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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, no. It got toxic because the people the group helped didn't need to go to the group anymore. So the only people left were the ones too toxic to find a partner which led to even more toxic people getting involved

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Damn that's a pretty logical process to explain the decay of Internet self help groups

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Yeah, if you don't have a greater community surrounding the support one, there's just no reason for people to stick around once their problem is solved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah for an opposite example, I take part in a support group for a certain form of alternative relationships and you have the opposite pressures. People who are well respected in long lasting relationships stay, and people who can't make it work flit out fairly quickly. What this means is the advice is pretty good for those who listen to it.