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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 3 hours ago

There is a weird bias against bisexual men in media. Someone I knew even once said she didn't believe bisexual men existed, all men are either straight or gay. For me self identification is important. If someone tells me they're straight but I believe they're bisexual, I'm going to call them straight.

[–] Ileftreddit@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago

I am a straight white man and I can’t even weigh in on this issue because if I defend the bi ppl ill get a stigma attached to me

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

i do wild shit to make the girls im dating lose attraction for me all the time. burping really loud constantly, saying the word "COCKS" when i sneeze, crying about wall-e, shitting with the door open. who cares?

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] killingspark@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

You need to come down from the flagpole

[–] Jaybird@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Watch him as he goes.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 39 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

I've seen so many cases of staunch progressive groups weaponize a guys sexuality as soon as they have a falling out with him. Its like these people never believed what they were saying. People are so spineless and have no morals.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 4 points 59 minutes ago

With leftists and progressives the louder they are about their beliefs and virtues the less they actually follow those through. Just like with religious people, it’s just virtue signaling.

[–] ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

In my older age I've come to the realization that a lot of people join movements just to belong, not because they actually hold the conviction. I think in fact there are people who aren't capable of even having a conviction, just bouncing between whatever expressive habits are most convenient socially

You see it with things like politics and religion too

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Its hard to be morally consistent. But not impossible.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Sadly, this is a human trait overall. It's deep in the lizard brain section from early in our evolution.

If someone is part of a group and then does something seen as against the interest of the group (or groupthink, really) then any tiny little thing can become a trait leveraged against them. Either the person on the outs basically accepts demotion on the social ladder and hopes for re-acceptance from the group as subservient to everyone, or they're just out for good. It's one of our worst traits from a rational perspective, it's violent and irrational monkey-brain shit, and likely made for small homogeneous, tight-knit groups that could count on each other to survive harsh environmental conditions.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 32 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

My favourite is the ones who scream about slut shaming then use "virgin" as an insult.

Although that seems to have fallen out of fashion lately.

That specific insult I mean, not hypocrisy.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] keegomatic@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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 6 points 7 hours ago (2 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".

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[–] DigitalAudio@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago (2 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

[–] Soulg@ani.social 1 points 4 minutes ago

I agree with everything you said, but also, there are absolutely people who just call weird guys incels regardless of whether or not it actually fits.

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours 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?

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

People always say stuff to me like, “You definitely live with your parents”. That one is super common. Like, who cares? It’s weird for me personally because I moved out over 20 years ago, but nothing wrong if I did live with my folks. It’s a world as hard as stone out there.

[–] ipitco@lemmybefree.net 3 points 3 hours ago

Living with your parents while working = being rich speedrun

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