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A notable user of one of the forums, the mass shooter [[Elliot Rodger]], described PUAhate.com as being "full of stupid, disgusting, mentally ill degenerates who take pleasure in putting down others." <ref>https://www.independent.com/2015/02/20/elliot-rodger-report-details-long-struggle-mental-illness/</ref> | A notable user of one of the forums, the mass shooter [[Elliot Rodger]], described PUAhate.com as being "full of stupid, disgusting, mentally ill degenerates who take pleasure in putting down others." <ref>https://www.independent.com/2015/02/20/elliot-rodger-report-details-long-struggle-mental-illness/</ref> | ||
None of these forums had sub-forums that were explicitly related to incel discussion, although the term was widely used in the "Shitty Advice" section of PUAhate, which was the most visited sub-forum the last few years of the site. | None of these forums had sub-forums that were explicitly related to incel discussion, although the term was widely used in the "Shitty Advice" section of PUAhate, which was the most visited sub-forum in the last few years of the site. | ||
In spite of this lack of an explicit focus on inceldom, many users of the PSL network of sites were incel (to some degree or other), and the memes, concepts, and beliefs commonly espoused on these substantially influenced the culture of several subsequent incel forums. | In spite of this lack of an explicit focus on inceldom, many users of the PSL network of sites were incel (to some degree or other), and the memes, concepts, and beliefs commonly espoused on these forums substantially influenced the culture of several subsequent incel forums. | ||
Although the forums had origins in pick-up-artistry criticism, after the [[Elliot Rodger|Isla Vista]] shooting, it morphed into a place whose main purpose was to discuss [[lookism]] and aesthetics, or to engage in internet trolling, often directed at the particularly credulous, generally [[Asperger's Syndrome|autistic users of the forums]]. | Although the forums had origins in pick-up-artistry criticism, after the [[Elliot Rodger|Isla Vista]] shooting, it morphed into a place whose main purpose was to discuss [[lookism]] and aesthetics, or to engage in internet trolling, often directed at the particularly credulous, generally [[Asperger's Syndrome|autistic users of the forums]]. | ||