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The Cult of Niceness is a recent phenomenon mentioned in a write-up by Bruce Frohnen about how some people prioritize "niceness" over doing what is right, masking a very deceptive act of discrimination that pretends to care about everyone equally while in fact favoring certain people who are unethical to help them get away with murder over others who are ethical and deserving of good treatment.
The phenomenon does not take into account that if you are "nice" to the wrong person (e.g. a thief, a corrupt officer, or a bad manager) or at the wrong time (like after someone caused harm to others or damaged people's properties), you are actually not being nice to the good people who would negatively get impacted by being nice to a bad person at the wrong time. In other words, the "niceness" that the Cult of Niceness promotes is not even real niceness at all. It is only a corrupt shallow naive version of niceness that is not good at all and is only meant to excuse the evil actions of evil people.
Usually, there are benefactors indirectly benefiting from the Cult of Niceness, whether financially when people are not reprimanded for falling for certain addictions (e.g. porn) or immorally when normalizing and excusing certain immoral behaviors.
Members of the Cult of Niceness hypocritically do what they decry by yelling rudely and angrily at the person they perceive as "not nice" without being nice themselves, negating their credibility and becoming easily ignorable by everyone.
The phenomenon does not take into account that if you are "nice" to the wrong person (e.g. a thief, a corrupt officer, or a bad manager) or at the wrong time (like after someone caused harm to others or damaged people's properties), you are actually not being nice to the good people who would negatively get impacted by being nice to a bad person at the wrong time. In other words, the "niceness" that the Cult of Niceness promotes is not even real niceness at all. It is only a corrupt shallow naive version of niceness that is not good at all and is only meant to excuse the evil actions of evil people.
Usually, there are benefactors indirectly benefiting from the Cult of Niceness, whether financially when people are not reprimanded for falling for certain addictions (e.g. porn) or immorally when normalizing and excusing certain immoral behaviors.
Members of the Cult of Niceness hypocritically do what they decry by yelling rudely and angrily at the person they perceive as "not nice" without being nice themselves, negating their credibility and becoming easily ignorable by everyone.
In the 2010s, the Cult of Niceness became popular in online social media networks as mobs of unethical people would harass certain ethical people they deemed weak, unconnected-to-high-level-people, and worthy of being hated (while hypocritically claiming they were against hate). And, if the harassed people tried to defend themselves against the rude comments of the unethical people, they'd get suddenly called out for not being "nice" while the unethical rude harassers are let off the hook as "simply expressing themselves" and "not being hateful" despite their obvious hating on the ethical people they harassed.
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A home owner got robbed through breaking and entering, and when they found the thief leaving with their belongings, they yelled at the thief to drop everything they took, but then immediately, the Cult of Niceness police cut the home owner off and asked them to be "nice" by not yelling at the thief rudely, thus allowing the thief to escape.
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Someone on a mountain was running towards a cliff that they were not aware of, so another person loudly yelled at the runner to warn them they were going to fall off a cliff, but members of the Cult of Niceness immediately cut that person off before they finished their warning to inform them they were not being "nice" to the runner due to yelling rudely, which prevented the runner from hearing the warning that was about to save their life, and ended up falling off the cliff, benefiting benefactors of the Cult of Niceness.
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A home owner got robbed through breaking and entering, and when they found the thief leaving with their belongings, they yelled at the thief to drop everything they took, but then immediately, the Cult of Niceness police cut the home owner off and asked them to be "nice" by not yelling at the thief rudely, thus allowing the thief to escape.
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Someone on a mountain was running towards a cliff that they were not aware of, so another person loudly yelled at the runner to warn them they were going to fall off a cliff, but members of the Cult of Niceness immediately cut that person off before they finished their warning to inform them they were not being "nice" to the runner due to yelling rudely, which prevented the runner from hearing the warning that was about to save their life, and ended up falling off the cliff, benefiting benefactors of the Cult of Niceness.
by OffBeatDrummer May 15, 2023
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It's a term reappropriated from Computer Science, which reappropriated it from Garbage Collection Trucks.
It's a term reappropriated from Computer Science, which reappropriated it from Garbage Collection Trucks.
Steve: What happened to that office delivery dude that keeps delivering a Hawaiian Pizza every time we order Deep Dish Pizza?
Richmond: Garbage Collected! We had him escorted out of the office building yesterday and told him to never come back again!
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Monica: This girl keeps showing up to class drunk! The teacher finally had her garbage collected!
Samantha: And, what might that mean exactly!?! Did the teacher pick up the trash from around her seat at class or something?
