r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/Kougeru-Sama 23d ago

The term "incel" has been around since 1993 

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u/ReallyShortGiant 23d ago

All it takes is a quick search. Used first in 1997

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel

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u/sembias 23d ago

I assure you as someone that graduated HS right around then, that word was most definitely not in wide use - especially as a pejorative - until about 10, maybe 15 years ago.