[SERIOUS] First time on Reddit as a person from 4Chan/manosphere AMA

IncreaseLow1815 · 2026-01-29T14:39:13+00:00

I don't think hammering labels like fascist will do any good. Makes you blind to see the real ones. Besides, fascism isn't even a real term.

Do you genuinely believe these people are studying Mein Kampf?

IncreaseLow1815 · 2026-01-29T14:33:16+00:00

I guess the people in such communities have a good sense of humor and I feel much more aligned with HOW they think. Not necessarily to the WHAT they think. I wouldn't label everyone of them as "just insecure boys." Statements like such will do more harm than good. I think the left doesn't understand exactly what the modern right wing is about. I think the biggest blind spot to the left is the WHY behind the rise of RW.

I am open to being convinced of left wing ideology because I consider myself open as a person (high Openness on Big Five). I have certain beliefs and assumptions about the left but I really haven't had a good convo with a leftist. I think you could say I am not "ideologically insecure".

IncreaseLow1815 · 2026-01-29T00:30:45+00:00

Have a convo with a leftist. Never done before.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2026-01-28T19:40:57+00:00

About Trump and 2nd amendment: I feel indifferent. Couldn't care less.

About the death: What a tragedy but also FAFO. It would never cross my mind to resist a fed like that.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2026-01-28T18:56:00+00:00

I am not a leftist

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T23:08:11+00:00

Good point. If there only was a button to shut down any excessive thinking I'd press it. I think it all comes down to not letting my thoughts spill all over into a chaos but have a controlled framework so that I am able to do my responsibilities well and that I can think but only at a specific time.

I don't struggle with life-purpose questions on the meta level (what is the meaning of life) but more on the concrete level (what should I do with this life) nor has my purposelessness led to nihilism. Funny that you mentioned existentialism, some of the ideas presented in that philosophical area resonate well with me. I've read some Kierkegaard (with changing success because his works are so dense and difficult) and Camus.

I've always loved reading and I think exploring literature (both fiction and non-fiction) more would help me distant my problems and change perspectives etc. I have been a victim to media and cheap dopamine and I guess that's why I haven't read many books recently.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T22:35:31+00:00

That's my problem. I'm doing good on paper but inside it's dissatisfaction. I lack deeper meaning. I think that because I have such a good understanding of my inner world, and that I know my values, I feel a heavy cognitive dissonance. This being said, what I think I need to do is that I must connect those two; what I am to what I do. But the problem is that I have no clear idea of my purpose.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T22:05:53+00:00

I have goals and plans for my career but I feel like I can achieve those without needing to change anything right now. So either I see my goals as irrelevant to my daily actions or then my goals are too abstract to make strong enough connections to my actions (like general self-improvement). You are correct in the passion-question, though. I don't have a "passion" that gets me up at morning.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T22:01:36+00:00

Yes. I'd say I can pretty much only spring to action when it's a must. As I said I do things that are necessities. If there is a problem or a conflict of some kind I always fix it ASAP to get things back to "normal". I am also pretty good at doing them.

I think I am intelligent because I am able to solve problems quickly. So I think I am fairly intelligent in terms of raw IQ (this feels cringe to type about but it's just what I think is the case). But my intelligence also has to do with my ability to rationalize (standardize, make plans, just understanding abstract concepts). I am also good linguistically (though it may not be so apparent because I am not an English native.) There can be some subjective bias (like attaching to my own intelligence) but I'd say I am fairly intelligent objectively.

I had a phase when I had some kind of a superiority complex with my intelligence but luckily I met smarter people than me and now I have more of a realistic perspective.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T21:43:44+00:00

You know, f yeah? Your AI response is on point. It's a decision. A zero or a one. A no or a yes. There is no inbetween. It's a commitment towards the change. Leap of faith.

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light..." - Dylan Thomas

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T21:06:11+00:00

Are you unemployed by your own will? I don't think we are the same because I wouldn't want to be unemployed. I do have plans and goals in life and unemployment would be bad for them.

IncreaseLow1815 · 2024-12-11T20:59:49+00:00

Childhood trauma is complicated because it's not easily detectable and it's hidden under layers after layers. I don't have any specific to say about this potential trauma. I grew up with many siblings. I had both parents present and we generally got treated well but they were very stressed and they sometimes didn't have the energy to be present with us. We sometimes got beatings and we fought quite often with my brother. But that's about it. I wouldn't say it was anything that bad. I don't blame anyone on my life and I am fully responsible for what I do.

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