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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's not out of fashion at all, "virgin" just became "incel". The intent is identical.

[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Not at all. Incels are almost overwhelmingly misogynistic and into a lot of weird pseudo scientific shit. Incels are those claiming they deserve women but at the same time don't deserve them because they're too beta and all the rich alphas are getting 10 chicks a second, so they excuse their lack of success with dating in a lot of made up bullshit to delude themselves into never improving as people.

Incels are not just virgins, they're basically a cult, and thinking people use it just as 'virgin' is either deliberately obtuse or ignorant

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

thinking people use it just as ‘virgin’ is either deliberately obtuse or ignorant

That's just what people say these days, even if it's inaccurate. They don't care, they just want to insult and trigger. Who is the ignorant?

[–] keegomatic@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Not really. Incel implies a level of indoctrination into a misogynistic POV that has you convinced that you’re better off alone. It’s not the same as insulting someone for simply not having had sex yet.

edit: not that I think either is a productive thing to call another person

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Incel 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 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Maybe if they’re really young and weren’t on the internet when the word became popular, sure

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 1 points 1 hour ago

who else call people virgin anyways?