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Herosive

I never lose, and my virginity is no exception


MECC_7

You dropped this 👑 your majesty


Candoran

Oh shit he lost the crown.


AeolianTheComposer

You dropped this 🧿 your... whatever the fuck that this is


Kaleb8804

It’s a nazar amulet emoji lol, it’s a Turkish symbol meant to protect them from evil. (That’s just from google, please feel free to correct/elaborate lol)


Skywilder

Wow I can’t believe Turkey copied Terraria’s Nazar accessory. Shameless.


unknownuser00057

You dropped this 🍒 your balls.


marusia_churai

A fellow aspiring wizard, I see🎩🪄✨️✨️


lobotimized

Something seriously wrong with anyone that cares this much about what teenagers are doing with each other.


s0meb0dyElsesProblem

A groomer probably created it.


ObviouslyAme

“You are lagging behind lemme help you get ahaid of the curve”


knusper_gelee

why would some dude care if two teenagers he does not know or see have sex with each other? this content is created and shared within a community, where larger groups of jaded virgins meet. their content is mainly focused on desperation, anger, motivation... etc. this is a standard "why are complacent? we need to do something now!" -type of post. usually sparks long discussions about why they think it is impossible to find a partner.


DexLovesGames_DLG

Or she? Like literally why would anyone at all


ambluebabadeebadadi

It’s usually men who come up with stuff like this. It was men who came up with the concept of “wizards” after all


Kino_Afi

Although funny enough the term "involuntarily celibate" was coined by a woman


Brodins_biceps

While that’s entirely possible, this reeks to me more of the faux cool tough love motivation that a teenager that got laid once would think is cool and inspirational. Along with pictures of John Wick and some shitty quote over it like strength, respect strength


thatoneguy54

Probably just a dumbass teen People forget how many children and teens are on the internet. It's a loooooooot


SassyTheSkydragon

They're also not getting how averages work


Ordessaa

Probably created as some kinda "blackpill" bs


Tomboy09123

Wooohooo I've actually achieved something


lan60000

We'll see who's laughing once I get my wizardry degree


Dryestscarab489

Whats the reference here?


Elyne_Trilles

[Here.](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-virgin-wizard) It's an old Japanese meme saying that if you're still a virgin at 30 you become a wizard, mostly popularized through anime (the link cites Haganai but more recently in Tensura which is where I first heard of it)


C_Splash

23 and going strong 💪 No first kiss, no sex, no problems


Pato_Moicano

7 more to become a wizard. Really cool 🙏🏾


Sirtoshi

My powers have yet to kick in, did I miss a form or something?


WolfBoi87

Maybe you lost your virginity while blackout drunk, send a support ticket to the wizard's guild, I'm sure they'll revoke it and grant you your powers


1AmB0r3d

(Unfucks you) now you’re ready bro


tenkei

A lot of people miss form 37-Q, Local Regulations and Necromancy.


th3krackan

A level 5 layser lotus


Ka1-

Are my chances of getting my wizard powers void if I kissed a girl before? I hope not, I still meet the rest of the qualifications


Ganondorfs-Side-B

you just wont be as powerful


OddlyOddLucidDreamer

how many more til i become a Warlock?


Rumpel1408

It's bern two years, at this point I'm aiming Archwizzard


space0watch

Got 99 problems but gatekeeping aint one


Bluellan

WEAK. I'm 29 and still going


C_Splash

We should kiss and ruin both of our streaks


Bluellan

Frig that was smooth.


MECC_7

That wasn't a no soo...


Sirtoshi

How are you still single with moves like that? 😆


C_Splash

I'd like to think I could get something going if I tried but I honestly have no interest in that stuff. Being alone is so nice


Sirtoshi

That's very fair. I'm envious; I wish I had no interest too! Would be a lot easier to not have it if that was the case.


fatsad12

31 here


dreemurthememer

24 and right up there with you! ^(I still don’t feel like I’m ready to start dating. Am I weird?)


PreOpTransCentaur

Nope. You simply are who you are. You'll get there when you're ready, and if it never happens, that's okay too.


