Note: My chipper demeanor has everything to do with having a great day filled with beer and food. I absolutely take this situation seriously and am concerned (to say the least) for the future.
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*Note: At the very outset I demonstrate my ignorance by stating that Seneca was an emperor. He was not an emperor but a stoic philosopher and Roman statesman.
Rough Idea of Topics
In Order of Apperance
~ Seneca ~
~ My Balls ~
~ Golden Gate Bridge Suicides ~
~ Diet and Mental Health ~
~ Review of a Joe Wilson pamphlet as an example of political vaguneness ~
You see this ‘get in touch with your feelings thing’ everywhere. From cheesy romantic comedies to academic journals. It’s been all the rage for decades yet the demographic most at risk for depression and suicide seems to be having a tougher time. Isn’t there some sort of sayin’ about the definition of insanity?
TL;DR version of the Video
Emo Dudes – Men Face Depression and Suicide at High Rates – Dumb Reasons Given By Shrinks and your nutty Aunt Gertrude
1) They are not comfortable with being vulnerable.
– Why are normal human emotions considered vulnerability and couched in agency robbing terms? Terms that carry a stigma. Especially when applied to men by either sex. This is almost a subtle subconscious dominance game played by academics and well meaning Oprah viewers.
2) Mechanization has led to the loss of jobs ergo depression sets in.
– Definitely a factor. But, is it the expectation to have a lucrative job rather than doing useful or artistic things that’s more the cause? And isn’t there a wider psychological consequence to mechanization via giving people a lot less to do. Thus allowing for lethargy and stagnation to increase. Especially in light of the dim view the culture has of intellectual rigor, high art, and craftsmanship for it’s own sake rather than a bottom line to be “SUCCESSFUL.”
3) We need to “update masculinity” to solve the problem of male suicide.
So the answer to a really complex sociological problem is merely changing the packaging on an semi-arbitrary concept?
The Fractal Journal 