Yeah, bro, I'm trying to lose weight. Never mind that I'm consuming 4x the amount of calories I need and never exercising, but I'm trying. I'm sure the problem is my age.
From this reaction, I'm sure the author has had personal experience with this nonsense. I've lost count of how many times I've heard coworkers say the same thing. I empathize with Sohara here.
Hard to blame the mangaka when years of hentai dialogue have probably rotted his brain. He overcorrected but is slowly progressing towards being a human. Hopefully he's socializing now because he probably has editors and other people he has to talk to