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The conclusion is that the person is causing their own loneliness by steps 1-3, but is blaming the epidemic (which is actually caused by lack of community and other non-asshole based causes).
Well then this is a poor choice of meme template, which is probably why this post is turning out to be so divisive. This meme format is used to mock a series of increasingly ridiculous statements/beliefs/actions. Here, the final and therefore most ridiculous statement is simply "there is a male loneliness epidemic". If the intention was not to mock this statement, and supposed to mock people who blame the epidemic for their problems, there are many ways it could have been worded to be clear about that, but currently it reads to me (and clearly many people) as direct mockery of male loneliness.