Toronto van-attack terrorist linked to misogynist "incel" movement

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Commodus

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What the hell happened to young men?!

There's likely been this kind of resentment for a long time, but before they were isolated and either had to overcome it or resign themselves to some celibate pursuit (say, becoming a monk). As good as the internet is, it lets people like this avoid confronting their problems by giving them a community of like-minded men who reinforce each other's disturbing views.
 
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Lifer
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Who here doesn't walk a bit like the guy on the left?

So not only does a life-time of slouching lead to upper-back problems, it's some sort of marker of being a sad misogynist? Damn it!

On the plus-side, I learnt a new word ('contrapposto')
incels have broken brains. They literally think sex with women is some commodity but they will refuse to pay for it...

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As I said, these guys make themselves miserable because of the absurd ideas conservative (mainstream?) US culture has somehow put in their heads. An alarming preoccupation with race being just one part of it.

So tempting to conclude from that chart that 'conservative attitudes mess you up'...but I think not _all_ conservatives think like that...somehow conservative values have merged with something in the younger generation to produce a toxic mess.
 

WelshBloke

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There's likely been this kind of resentment for a long time, but before they were isolated and either had to overcome it or resign themselves to some celibate pursuit (say, becoming a monk). As good as the internet is, it lets people like this avoid confronting their problems by giving them a community of like-minded men who reinforce each other's disturbing views.

I don't remember it being like that at all! Definitely not "I couldn't pull therefore I'm going to ban a bunch of people".
 

Commodus

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I don't remember it being like that at all! Definitely not "I couldn't pull therefore I'm going to ban a bunch of people".

Well, I think we can agree that the internet ends up creating echo chambers where sick people can convince themselves they're the healthy ones.
 
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WelshBloke

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Well, I think we can agree that the internet ends up creating echo chambers where sick people can convince themselves they're the healthy ones.
Well looking at the evidence I'm pretty much forced to agree with you! Its depressing though!