When a child/student gives you a perpetual "idk" face when you ask/they are asked, to do some menial task that is well within their ability to do so, but they want you to either do it for them, or just give them the answer.
Susie should stop displaying such obvious learned helplessness and tie her own damn shoelaces, the idiot is thirteen!
The students suffer from a ridiculous amount of learned helplessness whenever they are asked to go over something their science teacher *just*freaking*disscused*.
The students suffer from a ridiculous amount of learned helplessness whenever they are asked to go over something their science teacher *just*freaking*disscused*.
by The.strangler. June 2, 2016
Get the Learned Helplessness mug.A disease for which the main symptom is never learning how to do simple tasks for yourself. Always asking others to do things for you--especially in the workplace. A carrier of the disease is usually fully dependent on coworkers and the employees below them.
"Hey Susie, I'm going to need you to put postage on this for me. I just never learned how to use the postage machine...I have learned helplessness"
"I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out."
"I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out."
by Angry Rant June 9, 2009
Get the Learned Helplessness mug.Eliza: Boy you got me helpless. Look into your eyes and the sky's the limit I'm helpless. (...) You walked in and my heart went boom. (...) Grab my sister and whisper "Yo this one's mine."
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Get the helpless mug.When a cat is completely helpless.
This may result in him being pushed about at another persons whim.
This may result in him being pushed about at another persons whim.
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Get the Helpless Cat mug.While in bed, the female takes the place of a tiger, the shirtless male her prey. The female will taunt the male by explaining how she will "eat" him. She might play around with his belly button, abs, chest, ext.
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Get the helpless prey game mug.After a long night of drinking the next morning you are hung-over and in quite a bad place, you take a shower but mid shower you realize you need to puke, so you run to the toilet and pray to the porcelain gods, as you sit there heaving you are cold, shivering and soaking wet. Hence Wet and Helpless.
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