Is crying a sign of weakness or strength?

GuusWayne said:
No you simply have low reading comprehension, it's not my fault you're stupid.

GuusWayne said:
I don't care what you think of my opinion with your close minded views but you're lying or you wouldn't bother to respond.

GuusWayne said:
That's what it ultimately comes down to and my points were all objective, none of them are my opinion or rather they are because they're all true. It comes down to basic sociology. There were no facts in your posts so I don't know what you're talking about.

GuusWayne said:
Crying often makes you a little bitch

GuusWayne said:
and it's not to your benefit because it will drive people away from you.

GuusWayne said:
Nobody likes an emotional wreck or a crybaby.

GuusWayne said:
I never claimed I knew for sure all is well but it doesn't have to mean that person is holding in sadness and being concerned about a happy person for not crying shows the incredible negative worldview of the one who believes he/she is putting on a mask as if it's not possible to be well without faking it.

Red_Keys said:
My reading comprehension is fine, thank you.

So let's see those "objective" "points", shall we?

Hmm. Yes. Good point.

That is factually incorrect and is the exact opposite of the evolutionarily survival focused function and purpose of crying.

Objective indeed.

For somebody commenting on reading comprehension, that sure was a fucking nightmare to read. Punctuation please.

This terrible run on sentence is a whole bunch of nothing, and said with a pretty strong sense of absolutely no self awareness.

"It is impossible to know for sure what somebody is feeling on the inside if they mask it, so assuming that they are in emotional distress is negative....but I'm going to continue to shame and insult people who don't mask their emotions to the general public, and overall encourage and perpetuate the already strictly enforced societal gender role that men are not allowed to show any signs of emotion...but no, totally. If somebody isn't showing emotional distress on the outside, there's totally no way that they are actually feeling distress".

Brilliant job. You are a clown.

Nanakomori said:
*Takes a sip of cocoa*

This feels like one of those things... you know where you see a bunch of homeless people beat up some some other homeless guy who found money on the floor.
You cant help but just watch the strange seen playing out.
dis feels liek wan of dos tings... u noe wer u c sum poverty stricken children beating up dey want d moni dat d kid fond n d ground n order to feed dmsellves or family but den u think of d other kid; wat f dat kid has same thought as dem to feed d little sibling coughing from thirst and withering from hunger.

ahhh..... nevermind weird story. twas gna put sum analogy but den pepal might go ruin it for some sick thing

senyways it alllll depends on ur society dat u live in yah?
if ur prideful with the thought of men should be manly and fearless then okay crying is weak
if u live in the chic world were guise luk liek gurls n der liek emotional n smth den okay whichever floats

u guise r weird with arguments srs.

GuusWayne said:
Son, who the fuck taught you grammar? You're weird af.

GuusWayne said:
grammar?

Red_Keys said:
Why?

BryanBossling said:
If you're in a relationship, the man is usually the emotional rock in that relationship, and women tend to despise weak men.

BryanBossling said:
If my daughter is crying her heart out, I will comfort her, while if my son did the same, I'd ask him to tough it out.

Kibura_Iburasa said:
Many weak men do not cry, many weak men work out and appear tough only to save their own skin when danger comes because they are real pussies. Whilst the so called weak emotional man would stand up for someone even if it means getting hurt.

Kibura_Iburasa said:
Bryan thats the worst thing ive heard you say, thats horrible.

Immahnoob said:
Can you prove to us Jenny that my son will become a successful individual if I impede his own emotions and force him into an unnecessary role? I don't remember sexual relationships and relationships in general necessarily needing somebody to be an "emotional rock".

I'd cry if I'd need to, the only reason I don't cry is because I don't feel the need to do so, yet I cried when I was a kid and nobody ever told me "Man the fuck up.", instead people comforted me. It's also because I've reached a level where I know that certain things are useless, thus, certain emotions don't trigger so there's no trigger on other things.

flustercuck said:
Are you saying I'm a little bitch for crying when my dog iedd? Are you FUCKING kdding me? I'll FUCK you up IRL okay?

BryanBossling said:
And what role would that be? Where would I be forcing him? Being in control of one's emotions is a sign of maturity, and I don't believe in coddling teenage boys.

