Most of y’all know that I’m very interested in internet oddities, subcultures, and communities, especially the toxic ones. You could say toxic cringe is a hobby of mine. I made this blog because I wanted a place to discuss and share my deep dives into these communities. At the time I was most interested in the true crime community, the shoplifting fandom, incels, and terfs. Obviously I’ve taken this blog in a very different direction, but today I thought I’d get back to my roots and check in on the terfs. And holy. Shit.
I don’t know how anyone can bear to be immersed in this discourse for any amount of time. It’s too much for me, I can’t fucking handle it. The intolerance. The paranoia. The fear mongering. The hyperbole. The conspiracy theories (the YouTube shooter was a trans woman and the mainstream media is covering it up! Reee!) the overwhelming ugliness and mean spiritedness that penetrates every corner of their community. Every once in a while I’d come across a post that started off coherent and brought up worthwhile topics but in the same breathe, they’ll say “and psychiatrists are conspiring to turn all lesbians into trans men-“ record scratch. What?!?
Anyway, I’m not really going anywhere with this I just needed to vent a bit and purge my soul of the bad vibes that radiate off of those fucks.