Incel ideology is a self-contained system. And when the realities of the world intrude upon the incels’ collective fantasies, they feel an enormous amount of cognitive dissonance.
The creator of the viral Twitter hate account “Libs of TikTok” appeared on Tucker Carlson’s daily streaming show on Fox Nation today. Unsurprisingly, Chaya Raichik took the opportunity to spread misinformation about, and spew hatred at, the LGBTQ community, which she characterized as an evil “cult” of pedophile groomers.
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Christmas Day: Open thread
Me-e-e-e-rry Christmas, if you’re into that sort of thing. Otherwise, enjoy this very cold day if you’re in certain parts of the northern hemisphere.
A little open thread for Christmas Eve.
Living life to the fullest, incel style.
It’s been a shit year for trans people and LGBTQ folks more generally, with a massive and violent backlash that has targeted everyone from drag queens to providers of trans healthcare; meanwhile, laws in numerous states have begun to chip away at fundamental trans rights.
So it’s no secret that I’m a bit obsessed with AI, as many people are these days. The AI art bots, mainly, which I have used to generate graphics for this blog on more than a few occasions. But also ChatGPT, a chatbot that offers a shockingly convincing impersonation of an actual human. It’s miles ahead of the glorified web search bots that power digital assistants like Alexa and Google Home.
Life is tough for nice guys in our cold, hard world. Consider this poor fellow I found posting on Incels.is.
Last week, Donald Trump introduced a set of NFTs in the form of “Digital Trading Cards” that were all badly photoshopped pictures of him, with the body of an especially buff Adonis, in a variety of different costumes, looking as heroic and resolute as the clearly underpaid graphic designers could make him. He was dressed up as, among other things, a superhero, a cowboy, an astronaut, and … a golfer. He took in $4.5 million selling the things.
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Fun facts about mastodons
Today, for no real reason, let’s look at some fun facts about the majestic Mastodon, one of my very favorite proboscideans.