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post 1590848611 11-02-2019, 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted By KyleAaron⏩
I was thinking of bb.com when I wrote this, and I still see this today. Mods see this bullsht every day, so we take it in stride. But if you're some middle class lefty journalist you just don't meet these kinds of lost young men, so you might be very alarmed when you do. The alarm eases off once you realise that most of them will eventually grow up. Most.
I wouldn't say that's necessarily true.

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Was it Vice or Vox that had thought some troll posts were serious a while back? Some lulzy chit. I don't know, I'd like to assume journalists are pretty fukkin dumb for thinking this crap, but in reality I just think they don't speak the language.
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post 1590849051 11-02-2019, 05:29 AM
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Lol at vox. I think most of their content is done with bias.
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post 1590849421 11-02-2019, 05:51 AM
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I mean.... They put ******** on there too so they are really just saying anything to get attention at that point.
post 1590849841 11-02-2019, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted By Johnez⏩
Was it Vice or Vox that had thought some troll posts were serious a while back? Some lulzy chit. I don't know, I'd like to assume journalists are pretty fukkin dumb for thinking this crap, but in reality I just think they don't speak the language.
Some of the mods here are just as clueless. One negged me for quoting the angie verona wood smash meme thinking it was srs. Just fukin lol
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post 1590849891 11-02-2019, 06:17 AM
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A cult would have a singular purpose or focus.
The Misc is a cult? lulz

It's an online community in the off topic category. That's it.
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post 1590850431 11-02-2019, 06:42 AM
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Don't act so innocent. As a mod you are a cult leader.
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post 1590850511 11-02-2019, 06:47 AM
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It's not really "journalism." It's a complete reduction of free thought and speech present on the forums to its most negative elements in order to condemn both by association.

Focusing on "inceldom" is just moving the goal posts from "toxic masculinity."
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post 1590850701 11-02-2019, 06:53 AM
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What? The misc is a cult.

a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.


Are we just going to ignore the incel culture and the creepy obsession with people like zyzz?
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Its propaganda against masculinity. Its not about actual cult behaviour or violence but more or less controlling the masses by labelling something as bad and therefore it should be punished and/or thrown the far reaches of society.

VOX is an outlet like CNN/MSNBC etc to destroy peoples thinking.

Once enough outrage has developed then the law can come in and start punishing them for real. The lonely guy in UK who put his arm around a chick twice? She got upset and he got put on a sex offenders register for 5 years.

This is part of their end game. When groups of men start banding together they become a problem for the government and other institutions. All of a sudden that single voice you're hearing becomes a chorus.

Never in history has a group of men coming together been looked upon favourably by any opposing group that already sits on the thrones of power. Unless it serves their purpose (Antifa, Black Bloc) then they will undermine it and make it illegal.
post 1590850761 11-02-2019, 06:56 AM
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It's probably due to the fact that we left humanity behind.
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post 1590850881 11-02-2019, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
Its propaganda against masculinity. Its not about actual cult behaviour or violence but more or less controlling the masses by labelling something as bad and therefore it should be punished and/or thrown the far reaches of society.

VOX is an outlet like CNN/MSNBC etc to destroy peoples thinking.

Once enough outrage has developed then the law can come in and start punishing them for real. The lonely guy in UK who put his arm around a chick twice? She got upset and he got put on a sex offenders register for 5 years.

This is part of their end game. When groups of men start banding together they become a problem for the government and other institutions. All of a sudden that single voice you're hearing becomes a chorus.

Never in history has a group of men coming together been looked upon favourably by any opposing group that already sits on the thrones of power. Unless it serves their purpose (Antifa, Black Bloc) then they will undermine it and make it illegal.
This 100%.

Do these journalists even make accounts here or do they just take everything out of context? What's the point in that?

Where's the articles showing miscers trying to help incels not be pathetic?
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post 1590851011 11-02-2019, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted By pogue⏩
Their argument is that people are more turning to online communities to foster their own belief systems and be goaded on by like minded people who encourage their thought patterns and negatively reinforce their viewpoints on the world, society, politics, etc.
I have made that same argument many times against posters like EOD and others here who are simply posting repeated, negative world views over and over again without variation.

Taking a step back: why would someone who can't get laid come to a bodybuilding forum looking for a discussion? Those of us who actually lift or play sports know what kind of discussions are had in the locker rooms sometimes.

So, those posters actually double down: they want to post their negative works view and foster negative dialogue i.e., abuse from others (negs, mockery etc) because even that reinforces their negative world view - that they are "shunned" as a collective.

My problem with Vox here is that they overly generalize the forum- I think the mods have done a great job here of compiling that sort of agenda-driven drivel into a single thread.
post 1590851101 11-02-2019, 07:11 AM
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Misc is a reflection of current society and culture. It wasn't like this until 2014, when liberal propaganda, feminism, sjw culture, degenerate culture started to ramp up
post 1590851411 11-02-2019, 07:24 AM
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I remember seeing that from the Explained epidsode. I laughed for a full minute. LOL

Great overall episode actually. Cults and Religions blur the line often....
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post 1590851421 11-02-2019, 07:25 AM
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I agree.
As a cult, our leader is pogue. All ideas stem from him.
All actions are the result of his request.
Without pogue we are nothing.
His primary disciples are those with the high “Rep Power”
post 1590851991 11-02-2019, 07:41 AM
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post 1590852381 11-02-2019, 07:51 AM
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Cult, no. Hive mind mentality, absolutely.
post 1590852441 11-02-2019, 07:53 AM
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I would delete this post, but it's so dumb I feel like I have to reply against it.
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
Its propaganda against masculinity. Its not about actual cult behaviour or violence but more or less controlling the masses by labelling something as bad and therefore it should be punished and/or thrown the far reaches of society.
You are under the misguided impression that "masculinity" is under threat. This is a common ad hominem attack against the the me too movement/gamergate and all the other current social and political movement that are addressing the therealissue of sexual harassment in the workplace, the glass ceiling, and other real problems that women face in society.
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
VOX is an outlet like CNN/MSNBC etc to destroy peoples thinking.
I don't watch major corporate news networks. It's obvious which side of the isle the networks are on, and networks like OAN and Fox are essentially propaganda arms of the Republic (now Trumpist) party.

