Declinism

The stupid ideological lens that most millennials look through nowadays. Most often expressed in the form of pessimistic sentiments such as "XXXX was a horrible year, I hope next year will be better". Ironically they say that for every year regardless, as they'll always find something horrible that happened.

The opposite of declinism is looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Both opposites are bad.

The correct view is to fully embrace in the good aspects while still acknowledging the bad.

After Trump became president at the end of 2016, it seems that the broad population of young American adults have slowly started adopting the view of declinism.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian April 6, 2021

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Decline

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by Batman February 15, 2004

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decline

An exclamation used to express disapproval, disgust, and/or a refusal to a request. Commonly has emphasis on the first syllable.

Me: I failed that chemistry exam from last week.
Friend: Decline! Can you make it up?
Me: No...
Friend: Double decline!

(emphasis on the first syllable in the following example)
Me: This fnasty guy hit on me on the train today.
Friend: DEEEcline!

by Susie P May 25, 2009

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Decline

Simpler way of saying collapse as a process, but not a singular event. Doesn't help to dissuade normies from the singular notion of monolithic collapse, but doesn't make you sound like you're pretending to be an enlightened buddha to fellow collapsniks either.

"Civilization is in, like, wicked decline bro."

by LetsTalkUFOs May 5, 2023

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