The act of debating social issues on a Facebook thread. A pointless exercise where parties post their viewpoints in an attempt to convince readers and other parties that their views are correct
"He posted a joke about the Arizona immigration law and then a 100 post FaBate broke out."
"He is such a troll, every day he posts something looking for a FaBate."
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”