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they are special because they are one of the last instances of emotional listeners in the contemporary age. in a world where romanticism has been slain, they are an endangered species.
the phenomenon also has obvious fascistic undertones, between a sentiment of missed fulfillment and the desire for motherly consolation. where this frustrated energy leads is an open question, but it's not a mistake than a not insignificant number of these listeners become incel-esque.
this is all the more fascinating because the characteristics of emotional listeners are feminine, yet this is a masculinist inversion to an aggressive tenor. the emotional core is often obfuscated for sake of pyschic parsimony and public presentation, but these men wear their hearts on their sleeves