Yesterday, I met someone who had never heard of polka music. It wasn’t even vaguely familiar to them. They were a native English speaker and definitely over 35.

I have no explanation for this.

It’s petty I know, but I love that being fit actually makes many people angry.

But it’s not about your inadequacy until you made it that way.

Older Men of Reddit. What is 100% pure bullshit?

That in the Western world, men have it easier than women. The reality is that, some men (the very top 0.1% of men or so) have it easier than most women — even those in the top 0.1% of women. But in general we men are just scrabbling down in the weeds the same as all of you ladies.

That’s not to discount the actual challenges that women face that men do not. Those are real, and are certainly not the same as men’s. As someone with nearly all women friends, I do know this to be absolutely true.

All told, though, the equation of my life would’ve worked better had I been a woman, especially if I were in the top half of attractiveness. On net, my life would have been far easier. For instance, I would not have had my ass beaten nearly every day for years by vicious bullies. Persistent, often cruel, rejection would have been barely known to me. My existence as a girl would’ve been met with kindness and praise, mostly, rather than disgust and belligerence (which is what most adolescent males receive). You get the picture.

I am not trans and am comfortable being male now. That does not change the fact that overall, my life would’ve been far easier as a woman due to the circumstances of where I happened to be born and my own nature. And this would be true for most men in most Western places.