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

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days 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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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 35 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (22 children)

I had no idea that incel was a term that people used to self-identify.

I thought it was only a slur.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago (7 children)

When the term was first coined, it was not an insult. It was from a support group for people who had trouble finding a partner.

[–] ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

The ultimate irony is that the first popular incel support community was started by a woman.

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