Maybe if they’re really young and weren’t on the internet when the word was created, sure
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damnedfurry@lemmy.world 4 days agoIncel implies a level of indoctrination into a misogynistic POV
No one is thinking this deeply when they call a man who just said/did something they don’t like an “incel”. People just use it mindlessly as an insult, same as with “virgin”.
keegomatic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
ipitco@lemmybefree.net 4 days ago
who else call people virgin anyways?
keegomatic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Good point, but I still think incel carries a certain connotation of misogyny with it, though. Otherwise you would just say “virgin”
RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I think people who haven’t been been the target of insults ince high school (or maybe ever?) forget how petty and uncreative it often is.
The point insulting someone isn’t to be truthful, it’s to be hurtful or put them down.