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.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Gritty is that dude who’s dating your ex-girlfriend who you hate so you get drunk and decide to vandalize his car because you know you can’t really compete with him in any category. Then when you pull up he’s in the front yard teaching your ex’s nephew how to throw a spiral and this kinda hurts because the kid never even talked to you at family functions so you lose your nerve and go to walk away but Gritty sees you and sees the pillowcase full of spray paint cans you brought with you to spray paint “gay” on his Dodge Charger and he’s like “Dan?” (Because you’re The Baseball Crank in this scenario)

    And you’re like “Oh hey Gritty... I was just.... I had to... I was gonna paint a...wall....nearby.”

    And he starts to put it together in his head what’s happening so he tells your girls nephew to go inside and do 20 push-ups to get his throwing arm big and strong and then he high fives the kid and the kid runs inside without even saying hi to you.

    So you’re like “What’s up man?”

    And he walks up and shakes your hand and pulls you in for a bro-hug and then looks you in the eyes and sincerely asks you how you’re doing.

    It takes you a few seconds to answer becasue nobody has asked you that since the break-up. Your friends haven’t even asked you that. You try to give a fake platonic answer and for some reason you get this lump in your throat. You can’t force any words out and before you know it you’re crying for the first time in years and Gritty brings you in for another hug and locks it in, holding you close while you sob uncontrollably.

    “I was gonna spray paint ‘gay’ on your car because... I hate you so bad for taking her from me.... but I’ll never hate you.... as much.... as I hate myself”

    When you say that last part the waterworks really kick in. You’re a mess, you’re weeping into Gritty's chest because he’s like 7 inches taller than you and he just keeps patting your back and saying “You gotta love Dan, man. Dan has to love Dan.”

    He’s even crying a little too because he’s a genuinely good person and this is a sincerely emotional moment.

    He stands there for as long as you need him to and after a few minutes you feel better. You end the embrace and take a step back. You look him in the eye and tell him thank you. And then you ask him to take good care of her and he says he will. Then he tells you to take good care of yourself. Y’all hug one more time and you walk away sheepishly with your pillowcase full of spray paint cans.

    Gritty watches you leave and then goes back inside and your ex is like “who was that?” and he says “Nobody” and then blows her back out twice before falling asleep watching your Hulu account.