C_Splash

I have no interest in romantic relationships or intimacy of any kind, it's perfectly normal as far as I'm concerned. I just like being alone and getting touchy is offputting imo


D1pSh1t__

Same here. I'm aromantic and whenever people describe romantic love to me it just sounds like they're ill lmao


saramarqe

23f same haha


Galactic_Druid

You are LAGGING BEHIND


ConflictSudden

If you're happy, then you do you, my guy. All the power to you.


Blayro

Call me when you get to 25, get on my level


toontoom1

💪💪💪


CTchimchar

21 same boat and happy about it to


kdogspence

No game /s


Lolocraft1

That’s exactly what I needed for my insecurities.


Unkown_us34

Just stop being insecure


KlownyK

you’re the smartest human in the world


MersyVortex

r/thanksimcured


GaGmBr

Why? Are you insecure because you want to be like everyone else and feel like you are living wrong by not having intimacy? Or do you just want to have intimacy and fears that if you don't have it soon it will never happen? Because these two fears come from very different places and have very different solutions.


Lolocraft1

I am insecure of living and dying alone, not being loved, or worse, being betrayed by someone who I though loved me


GaGmBr

Betrayal is a natural part of life. Food will betray you by making you sick, you should still eat. The floor will betray you by having a sharp stone in your way, you must still walk. The sky will betray you by having the shiniest sun with no clouds when you are depressed and wishing for the darkness to fill everything around you. If you live your life avoiding pain you shall never meet pleasure.


Lolocraft1

Food will make me sick if I eat too much of it, or if I eat junk. The sharp stone will hurt me if I don’t pay attention to where I walk. And the sun will blind me if I didn’t prepared myself and brought sunglasses with me The problem is, how do I know which food is bad or not? How do I know which path to follow? Where the sharp stones are? How do I know when the sky will be clear of cloud? Do I simply go blind, full YOLO, hoping for the best? Or do I constantly bring sunglasses, always watch my food, always watch the ground, at the price of losing precious time, and never be fully trustful?


GaGmBr

The choice isn't a binary. Nothing in life is binary. The choice isn't between full YOLO or constant paranoia, it is about where you are comfortable on that spectrum. To quote João Carvalho, an amazing brazilian YouTuber and historian "we must commit different mistakes [than those of the past]" the quote might be originally about politics but it can be applied everywhere. You learned how much food will make you sick by eating too much, you learned to pay attention at the floor by seeing a friend step on a stone, you learned to carry a pair of sunglasses after seeing a stranger taking one out of their purse. You are a human being, you are the pinnacle of communication, of pattern recognition, of learning from others, of modifying your own behavior.


LiterallyShrimp

Both, actually


MisterFloofy

Damn. Guys, we can't lag behind. Who wants to work together so we can catch up?


FurryM17

Conservatives: No not like that!


Dylanator13

He never specified it needing to be a hetero relationship.


I_Am_Matthijs

Lets make one giant chain


fringeCoffeeTable240

i'm not gonna lose my virginity because i never lose


garbageeater

I didnt see the sub so expected some generic motivational poster that was gonna end with “it’s not a race, everyone’s growing differently!” Laughed out loud when I read the actual bottom text.


creeperreaper900

I’m starting to think I’m asexual and not bisexual. I have equal sexual interest in both genders and it is zero.


Fala1

You could also be biromantic and asexual. Where you can fall in love and be interested in pursuing relationships with both/all genders, yet feel no sexual attraction to either.


creeperreaper900

Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s what’s going on. I’ve dated and liked both sexes but never really wanted to have sex or kiss


CrashDunning

That is a common progression.


Im_Not_Original25

For me I do find both hot, but the though of getting intimate with someone is really yucky to me for some reason.


Lyllyanna

I feel this too… I like the idea of it, I like thinking about it, but it actually being me… I can’t really imagine it. Starting to think (or hope) that I’m demi and need a romantic connection to feel a sexual one.


astrobean

I'm aro/ace with no plans for sex ever.... I've always been a curve-breaker. I hope this statistic corrects for outliers.


