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Incels furious at TV show for accurately depicting incel culture (newsthump.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social

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The online incel community has taken a break from blaming women for their ongoing failures in life to issue a collective tantrum over Netflix’s new drama Adolescence, which dares—dares, mind you—to portray incel culture as the toxic, rage-filled echo chamber it so demonstrably is.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Adolescence is an incredible and immersive experience. Stephen Graham deserves to be showered with awards for this. It's all about the micro-expressions in his performance.

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[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I dated an incel years ago for around 18 months. Dunno if anyone's interested in that, but just a random anecdote I have

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Why? How?

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Huh, I always thought Incel culture was c. diff.

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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

"This portrayal of the incel lifestyle and attitude is totally inaccurate! I think and act just like that guy and i'm not an incel..."

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