‘Neckbeards’: 35 Times People Shared Their Opinions Without Realizing How Hateful They Are
"Neckbeard" is a pejorative online term to describe a person who exhibits social awkwardness, underachievement, and pretentiousness.
It's a reference to the poor grooming and hygiene standards associated with these folks, and their facial hair in particular, which, according to the stereotype, is unkempt and extends down their neck.
This doesn't mean that every guy with man fur under his chin automatically becomes one. Plus, people's personalities are so nuanced that it's often impossible to make an accurate assessment of them from something they say on the internet.
However, it it does mean that if you are hateful towards others just because you need to mask your personal insecurity and a lack of self-confidence, you might end up on the subreddit 'Neckbeard' as punishment. Here are the ones who did.
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Sorry Ladies
Too funny - I actually said that out loud before I scrolled down to the text.
Stop Kissing M’ladys Hand
Dr. Lauren Rosewarne, author of 'Cyberbullies, Cyberactivists, Cyberpredators: Film, TV, and Internet Stereotypes' and Associate Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia, said a good example of a neckbeard in popular culture is Jeff Albertson from The Simpsons.
"The fat, pony-tailed and bearded sarcastic misanthrope [is] more commonly known as the Comic Book Guy," she said. "In the Bart the Fink episode, Albertson wheels a barrow full of tacos through town commenting 'Yes, this should provide adequate sustenance for the Doctor Who marathon.'
Then there's Plague from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). "Surrounded by junk food packaging, this greasy hacker has the gracelessness to use the toilet – door agape – with [the] company still in his apartment."
Neckbeard Found A “Girlfriend”
Don't Know If This Has Been Posted Here
"Stop Telling Me To Get A Job"
"At a cursory glance, the neckbeard is an easy figure to both loathe and laugh at: he’s the fat guy whose whole pathetic life plays out exclusively in cyberspace," Dr. Rosewarne said.
"This screen stereotype, however, has other interesting elements to it."
Neckbeard Gets Pissed Because Unlike His Expectations, The Us Army Is Not All 80s Sylvester Stallon Clones
Oh S**t, He’s Gonna Take Legal Action!
Can we please find out who he is and forward this message to his mum?
Is That So Much To Ask??
At its inception, virtually every new technology had been associated with fears of addiction and the internet certainly hadn't avoided this, either.
As Dr. Rosewarne pointed out, by the mid-1990s, the online world was said to be ruining relationships and socially isolating teenagers.
"The screen’s neckbeard is a product of this: he's not just a user of the technology, the technology is his life."
I Just Can’t
I. What. This is entry #2 currently and I'm too angry for this side of humanity rn. I can't even.
Allow me to escort you off this planet. You lost your membership privileges.
I will also join you in escorting this being off Earth.
Load More Replies...These little worms think media companies have to met some diversity quota. No adding Black characters is an invitation to Black people to come share the fantasy. Black elves in LOTR invites Black people to become Tolkien fans, and these little racist idiots can't understand that.
To be fair, some shows/games/movies *have* a certain quota to fulfill. But it's usually those that turn out to be s**t anyway because the producers were forced to work around some business plans instead of telling a story.
Load More Replies...This is so gross. I hope this tweet has been screenshotted and sent to this his employer and his mother.
Bold of you to assume that he is employed 🤣
Load More Replies...What? Like, seriously, that's the dumbest thing I've seen today! Bet he's also upset knowing that the people in anime are actually majorly supposed to be Japanese, so, Asian folks, and not "pristiiiiiine whiiiiite" folks like him?
"Anime is supposed to be a perfect world..." Dude has obviously never watched Grave of Fireflies. That world, not so perfect. Great movie. I will never watch it again.
Oh my god I watched that recently, gorgeous movie but it f****d me up.
Load More Replies...I wonder what adding my fist to the world of his face would change? I guess nothing. To quote a famous german comedian: "One can't fix a genetically messed up thing by beating alone." ;)
I am now thinking of someone beating off alone. That way, they don't pass on their genetic miswiring.
Load More Replies...Or...idk...instead of turning non black characters into black characters.....artists could be original and create new black anime characters. Just an idea
Relax incel. There are plenty of anime where all the characters are white, blonde, and thin. If they were IRL they still wouldn't sleep with you! 😆
Could we please start tracking people like this and have them taken out? I'm all for secret government ops removing living abortions like this from society.
but the same folks who see nothiing wrong with being racist are the ones against abortions
Load More Replies...That is an old issue within anime, those cellar dwellers gave Yoruichi Shihōin from Bleach sh*t because she was dark skinned and much to their chagrin one of the coolest characters in that series, https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Yoruichi_Shih%C5%8Din
What anime is the second one? I really like the art style!
Anime characters are fine if they're black. AS LONG AS THEY DON'T change the race of a character that's supposed to be, say, Japanese. An ORIGINAL black character is great IMO. Sorry if what I said is confusing.
