I can't help but think that a lot of resentment from guys who aren't getting laid comes from society's notion that if you can't or don't get sex, it means you're a lesser human being and that makes it okay for others to hurt you. In that position, I could easily see a man resenting women as the gatekeepers of his full humanity, and that by not having sex with him, they're depriving him of it. It's very similar to some angry thoughts I had when I was younger, and in a worse timeline it's entirely possible I could've fully plunged into that same cesspit.

That isn't to justify any of the awful shit that incels say and do, of course - many reactionaries lay blame in the wrong place for very real problems they face - but I feel there has to be a connection there.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Some of the shame may well be internal, too. If you ever dared to peek into 4ch!n "incel" communities, they hate each other there, and themselves, to a violent degree. They pick themselves apart until wrist diameter deficits and the like send them spiraling deeper into "blackpill" brainworms

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      1 month ago

      agony-deep fucking grim

      brainrot shit

      Also cannot help but see the parallels with that shit and 4chan trans communities where they measure obscure bones to diagnose their gender or w/e and spiral

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Contrapoints may be a total bourgeoisie LIB show especially now, but Natalie's video about "hon" culture was strikingly on-point regarding how toxic and ruinous those communities were to their own members.

        Also, Tabby did nothing wrong. knifecat

        • ashinadash [she/her]
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          1 month ago

          Who is Tabby but yeah tbh. Sucks all the more when someone who makes genuinely salient points starts licking Clinton-flavoured boot.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            1 month ago

            Tabby was Natalie Wynn's "leftist that goes too far" character. Tabby was usually paraded out to show how absurd/embarrassing it was to care too much about a leftist cause to the point of direct action or even adventurism. Tabby had catgirl features, punk regalia, and often a baseball bat or other improvised weapon and had a habit of hissing and making clawing motions.

            In other words, Tabby was awesome. izutsumi-idea

            • ashinadash [she/her]
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              1 month ago

              blob-no-thoughts So fuckin glad I have no idea what this shit is, sounds like chuds making leftists just look too based again. Tabby did nothing wrong.