Covert masturbation in a manner which is not viewable by a third party.
Appearing on a webcam viewable from the waist-up, while masturbating out of sight.
The viewer of the Shadow Wanker is not generally aware that masturbation is taking place, although the term is sometimes used when the viewer is complicit in the activity.
"I chatted to that hot chick last night and she had no idea I was shadow wanking under the desk!"
Animation cancelling in a game of DotA to more efficiently attack an enemy hero who is moving away from a player's hero.
Often discussed in tandem with Orb Walking (a similar strategy but using hero abilities instead of regular attack damage)
Certain heroes can be used effectively while shadowwalking thanks to their easily abused attack animation and damage point, like Viper and Drow Ranger.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”