>25+ anons/femanons thread Anyone else on /soc/ in their

Nice b8 m8

I'm 28, male and this place has ruined me. I've been here for 10 years. Over ten years now I think about it. I can't laugh at normie humor, am cynical as fuck and can't enjoy a relationship unless it's with a girl who likes being seriously abused and degraded in bed - which rules out most girls and mostly leaves the sorts you find here.

From the other older anons I've spoken to I'm not the only one either.

>>25422641
Fuck off back to R3ddit.

>>25422654
>Found the White Knight

Your image is fake, and how do you expect to attract Younger girls with a picture of a younger girl? Wtf is wrong with your head dude?

>>25422658
The image is just a generic camwhore from my 4chan folder. What are you even talking about?

>>25422680
That you are a dude trolling for suckers

>>25422682
>you are a dude

Of course I am a dude.

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I'm in my early thirties and I just graduated college. I was around younger men and women for 3 years and it became very normal.

You just talk to them. I talk to people here regardless of age and there are 18 year olds who are chill about it.

Most of them are smart enough to recognie that a disconnect may exist because of the age, but common ground may exist and there are common threads in almost everything.

So just remember some people are incompatible. Has nothing to do with you. We're all in it together, anon.

You're still cool. *thumbs up*

>>25422707
Who is the cosplay slut?

>>25422718
I didn't really talk to her other than to ask if I could take her picture. I was at the Anime Expo and liked her costume.

>>25422735
What's it like going to cons at your age? I've never been. It is probably too late.

>>25422719
Troll?

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26 here, was feeling kinda old too but i noticed everyone else is growing up too and all the young ppl are going to reddit

25 kv

I got here via my younger brother when I had to borrow his laptop and he left /b/ open on his browser. I still hang out here sometimes because sexual deviant but it is getting more political and conspiracy theory obsessed. Maybe the internet is generally, IDK. I'm 39!

>>25422787
>39

Do you think you'll ever get a wife?

>>25422795
I'm an ex-wife!

>>25422800
Ouch. Why did you get divorced, and for how long were you married?

>>25422787
Your right. 4chan will stick around. But i think most of us older users are overlooked. Im 28 and browsed b for years. Admitidly i wasnt around for the rise of anon. But i find it disturbing that you dont see cockmongler or the good ol lolwut anymore.

>>25422804
Married 6 years (until 3 years ago), together for 10 overall. Just drifted apart and didn't want to settle down in a semidetached house on the edge of town. Now I'm self-employed, have a place in the centre, and do what the hell I like.

>>25422818
I see. Where are you from and how deviant are you exactly, older femanon?

Also, what other boards do you browse?

>>25422637
How about late 30's? This is my last year to say that I'm 30-something ha ha.
It doesn't bother me. I'm literally in the best shape I've ever been in. I even quit smoking a couple months ago! Feels good man
I have no issues fitting in anywhere.
My 19 yo daughters friends always want to come hang out here and will go so far as to ask her "what's your Dad up to"
I'm just a child at heart and I guess that'll never change!

>>25422787
Tfw no older 4chan gf into rape and degradation fantasies

>>25422818
honestly is marriage even worth the time in todays age.

>>25422768
>>25422719
She's not a troll, very peculiar and kinda refreshing

I'm 26 and not too far of 27 now and I still post nudes and shit. Im hardly "fucked up" I think people might assume I'm younger if they don't know.
I feel this much more on r9k. I've been on that board for fucking years and to have 19 year old kids telling me I don't belong meh.

>>25422887
Thank you for your service!

>>25422719
okay YOU rock!

So It's good to know that the board isn't full of youngens. I figured as much.

I'm 38 here, will never grow up, but not really digging the younger women, late twenties is fine, but still. If I could chose I'd rather chat with the ones more in my age bracket.
Guys too. I'm mostly interested in good conversations. But I"m also single so, always looking haha

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F/25. I have been browsing for around 7 years and must be one of the few who unwittingly obeyed global rule #2. Mostly browsing /lit/, /soc/, /an/ and /mu/. At one point R9k but those were darker days I prefer not to dwell on.

I often go through phases of leaving only to come back. Usually when my life isn't going so well I revert back to socialising via 4chan.

Despite the fact the culture here doesn't do me much good, it does provide opportunity to reflect on subjects I couldn't discuss with anyone I know irl.

I'm completely apathetic at the moment and I can see my life falling apart around me whilst I waste time reading, masturbating or browsing 4chan.

I can't help it, I've realised life has little to offer me, things won't just get better. I know that it's not life that's a problem, it's me and how I relate to the world around me. I understand now more than ever that I'm the only person I can truly rely on but the knowledge has only made me turn my back on myself more. Mostly laziness but also self loathing.

Sorry, you did say fucked up girls make you feel odd.

>>25422821
Not as deviant as I used to be. I'm in England. Used to be a sub on the party scene before I married. Husband didn't know. While we were married I camwhored for a while on Cam4 and he didn't know about that either. Then the whole thing got a bit mad and I stopped in case I was recognised (or rather, my house was - never showed face even if I showed everything else).

My fantasies are more varied now than when I was younger. I think everyone my age is more conscious that kids are more open about sexuality and different ways of exploring it.

>>25422841
I think a lot of girls are into uncomfortable sex sometimes, but maybe only as a fantasy.

>>25422858
No, it is an excuse to get good friends drunk, but as you have to get a lot of other people drunk who you don't really care about, it's not worth it.

>>25422894
>I'm in England

Huh, same.

And I'm quite similar to you, the various things I'm into make it difficult to maintain a relationship with a more comparatively 'vanilla' girl in the long run. Shit sucks.

Have you got a throwaway email?

>>25422893
>I revert back to socialising via 4chan.

This is basically what this place is to most people. A machine that simulates social interaction.

I say that because a lot of people here say they don't need to interact socially with others (particularly on /r9k/), but that's bullshit. If they didn't, they wouldn't be on an anonymous bulletin board in the first place.

Being on 4chan fulfills some part of their personal economy to socialize. It proves it is an innate need. It's just that the sort of socialization you get on 4chan is empty, vacuous and generally doomed to fail.

I read about more and more anons getting into relationships with girls they meet on here and I honestly think it's a bad idea. They don't realize the whole idea of interaction digitally is just ersatz. It's also too easy. The anonymity and the immediacy mean that it's even easier than a registration forum.

Real life socialization is harder, but the rewards are ultimately greater.

The problem for a lot of us (and I'm guessing here) is that we're stuck in that late 20s and beyond issue of it basically being impossible to make friends beyond the token few we have.

>>25422893
I sorta feel the same way honestly
Thank you for posting.
Seeing as I'm a guy that's in his early 20s I've come to use this place as my escape from reality
we should talk more sometime.

>>25422893
This is literally me in a post... you have no idea! I need someone to talk to about this shit. My head is all over the place. If you can help or anyone else feel this way can. Please chat to me kik: ronburgandie5
I have no irl i can talk to

41m here it doesn't get any better. I've been coming to this place since it's inception. I was away for a long time but came back around a year ago.

I find that I like this place because it's unlike any other place. Marriage is overrated and gets stagnant. There are things you won't reveal to your partner that everyone here accepts readily.

I agree with the anon that talked about socialising via 4chan. Why wouldn't you go somewhere that you can be yourself and have thousands of other people here who are just as fucked up as you are. So yes I am an oldfag but I refuse to give this place up out of my own adolescent selfishness.

I'm always open to talking... Kik is Mrzer04202.

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>>25422908
And what comes with prolonged socialisation and interpersonal relationships? A sense of community and acceptance, the security and validation is something I think a lot of anons (especially robots as you said) are craving.

This community is very easy to integrate with, you just have to have low standards and thick skin. It's easy whereas for people who are introverted, atypical, possibly mental ill it feels impossible to find that feeling of belonging.

I am completely digressing here so you may want to just stop reading, but when I see how right wing and traditionalist men here it supports my idea that we need community. I think certain values and political views hail from a day that seems simple and more wholesome.

E.g. In most western countries the concept of community died when traditional values such as rigid gender roles and to an extent religion became obsolete. Up until the late 70s in the UK women were often the ones planning events with other local women, tending to children, campaigning for improvements within the local area. Due to recessions and huge job losses (thanks Maggie Thatcher) women had to work to keep a roof over their families heads.I'm pretty centre and I believe these changes to our culture were inevitable, but I'm interested in how they affect my generation.

In addition I notice how voluntary work and finding a niche passion to which you can bond with people irl really helps some people who are depressed. It seems we are all a bit lost.


>>25422911
>>25422912
Hi, I'm happy to talk with people from here! I prefer using discord.

Kik: lethalpriest (no I'm not religious)
Discord: Daisy#4371

Disclaimer: Installed Kik but I don't always get notifications. I have to admit that given my own issues I may not be able to provide invest as much time in talking as I think I should given that I empathise with your situations.

