• rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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    5 hours ago

    Some people might be wondering, “couldn’t they just talk to each other and learn about each other?”

    They’re men. We don’t communicate at all, for any reason.

    How was hanging out with your friend at the bar?

    It was fine

    What did you talk about? How’s he doing?

    We sat in silence and grunted at each other for 3 hours straight. He seems to be fine

    • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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      5 hours ago

      The “I worked with a guy for years and even went over to his house multiple times but only knew him by his nickname” thing is very true

      • zarathustrad@lemmy.world
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        31 minutes ago

        I’ve always identified with Ron Swanson in that way. Though it’s less about not caring, we can actually care, we just don’t say it, then may or may not regret that 15 years later at their funeral.

        “The less I know about other people’s affairs, the happier I am. I’m not interested in caring about people. I once worked with a guy for three years and never learned his name. Best friend I ever had. We still never talk sometimes.”

      • Eq0@literature.cafe
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        3 hours ago

        Some friendships just work in different ways.Some talk at length about the problem, others talk around the problem. Mostly it a mix of both. As long as everyone involved feels connected the words used don’t matter

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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        4 hours ago

        I am being facetious, but this isn’t far from true. True human connection between men is very informal. It’s mostly about being around each other

        • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM
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          11 minutes ago

          It took me too long to really understand this about men. It just never made sense to me that guys wouldn’t want to talk things out. I’m so happy that I don’t need to do that song and dance anymore.