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[–] can 6 points 1 year ago

The term was always cringy because it's putting the lack of sex in a vacuum and completely ignoring the relevant factors.

I was there when /r9k/ was born so I feel like I got a good first hand look at how this modern incel ideology developed. The people you are describing need a better term and that's been true from the very beginning.