Grief Riding

When people use tragic circumstances or events to promote themselves or services

Terrible fire yesterday in town, prayers for those lost RIP

We however do have a fantastic sale on fire blankets and lawnmowers so come on down...

"Shameful he is Grief Riding"

by SP McGra December 10, 2024

Grief tragedy sympathy industry

Of the things the grief tragedy sympathy industry shows you on primetime TV, the coronavirus statistics seem dull this time of year because they are all year, but it takes something like extreme weather to wake people up.

The extreme weather is a refreshing thing to see after watching the same dull coronavirus numbers and statistics bullshit that is aired by the grief tragedy sympathy industry all year since 2020.

by The Original Agahnim September 2, 2021

grief-speak

the inability to formulate sentences after family trauma

“berryblue!”
“do you mean blueberry?”
“yes sorry! i have some grief-speak”

by cherrylvr March 10, 2022

Eco-grief

The emotional response to the loss or degradation of natural environments or ecosystems, often due to climate change or human activities.

I feel a sense of eco-grief when I see the effects of pollution and deforestation on our planet.

by UltraSmartGuy April 25, 2023

Grief/tragedy/sympathy/hope industry

The industry that is in Mobile, Louisiana, or Florida in September for the hurricanes and in the Midwest in the spring for the tornados. They're not even around long enough to give a fuck about anybody, if another hurricane hit a few weeks later in the Bahamas, they'd already be in the Bahamas with a new story, a new group of people they care so much about, and a new fundraising and rescue effort underway.

The grief/tragedy/sympathy/hope industry is not on your side, they are not your friend. They are just the people that control your supply chain (they have all the power) if you end up fucked. They are the same people that control the weapons, military, government, industry, and first responders.

by The Original Agahnim December 14, 2021

Grief Gating

The act of selectively mourning the death of someone based on their political or ideological alignment, while ignoring or rationalizing the deaths of those outside one’s tribe. A form of emotional compartmentalization that reveals unconscious bias in expressions of empathy.

When the invited speaker was killed, the campus held vigils and posted tributes. But when a student protester died last year, barely anyone mentioned it. That’s grief gating—mourning filtered through ideological lenses.

by Briton Phillip September 11, 2025

Grief/tragedy/sympathy industry

The industry that wants control of all sides of the story, therefore the media claims to tell all sides of the story and be on everyone's side.

What the media and grief/tragedy/sympathy industry won't tell people is how on their own they really are, and how the industry doesn't give a fuck about them, it's a machine that depends on them to keep running.

by The Original Agahnim September 28, 2021