>>25423001
Added you on kik anon. I'll respond to that lengthy response when I have some time.

>>25422893
Let's masturbate together

>>25422908
This is true. When they call people attention whores I sometimes remind them they are here for attention too. Be it the net or before that tv there have been a lot of things put between people which limit genuine socialising.

I've been through some pretty dark times on here but at present on a bit of an up because Ive decided I'm sick of being sad basically. The underlying issues are still there but focusing on what I can do instead.

>>25422637

Cloverchan?!

im 31 oldfag as fuyck

havent had a relationship since like 21 years old
havent had a friend since around that time too

>>25422893
are you me?

>>25423248
Have a Snapchat?

>>25423047
Yeah, it ties into another thing you hear a lot on here and that's "daddy issues". Seems trite to point it out for what is probably the 10,000th time, but there's a lot of mental illness going around on 4chan, and with the girls it's usually some cluster B deal, not that we guys are much better.

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28

Feelsbadman

>>25423288
People always find some way to congregate with like minded people. Let's face it alot of people feel and are completely neglected emotionally and physically and this is an outlet for those needing attention and those wanting to give attention.

>>25423248
Yes I am you but >>25423257 is not me.

35, been lurking and occasionally posting since 2003.

It hasn't changed me at all, it's always been a source of fap material first and a way to satisfy my morbid curiosity about delusional isolated young people second. It's always been nice to be ahead of the curve in understanding where the worst aspects of humor and politics these days come from.

31 - Female

I've been on 4chan since 2005, I don't even know why I keep coming back. It's changed a lot, as things do when new people move in and become the general population but I don't exactly enjoy it like I used to.

>>25423431
I'm curious. Assuming you aren't a mother, don't you ever want kids?

29 Male UK

Been coming to 4chan on and off since i was introduced to it at Uni when I was about 20.

I've never really been too invested in the "meta" of 4chan so I cant say whether its changed or not other than humour these days is still just as shock-value as it was back when i first started visiting.

These days i normally come here when I'm horny or reaaaaal bored. Today...i'm horny :P

>>25422768
Plenty of people this age go to cons.

>>25423445
No, I am not able nor am I interested in having children. I am engaged and he isn't interested in children either.

>M, 31
>Married, but separating
>Have one kid

Yeah I'm fucked for dating now, aren't I?

>>25423431
For me it's like watching a trainwreck in the Walmart parking lot. Part of it is wow I'm glad I'm not as fucked up as these people.

>>25423513
Yeah soc especially has a long of pretty cringe threads and posts.

25/m here. I only found 4chan a few years back and now I come on every so often just to kill time. I don't know what i was expecting but it was somehow.. more? Hearing about it before coming on made me think it would be full of strange things but it seems to be mostly porn and people trying their hardest to seem edgy.

Occasionally there are some cool people/pics/laughs which keeps me coming back but I think i'm too old to really get whatever is supposed to be going on here.

>>25423521
It's the quintessential evolution of the Jerry springer effect

>>25422637
>Anyone else on /soc/ in their late 20s or early 30s?
>I feel out of my element on 4chan these days.
don't be stupid, that's the main demographic of original 4channers and one of the primary age groups on 4chan.

>>25422654
newfag.

>late 20s millennials complaining about nothing because no one is sucking on their snowflakes
how novel.

28/m, I've been coming here since I was about 15 after seeing my older brother on /b/ which I'm pretty sure he only stumbled onto while trying to find anime and weeb shit.

I would say I'm the stereotypical 4channer at this point. I'm a NEET with no friends IRL who still lives at home with his parents. I did get a college degree but chronic depressive episodes and anxiety hit me pretty hard and I couldn't keep any kind of job for more than a few days. It's not so bad when you're a nervous 19/20 year old heading off on your own for the first time, and people give you more slack, but when you're nearly 30, people expect you to have some semblance of your shit together enough to be a wage slave at the very least.

I guess the thing that keeps me coming here is the pseudo socialization and the porn because otherwise I wouldn't have anything else to keep me going.

It's sad, it's pathetic, it's true. It is what it is and I don't have the wherewithal to change it or else I wouldn't still be like this.

26 m anon

I've been here for around 5-6 years now. Originally used it for porn and wallpapers (still do). Then my gf and I got into camming and we did that actively for years, now we post rarely, more often on b.

Nowadays I lurk b and soc when I'm bored at work, which is often (including now).

I think what's really keeping me here is that soc/b feel like social interaction slot machines that don't pay out often. It's super easy to hit the catalog of one board, troll through the various threads that catch my interest, then move on to another board. More than likely I'll find nothing but on rare occasions, something good happens.

4chan has changed me a bit but I wouldn't say I'm actively affected by it. When I'm not browsing, it might as well not exist. I have some friends (enough for me), a good job and a solid relationship. SOMETIMES if I see the wrong hate thread I'll get a little depressed after taking in that much hate but I bounce back pretty quickly.

30/m here

I've been coming here pretty much since the boards inception. I had a pretty lonely and depressing childhood and 4chan gave me just the excuse I needed not to do anything with my life. I would browse until early in the mornings while playing games, watching anime and just generally being an anti-social nerd. I had absolutely no ambition because of constant self-doubt instilled in my by years of verbal and physical abuse at home and in public spaces.

Then I few years ago(about early 2013)I hooked up with this girl I'd known for a number of years. She didn't really have the greatest reputation in the small circle of friends I somehow had, but I didn't really give a shit. I was lonely and deathly afraid of dying alone. At first things are wonderful, sex is amazing, we have a fairly decent amount of common interests and we spend as much time together as possible. Now I'm actually starting to come out of my shell and finally finding the motivation to get my shit together. All is well.

Then everything goes to shit. She starts cheating on me and I start to crawl into myself and become the person I used to be. we break up at the end of 2014 and for a while I tried not to be too broken up about it because after all, I may be alone now but there's other fish in the sea right? I thought that way for a while but after almost hooking up with another chick a few months later but blowing it because even though she showed some interest in me, I decided to be a drunken-clingly asshat on her birthday, I realized that I had absolutely no social skills and the only real reason that my ex ever got with me is because I was a socially inept loser she felt like she could mold and control.

Now I'm back to browsing regularly and the small circle of friends I had has now turned into a small handful. I'm working this shitty job that I hate and I truly have no hope for the future. everyday is bland as fuck and I hate having to go to work and force myself to seem normal.

38/m
I discovered this site, kinda fell in love with the idea of it, then soon after gt really discouraged with the insane amount of trolling in those days. I recenly came back to see what's goin on her. Still checking it out honestly. And hoping to help with better content threads like this one.
Because porn sharing is ok or whatever, but I'd like some quality conversations too.

>>25423699
Sorry bro. I hope things get better for you. I am tad older, but the depression stuff keeps me down. I live alone with pets and have a job that I hate. But, I can't get the anxiety and depression under control to figure out what it is I am supposed to do with my life and get a job that does not depress me even further. I feel like I am just going through the motions of life because you are supposed to.

i'm 22 and i feel too old for this place desu

>>25422637
25 m

Any older kinky females still on here?

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Could you believe that I'm 28?

>>25422840
...that last sentence made you sound like a 200% pedophile, dude.

I'm 31, and nobody owes me anything, so the nice comments seem genuine on /soc/

>>25424912
I second this statement.

>>25424883
Yes.

>>25424952

Damn, you're one of the few, then.

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>>25422768
It's fun. My 70 something parents go too. I don't think I'll ever stop going. It's cultural, man.

I have always enjoyed cartoons, and they're stories just like any other. They are getting more and more complex as time goes on and Japanese animation had a huge lead on American animation in terms of themes and subjects they touched upon because the Comics Code stunted US comics for decades.

So Manga and Anime offer something new that the US can't culturally duplicate at the moment.

I like the women, I've just discovered Overwatch and like the cosplay for that, and I've always like transformers. It's just life.

If you like anime or comics you should find a con near you. Or visit comic book shop (before they die out lol)

>>25422719
Have kik?

>>25422893
What do you look like femanon?

>>25424135
Im not going to act like I have a fix for you, but I'm going to suggest what a lot of others suggest.

Go out and talk to people. I was home schooled and a homebody growing up though I had some interaction outside of home.

People who interacted on the regular growing up got to make mistakes when it didn't matter as much and they got skills that will always be 10 years or more advanced than yours and mine.

But you can get better. It will be rough but it will get better.

I just had my first date through Tinder. She was a 5/10, but she was nice and I was hyped up after a positive reception.

It'll be painful but use the hours you spend playing games or watching TV and go out and talk to people.

If you seem to be getting a negative reception, tell the truth. You're new to interacting with people and you want to get better talking to women.

