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The Incels have took over all media last month!
I've heard the word incel used all over but didn't know where it came from. I did have some idea of what it meant ofcourse.
People are so divided into these echo chambers they make up their own languages. Soon the different groups won't even be able to communicate with each other.
Because they are not trying. I suppose they are expecting women to be falling all over them.
Somewhat off-topic I suppose, I'm English man, but I went to university in Scotland (Edinburgh). I found it really easy to get into friendships with Scottish girls, just by virtue of not being a Scottish man, almost all of whom back then (erly 1970s) were incel prototypes, who couldn't work out why they weren't getting anywhere with the female population. Guys, it only takes a little effort - but I think things have improved
Empathy is inherently tribal.
That means everything, no matter what happens, is fine. Because if Trump is found to be ever-more imperfect, it's OK. Because vessel of God part.
Is this an actual thing that kids do or just a moral panic because some loon did it once for clicks?
Volcels is way more accurate.
But I think there's a lot of truth in what these two communities say. The reason their slang catches on is because they attach to words what people subconsciously believe anyway.
the State should not be boosting the rhetoric of what mostly amounts to a bunch of hateful losers blaming their problems on women.
obviously, in isolation, there is nothing hateful about wanting to improve your appearance. but if you spend any time at all on these forums in which "looksmaxxing" discussions tend to occur, the hatred towards women (and other groups) is profuse and apparent.
they also promote agency and self improvement as a community.
I'm not sure why you'd go out on a limb to defend the guy singing songs glorifying hitler. But you do you
[1] https://x.com/WyronGaines/status/1995013476289245573?s=20
You have absolutely no idea what this movement is about.
The alt-right is obsessed with form over function combined with a grossly outdated view of masculinity circa the 1940s. Alt-right media focuses on disenfranchising younger men by convincing them vanity, narcissism, and by proximity, racism and sexism, is desirable. They are also into outdated, inherently Nazi, concepts like phrenology and physiognomy, and sometimes just openly discuss eugenics and participate in it (see Elon Musk, et al).
Looksmaxxing is, essentially, about becoming a shitty person. You work on yourself, become better looking, but find that even less people want you around because of how you decided to curate your life and your personality... and instead of leaving this cult, they blame everyone else and become weaponized incels, who commit acts of violence to get even with the society that rejected them.
The guy who shot Charlie Kirk was deep into this cult, for example; he followed prominent hatemongers and alt-right influencers, attempted to participate in looksmaxxing, and also posted racist and sexist things, parroting the things he heard from the influencers.