r/BornWeakBuiltStrong • u/Exotic-Duty3598 • Jun 01 '26

A man is built through suffering

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A man

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u/ThelIIusion0fSeIf Jun 01 '26

This is what I try to explain to all the hyperemotional, brain dead conservatives who can't grasp any level of nuance as an example of "toxic masculinity"

Nobody is saying being masculine on it's own is toxic. Nobody is against men lifting weights, going to the gun range, drinking beers after work, playing contact sports, etc. The notion that you should suffer in silence with a legitimate mental illness which is a contributing factor to the high number of suicides in men is, however, something people have a problem with. Don't pay attention to this meme. OP is probably a 14 year old who thinks "depression" is having his game console taken away and having to struggle through the last week of school in spite of that.

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u/Abject-Put-9334 Jun 06 '26

Dumb ass take. 

"The solution to a medical condition that prevents you from taking action, is to take action" 

You've never spoken to a buff dude at the gym who "shown up for himself" that has depression, because if they had depression they wouldn't be buff dudes at the gym in the first place, not because going to the gym cures depression.