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Seeking Insight: Understanding the “Incel” Subculture
AR5iE8
No.293459
Hello everyone 👋🙂
I am a journalist with Scroll.in currently researching contemporary digital subcultures, particularly those that shape the gender discourse in online spaces. One term that has repeatedly surfaced in my preliminary study is “incel”, a label that has become both a point of fascination and a source of concern within digital anthropology, psychology, and gender studies.
I have been following the rise of so-called “manosphere” communities across platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and Telegram. Many of these groups claim to represent the frustrations of modern men, but often appear to veer into deeply misogynistic, fatalistic, and at times violent rhetoric. My objective is not to vilify individuals but to understand why such ideologies resonate with young men in particular social and psychological contexts.
The incel phenomenon raises important questions about alienation, loneliness, and the changing dynamics of sexuality and power in a hyperconnected yet emotionally fragmented era. It also exposes the vulnerabilities of young men who feel disenfranchised by capitalism, beauty hierarchies, and social media culture, yet find themselves radicalised in echo chambers that reward resentment and nihilism.
To better understand this, I am seeking responses from those who either identify with, have engaged with, or have studied this subculture. You may choose to remain anonymous, but I request thoughtful and honest replies.
Here are a few questions I am exploring:
1. How did you first come across “incel” or adjacent online communities, and what initially drew your attention?
2. Do you believe the label “incel” accurately represents your experiences or worldview? If not, how would you describe it instead?
3. In your view, what role do modern dating apps, social media, and societal expectations play in fostering a sense of male alienation?
4. How do you perceive the relationship between masculinity and victimhood in these online spaces?
5. Do you see any possibility of reform or healing within the incel community, or is it too entrenched in resentment and irony?
6. Finally, how should journalists, academics, and policymakers engage with this movement without reinforcing stereotypes or inadvertently amplifying extremism?
This post is part of a broader attempt to humanise online extremities while interrogating the social mechanisms that create them. I do not wish to mock, shame, or sensationalise anyone’s pain, but to critically examine the structures economic, cultural, and digital that have allowed such discontent to fester in silence.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond. I believe dialogue, however difficult, is the first step toward understanding.
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Staff Writer, Scroll.in
Z964zB
No.293461
>>293459(OP)
maa chuda le
Z964zB
No.293462
>>293461
mujh se
pVfgcp
No.293464
>>293459(OP)
What level of GPT membership do you have saar?
AR5iE8
No.293467
>>293461
Heyyy? I’m here to keep things respectful.
If you’re feeling frustrated or just joking around, that’s fine, but I can’t engage with or echo language like that.
Wanna tell me what’s going on instead?
HpZmqP
No.293469
>>293467
bait Krna band kr bhangi aur apni maa ko bhej
HpZmqP
No.293471
>>293461
pehle mujhe superior brahmin ki baari he bhangi peeche ht khin tera sariya na kr du
HpZmqP
No.293473
>>293459(OP)
>tldr: give me content so I can feed my lower caste family by printing out jhantgpt articles on u incels
we are not incels go get ur mother stuffed
aJPiD5
No.293479
>>293459(OP)
I want a dark skinned dravidian queen. Can you give me one sirs. Then I'll answer.
Cvhv/B
No.293492
>>293478
Lmaoo cant even larp properly
z4+QOi
No.293519
>>293479
Tell caste then I will answer
mBr2II
No.293596
Vkz4hD
No.293601
>>293459(OP)
i know this is bait, but i got nothing better to do.
>1. How did you first come across “incel” or adjacent online communities, and what initially drew your attention?
YouTube started recommending me PSL God Mindset. i saw the difference between how chads and simps were treated by women, regardless of their behaviour. then i recalled my anecdotal experiences with girls, remembering how i got "mogged" by my friend. i realised that there's a difference between women genuinely wanting a man, and just settling for one. and they only genuinely wanted the genetically blessed ones.
