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[-] latenightnoir 98 points 1 day ago

Yeah, totally! Getting my dick wet is precisely the kind of emotional and intellectual connection I'm missing! The penis is my data transfer cable.

[-] happydoors@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Maybe Avatar was onto something….

[-] latenightnoir 1 points 50 minutes ago

Well, crap... don't have nearly enough hair for that...

[-] 0ops@piefed.zip 20 points 1 day ago

The penis is my data transfer cable.

That could almost be a CAKE lyric

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago

[USB Connection sound]

Remember to safely unmount

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

TBF, they seem closely correlated. It seems unlikely (though not impossible) that you'll find the emotional intimacy we expect from romantic relationships but won't get any sex.

[-] rooroo@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Honestly the people that make me feel not lonely are not the ones I have sex with. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket; that’s how you end up in a codependent mess. Loneliness isn’t about romantic partners only, and friendships can be the most fulfilling things.

[-] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Strongly disagree. I've met far too many young men that see sex as a means to an often self serving end. Sex is a means of expressing love towards another person, it's not meant for self gratification. Seeing it that way is a recipe to have a lot of meaningless sex only to be left wondering why you feel so empty.

Theres a reason women generally don't climax from being jackhammered or even from clitoral stimualtion in many situations. They're coded for that emotional connection as a prerequisite for good sex. We are coded that way too but modern culture has painted that type of vulnerability as "unmanly".

In my view, a strong emotional connection creates the necessary conditions for good sex. But you don't need good sex to have a strong emotional connection.

Men can end their loneliness epidemic by getting their priorities straight.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 11 hours ago

I never said that you can't have sex without emotional intimacy. But the kind of emotional intimacy you get in a good romantic relationship is something that in our society your relatively unlikely to get outside of such a relationship, at least if you're a man. Not impossible, and it should be more common, but right now it's just not, especially for men.

[-] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 16 hours ago

This is such a toxic mentality. If you can't get emotional intimacy in a romantic relationship without sex then you have problems you need to work on.

[-] latenightnoir 6 points 20 hours ago

That's if one assumes that the loneliness is caused solely by a lack of romantic connection, yes.

Personally, I'm lacking in the friendship and acceptance department as well, and sex most certainly isn't a part of either of those.

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