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Anger Issues

Lots of stress-inducing stuff this week. I haven't gotten enough sleep, I'm getting into e-fights that may as well amount to several people chasing each other in circles, my anxiety is beginning to hike up again with the recent time change (and therefore quicker nightfall), and I have a half-finished art project due tomorrow. It's 10:30 PM.

You ever get that feeling--it doesn't have to be so specific as this--where you just want to pick up a glass bottle, squeeze it until it shatters, and just keep squeezing until the shards are jammed all into your hand and your bones break with the force of your grip, and you imagine how hardcore you'd feel and look? Physically impossible? Yes. Would it hurt like hell and feel absolutely like a bad idea as soon as even any one phase is executed? Yes. But imagining my hands mangled beyond use because I could finally find a wholly relieving outlet for my fury is...relieving, in itself.

As I reread this it sounds worrying, but the last thing on my mind is to hurt myself or others because I have some anger problems. I have a psychologist I see once monthly whom I have been seeing since I was in 5th grade, I have a loving and supportive family, and I am fairly comfortable with my current lot in life. I don't want any kind of diagnosis, maybe just some advice. Is this just teenage angst catching up all at once or is this something I should try to seriously work on?

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Sorry, have to pop in again.

Yog Sothoth said
Because there's inequality that men have and people don't acknowledge it

Because they're too busy focusing on the far more entrenched plight of women. Men are hurt, but women are hurt far worse. You don't put out a fire by aiming at the less burning parts first. Shut up about yourselves, stop whining about fucking bigotry and bullying when that is far from what is being done, bye.

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rpg101 said
I'm really tempted to order the $170 Super-SPecial Edition, with the trunk, tarot cards, maps, and other stuff.

Money is temporary anyway. Grab the opportunity while it's there.

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Yog Sothoth said
all i asked was to see if anyone was one, so if you would please just get out of here since it is my thread and I am looking for people

Okay, bye.

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Yog Sothoth said
I'm guessing you think men's rights activists are racist, homophobic and are all white males right? Also you sound very naive if you can't see the radicalism in the movement. Also he man and Barbie are harmless in my opinion, he man is kind and actually hates violence, he like with superman are great role models for boys. The purpose of the photo was to show how selective feminists are about things that only apply to women. There is nothing wrong with masculinity, it's immaculated men that have problems and children from dysfunctional families who grow up with serious issues. I use to support feminism until I say all of the retarded bullshit hate that they shouted.

Why would you even use that photo as an argument if you personally see nothing wrong with it? Since when does some photo you pulled up through Google reflect the habits and downfalls of an entire movement? And I did point out issues with feminism, and said how the truscum and non-intersectional feminists are damaging the movement.

What I think of MRAs is that some members genuinely care about gender equality (a view I am beginning to think you lack) and other members, be they vastly misguided or malicious, are in fact only harming men and women, just as the feminists who ignore non-women are hurting both men and women.

Yog Sothoth said
All I ask is if there MRA members of the Guild and instead I get feminists on here fucking this up

What did you even post this thread for? If it's to gather up some MRAs, hey, you found a few. But you have to expect feminists to show up as well, similar as some of our goals may be. If your idea of being an MRA is to simply debunk feminism and claim women and men do not suffer in their own ways under the patriarchy, then I don't even know why you claim to be fighting for anyone's rights.

Slinging around slurs and rude phrases also does not help your credibility.

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Kidd said
I'm just still waiting on the MRM to do something for men, but it spends its time bitching about how terrible feminism is instead. A majority of MRAs think the issues men deal with today are caused by women and/or feminism (hint hint, they're not). I invested time in the movement for about a week before I realized how backwards it was. And most of the issues they talk about are things feminism is trying to fix anyway.

Exactly. I'm a huge feminist and I can honestly say that the kinds of feminists that seek to ignore/discredit issues that do not directly involve women are very much shunned. Many issues that plague manhood has to do with the very system feminists seek to dismantle. Take, for instance, that image of He-Man next to Barbie. Both characters are dangerous to boys' and girls' self esteems, both characters have very unrealistic body types and represent their toxic extremes of masculinity and femininity.

Now, examine where they differ. He-Man is presented as an athletic, powerful man who fights and flexes and generally displays the traditional ideal of hypermasculinity. Barbie, on the other hand, is slim, doll-like and is often presented alongside toy homes where she may cook, invite her friends over or try on clothes. Both characters, I must reiterate, are damaging. But they are linked by the same system that has harmed men and oppressed women for ages: the idea that the man must provide, for women are fragile; that a man must be strong and robust, for women are weak and sensitive; the list goes on. This is where the issue comes in of people thinking feminists only want to support women. Every facet, every gender, is dragged down by the patriarchy and its expectations of men and women. This is the majorly abridged little mission statement, but I implore anyone who wants to know more to ask me about it or look it up yourself. Feminism is honestly very much worth a chance.

Magic Magnum said
And you're half right in regards to MRA/MRM being the equivalent to allies wanting recognition in an LGBT community. Except it's not so much a case of say the ally randomly walking up and going "Hey guys, where's my straight pride!?". But a case of the ally always coming to the LGBT club meetings, always being kind and supportive, but then suddenly being told "Their opinion doesn't matter, and their presence is merely tolerated because they are Hetero", and then being treated with suspicion and distrust for their sexuality because it's not LGBT. And then that ally stands up and says "That ain't cool guys, I want to be your friend but you're treating me like shit". It's not a matter of say Straights or Whites getting mad about equal opportunities, it's them getting mad because they are treated such hate and suspicion because the minorities are so quick to see them as an enemy and discount their opinions.

I'm sorry, but being friends with a group is different from wanting your opinion to be heard with just as much weight. I have many black friends and we, on occasion, discuss racism, classism and intersectionality, and during those discussions I know to back off if someone with much more personal experience on racism wants to share their views.

Also, Gwazi: Dude, chill. There is no "pity party" when women genuinely discuss their fears, problems and personal experiences among other women. I expected better of you to be more respectful when people speak of something that is important to them and that is present in their daily lives, especially if they are comfortable around you enough to discuss such personal things pertaining to men. I do not agree with the assumption some of those women may have as far as men molesting babies or being inherently violent. Another thing feminists are against is the idea that men are monsters of lust that can't control themselves.

I am not really sure what you mean by "their presence is merely tolerated because they are Hetero".

Magic Magnum said
The same applies women who are seen as giving in to gender roles (Ex: Those who choose to stay at home, or choose to work with children) or those seen as "Exploiting women/giving women a bad name" (Anyone who wears revealing clothing) for not aligning with feminism.

Feminism is about giving women a choice. They can choose to cover themselves, they can choose to wear revealing clothing. They can choose to stay at home and they can also choose to go out and live as they want. I have no idea what kind of feminism you are learning about.

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I'm trying to decide between a female qunari rogue or Dalish mage for my first playthrough. What do you guys think?

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Cairomaru said
First of all. Dont agree with wit. He/She looks ratchet as hell.Secondly, tonight, im going to (finally) buy five nights at freddy's. Im going to get drunk first of all and see if i can stream it. If I can't, i would like peeps on the steam voice chat to talk with me.(A.K.A. I'm going to piss myself if im playing this in the dark by myself with no one to talk to. It shall be around 10 or 11 EST. Please help me >_>)

Just watch cr1tikal's playthrough. Any fear is just immediately sapped away.

I literally just talked a person to sleep.

Details??