Something bad that happens to someone as a direct result of them being stoned. This bad thing is usually something small and would most likely not have happened otherwise.
Person 1: Dude, that bowl last night hit me really hard. I almost dropped all my Captain Crunch on the carpet.
Person 2: Dude... your parent would have been so mad if you spilled milk all over their new carpet.
Person 1: I know, I just avoided a stoner tragedy.
Person 2: Dude... your parent would have been so mad if you spilled milk all over their new carpet.
Person 1: I know, I just avoided a stoner tragedy.
by ChocolateBaconCrunch November 26, 2013
Get the stoner tragedy mug.someone who always jumps at the opportunity to mourn/ express deep sadness, usually over the death of someone, or the occurance of something, that has essentially nothing to do with that individual
Pete: Did you see Jalen? She wrote "RIP Oscar" all over her arm! She talked to him maybe once?!
Sam: Yeah, man. What a tragedy whore!
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Alice: Wow. I feel so terrible that Joanne has that flesh eating disease! I think that we should all sit with her at lunch!
Stacey: You're such a tragedy whore, Alice! You called Joanne fugly last week. You just want to shine in her sympathy glow.
Sam: Yeah, man. What a tragedy whore!
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Alice: Wow. I feel so terrible that Joanne has that flesh eating disease! I think that we should all sit with her at lunch!
Stacey: You're such a tragedy whore, Alice! You called Joanne fugly last week. You just want to shine in her sympathy glow.
by Ellixx September 11, 2011
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Catastrophe is the perfume that attracts the tragedarian.
by Dr Bunnygirl August 7, 2019
Get the tragedarian mug.The term has its origins in the sharing of grazing land in a given community, called "the commons", in Britain. An individual farmer could increase his or her profits by using more of the commons than others. The other farmers would then follow suite, leading to the overexploitation and destruction of that land.
In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.
The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.
The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
by terribly trite March 4, 2004
Get the tragedy of the commons mug.Noun, usually a person. A person who shares news articles on social media about car accidents, drownings, house fires, weather- and other natural-disasters for the purpose of looking like you care about the victims. Also seen as an opportunity to offer thoughts and prayers in place of real support or help for the victims.
My friend posts daily articles about car accidents and house fires in her town, but she hasn't donated jack to help the victims. She's a total tragedy porn aficionado.
If I have to read another Facebook post from a tragedy porn aficionado offering thoughts and prayers instead of actual help for the victims, I'm going to scream.
If I have to read another Facebook post from a tragedy porn aficionado offering thoughts and prayers instead of actual help for the victims, I'm going to scream.
by Notasue September 19, 2017
Get the tragedy porn aficionado mug.When a finite resource is exploited by one and all, with the rationale that if I don't exploit it my brother will. The end result is the exhaustion of that resource. i.e. hoarding.
The massacre of the buffalo in America by early settlers for sheer sport, was a completely unneccessary tragedy of the commons.
by Tony Pease August 28, 2003
Get the tragedy of the commons mug.A producer of content that focuses on and targets tragedies such as murders, suicides, stillborn death, robberies, riots, shootings, fires, and etc. that have befallen certain people or celebrities for the intent of gaining clout, sympathy or profit. These types of people tend to congregate on YouTube, Twitter and other social media platforms.
"That true crime woman only seems to create content to elicit sympathy donations from people. She's a tragedy pimp."
by anonymous August 15, 2021
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