Pills and Perspectives ep. 1: Gaycels

In the ever-burgeoning landscape of online subcultures, one particular enclave has emerged as both a subject of fascination and a source of contention: incels. Universally mocked and simultaneously feared, incels have become something of a cultural centaur, funny to think about but most people be unnerved if faced with one. However, in the accelerating trends of isolation and alimentation amongst youth, it’s fairly easy to find yourself identifying more and more with incels. And with this invitation to despair, new culture wars brew.

I am your host, Ian Celibate and today I will be joined by Thomas Waters, local non-cel and attraction-to-men-haver. Today we will be discussing the disillusionment and frustration of the seemingly endless debate within the incel community, if such a thing can be said to exist, and its focal point being the existence—or lack thereof—of gaycels.

Amidst the fervent exchanges that characterize incel discourse, the question of whether individuals who identify as gaycels can truly be considered as such has become a topic of intense scrutiny. On one side of the argument stand the truecels, asserting that the proliferation of hookup apps and a hypersexualized culture render genuine connections elusive for gays who can only provide a bottle of Swiss Nazy and Jungle Juice.

Conversely, the anti-gaycels posit a starkly contrasting viewpoint, citing the perceived ease with which sexual encounters can be arranged within gay communities. Finding an anonymous pump n’ dump gay guy is rather pedestrian and often times, especially on apps like Grindr, there will be more than one hosting, silently competing with each other as every few hours their profile has updated to include a new total of visitors. An arms race of loads, one might imagine, and thereby anti-gaycels challenge and deny the validity of gayceldom’s existence.

In navigating this complex terrain of ideological warfare, I, as a volcel myself, am inclined to align with the anti-gaycels, albeit with a nuanced perspective. While it is undeniable that opportunities for anonymous sexual encounters abound within large segments of the gay community, totally innocuous and passé to most, is a crucial distinction arises when considering the essence of gayceldom is the missing component of a more romantic and emotional core. Thus, gayceldom is more of a spiritual and emotional condition than an crude physical state of sexlessness.

For anecdotal evidence of this phenomenon, I turn to the case of a close acquaintance—a gay guy who, despite being engaged to one man and maintaining a romantic relationship with aanother, exhibits striking parallels with the thought patterns and self-destructive tendencies commonly associated with incels. Herein lies a profound revelation: the plight of the gaycel is not contingent upon a lack of sexual activity per se, therefore the gaycel condition isn’t predicated on physical coitus but instead a dissection from an otherwise transcendental anti-corporeal connection i.e. pillow talk

Gayceldom lies not in the absence of physical coitus, but in the deprivation of meaningful emotional connections—the proverbial pillow talk that serves as the cornerstone of intimacy, whether it is genuine or even healthy is another matter of contention, as some gay men have been known to fetishize emotional intimacy. Thus, the condition of gayceldom emerges not as a mere manifestation of physical sexlessness, but rather as a particularly extreme example of an otherwise general trend. A trend of isolated lamentation and social and political cuckholdry.

Yes, we’ve all been emo cucked, as we, in our atomized and isolated culture, lament and languish over our failures to connect to the point that we have to produce spectacular images in order to vicariously experience intimacy. Mmm.

This has been Pills and Perspectives. I’m your host, Ian Celibate, reminding you to refill your prescription for black pills today.