Just finished Adventure Time for the first time. Finn's loss of his arm trying to connect with his selfish father and its replacement with a demon-laden version of himself followed by cold metal is a rich examination of the dehumanizing reduction of man to utility expanded upon by almost every other character (but particularly his disembodied mother). That said, Jake was totally his cure for male loneliness.

Is that a modern version of Jax?

A badass metal arm and a robot cat? Chai is living the dream!

What is this from? It looks cool

Came here to post my man Jett. TY for your service.

Michael Ironsidearm

Roughnecks!!

So it's the cure to female loneliness as well?

MASTURBATION MODE ACTIVATED!

"N-no! D-don't activ-vate! And wh-hy d-do y-you have t-to announn-ce it-t so loude-ly!?"

Almost as bad as the time he accidentally activated crushing mode instead of masturbation mode. Ok, no, this doesn't really compare to that.

motors have been getting better but having both the max speed and max strength of a human arm at the same time in that small a space with a reasonable cost and power consumption remains difficult afaik

but it would be so much fun to design new arm parts, little gizmos etc

i would absolutely make my arm play doom, have a built in flashlight, battery bank, reactive rgb lights, modular customization, etc. since I have to be wearing a bulky electronic thing anyways...

there's a guy on youtube who lost most of his hand who's machined a very incredible purely mechanical replacement (no electronics)

But they're hecking cool I'll tell you what

If they weren't, they wouldn't be looking for a cure, now would they?

When a newspaper headline asks a crazy question, the answer is always no.

Well I mean you can't be lonely when your wife is always with you.

Gustave from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

yeah, most people are absolute shitwillies if you have even a slight physical limitation regardless if it's heritable

I can only imagine that it wasn’t easy to find a partner…

What other attachments does the hand have?

I guess 2 cancel each other out.

Hmm pretty sure they keep rightie so they can get tightie.

Lefty is gone on all of these characters.

Gangrene ain’t metal.

Male loneliness generally refers to evaluating male relationships outside of their primary partner, or even one close friend. It's about the dwindling state of larger support networks, and how many people in their network are emotional connections, compared to just activity connections. Example - if you lost your partner or your best friend, how many other men in your network would be there to help through the tough times? How many men would have no one else to turn to?

But it's a meme just get yourself a badass arm and don't think about it too much.

It's a joke.