Apparently MGTOW is a religion now. At least according to one MGTOW Redditor, who suggests that the scriptures of this new religion consist of all the whiny posts about the evils of women that are regularly posted to assorted MGTOW forums.
Let’s let the good Reverend Roflcopt0rz_returns MGTOWsplain it all to us:
Wow, I thought you guys were just whiny woman-haters who couldn’t shut up. I had no idea you were doing the Lord’s work.
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O/T: Anyone else watching the debate? I’ll be watching at the start but will probably be multitasking later on.
Well, that was…something.
@Naglfar
The debate was an even bigger clusterfuck than I was expecting.
@Naglfar
I cannot imagine caring even a little bit about anything either of them has to say.
Are we calling it a debate then? I watched 5 minutes of it and had to turn it off because it was like watching my uncles yelling and sniping at each other and thinking that they are so clever. I just felt bad for Chris Wallace, he was trying really hard to have a decent debate and reign it in and, well, you know… that happened.
@PoM : the bit about correlation between aggressiveness and knowledge make sense since the new testament is rather clear about peace and non violence.
@debate : I have seen summaries and not the whole thing. The general impression is that Trump only signaled to his voters and did not even try to reach for the other, while Biden was visibly concentrated on convincing thoses few republicans that are on the fence.
The main thing I noticed was that Biden seemed to be trying to have a debate, while Trump seemed to think he was having a rally. I agree with Big Titty Demon in that I feel sorry for Chris Wallace, he had to act like he was trying to manage an unruly 3 year old.
Don’t feel sorry for Chris Wallace. He’s a Fox Noise shill just like the rest. He puts on a facade of being tough and fair like his father, but it’s just a front. If you pay attention to him you’ll see his bias.
I didn’t watch the debate but I’ve heard that he didn’t even try to get control of Trump. Of course he didn’t.
@Policy of Madness
I mean I did watch part of it and I disagree. 🙂 The problem is that Trump is a person with no regard for anyone but dictators, so he failed to succeed.
I can feel bad for someone who is not of my own exact political beliefs for being in an unfortunate situation. I also felt bad for how Trump treated Megyn Kelly in 2016 about the debates, blood coming out of her wherever, and she is a person with opposite political beliefs to mine.
https://nitter.net/JillFilipovic/status/1311133358093631489#m
Could be the motto of that blog TBH.
@wwth:
Yup. The extra pathetic part of this whole thing is that, while everybody engaged in any kind of life effort does occasionally need to “remind [themselves] of the path [they’re] on” when their “conviction wavers” temporarily, the healthy way to do that is by reinforcing the positive aspects of their goals.
It’s perfectly normal for even happily single people to feel unenthusiastic about singlehood from time to time. If you make a habit of focusing on the good and positive things about your single life in order to cope with occasional feelings of dissatisfaction, that’s great and nobody objects to that at all.
But if you have to be constantly soaking your consciousness in negative reactions to bigoted misogynistic horror stories about how awful women are in order to reconcile yourself to singlehood? Sorry, buddy, in that case you’re not reinforcing healthy spiritual growth, you’re brainwashing yourself into a hate cult.
@Kimstu:
Isn’t that kind of moot now? The path everyone is on now goes straight down the gullet of a black hole. Look at the giant fires, barrage of hurricanes, fascists on the eve of ascendency, collapsing economy, species extinction rate, and plague, and the dire things the scientists are saying about the climate and ecology.
It sure looks like some kind of End Times now, doesn’t it? 🙁
@Surplus
The problem is, that’s exactly what conservative Christians want. They want to bring about the End Times because they believe that God will then intervene and take them to heaven and their enemies (Jews, LGBTQIPA+, Black people, anyone to the left of them, people of other religions, etc) will go to hell. When the pandemic was starting I recall seeing some evangelicals on Twitter speculating about how it was the rapture. They don’t see it as a problem that it’s the end times, because that’s what they want to have happen.
Of course, if this is the Biblical end times, they’ve all sided with the Antichrist.
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads”
–Revelation 13:16
They conducted rituals up on Fox News, bizarre rituals intended to bring about the end of the world. And now it looks like it may actually happen.
Always tell those ones they missed the boat by nearly a century. The rapture happened on the 18th April, 1930 and we’re just the leftovers …
😀 It don’t half upset them.
Holy shit. We’re actually living in a Lovecraft story.
@Lukas Xavier
At least Cthulhu hasn’t risen yet. I’m expecting that for November.
I am obligated to repost this gem:
@StR:
With all due respect, I don’t think so. Without at all trying to dismiss or downplay the magnitude of the catastrophes facing us as a species, and without disregarding the appalling sufferings of the many individuals being directly and drastically impacted by disasters right now, I absolutely don’t think that undertaking any sort of effort to make things even a little bit better right where you are is in any way “moot”. Trying to be a better and happier human being is not and never will be moot.
In particular, the vast majority of MGTOW types liking stuff on the interwebs right now are, I would be willing to bet, not fleeing from an impending wildfire or hurricane or scrounging stale food from gutters or clinging to life on a respirator. I don’t think they or anybody else with even a modicum of stability and security in their current circumstances gets a pass on being a crap human being on the grounds that “well the whole world is collapsing into crap so what does it matter”.
If MGTOW types or anybody else want to be happily single without filling their minds with hatred and contempt and bigotry, I think that’s an endeavor well worth undertaking and supporting even in the midst of pandemic and climate change and tyrannical misgovernment. Yes, of course they should be putting in some work to help fix things on a bigger scale too. But striving for personal spiritual growth—and I’d say that working to be happily single, or happily married, or fulfilled in one’s job, or a better parent or sibling, or whatever, falls in that category—isn’t a selfish indulgence or a luxury reserved only for times of peace and prosperity.
Sorry for all the super clausey sentences, when I get all heartfelt and earnest I really go to town on the Ciceronian convoluted oratory.
This is from a piece written by David Renton. He’s a barrister here.
@Surplus:
Cores of pure selenium!!
@David:
Pretty sure it’s actually Satan the MGTOWs are working for.
I’m leery anytime someone says, “Constantly.” Most people spend, what? Two or three minutes commenting online? How long is the average person reading Reddit? Even when I disagree, to say someone is Constantly complaining, or Constantly this, or Constantly that is basically trying to reduce a person’s argument without actually dealing with their argument.