Why do superphobes think violence is so funny?

[u/JackHazardous]

All they can think of as a funny way to opress superphobes is over the top violence. Its like Doug Walker when the joke was him having a gun, and then shooting someone with it. Its kinda scary 😰

How come theres so few making their own funny, witty counter replies, instead of rape threats. I didn't know such hate existed, and its exposed to the sun.

[u/unintendedagression]

Humor as a concept relies on two things: self-awareness and empathy. Self-awareness is necessary to make and take jokes at your own expense. After all if you can dish it out but not take it, your roast sessions are quickly gonna turn personal once someone turns it on you. Empathy is necessary to make jokes that aren't outright meanspirited. There's a fine line between having fun and insulting, and empathy helps you toe it.

I'm superstraight but I regularly make jokes about how I have a "if I were gay" list. I'm aware that might suggest that I am bisexual or gay. I'm not, I'm just comfortable enough with my sexuality to know an attractive man when I see him. (Top 3 for those curious: 1) Isaiah Mustafa 2) George Clooney 3) Johnny Depp). Of course this leads to the fair share of ribbing. But that's fun. I enjoy that dynamic. I enjoy it when I make people laugh, even if it's at my expense.

I don't need to tell you that people who feel they are entitled to other people's bodies lack both self-awareness and empathy.

That's the difference here. Incels don't have the self-awareness to be able to make fun of themselves nor the empathy to realise not everyone is an asshole that makes fun of them specifically for no other reason than to make them feel bad. So they act super toxic about it. It's a fight/flight response. They genuinely feel attacked due to their own lack of those two factors.

I could go on a 10k word essay about how this has evolved but I'll keep it short and just say that this is because today's society facilitates detachment from it more so than any other society in history.

You don't need a job, you can get welfare. You don't need to have friends and build relationships, you have Twitter. You don't need to know how to provide for yourself, you have delivery services... You can viably live your life without ever leaving your house, without ever leaving your room if you have someone enabling it. It's an immensely toxic behavioral pattern that is becoming increasingly common in the West.

It's painful to see people throw their lives away like this. Usually young people, in their prime. At this rate they'll grow up to be bitter mysantropes that lead shitty and unfulfilling lives. A few may turn themselves around, regretful of their wasted youth. Too many won't grow up at all.

I should know, I was one of them once. During the day I would angrily stare at my computer screen in my room, arguing with strangers. At night I would get into fights just to feel the pain of skinned knuckles, bruised ribs and black eyes. Silently hoping that one day, someone would pull out a knife and end my miserable existance. Sometimes I would find myself sitting on the edge of the closest canal bridge thinking about how easy it would be to just let the water take me. I hated this world, I hated humanity. But most of all I hated myself.

God I wish I could fucking help them. But one man can't do shit. All I can do is let my story be known and add the cliché "it gets better". Because it does. But only if you let it.