While we were in "back to basics" mode and celebrated our extended exposure to the rest of reddit through subbredditoftheday, a very sad study done by the National Center for Health Statistics was published.

Suicide rates among white males are not only still the highest of all, they also took a significant rise both relatively and absolutely.

While r.science is still wondering, why the suicide rate among white males rose while that of black males declined, and speculate about pressure in the working place and other strawmen, I think we all know what the true reasons are - hint: it'ss not our white male privileges.

White men in the Western world suffer from the loss of a positive male identity. They struggle to make sense of the world around them and how they feel about it on the inside, living in a constant cognitive dissonance they aren't able to solve for themselves.

Being taught to suppress parts of their nature, their so called "toxic masculinity" their desire to dominate, to suppress their aggressivenes and thirt to measure themselves with other males, rather than being taught how to canalyze all of those into doing something useful for both themselves and the people around them, took it toll.

The fact that we are fairly popular among reddit - bad PR is still PR - easily tempts us into projecting that popularity on the real world, which of course is way off of reality.

The vast vast vast majority of men is living a plugged-in life, believing in all the utter bullshit they have been and are still fed day by day by what we call "society".

Being told that being nice and patient is all they need and that success in life is just a byproduct of luck and not of hard work, those who fall and struggle to get up, simply cannot imagine a positve and happy future for themselves, since what they have been told it takes in oder to succeed in life, didn't work for them.

Having been on the verge of leaving this world out of free will, although it was not TRP which gave me the initial push to better myself, it was this subreddit which ultimately allows me to lead an increaingly happier life with increasing life quality each day.

I finally made peace with my inner demons and the beast inside myself. I learned to accept my nature and still learn to make use of the traits I possess in order to one day be able to be the man I always pictured myself to be.

Other men deserve this chance as well - that is why we are so important.

I leave you with a cheesy quote:

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

- Lao Tsu