• hydroptic
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    As a label “cringe” is just like “simping”: normal human behavior that upsets conservative weirdos

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      Nah simping used to be reserved for people being overly invested into women streamers to the degree where they donate them money to get their attention and similar behaviours.

      Conservative weirdos then misused them term to mean anyone that is nice to women.

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        Conservative weirdos then misused them term to mean anyone that is nice to women.

        Right, and like I said in another comment, if 99% of the uses of the word I see are exactly those, it doesn’t matter what the fuck it’s “supposed to” mean when people use it to just mean anyone who’s having a non-hateful interaction with a feeeeeemale

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      I’m with you for cringe, but simping… eh idk. I’ve been under the impression the term encompasses unhealthy one way obsessions which are often self destructive. Of course some dumbass will cry simp at any lambda fan of fine things, but that’s just abusing the word no?

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        Well, when 99% of the uses of the word “simp” I see are just conservative fuckwits getting upset that someone is having a normal and healthy interaction with a feeeeeeeemale, it doesn’t really matter to me what the “real” meaning of that word is supposed to be

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      “Simping” for someone you will never meet, at the expense of real world interaction, is not normal human behavior, it’s a form of toxic celebrity worship.

      Other interpretations sure whatever but it started as a term to describe the former case.

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        “Simping” for someone you will never meet, at the expense of real world interaction, is not normal human behavior, it’s a form of toxic celebrity worship.

        Yeah, sure, and how often do people use it like that, instead of just calling anyone who says anything positive to or about a woman a “simp”?