Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care (arstechnica.com)

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[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Incel is just a pejorative that makes them get even more blackpilled. Use "emotionally unstable" or even "constitutionally weak", because if they knew the real issue, they'd be more predisposed to actually fixing themselves so that they can also get laid.

Also, legalize sex work. Just get them laid. Watch the alt right and fascism crash harder than a drunk driver speeding at night.

[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Sex ain't gonna fix 'em.

[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Therapy will though, which is why framing and semantics are important.

Then again, I'm a humanist. I humanize.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Pretty fucked up to think that sex workers should be subjected to a bunch of misogynists.

There’s a disconnect with capitalism and culture. Getting laid isn’t going to fix that.

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[-] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems like a huge part of the problem is equating "self-worth" to "getting laid".

Putting your dick in a woman doesn't make you any more of a man / successful / worth more than anyone else.

Societal expectations need to be rejected. Oh, success is measured by your ability to get married, have a house, and raise your 2.5 children? For a vast majority, NONE OF THAT IS CURRENTLY SUSTAINABLE AND/OR OBTAINABLE. So why bother? Right?

I get it. It ain't right, but I get it.

[-] Azzu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It's literally the most natural thing in the world to equate reproductive effectiveness to worth. All life is "worth" their reproductive effectiveness. So not having sex is very relevant to our entire existence as a species.

As such, our mental faculties put a heavy punishment in the form of mental pain, i.e. "self-worth attached to getting laid", on this whole thing.

This has very little to do with societal expectations. It's simple biology. Not getting laid is supposed to be one of the worst things for an organism.

You're rationally right with what you say, but it's simply not very relevant. Rationality does not help with our most deeply rooted biological desires. The only thing that helps is getting them fulfilled, i.e. having sex.

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