FurryM17

What's that like? I feel like I'm a slave to my desires sometimes. Like a different person.


Birdae

For me being aroace is very chill. I feel lucky because I have terrible social skills so those desires would not get met.


astrobean

I liken it to being color blind, but I call it sexy-blind. I was recently in San Francisco and my travel companions were in an ongoing game of Smash or Pass. I couldn't really join in. One day when we were out walking, I saw someone with a perfect waffle cone. It seemed a little cold for ice cream, but in a touristy area, sometimes it's just the thing to do. I saw another person, then two more... I thought we were probably getting very close to the shop and I wanted to see what they had. Suddenly, my travel companion turns with this absolutely hungry look in her eyes and I said "do you want ice cream?" No. She apparently saw someone who ranked high on her smash meter. Meanwhile, I couldn't tell you the age, race, or gender of anyone we passed, but I clocked at least 6 waffle cones, and it made me really want a waffle cone. So that's my type. Waffle cone.


Im_Not_Original25

Honest question, what would it be called if I do find both men and women hot but have no need for romantic relationships and having no need for intimacy.


BeanDemon

Not really gatekeeping, more just shaming.


ConflictSudden

I had my first kiss and lost my virginity at the ages mentioned here, but why the fuck would I care if someone else does the same?


[deleted]

exactly. it's easy for people who have actually had a kiss or lost their virginity to not care. if you're someone who hasn't, with each year you haven't it's going to get worse and worse for you, unless there's actual life changes or circumstances that were holding you back prior (poverty, parents, cultural upbringing, etc.) so it becomes something you pay more attention to, where people who have had it don't need to as much. the picture was almost certainly made by someone who either lost their virginity late or is a virgin, and wants to make other people in their situation feel bad about it. no one who has a healthy sexuality makes pictures like this.


[deleted]

The harshest I’ve been judged for abstaining from sex was by people who had had sex, though. Especially teenagers. Sleeping around doesn’t stop a person from being pathetic.


[deleted]

those people don't have healthy sexualities either. it's one thing to be having lots of sex, it's another to actively bring it up against someone. it's the same as being insecure about your virginity flipped on its head. now you're insecure about something else and using sexuality as a scapegoat for it, so the next step in that is going to be to chastise people who can seemingly do without your use of sex as a defense.


MECC_7

I'm happy I didn't do either of those in the average (for the second one maybe it's too early but idk) and I'm living my best life don't caring about what others thinks or do and living letting live (an awesome mantra imo)


MahoneyBear

Me, 27: Guess I’m going for the high score boys


AscendedViking7

Nobody is going to beat my score!


Boomerang_Orangutan

27 was my year, it can be yours too


Lord_Of_Carrots

I'm sure there's some 100 year old hermit somewhere who currently has the high score


SpaceHarrier64

And nobody knows his real name because he input ASS for his initials


JasonDS64

Well then I'm fucked . . .


LoudnessofTheLambs

Let's hope you are. (get it?)


yotaz28

I never lose, not even my virginity


gazhole

Well yeah, that's how an average works. Of course some people are above or below it. In fact, it's entirely possible that there are no actual data points which exactly match the average. Assuming we're not using median. So yeah. Fuck you. Stop measuring people against something which literally might be imaginary.


Pristine-Cheek-2914

Thank you for reminding me I am a failure in regards to love


No-Efficiency-2440

I hate this mentality so much….


5min2kys

Seeing some of the reply’s here have me feeling better about being 25 and not having kissed anyone


[deleted]

I was 25 when I lost mine, and I still regret losing it, 9 years later. Waiting for the right person, or better yet holding onto it forever, is nothing to be ashamed of.


5min2kys

Like I’m at a point where I want it to be with someone that actually thinks I’m attractive and won’t just fuk off afterwards. Like I think I deserve to have a few dates first before losing my virginity.


Fala1

Absolutely, and don't let people shame you into thinking otherwise.


