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[Angry Grimace]

I read the first paragraph of the OP and determined it would make me cringe and I hate that

Was I right?

 

[Anoregon]

Ben Schoen is just doing elaborate, philanthropic performance art to boost the self esteem of literally ever single other male on planet earth by making us all realize "hey, at least I'm not THAT guy."

 

[Cyan]

Avada kedavra.

 

[Future Foundation]

I read the first paragraph of the OP and determined it would make me cringe and I hate that

Was I right?

Yes. Yes you were. The amazing thing is it keeps getting worse.

 

[Shanlei91]

These tweets are more magical than all of Harry Potter.

 

[Brakke]

This one actually hurts to look at. Just makin' me sad.

Except this.

This fucken soul snatch.

Damn.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Why not just block him on twitter when things starts to get weird/bad? Dragging it on is just making things worse.

 

[commedieu]

I read the first paragraph of the OP and determined it would make me cringe and I hate that

Was I right?

Its far passed that. He is continuing to spiral down a tube of disdain for women, all live on twitter.

This one actually hurts to look at. Just makin' me sad.

Except this.

This fucken soul snatch.

Damn.

 

[Sethista]

https://twitter.com/benschoen/status/633715453442031617

Who says beeyatch anymore? Is that even how its spelled?

 

[Ponn]

I dunno, this child just looks thirsty.

You all are gonna feel bad when you find out that's his actual current picture.

 

[Shaanyboi]

He's currently having a meltdown on Twitter.

nothing but salt

 

[gatling]

Makes more sense

Then I'll go back to my previous post: it doesn't matter how she rejected him, too nice or too harsh. He would have reacted the same, and we'd be here having this same thread. A lot of guys react like this, it's not how they're rejected but just the rejection itself that they just cannot handle

It's infuriating to watch, and I'm not even on the receiving end of any of this

Oh I'm a woman btw. I've also been there a time or two before. Once had a guy come on too strong outside of a sandwich shop. I laid the "im seeing someone" line on him and it went to shit. You have to weigh your responses carefully after experiences like that.

 

[Nekofrog]

You can literally feel the thirst by proxy through that guys messages. It transcends all and somehow seeps into tcp/ip packets, runs through fiber lines, to your computer, and jumps into your body.

Someone find me a girl to creep on I gotta quench this thirst somehow

Oh I'm a woman btw

How u doin

I can advance ur career

 

[sirap]

Talk about a blast from the past. Mugglecast was my first podcast, can't believe I totally forgot about them.

 

[bodyofanamerican]

Avada kedavra.

Accio dignity!

 

[Shaanyboi]

Makes you think.

Who are these sinister children and who are they starving?

 

[dreams]

Damn, I just looked at his twitter feed. He is spiraling.

I almost feel like he's getting more and more ridiculous so he can claim that he was hacked or something...

 

[VincentMatts]

B-but, why do women dont just tell guys to fuck off?

Cause that takes courage.

 

[Siegcram]

benschoen ‏@benschoen 1m1 minute ago
This is all just a conspiracy by the Tampax Industrial Complex. The Tampon lobby wins again.

benschoen ‏@benschoen 3m3 minutes ago
I just gotta say: there's an epidemic of gold digging whores in this country. Search "gold digging whores" on YouTube for proof

dude is on FIYA

 

[redhood56]

Oh look he brought up a standup from Bill Burr. Poor Bill.

 

[The Lone Courier]

I wonder if she saw Inside Out without him?

Oh my.

 

[CoolOff]

This one actually hurts to look at. Just makin' me sad.

Except this.

This fucken soul snatch.

Damn.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Some people just have 0 self awareness.

 

[Zeyphersan]

This one actually hurts to look at. Just makin' me sad.

Except this.

This fucken soul snatch.

Damn.

SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT

Someone retweeted that on my feed and I had no clue what it was referring to

 

[DoktorEvil]

Why not just block him on twitter when things starts to get weird/bad? Dragging it on is just making things worse.

Why do you want to ruin the entertainment this thread and their exchange is providing?

I mean, yeah it would be ultimately easier and less traumatic, but this guy is really going to town!

 

[RK9039]

Avada kedavra.

Expecciarmus

 

[Crossing Eden]

Oh my lord, this dude is insane.

 

[gutshot]

You all are gonna feel bad when you find out that's his actual current picture.

Nah, this is what he looks like now.

 

[Cyan]

Talk about a blast from the past. Mugglecast was my first podcast, can't believe I totally forgot about them.

Yep, same. Too bad this dude went down a red pill rabbithole.

Accio dignity!

Ahaha, way too late for that!

 

[Mandelbo]

"This is all just a conspiracy by the Tampax Industrial Complex. The Tampon lobby wins again."

Eh

 

[The Albatross]

Holy hell this is insane. I thought "Well this guy's out there" at first, then I went to his twitter profile.

 

[Ape Gone Insane]

Meltdown is real

Update 3:59pm CT, August 17: Schoen sent the Daily Dot the response below.

