Vanguard 1998's definitions

Results-Based Investment

Abbreviated: R.B.I.; An approach to investing where an individual offers to invest, or donate, money, resources, and or provide information to a business or organization, but before the organization can get anything from the investor, they are given some objectives by the potential investor who expects them to make significant progress towards completing them and or complete some of them by a certain point in time before they are willing to invest or donate in their organization or business

Results-Based Investment can be a very useful tool for various individuals and or organizations working to promote social change in society, because it allows them to pressure certain businesses and organizations into taking certain stances on specific social issues and or change policies that are harmful and or unreasonably discriminatory against certain populations.

by Vanguard 1998 March 8, 2021

The politically active generation

aka. P.M.G.; The generation within a particular family that is the most politically active

Brian and Jen’s kids are a lot more involved protests about racial equality, gender equality, LGBTQ equality and recognition, and climate change than their parents, grandparents, or their own children are. They also attend more political rallies, watch debates more often, and tend to vote more than their parents, grandparents, or their own children do. They are the politically active generation in the family.

by Vanguard 1998 March 29, 2021

Peter Pan Syndrome

A major psychological and social issue that arises when an adult avoids the personal and professional responsibilities of being an adult. Some of the symptoms include difficulty expressing emotions, procrastination and unclear or poorly defined life goals, and "magical thinking" around mistakes or responsibilities, blaming others for their problems, have difficulty forming a deep connection with people, often desperate to find a partner but has difficulty maintaining meaningful relationships, and trying to escape their reality to make their problems disappear. The person’s maturity level usually does not match their age.

Ivan is twenty-seven, but has not graduated college, does not have many close friends, can’t seem to maintain romantic relationships for long periods of time, and tends to procrastinate a lot to avoid taking care of important responsibilities. He appears to have Peter Pan Syndrome.

by Vanguard 1998 March 28, 2021

Tracking

1: When a person or another animal examines an area to see if there are any signs that people or animals have passed through it recently and try to figure out how many of them were there, what they were doing, and which way they went
2: When people monitor where a person or a particular object they are interested in, usually packages, is located
3: When an individual goes online to find more information about another person in order to understand them better. When they do this, they use publicly accessible information that does not require a people search website to get.

Ivan: Cisco, have you been tracking that package that supposed to be coming in this week?
Cisco: Yeah, I've been tracking it. It supposed to be coming on Thursday.
Ivan: Good to hear.

by Vanguard 1998 February 9, 2021

Politically consistent sexual preference

aka. P.C.S.P.; When an individual is only sexually attracted to people who support political parties whose beliefs fall on the same side of the political spectrum as the political party they support

Maria identifies as being a supporter of the Republican party, she is sexually attracted to other people, but only if the political party they support identifies as being a right-wing political party, like hers is. She has a politically consistent sexual preference.

by Vanguard 1998 April 3, 2021

chernabog

1: In Slavic mythology, Chernabog is considered to be the black god of the night. When translated from Slavic, Cherna means black and bog means god; hence why they are given that name. They are in an eternal conflict with Belobog, the white god of the light.

2: A major supervillain from the Disney movie Fantasia who was able to control fire and wind, summon monsters, spirits of those who had died, and demons who all fight each other before being thrown into the fires produced by Chernabog, and take fire and change it into animals or demons. They are viewed as being one of the most powerful villains in the Disney Franchise.

Chernabog was considered by Disney to be the representation of pure evil.

by Vanguard 1998 August 12, 2021

Election stress disorder

A type of Headline Stress Disorder where an individual suffers from intense social and emotional stress, anxiety, depression, and social resentment during and, depending on the election results, shortly after election season for about a month or two. It is caused by the intense negativity of political campaigns, social media, and the media. Generally, women are more likely to get it than men.

Evan: Marissa has been very anxious and depressed lately for some reason. You wouldn’t happen to know why would you?
Timothy: She suffers from intense election stress disorder. Because election started three weeks ago, the media is already getting very nasty about it and the social media companies have already began showing political ads, which is stressing her out.
Evan: I wish I could help her somehow.

Timothy: I read online that being around to talk and support her emotionally can help as well as when you’re with her, try not to talk about politics.

Evan: Thanks, I’ll try that.

by Vanguard 1998 April 26, 2021