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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 1 year ago

You’re positively comparing something you do to lynching.

No, I'm obviously comparing things acceptable to others "just because I don't want to bother being kinder and more respectful and having a normal direct conversation" which I'm not doing to lynching.

Also just ascribing wrong meanings to what I say or write or do (and not even trying to clarify those) is one of the main surface reasons I have these problems. At least every one openly expressed by the other side is attributing some position or opinion to me which clearly isn't the reality.

While there is that principle of "who wants, looks for opportunities, and who doesn't, looks for excuses", it's still unclear for me whether there is some reason people are unwilling to express though I'm literally asking for it, or just explaining themselves is really so hard, so it's about misunderstandings.

Or maybe girls just see my attempts to clarify things as lack of dignity and weakness, which would be the opposite to what I think.

Above all else that’s why you’re single. Well the reason behind it is.

I mean, independently of that question, above all else you are just illustrating that wrong category of humans I'm talking about.

They too like to interpret my words however they like to justify their behavior, while openly trying to prevent me from clarifying what I meant which would make their interpretation wrong. It's really sad when someone won't even criticize you honestly.

And when it's a girl I care for, I can't treat her opinion as easily as yours, it becomes some center of existence, heart of humanity for me. That is a problem, yes. Only it alone doesn't explain everything. There still should be something explaining why that girl wouldn't break up without almost saying I am defective. It usually does coincide in time with her becoming that center of existence, but why does that create negative vibes or something, I don't know.

And you’re not describing something desirable. Like looking for someone fun may not result in something great but looking for people you feel good around who want the same thing as you does result in amazing things.

People with cold are not fun, people with broken limbs are not fun, people with food poisoning are not fun. They also may not want the same thing as you. They are actually kinda miserable and uninteresting while still sick. Same for people with depression.

Somehow I don't just discard friends who got sick. Others usually don't as well. But somehow with depression it becomes normal for many people.

Humanity is irrelevant here. What about the humanity of the other people. Willing association is key. Divorce is sacred

It's relevant to what I'm talking about.

I'm talking about people just cutting it down long after you've expressed most of what you'd want to express about yourself, down to the core, and then not taking any effort to make it less painful.

Silently and abruptly, looking at you the "oh, it's so bad that you are so miserable, but just get lost, you're annoying" way, and when being asked a to give some idea as to why, saying both not very specific and rather unpleasant things like "you should do something to your emotions" and "you have an image of a teenager" and "a shaking leaf taking lots of time for basic social actions".

I'm not talking about unwillingness, but when you aren't willing to associate anymore, and that does hurt another person, it would be decent to say some parting words with more meaning than, in short, "you look and behave kinda cute, which is why I started talking to you, but you are really not alpha enough with those emotions for me, so sad you exist". That is, maybe if I should do something about those emotions, then she herself should also be a bit more tactful and not just go with the hormones and vibes ape path while breaking up?

Divorce is sacred

You've used another short sentence with the same meaning as the previous one, as if you have me figured out completely and that reprise in your comment as an artful mean is worth more effort. Since it falls completely off-target, that looks stupid.