Inlovewithabsol's definitions

Micropolitics

The policies and government of a smaller community of people, such as a Discord server's worth or a town as opposed to a district. (cf. Macropolitics)

I'm not interested in running for senate. Macropolitics are much too aggressive for my liking--I'll just stick with the more local micropolitics of my city.

by Inlovewithabsol May 24, 2023

Charity

A common type of money-laundering scam that makes use of guilt-tripping and vague appeals to one's sense of compassion in order to accrue massive amounts of monetary 'donations'. Unlike other scams, charity is very effective in urbanized environments such as Europe and the USA due to the massive amount of political padding around humanitarian efforts, making it very difficult to launch investigations into suspected money laundering operations under such themes.

I'm sick and tired of seeing all these in-your-face charity funds up online. I'd sooner donate my bank account credentials to a random African prince than help some random eastern-European dude buy cocaine or some shit.

by Inlovewithabsol March 6, 2023

bread pudding

A dessert consisting of chunks of stale bread soaked in a sweet custard mixture before being baked. Often paired with a thick vanilla sauce. Despite the strange concept, it's a very easy dessert to make with often disproportionately delicious end results. Be warned, however: if you make this recipe for an event, its attendees WILL start hounding you to make more and more of it for them in the future. It's just that good.

I made some white chocolate bread pudding for my mom's birthday party last week, and it turned out really good! So good, in fact, that now people won't stop talking about it with me...

by Inlovewithabsol December 23, 2023

Sponsorblasting

A common money-making tactic employed by quality content creators, especially those found on platforms like TikTok. Sponsorblasting consists of occasional sponsored content produced periodically, used primarily by affluent content creators to make modest amounts of money in short bursts off of the views they get.

It may seem like an ineffective concept, but it's incredibly effective at increasing user retention in practice. The sporadic approach that sponsorblasting takes towards monetization can often increase user retention via classical conditioning techniques. Through psychological concepts that won't be discussed here, sponsorblasting both traumatizes viewers and creates patterns of addiction that maintain a firm grip on them in spite of the negative mental health impacts of the presented content.

Sponsorblasting is a common tactic employed by affluent TikTok wagyuposters such as Nick DiGiovanni and itsQCP in order to rake in money from sponsorships while increasing user retention. These sorts of psychological guerilla marketing techniques often create intense dependencies for viewers, severely harming their mental health and forcing them into a vicious cycle of further contribution and monodependency. The lack of governmental regulation against these sorts of practices is a common contributor to widespread mental health issues for younger generations.

by Inlovewithabsol April 7, 2024

Go get a job

The most abrasive and mutually damning insult on the internet. Telling someone to go get a job implies telling them to end their continued presence on the internet and actually become a useful member of society instead of being a deadweight who sits inside all day arguing with people over trivial matters online. Telling someone to go get a job is tantamount to telling them to throw their entire life away and start anew in an unfamiliar and discomforting position.

So now you're gonna blame ME for this? Go get a job already, you prick.

by Inlovewithabsol September 25, 2022

The doctor's middle finger

A slang term for opioids, where they are viewed as a doctor's way of giving someone the middle finger. If the doctor can't diagnose a patient's condition, and the patient continues to insist on treatment options in spite of the doctor's reluctance, the doctor may prescribe the patient opioids as a way of simply shutting them up rather than helping them figure out what's wrong. Given the naturally addictive nature of opioid medications, this is often seen as a doctor's way of hurting someone back, often being viewed as the worst-kept secret of American healthcare.

"I recently found out my grandma's death was attributed to an opioid overdose. She'd received the doctor's middle finger over her chronic kidney troubles in 2006, and things were never really the same for her since then."

by Inlovewithabsol January 9, 2023

NJRA

Acronym: "No Judgement, no Reservations, no Abuse." Acts as the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath for mental health professionals or anyone offering counseling in an interpersonal or professional context. Each part of the acronym has its own specific meaning:
- No judgement: Any NJRA counseling offered will be free of personal judgement, aside from any explicitly requested analyses of a given situation that would necessitate it.
- No reservations: Any NJRA counseling offered will be unbiased and unassuming beyond established context and clarifications made. Help should be offered without discrimination.
- No abuse: Any personal knowledge gleaned through NJRA counseling will be maintained in confidence and not be abused for the purposes of blackmail, rumor spreading, or other negligent social behavior.

Person 1: "You wanna talk about it?"
Person 2: "Eh... I dunno..."
Person 1: "No sweat, pal. NJRA."
Person 2: "Huh?"
Person 1: "It's a counselor's term; no judgement, no reservations, no abuse. Period."
Person 2: "That's... oddly reassuring. Heh."
Person 1: "Of course. What's weighing you down, friend?"

by Inlovewithabsol June 20, 2023