Ask the woman you're talking to, and tell her you want her to be. Rurally honest, what did she like or dislike about your interaction, but only ask if things seem to be bombing.

You'll only get better with time. If it seems like things aren't improving, don't give up. Sometimes improvements come in spurts.

~that early 30s anon who still goes to anime conventions

29/ UK
I reckon I've been lurking for at least a decade now. It's only over the past year or two that I've actually started posting.

It's not a "safe place", is it?

But the people watching is to die for.

26/M

I usually just lurk around and have talked a few times around. Otherwise I just keep lurking. I feel it's the best that way cuz I am either socially shy or straight down perv.
I switch between those moods often so yeah. Reason of why I lurk. I enjoy seeing what others do mostly though, sometimes I leave 4chan for a while and then come back only to see a shit ton of repeated topics on different sections of the forum. Oh and 99% filled with porn... maybe therein lies the issue of my fucked up perv side.

>>25422840

Sounds like those girls are begging for the D who are you to deny them?

40 year old waifu here. I find it hard to relate to most people here, since I feel like I've lived so many different lives already. I also work full time and keep the home and meals in order when possible. And yet, I like the fleeting nature of chit chat on soc, no matter how meme-y, feelsy, lewd, or incendiary it may be. 4chan is my way of zoning out. I love the anonymity and the idgaf nature of the site in a way that other sites can't really provide.

I'm 25. Looking for random people to talk to.
Chat rooms suck. Just got off/ out of some shit.
So now I'm fucken bored all the time.
Love me hate me.

I've been trying to socialize here in the hopes of finding a woman interesting. Mostly because the kind of women I like most rarely go out, and when they do they have their guard up so much they're unapproachable. Sadly I have yet to find a woman in my age bracket. Which is sad considering I've lowered my standard on that considerably. I'd preffer 30+ but I've lowered it to 25+, still only get hits from women younger. It's pretty frustrating. Meh, maybe the next convention will work out for me.

>>25425534
I'm ten years younger than you but I'd be interested in chatting all the same. Makes a change.

>>25422773
Do you have skype? Mine is Atlas.Shrugged3

And I feel ya, 26 here, and 4chan seems to be filled with hip youngins who are above my head.

>>25425534
Please be my mommy

>>25425534
LEt's get lewd

>>25425818
Maybe. I was a totally different person at 30, though. I'm sure you're interesting, anon, but I was a workaholic, competitive AF person when I was 30. Now I'm way more chill and prioritize sleep and relationships way more than the monetary and power / position compensation of work. Does that relate at all to you?

>>25425844
Sure thing- although I have to be up in about five hours to catch a flight. What kinds of lewd things are you into? I feel like mine are fairly standard.
I am nursing a cold and sinus infection at the moment, and it is irritating because I miss sucking dick. A lot. My husband just bought me a dildo with balls so I can suck on it. Once I get my full strength back, that toy will be loads (ha!) of fun.

27 here. I have been lurking the various chans since 2006. It is hard to believe that much time has gone by. I mostly post on 4chan /o/ /out/ /diy/ because it fits my day to day hobbies. Married for 6 years and my relationship with my wife is still great. She is my only true friend. I tend to be very superficial with my relationships with others. I have other friends but they don't really know anything about me. I'm not sure what brings me to this site specificly. I think it satisfies my love of listening to others. Given the choice of listening of speaking I choose listening always. Lurking probably satisfies this. Idk just kind of rambling on now. Hit me up on Kik if anyone wants to chat

Kik- wexmexrex

>>25425905
I was competitive as fuck a few years ago but I feel myself becoming more and more lethargic now I'm settled into a career. If I'm being honest. I'm too comfortable.

>>25425905
I would love to talk to the IRL version of the mommy waifu twice my age. Do you have any contact info you're comfortable sharing?

Yup.

33/m here. Oldfag.

39/m/UK
Been coming here from pretty much the beginning I'd think. I don't really browse the old degenerate boards I used to years ago and tend to stick to a couple of threads on boards I have interests in /mu/sic /prod/uction /out/ /DIY/.
I still come here out of habit I guess and I find it a good way to waste an hour or so unwinding when I don't really feel like doing much after work.
It's nice to know there are other old anons about the place.

>>31/F here again

Anyone up to chat on kik about getting older and life in general? Not looking for anything sexual but it would be nice to have some people in my age range to chat with.

Post your kik and I will add if you feel up to it.

>>25426680

Heey sounds goood my kik is deviant86

Be nice chatting :)

>>25426680
Where are you from?

>>25426680
Hey femanon. My Gmail is [email protected]

I'm the English anon you first started talking to.

>>25426739
The english anon?

>>25426745
Nvm. Thought you were the one who had a brief marriage then divorced. You're the engaged one.

>>25426761
Umm ok

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>>25422654
Seconded, this new meme culture sucks though. I miss my Fingerbox.

>>25422719
Dope, but are you krillin or goku? I'm gonna be 27 in a few weeks.

>>25422773
You're only as old as you feel, I still enjoy the things I always have, but now from a new perspective. Video games bore me though, I'd much rather work on my book.

>>25424912
>>25422840
Nah, if their 19 their adult, but god kids are annoying right? Its still good to the ego to know they are into you. I steer clear of clubs nowadays.

>>25422887
r9k doesn't believe anyone belongs.

>>25422893
Damn that sounds really dark, we've all had darker days.

>>25423491
Meh, if you're a woman maybe, but if you're a guy you'll have better chances.

>>25426680
I'll be 27 on the 25th of this month.

When I started on 4chan I was still playing maplestory like 10 years ago, became a chaturbate camwhore, a lab rat, personal trainer, so many phases, yet none of them changed my core being. Now I feel so much wiser than ever and virtuous.

Soc has gotten weird too, rate threads every 3 seconds makes me feel like the world's going south, i just don't get the culture of needing validation I guess. Was into it for a bit and got bored.

How many of you guys still celebrate your birthdays? They seemed to have lost meaning for me for a little while, but the moment my god daughters came into my life that changed it all.

Now I am a writer and am working on my second book, a bit late but I am proud of myself for finishing something I've been putting off forever.

>Tldr;
Male/26/Black NOT Single
kik: BasaraOnCam

Kik: Nyahfullpint

28 m ukfag here
Been dipping in and out of 4chan for maybe 10 years, started on /b/ then moved to /sp/ and /tg/; don't think it's done me any lasting harm though it certainly hasn't done me much good.
Glad I've gravitated towards /soc/ in the past year though as it has helped me immensely deal with the lack of intimacy in my marriage.

>>25425905
did you make your flight?

>>25426794
>as it has helped me immensely deal with the lack of intimacy in my marriage.

How do you find women react when you tell them you're married? Do some quite like it?

>>25426799
It seems to make me more of a 'prize' I guess in some ways, and it also seems to help them let their guard down and be a bit more flirty etc as they figure nothing will happen anyway.
Honestly not sure if I'd still be in my marriage if I didn't have the pseudo-anonymous escapism of exchanging lewds on SC

>>25425995
That's why I changed my career at 30. I wasn't learning anything anymore, only looking forward to that next promotion, raise, bonus. But for what? I had no time to learn new things or to be scared and brave. It's tough, but I've learned how to push myself into the deep end a few times. I highly recommend it- only if you have a good lifeguard around to save you from completely drowning (apologies for extended analogy.)

>>25426009
I haz contact info. I do not have interest in being fetishized as something I'm not, though.

>>25426796
I did, thanks! Adrenaline and coffee keeping me on my toes, despite wishing for more time in bed.

>>25426816
It's nice to have the attendant status of a "career", but if you don't enjoy your work in of itself, it's difficult to be driven purely by money.

(I'm the person you were chatting to about all this - care to exchange contact info?)

>>25426837
Wanna keep chatting on the thread for a bit? I see your anon Gmail account but haven't set up a new one yet. Off to see a dear friend from the past. Check ya later!

>>25426879
Sounds fine by me. Have fun with the friend anon.

>>25425534
Another 40-something lady here and also feel disconnected with most people in /soc. A lot more comfortable in /lgbt but even there I seem to be the "granny".

>>25422682
>>25422680
>>25422658
>>25422641
Kek what idiots


Op I'm 25. Hardly feel like age makes a difference though. I've always been more mentally and emotionally mature than my peers, from when I was a teen to today. It's called "an old soul" or some shit. Anyways I still get the same joy and amusement out of fourchin as I always have. It's a great website.
I'm a little sad about being old but my body is in great shape and I still get carded when I buy alcohol

Tl;dr 25 female life is good

>>25427043
OP here.

What particular examples can you give of being more mature than your peers? Not doubting it necessarily, just curious as to what you're referring to.

Did you think it made it more difficult to relate to people?

And I guess for a girl, growing older has more hazards and potential pitfalls than it does for a guy. Especially post 30?

