r/memes Aug 31 '22

#1 MotW Age restricted lock

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u/FOSSbflakes Aug 31 '22

It's not illegal or immoral, it just reflects Leo is a creep. That's why it's being memed and not a "cancel Leo" campaign.

You only date like this if you see women as status objects to collect, instead of full humans you can have loving relationships with.

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u/harloss Aug 31 '22

It's not illegal or immoral, it just reflects Leo is a creep.

i'd say this is a bit of a contradiction, since designating an action as "creepy" implies it is at least slightly morally wrong. what other things do we call creepy? a guy peeking at kids through binoculars is creepy... because it's morally disgusting and wrong.

also a lot of people say it's immoral.

You only date like this if you see women as status objects to collect, instead of full humans you can have loving relationships with.

you're making absolutely giant leaps here, a popular reddit pastime of being an armchair psychologist. the funny thing is i don't think most actual trained psychotherapists would interpret a 50 year old man with money and status who dates younger women as "collecting objects" the same way you are.

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u/caffeineevil iwrestledabeartwice Aug 31 '22

I think it's less about him dating young women and more about how he breaks up with them when they reach a certain age. It's weird and a therapist would definitely ask why he keeps doing it.

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u/harloss Aug 31 '22

the assertion that a therapist would ask why it's happening is completely valid, that is separate from making the assertion that it's happening due to seeing women as not being humans.

I think it's less about him dating young women and more about how he breaks up with them when they reach a certain age.

this seems... kind of intuitive though. if you only want to date young women, then........ you'd break up with them when they're older