There was a post on r/leftwingmaleadvocates which asked, “Are incels bad?” One of the comments said the following:

“Yea problem is dating is so rigged with the apps and no cultural celebration/rolls for men to be fulfilled and desirable, that about 80% of guys probably fall into the category of incel these days. There are actually whole countries like Japan or China where MOST men are permanently single and have no hope of ever getting a partner or relationship. Feminism has been IMMENSELY vindictive and bigoted culturally, but there are also big socioeconomic factors at play here. There are literally tens of millions of guys out there that could be considered incel, and even if your not an incel dating is still extremely difficult which is just as much a problem. I think the incel label is almost like the label ‘thug’. It takes a social issue and crushes you by making it a -you- thing. Oh you say a lot of women/society don’t even treat you as human, hmmm sounds like there must be something wrong with YOU, work harder and pull yourself up by the bootstraps!”

I replied to the comment by saying that 80% of men are not incels. In public, I have seen average looking men with girlfriends. In my experience, what this Redditor said is not true. I was downvoted for saying that. I disagree with this comment because it seems to be “black-pilled.”

There was also a post on r/mensrights which was about a guy sharing his personal experience. He said he was able to get laid while being broke. He said women don’t care about money much. He was also downvoted.

Some MRAs (who probably have trouble dating) seem to have black-pilled beliefs. The black-pill says if a man isn’t in the top 20% he is doomed. He won’t be able to get casual sex or a girlfriend. Some take it to a more extreme level and say a man has to be 6 ft tall, have a 6 figure income, 6 pack abs, and a 6 inch penis.

The black-pill is a derivative of the red-pill, but it has less nuance. Rollo Tomassi is supposed to be the inventor of the red-pill. In one of his videos he said, women are attracted to 20% of men. The 20% is subjective for each woman. He never said 20% of men sleep with 80% of women. Someone misunderstood what he said and it spread throughout the internet.

By saying 20%, it means women are pickier than men. Maybe some women think less than 20% are attractive, and some think more than 20%. It’s not an exact 20%. A man can be in the 20% (attractive) for one woman and be in the unattractive category for another.

Some people say 80% of women swipe right on 20% of men on Tinder. I don’t know how true that is. I haven’t read the data on it. Black-pillers claim this is true.

In my opinion, average men are not doomed. I think these black pilled beliefs are harmful to the men who hold them.

  • a-man-from-earth@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    There are actually whole countries like Japan or China where MOST men are permanently single

    This is just blatantly untrue. Yes, there may be difficulties, but most men end up dating (and eventually, getting married) anyway. Also, feminism has had barely any influence on China. There are other forces at play here, such as traditional expectations.

    I think these black pilled beliefs are harmful to the men who hold them.

    Absolutely, and we don’t endorse them here.

  • a-man-from-earth@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    PSA: Defense of blackpill ideology is extremely unwelcome here.

    It is not “acknowledging harsh reality”, “the unfiltered truth”, or “how the world works.” No. It’s doomer thinking, and an oversimplification and distortion of reality. Yes, physical attractiveness is important, but it’s not the be-all and end-all. There are other factors that play a role. Humans are complex beings, and you’re doing us no service by erasing that complexity and boiling everything down to one factor. One that is mostly out of one’s control. As if it’s that simple.

    It leads to hopelessness, depression, and worse. We here aim to help men overcome that, and work on a better future. If you’re at cross-purposes with that, then you have no place here.

  • gapbetweenus@feddit.de
    3·
    1 year ago

    In my opinion the main problem of all pilled schools of thoughts: is a very formulaic view of humans. It’s a very naive view of the world that views it more like a video game, where a certain set of actions will lead to a certain result. While in reality humans are just highly irrational and there are just some vague guidelines in life, where sometimes you can do the opposite and be just as fine.

  • thestrugglingstudent@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’s kinda hard, because if all you have experienced are the shallow women who only care about looks, money, and status, being told you are wrong will just make you feel invalidated. I don’t think it’s much different from women who assume that all men are misogynistic rapists due to having been traumatized by them. It is a way to tie your experiences and identity into the ideologies you support.

    • Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have experience with women who don’t care about these things… they aren’t dating me though. The ones who date me are totally obsessed with looks money and status. it’s repulsive and miserable to be around them. they are clouds of insecurity and anxiety and hostility.

      but i don’t regard all women as awful just because the ones who date me are dating me for the wrong reasons.

  • insomniac_lemon@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’s not 80%, or average men, or just a lack of money. And yeah, you can’t really blame anyone for their choice (or that choice is easier).

    It’s Bowling Alone (but without even bowling), it’s living with parents, it’s not having good transportation options in a country designed around cars, it’s inability to move somewhere else, it’s poor (physical and mental) health/diet etc, it’s intimacy issues, it’s everything as comorbidities and that’s on top of normal life things (religion(esp. lack thereof), politics, race) massively cutting dating pools out-of-the-gate (likely without good ways to navigate) that everybody has to deal with.

    It’s nuanced, and the deeper someone is the more I’d say it’s a systemic failure. (Not that it excuses those who are jerks-or-worse/obsessed about it)