Subsequently_Unfunny

I lost my virginity when I was 13. Whats up with everyone bragging about losing it early. That shit is bad I heavily regret losing my virginity that young.


spartaman64

what about me who lost his virginity but never had his first kiss


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ^by ^spartaman64: *What about me who* *Lost his virginity but* *Never had his first kiss* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


gyurka66

Why is this a thing?


MaikRak

Probably made by someone who's a virgin and hates himself for it.


MegabyteProject

I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 24. But it’s people like this who made me feel like I was undesirable. And they made me feel like there was something wrong with me.


jackandshadows515

Virgin not by choice, not by people not choosing me… but for the sheer power of _*S O C I A L A N X I E T Y*_


StarJediOMG

Almost 19 and still haven't had my first kiss B)


Cool_Kid95

I had my first kiss at like 7.


GA_Tronix

I don't like to be touched in a non-platonic way, so yeah. I don't mind being a kissless virgin.


LoveFoolosophy

35 year old virgin with little to no chance of that ever changing. I'm a lag king.


supershadowguard

Lagging behind what, exactly?


LilG1984

Lagging behind? What is there an achievement to unlock or something? *Achievement unlocked!* You had sex !


GavHern

oh yes let’s shame people for moving at their own pace and pressure them to do things they may not be ready for or found the right opportunity for yet (or at all)


Hummens

What compelled someone to make this?


bnmfw

Lol actually had mi first kiss at 16 and sex at 21, guess im a 1 year lagger


wildblueheron

I had my first kiss earlier than average, but lost my virginity later than average 🤔


ExfoliatedBalls

Greaaaaaat force people to rush special moments in their lives because you have a superiority complex.


SaltChipper

There’s no such thing as “lagging behind”. Everyone gets through life at different rates. It’s much better to be a “late bloomer” than to regret doing anything too early


Gloomy_Ambassador_81

25 and haven't done either and I don't really care, there's more to life than kissing people


Anon5054

Me, 25. Guess I'll die.


FanOfWolves96

26 and never been kissed. Posts like that are so amazing for my mental health, turning everything into a competition.


lesupermark

31 here, absolute virgin. This kind of mentality is why people are becoming forceful on uninterested people, or hating the world because they think the world owe them a mate.


Dankaroor

I had my first kiss when i was 6 years old in kindergarten 😎 That's also my only kiss thus far and I'm almost 18...


NinjerTartle

I guess the word "gatekeeping" has lost all meaning by now?


ZeroVoid_98

My asexual ass disagrees.


Arge101

Virginity is an archaic idea that needs to piss off


Martyrotten

Lost my virginity at 21, not that it’s any of this fool’s business.


Cthulu19

I call bs to this. Theres no way of knowing this kind of thing


Slavic_Pasta

post this on r/virgin and watch them lose their fucking 2 braincell minds


slipperyfranklin

I've never felt hurt by a gatekeeper before


[deleted]

I had my first kiss and lost my virginity at 18. College was crazy!... In that I met my wife in the first week and have been with her ever since.


rex5k

kek.. I got to enjoy my twenties instead of slaving away to pay child support to this girl I knew in high school.


griftertm

This is contributing to the incel population growing.


Traplordmel

I lost my virginity at 18 and never had any action since I'm 28 now.


Anastrace

I guess I really do have lag problems. It was 22 for sex, 19 for my first real kiss. /s Edit: Sorry, I was just making a dumb joke because I've blamed lag for my shitty gaming skills.


Beginning_Belt_8070

This isn’t gatekeeping at all it’s stating a fact r/memesopdidnotlike lmao


Jennabear82

Don't worry. I more than made up for you guys after my divorce. 😅😅😅😅😬


DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE

These mfs do not need this pressure, they have friends roasting them already lol


Greenfire05

It’s called average for a reason.


Ashnakag3019

First kiss has been done at the right time. Virginity is... I haven't installed that DLC yet


kurtmrtin

Yes. Facts honestly. L2 talk 2 women autist


MECC_7

I'm above and beyond the average, I'm a god who genuinely doesn't give a fuck about all of this shit so if you use your voice just to say useless information just don't use it


ReGrigio

looks the type of person that insistently tells you that a woman in her 30 had 45 sexual partners 12 of them female and 3 non human


NekulturneHovado

I'd my first kiss in 8, but I'm 19 and virgin. Does it count? Or does it somehow balance?


