Comment on Anon's lil bro goes through his first break up

• Mac@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  an Incel. The manosphere lures them in by making all the problems belong to the woman.

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  • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They prey on insecurity. I would have been easy prey for those assholes if I was just a bit dumber.

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    • grinning_serpent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yup, or a bit younger. I’m 40, so I was 28 when gamergate kicked off this whole online misogynist grifter ecosystem (which fed into and became a component of what we’d call the alt-right a few years later.)

      By that point I’d already had my first few bad breakups and rejections and had grown up, and had made some good platonic friendships with women, so I wasn’t vulnerable to it. But if it’d happened when I was like 23 or 24 and I hadn’t had those chances to grow and mature yet? It might’ve been a lot different.

      It’s much easier to blame bad luck and personal failings on others. Growth and maturity takes work.

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    • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, same. i’d have gone down the pipeline shouldn’t have I watched contra points video on incels

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      • daggermoon@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        We all make mistakes.

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    • Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My brother is pretty dumb but very persuasive so he can pass as an “intellectual”. His gateway drug to the manosphere was Jordan Peterson.

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  • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    vulnerable, insecure

    I know we all know what an incel is, but these words are true

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