Monica: No need. She was the trash!! He picked her up and took her out with the trash, telling her she was suspended from class for the entire semester!
Richmond: Garbage Collected! We had him escorted out of the office building yesterday and told him to never come back again!
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Monica: This girl keeps showing up to class drunk! The teacher finally had her garbage collected!
Samantha: And, what might that mean exactly!?! Did the teacher pick up the trash from around her seat at class or something?
Monica: No need. She was the trash!! He picked her up and took her out with the trash, telling her she was suspended from class for the entire semester!
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Rob: **avoids hitting a “ball” in a softball game**
Mary: **yelling from the stands** GOOD EYE ROBBY! GOOD EYE!!!
Mary: **yelling from the stands** GOOD EYE ROBBY! GOOD EYE!!!
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Also, another spelling/pronunciation of idiota.
Also, another spelling/pronunciation of idiota.
Breana: Huh! You did what?!! Drop the bathtub stopper in the trash while cleaning the bathroom!!?! But, why!??
Anastasia: Umm. I thought it was a piece of soap.
Breana: So, you drop soap in the trash!??!
Anastasia: Errr...I didn't mean to.
Breana: What do you mean you didn't mean to!? You just told me you did it!
Anastasia: Umm. Errr...sorry ma'am! I won't do that ever again!
Breana: What makes you think you'll get another chance!?! You're like the idiyoda of house cleaning. You're fired!!!
Anastasia: Umm. I thought it was a piece of soap.
Breana: So, you drop soap in the trash!??!
Anastasia: Errr...I didn't mean to.
Breana: What do you mean you didn't mean to!? You just told me you did it!
Anastasia: Umm. Errr...sorry ma'am! I won't do that ever again!
Breana: What makes you think you'll get another chance!?! You're like the idiyoda of house cleaning. You're fired!!!
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Stephen: It’s got lameoji written all over it. What is he like…5?!!
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Antoinette: What is up with Kevin from my math class?! He keeps sending me texts during class littered with lameojis. Grow up! We’re in high school for heaven’s sake!
Joan: You might want to block his number or just ask Darrin, the class computer whiz, to program a lameoji blocker for you!
Stephen: It’s got lameoji written all over it. What is he like…5?!!
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Antoinette: What is up with Kevin from my math class?! He keeps sending me texts during class littered with lameojis. Grow up! We’re in high school for heaven’s sake!
Joan: You might want to block his number or just ask Darrin, the class computer whiz, to program a lameoji blocker for you!
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Get the Lameoji mug.Bob: Unlike those idiot roommates, I make sure to clean the dishes with both water and soap, not just water alone!
Suzie: Your roommates are no match for you in dishwashing skills. Inferiorites!
Jonathan: Man, I get back to the office from my vacation, and I finish the pending work of 20 employees with just a few strokes on the keyboard. I don't get what the hell they were doing in my absence. Either they're complete idiots or they were slacking off the entire time. A bunch of inferiorites!
Pete: All hail the mighty Jonathan for finally coming back and showing them how it's done!
Beth: My neighbors pay thousands of dollars to make sure their grass is green and yet you still stumble upon weeds in their garden. I mean, I only took one gardening class, and my backyard is spotless and clean of weeds.
Deborah: Did you try telling them how to take care of the weeds?
Beth: I sure did! They spoke dismissively saying "What would someone who took one class in gardening know compared to expert professionals we pay thousands of dollars to?!"
Deborah: Sounds like they're the ones who don't know what's what. Inferiorites... and, money can't save them... let's just leave it at that!
Suzie: Your roommates are no match for you in dishwashing skills. Inferiorites!
Jonathan: Man, I get back to the office from my vacation, and I finish the pending work of 20 employees with just a few strokes on the keyboard. I don't get what the hell they were doing in my absence. Either they're complete idiots or they were slacking off the entire time. A bunch of inferiorites!
Pete: All hail the mighty Jonathan for finally coming back and showing them how it's done!
Beth: My neighbors pay thousands of dollars to make sure their grass is green and yet you still stumble upon weeds in their garden. I mean, I only took one gardening class, and my backyard is spotless and clean of weeds.
Deborah: Did you try telling them how to take care of the weeds?
Beth: I sure did! They spoke dismissively saying "What would someone who took one class in gardening know compared to expert professionals we pay thousands of dollars to?!"
Deborah: Sounds like they're the ones who don't know what's what. Inferiorites... and, money can't save them... let's just leave it at that!
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Johnny: yes, he's no soccer idol... a patheticon at best
Tommy: what about his ludicrous display last night?
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