Of course I can't prove that, since there are too many variables to consider (stupid question). You'll have to specify what you mean by ''impede his own emotions'' anyway, since we're always telling children how to act even (or especially) if this is in conflict with their emotions. ''Don't break down and cry in the face of adversity'' seems like good advice to me.

I didn't say that the man being an emotional rock was a necessity, that's simply how it is in most cases.

Immahnoob said:
The role you keep on giving the human male, the male that always has to be disciplined and to be a "true manly man" that picks his partners based on your retarded opinions without any basis whatsoever. Maturity is simply responding to your environment in an appropriate manner, there's no rule that crying is deemed immature, tearing up also makes it easier to cope with whatever made you cry, crying also helps cleaning your eyes, etc.

Immahnoob said:
No one cries randomly Jenny, you're talking like one would cry all the time because you didn't educate him otherwise, that's complete bullshit. Do know that tearing up because something entered your eye is also deemed crying, that's pretty involuntary, it doesn't matter how "manly" you are it seems, your body doesn't give a fuck about that.

I never said you might be wrong Jenny, I'm just saying you are.

BryanBossling said:
Because it's unmanly.

If a man cries from a sprained ankle, then that is a sign of weakness. Men like to avoid looking weak.

BryanBossling said:
And what's wrong with discipline? Sure, I think men should serve a role in society, in the family etc.

I don't know about a rule, but as I said before, most people despise men who are crybabies. We are generally more accepting towards women crying.

Kibura_Iburasa said:


1950's America called, they need you back.

lupadim said:
Crying in public is a sign of weakness (unless its physical pain)

Kibura_Iburasa said:


Crying is not weakness, even in public. Been able to hide feelings has no impact on strength.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3_-pPzDVk

Kibura_Iburasa said:


Crying is not weakness, even in public. Been able to hide feelings has no impact on strength.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b3_-pPzDVk

lupadim said:
Of course it is. Children that start crying because they want something but they can't get it are weak. People that cry because they broke up with their girlfriend/boyfriend in public are weak, they should not distribute their bad feelings to the others

Autocrat said:

This is false.

We live in a logically modeled civilization. Being able to control, not get rid of your emotions, is how people become strong in contemporary society.

Kibura_Iburasa said:


This is also false.

We live in a society modeled on flat out denial and suppression of feeling, under the idea that they are a sign of weakness in a society dominated with the idea of dog eat dog. This leads to lack of empathy and understanding of the complex nature of human emotions and how bottling them away is harmful to the development of a stable individual.

lupadim said:
In order to measure a man, you just need to measure the size of the things that worry him.

Kibura_Iburasa said:

Thats your opinion.

lupadim said:
Not at all.

Kibura_Iburasa said:


This is also false.

We live in a society modeled on flat out denial and suppression of feeling, under the idea that they are a sign of weakness in a society dominated with the idea of dog eat dog. This leads to lack of empathy and understanding of the complex nature of human emotions and how bottling them away is harmful to the development of a stable individual.

Kibura_Iburasa said:


I'm still seeing one persons opinions based on their own feelings and whatever facts from social scientists they can find to support their own opinions.

There is no universal law to judge a mans strength unless its psychical.

lupadim said:

The title is clear: Is crying a sign of weakness?

And the answer is simple: Depending on the reason you are crying and the place you are crying, YES.

lupadim said:
The topic is not about an universal law.

The title is clear: Is crying a sign of weakness?

And the answer is simple: Depending on the reason you are crying and the place you are crying, YES.

flustercuck said:
Wow I actually responded to this but it got deleted. Yet they left this so I guess they don't care if you insult me. I have a genuine question kana-chan. Are you a troll? There's too many times where I read your opinions and wonder whether you're serious.

Immahnoob said:
No, roles are limiting individuals most of the times.

"Most people", who again? Are you most people?

Eye tearing is crying, if somebody sobs that means he has to, you don't cry that hard if what happened is not threatening in any way, or he has problems like depression or whatever. And it has to do with your argument considering that you say "crying is for crybabies" when anyone can cry for most trivial reasons without their own consent too.

BryanBossling said:

Sure thing. I'm trying to see your argument here though.

My argument was about emotional maturity and tolerance to pain, which is why the shit you're bringing up right now isn't really relevant.