Noun. A distracting and excessive cloud of feelings that surrounds a complainer and overcasts an event. May include complaints drenched in anger or grief, but not a physical solution. Used to push others away with its feckless toxicity.
--He could have done his homework, but instead just spent an hour complaining about it. The air was so thick with emotional pollution, I just had to get out of there.
--I think she had a problem with my attitude, but I couldn't care less. She just babbled emotional pollution of "blah blah blah." Some people live to perfect their outrage.
--I think she had a problem with my attitude, but I couldn't care less. She just babbled emotional pollution of "blah blah blah." Some people live to perfect their outrage.
by UGiveUp2 November 11, 2017
A person entering a, usually controversial, discussion with the most surface-level, stereotype-based, and hyperbolic arguments possible. Their take then becomes the easy go-to meme response that spreads, resulting in a form of Flanderization for the discussion as a whole, cutting any nuance or complexity to the discourse and adding undeserved importance to it.
Some of the more prevalent examples of this are in discussions of Fermi's paradox, where the go to is, "Aliens don't talk to us because we're stupid," despite how much it's implying about the aliens in question. And arguments about America not using the metric system, with the reason often being, "Americans are too stupid and lazy to understand it," forcing a stereotype and ignoring any actual reasons the US hasn't switched over.
Since these arguments are often done for quick validation, they often have little to no research backing them either due to overconfidence of being right, or an unconscious fear of having to think complexly.
Some of the more prevalent examples of this are in discussions of Fermi's paradox, where the go to is, "Aliens don't talk to us because we're stupid," despite how much it's implying about the aliens in question. And arguments about America not using the metric system, with the reason often being, "Americans are too stupid and lazy to understand it," forcing a stereotype and ignoring any actual reasons the US hasn't switched over.
Since these arguments are often done for quick validation, they often have little to no research backing them either due to overconfidence of being right, or an unconscious fear of having to think complexly.
commenter 1: omfg why don't Americans just switch to metric already, why are they too dumb to do government.
commenter 2: You could leave and google how states' rights work, fucking discussion pollution.
commenter 2: You could leave and google how states' rights work, fucking discussion pollution.
by dirtwashere April 09, 2023
Pollution generated through non-emergency activities for pleasure or amusement which can be expressed through toxic exhaust, loud noise, contamination or disruption of soils and waterways, and sudden changes to a temperature or natural light within a native ecosystem. Examples include: airline travel, use of internal combustion engines, two-stroke boat motors, snowmobiles, ATV’s, recreational space travel, fireworks, light, loud music, etc. Limits to this variety of pollution, is regulated in some regions for the preservation of natural habitats and also can be determined and set by individuals with regard to their conscious awareness of the negative impacts caused from such activities.
by kin con verde April 08, 2024
Universal Pollution, literally, refers to a kind of pollution that is affecting the whole world. It can be anykind of pollution, often not referring to environmental pollution or any environmental issues. People will not compete for Universal Pollution and its supply is far greater than its demand (probably no demand), scarcity will not occur. People would like to get rid of Universal Pollution. People would prefer less of them. It has a negative price and it is with a negative value to the consumer. Therefore, Universal Pollution is a kind of bads (opposite of economic goods).
We should get rid of Universal Pollution.
by sugar_cane October 23, 2018
Ya pollution.., As above
by Contumax October 28, 2022
when people create emailing list trying to sell stuff no one wants, wasting time and space on the world wide web.
I am sick of getting emails from people I don't know trying to sell me stuff i don't want. All these people are doing is contributing to world wide web pollution.
by Hplar Renraw April 16, 2018