Pentagon Adopts Incel-Speak

simianwords

I believe incels and looksmaxxing are different with some overlap so I don't know why guardian is conflating the two of them. But I think there's a lot of truth in what these two communities say. The reason their slang catches on is because they attach to words what people subconsciously believe anyway.

assbuttbuttass

The incels have grown up and now work at the Pentagon

4cant

FT: [Workers are 'friction-maxxing' to resist AI]( https://www.ft.com/content/fd5e65df-83c7-42f3-9658-377c99df4... ) Economist: [Should You Be Fibremaxxing?]( https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/02/20/... ) Bloomberg: [Fibermaxxing Is a Diet Trend Even Nutritionists Can Love]( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/high-fibe... ) The Incels have took over all media last month!

YZF

TIL: “involuntarily celibate” I've heard the word incel used all over but didn't know where it came from. I did have some idea of what it meant ofcourse. People are so divided into these echo chambers they make up their own languages. Soon the different groups won't even be able to communicate with each other.

dwroberts

They are using this style of speech, because it serves their aims of recruiting young people to go fight and die in stupid conflicts like this

rasur

It's annoying that they class themselves as "Involuntary" Celibates, because as far as I can tell the "in" part of "Involuntary" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Volcels is way more accurate.

jl6

> “You’re hitting yourself in the face with a hammer. That feels very manly. It’s very strong,” Walker says. Is this an actual thing that kids do or just a moral panic because some loon did it once for clicks?