@MicroWave to politics English • 1 month agoJD Vance's approval rating is worst among Boomerswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square111arrow-up1499arrow-down112
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minus-square@primrosepathspeedrunlink0•1 month agoincel is more poetic and gives more a sense of scale. ‘misogynist’ without elaboration feels smaller, less accurate. its a compression issue, dear. sorry.
minus-square@TrickDacylink2•1 month agoUgh yeah I don’t agree that defying definitions of words makes something “poetic”. The fact is that this entire thread indicates the issue, and the upvotes I got indicate I’m not alone
minus-square@nomouslink2•1 month agoI agree, to me “he’s an incel” is weak because to the not-terminally-online vast majority of people it’s easily proven false. He’s married and has kids, he’s not any more “involuntarily celibate” than Trump is.
incel is more poetic and gives more a sense of scale. ‘misogynist’ without elaboration feels smaller, less accurate.
its a compression issue, dear. sorry.
Ugh yeah I don’t agree that defying definitions of words makes something “poetic”. The fact is that this entire thread indicates the issue, and the upvotes I got indicate I’m not alone
I agree, to me “he’s an incel” is weak because to the not-terminally-online vast majority of people it’s easily proven false.
He’s married and has kids, he’s not any more “involuntarily celibate” than Trump is.
Thank you!