Solid mantis's definitions

Pete Townshend

Besides an unlikable guy with lots of money and a talent for playing guitar (and not beating someone with one as a weapon, since that allegedly got him knocked out) who would Pete Townshend be without the Who? Is it somehow unfair to Pete Townshend to think or say any of that? It's possible to respect somebody's ability/talent (not underestimate their capability) while having no respect for who and what they are as a human being.

Roger Daltry makes it sound like he wouldn't be anybody in particular without the Who, but really the Who was still a likeable band with him as the face of the band (before the 80s). It hasn't been the same since Pete Townshend started convincing everyone else in the band that he was the best thing to ever happen to the Who, and that nobody else was good enough to question him. At least Roger Daltry seems like a guy who had some heart.

Example of respecting an ability but not the person with the ability- The subject knew the king/queen was capable of executing him or worse, and though he was cautious about what he said and did, he still knew he didnt owe the king/queen or anybody else any respect.

by Solid Mantis October 6, 2020

Evil hospitality

When a group of bad people treats you good.

They were bad people, but the guy had never been treated better, they showed evil hospitality.

by Solid Mantis June 24, 2020

Tough love

Compassion might make somebody feel better, but without tough love nothing will actually get done.

Tough love is as effective as compassion.

by Solid Mantis May 19, 2021

Beastiality

Proof that a man can be a lover of man and beast alike.

You stay away from Dolly asshole! You're not allowed within 1000 feet of my sheep any more, I got the restraining order now you sick bastard! Beastiality is the most heinous evil the world knows!

by Solid Mantis July 25, 2017

Neighborhood

A neighborhood isnt just a backyard.

The girl thought she owned the neighborhood.

by Solid Mantis January 2, 2021

Hard

Something you're trying too hard to do.

Building a fire was hard to the girl, she had always had to try hard at life and common sense, she said. She always felt like she had to give over one hundred percent at everything (and that everyone else did also), especially sports (but none of this came from any authority figure or family member actually instilling this idea in her at a young age). She also thought she had to make everyone else's life difficult in the process. She always made it look like she didn't know what the fuck she was doing, and expected everyone else to be the same way, thinking of it as honesty (and expecting credit for honesty). How can anybody like someone who doesn't know what the fuck they are doing? When she wasn't busy making it look like she didn't know what she was doing, she was busy trying to make it look like someone else didnt know what they were doing.

by Solid Mantis October 21, 2020

Bubbly

Poodle-like, and often desperate to prove they (usually she) are not one of the poodle people.

The girl was bubbly and full of a poodle-like energy.

by Solid Mantis September 25, 2020