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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Rule #492 do not call women your own age a hag

Generally avoiding calling women hags is a good idea.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 11 points 13 hours ago

Reading brainrot girlfriend has made me desire this.

[–] ballgoat@lemmy.zip 15 points 17 hours ago

This is how I perceive the 28 year old to be.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

My partner's sister is 19, I'm in my early 30s now. But I met my partner when she was 19, I often ask myself did she come across as this annoying to people in their 30s back then?

[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Exactly! Why the fuck would anyone want to date someone that much younger than them? I will never understand why so many men want to date girl so young.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 13 hours ago

younger partners are easier to control.

and less worldly experience means they won't notice their dull personality.

lack of maturity and life milestones to date similar age ranges.

over emphasis on bodily needs.

and i repeat, control.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A friend of friend I’ve met a couple times is into me. They’re 23 and I’m 30 and I still don’t have an interest. They’re perfectly nice, but…

I think after 28-30 it starts to really not matter that much but before that even smallish gaps can be pretty questionable. And any dude that would consider someone their age to be a “hag” probably largely dates younger because mature, experienced women can tell they’re really just garbage man-children.

I agree with this. For me, so so much integral growth happens between ages 20 and 26-28 or so, and I don't really think people in general know who they are or what they want in life until then. Not true for everyone of course. All the people I know who married young are either divorced or super unhappy though so it may skew my perception a bit.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

really just garbage man-children

It's a green-text, we knew that from the get-go

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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

People are feeling all kinds of pressure these days. If they want to have kids they need a lot of resources. But having a lot of resources is really difficult to do when you’re young. So that naturally suggests a compromise: one old with resources and one young with health.

[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait, but I thought men hated "gold diggers"? And also, that's the result of our fucked up late stage capitalism economic system and not how things should work. A young couple should be able to afford to live comfortably and have children if they want.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People make life choices based on how things are, not how they ought to be.

Generally a “gold digger” refers to a young woman who marries an elderly rich man with the intent of gaining a large inheritance, not a young woman who marries an established (but still working) man a few decades her senior with the intent of raising a family. A big “gold digger tell” is that the rich guy already has adult children who end up in a feud with his new young wife (because she represents a threat to their inheritance).

[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Oh really? I thought it ment a women marring for money in general.

People can do what they want, but women shouldn't have to feel like they have to marry some dude a decade older just to have a decent life and start a family. That's all I'm saying.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Sure, they shouldn’t, but that’s life now. You gotta have a lot of money to have children today.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

His date:

Source: Brainrot Girlfriend

Bonus:

[–] Odo@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

It feels wrong to read manga-style art left to right.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The whole comic was brain rot talk that i didn't even notice it didn't narratively connect.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago

Took me like 5 mins to figure out what was wrong...

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Love that we're making imaginary [gen-z/gen alpha/gen whatever the hell arbitrary title] the same way our parents and grandparents made imaginary millennials to get mad at.

The Silent Generation called their kids "Generation Me"

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

The Silent Generation was correct.

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (8 children)
> be me 34
> decide to look for a hag around my age
> most of them have at least one kid, usually the annoying kind, and only see you as a babysitter
> same ones are also super focused on their kids, no hobbies, no interests, no life
> most of them seem to be super conservative
> some of them are so bigoted they can only talk about "those people"
> finally found someone who's bearable for more than 20 minutes
> never mind, she's alcoholic
> finally found someone not alcoholic and is bearable for even more time
> never mind, she's both 300+km away and also married
How do I find hot singles on the fediverse? I'm not reinstalling Tinder!
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[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

And now you understand why older men dating young girls is creepy, even if legal.

They have nothing in common. There's no way. It's pure physical attraction above all else.

Edit: Seemingly a lot of older people down voting this are in denial about how much they have in common with some 18 year old girl/guy as a romantic partner. You understand you're not fooling anyone, right? Not even other people like you. Underneath, you all know what you're about.

[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people are downvoting this because a 19 year old is an adult who can make their own choices and you are insinuating that there's something so objectively wrong with dating an older person that it should be illegal.

I am not in any way suggesting it should be illegal. I don't think I mentioned that once.

What I am insinuating that if you're that young dating someone much older, there is almost always a massive power imbalance between the two in the relationship, romantically, and so it's a very difficult thing to overcome.

If you're a 30/40/50+ year old person dating a 19 year old, there is usually something wrong with one party, the other, or both in that scenario. A 19 year old, romantically, is not mature enough or at the same place in their life as a 50 year old person. This will, at best, strain the relationship significantly as each partner will want something different out of life as the relationship progresses.

If they don't, then one of them is likely a deeply broken individual. And that's usually going to be the much older person that's got some issues happening.

The 19 year old truly doesn't know any better, or thinks they do, or is getting something in trade like security from the much older person and they're willing to give up other aspects of their life in trade for this.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago

Or both sides like to learn from each other and grow towards each other over time?

There are worse reasons why an extreme age gap is seen as creepy, "not knowing each others interests" is not one of them.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (22 children)

I'm 54 and most of the people I know are in their early 20s. We get along great and have plenty to talk about.

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