>>25422893
This is pretty much me.
I've been off 4chan for the past 3 years, just busy with work and school.
Now I'm unemployed, figuring out what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life since I already wasted so much time.

I don't have a lot of real life friends because I focused so much on other aspects in my life. So I post my kik username once in a while, but then I realize I don't actually want to talk to anybody, it just feels nice having people interested in talking to you.

Anyway, I'm just gonna go post naked pics of myself now since I have nothing to lose and nothing better to do.

>>25427064
you have such a typical neckbeard-chan personality, I can tell just by the things you said and how you said them. Why would aging affect me more simply because I am a woman? You think I give a fuck what society says? You think aging and life is actually that vastly different for men and women? Cuz it's not. I have no qualms about aging, really, other than the simple fact that I cannot turn back time. But no one can. That's a fact of being a living creature on this earth.

Anyways.. I'm not going to explain to you emotional or mental maturity, sorry. I've just always seeked answers and knowledge. I've never been one to just follow my peers blindly and hop onto fads or whatever just because it was popular. I've always been more "nerdy," preferring to spend an off-day in the library rather than wearing short shorts to the mall to get ogled by creeps with a bunch of other ignorant girls my age.
I just have my own set of values and goals, and my life has been a long series of events leading to uncovering more and more personal truths.
Whereas, for many of my peers, fitting in to society and being well-liked is more of the life goal

>>25426825
same
tough to get up this morning
responsibilities hit and I'm at it
forwent caffeine. adrenaline has me up

where'd you fly to if you don't mind?

>>25427064
Not that poster, I'm >>25426978. There's a huge maturity gap I see between the early 20 people I meet and us "old" anonettes. Granted part of that may be due to the life I lived but still I see younger anons as more superficial, less dedicated to a work ethic and unattached from social problems.

Now granted they may be living life while they're young, but sooner or later these things need to be addressed.

>>25427121
Sounds like a vicious cycle.

>>25427127
Sounds like a salty /cgl/ whore.

>>25427136
I'm not salty, bro, I literally just said I love life. Shits one big amazing roller coaster. I have only grown happier with age and experience, and the opportunities to live out my dreams and meet amazing people. 4chan has been there the whole way, since I was a suicidal teenager with no hope for the workd

>>25427144
Kek. So you are actually a cosplayer?

>>25427136
>Sounds like a salty /cgl/ whore.

Sounds like I hit a raw nerve.

Notice how much of her post was devoted to talking about how she's actually really good looking and has a great body. Even though it has next to no relevance to what everyone else has been posting.

>>25427133
The arrested state of adolescence is real.

>>25427147
Literally none of my post was about looks....

>>25427146
Holy shit, abdou, take your meds

>>25427147
I just want to know what it is that makes /cgl/ such easily identifiable bitches on any other board.

Spoiler. You aren't the cast of mean girls. You're losers who dress up as cartoon characters or in absurdly overpriced frilly ageplay costumes. Kill yourselves.

>>25427157
>>25427146
lol I didn't even know what /cgl/ was for. I don't have the time, money, nor interest to get into cosplay. I've always thought it was kind of stupid, but I don't like to talk shit about things that bring joy to others that don't hurt me in any way

>>25427147
I like how you made a retarded sexist comment, and when I addressed that comment and asked you to elaborate on it, you literally pull shit from your ass.

Why not expand on why you think aging is "worse" for females? Please enlighten us all. I'm sure you have a lot of interesting things to say about it.

>>25427147
>The arrested state of adolescence is real.
I hope not. I remember back then we were sort of stuck in that superficial state but eventually moved on. I hope these people do too.

Unfortunately I see more late-20's acting the same way.

I don't know whether it affects anyone else or if it's really becoming a universal thing now but my mid to late-20's have been characterised by a real deep melancholy. Couldn't be described as depression as it doesn't stop be functioning but just really limited enjoyment of anything and lack of desire to progress or better myself in any way.
Maybe just me but then again maybe not

>>25427176
It's too easy to stay like this, and too hard to grow up. Consider how difficult it is to even own a property in a metropolitan area these days, let alone raise a family.

Obviously many years ago, people simply didn't have the option to completely alienate themselves from society to the degree that we do. They didn't have ersatz social simulators like imageboards and forums. And if someone wasn't pulling his weight, he'd likely get his ass kicked.

So I don't hold out much hope. I'm just as guilty of it anyway.

>>25427198
The best catharsis is a good book. Go to /lit/.

>>25427205
>continues to ignore my posts

If you had any hope of meeting a girl from this thread, I hope you realize that your efforts have been Rather hapless

>>25427220
Ok autismo. If you want a reply, here you go:

>Why not expand on why you think aging is "worse" for females?

Because your fertility window is narrower. Simple as that.

>>25427228
Gotcha. I don't want to have children. Reproducing may be a biological imperative, but we have been granted intelligence and an incredibly powerful psyche. We can all choose exactly what we do with our vessels during our time on earth.
You should view women as more than just means of reproduction; just as we view men as more than just a supplier of sperm.
We clearly have different world views, but I feel a little sad to think yours might be limiting you and contributing to your depression and feelings of isolation

>>25427220
Nigga you are obsessed. Stop shitting up the thread.

>>25427243
>the 1 ID to back up drunk abdou
Ok Pierre

>>25427239
That's fair enough, but a large number of women don't feel the same way you do. And for many of them, aging entails a race against time to find a suitable partner to settle down with.

Which is especially difficult in this day and age given how fleeting a lot of relationships are, as I'm sure a number of women will testify.

>>25427271
That really sucks :/ it is something I've thought about a lot more. In truth, I am very thankful to be free of that one particular stressor. I imagine that would add a lot of anxiety and stress to someone's life. A race against the clock. Yeah. Shame. I would like to see more women empowered and in charge of their lives.

>>25427279
This is going to sound really autistic but, if you take a purely material look at this world, not to get too edgy, we are essentially more advanced bipedal apes than our most immediate taxonomically distinct ancestors (a few amino acids are the difference between ape shouts and actual spoken language formation).

We give words like "reason" to describe how we think, but it has been argued that this is just an abstraction to justify deterministic elements of our nature through mental gymnastics (that we're all familiar with). Even something like art has its roots in instinct and nature, it's just that over time, we abstracted ourselves away from that baser natural instinct with increasingly elaborate manifestations of it (first cave paintings, first stone arrangements, first basic architecture, first multi-story architecture, st. peter's basilica and so on).

It may seem sobering but it depends on how you look at it. You can see it as evidence of how powerful and awe-inspiring human nature is, or you can take the half-empty view of thinking it's pretty dismal that we're so albatross-ed by our nature.

>>25426978
Yes. I have to say that I like the humor from 20-somethings, which is part of the reason I keep coming back here. That sounds sad, but memes amuse me. XD

>>25427129
I'm in the Seattle area visiting friends. He used to be my boss, and then his wife, an artist, got sick. They picked up and moved to an island near here so they could maximize enjoying their time together, enjoying a simpler life. I admire them.

Good luck with your day, anon! I try not to drink too much caffeine, either. But coffee is tasty.

>>25427205
Talk to us about the last cathartic book you read? I am fond of readers and writers, especially those who use their expanded vocabularies.

>>25427321
I read an abridged version of the Golden Bough. Even abridged it was kind of dense to be honest, and I had to constantly keep referring to my dictionary of mythology to actually understand the references. Really interesting theory of early religion, but I wouldn't recommend it if you wanted something more cathartic. Maybe some of Borges short stories instead? Or one of Murakami's earlier novels like Hard Boiled Wonderland? Magical realism also hits me hard for some reason.

>>25427309
Yes anon. I have wrestled with these notions and let them guide me into some very interesting discoveries. Life is frivolous, we are all here out of pure happenstance of some very lucky factors that aligned in the right way billions of years ago and resulted in organic life! I revel in the fact that I, this vessel and all the things associated with it, am alive today to experience the hunger, the thirst, the drive to live and succeed.
I am really fascinated with our current society and culture. Culture and social interaction is the biggest influential factor humans face!

>>25427239
Aging is getting older
Arthritis
Lower metabolic rate

>>25427321
right on
yea. working through
never know, may just make it
or may not o_o

>>25427341
See, I'm not so sure it's purely a matter of chance though, at least as it relates to us as humans who inhabit settled agricultural civilizations. Our existence also owes a lot to our ancestors, they are quite literally the reason we exist and have a peaceful and prosperous nation (relatively speaking).

In this context, religious practices like ancestor worship actually make a lot of sense to me. They are examples of humans ritualistically paying some sort of recompense to the cause of why they're there, as families or wider kinship groups.

>Culture and social interaction is the biggest influential factor humans face!

I don't necessarily agree here, but we'll agree to disagree.