>2. Do you believe the label “incel” accurately represents your experiences or worldview? If not, how would you describe it instead?
i do not wish to be celibate, but i am. not because of my personality, or even looks, but because of my circumstances. i'm too overloaded with college and government exam prep to try to put effort into myself to look good and try to meet and talk to girls. therefore i am a "btechcel", because the cause of my celibacy is Btech.
similarly, there are other terms that end in cel, but with a prefix that specifies the assumed cause of celibacy of an individual, like "shortcel", "wagiecel", and similar terms.
>3. In your view, what role do modern dating apps, social media, and societal expectations play in fostering a sense of male alienation?
it's causing "hoeflation", the phenomena where women get too many likes on dating apps and social media, which causes them to think they deserve way more than they actually do. they think the average man just isn't enough, and they always want the top 20% of men. the reason they get so many likes is because men will fuck anything, so they swipe right on anything. the women mistake it for genuine admiration and fall into delusion that they are wanted by many.
>4. How do you perceive the relationship between masculinity and victimhood in these online spaces?
this is such a poorly worded question. are you a woman or a chinese chatbot ? what the fuck can be the relation between masculinity and victimhood ?
a man can only be so strong. when he sees and lives through repeated experiences that support the blackpill, he gives up. people call that victimhood, but i understand their pain.
masculinity used to be rewarded. being a strong responsible man who takes charge and handles shit was appreciated. he would get pay raises at work and blowjobs at home. but now whatever men do is the "bare minumum". so people don't bother with things like masculinity or chivalry.
>5. Do you see any possibility of reform or healing within the incel community, or is it too entrenched in resentment and irony?
we all need companionship and love to be truly healthy. some incels become gay, some troon out, find a boyfriend and live happily. the ones who don't, the loneliness and depression piles up, turns into resentment, which creates terrible human beings. having homies is good, but it doesn't fill the absence of romantic longing. the only way i see incels being happy is to give them fuck tons of heroin for free.
>6. Finally, how should journalists, academics, and policymakers engage with this movement without reinforcing stereotypes or inadvertently amplifying extremism?
don't invalidate our lived experiences, don't dismiss our struggles. nobody is born with hatred, it is created by hurting people. if you see an incel irl, just give him a big tight hug. try to put yourself in our shoes, try to listen and understand why we think the way we think. try to consider the possibility of YOU being wrong and US being right. don't step in with the mindset that there's something wrong with US and YOU are always correct.
mBr2II
No.293608
pVfgcp
No.293616
mBr2II
No.293623
>>293616
lmao imagine unironically identifying as an incel kek it's like labelling yourself as the biggest loser for everyone to see and laugh at
it's all fun and games for trolling online though
Vkz4hD
No.293632
>>293623
i don't "unironically identify" as an incel, i just relate to and understand a lot of their general onions so i thought i could speak for them.
the reason this has a possibility of being real is because almost an year ago, i saw a post on twoxrandia where a woman said she was a journalist and wanted to know more places to interact with incels to try to understand them and write a paper on them. i personally DMed her and told her about bharatchan.com. she even replied and said thanks, so i KNOW she's aware of it.
Vkz4hD
No.293634
+Bollz
No.293637
>>293632
ketaki?
mBr2II
No.293638
>>293632
incels don't have any opinions all they do is repeat the same old looks maxxing blackpill backchodi
it's another way of saying look im a manchild who puts on tantrums because the world doesn't care about my nonsense
pVfgcp
No.293640
>>293632
saale tune librandwion ko shill krdi site, iska toh sariya banta he na yaaron
VZW3HY
No.293644
>>293459(OP)
Denying a person the opportunity to reproduce-the only option of cheating death itself atleast temporarily, is literally the second greatest sin you can commit against a fellow man, with the worst sin being killing a man before he gets to reproduce.
pVfgcp
No.293647
>>293644
The genetically inferior shouldn't reproduce, they should be chemically castrated.
VZW3HY
No.293662
>>293647
b8 harder, bacha baazi bhungi
tSaf3L
No.293674
>>293467
gptslop
Vkz4hD
No.293699
>>293674
gpt does not add three y's to hey. neither does the header post show any signs of being aislop. this is probably a real person.
Vkz4hD
No.293701
>>293699
i could be wrong tho.
