It’s an interesting look inside the mind of an incel (it’s all told from his perspective), but like I said, it is brutal. It doesn’t hold anything back. I think it’s worth it anyway, but I thought I would warn people now.

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s no fucking joke that regular human contact, physical contact, is a basic need.

    I would disagree on this aspect; I am pretty touch averse myself and last I checked I am still human. Maybe some folks feel they require a certain degree of intimacy, but I don’t think we should count this as a universal truth and give any credence to the notion that incels are entitled to intimate contact as a basic need.

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      5 months ago

      last I checked I am still human.

      Pssshhhh!!! You’re not fooling ME lizard creature!!! I know the aliens have landed!!! They’re after me lucky charms!!!

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      6 months ago

      Disagree all you want, but there’s some good research behind that, and I never, ever said anyone is entitled to intimate contact.

      Normally, I’d go digging for enough links to make the point, but you seem to have misread what I wrote, so I’m not willing to put that kind of time into this for a stranger that’s putting words in my mouth.

      Secondary to that, you being touch averse is irrelevant to the issue tbh. I’m touch averse outside of very close friends and some family. Even the autistic people I know well enough to talk to have the need for touch to some degree, even when they can only handle it in small doses infrequently, with an even smaller number of people they can take it from. There’s always outliers, and you could well be one of them.