But, if anyone watches these blindly and believe everything they see on them, then I would say yeah, those people need to get some news from outside sources. I try and get my news from smaller YouTube channels with a more trustworthy source - often these are international outlets. France24, Deutsche Welle, Al Jazerra, and BBC are good. I am also preferential to Democracy Now and The David Pakman show.
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
Once enough outrage has developed then the law can come in and start punishing them for real.
No clue what you're talking about here.
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
The lonely guy in UK who put his arm around a chick twice? She got upset and he got put on a sex offenders register for 5 years.
I'd like to see a source for this, but walking up to some random lady and putting your arm around her just sounds creepy and weird and could be considered assault depending on the circumstances. But, based on what you said - I have no idea.
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
This is part of their end game. When groups of men start banding together they become a problem for the government and other institutions. All of a sudden that single voice you're hearing becomes a chorus.
This sounds like typical incel banter insanity. I agree with the men's right movement on a number of issues, but they've been taken over by misogynist nuts who have no ideological philosophy other than attempting to destroy feminism and what they see as they see themselves losing the power they once had in the world to the "secret feminist agenda".
Originally Posted By EmmaW4tson⏩
Never in history has a group of men coming together been looked upon favourably by any opposing group that already sits on the thrones of power. Unless it serves their purpose (Antifa, Black Bloc) then they will undermine it and make it illegal.
This just sounds so bizarre and out of historical context as to be asinine. Men have sat in the throws of power since basically the beginning of the any kind of society you want to look at, as far back as the Romans, Greeks, etc. I have no idea where you are getting this idea from.
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Originally Posted By pogue⏩
I would delete this post, but it's so dumb I feel like I have to reply against it.

Did not read a single fukin word.

You're clueless and you're inability to see how the media is weaponising people against each other and putting bb.com in the same camp as actual cults is proof of this.

Enjoy your stupidity.
post 1590853361 11-02-2019, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted By KyleAaron⏩
Just today something I'd said three years ago came up for me on the lamebook:

Observation: on army recruit course we could always tell the guys who'd had an absent father - whether he'd left entirely, worked too many hours, or was around but just didn't care, all of which were much more common than actual abuse.

They were all kind of lost, sad and angry, rebellious, and spent more time in self-pity than action to improve things. Nobody had to ask their family background, it showed.

I see a similar thing in online discussions.

I was thinking of bb.com when I wrote this, and I still see this today. Mods see this bullsht every day, so we take it in stride. But if you're some middle class lefty journalist you just don't meet these kinds of lost young men, so you might be very alarmed when you do. The alarm eases off once you realise that most of them will eventually grow up. Most.
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You could argue the misc was far more of a cult when zyzz was around and the obsession with him that ensued. I hopped back on here after a 2-3 year break and nowadays all the threads have to do with some sort of incel BS or redpilled nonsense. Just take a look at the front page ffs.
Also, this site has thousands of users and with the vast majority being male, it's easy for vox to say it's misogynistic and push that angle.

Edit: Forgot about elliot rodgers and balconybrah, those definitely don't help paint the site in a positive light.
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So real question is who's gonna start hosting the cult meetups? Need a southeast cult HQ, west coast HQ, etc... Naturally moderators can overlook all cult activities.
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Misc is where we come to get away from the eat, sleep, work, repeat cult that is modern society these days.
Gaming for guys has replaced forums and is much more brutal and funny. It's just harder to screenshot or keep track of online game chats so they trot out these old dinosaur platforms.

We are just becoming too regulated as humans. Occasionally someone will shout out Spartacus.
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sadly they dont understand the misc
they are misinformed and filled with
projected fake and deceived news
bring them, and i will teach them and
inform them that misc is not a ****
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order 66 vox
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Originally Posted By pogue⏩
Just to start off, I want to say I really like Vox's YouTube channel.
so you're an idiot? got it.
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Lots of people here have right leaning views socially speaking. Also a lot of people work out and look good, take pride in their accomplishments and brag about it. These are things the left hates, anything to do with meritocracy and any community of people sharing right leaning views, so of course vox will attack the misc. vox has a long track record of making completely false and stupid claims so I’m not sure why we are taking them seriously itt.

EDIT: and the idea that the misc is a cult is painfully stupid. This isn't something the misc would ever have a rational discussion about if a mod didn't make the thread, and misc is very capable of having rational discussions. Vox makes a stupid and ridiculous claim and misc should just be making fun of vox not trying to score intellectual points in a pointless debate, especially because anyone here with braincels knows we are obviously not a cult.
post 1590854721 11-02-2019, 08:49 AM
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nice, always wanted to be part of a cult
Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.
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Originally Posted By IMathew⏩
In for answers.

Nothing really "cultish" about the misc. There have been some strange posters and crazy events but that doesn't make it a cult.



Spoiler!
things like this don't help our cause lulSpoiler!
The way miscers passionately defend trump and go full school shooter mode when their views are slightly challenged can be seen by some as cult like.

Plus the hate for Moslems, Indians and views on women (and in some cases underage girls) definitely support the cult label it has earned.
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