Just saw this Twitter post. So sorry to link you to a website like that, but it's just an image and it's worth it.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPMyEzgVEBo_FLF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

It talks about a transman's experience transitioning from the female social context to the male social context. 
He talks about how painful it has been. He never quite realized what societal norms have done to the male social-
scape. News flash: it's desolate.

I've experienced this my entire life. Even as a kid, I always thought boys were boring, single-minded, not 
interested in having interesting discussions. Y'know? They probably felt similarly, a lot of them anyway. When I
was a bit older, nearing High School and the beginning of High School, I actually had way more fun talking to girls
and I usually ended up talking to a group of girls instead of boys. Now, I'm not trans, though this may sound like
how someone ends up coming out. I just found girls much more willing to share more of themselves and their emotions.

I've always been a very emotionally-aware guy. I'm not sure that's bragging. It's put me through a lot of 
suffering. Trauma and shit has done a number on me too. All of this, combined with the social landscape guys
live in, has left me wanting. I live with two roommates. One is my sibling and one is a friend I've known for 
years. Despite this, I definitely feel like I am missing intimate social contact. I know I am. What to do about it?

So I joined here. Yeah, I'm a guy, and there's a shit-ton of stigma around being a guy. But I'm hoping, maybe, that
people, girls, guys, enbies, and others, can just forget about that. Just forget my physiology. Can't it be enough
that I'm a person? A human being with passions and challenges, thoughts and ideas? I think in a like this, the small
internet, where communication is almost always over text, that that sort of socialization might be easier. I really
hope so.

I wish there was some way to make that easier in real life. Any ideas?

Is this the void people talk about screaming into? I kinda like it I guess. I don't have many places where I can
easily write something like this and not lose track of it. Writing in a journal takes a lot more effort than typing.

If someone is reading this, have you experienced this too? How do we break the cycle?

~soda