Still using 4chan so there's definite room for improvement.
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>job interview is cut short
>they don't call me back
>fallback to cave routine
It will hit hard once he wakes up
its ok to fap
Considering the rest of their lifestyle, there's very little chance that they were masturbating a sensible amount. A period of abstinence is a great way to normalize their masturbation habits.
You can do it too much. Had an ex fuck up his nerve endings with deathgrip bad enough he couldn't get off in me. Nobody's had trouble before or after so.
¯ \_(ツ)_/¯
but the solution is just do it less and grip less hard.
I also find that while we haven't got to needing to schedule sex yet, hubs and I do have to coordinate when we masturbate to get the best odds of mutual orgasm. His sweet spot seems to be 24-36h. Mine is technically as long as possible but if I try to wait more than a week I start having really surreal wet dreams about lizard people and people I haven't met in over a decade and it resets my refractory period to sometime next millennia.
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This sounds like some redpilled conservative Jordan Peterson bullshit
Possibly but it also sounds like there making some legit improvements. Maybe reserve judgment until they actually say something problematic.
Cold shower? There are no bonus points for effort. Just take a shower if you can.
Extra levels of suffering suck and don't add anything to the experience. Basic self care is a good start. Trying to prove something to a straw man in the mind is silly.
isn't cold water better for the skin? at least it feels like it, when i do it once ever few years
Hot water damages the skin barrier. While cold water is better, lukewarm is fine for most people, especially since cold water won't be able to rinse shampoo and other products out of your hair properly.
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/2/298
Probably got the idea from the manosphere. That being said, actually sticking to that particular habit is something to be proud of, and is completely harmless... when you are that low, anything you can be proud of is a win.
the manosphere
What about Seneca? Stoicism? What do they have to do with "the manosphere"?
Cold showers feel great.
You're not wrong, but we're talking about pond scum here. I doubt there was much Seneca involved
There is some evidence that taking cold showers is materially beneficial. If you don't have some underlying heart condition and can handle them, they're not bad, and they'll save on electricity/gas. The "nofap" thing is what concerns me, since that's a very "manosphere" concept with no middle ground between healthy sexuality and a crippling masturbation addiction (IIRC the former sometimes comes with crazy, unsubstantiated benefits in the fiction of the manosphere).
Sexual shame is used to control people. It's always a big red flag
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An ice plunge or rolling around in the snow both feel great afterwards. Really gets the endorphins going. The same applies to cold showers, although I usually do that only when I can get back into a 100°C sauna immediately after. That's double the endorphin rush.
Yeah I enjoy how I feel after an ice shower or bath, but I hate doing it lol
I stick to hot shower + cold hair wash. Perfect for waking up and better for hair care. Win win.
You don’t want to do a job interview while being backed up with five days of semen you’ll come in your pants if the interviewer says something nice.
Interviewer: So, you have an impressive resume…
Interviewee: OH NO… TRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION
UH OH SPAGHETTIOS
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