I was in the same boat. The misogyny turned me away, and the fact that I’m actually aroace and had different ideas of what a relationship and sexuality entails. Figuring out the latter was what ultimately brought me out of the depression cove of incel-adjacent spaces.

Still, it’s lonely. There exist concepts like queer/quasiplatonic relationships, which do sound nice, but will never happen. Close friendships are unlikely now that I have a full time jobs as well.

To quote Tony Soprano: “What you gonna do?”

I do have online friends, who I appreciate a lot.