I’m just filling the void with mental and social junk food
I’m all for striving for moderation. The wording just seemed to center the behaviour of the individual as a moral failing though without acknowledging the psychopolitical soup we live in.
While the nofap-to-cryptofascist pipeline is a problem, I think what they mean is moderation just isn’t attainable for some people. I know if I get a gram of ketamine my partner is going to try to do the whole bag in one sitting, so my solution is to not buy ketamine. For some people, their solution is full-on sobriety.
Different strokes, as the saying goes. Sometimes that might mean no strokes at all.
Oh I agree. It’s sort of like AA in that regard - I don’t trust any group that says that their way is the only way, especially when the basis of their whole system is pseudo-religious mysticism.
But I guess my question is, where are the alternative support groups for these people? I bet a lot of the nofappers didn’t know they were signing up for a fascist cult at the time. They probably just thought of it as the most recognizable group of people dealing with the same issue.
I’m not trying to make any sort of moral statement here. I just think that this is a problem that requires a practical solution. A leftist support group based on social justice rather than Nazi mysticism would probably be pretty beneficial.
