When a person baits your undying attention by looking like tasty snack, but actually the more attention you give the more hungry you get for a full 5 course meal.
by Hyperelf5 May 18, 2024
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Get the Scarebaiting mug.A form of baiting where complex, nuanced, well-argued positions are met with the shortest possible responses, often combined with gaslighting or patholighting. Hours of writing, careful reasoning, cited sources—met with "lol no," "touch grass," "seek help," or "too long didn't read." The goal is to refuse engagement entirely while implying that the very act of making a complex argument is pathological. Shortbait communicates: your effort is ridiculous, your thinking is broken, you care too much. It's a power move that positions the baiter as above it all, too cool for thought, too sane for caring. The length of the response inversely correlates with its dismissiveness.
"I spent three hours crafting a well-researched post about economic policy. Shortbait response: 'touch grass.' That's it. They're not engaging—they're performing disengagement as superiority. My effort becomes evidence of my pathology. That's the whole game."
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Get the Shortbait mug.The act of stating or doing something in the hopes that it will bring shame or mockery from others, especially from friends or otherwise close companions.
Shamebaiting is a word that roots from the term ragebaiting, where ragebaiting is intended to bait one into anger, shamebaiting is intended to bait one into disappointment.
One can shamebait by attempting to get into a community specific hall of shame, and thus getting called out for doing so.
Shamebaiting is a word that roots from the term ragebaiting, where ragebaiting is intended to bait one into anger, shamebaiting is intended to bait one into disappointment.
One can shamebait by attempting to get into a community specific hall of shame, and thus getting called out for doing so.
John is absolutely shamebaiting us dude, like come on, "I guess I deserve punishments", like really?
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