• skeptomatic@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    This joke doesn’t blame a woman for his inability to attract, it implies he’s ugly and women are attracted to money.

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      6 months ago

      That is literally placing the blame on the woman

      “If she weren’t such a gold digger, she’d want me”

      The whole, “they want the wrong thing” is incredibly common in incels.

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        6 months ago

        Lol, implying women are attracted to money is not a stereotype that only an incel can attribute. Comedy often pokes fun at stereotypes, of course without trying to offend.
        I don’t think the joke is “… literally placing the blame …”
        The joke is more light-hearted than outright “blame”.
        “Incel” is a modern word with negative connotation, that I don’t think need be retroactively applied to all things related to rejection or attraction from a woman.
        It ruins the joke.