Let’s hear it for the MAGA anime universe - it’s just perfect! In this world pathetic losers get all the women and all the women are ‘10’s and no one works and they have all the shades of white skin from albino to farmer’s tan! In the anime universe all the guys live with their moms and the women love them even more for…’supporting their mom” (whatever living with her means when you are 36). And jobs?!? In the anime universe they all pay $100K and they only hire WHITE men (no women, Latinos, or Blacks). It is so wonderful that we all want to live there - including women, Blacks, Latinos, and Jews ( he forget to mention that he hates them too!)
Let's add more black people, maybe it will repel them from anime fandoms. All they do is sexualize characters who are children.
My mouth literally dropped open reading this. What the actual heck??
I actually re read this comment with utter belief that some pond scum had even commented like that
Please don’t insult pond scum in that manner… 😉
Load More Replies...I wonder what the heck black people ever did to this guy to make him run along and hide in anime?
He's a racist. Black people didn't "do" anything to him.
Load More Replies...Honestly, ignoring the douchecanoe, those redraws are so cute. Love OP's art style
The fact that YOU like anime is the thing that ruins anime, not the diversity in the anime.
Anime was originally a world for Japanese people to escape to. Adding white people to that world kind of defeats that purpose. (Therre. Fixed it for you.)
My eyes are quite literally the definition of "boggling" right now. 😲😳
Hating on kids not cool, nor is it sanctioned by the twerp society.
You can't what? Accept the fact that people come in all sorts of colors, shapes, sizes, genders, sexuality, religious/non-religious beliefs? Is that what the racist incel is trying to say?
Study psychology. It helps you understand why people are like this.
Woke. Woke. Woke. Woke. Woke. Why leave out Animé ?? Let’s tick all the woke boxes in everything, everywhere with everybody 😑😑
Local Weaboo Upset About Japan Not Being Their Fantasyland
Dude, You Stink
The answer is there. Why not just wash? Is this 'I'm right and smarter" or is it depression?
In this context, the neckbeard is a physical incarnation of modern gluttony – too much sedentariness, too much darkness, too much isolation, too much computing.
"He is what happens to the body – to society – when we become too reliant on machines: we go soft, we go to fat," Dr. Rosewarne added.
Found On Twitter, Where Neckbeards Still Prey On Ukrainian Refugees
This Is What Comes To Your Head?
Men and women can be friends and have no romantic feelings for each other
Now That's True Love
"The neckbeard is unkempt, of course, because heft and dishevelment are regularly coupled on screen in a culture loathing of fatness," she continued. "But he’s unkempt because of his computing. He’s not leaving his basement, he’s not socializing; the machine has made him reclusive and facilitated his isolation."
But as you can see from these pictures, as well as our previous publications on the subreddit People On This Group Are Shaming ‘Neckbeards’, And Here Are 30 Of Their Best Posts and 30 Entitled ‘Neckbeards’ Who Showed Their True Colors, As Shared By This Online Group (New Pics), the neckbeard is often also a jerk. Be it a misogynist, or just another troll, this character amuses himself by being a bastard online.
Just Saw This And Figured It Belonged Here. Yikes. Comments Are Currently Ripping Him Apart
I would go turn myself in as a psychopath to the nearest policeman I can find. Let her cry her eyes out after you her whole life while you're in prison becaues she is missing out on so much.
Check Those Drives
Most Likely A Neccbeard
Who Hurt This Guy?
Dr. Rosewarne said the repulsive exteriors of this stereotype "function as an insight into their filthy psychology."
"These men are socially isolated, and behind their monitors (and invariably in the bravery of mom’s basement), they get to stand up to their tormentors – to the women, for example, who ignored them – and feel a modicum of (digital) power," she said.
No wonder we love to hate these characters.
Broski She Just Said She Had A Boyfriend
This Neckbeard Wants Kawaii Sharia Law
This guy is one of the reasons why forensic psychiatric hospitals exist
How Dare You Be Sad About People Making Deepfake Porn Of Yourself? Like, Grow Up!
Think About It
“Accidentally” Dressed In The Fully Identical Costume Of An Anime Character
The Last Thing His Enemies See Before Filing A Police Report
Saw This On Askmen Today… Yikes
"Basically I'm Looking For Me, But A Girl"
Which Circle Of The Infernal Spiral Does This Person Come From
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Neckbeard Movie Review
Local Man Fetishizes Students
A stalker taking photos. So these guys go to this site to normalise such behaviour?
For Neckbeards Too
He Only Watches The Most Cultured Anime
I don’t understand a single word of this and I’d like to keep it that way.
Even Married Folks Can Give Off Neckbeard-Vibes
I Don't Think I've Ever Seen An Actual "Funny Meme" On That Shithole
Incels On Twitter
If all you are attracted to are children and young teenagers, 22 IS a definite wall . . . .
Upvoting anything in this post feels wrong despite it’s just changing the orders on BP.
same... It feels as if you are "liking" what is said while it's actually scary. Psychological thriller...imagine if this train of thought is gaining momentum and in 10 years more and more will think like this. It's why I never watched the Handmaids tale, I read the synopsis and it was too horrible for me. It's not just a "distopian" novel, it's a thriller, horror. A very very scary tale.
