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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Total bullshit, I remember a compliment about my hair from 25 years ago

[–] Klear 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Uh... did you read the comic or are you commenting purely on the title?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I interpret it as "we (men) need no external validation, but it's nice to get". However, I argue that we do need external validation and denying that is toxic masculinity.