It's often said around here that if you are an incel wageslaving is virtually pointless. So what are the primary reasons why so many quasi-incels or incels in denial work?
In my opinion:
1. To take their minds off being celibate: work provides constant (generally meaningless) tasks to focus on instead of their psychological problems and enables them to pretend that they have a worthwhile purpose
2. The increased money, status and "independence" they have relative to being unemployed means that they can better hold out hope for a relationship, perhaps with a colleague (proximity, shared suffering)
3. They avoid the internalised feelings of guilt and shame that society tries to imbue in the unemployed
4. Their money enables them to afford more and better copes
In my opinion:
1. To take their minds off being celibate: work provides constant (generally meaningless) tasks to focus on instead of their psychological problems and enables them to pretend that they have a worthwhile purpose
2. The increased money, status and "independence" they have relative to being unemployed means that they can better hold out hope for a relationship, perhaps with a colleague (proximity, shared suffering)
3. They avoid the internalised feelings of guilt and shame that society tries to imbue in the unemployed
4. Their money enables them to afford more and better copes
