Why is everyone talking like that is something inevitable about to happen inform me please
People throwing the word around in contexts that don't make sense is exactly the problem, it's how we get the guy in an earlier comment who thinks hating women and blaming them is required by definition. That's why you have the other comment pointing out that originally, all "incel" meant was an abbreviation for "involuntary celibate", i.e. someone that couldn't get laid if they tried. That's it. The misogyny and resentment are presumed but not required, and anyone using it to describe misogynists who are married with children is an idiot using the wrong word for which there are dozens of alternatives.Why is anyone in this thread throwing around the word "incel" like it still means something? I've seen dudes married with kids called incel.
The issue is that online incel communities have spread their philosophy and terminology out into the mainstream so now guys who don't fit the definition of someone who's involuntarily celibate are still espousing incel-like talking points, leaving the rest of us with the issue of how to refer to these guysPeople throwing the word around in contexts that don't make sense is exactly the problem, it's how we get the guy in an earlier comment who thinks hating women and blaming them is required by definition. That's why you have the other comment pointing out that originally, all "incel" meant was an abbreviation for "involuntary celibate", i.e. someone that couldn't get laid if they tried. That's it. The misogyny and resentment are presumed but not required, and anyone using it to describe misogynists who are married with children is an idiot using the wrong word for which there are dozens of alternatives.
People throwing the word around in contexts that don't make sense is exactly the problem, it's how we get the guy in an earlier comment who thinks hating women and blaming them is required by definition. That's why you have the other comment pointing out that originally, all "incel" meant was an abbreviation for "involuntary celibate", i.e. someone that couldn't get laid if they tried. That's it. The misogyny and resentment are presumed but not required, and anyone using it to describe misogynists who are married with children is an idiot using the wrong word for which there are dozens of alternatives.