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Initech

(100,101 posts)
16. Something went very wrong in the last 10 years.
Fri May 11, 2018, 04:48 PM
May 2018

I feel like we're in that alternate universe from Back To The Future Part 2 after Biff stole the Delorean. Something got hijacked along the way and we need to set out to fix it.

so much hate has been unleashed KT2000 May 2018 #1
It is a toxic culture gratuitous May 2018 #2
And maybe, turn off the video games, marybourg May 2018 #3
Women make up 42% of the gaming market in 2017 Blue_Adept May 2018 #12
Porn makes them think wejust fall on our backs because they're dudes. elehhhhna May 2018 #26
Porn doesn't make anyone think anything. Loki Liesmith May 2018 #28
The brain is the largest sex organ in the human body ChubbyStar May 2018 #36
I think that porn makes them believe that women just fall on their backs ... dawg May 2018 #37
Yes, but I think it's part of a larger problem Bradshaw3 May 2018 #4
I think we have always had these types with us gratuitous May 2018 #5
"social skills" safeinOhio May 2018 #6
I've often wondered why a woman would want to have anything to do with these jerks, young or RKP5637 May 2018 #29
I've noticed the same, especially among well-off white men. yardwork May 2018 #40
I agree and also about right wing media Bradshaw3 May 2018 #41
The people who told them what's important and how to get it fucked up royally. Iggo May 2018 #7
Something went very wrong in the last 10 years. Initech May 2018 #16
Yep, it is ... like an invasion beam has set off a lot of aberrant behavior. n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #30
a bunch of jerk offs that need to jerk off. TeamPooka May 2018 #8
"... inceldom can be cured by getting these wayward young men laid ..." WRONG! apnu May 2018 #9
What a bunch of excuses. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #10
"Incel" violence is just the tip of the iceberg ck4829 May 2018 #11
It started with Gamer Gate. Initech May 2018 #17
You nailed it malaise May 2018 #22
The parallels between Incels and Islamic terrorists are astounding. Yavin4 May 2018 #13
Yep, good observation. Take away the location, country/nationality, and it seems the same. n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #31
There is NO one size fits all cure for this Blue_Adept May 2018 #14
Good read. Like Islamic terrorists, and whomever else, I think its worth trying to figure out how to stevenleser May 2018 #15
A very good read. I encourage everyone to read it in its entirety. Garrett78 May 2018 #18
Thanks for posting this. smirkymonkey May 2018 #19
Total Horseshit flotsam May 2018 #20
Do you really think this article hinges on "geographically Caucasian male"? ..... marble falls May 2018 #21
I could shit care less flotsam May 2018 #23
Whats with your hostility, ace? Women troubles? Read the article and have your question answered. marble falls May 2018 #24
So it's a tiny bit horseshit, and you skipped the rest. Iggo May 2018 #25
Reading comprehension is your friend Hekate May 2018 #44
Incels are an insignificant problem Loki Liesmith May 2018 #27
Unless they terrorize or kill you Hekate May 2018 #45
And again, parallels to Islamic terrorists. Those are a very small percentage of the population and stevenleser May 2018 #47
Feminists, and feminists HERE know about these fuckers for years ismnotwasm May 2018 #32
+1000 MuseRider May 2018 #38
Yeah. I agree. ismnotwasm May 2018 #39
Is there any connection MuseRider May 2018 #43
Someone more deeply attuned to China and India would have to explore that. What I know is... Hekate May 2018 #46
Tired of "sympathy for the 'incel'" dawg day May 2018 #33
I have sympathy for "pre-incels" -- the boys who were bullied for... moriah May 2018 #42
I dont have sympathy for them, nor do I have sympathy for Islamic terrorists. but stopping them one stevenleser May 2018 #48
I'm wondering if the loss of jobs that required physical & skilled labor lindysalsagal May 2018 #34
They're a bunch of whiny, entitled assholes GaYellowDawg May 2018 #35
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