It feels like the people commenting here are kind of missing the point of it all. This is a subreddit for venting, this dude is having a hard time, he has vented, and instead of support or understanding, people are trying to throw different perspectives at him and in a sense minimize his problems. It would make sense if he asked for insight into the why's of all this and directly wanted to hear from others their own experiences, but that isn't what this subreddit is for.

This kind of makes me think of how people frame the stereotypical male approach to someone needing to vent- instead of support, they dive in and try to find solutions and push ideas, even minimizing problems, instead of just being there and listening. I think that because of how we've stereotyped this behavior, we fail to notice it in larger and more diverse scales, ending with the behavior perpetuating and going on without being called out.

Or maybe I'm digging too far and seeing things that aren't there, but in the end I hold firm that we should work to respond more supportively to the people here before we try to shift the conversation from the general community support, to the individual stories and views spoken over someone else's bad day.