Ryan Broderick

Stephen Hawking, the late theoretical physicist with ALS, in Mike Mew's speech, Hawking serves as an example of someone famous for having a weak jaw. The gospel, according to Mike, more or less the same ideas his dad offered in that original 1981 article. Diet and tongue posture.

Presumably, the academics at this conference don't think much of these ideas now either, but they're not the audience that matters anymore. Their presence in this room is set decoration for the real audience. Eventually, the audience, even for just this one talk, will grow to the hundreds of thousands, because this is the 2010s, which means Mike's words are being recorded and uploaded to YouTube.

Presumably, the academics at this conference don't think much of these ideas now either, but they're not the audience that matters anymore. Their presence in this room is set decoration for the real audience. Eventually, the audience, even for just this one talk, will grow to the hundreds of thousands, because this is the 2010s, which means Mike's words are being recorded and uploaded to YouTube.

Presumably, the academics at this conference don't think much of these ideas now either, but they're not the audience that matters anymore. Their presence in this room is set decoration for the real audience. Eventually, the audience, even for just this one talk, will grow to the hundreds of thousands, because this is the 2010s, which means Mike's words are being recorded and uploaded to YouTube.

So it's like fringe idea plugged into internet.

So it's like fringe idea plugged into internet.

So it's like fringe idea plugged into internet.

And I think one thing that maybe has been memory hold or like normal people just like didn't experience is that around 2011, 2012, as these large social platforms started to flicker on at a scale that started to matter culturally, a lot of insane people who had been using them quietly for many years suddenly became very famous by accident. Like... Flat earthers would be one.

And I think one thing that maybe has been memory hold or like normal people just like didn't experience is that around 2011, 2012, as these large social platforms started to flicker on at a scale that started to matter culturally, a lot of insane people who had been using them quietly for many years suddenly became very famous by accident. Like... Flat earthers would be one.

And I think one thing that maybe has been memory hold or like normal people just like didn't experience is that around 2011, 2012, as these large social platforms started to flicker on at a scale that started to matter culturally, a lot of insane people who had been using them quietly for many years suddenly became very famous by accident. Like... Flat earthers would be one.

You know, a lot of these kind of... Like, these people were using the internet very quietly, and then in 2012, algorithms started to mindlessly serve content to people. And that's probably the easiest way to view what happens here, because in June 2014... One of Mike's videos is shared to sluthate.com. Jesus. Interestingly enough, it's shared by a user named The Orthodontist. Uh-huh.

You know, a lot of these kind of... Like, these people were using the internet very quietly, and then in 2012, algorithms started to mindlessly serve content to people. And that's probably the easiest way to view what happens here, because in June 2014... One of Mike's videos is shared to sluthate.com. Jesus. Interestingly enough, it's shared by a user named The Orthodontist. Uh-huh.

You know, a lot of these kind of... Like, these people were using the internet very quietly, and then in 2012, algorithms started to mindlessly serve content to people. And that's probably the easiest way to view what happens here, because in June 2014... One of Mike's videos is shared to sluthate.com. Jesus. Interestingly enough, it's shared by a user named The Orthodontist. Uh-huh.

Mike denies that he did it. Okay. But suddenly, all of a sudden, there is a new orthotropist jaw exercise called mewing that is very popular in the world of incel dump.

Mike denies that he did it. Okay. But suddenly, all of a sudden, there is a new orthotropist jaw exercise called mewing that is very popular in the world of incel dump.

Mike denies that he did it. Okay. But suddenly, all of a sudden, there is a new orthotropist jaw exercise called mewing that is very popular in the world of incel dump.

To mew is to place your tongue on the roof of your mouth, close your lips, and lightly press your teeth together. If you do this in the mirror, you'll notice it gives your jaw a bit of a jut. But the argument that took hold online was that this was an exercise, and that mewing over time would give you permanently a juddier jaw. Ryan says this notion was taking off in the world of inceldom.

To mew is to place your tongue on the roof of your mouth, close your lips, and lightly press your teeth together. If you do this in the mirror, you'll notice it gives your jaw a bit of a jut. But the argument that took hold online was that this was an exercise, and that mewing over time would give you permanently a juddier jaw. Ryan says this notion was taking off in the world of inceldom.

To mew is to place your tongue on the roof of your mouth, close your lips, and lightly press your teeth together. If you do this in the mirror, you'll notice it gives your jaw a bit of a jut. But the argument that took hold online was that this was an exercise, and that mewing over time would give you permanently a juddier jaw. Ryan says this notion was taking off in the world of inceldom.

The world of inceldom, in case you're not familiar, I actually reported a story about the surprising origins of incel culture online years ago on Reply All, the podcast I used to help make. I'll put a link to that story in the show notes. But all you need to know today, if you're unfamiliar, incel refers to involuntarily celibate.