Please stop making fun of people for being Virgins. It's tough because I'm a leftist, I love this sub, and I work hard to be a good person and practice good praxis, but I'm also 28 and a virgin. Watching Y'all make fun of people for being virgins or calling people virgins really hurts.

Posting here on an alt because my normal username can be linked to me in real life, but I post here daily. Most of you have probably upvoted my posts at one point or another. But yeah, I'm old, and I'm a virgin, and while it doesn't bother me much anymore, it's really bad praxis to call people virgins as an insult or to make fun of them for being virgins. Incels are bad not because they are virgins but because they just blame women for their cause. Make fun of them for their shitty beliefs, not because they are virgins.

I think for a lot of us we still hold on to the capitalist idea of success that has been handed to us. That we need to have money and a job and a partner and kids and all that to be seen as good. And that's not possible for a lot of us. I know that's not possible for me I've been unemployed for years at this point. So we make fun of them for believing in the system but still not having it. I think it's right when people point out here that the things a lot of the alt-right are mad about are rightful things to be mad about. It's just that they then blame them on the (((globalists))) and muslims and immigrants and SJWs when really it's capitalism and actual rich people.

But seriously, that's all I have to say. Please think before using virgin as an insult. It's just a state of being, that of having not had sex, and every single one of you were a virgin at some point in time. Thanks for reading. I love all y'all anyway.

  • Cherufe [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Closing the sub for a joke wasn't OK.

    I totally realize most people are going to disagree with me here but I feel compelled to say that closing the sub for a joke wasn't a very kind thing to do. We have seen TONS of posts from vulnerable populations talking about how this sub is a source of support and humor in a dark time. Irony and dirtbagism aside, taking away that support without warning was not okay.

    You can say I'm being silly, or humorless or reactionary. Whatever. I love the show and I love this community. But sometimes I come home after dealing with ableism and our nightmare reality all day, and this sub is one of many things that make me feel better. It wasn't a good feeling to find this sub closed for the sake of irony. Maybe that's laughable or pathetic. But for me, it's true.

      • lonedare [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Ngl I couldn’t breathe for like 3 seconds when I saw the sub shut down for good.

        • Piqued_Pirates [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I knew it was coming, so I was already fully prepared to log in and see it was gone for good. I was expecting it to be gone sooner tbh. I didn't think the admins would let the sub grow as much as it did.

          • Diddykongisapokemon [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I woke up from a nap, it had been banned for 2 minutes, and I just laughed my ass off for like half an hour

            • Katieushka [they/them,she/her]
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              4 years ago

              i was trying to refresh the comments on a thread about the gun coupls cos i wanted to know more about them. and on that faithfull may afternoon, at 19 o clock, r/cth drew its final breath spitting at america. o7777 i knew it was coming, i couldnt believe it.