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"incel" is probably the more relevant term in 2023. isolated, awkward, with 'weird' interests (e.g. 4chan, H-games, trolling). less of a pure "loser" implicat
by red-iron-pine 3y ago
"incel" is probably the more relevant term in 2023.
isolated, awkward, with 'weird' interests (e.g. 4chan, H-games, trolling). less of a pure "loser" implication than 1980s nerd.
more of a "loser, but also creepy, and an outside chance of them shooting up the place"
- psunavy03 3y agoAnd that term is still problematic. Just because a straight man has a lousy love life doesn't automatically make him a misogynist or a potential spree killer. If anything, that feeds into those freaks' arguments that men are entitled to sex or affection. Yes, I'm familiar with the existence of the weirdo subculture that coined the term. But there's a lot of technically "involuntarily celibate" straight men in the world who are just between relationships, haven't met Ms. Right yet and don't want to cat around, or aren't regularly getting laid for any number of other reasons, but who just do what normal people do and deal with it. Using the term "incel" to describe the weirdo losers who feel entitled to women's attentions and affections without any effort on their part is arguably legitimizing their creepy argument.