On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness

Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by thatguy0900 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:04PM (#27040573)

I think they are conflating needing sex with deserving or being garunteed sex.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by ayyy on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @02:12PM (#27040703)

Yes, I've conflated the idea of "needing" something with the idea of "deserving" something.

For example, some people need food, but they don't deserve it just because they're alive. We call that hunger.

Other people need housing, but they don't deserve it just because they're alive. We call that homelessness.

Some need sex, but they don't deserve it just because they're alive. We call those people incels.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by QuercusMax on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @04:01PM (#27042188)

Why don't you think people deserve housing and food, in the richest country in the history of the world? Our society could absolutely provide them, it just doesn't because they're "not worthy".

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by alex_smart on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @05:10PM (#27042948)

Sorry what? USA doesn't provide food to poor people? I find that a little hard to believe. Even India, with one tenth the resources per capita, manages to do that.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by thatguy0900 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @05:23PM (#27043068)

They do, food stamps are a monthly allotment on a debit card for low income households.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by andi999 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:31AM (#27046827)

Different societies has different understandings what people deserve.

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