/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>22575691
It is. I'm a /jp/ regular but I only make one thread a year.
Last year this thread stayed up for a month or two.

>>20428366
OP here. I've been giving your question some consideration.
I don't think it's possible to walk this path unscarred. In the past, it was exceedingly uncommon, with less than one percent of men staying chaste for a decade and a half of sexual maturity. Even the physically and mentally disabled would get laid eventually.
But I think that this state is going to become easier to achieve and more common as we disconnect. We're all living our lives in parallel, at arm's length. In my day to day life I'm never faced with the option of a relationship nor shamed for not having one. Simply no one cares.
Am I happy now? I'd say yes. I'm content. I've learned to do without many things. Constant entertainment, excessive possessions, dietary excess, intimacy and companionship, etc.
Would I be happier and healthier if I were living a rich life with a loving wife, perfect nutrition, and all the best of everything? Sure. Do I need them? No. I've stripped down into a state where I'm able to do what I want with very few complications or concerns. The bills are paid, contingencies are in place, and my house is safe and warm if empty.
I wasn't happy getting here, though. I'd say a mix of fear, anxiety, and depression is what kept me on the road to wizardhood in my teens and early 20s. I had seen many older men in my life get torn apart by infidelity and divorce, and my peers succumb to drugs or teen pregnancy. When I was told to not do things, I didn't. I was never even slightly rebelious or inquisitive.
Obviously there are a lot of subtleties to it, missed moments or chances not taken. I'd say my biggest regret was being so self-absorbed and melancholy during my high school years that I was a cold jerk to a girl that had a crush on me.
I still have a libido, I still do fap unfortunately. Conversation with friends and online people fills most of the mental need, and I simply tough out the physical. Desiring a partner is not unlike being hungry or thirsty all the time, but what you need to keep in mind is that you can also fight those. Removing simple carbs from my diet wasn't easy, but I did it. Not having a wife is harder, but I survive.
I think maintaining wizardhood won't be especially difficult from here, because my standards are way higher than my desperation. Since I view a wife as an opportunity for a family, the window closes around age 35 when having children would be a genetic risk. There might be some chance to create a legacy or childlike entity in the future. Tech is getting bonkers.
For now I continue living as a detached adult, going for long photographic hikes and studying as I please while fantasing about the tanuki brainchild of a drunk nip.