Our Friend Jim

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As a straight white dude, maybe calling me every name in the book for the past 20 yrs is one reason

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Huh?

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You are the type that gets easily offended, aren't you

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Yes but completely opposite

I noticed lately that I’m not as empathetic as I once was and want to be and started to question why. So I talked to my therapist about it and it seems to start with social media, I’m not blaming the platform but I’m blaming myself for being too caught up in it. What I tend to see if just a barrage of people that seemingly have a new “problem” everyday and it fatigues me to where when they actually do have something happen to them I don’t care. Or there are people who have “been the victim of” the same circumstance for seemingly years on end. To which I just start to blame the “victim” because of the same thing keeps happening to you caused by different people the only constant is you so it must be a you problem that you fail to address and rather be the victim. Anyway with all that blabbering I’m working on getting back to being the empathetic person I’ve always been because it’s just a happier existence that way. Thanks for attending my TED talk

Hi green rock! Thanks for the welcome and for not being hostile towards the new guy like others. I appreciate that.

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with the bear.

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Have you tried to watch The Dancing Bear? It’s a stress reliever

I find that white grandfathers generally have the most rational opinions on black people

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You’re on a men’s forum and you wonder why you’re being treated differently for being a woman

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I didn’t know this fourm was segregated. Interesting

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and there would be no bitches lying about their body counts.

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I’m always amazed at men who care about a woman’s body count. You end up with some girl who has barely had sex and then complain that the sex isn’t good. Baffling