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Incels furious at TV show for accurately depicting incel culture (newsthump.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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The online incel community has taken a break from blaming women for their ongoing failures in life to issue a collective tantrum over Netflix’s new drama Adolescence, which dares—dares, mind you—to portray incel culture as the toxic, rage-filled echo chamber it so demonstrably is.

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It became an insult as a direct consequence of the incel community being as hateful and toxic as it is. As an insult term it doesn't actually have anything to do with not getting sex at all

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

As an insult term it doesn’t actually have anything to do with not getting sex at all

Ehh some definitely use it to insult those who aren't getting laid