"I have done more for the cause of advancing women's rights than any of the people who are criticizing me. This so-called crisis is manufactured by Ms. Spelman as a way to increase her profile as a social justice warrior. I grew up without a father and I spent years protecting my mother from scummy men and dealing with all of the difficulties that come with not having a male role model. Am I rough around the edges? Sure. Am I a predator? Absolutely not. If you read the email I sent Ms. Spelman it was not threatening and was filled with apologies. I even offered to connect her with people who could help her career. I had no interest in continuing contact with her afterwards since I was offended by the manner in which she ended our interaction. I represent no threat to her and her painting me into a villain and sending all of her sycophants after me is incredibly disappointing and immature. My attorney tells me I have a case already but I'm not going to go that route unless Ms. Spelman continues to attempt to unjustly tarnish my image."

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/ben-schoen-grace-spelman-mugglecast/

 

[Sawneeks]

This is sad to see. Assholes like that guy are why girls are afraid of rejecting guys. Seriously, she turned him down in probably the nicest way possible and he still flipped out. There's no way to win for some people.

It sucks and it's why I feel so bad for her. I've been in a similar boat where I politely turned someone down and I had people telling me I was in the wrong for saying no to him. He also went a spun the whole tale that I 'begged' and asked him out and he was the one who turned me down.

This guy is obviously taking things way farther but i simply don't understand why some guys/girls just can't take 'no' as an answer.

 

[Prompto]

I regret going on mugglenet when I was a kid now.

 

[JC Lately]

Typical Hufflepuff

Building a up a fantasy relationship with a woman in your mind and then calling her names cause she dared be into someone other than you is totally a Slytherin trait, though.

 

[Slayven]

You don't want to know

Charles Johnson, one of the Internet’s most infamous trolls, has finally been banned from Twitter

Founder of "Got News", banned from Twitter, huge troll. I believe he was the guy who outed the wrong person when he thought he was naming the UVA rape victim from the Rolling Stone story.

oh that waste of chemicals. Dude was trying to put a bounty on a BLM activist.

Your reaction gif works on many levels

 

[ReAxion]

i love a good meltdown, but now he's just happy to have people paying attention to him.

 

[E the Shaggy]

You all are gonna feel bad when you find out that's his actual current picture.

Unfortunately, that little boy grew up to be this:

 

[Phyranion]

Can we please stop picking at an obviously confused individual? There's no need to make a big deal out of this.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

benschoen ‏@benschoen 1m1 minute ago
This is all just a conspiracy by the Tampax Industrial Complex. The Tampon lobby wins again.

benschoen ‏@benschoen 3m3 minutes ago
I just gotta say: there's an epidemic of gold digging whores in this country. Search "gold digging whores" on YouTube for proof

dude is on FIYA

Yeah, now I'm thinking he never believed anything regarding feminism, got caught trolling and is now just going for it and feigning a "meltdown" in one last blaze of internet glory.

 

[Zeyphersan]

Nah, this is what he looks like now.

Haley Joel Osment, noooooooo

 

[commedieu]

Can we please stop picking at an obviously confused individual? There's no need to make a big deal out of this.

This does highlight a mindset that many women have to deal with. That is pretty valuable to those who may think this guy is an outlier. There is a healthy % of men who are identical to this fellow. Example: Its going to be telling to see the amount of support he will surely get within the next few days for his actions.

Denied.

 

[coleco]

Live stream going on lol

Hope he doesn't kill himself live.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Meltdown is real



http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/ben-schoen-grace-spelman-mugglecast/

For a guy who claims to have done so much for feminism, he's pretty quick to demonize "the feminists and SJWs"

I'm going to make a leap here, but I don't think he's being genuine when he says that!

 

[CloudyTuba]

Because I just won't shut up: http://ustre.am/94uv

He is live. I cant watch now though so youll have to report back your findings. Is he melting down there, too?

Ben Schoen is just doing elaborate, philanthropic performance art to boost the self esteem of literally ever single other male on planet earth by making us all realize "hey, at least I'm not THAT guy."

Feeling positively pimpin' right now, thanks.

 

[Future Foundation]

Check out r/creepypm too.

I will say this: I love the variety of creepy in this sub. Every form of cringe-worthy bullshit is well-represented here.

Damn.

 

[Hrothgar]

Guess this guy is going to be a wizard after all.

 

[gutshot]

Yeah, now I'm thinking he never believed anything regarding feminism, got caught trolling and is now just going for it and feigning a "meltdown" in one last blaze of internet glory.

Of course he didn't. The Feminspire site was done with his girlfriend at the time and was just a way for him to make money and make her feel special. I remember when he started it, he was begging me to tweet about it to get it some exposure (read: traffic).

 

[Siegcram]

I think he's streaming some sort of AMA now. 2cringe4me

 

[Oersted]

This is all just a conspiracy by the Tampax Industrial Complex. The Tampon lobby wins again.

Welp