Shoobies898's definitions
A long-form response post or comment made in a Q&A scenario, which feigns genuine interest in answering the OP’s question or solving their plight in the first paragraph or two, but reveals the commenter’s ulterior motive upon further reading.
This motive could involve trying to convert the OP to the commenter’s religion, pushing political propaganda, pushing a sweeping lifestyle change like minimalism or veganism, attempted cult or MLM recruitment, or advertising a product or service.
It can also be a convoluted form of trolling, in which the flytrapper’s goal is to waste the OP’s time, give a false sense of security, then try to make them feel shame or embarrassment for asking the question in the first place.
This motive could involve trying to convert the OP to the commenter’s religion, pushing political propaganda, pushing a sweeping lifestyle change like minimalism or veganism, attempted cult or MLM recruitment, or advertising a product or service.
It can also be a convoluted form of trolling, in which the flytrapper’s goal is to waste the OP’s time, give a false sense of security, then try to make them feel shame or embarrassment for asking the question in the first place.
Person A: Do you still use Quora?
Person B: Hell no, that place if full of flytrappers. Last post I made on there, I asked for advice on how to move on from my grandpa’s death. Everyone’s response looked like they were gonna help me with the mourning process, but then either tried to convert me to Christianity, Buddhism, or tried to sell me books or get me to sign up for websites that looked cult-y.
Person B: Hell no, that place if full of flytrappers. Last post I made on there, I asked for advice on how to move on from my grandpa’s death. Everyone’s response looked like they were gonna help me with the mourning process, but then either tried to convert me to Christianity, Buddhism, or tried to sell me books or get me to sign up for websites that looked cult-y.
by Shoobies898 May 20, 2025
Get the Flytrapmug. People in online discussions whose only purpose seems to be giving unwanted and unrequested health advice in their comments. The threads they choose to preach on are frequently unrelated to health advice, and their “tips” tend to be more annoying than helpful.
Typically more concerned with looking smart or superior than improving the lives of people they share a digital space with.
Often get snippy at the idea of someone using unhealthy ingredients in cooking, someone having self-confidence while being overweight, or even a mere mention of the terms “body positivity” or “fat acceptance.”
Very common on Reddit.
Typically more concerned with looking smart or superior than improving the lives of people they share a digital space with.
Often get snippy at the idea of someone using unhealthy ingredients in cooking, someone having self-confidence while being overweight, or even a mere mention of the terms “body positivity” or “fat acceptance.”
Very common on Reddit.
Guy 1: Check out this bento box I made! I decided to include those little hot dog octopuses in it, because I thought they were a cute idea.
Guy 2: Ooh that looks yummy
Guy 3: Cool post, but actually, hot dogs are really high in sodium and nitrates, so they are awful as a source of protein. I urge you to use anything else, preferably something leaner. Eating these all the time will make you fat, and fat is unhealthy. Sorry if that last part offends you, but that’s just facts.
Guy 1: I…don’t eat hot dogs all the time??? This is the first time I’ve had them in months.
Guy 2: aw goddammit, not another health nazi. Go piss on someone else’s post.
Guy 2: Ooh that looks yummy
Guy 3: Cool post, but actually, hot dogs are really high in sodium and nitrates, so they are awful as a source of protein. I urge you to use anything else, preferably something leaner. Eating these all the time will make you fat, and fat is unhealthy. Sorry if that last part offends you, but that’s just facts.
Guy 1: I…don’t eat hot dogs all the time??? This is the first time I’ve had them in months.
Guy 2: aw goddammit, not another health nazi. Go piss on someone else’s post.
by Shoobies898 April 20, 2025
Get the Health Nazimug. A burnt take is a perspective or opinion expressed on social media, which used to get a lot of attention for how uncommon or controversial it was, but doesn’t anymore.
It may have been overused as a means to farm interaction, causing it to lose its shock value, or it simply may have become a more commonly-held belief among people.
It could have also fizzled out because it used to pop up a lot in not-so-civil debates among a community, and said community became bored of the conflict.
A hot take that has lost its original spark.
It may have been overused as a means to farm interaction, causing it to lose its shock value, or it simply may have become a more commonly-held belief among people.
It could have also fizzled out because it used to pop up a lot in not-so-civil debates among a community, and said community became bored of the conflict.
A hot take that has lost its original spark.
OP: Hot take, Mr Beast is only pretending to be a good person, he’s actually super corrupt.
Commenter 1: Burnt take, everyone knows that he sucks now.
Commenter 2: I second that, just look at the quality control for Lunchly. Not to mention he put his buddy in solitary confinement and basically tortured him for views.
Commenter 1: Burnt take, everyone knows that he sucks now.
