• rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I assume years of collectively crying about it online has made something as simple and natural like dating seem like this unachievable task.

    Not sure if it’s just me, but I feel like young people are less capable than ever to socialise. I thought I was a social pariah, but I don’t have shit on some people out there.

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    4 months ago

    Well when men keep hearing “don’t approach us”, we shouldn’t be shocked when men don’t approach people.

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      4 months ago

      At the same time, lots of men are really shitty when they “approach” women.

      “Don’t approach us” is a response to men’s behaviour, not the other way around.

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      4 months ago

      Cry me a river. I’ve never heard a women say “don’t approach me”, but I’ve heard many say “don’t be a douche” and “stop thinking you’re a fucking victim”.

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          4 months ago

          Apparently you already forgot their reasoning behind it. A bear is a known quantity. Humans can lie to gain your trust, then turn on you. They weren’t saying all men are bad, they were saying that meeting a stand man alone in the woods - you have no idea how this person will act.

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          The fact that yall are still this mad about this just proves that the entire point behind the thought experiment is right.

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            4 months ago

            The bear metaphor was obviously thinly veiled racism/xenophobia from the start. Lots of conservative/moderate women who are terrified of anyone who isn’t white or who is “illegal”

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              4 months ago

              That’s…just no. Wtf? No.

              Source: I’ve actually listened to women, in person, describe their reasoning, instead of making up my own justification for something like the incel community decided to do.

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                4 months ago

                The goal was to increase fear of the “other” - which is a classic right wing tactic.

                The bear meme was a conservative astroturfed campaign to push people right - which is why it appeared shortly before the 2024 US elections

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          IDK women are not scared of me. Maybe the problem is you? Maybe you’re not the victim you think you are and you’re just an ass?

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              4 months ago

              Geez you incels are stupid. Between victims like you and wannabe “alpha males” who wanna jerk one another, I agree mens are now a bunch of losers who wont ever get laid.