>>25427380
The chance I am talking about is referring to the very first life forms that existed billions of years ago lmfao of course our literal ancestors (100 years ago) are repsonisble for our existence. Holy shit, this is like trying to have a discussion with a six year old.
Sorry, I can't deal with your autism. Good luck in your life. I hope you achieve your dreams.

>>25427417
My ultimate point is that people who came before you had to fight and suffer for you to exist. Of course if you go back far enough it's all bio-chemistry, but human history is more relateable to us than some damn amoebas.

Your mood swings remind me of someone on here I can't quite remember or place. I'll have to have a think about that.

>>25427427
Don't hurt yourself.

>>25427436
>still dealing with it

>>25427436
I'll try not to.

32/m/uk

Social life fizzled away after school, and most of my online friends are grodnards who don't want to meet for whatever reason. I'd love to do more IRL but i have a constant nagging sensation that i don't belong mixed with a bit of social anxiaty and being a quiet person makes finding new friends hard.

Still into anime, gaming, /tg/ junk. etc.

>>25422637
I'm 31. I've been coming to 4chan since like 2006. Originally just /b/ but that shit is cancer these days. Mainly just /lit/ /v/ /gif/ and shit posting on /pol/

>>25427442
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=OX0OARBqBp0

>>25427602
That fellow sure does have a pleasant voice.

>>25427661
>that fellow
I hate you

>>25427690
Take it easy.

>>25427661
This lady has a real nice voice as well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0X3CLJVMJU

>>25426680
Wth. Why not. Psxburn.

Im gonna be 39. M. Been lurking and posting a looooong time. Its gone downhill and slightly back up hill. Always good for a chuckle, and the occasional good time. Its like crack. Ya just cant kick it

>>25426680

Sure I could use a decent conversation
kik wizardofozark

>>25426680
kik: uicemam
one chance no regrets

>>25427157
Are you okay? Who hurt you?

I'm turning 30 soon and I feel like my life is a mess. I've had to deal with deaths, relationship breakdowns, watching friends make terrible decisions and now I feel like I'm just floating around. This isn't my mid life crisis is it? It's too early.

>>25422773
wow you are gorgeous

>>25424883
your face proportions give it away.

29 directionless dude here

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>>25428156
???
(ignore trash, I'm at my bfs...)

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>>25422637
29, feeling old and ronery

>>25428353
got kik?

>>25428353
You need sleep, I barely sleep 5 hours a night and I have those dark circles

>>25428353
Hnnnnnng
M O M M Y

>>25428353
Ronery, huh? I know exactly what that's like.

>>25428171
Ditto,
been browsing /soc/ since it came to be, used to very rarely browse soc before that, which i learned about from a 13 year old kid from Australia i don't even remember how long ago

>>25428341
>ignores BF to post selfie on 4chan
>wants us to ignore bf trash

Is t bad that I don't give a fuck.?

You still look amazing sweetness

>>25428668
thanks!!! you're very sweet <3

>>25428341
God you're beautiful!

>>25422654
>ruined me
Grow up faggot.

>>25428353
You look like my mom and she's 52.

this thread is like an aa meeting
you oldfags are fucking depressing

>>25429102
That's what life does to you.

>>25422637
yep, 27 here. i probably started visiting 4chan at 23/24 (only started browsing /soc/ this year).

i still enjoy reading shitposts on a few of the other boards, but then i lurk discord or kik and it's "kek", "snek", "ree", "normies", "thots", and attempted meme images everywhere and when i realized people actually IM this way too, it was (and still is) a pretty odd moment for me.

for some reason i kind of expected there to be a difference between posting in a thread and IM's. i have not joined any of the voice chats, but it would really blow my mind if people actually spoke these phrases out loud.

it has made me realize why none of my old irl friends browse or respond to this stuff. they probably find it just as odd that i still look at this stuff.

>26f
been here for a couple of years, weirdly enough it improved my life. I met some really great friends from here, so I actually had friends for once, and I even met my now partner here and we've been living together for about six months now. It feels weird seeing 18 year old girls posting and they look fucking sixteen, thats the only weird thing for me.

I mostly post /toy/ /lgbt/ and /ck/

optimistic cynic, 27 female, married etc
kik is ladyrowsdower for chatty folk who also want to smile/smoke as the world burns

26 year old anon who's been on this shithole since 2005.

We gettin' old senpai.
How much longer until I get breakfast cheaper than usual?


Fuck this place.... Why can't I leave?

>>25422637
Cool blog post. Please leave.

>>25422887
Post nudes

>>25423541
You missed the glory days mate

29 year old anon here from Serbia, been around since 2005 mostly on /m/, /gd/ and /g/.

>tfw soon 30+

>>25428083
Shut up.

>>25422773
25 here, did the opposite and started going to Reddit instead of 4chan as I got older.

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>>25423074
cheers bud

>>25428353
Very pretty. You should take a nap leaning up against my shoulder, while we cuddle.

>>25422637
Married in the process of divorce and sad.
33 m. Feel free to chat. or dont. whatever.
Kik trappistmonk123

>>25431509
>>25428948
wtf is a want to bang your mom now

>still attracted to girls in their late teens and early 20s
>realize I'm almost 29
>realize I have absolutely nothing in common with a 22 year old
I've been single for damn near 5 years now, haven't had sex since last December, and I'm kind of just scratching my head like.... what the fuck do I do to get a date these days? Do people even date anymore or do they go straight to fucking? I feel like I'm going to infinitely get friend zoned because I'm trying to get to know the girl to see if they're worth being in a relationship with and that involves being friendly.

>>25422707
>>25422637

31 here and I have been working with young kids for a while. 16 and up. At first it was awkward because I am the old guy. But after a while it got easier. I think the hardest part is looking at them as equals but then also thinking that they are kids. You'll get used to it. I feel more connected with that generation and it has helped in raising my daughter.

In fact, one of the 18 year olds i worked with I became really good friends with and are friends outside of work.

You just have to figure out that age is not the bump in the road, it's getting over the age gap in your mind.

>>25432951
Dude people talk about friend zone like it's a bad thing. It's saving you from that "how do I end this bullshit" and yeah you're doing it to yourself. Sure it can happen to a young person because they don't know how to make a move, but once you know that, then it's just like you said, getting to know them to figure out if they're worth dating, though it's more like if your compatible enough.

Basically it's just part of growing up, and the reason for casual sex. Go to a club that plays music you like find a horny SOBER chic and see if she wants to fuck that night. That is if you need to scratch that itch. As for the relationship be patient and keep on keepin on bra.

Though I can't get why there is more young people than us in the itm threads. They don't know what they want and I'd be surprised if they know how to meet safely. Kinda scary IMO

Alll this ^ iw why I keep coming back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI19vYTWeok

27/m here
Been on 4chan since around 2004 or so. I've spent a majority of the time lurking with the occasional shitpost at least. Not to be cliche but I find zero in common with most of the people I speak to on this site. Maybe it's just because I went from a neet to somewhat functional adult and I'm hyper cynical about people. I've had some serious problems in my life from homelessness to marriage falling apart due to infidelity. Not to be woe is me - I'm fine, just the problems of 18 year old shits online who think they understand the world seen petty to me. Too many smug ass teens in all the threads(especially the women. The guys are just all horny and thirsty as fuck).
I'll leave my kik or something if people want to talk. Maybe someone closer to my age could be interesting.

I guess I'll post my 2cents on here.

I'm 33, gonna be 34 come October, honestly don't feel that old. I have a good paying job, I live on my own, on good terms with my family, and have a small circle of friends whom I stay in regular contact with.
And yet, for some reason or another, I still feel depressed. Like there is something lacking.
I've pretty much given up on the dating scene, can't seem to find any girls that are not completely bat-shit. I browse through Okcupid and Tinder and I swear to god half of the girls on there have some goddamn septum piercing and dyed hair. So utterly tired of seeing that shit, give me a plain ass, boring girl at this point. I rather date a trap at this point; at least they actually give a damn about their appearance.
Yeah, I'm a bit drunk while typing this too.

>>25433534
I get quality women are lacking in our society but don't start with that trap shit. And yes, it's gay

>>25433695
Well duh, I fully acknowledge it's incredibly gay.

>>25426816
How about if I fetishize you for something you are?

My kik is VladTaltos

I am 30, i rely on my job to be social, out of work - near zero human contact.
i had 3 weeks off last month, 2 text msgs in, 1 out. no calls. nothing else really.

I like finding people on the internet to talk to, but it seems when i tell them my age it will often end the conversation quickly. They become disinterested.

Do others have this problem?

>>25433757

yeap. 35 here.
Most people just go silent then disconnect/go away pretty fast.
It's like damn. What happened. I'm essentially the same as I was in my early 20s but I guess age is a number.

>>25422637
F/26/Camwhore
I post nudes for my own pleasure, but find the amount of negative feedback a deterant anymore. Many lurkers want pics of barely 18 high school seniors-- mature women are a complete turn off. Perhaps I should start my own /Milf/ thread?

