Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOriginally coined as "invcel" around 1997 by a queer Canadian female student known as Alana, the spelling had shifted to "incel" by 1999en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down111
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkOriginally coined as "invcel" around 1997 by a queer Canadian female student known as Alana, the spelling had shifted to "incel" by 1999en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareINeedMana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI think it’s like racists. Whether one wants to be one or not is not tied with being one or not. That doesn’t mean they all have one secret handshake
minus-squareXTLlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoLots of them do like to flock with other racists, though. And follow racist speech online. It’s kind of an emergent club in a way.
I think it’s like racists. Whether one wants to be one or not is not tied with being one or not. That doesn’t mean they all have one secret handshake
Lots of them do like to flock with other racists, though. And follow racist speech online. It’s kind of an emergent club in a way.
As with any shared POV