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When haven't we?

Are there not women just as lonely? They should just get together. i really don't understand this incel thing.

BobohemianRhapsody said:

Are we monetizing loneliness?

 Have been since prehistoric cave people invented prostitution.

i think its a good thing

natasha87 said: 

i think its a good thing

 Food, water, social interaction, Transportation, etc... all human needs are monetized and have been since the moment people discovered, "money can been exchanged for goods and services."

Whorechata said: 

When haven't we?

Before we invented money. 

BohemianRhapsody said: 

I think that this is happening more and more on the internet. Increasingly there has been products marketed towards mainly male consumers that have difficulty connecting with women. None have been as blatant as the website OnlyFans where legions of guys (simps) literally pay for female interaction and attention on a superficial level. And it seems like sites like this are just popping up everywhere. And I think this also ties into the high level of promiscuous behavior displayed among the more recent generations compared to those of the past, undoubtedly due to social media making dating and hookups more easy and increasing connectivity combined with a more liberal viewpoint on sexual issues. But as before a lot of business was around pure lust, it seems recently there's been sites that are seeking to make a profit off of more than just lust, but a longing for companionship.. and I'm just not sure if I think it's a good thing.

What do you think?

I think that at the baseline, people want to feel a sense of connectinon. That's why people have sex.

Approaching how this becomes transactional is different for men and women. Women do it for money so that at the end of the day, they have a justification or something to show for what they're doing. Often they are doing it because they know that's a device they have that can be used to make their life better. Men engage in the behavior out of loneliness, or wanting a sense of power. The reason why the term "simp" is so big right now, is because the culture is picking up on that behavior a little. I think it's a dumb term, but it does manage to convey something.

This isn't a social media trend, this is what people have been doing since forever.

To answer the question posed in the topic title, of course we are.

One of the more curious things I've seen, is that on Twitch, people donate to millionaires. They just want to get a message across and that one moment where they are recognized. Usually it's totally insubstantial, it's just someone reacting to a donation because that's the appropriate thing to do. But they get 10 in a minute, the streamer doesn't really give a fuck.

We do it in so many forms. Even if you go to dinner and you offer to pay, that's a form of monetizing loneliness. You gotta be careful when using a term like that, because it can obfuscate what's really going on. I think it's too easy to boil things down and call them this or that, when things are more complicated.

All of you except maybe Tryp are answering this in a really simplistic way. Of course it's always been done to an extent but in the past there's been more mitigating circumstances against men doing this, biggest of all being that people couldn't always be anonymous... because if some fool was lonely and paid a prostitute or someone to keep him company, that would be HIM in the flesh, and if word got around of him doing that. Also, it's often illegal. But now online, people just do it anonymously in a cyber setting AND it's legal so there isn't those factors.

And I think there's a huge cultural shift going on due to the internet.... it seems to have started a massive thot movement, like the sexual revolution on steroids. Thots are more shameless than ever before and I really think the internet has something to do with it. It's just the perfect environment for clout chasing.

Tryptamine said:

One of the more curious things I've seen, is that on Twitch, people donate to millionaires. They just want to get a message across and that one moment where they are recognized. Usually it's totally insubstantial, it's just someone reacting to a donation because that's the appropriate thing to do. But they get 10 in a minute, the streamer doesn't really give a fuck.

 I actually thought of that when making the original post. Yeah, it's kind of a shame on mankind to see it going on. This is exactly the kind of shit I'm talking about. OF COURSE we've always monetized loneliness but in 2020 there is something different about the way it's all happening, it's like an evolved version of it.... and sure it happened always online but for whatever reason this is the year all of it blew up.

Tryptamine said:

The reason why the term "simp" is so big right now, is because the culture is picking up on that behavior a little. I think it's a dumb term, but it does manage to convey something.

 I have noticed many terms that used to be relegated to fringe manosphere circles being used virally this year, it's kind of interesting to see.