A defensive setting inside of the programming of a former fundamentalist that's activated when the person is under pressure or their personal paradigm is challenged, resulting in the person demonstrating negative attitudes, actions, and words that characterize fundamentalist communities. It is an inability to assimilate disagreement in a healthy & respectful manner, no matter how strongly one feels about their view.
Some of these negative traits are personalizing disagreement, judgmental, passive aggressiveness, avoiding conflict, treating opinions as facts, condescension, self-righteousness, etc. This setting can be triggered independently of the person's character or it can be an expression of the person's character. When triggered independently of a person's character, Menno Mode is a deeply rooted program from their former upbringing that is difficult to erase.
This setting is often triggered in former & current Mennonites, Amish, homeschooled kids, seminary students, Cage Stage Calvinists, wokesters, and other fundamentalist communities that elevate their opinion and convictions to the level of fact.
Some of these negative traits are personalizing disagreement, judgmental, passive aggressiveness, avoiding conflict, treating opinions as facts, condescension, self-righteousness, etc. This setting can be triggered independently of the person's character or it can be an expression of the person's character. When triggered independently of a person's character, Menno Mode is a deeply rooted program from their former upbringing that is difficult to erase.
This setting is often triggered in former & current Mennonites, Amish, homeschooled kids, seminary students, Cage Stage Calvinists, wokesters, and other fundamentalist communities that elevate their opinion and convictions to the level of fact.
Jebidiah must be in Menno Mode, he's judging me as committing idolatry because I shoot photos and he claims the 2nd Commandment says photography is creating an idol and thus sin.
by Nazukeoya April 8, 2023

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by MetheMod September 13, 2018

Everyone has been in dumbass mode at least once in their life. To enter dumbass mode, you have to say or do something utterly stupid. Examples include:
Failing a shiny pokemon
Kicking the kool kid
Cheating on your wife
microwaving your fork
falling down the stairs
Once you enter dumbass mode and do something stupid, cool points are subtracted until you successfully enter kool mode again.
Failing a shiny pokemon
Kicking the kool kid
Cheating on your wife
microwaving your fork
falling down the stairs
Once you enter dumbass mode and do something stupid, cool points are subtracted until you successfully enter kool mode again.
Jerry went into complete dumbass mode when he tried to kick the bully in the nuts. Jerry now regrets that.
by someone on the date of : April 16, 2019

by nartoleane April 26, 2024

When a student, normally of a college or university, discovers that finals week is soon upon them. But are they prepared? Never. Ever. Finals mode turns on at this point, and the student will no longer sleep until finals are over, because there is way too much shit to do and sleeping takes precious time. Instead they will catch up on seven week's worth of homework and studying in the span of two weeks. Because every single college student alive is a massive procrastinator, this will mostly be self-inflicted pain. And make no mistake, they are indeed in pain. Side effects include falling asleep standing up, falling asleep as soon as they sit or lay down anywhere at all, hallucinating due to lack of sleep, forgetting to eat and drink literally anything, falling asleep behind the wheel, episodes of hysteria, excessive crying, excessive laughing, falling asleep on their homework pile, and thinking they are fine while they are in desperate need of an intervention. This can last anywhere between the last week to the fourth to last week of the semester and continue until the end.
My brain is in finals mode, so I don't really have free time right now. Try again when the redness in my eyes and the raspiness in my voice go away. Until that happens, know that I can't see straight.
by Han the ET November 27, 2022
