Solid Mantis's definitions

Unemployed

Most people who are now unemployed had jobs before the coronavirus shutdowns because they would choose a steady job over unemployment with benefits and not knowing when they'll be back at work. The same people who wanted businesses shut down for the virus are the ones trying to give the workers shit about unemployment benefits and getting new jobs and reopening. The fucked up thing is the same people are also wanting the newly unemployed people they want to get back to work now to freak out all over again in the fall if a second wave arrives and they lose the jobs they've had for about 3 or 4 months, when they want the businesses shut down again.

Most people who are unemployed dont want to keep being unemployed forever. If you've been unemployed before, you know it's not fun, it's not a vacation.

by Solid Mantis May 27, 2020

Leprechan approach

A movie that came out in the 90s. No, Ashton Kutcher was not in this one.

You ever seen the leprechan approach? That's a hell of a movie.

by Solid Mantis April 25, 2017

Replaceable

There must be a point when you get to be a feudal lord (or the female version of one) where everything and everyone becomes replaceable in your over indulgent lifestyle, even if you took something/someone from someone else that wasn't replaceable to them (something/someone they didn't surrender to you) to replace something/someone you no longer had an interest in.

Everything in his/her machine is a replaceable part of the collective machine, as he/she would call it. There is no bigger picture, its simple.

by Solid Mantis December 19, 2019

Forest fires

Fires don't just come from lightning, so the same is true of forest fires. They're as likely to come from industrial sources, or from humans, just like city fires.

Fire is as likely to come from arson as it is anywhere else, and it's a little suspect when someone tries to get somebody else to quickly rule out arson as even a possibility rather than as absolute, the way some writers write stories in the news about how the fire is thought to or does absolutely come from lightning, without offering any other realistic possibilities. Does telling people a fire came from lightning rather than arson or another source really make them feel safer when they can end up just as dead from a fire that started from lightning? Theres no good reason people shouldn't question or speculate about where forest fires came from, especially when it's all over the west coast, which is unusual most years (even for fire prone areas).

by Solid Mantis September 11, 2020

Special victim

A unique kind of victim.

Toxic abusive male- Oh, she's a special victim all right this one officer, she's not like all the rest of the special victims. She deserves a special investigation.
Officer- You have the right to remain silent asshole, you have no other rights, now shut up.
Toxic abusive male- Just trying to put in a good word for her, I know a lot of guys are getting badmouthed by special victims tonight, so I wanted to give you some good news.

by Solid Mantis October 23, 2020

Precocious

A guy or girl that hits puberty at 6.

Guy 1-Do you see that kid driving? That kid shouldn't be out on the road.
Guy 2-He has a mustache.
Guy 1- Don't you have to be 54 or 56 inches tall to drive though? His mother and father just let him drive like that.
Guy 2-He's a precocious kid, let him drive.

by Solid Mantis June 16, 2018

Surrogate

A surrogate is a substitute.

A surrogate man/boyfriend/husband is a lot like a substitute teacher. The husband/teacher gets sick and the surrogate, like the substitute wonders what the fuck am I doing here and how do I teach these kids anything they're not mine? The surrogate is a lot like the substitute teacher who can't pronounce your name, everybody who meets a surrogate wants the real teacher/husband/man/boyfriend back quick.

by Solid Mantis August 25, 2018