A lot of the young men who frequent larger sites like reddit feel very sensitive to what they perceive as criticism of men broadly, or have spent so much time reading man-o-sphere victimization porn that they see even mild jokes like this as misandry and hate and why women won’t touch their weewee and cook them tendies.
Source: used to mod a large gender-related subreddit, it’s even worse than you can imagine.
Oh, I can guarantee that there is no small share of young incellish guys who have their crippling insecurity triggered every time they see even loosely-drawn cartoon characters hooking up.
I know because I used to have to deal with those fucks while moderating that cursed place.
When I was very active there I would frequently “adopt” incels if I looked through their post history and saw something worth saving. I engaged with them in a non-judgemental way, listened to them whinge and rant about how awful the world was to them, then started asking them a lot of questions and started introducing new ideas and perspectives to them that way. I often had to be a bit of “chad asshole” to them at first to earn their respect.
I grew up around wolves and other wild animals, they really do respond similarly.
I had a pretty high success rate too, the ones that didn’t crash and burn tended to go on to just send me updates about their lives regularly until they suddenly found a new calling or got a girlfriend. At least one thanked me for “saving his life” which felt good to hear.
It’s tiring and exhausting and I can only imagine how hard that kind of project is for people who aren’t social or don’t have a lot of emotional intelligence, but I feel strongly if more people at least tried, it would make a dent in this atrocious problem we have with young men.
I used to live like this, but it would never in a million years have occurred to me that criticism of that lifestyle would be the problem rather than the lifestyle itself. I was always fully aware of how fucked-up and indefensible it was.
I’m willing to get upset about this if anyone needs the comfort Reddit normal brings. I definitely think this if hilarious but I promise I won’t show it if my service is required. 🤣
What is the offensive part?
A lot of the young men who frequent larger sites like reddit feel very sensitive to what they perceive as criticism of men broadly, or have spent so much time reading man-o-sphere victimization porn that they see even mild jokes like this as misandry and hate and why women won’t touch their weewee and cook them tendies.
Source: used to mod a large gender-related subreddit, it’s even worse than you can imagine.
I’m a bit flabbergasted just, is the gripe that this guy has hooked up with a girl? That it has the gaul to portray how intersex relations used to be?
Oh, I can guarantee that there is no small share of young incellish guys who have their crippling insecurity triggered every time they see even loosely-drawn cartoon characters hooking up.
I know because I used to have to deal with those fucks while moderating that cursed place.
That’s really sad. I wish I could show them how to get out even though that’s exactly what the manosphere grifters prey on
When I was very active there I would frequently “adopt” incels if I looked through their post history and saw something worth saving. I engaged with them in a non-judgemental way, listened to them whinge and rant about how awful the world was to them, then started asking them a lot of questions and started introducing new ideas and perspectives to them that way. I often had to be a bit of “chad asshole” to them at first to earn their respect.
I grew up around wolves and other wild animals, they really do respond similarly.
I had a pretty high success rate too, the ones that didn’t crash and burn tended to go on to just send me updates about their lives regularly until they suddenly found a new calling or got a girlfriend. At least one thanked me for “saving his life” which felt good to hear.
It’s tiring and exhausting and I can only imagine how hard that kind of project is for people who aren’t social or don’t have a lot of emotional intelligence, but I feel strongly if more people at least tried, it would make a dent in this atrocious problem we have with young men.
I used to live like this, but it would never in a million years have occurred to me that criticism of that lifestyle would be the problem rather than the lifestyle itself. I was always fully aware of how fucked-up and indefensible it was.
Welcome to the second quarter of the millenium. The motto here is “You have no need to change as long as there’s a community who supports you.”
I mean, if Asmondgold can be one of the most popular people in the world, I am pretty sure there is no such thing as the word “indefensible” anymore.
I’m willing to get upset about this if anyone needs the comfort Reddit normal brings. I definitely think this if hilarious but I promise I won’t show it if my service is required. 🤣
If you want to give it a go, I’ll give you a rating compared to what I was used to seeing!