Warriors of Materia

A group consisting of the protagonists (and some allies) of the 15 current Final Fantasy games, plus the protagonists of Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy Type-0.

The Warriors of Materia are heroes.

by the random. November 14, 2021

His Dark Materials

Isn't really a word, it's a TV show. One of the best TV shows out there, in fact.

"Hey, what TV show are you watching?"
"It's called 'His Dark Materials', you should watch it."
"I will!"

by ilovehisdarkmaterials June 20, 2022

dime piece boyfriend material

Tyler Reid

tyler reid is (a) dime piece boyfriend material

by thedimepiece July 9, 2022

u pićku materinu

so far up your mother’s v*gina. usually used in an expression of anger or annoyance.

daughter: can we go somewhere?

mom: yeah ićemo (we’ll go) u pićku materinu.

by quaranteen2020 August 4, 2022

socks-and-sandals material

A playful way to suggest someone might not be considered suitable or desirable for a romantic relationship. Implying someone whose style or behaviour might not be considered desirable in a romantic context.

Ew, not Mike, he's such a socks-and-sandals material.
Your smile is genuinely enchanting, it's just too bad I'm such a socks-and-sandals material.

by eghuro January 14, 2024

Hard Problem of Materialism

The challenge of explaining how purely material stuff (atoms, forces) gives rise to phenomena that seem immaterial: consciousness, meaning, mathematics, and the laws of logic. If everything is just particles in motion, where does the feeling of pain live? Where does the truth of '2+2=4' exist? The hard problem is reconciling the rich world of experiences, abstractions, and values with a universe supposedly composed of nothing but mindless, valueless matter.

Example: "The materialist explained love as oxytocin and evolutionary advantage. The hard problem of materialism was when his own child was born, and that cold explanation shattered into a billion pieces of awe he couldn't locate in any brain scan, no matter how hard he tried."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Theory of Constructed Material Conditions

A twist on classic materialism: it argues that while physical reality exists, what counts as a "resource," "infrastructure," or "poverty" is defined by human ideas and social systems. Oil was just sticky goo until we constructed ideas of energy and engines. A "food desert" isn't a natural phenomenon; it's a material condition constructed by zoning laws, economic racism, and transportation policy. The physical world is filtered and shaped by our conceptual and political constructions.

Example: "Two neighborhoods have the same sunlight. One has roofs covered in solar panels, constructed as an 'energy resource.' The other has bare roofs, constructed as a 'cost burden' by landlords. The Theory of Constructed Material Conditions shows the physical sun is the same; the material condition of 'energy poverty' is built by human decisions, economics, and law, not by nature."

by Abzu Land January 31, 2026