Load More Replies...I had a difficult time reading through these. I am still hoping someone will tell me these are joke posts and not real.
Unfortunately no, they are very real. For the most part these are men who were raised to be dependents, unable to function in society without someone else to be their minder.
Load More Replies...I have nothing to offer, I hate everything and everyone, and I only watch the correct kind of anime. Why aren’t the hottest women fighting over the chance to be with me? Must be beta cuck liberal feminism’s fault. It’s not fair!
To people who think humans are “innately good,” these are but a few examples of the horrid things some humans think, want and act upon. Some of these people are misguided and can change but many are beyond hope. While we shouldn’t assume people are bad or will do bad things, we must be on guard for people like this.
Education is everything. Most of these creeps seem very ignorant, and completely lacking any empathy.
Load More Replies...Whelp, regret my decision to read this article. I'm gonna go quietly hate people in a corner now.
Wow, that was eye-opening. I never see this irl. What is wrong with these people? Is it so hard to talk to women? It doesn't matter, these troglodytes would be sunk the moment they opened their mouths.
Yeah, because guys like this are often too cowardly to be this openly misogynistic in person, or if they do, only within their own circles. (Gentle criticism, but calling us 'females' is commonly associated with guys like these; it's an adjective that treats girls/women like we're a different species. I'd be very grateful if you could start calling us girls, women, ladies, etc.)
Load More Replies...The fact that men like this exist by the thousands is proof enough that sexuality is not a choice; no woman would voluntarily be attracted to this.
sometimes I don't understand why a serial killer would just kill strangers but after reading this post it kinda makes sense
These guys need to get AI girlfriends. It's their best hope of a simulated relationship. Usually I'm not a fan of AI "relationships" but given that these guys don't seem to view women as actual people, the lack of authentic intimacy and personhood is probrably not an issue for them.
This post is making me lose faith in humanity. Why are they like this?
Oh look. The downvote fairies back again… prepare the satanic rituals
Does anyone else think these are about 90% trolls just having fun by making people rage?
Every time I don't want to shave, I think of neckbeards and shave my neck anyway.
I hope you people have the skills to build a society like you want. I doubt it. I don't have many years left, so hopefully I will not be here to watch it's collapse.
Upvoting anything in this post feels wrong despite it’s just changing the orders on BP.
same... It feels as if you are "liking" what is said while it's actually scary. Psychological thriller...imagine if this train of thought is gaining momentum and in 10 years more and more will think like this. It's why I never watched the Handmaids tale, I read the synopsis and it was too horrible for me. It's not just a "distopian" novel, it's a thriller, horror. A very very scary tale.
Load More Replies...I had a difficult time reading through these. I am still hoping someone will tell me these are joke posts and not real.
Unfortunately no, they are very real. For the most part these are men who were raised to be dependents, unable to function in society without someone else to be their minder.
Load More Replies...I have nothing to offer, I hate everything and everyone, and I only watch the correct kind of anime. Why aren’t the hottest women fighting over the chance to be with me? Must be beta cuck liberal feminism’s fault. It’s not fair!
To people who think humans are “innately good,” these are but a few examples of the horrid things some humans think, want and act upon. Some of these people are misguided and can change but many are beyond hope. While we shouldn’t assume people are bad or will do bad things, we must be on guard for people like this.
Education is everything. Most of these creeps seem very ignorant, and completely lacking any empathy.
Load More Replies...Whelp, regret my decision to read this article. I'm gonna go quietly hate people in a corner now.
Wow, that was eye-opening. I never see this irl. What is wrong with these people? Is it so hard to talk to women? It doesn't matter, these troglodytes would be sunk the moment they opened their mouths.
Yeah, because guys like this are often too cowardly to be this openly misogynistic in person, or if they do, only within their own circles. (Gentle criticism, but calling us 'females' is commonly associated with guys like these; it's an adjective that treats girls/women like we're a different species. I'd be very grateful if you could start calling us girls, women, ladies, etc.)
Load More Replies...The fact that men like this exist by the thousands is proof enough that sexuality is not a choice; no woman would voluntarily be attracted to this.
sometimes I don't understand why a serial killer would just kill strangers but after reading this post it kinda makes sense
These guys need to get AI girlfriends. It's their best hope of a simulated relationship. Usually I'm not a fan of AI "relationships" but given that these guys don't seem to view women as actual people, the lack of authentic intimacy and personhood is probrably not an issue for them.
This post is making me lose faith in humanity. Why are they like this?
Oh look. The downvote fairies back again… prepare the satanic rituals
Does anyone else think these are about 90% trolls just having fun by making people rage?
Every time I don't want to shave, I think of neckbeards and shave my neck anyway.
I hope you people have the skills to build a society like you want. I doubt it. I don't have many years left, so hopefully I will not be here to watch it's collapse.