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people spent the early 2000s shitting on neckbeards when they shouldpve been bracing for the kinds of adults who watch logan and jake paul
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canaryWart programming.dev canaryWart@programming.dev
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In a certain light these groups could be seen as having a yin-yang dynamic
in the sense that both can be characterized as fundamentally lacking talent but one wallows in it and the other sees it as a gimmick.

Questions:
Is a dude who smells but generally endeavours to stay out of your way than an ideological fuckboy with clout chasing tendencies?
could any of these people have failed become the kind of person who votes for Trump?

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MantisToboggon lemmy.world MantisToboggon@lemmy.world
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We should have done both!

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Proprietary_Blend lemmy.world Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world
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YappyMonotheist lemmy.world ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
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Asmongold (the stinkiest of the stinkers) and whoever listens to him is certainly pro-Trump, and it makes entire sense, since the illusion of white supremacy is all a white, stupid, confused and amoral loser can have. But generally, they're alright, IME. How much hatred and/or sociopathy can a man have whilst holding a daki and watching Girls und Panzer? 😅

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canaryWart programming.dev canaryWart@programming.dev
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Not sure where this is coming from, lol
Giving pot and kettle vibes though

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canaryWart programming.dev canaryWart@programming.dev
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Asmongold (the stinkiest of the stinkers) and whoever listens to him is certainly pro-Trump, and it makes entire sense, since the illusion of white supremacy is all a white, stupid, confused and amoral loser can have. But generally, they're alright, IME. How much hatred and/or sociopathy can a man have whilst holding a daki and watching Girls und Panzer? 😅

Forgot about him. Fair enough. /thread

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RumorsOfLove lemmy.dbzer0.com RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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maybe dont shit on people??

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Fondots lemmy.world Fondots@lemmy.world
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I don't think the two groups are as separate as you think.

Sure, there's a lot of assholes in the Jake/Logan Paul group who were always that kind of asshole

But I've also seen more than a few of them who were neckbeard types who hit the gym and never really did anything to work on their personality.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble lemmy.dbzer0.com fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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maybe dont shit on people??

Nah.

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OriginEnergySux lemmy.world OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world
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Don't both stereotypes shit on women? I remember the neckbeard stereotype as an incel which hated women because of it - and i guess alpha males hate on women coz they have too much sex or some shit like that? I dunno both types sound dumb

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MagicShel lemmy.zip MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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I don't think the two groups are as separate as you think. Sure, there's a lot of assholes in the Jake/Logan Paul group who were always that kind of asshole But I've also seen more than a few of them who were neckbeard types who hit the gym and never really did anything to work on their personality.

Wearing a fedora and m'ladying was their attempt to have a personality. When that went the way you'd predict, they went from, "I like memes, so I'll be a living meme," to, "I like shitposts, so I'll be a living shitpost."

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JandalsAweigh lemmy.nz JandalsAweigh@lemmy.nz
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I'm sorry. What exactly is the question?

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canaryWart programming.dev canaryWart@programming.dev
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Don't both stereotypes shit on women? I remember the neckbeard stereotype as an incel which hated women because of it - and i guess alpha males hate on women coz they have too much sex or some shit like that? I dunno both types sound dumb

Neckbeard and incel aren't circular intersections. Of course, there're people who're both, but ther're plenty of incels who have nothing to do with neckbeard stuff and vice versa.
If you take the school shooter stereotype, you're almost exclusively in self conceived alpha male territory.

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canaryWart programming.dev canaryWart@programming.dev
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maybe dont shit on people??

I agree, but bracing for isn't the same as shitting on

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jubilationtcornpone sh.itjust.works jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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maybe dont shit on people??

Unless they're into it.

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Dead_or_Alive lemmy.world Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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I’d like to throw Libertarians in that same cess pool.

90% of them don’t know what Libertarian means, besides no taxes or regulations they don’t share any of the beliefs around personal liberty. They looove jack booted facist shit aimed at the left and minorities all in the name of law and order.

They will hide behind it as a defense mechanism to side step any accountability for their voting record now that the Republican brand is completely fucked.

“Ohh I voted for him but Trump doesn’t represent my beliefs, I’m a libertarian.”

You are going to see a lot of hard core Republicans claiming to be something else as Trumps approval rating sinks further below 30%.

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