Sometimes I could cope with the sullen despair that overwhelmed me, but sometimes the whirlwind passions of my soul drove me to seek, by bodily exercise and by change of place, some relief from my intolerable sensations.
His power and threats were not omitted in my calculations; a creature who could exist in the ice caves of the glaciers and hide himself from pursuit among the ridges of inaccessible precipices was a being possessing faculties it would be vain to cope with.
2019, Stephane J. Baele, Lewys Brace & Travis G. Coan, "From 'Incel' to 'Saint': Analyzing the violent worldview behind the 2018 Toronto attack", Terrorism and Political Violence:
A recurring pattern is where a member cuts these discussions short, claiming that hopes of system change through violence are “copes” to help deal with a hopeless situation.
2019, Dr. Lukas Castle, The Blackpill Theory: Why Incels Are Right & You Are Wrong, page 204:
Flattening the dating preferences between the sexes is not a winnable cope to cling onto.
2019, Talia Lavin, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, unnumbered page:
There was some public grousing about the number of white supremacists attempting to recruit, however; some incels argued that white supremacy was just another "cope"–just another self-deluding attempt to cover over the grim truth of the blackpill.
2020, anonymous, quoted in Jacob Conley, "Efficacy, Nihilism, and Toxic Masculinity Online: Digital Misogyny in the Incel Subculture", thesis submitted to The Ohio State University, page 18:
My only 2 copes for the past 3 years have been food & the internet/surfing. Both of these copes have only hurt me further as I have addictions to both sugar and the internet now and have isolated myself further and further into the oblivion.
2020, Nate Gallagher, "The Blackpill and the Suffering Apparatus: Science, Masculinity, and Race as Represented on Involuntary Celibate (Incel) Virtual Forums", thesis submitted to Dartmouth College, page 62:
In this way, “copes” are generally seen in conflict with the principles of the blackpill: lifting weights will not allow incels to ascend if muscle mass is genetically determined and if women value facial attractiveness over body fitness. Labelling another user’s actions as a “cope,” is common mechanism for shutting down conversation or questioning an individual’s status as an incel. Thus, “copes” can be seen as a sort of taboo that positions individuals in opposition to the beliefs incels should ostensibly hold in common.
2020, anonymous, quoted in Angus Charles Lindsay, "Swallowing the Black Pill: A Qualitative Exploration of Incel Antifeminism within Digital Society", thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington, page 48:
I’m a sperg, ADHD, everyone at my school thinks I’m mentally ill, I get told I look like an alien, and I am a kissless virgin. Sometimes I feel like I’m not a man. While I’m still trying to escape inceldom, posting here is one of my copes.
2020, Mark Marveggio, "The Affective Practices of Incels: A Social Identity Approach to the Construction of Incel Identities", thesis submitted to The University of Adelaide, page 14:
JFL is an acronym for “Just Fucking Lol”, and tagged threads often centre discussion at laughing at the misfortune of outgroups or incels who hold onto certain copes.
2020, Małgorzata Waśniewska, "The Red Pill, Unicorns and White Knights: Cultural Symbolism and Conceptual Metaphor in the Slang of Online Incel Communities", in Cultural Conceptualizations in Language and Communication (Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk), page 69:
However, as symbolized by a rhyme that frequently appears on incel forums: “There's no hope. There's no cope. There's only rope”, some members, particularly those adhering to black pill ideology, view suicide (symbolized by rope […] as the only way out.
2020, Brian Whitney, The "Supreme Gentleman" Killer: The True Story of an Incel Mass Murderer, unnumbered page:
Just as it sounds, a Gymcel is an incel who goes to the gym a lot, which in their mind is a cope.
2020, Lee Williams, "Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions", thesis submitted to the University of Regina, page 74:
While there is a clear desire expressed in these comments to successfully perform and be recognized as performing hegemonic masculinity, evident from copes such as looksmaxxing and betabuxxing, there are also critiques of narrow masculine stereotypes and hegemonic masculinity, albeit in an indirect manner that usually pins the blame on women.
2020, Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 57:
While it is possible to interpret calling out “copes” as concerned members trying to help those they deem “delusional” from experiencing additional pain, doing so also acts as a barrier to leaving the forum.