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TIL: “involuntarily celibate” 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. Peop
by YZF 8mo ago
TIL: “involuntarily celibate”
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.
- actionfromafar 8mo agoI think that's the case already. Did you know Trump is the imperfect vessel of God? 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.
- jl6 8mo agoSelf-sorting into echo chambers has definitely already happened and discourse is definitely already hampered by lack of consensus on what words mean.
- zabzonk 8mo ago[flagged]
- delichon 8mo agoThis is the usual slur, to wrap up all men who fail at the mating game in some group, just because they can't get laid, and declaring them evil because of the violence of a few. It's a lot like the same being done on the right to transwomen due to violence by a few. Empathy is inherently tribal.
- zabzonk 8mo agoI didn't mention "evil" or violence. > Empathy is inherently tribal. I have no idea what that means, and I suspect neither do you.
- delichon 8mo ago[dead]
- techjamie 8mo agoIncel doesn't usually pertain to every virgin male out there. It's typically with a connotation for a certain type of male. Usually the more narcissistic sort that blame their own failings on women and take it out misogynistically.
- delichon 8mo agoThe word incel smears all involuntary celibates, not just the whiney over entitled types. The bigotry is in that conflation.