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Oh god mgtow. That whole thing is a walking red flag
I generally dislike writing off people (or groups or things) based on a soundbite or a hashtag - I'd much rather evaluate for myself whether there's any decent and informative point to the content.
#mgtow though... The very presence of it makes one cringe, and I can't think of an occasion when it hasn't descended into a dumpster fire from there.
I suppose it's nice of them to flag their own content so well really.
The concept of it isn't intrinsically bad. There's nothing wrong with men who just want to be single and focus on things other than relationships. The problem arose when it was co-opted by hateful incels and misogynists.
Co-opted my ass. It was started by incels pretending to be stoics.
Yeah, I miss when I didn't know what it really meant. My imagined world was so wholesome
Genuinely curious, your world was wholesome before that single fact?
no no the world i imagined all those mgtow people making their threads about, with guys throwing their own tea parties for themselves and going on little hikes by themselves and having little log cabins for their pet screaming possums. i don't live in the real world it's scary out there
It overall reminded me why I fucking hate social media in general.
Huh, must have changed a bit. When I came across it years ago it seemed like a reasonably healthy response for an incel - stop worrying about women and work on yourself.
For anybody else who hadn't heard about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Going_Their_Own_Way
Back when I first heard about it I thought it was really nice that there was a group of men supporting each other in rejecting the idea that heterosexual monogamy was the only path to a fulfilled life. Life is full of disappointment.
I've seen this one before! In The Little Rascals!