Solid mantis's definitions

Democracy

Democracy that is not much more than an illusion isn't much of a democracy.

As seen in Myanmar, someone being barred from an office legally won't keep them from trying to seize power illegally. Someone who wants to grab power badly enough isn't going to be concerned with what is legal or illegal. There is no guarantee people will never have to fight for a democracy again as they did before there were democracies.

by Solid Mantis February 3, 2021

Narcissist

Someone who thinks they outdo other people at every sport or anything else in life than other people.

The narcissist had always had a high opinion of himself/herself, even if others couldn't understand what made him/her such a prodigy.

by Solid Mantis January 27, 2021

Conflict resolution

Another way of saying compromise, even if saying compromise is simple enough.

When someone says that guy needs to learn conflict resolution, they're really saying he needs to get his ass in line and start compromising, because if he doesn't meet his/her demands like everybody else, something bad will happen.

by Solid Mantis December 9, 2019

Red or blue pill

Limiting someone's choices to two choices, rather than giving them a broad selection of choices.

Guy- Will you choose the red or blue pill?
Other guy- I don't take drugs, so I will choose not to take any pills or bullshit.

by Solid Mantis October 29, 2020

Pretentious

Someone who compares a basketball game to bullfighting, a war, or a fight with bears or wolves. Teams don't surrender points, and logos/symbols of a team were created by people trying to market the team, which is why pretentious people make comparisons to other events, and other people don't think that way.

Pretentious people try to make a sports game more than a sports game, when really the world doesn't revolve around sports, even for sports fans.

by Solid Mantis November 24, 2019

Leader

If you are not your own leader, if your leader is still someone you vote for, or someone you work for, then you're in trouble.

People know the next leader is going to fuck them over like the last one, and yet they keep voting every four years for some reason. Meanwhile they're the same ones trying to tell you that you never learn. A boss is not your leader, a boss is just someone who pays you to do the job you're doing, no more, no less. A president is either the boss of all bosses, or a puppet of the boss of all bosses, depending on who the president is.

by Solid Mantis October 22, 2020

Parade

You would almost think there would be no parades any more, not because of the virus, but because someone would call a parade racist like they did with the statues for not being politically correct enough. No crowd, black, white, yellow, brown (and a red indian or two) would gather, people would just remain divided if there was no parade to go to.

Indians don't have a parade on thanksgiving, so should the rest of us put an end to the parades? Would that somehow right all the wrongs that have been done in this country? If there really was a better way to treat each other, wouldn't people have thought of it and done it before now?

by Solid Mantis November 25, 2020