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Cancel Culture 

An Internet phenomenon in which people shun others from social media. Like ostracism, cancel culture existed to weed problematic social media users out. Either that, or to hold people accountable for their actions. But now, it's devolved into insecure people shunning anyone and anything they despise. Those who partake in this care nothing for making social media better. All they want is to make themselves feel important, and "cancelling" is the easiest way for them to do it.

Dredging people's mistakes up, over and over, isn't how you help people learn and grow. But people involved in cancel culture don't get this, as vilifying people is easier. While it's possible for things here to change, the Internet will never be the "safe space" these people want. It's a place where people from all across the world gather. And, like it or not, some people are monsters at their core. Do those people need to go? Yes, they do.

But cancel culture's so rampant it's more dangerous than the monsters could ever be. We'll soon live in a world where shunning people for the littlest thing will be commonplace. It'd happen all day, every day, all over the world. And, until cancel culture's dealt with now, that's going to be kind of world we'll live in. And that sounds like a very, very cold world to me.
Cancel Culture by Otneimica April 2, 2021
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Cancel Culture 

The cancerous notion that a person who does something considered objectionable by most people should have their life ruined.
"Because this person on Instagram said that, they should be canceled forever. Yes, I support cancel culture."
Cancel Culture by tron9200 April 4, 2022

Cancel the clown 

A desperate and somewhat dishonest technique parents use in which the parent announces that, due to poor behaviour, they’ve had to cancel an exciting event or activity they’d had planned. The parent, however, never actually planned the event in the first place.
That’s it,” the mom told her misbehaving children, “I had to cancel the clown I’d booked for this afternoon!”
Cancel the clown by TrishaE October 23, 2019

Cancel Brag 

When you are trying to show off by namedropping what ambitious plans of yours were cancelled due to emergency precautions. Under the fake outrage you are trying to build an aura of your amazing life full of ambitious and VIP plans, Because of its speculative nature, it is a very safe way to brag. You need no proof of attendance to events that won't happen.

See humble brag, namedrop.
"My summer festivals tour is over. It's so horrible I can't go to Burning Man this year because of fucking COVID-19."
"Steve, last time I asked you what your plans were, you replied 'Time is an illusion'. This is just a cancel brag."

"I hate the Corona! My albino-only tantric retreat on a remote Swedish island set up by ABBA in the 70's got cancelled."
"Stop cancelbragging, Brian."

Cancel Mob 

Social media users who latch on to accusations of bad behavior and attempt to get the accused fired or stripped of their status through pressure on advertisers and companies.
"Watch out Dave Chappelle, the cancel mob is coming for you!"
"What happened to Louis CK?" "The cancel mob got him."
Cancel Mob by OkiShisa November 30, 2021

Cancel Culture 

1000s of people who use Social Media to single out a one time incident or bad decision by an individual to destroy their life as they know it.
I found that persons Facebook account and they work for the government. We will now overwhelm their bosses with emails and phone calls until they are fired. We will make sure they loose their home, car and & children when we are done with them! Cancel Culture Bitch!!!
Cancel Culture by Bil-liam August 27, 2020

cancel cult 

A cult that uses cancel culture as its basis for silencing, embarrassing, and censoring other people who have an opinion and a threat to their status quo.
The cancel cult is getting out of hand in the United States.
cancel cult by Chaotic Yeet October 21, 2021