Commenter 2: I second that, just look at the quality control for Lunchly. Not to mention he put his buddy in solitary confinement and basically tortured him for views.
by Shoobies898 June 7, 2025
Get the Burnt Takemug. A person who either had unrestricted access to the internet as a child, or became chronically online later, and experienced significant changes in personality and ability to function as a result.
The constant stream of information for more than ten hours a day, and bearing witness to the worst of humanity on a daily basis, can chip away at the mind until a person turns into something else entirely.
The most common trait is developing ideas, interests, and theories that no healthy human being would ever conceive of, and freely speaking about it like it’s normal.
Their speech patterns may mimic those seen on social media or forums to such an extreme that they cannot be understood in normal conversation. They may become hypersexual, extremely isolated, develop intense mood swings or a vestigial attention span, or adopt a general loathing and distrust toward other human beings. They may even become susceptible to ai psychosis, in which they view an LLM as a sentient being and prefer its company to real people.
Their condition may be reflected in a dramatic change in appearance, lack of hygiene, or squalid living conditions.
Named after a one-eyed gremlin-looking critter from Dungeons and Dragons, which is created when the deity Vecna curses a wizard for obtaining arcane knowledge they weren’t supposed to see. These creatures have been stripped of all their previous power and mental faculties, and even though they look creepy, you can’t help but feel bad for them.
The constant stream of information for more than ten hours a day, and bearing witness to the worst of humanity on a daily basis, can chip away at the mind until a person turns into something else entirely.
The most common trait is developing ideas, interests, and theories that no healthy human being would ever conceive of, and freely speaking about it like it’s normal.
Their speech patterns may mimic those seen on social media or forums to such an extreme that they cannot be understood in normal conversation. They may become hypersexual, extremely isolated, develop intense mood swings or a vestigial attention span, or adopt a general loathing and distrust toward other human beings. They may even become susceptible to ai psychosis, in which they view an LLM as a sentient being and prefer its company to real people.
Their condition may be reflected in a dramatic change in appearance, lack of hygiene, or squalid living conditions.
Named after a one-eyed gremlin-looking critter from Dungeons and Dragons, which is created when the deity Vecna curses a wizard for obtaining arcane knowledge they weren’t supposed to see. These creatures have been stripped of all their previous power and mental faculties, and even though they look creepy, you can’t help but feel bad for them.
1: Hey, I haven’t talked to Jim in a while, how’s he doing?
2: Don’t bother, guy’s a nothic now. Last time I spoke with him, he went on a manic rant about colorful pills, and a “genetic lottery,” and how he wanted all women to be lobotomized upon sexual maturity so the need for consent would be eliminated.
1: . . . What the fuck??
2: That’s what I was thinking. So I was completely honest with him, told him he sounded like he needed some serious help, like asap, but then he threw a shoe at me and yelled at me to “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM, PERFORMATIVE SOYCUCK. YOUR SEED WILL NEVER BE SPREAD!” He almost spilled a piss bottle and tripped on his beard doing that. It’s down past his feet now.
1: Oh my god.
2: His roommate isn’t much better. He’s a misanthrope, and not even in, like, the ideological way, he genuinely wants to cause a mass extinction of people. He’s written dozens of whole articles about his fantasies on it, and pinned them all to his wall. He also stopped washing his hair because he thinks there’s “mind-controlling microbes” in the shampoo.
1: Is there anything we can do to help?
2: I’ve already called for a wellness check on them today. I love those guys, and I hope they can get better and lead a happy, healthy life someday, but sometimes you just gotta love people like that from a distance.
2: Don’t bother, guy’s a nothic now. Last time I spoke with him, he went on a manic rant about colorful pills, and a “genetic lottery,” and how he wanted all women to be lobotomized upon sexual maturity so the need for consent would be eliminated.
1: . . . What the fuck??
2: That’s what I was thinking. So I was completely honest with him, told him he sounded like he needed some serious help, like asap, but then he threw a shoe at me and yelled at me to “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM, PERFORMATIVE SOYCUCK. YOUR SEED WILL NEVER BE SPREAD!” He almost spilled a piss bottle and tripped on his beard doing that. It’s down past his feet now.
1: Oh my god.
2: His roommate isn’t much better. He’s a misanthrope, and not even in, like, the ideological way, he genuinely wants to cause a mass extinction of people. He’s written dozens of whole articles about his fantasies on it, and pinned them all to his wall. He also stopped washing his hair because he thinks there’s “mind-controlling microbes” in the shampoo.
1: Is there anything we can do to help?
2: I’ve already called for a wellness check on them today. I love those guys, and I hope they can get better and lead a happy, healthy life someday, but sometimes you just gotta love people like that from a distance.
by Shoobies898 September 27, 2025
Get the Nothicmug.