Comment on Is being an "Incel" a new thing or new terminology? If so what were they in like the 70's or 80's?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
They’ve always existed, they just have been given a label in recent times. Can’t say what they were like that long ago since there was no internet and I wasn’t alive until '85. I’m guessing they were just seemingly regular miserable bastards instead of the loud obnoxious ones you see online, since they had no platform to be loud about their bullshit.
skeezix@lemmy.world 3 days ago
GenX here. We had a plethora of other names: nerd (before it was desirable to be labeled that), dweeb, dweeblet, dillweed, dillhole, dork, dorkwad, goober, he-hasnt-had-pussy-since-pussy-had-him, dolt, bozo, numpty, schlub, git
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
They still get called these things, but none of them are truly descriptive of the specific kind of dweeb, dillhole, goober, bozo, etc an incel is.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 days ago
Goober? Ive usually only seen that one used as a sort of endearing tease between friends accusing the other of being silly, never seen it used to describe either a person’s love life or their politics.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 days ago
It used to be synonyms with “idiot.”
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Those are all fantastic words, but for a direct translation of incel, I’d go with weirdo.