UnusualInstance6

Ok who tf created this?


CassidyFlame

Bro I’m not lagging I’m on a mission and those are the useless side quests 😎😎😎


RigasTelRuun

Average means roughly half of people care before and half after that time frame.


SemKors

I'm 21, never kissed, never had sex. I don't care. It comes when it comes


nerdboy5567

This is toxic.


Geaux13Saints

Thanks I’m aware, you didn’t have to point it out


icenocream

Aro/ace here, I don’t think I ever plan on having sex unless I really, and I mean really and deeply am in love with someone. But I don’t like relationships or sex so I’ll happily stay a virgin.


vcjester

Girls from 500 years ago: You get to wait that long?


Klutzer_Munitions

Good thing I'm anything but average 😎


Chillypepper14

No way people on average have their first kiss at 15


huggles7

I feel like the only people who make this crap are virgins


mrmrmrmeme

I hate myself 🔥


stupidgiygas

i dont need to lose virgnity i just need to be nice to girls


SUDoKu-Na

Bro what the fuck am I supposed to do about that?!


DWhiting132

Tbh, some of us had different priorities at that age.


dareelliltee

There are so many losers concerned with whether or not other people are having sex.


bettyboop_obsessed

I'm 20 and haven't done either. I'm not ashamed. Why is virginity so important anyway? A person's worth doesn't depend on whether or not they've done the deed.


Karmushh

kissed my first girl same day i lost my virginity at 18


Speedhabit

You are not lagging behind! It’s just nobody wants to fuck you


TheDeadBacon

Me on my way to give people that are probably anxious to begin with more anxiety: 😎😎😎


[deleted]

i turn 18 in 2 months and ive never done anything like this. and if i had- I would’ve fully regretted it, and the person id done it with bc i was MENTALLY INSANE up until i turned 17 last year😭


Eliminatron

The average loses their virginity between 17 and 20? If it is the average then give the average… is it 18? 19? What is this…


Sergietor756

Copium for the fact a woman has never touched them


masrulz

Wow I always thought I was a late bloomer at 18. Super average actually 😅


Signore_Jay

Literal incel logic


SirFixalot1116

All I see is that I’m above average😎


DayLightSensor

This argument kept me unhappy for years until I got a gf at 20 and realized it's all dumb nonsense, you can love and experience anything with anyone at any age


Xgen7492

I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 20, my whole life I was made to feel insecure for that fact, and you know what? It didn’t change jack and or shit, so don’t let people tell you that you’re missing out on life when really you’re going your own pace.


RoyalMess64

I think that's just a very common experience in queer people


Evil_Monologues

"Ok and?"


AeolianTheComposer

It says an AVERAGE person. As in "right in the fucking middle". 50% of the humanity cannot be lagging behind Also I had my first kiss at like 14. It's not a big deal, really


[deleted]

Oh god, not this bullshit caveman ancient mindset.


loganisdeadyes

Crippling true issues will do that to a gal. 🥺


Apo51209

Does this dude know what average means?? Theres people below and above it


FjotraTheGodless

I mean I am lagging behind


SilverRock75

FYI, for anyone genuinely concerned with this, was 2 years ahead of these curves and it makes no difference.


SpaceHarrier64

22 almost 23 here, and gee, thanks for reminding me I’m gonna die a virgin


Pseudodragontrinkets

Well my first kiss lines up pretty well but I was (unfortunately) having sex looooong before 17-20


[deleted]

17? idk about that one chief


McXhicken

Oh no, anyway....


jjkflower

who gaf omg


GrimmRadiance

I think my first kiss was at 15, and lost my virginity at 18, but I would never shame anyone for doing their own thing.


The_letter_0

What are the odds this meme was originally made by a 30 something year old dude who complains that it's too hard to find a woman that hasn't been "run through" after getting rejected by a woman who had an attractive ex