yet seen.

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