š āIncelsā are not particularly right-wing or white, but they are extremely depressed, anxious, and lonely, according to new research
āIncelsā (involuntary celibates) are ethnically and politically diverse. They also have a greater tendency to perceive themselves as victims, have lower levels of life satisfaction, and exhibit higher levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness when compared to non-incels.
The new study, published in Evolutionary Psychological Science, compared a sample of 151 self-identified male incels with 378 similarly aged non-incel males across a range of measures related to mental well-being.
āIncels forge their sense of identity around a perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships,ā said William Costello, lead author on the paper and a doctoral student in psychology at UT Austin. āMany of them subscribe to a philosophy they call the āblack-pill,ā which has to do with being brutally honest about what they see as the bleak truths of the sexual and romantic prospects for men like them.ā
Recent years have seen growing concerns about potential threats of violence stemming from the incel community. Research in the field shows that the vast majority of incels are neither physically violent nor aggressively misogynistic online, but a significant minority of incels (~10%) engage in misogynistic hostility online,
38.85% of the incel participants were right-leaning, 44.70% were left-leaning, and 17.47% were centrist.
A smaller proportion than would be expected by chance identified as white (63.58%), with 36.42% identifying as BIPOC.
17% of incels in the study were not in school, working, or in training, compared to only 9% of non-incels.
36% of incels had a high school level education or lower, compared to 20% of non-incels.
50% of incels reported living with their parents or a caregiver, compared to 27% of non-incels.
75% of incels in the study were clinically diagnosable with severe or moderate depression, and 45% with severe anxiety
WOW šØ The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability
Rep Nancy Mace āI tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motionā
Itās a Uniparty. One Big Club.
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Iran War & Fuel Rationing ā are āEnergy Lockdownsā on the way?
The war in Iran is having the impact that most people with any sense knew it would have: The price of oil is going up, and the supply of oil is going down.
Of course, whether or not the latter of these is actually true we will never know, and itās beside the point. Oil companies will natural take the slightest excuse to price gouge and contrive scarcity for the basest of profit motives.
It also serves a political motive as well, since we know the global political machinery is ā
against free travelā¦...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/16/iran-fuel-rationing-are-energy-lockdowns-on-the-way/
That means that of the 2.1mn tonnes of urea ā the worldās most widely used nitrogen fertiliser ā that would normally have been loaded for export over the past two weeks, about half has been disrupted.
At the same time, more than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs, including 570,000 tonnes of urea, is currently stuck in the Gulf, either being loaded or already on ships, according to Kpler data.
Nitrogen fertilisers, which underpin about half of global food production, are made from ammonia using natural gas, which has soared in price since the war began last month.
The shortages have begun during the northern hemisphereās planting season, leading industry executives to warn of lower harvests for staples such as rice.
If the disruption continues, āthis will be much worse than 2022ā, said Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, a US-based trade group. āThe longer the conflict goes on, the more dire the situation will become.ā
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With reference to the University of Kent meningitis outbreak. All exams being conducted atm are to be taken online. Campus is open as usual. Outbreak was traced to a canterbury nightclub called club chemistry , popular with students in which 2 students (1- UKC student, 1- Faversham college student) have sadly died.