-A man who thinks he has comparable physical and/ or social attributes to musician and socio-political justice voice ‘Hozier’ (specifically in a way that is appealing to women) but is actually deeply problematic and needs to touch grass
-When a mediocre tall white man with long hair thinks he’s the world’s greatest feminist, musician, and empath. (He is just egotistically unstable, generally unformulated as an individual, took acid once, and heard a Hozier album.)
-When a mediocre tall white man with long hair thinks he’s the world’s greatest feminist, musician, and empath. (He is just egotistically unstable, generally unformulated as an individual, took acid once, and heard a Hozier album.)
He played me “Work Song” on the guitar and then whined about paying for a Plan B- its his Hozier complex
by Bluespruce January 11, 2025
Get the Hozier Complex mug.In mental illness, it is a delusion where the person suffering believes there is a grand conspiracy that specifically targets them or individuals like them, akin to gang stalking. This conspiracy supposedly is trying to make their life hell and everything that goes wrong in life is caused by this mysterious group, sometimes it’s the government, celebrities or just random people (See Apophenia).
Or (what this focuses on), when it involves assholes, they usually have a persecution complex over what is reasonable backlash to their shitty behaviour, using DARVO, psychological projection, gaslighting techniques , nutpicking, strawman arguments (and other logical fallacies) and then playing the victim. Claiming to be the victim of unfair judgement and mistreatment, when they in fact do that and/or advocate for it. Simple resistance to injustice to them is like an attack.
Or (what this focuses on), when it involves assholes, they usually have a persecution complex over what is reasonable backlash to their shitty behaviour, using DARVO, psychological projection, gaslighting techniques , nutpicking, strawman arguments (and other logical fallacies) and then playing the victim. Claiming to be the victim of unfair judgement and mistreatment, when they in fact do that and/or advocate for it. Simple resistance to injustice to them is like an attack.
Examples of a persecution complex:
Christian fundamentalists claim to be persecuted by the mainstream media for “their pro family values” (see dog whistle), when they spew bigotry towards many marginalized groups and usually get a pretty paycheck for it. (See Astroturf)
AI “““artists””” claiming to be the victim of artists, who simply just want to not be plagiarized and have the thing they love and spent years doing be a stable way of living and not be treated like worthless numbers by executives (see Activision, EA, Disney, and other shitty executives)
Men’s “““rights activists””” claim that men are unfairly being treated by women. When they in fact are huge misogynistic douchebags that make women dislike men. Same people who if they were to meet real victims of the loneliness epidemic (ie someone who suffers from crippling social anxiety) they would make it worse for that person calling them things like a “pussy” and giving superficial advice like “man up” whilst belittling them.
Following the death of Brian Thompson, many healthcare executives claimed that they were being unfairly treated by people on social media, when those said executives can do the exact same thing that happen to Brian on a bigger scale and get away with it (thanks to lobbying).
“When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” – Franklin Leonard
Christian fundamentalists claim to be persecuted by the mainstream media for “their pro family values” (see dog whistle), when they spew bigotry towards many marginalized groups and usually get a pretty paycheck for it. (See Astroturf)
AI “““artists””” claiming to be the victim of artists, who simply just want to not be plagiarized and have the thing they love and spent years doing be a stable way of living and not be treated like worthless numbers by executives (see Activision, EA, Disney, and other shitty executives)
Men’s “““rights activists””” claim that men are unfairly being treated by women. When they in fact are huge misogynistic douchebags that make women dislike men. Same people who if they were to meet real victims of the loneliness epidemic (ie someone who suffers from crippling social anxiety) they would make it worse for that person calling them things like a “pussy” and giving superficial advice like “man up” whilst belittling them.
Following the death of Brian Thompson, many healthcare executives claimed that they were being unfairly treated by people on social media, when those said executives can do the exact same thing that happen to Brian on a bigger scale and get away with it (thanks to lobbying).
“When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” – Franklin Leonard
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The idea that one has the autonomy to change or prevent fate from occurring by attempts to prevent it.
Shifu Complex - When Master Shifu sends a messenger to Tai Lung's prison to ensure his isolation, provides Tai Lung with the tool (feather dropped from this duck) to escape.
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that teaches you to hate/judge your "boomer" parents as harshly as possible, often with accounts/stotries too horrid/bizzare/fantastic to be true* (especially if YOU (🫵) fall under their mythical definition of "teen/young adult" ). It's subreddit/meme subreddit namesake (as well as the likes of r/raisedbynarcissists & r/boomersbeingfools) groom/indoctrinate you to the worst shit possible
Also closely linked to the cult of 'mental health/illness diagnosis' and certain toxic strains of "woke" politics
that teaches you to hate/judge your "boomer" parents as harshly as possible, often with accounts/stotries too horrid/bizzare/fantastic to be true* (especially if YOU (🫵) fall under their mythical definition of "teen/young adult" ). It's subreddit/meme subreddit namesake (as well as the likes of r/raisedbynarcissists & r/boomersbeingfools) groom/indoctrinate you to the worst shit possible
Also closely linked to the cult of 'mental health/illness diagnosis' and certain toxic strains of "woke" politics
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*apologise to those whove faced parental abuse for real, ik mine were by a great shot better than most others i knew (Im 18M)
*apologise to those whove faced parental abuse for real, ik mine were by a great shot better than most others i knew (Im 18M)
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Dude, why did you dig that hole with your hands? Shovels have existed for quite some time now. Do you have a Moses-complex or something?
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