vulnerable, insecure
I know we all know what an incel is, but these words are true
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Mac@mander.xyz 3 days agoan Incel. The manosphere lures them in by making all the problems belong to the woman.
Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
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.
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.
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
daggermoon@piefed.world 3 days ago
We all make mistakes.
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.