• boonhet@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Incel pretty much already means that.

    Cringe moment is that when I was like 16 or 17, I too, identified with being an incel - I mean, I WAS INvoluntarily CELibate. So I browsed their subreddit for a while.

    I quickly realized that those were guys who were not just involuntarily celibate. They all hated women.

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      5 months ago

      It’s odd to me how you start by saying ‘incel = woman hater’, then showcase having the self awareness to recognize being involuntarily celibate without hating women, then loop back around to ‘incel = woman hater’.

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        5 months ago

        It’s just that they’ve adopted the label.

        You could say you’re a fan of national socialism, but when you realize what people who refer to themselves as national socialists are, I don’t think you’ll want to use that label on yourself anymore.

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        5 months ago

        There’s nothing wrong with being a virgin, but the term incel has more connotations than “involuntary celebrate.”