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Robert

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Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

And we'll talk about the concept of lookism because that's what leads us to looks maxing in a little bit.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

But the PSL scale comes along with this kind of, alongside this, they develop this intricate vocabulary for facial features primarily.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

And I found a quote from an article in The Viewer by Maya Gilhog and Isabel Lee that gives an overview of this.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Quote, different physical traits impact the PSL rating someone receives.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

A weak jaw, for example, makes a man a two out of 10, while a negative canthal tilt or downward slanted eyes repels universally.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Both characteristics, along with many more, are considered unmasculine by the incel community.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

They signify weakness and low SMV or sexual market value, the primary measure of an individual's worth according to an incel.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

And I don't think this gets enough attention.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

There's some like toxic capitalism baked into incel ideology.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Which is the idea that like, well, everyone has an objective sexual market value.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Market value.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Market value.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Can I just say, I hate the fact that all of these terms are not new to me.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

No, no, no.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

I hate the fact that I've been so steeped in the far right and covering the far right that I'm like, oh yeah, this is not a new language.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

Yeah, yeah.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

No one wants to know this stuff.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

This stuff is so.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

And this is why you should elect me to Congress, because actually, no joke, part of it is like so much of this influences the Republican Party now, which is what we're going to get into.

Behind the Bastards
Part One: From Elliott Rodger to Clavicular: The Story of Incel Evolution

But like, yep, this is the basis of when you're taking bad faith arguments and good faith of like the male loneliness epidemic.