>>25422908
I agree with this 100%. I would be a real life slut as opposed to an internet one if it weren't for this healthy outlet for my sex drive and a social need to interact with others sexually.

>>25423001
I agree with the points made here too--- this community reminds a lot of burner culture.

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>>25422637
Guess i fall under this umbrella as well

32m, been here...awhile

perpetual smart ass who likes chatting with random sassy f or m

kik is tallnfit7

once you drop the hardcore stuff n go nofap noporn for a bit your brain does readjust and yearn for more normal type human interaction. You are still somewhat fucked up but not nearly as bad anymore. my 2cents

>>25434056
>I would be a real life slut as opposed to an internet one if it weren't for this healthy outlet for my sex drive and a social need to interact with others sexually.

I'm the guy you're replying to with that comment.

...Isn't that a good thing? That you have an outlet like this and don't go out getting drunk and screwing around?

>>25432803
Sorry to hear about your divorce dude. What prompted it?

>>25422637
I feel like the demographic changed but in different ways than the age group. A lot dumber and uninteresting now.

The strongest evidence of the youthful immaturity I see is willful ignorance and shaming any form of logic. It's especially bad on /v/ and /b/. This is probably as much the normie invasion as it is age, though. It's pretty obvious from the way they communicate that they havent lurked enough.

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I'm 30, don't mind the head. Just a scuff from a fight

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>>25434598
Had a pic without the head trauma, forgot

>>25434593
It's virtually impossible to have a discussion about video games on /v/.

Would be cool to have an over 25s video game community, I think it would filter a lot of the platform fanboyism out.

>>25434598
>I get into fights at age 30 but don't pay attention to this picture of my beat up face that I purposely selected, it's no big deal

Are you sure you're not 18?

>>25434638
Pretty sure I'm 30. If you ever left the house you'd know drunk fucks at a bar will hit you.

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>>25422773
>>25428341
I turned 31 a few days ago. In my late twenties I lost 30 pounds of fat, and gained a little bit of muscle, hoping it would make dating easier. It has made zero difference and seeing cute femanons ruins my day.

>>25434676
You look as ornery as Louis ck. Maybe that's effecting your dating life

>>25434604
Do you live in Kentucky or Alabama? I forgot. I've always liked seeing your photos anon

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>>25434683
I just crawled through my pictures, which I do from time to time because I'm constantly trying to figure out a better look, and I think I need to trim my mustache because as it goes down the side of my mouth it resembles a frown.

When I was losing weight I went from salon to barbershop to salon asking them to get creative and give me something that would make me look good. I would go four or five months without a haircut so they would have a nice blank canvas to work with. And every time they gave me something terrible and looked 90% identical to what I had all through my twenties.

>>25434676
try /fit/ full steam ahead my friend ur life will never be the same

>>25434686
Georgia

>>25434696
Oh nice

>>25434692
I hate to sound cliche, but if you don't feel good inside you won't look good outside, no matter how you look. Does that make sense? Even if you look like shit but have a pleasant and happy demeanor, people will be drawn to u

>>25434712
Post a pic? I have been posting here for years. Seems like you know me

>>25422637
Any older submissive females want to chat about experiences/kinks etc.? 25/Dom Male

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>>25434723
I can't argue with that. But how do you feel good inside? I spent a large part of my twenties doing my own thing, trying to find happiness without women and then realized near the end I just threw away my most valuable decade and STILL didn't get that happiness.

>>25422637
F/NY/24 Kik: roxannesummers123

>>25434739
Damn, I'm sorry. You sound like a cool dude and you're pretty attractive. I hope you find that happiness. Treat yourself to things that make you happy and feel good. Best of luck m8

>>25434638
Lel.

>>25434750
>25+ anons/femanons

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I'm 30 in 11 days and I've just recently realized just how short life is.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressed or anything. It's... serious. I mean death. Not sad, not terrifying. Serious.

Anyone else has that? Or remember having?

kik me: true.aluminium.love

Sup people. M/30 here. Hows everyone today

>>25436485
Dead

There's a discord group for older peeps but its pretty quiet.
https://discord.gg/DjZNvTQ

I'm approaching 33 years old and I feel like a blank void more than ever.

I live alone, virgin, with no passions or hobbies. My daily grind consists of going to work, coming back home, and playing video games until I fall asleep. I don't even feel any pleasure in gaming anymore - I merely do it to kill time. Nothing entertains or entices me. I tried a few classes/activities at the local cultural center but all of them were bullet-in-the-head boring.

Strictly speaking I'm a "success" in that I have food, shelter, and a cushion of spare money. I could keep myself alive until I die of old age or cancer, whichever happens first.

But as far as I'm concerned, I feel like a failure. All this time spend alive, and I have no identity, nothing that defines me. I'm as wallflower as they come, plain and bland, and ultimately I feel disillusioned in the world.

Sorry. I guess I got carried away.

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>>25437760
Yep, life is vain if you don't connect with people or have a "task" you want to commit to.

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>>25437760
what you just described is clinical depression, also except for the part about being a virgin you sound like me a year ago.
you should talk to a professional about it. im not gonna tell you to get medicated because i personally hate the idea of being reliant on meds to be a fully functional human, but you do need to find whats causing it and get yourself sorted out.
for me it was my self imposed isolation, and as soon as i started forcing myself back into the world i started feeling alive again. for most it isnt that easy but there is literally no reason not to at least try to find what youre missing.
even if you fail, at least you can say you gave it a shot.

oldfags may like this group kik group by the way

>>25438175

>>25438187
Glad to hear you improved bro.

For many people, it's just an endless emptiness, so they don't think of it as depression per se.

kik me: likemikehock ;)

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26 yo here. Feel fucking old and wasted

>>25437760
IKnowThatFeelBro.png
I read books instead of video games, but the feel is almost the same
>>25438187
>forcing myself back into the world
I'm depressive af, can't feel joy, hate most of my world, I don't have any fucking friend and I've being like that since 5 years ago. How could I force myself back into the world? where did you start?

32, male, came here 2-3 years ago because of the nudes on soc.

I have a job and a good relationship. I've never tried to _talk_ here, partly bc a lot here isn't school english (i'm from europe, non-uk), partly bc fun attracts me, not friendship or good conversations - stupid i guess.

Turning 25 next month. Male.

I don't really feel out of my element here considering most threads don't revolve around age-specific topics. I've always felt like most people that are still active here are people like myself who have been here since the mid 2000's. I don't normally post here or on r9k so maybe that's why, idk.

4chan fills a void of social interaction for me. I work full time and have no friends IRL and obviously no gf. Live with my parents. Short and overweight too. No means of finding friends or a potential gf so I've basically come to terms on living alone in my future which all things considered is best for me. I've been trying to improve myself through taking up exercising, which is about the only thing that makes me feel good anymore. I work out 7 days a week and have lost 20lbs in the past 4 months or so which is great for me. At least I have that.

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Same problems as all of you. I've tried EVERYTHING to fix it. I haven't been able to. None of you would make an effort if i started something. I know because I've tried countless times online and irl. No dice. Everyone gets what they ultimately deserve. Or something like that.

>>25427690 pls be in
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>>25422719
Your ID is very fortuitous. Also I like your eyes.

Got discord or kik?

>>25434056
pls see this
>>25440774

>>25426978 A
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>>25426786 R
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>>25434750 A

I'm a 25/f but going to pretend I'm 23/f online until 30. Then I'll be 29 until 40. I've got it all figured out.

>>25440998
I'm a 25/m bored. Want to chat? Kik jdilla414

>>25429206
How did you actually make friends from here? Do you mean irl or online ones? I have online acquaintances but none I feel I could really call a friend. party because I'm shit at conversation. or mostly

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hi everyone

>>25440998
Where you from delayed-aging femanon?

>>25422637
31 M
Have always had dark sunset of humor so the chans are a natural place.

Maybe it's because we've been here forever, but taking a hard look at life and and actually planning for the future has really disconnected me from most of the people who I was friends with IRL. The inane chatter on faceberg just irritates me, but with the physical distance between everyone now, that's all that happens. Normal posts only get likes, deeper talk or politics just starts fights. Ppl admit to not having grown up yet and tell me I'm "adulting" well. I do the 9-5 home to work to home so the focus it's not there to start a new social group. So I came in soc.

>>25440998
Ha ha, that's awesome
Whatever works for you

>>25422719
>Let's talk. Also my Skype is 'wheelzism' if you have skype.
"wheelizm" is a no-go, pun'kin. Try again.

>>25422773
>>was feeling kinda old
LOL! You kids are killing me!

>>25422787
>I'm 39!
Still way young!

