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"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

Sorry Ladies

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Multa Nocte
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too funny - I actually said that out loud before I scrolled down to the text.

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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."

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Neckbeard Found A “Girlfriend”

Neckbeard Found A “Girlfriend”

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Multa Nocte
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or (if she is real) just qualified for the Academy Awards.

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Flora Porter
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, if you do it right the first time you don't need to keep hacking away at it. Quality, not quantity.

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marianne eliza
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After I hit 40, my orgasms are so strong that I can't take more than one. Everything is over sensitized. Don't touch! I'm too wiped out by the intensity and aftershocks.

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Kristal
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4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only time I've reached that many is by myself and at that point, they aren't as strong as the first 7. With another person? I think it would get boring after 10. Unless someone has some sort of medical condition, 26 orgasms is a fantasy with 2 people involved

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Gardener of Weeden
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TMI - I dated a man who liked to orgasm torture me. After a few - it is painful and not enjoyable.

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Jessica Meyer
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And yet you still had time to write this between those orgasms. Does she have rechargeable batteries? Do they last longer?

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Zenozenobee
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was the name of a cocktail at a cocktail bar I used to go 20years ago... Maybe the gf needs help to fight her alcoolisme

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General Anaesthesia
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Twonukes could be right. Note that OP doesn't mention whom girlfriend was with.

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Jerry Lane
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“And she was a heiress so I never had to work another day! We both ate ice cream and took drugs ( with no possible addiction) and we both were carefree and 18 and…. Then I woke up. It had been my pillow all along!!

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LA Murphy
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4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does everyone think gals need more than one orgasm at a time? Women have s**t to do and places to be.

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DH41144
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could be the sound his blow up doll makes when i t loses air

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Riley Quinn
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4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless mcduck practices Tantric sex with his equally adept partner, this is such bullsh!t. Even men will recognize this as beyond ridiculous.

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Eric Williams
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

12 is considered lethal. Did you bother to check her pulse during the marathon??

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David Martin
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm no expert on the female orgasm, having never experienced one myself, but I think if she got to even 10, she might want to stop there

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Sky Render
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They start to get a bit painful after the 6th one, personally. Well into uncomfortable territory by the 3rd, for that matter. I'd much rather have one very powerful orgasm than a bunch of weak and unsatisfying ones.

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Just Kiri
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm surprised no one's commented on how OP's using Discord light mode.

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Rizzo
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe ... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2600456/The-woman-50-orgasms-day-constantly-aroused.html

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Head_on_a_Stick
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please don't link to the Daily Mail site. They love Nazis and they helped spread mumps.

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Bob Brooce
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he's going to spend the night in his man cave playing with his controller why shouldn't she be allowed to play with her "controller" as much as she wants to?

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"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."

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Neckbeard Gets Pissed Because Unlike His Expectations, The Us Army Is Not All 80s Sylvester Stallon Clones

Neckbeard Gets Pissed Because Unlike His Expectations, The Us Army Is Not All 80s Sylvester Stallon Clones

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Mistiekim
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you don’t like it, there is an enlistment office down the street from me. I’m sure they’d love to talk to you

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#7

Oh S**t, He’s Gonna Take Legal Action!

Oh S**t, He’s Gonna Take Legal Action!

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can we please find out who he is and forward this message to his mum?

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#8

Is That So Much To Ask??

Is That So Much To Ask??

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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."

#9

I Just Can’t

I Just Can’t

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Lauren Caswell
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I. What. This is entry #2 currently and I'm too angry for this side of humanity rn. I can't even.

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#10

Local Weaboo Upset About Japan Not Being Their Fantasyland

Local Weaboo Upset About Japan Not Being Their Fantasyland

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#11

Dude, You Stink

Dude, You Stink

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Lauren Caswell
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The answer is there. Why not just wash? Is this 'I'm right and smarter" or is it depression?

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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.

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Found On Twitter, Where Neckbeards Still Prey On Ukrainian Refugees

Found On Twitter, Where Neckbeards Still Prey On Ukrainian Refugees

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Double bonus points for correct usage of “asocial” and “schizoid”.

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#13

This Is What Comes To Your Head?

This Is What Comes To Your Head?

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Jo Maxwell
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Men and women can be friends and have no romantic feelings for each other

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"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.

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Just Saw This And Figured It Belonged Here. Yikes. Comments Are Currently Ripping Him Apart

Just Saw This And Figured It Belonged Here. Yikes. Comments Are Currently Ripping Him Apart

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Ece Cenker
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#16

Check Those Drives

Check Those Drives

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Trey Frog
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These troglodytes don’t deserve the reflexive protection of their identities when reposting.

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#18

Who Hurt This Guy?

Who Hurt This Guy?

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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.

#20

This Neckbeard Wants Kawaii Sharia Law

This Neckbeard Wants Kawaii Sharia Law

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This guy is one of the reasons why forensic psychiatric hospitals exist

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#21

How Dare You Be Sad About People Making Deepfake Porn Of Yourself? Like, Grow Up!

How Dare You Be Sad About People Making Deepfake Porn Of Yourself? Like, Grow Up!

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#23

“Accidentally” Dressed In The Fully Identical Costume Of An Anime Character

“Accidentally” Dressed In The Fully Identical Costume Of An Anime Character

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#24

The Last Thing His Enemies See Before Filing A Police Report

The Last Thing His Enemies See Before Filing A Police Report

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#25

Saw This On Askmen Today… Yikes

Saw This On Askmen Today… Yikes

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#26

"Basically I'm Looking For Me, But A Girl"

"Basically I'm Looking For Me, But A Girl"

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Kristal
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ANTHROPLOGICAL SUB RACE! - Sincerely, an anthropologist

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#27

Which Circle Of The Infernal Spiral Does This Person Come From

Which Circle Of The Infernal Spiral Does This Person Come From

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Neckbeard Movie Review

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#30

Local Man Fetishizes Students

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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A stalker taking photos. So these guys go to this site to normalise such behaviour?

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#31

For Neckbeards Too

For Neckbeards Too

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4 months ago

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#32

He Only Watches The Most Cultured Anime

He Only Watches The Most Cultured Anime

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Even Married Folks Can Give Off Neckbeard-Vibes

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#34

I Don't Think I've Ever Seen An Actual "Funny Meme" On That Shithole

I Don't Think I've Ever Seen An Actual "Funny Meme" On That Shithole

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Incels On Twitter

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Multa Nocte
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If all you are attracted to are children and young teenagers, 22 IS a definite wall . . . .

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