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Originally Posted by
MrTickle
Read the story. Don't think either of them are bad people or did anything wrong really. He's useless with women and she's shallow/can't make her mind up. Neither of those mean they are bad people. Don't understand the hype from SJWs or right-wingers eager to discredit SJW.
The Encycopedia Dramatica article I posted described the hype as, "Cat Person struck a chord because it expressed collective horror among feminist aggrocunts about a universal experience: the time they had sex with a lonely overweight dude unworthy of their hot college bods."
Though Encyclopedia Dramatica is basically a troll version of Wikipedia, mostly about internet culture, I think that statement basically nails it.
The story reminded a lot of women about their college-aged days where they kinda-sorta liked a not-so-attractive guy, messed around with him, and then by the time sex was about to happen, they were grossed out but were afraid to say no at that point.
When these women read "Cat Person", they thought, "OMG that was totally me at age 20", and they shared it with other women, who then had the same reaction, and it kept getting shared and started going viral.
Then, on top of that, you had males and SJWs with their different takes on it, and suddenly it became a big thing. Now the author is getting $1.2 million for what is honestly just a mediocre short story with a dumb ending.
Nice life.