Just a 35 male that's bored and been surfing this place for awhile. Time flies. I look back at all the friends I didn't make and think eh

>>25425534
>>25426978
The 40's are still young. Pushing 60 here, act like a 30-something until the body tells me different.

>>25428948
Post a picture on Mom. She's in my age range.

>>25441998
Also I'd love to see some ladies that are over 25.

>>25440774
I am
American. Why?

>>25442045
What the fug is a 60 something woman doing on 4chan.

Honestly. What do you get out of this place?

36m nj
Kik Jerzey81 hit me up females only plz

>>25442097
>What the fug is a 60 something <strikethrough>woman</strikethrough> doing on 4chan.

Male. I'm a dude, and 4Chan isn't just for kids

>>25440998
hehe
best part of fucking 29 year olds...
Guessing how long they've been 29 ^_^

>>25441064
hello beautiful
I believe in equality, so... um.. nice shirt?

28/ female

Been on 4chan for ten years now, not sure why I still come back.

I'm stuck between continuing a mediocre job or finding one in NYC so I can afford to buy a home. Not sure I want that.

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28 MtF

2 kids, girlfriend, good job ...

Mostly just come here to try and find people to talk to on Kik when I'm bored. Sometimes post nudes. -shrug-

>>25443093
One year younger than me.

Considered a professional qualification?

31/M, virgin. I'm mostly here for vidya.

Probably going to Amsterdam to get a prostitute. Anyone have experience with that?

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32/m/718

Finished grad school at the end of May, told HR I'm finishing by December so I've been spending a lot of time reading. Nothing takes away a person's enthusiasm for being tested, graded, and evaluated on what you can willingly retain.

I've figured out how to get just enough done at work so I can duck out and put off the looming existensial crisis of approaching middle age while under a tree, at a museum or playing the 'I wonder what they do for a living' game while on foot or on the train. I'm lying to HR, whats THEIR excuse for being at the Met before noon?

If anyone can relate, feel free to send ransom letters and irreverent musings to [email protected]

>>25443093
Do you currently live in NYC. If you don't, it's not really worth moving there imho unless you have a network to keep you same.

>>25443371
I dont. I know some people who live there, but only in that I work with them now. It seems like it's where all the jobs are, but I don't really want to work or live there.

28/m australian
constantly feel like being dead
sometimes dont feel like being dead but still self loathing
looking for work and come here to know im not alone

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31/m here.

I felt old when /soc/ first started (I would have been what, 23/24 then?) and when I was most active as a tripfag (remember when /soc/ allowed tripcodes?) and later a camwhore.

I haven't been on in a good 3-4 years now, but I decided to check out how my old stomping grounds were doing, and it's slower than ever, and even more depressing.

Congrats!

>>25443448
U have a specialization for the jobs u want? If you have friends in other more liveable cities and nothing keeping you around NYC, go there. Pitts and Philly ain't bad.

34/m french
I like the chan-culture desu: the edgy humor, the outrageous memes, the anonymity, etc. Besides the aggressiveness, this is the very welcoming place from my POV. I don't really care about the age gap; I know it's probably quite sad that I have the same fears and hopelessness than youngsters...

4ch improved my life, and I have met more smart, helpful people than assholes at the end. But I'd recommend this site only for beta losers like me, otherwise it's too toxic.
Before starting to browse 4ch daily (~4 years ago), my life was even shittier: no ambition, no drive to have sexual relationships, still living with parents, almost no friends. I was just fired from a miserable below low-wage job, I was losing interests in my hobbies and I was so stunned to realize how I wasted my twenties doing nothing that it made me depressed even more. It was my lowest point: stucked on /b/ everyday for months, watching porn, thinking about suicide as my only future...
Now, my life is still similar overall, but there are few improvements due to browsing this site : I have 1 close friend IRL, and few close online friends from /soc/. Finally meeting /lbgt/ people made me feel less lonely and more at ease being bi: nowadays I'm seeking a bf. I also started to being more proud of myself; swimming & lifting a bit tx to /fit/, etc.
Without this site, not only I would feel more dead inside, but I'd be dead literally.

32 and feel old af as the kids would say.

I can't even online dating because I don't have a million pic of myself because I find myself unattractive and don't like looking at myself. The only known picture of myself not taken by a government agency in the past 10 years is me in the crowd at a concert.

Also being old I'm too used to the ancient internet rules of not posting your real name or personal information on the internet.

I've been single for almost 11 years now and have pretty much accepted my forever alone status. Hell a girl I have a crush on called me cute and I just looked at her like she was insane.

Wtf is wrong with me?

>>25443448
Are you slutty?

I'm glad I'm not the only 30+ that browses

>>25428341
Gorgeous

Why are 4chan girls always so sexually depraved?

What's the deal with that?

>>25444793
Similar reason why the men are

>>25444810
>too much exposure to internet porn from a young formative age
>low self-esteem

What else?

>>25428353
I doubt you're still on this thread and I ain't trying to creep but one thing I like on girls is pretty eyes and yours are like a 10/10. They're absolutely beautiful.

>>25444817
That's about it.... plus probable sexual abuse in childhood

>>25444936
>plus probable sexual abuse in childhood

Why is it so common among femanons?

>>25440689
I got you, I'll be here. Drop your contact and I'll message

How does it feel that reality will win the race against your coping at some point and that you crossed the point of no return which means you will never have a place in the tribe.

>>25428353
Good Lord take a nap
Also are those blue scrubs? Because if that's the reason no sleep then carry on

>>25442045
>The 40's are still young. Pushing 60 here, act like a 30-something until the body tells me different.
Most of my relationships have been with older women. Good for you. Keep pushing ahead as long as you can. I have 17 years to get to your point and I still feel young.

>>25444969
It's common among guys too, most of them don't talk about it... why do you think it's common for women? Are you retarded or really too stupid to fit the puzzle together?
Because people view children as something less than human, as something they can control and rule around. Especially pervy old men.

>>25445638
Are you slutty yourself?

>>25445744
What does that even mean and how is it relevant?

>>25445762
Are you promiscuous?

>>25445807
No, I'm not. Are you?

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28. I'm actually not a fan of this site and it's "culture" like I was when I was in High School. I mostly just poke around /cgl/ during con season for the cons I attend and work for. Also lurk /tg/'s NaNo thread in Nov. Occasionally I'll hit up other boards, but a lot of stuff for my interests seems to be shitposting central, like the animu and game boards.

I started coming to /soc/ in the days of trips when even for a camwhore containment board it was a bit more social. We used to have age 25+ chat threads but the place has slowly gravitated towards its original purpose and for someone who isn't into any of the exhibitionism or hookup culture this board is known for at all, I feel out of place most of the time lul.

What's everyone come here for, anyway?

>>25446064
Come to 4chan, /b/ to kill time and for the lolz, go to /k/ for reasons. Been popping in and out of /soc/ for about 6 years now. Originally came for camwhores and hookup threads. But what keeps me coming are like minded girls and guys pouring out their thoughts like they'd never do irl. Even though I still never seem to find conversations here. Just nice knowing I'm not the only one like how i feel irl

>>25446064
im 28 and in socal, I've always known cons as places for nerds to hookup. not too fun really.

i mostly come here to post about guns, tech and fashion.

>>25446064

i come here looking for love, knowing ill never find it.

>>25446064
27 in a week. I know what you mean. I'm coming here for pretty much the same reason, even though 4chan holds virtually no appeal to me anymore. I poke around /an/ and /soc/ but I never find very social people on here.

As a guy that legit just wants to hang out and talk with people when I'm not working, it's disappointing that this whole place is just dudes looking for the fug.

44/m/Cali
Been here since 07 i think? It is an easy distraction really. I find it a good time waster when bored or have down time at work. I try not to be generation gapped...but sometimes it's hard. I don't fit any of the typical types. I'm married with a career and a home and car and all the associated bullshit that goes along with them. I'm not sure I've ever really looked for anything significant on here, more like I fell down the rabbit hole and just stuck around.
If anyone wants to shoot the shit I'm on kik mrcali55

>>25446064
>I mostly just poke around /cgl/ during con season for the cons I attend and work for.
>someone who isn't into any of the exhibitionism or hookup culture this board is known for at all

I'm surprised. Aren't cosplayers usually into all of that stuff?

>>25446064
Tfw no cosplayer gf to physically abuse.

>>25422637
Yeah. the only thing harder than being 31 is being pretty exclusively into younger women, but finding this generation almost impossible to spend any time around.
It's not my fault, my parents just aged too well, and I've never had a date, so I feel like I have to start younger, y'know? At step 1. Dating someone who looks older than my parents feels weird.
Thankfully I still see lots of really cute past-their-prime girls all the time, such as OP. So all is not lost. It's just.. I want kids, y'know? it's... women my age need to start thinking about finishing that up before they start coming out retarded.

>>25423001
>Blaming Thatch for the recession
dude, women didn't enter the workforce because of a bad economy, the bad economy happened because women were peerpressured into entering the workforce, thus glutting the workforce and halving the pay. Don't blame the one elected to do the hard shit that had to be done, for doing the hard shit that had to be done.

27 M, turning 28 in like 3 and a half weeks. Been here since late 2005 or early 2006, don't remember for sure anymore. Almost never come to this board, most of my time is spent on /v/, /co/, and a couple threads I follow on /toy/. I guess I'm just feeling particularly lonely today or something. Finding it a lot harder to tolerate the stupid bullshit on /v/ anymore too. It's been my main board for 10 or 11 years but it's just so completely overrun by stupid children and /pol/ corruption that it gets nauseating to be around. Truthfully I've never really fit in on this site to begin with because I've never liked anime and Japanese shit, I had a good family and childhood, always had friends, etc. Yet I'm also secretly still a virgin, absolutely no one knows except my sister who I've told. She probably also told my mom, if she hadn't already known at any rate. It kills me though. I feel like a complete failure as a man. I've always just wanted a girlfriend and eventually a family but it is beginning to feel like I really may never have that. All my friends are married. My best friend and his wife just had a kid a week ago. I don't know. Just makes me think about what I don't have. I feel like I'm getting too old for this site's childish ways and teenage userbase but at the same time I don't feel like I have any other place to turn to say this kind of shit either.

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I am but a simple 25 year old lion tamer in search of sombody to play games with and maybe talk about stuff that turns us on

I'm 27. I just realized I've been visiting this site for 10 years. FML.

>>25446064
>Came for okc thread
>stayed for anon interaction

Have never been into the whole /a/ thing.

41, been here for years and enjoyed the days wasted

>>25442677

Not him and you're right, but I'm still mystified at how anyone that's old enough to have spent a significant portion of their life and adulthood in a time when the internet didn't exist could want to hang out here.

>>25422637
So cute

>>25422690
OP you need to write pic unrelated or some shit, lest these youngsters become confused.

35+ guy here. This place fucks you up only so much as you let it. It's on you, OP. Own your shit.

>>25422637
Lol most of the people here are in their late 20s early 30s and a lot more in their late 30s.
I'm almost 30

Btw pato?

26 here, been around 4chan since...god 14?15 years? I do remember it was around the time CP was posted like wildfire.

Anyway honestly 4chan has always been a home for me, not just for laughs and shit posting but also to get news. I love when i read the real shit here and not what the media throws on tv.

Regarding youth, i work with them daily actually. Its not too hard, a lot of them I have a good relationship with since they are doing what i did as a kid.

So its easier to connect, plus who doesnt bond over a game of mario kart or talking about GTA.

>>25452897
>mentions CeePee
>works with kids
m8...

Why are soc girls so obsessed with sex.

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27 here lads, feels bad. Would be nice to have more friends to talk to.

Snapchat is leotheginger

>>25453166
Because we're humans and society still shames us for that, hence seeking alternative outlets for release.

>>25453380
How obsessed are you exactly?

>>25453166
>>25453380
My reply gave credence to your supposition. I'm not so sure the generalization is true.

>>25453384
It doesn't interfere with tending to responsibilities and pursuit of the many other joys of life, but I love sex and related activities that youngsters may not technically consider "sex".

>>25422637
I'm a 33 year old Navy vet. Im an electeical engineer now and have been checking out 4chan for about 4 years. A lot of stupid/silly/crazy content on some of the boards. Others like music, video games, and tech. Actually have some good threads.

I check out soc because I multi-task like crazy and sometimes it's nice to have new people to talk to about any number of subjects.

Anybody do fantasy football? Or tennis fans?

>>25453406
How old are you and what sort of activities are these.

40 year old here.

GET OFF MY LAWN YOUTHS!!!!!

>>25452438
Bump for this guy.

40 year old white male looking for girls to talk to

discord is
Anonymous#9517

>25
>already older than most people when age comes up here in normal threads
wew this is gonna be a weird time to age

>>25451166
>still mystified at how anyone that's old enough to have spent a significant portion of their life and adulthood in a time when the internet didn't exist could want to hang out here.
OLD MEN ARE THE FUTURE

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>>25455023
wrong image

Girls on this website are so wonderfully fucked up.

The daddy issues are a thing of great beauty.

Femanons, how did you get your daddy issues?

>>25444793
just good luck mostly

>>25455847
Explain.

Not all the girls here have daddy issues. You don't have to have DIs to be a female pervert (which I definitely am).

>>25453590

55 yo here.

Please text into my good ear so I can hear you better.

When I was a kid, the internet was in black and white.

Also, my wife is a 25 year old CW I met here back in 2012.


Life's funny, so you should keep laughing.

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>being in your mid to late twenties and being here since forever
>we are jaded and desensitized, at least i am
>we still have our whole lives ahead of us, assuming we live to 60 or god forbid 80
>that's another 40-60 years ahead of us
We've seen the rise and fall of:
>Floppy disk
>computers without packaged OS
>casette
>gameboy, color, advanced,sp
>ps1,sega,nes,snes,etc. etc.
>mp3 players, lol remember the ZUNE?
>corded phones with no caller ID
>we are growing up in in what i think is one of the weirdest/yet most interesting times.
>where will we go in the next 40 years as a human race?
>will we still be on 4chan?
ITT: oldfags unite and realize we are going to be here forever

>>25456656
>realize we are going to be here forever
I have known this for a long time.

Have a seat, and let me make you a Hendricks martini. I'll start the charcoal so we'll be ready to barbecue when the other oldfags arrive.

(also, every generation thinks theirs is the most interesting ~ we must make room for their attitudes without surrendering our own)

>>25456635
>When I was a kid, the internet was in black and white.
Don't forget vertical and horizontal hold.

>>25428341
You're very attractive! You should loose the bf and hook up with a real. Man who cna keep his house clean. :)

>>25446064
I just mostly find entertainment in 4chan reading posts from mild interesting thread like this one. Finding a gem like you on here is also a good reason :)

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>>25456684
My first computer, no kidding. I was hot shit in the 5th grade.

I'm 27. Been using 4chan on and off since 2003.

I still like the casual discussion on some of the subboards. Message boards have been dead a long time and this is one of the few active places (that's not reddit) to talk about stuff. SA is a shadow of its former self and most of the other online communities I've inhabited are dead.

Facebook, twitter, reddit and the rest killed the old Internet. The wild west days of the Internet in the late 90s and early 2000s were glorious. It's disheartening that people will never have a chance to experience it.

I don't really think there's really anything particularly special about this place. I just think its one of the last few remaining places on the Internet that hasn't been gentrified by normies, where you can still "say anything".

26/m. Turning 27 at the end of the year. I don't feel any older than I did at 18. I do know I handle situations much better as I've aged. I came to 4chan in 2005, but got serious about it in 2007. I love the real reactions you get here. The anonymity creates a culture that I enjoy. People meaning what they say. Once o learn to instantly sift through the shitposting 4chan is a very authentic experience. I don't think it's my age in being her so long, but I do notice quality drops. Everything is a repost. Very rarely do we get any new experiences posted anymore. That's why everyone bitches about it being shit now. Normally I'm on /v/, /x/, /adv/, or /b/. Feeling very disconnected to the world now and felt like giving /soc/ a shot. Never been a trip user or really got why people would want to aside from it's actual purpose.

I'm getting more and more interested in death the older I get. Planning on reconsidering my life options again once I hit 30. Decide if suicide is the correct choice. I'm not really a failure in life either. I own a few businesses, I'm married with a kid, and by the standards that 4chan sets for success I should be extremely happy. I find it hard to be most days. So, if anyone is interested in talking about mortality, the importance of our lives, baseball, or strategy Vidya let me know. I could use the fake connection.

>25
>Got here in 2004

Someone fucking kill me.

>>25456627
How perverted are we talking here?

>>25457207
Ply fuck, don't kill yourself you sound ducking awesome. Might I suggest switching up your board usage? I think there are tons of boards with good original quality content still around. V x adv and b are all shit kek, but you would probably enjoy /int/, /s4s/, /ck/, /mu/, etc

>>25457548
Llul, I mean I've got 3 years to see how it goes. Won't be today. I think that it really hits you how final it is when you decide on the method.

I really enjoy /my/. Usually spend some time there as well. And am a pretty good cook. I make some restaurant quality creme brulee. I'll check some of the other stuff out. In 2010 or so I made the effort to give every board a shot. I like how absurdly different the people that come here are. Thanks for the tips.

>>25422637
DQ is really cute.

>>25423289
Looking good there bro.

I look like shit + live in Sudan (Muslim and Afro-arabian) + Poor as fuck + Dumb as fuck.

xD xD xD

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I'm 28 next october somebody kill me

>>25424883
Id say 30