Silicon Valley investor and writer Paul Graham coined the term to describe an observation that a population develops “social antibodies” in response to behaviours that have come to be perceived as harmful.
An example he cites is cigarette smoking. Once a popular and accepted habit even within intimate spaces, after smoking was banned in enclosed spaces it quickly became socially unacceptable aided by vocal people who acted like messengers in the system.
It could be argued that a busybody and a social antibody are two sides of the same coin.
An example he cites is cigarette smoking. Once a popular and accepted habit even within intimate spaces, after smoking was banned in enclosed spaces it quickly became socially unacceptable aided by vocal people who acted like messengers in the system.
It could be argued that a busybody and a social antibody are two sides of the same coin.
Social antibodies are forming around the issue of media companies giving a platform to misinformation.
by batFalcon January 28, 2022
Get the social antibodiesmug. by pissyjorts May 31, 2025
Get the Socialismmug. A poor man's socialist system that the Communist Party of China (CPC) or CCP claims is a whole new ideology invented by Deng Xiaoping that takes the "good parts" of capitalism without the bad, and the "good parts" of socialism without the bad and combines them to form the number 2 spot for Gross Domestic Production (GDP) globally. But is in reality just whatever the CCP says it needs to do to pursue economic growth while justifying their authoritarian grip on power in China.
A: Okay students, can anyone tell me what is the economic system of China?
B: Capitalism? Duh, Jack Ma is rich AF..
A: Incorrect.
B: Ohh Communism? They are run by a communist party--
A: Wrong again, their economic system runs on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics!
B: Really? Wow, how does this system work?
A: I don't know B, read a damn book, they change the definition every time a new general secretary is in power so 10 years from now it could mean just having an economy based off chinese scam call centres for all I know!
B: Capitalism? Duh, Jack Ma is rich AF..
A: Incorrect.
B: Ohh Communism? They are run by a communist party--
A: Wrong again, their economic system runs on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics!
B: Really? Wow, how does this system work?
A: I don't know B, read a damn book, they change the definition every time a new general secretary is in power so 10 years from now it could mean just having an economy based off chinese scam call centres for all I know!
by FreeMarketCapitalismRocks December 27, 2023
Get the Socialism with Chinese Characteristicsmug. It's when you post on social media without thinking, usually an emotional outburst when stressed, uncomfortable, mad, but most likely drunk.
"Dude, why did you tag everyone one in a post that you love them."
"Sorry I was feeling like I loved everyone after a few shots, and wanted to tell them. It was just social media vomit.
"Sorry I was feeling like I loved everyone after a few shots, and wanted to tell them. It was just social media vomit.
by anonymous October 20, 2022
Get the social media vomitmug. When a person is paid, sent with an agenda, or goes on their own volition to sabotage and ruin another person's reputation by doing deliberately intolerable things to force reactions from them to make them look bad. Social hitmen, also Social Media Hitmen, go around "trolling" people to get them to use derogatory language, verbal abuse, physical abuse, or some other form of self defense to defend themselves, and then record or photo these actions to ruin their reputations to people in the media and in their lives.
These "hitmen" are totally and morally dead inside, are deplorable, and have no problems ruining your life and taking every cent you have just for an easy paycheck. They will block you from where you need to go, grope and sexually assault you, call you terrible things on your media pages, and be genuinely intolerable in order to achieve some agenda, get a criminals paycheck, or just do it for their own sick fun. These people, like paparazzi, never stop, never rest, until they get that sweet demon release and ruin your life.
As of now, 2020, there is no legal defense to stop a Social Hitman other than self control.
These "hitmen" are totally and morally dead inside, are deplorable, and have no problems ruining your life and taking every cent you have just for an easy paycheck. They will block you from where you need to go, grope and sexually assault you, call you terrible things on your media pages, and be genuinely intolerable in order to achieve some agenda, get a criminals paycheck, or just do it for their own sick fun. These people, like paparazzi, never stop, never rest, until they get that sweet demon release and ruin your life.
As of now, 2020, there is no legal defense to stop a Social Hitman other than self control.
Guy 1: Did you hear what A Herd did to JD? She ruined his career.
Guy 2: That Social Hitman? She did it for the attention and the money, no question.
Apologist on TV: I am sorry for using the F word in a derogatory manner to that person last week. A Social Media Hitman was harassing me in emails, private messages, and sending me inappropriate sexual pictures of themselves and others, and when I tried to block them and tell them to stop, they kept at it until I went off at them. I am sorry to the people that saw it, and I am not bigoted nor intolerant, just this person posted their screenshot of me telling them off and it was taken out of context. I shouldn't have said it, and I am sorry.
Corporation: There is a person we want to take down on their social media pages and ruin their reputation to make them look bad politically, allowing us to gain more social support. We will give you 10,000 USD to find a way to make this person look like a bigot, a racist, a deviant, or sexually abusive. You can develop a relationship and betray them, or anything to achieve this goal.
Social Media Hitman: Shouldn't be too hard; I can use private servers, networks, and follow and harass them until they react.
Concerned Citizen: What can we do against these social hitmen?
Concerned Citizen 2: Absolutely nothing. you just have to ignore, block, restrict, and hire security to keep them away. There is no known legal defense to stop a Social (Media) Hitman other than self control. Humans 2020
Guy 2: That Social Hitman? She did it for the attention and the money, no question.
Apologist on TV: I am sorry for using the F word in a derogatory manner to that person last week. A Social Media Hitman was harassing me in emails, private messages, and sending me inappropriate sexual pictures of themselves and others, and when I tried to block them and tell them to stop, they kept at it until I went off at them. I am sorry to the people that saw it, and I am not bigoted nor intolerant, just this person posted their screenshot of me telling them off and it was taken out of context. I shouldn't have said it, and I am sorry.
Corporation: There is a person we want to take down on their social media pages and ruin their reputation to make them look bad politically, allowing us to gain more social support. We will give you 10,000 USD to find a way to make this person look like a bigot, a racist, a deviant, or sexually abusive. You can develop a relationship and betray them, or anything to achieve this goal.
Social Media Hitman: Shouldn't be too hard; I can use private servers, networks, and follow and harass them until they react.
Concerned Citizen: What can we do against these social hitmen?
Concerned Citizen 2: Absolutely nothing. you just have to ignore, block, restrict, and hire security to keep them away. There is no known legal defense to stop a Social (Media) Hitman other than self control. Humans 2020
by MCPKG December 27, 2020
Get the Social (Media) Hitmanmug. by thecharacterwannie June 9, 2022
Get the get off of social mediamug. A social sloth is a person or thing who ignores, or seemingly does not recognize obvious cues given by another participant in a social interaction due to being a bit shy, or concerned about speaking out of turn; one who avoids conversation entirely.
Boy: "What are your plans for this weekend"?
Girl: "I have no plans!"
Boy: "I'm going to a friend's going away party at Yards and that's it."
Girl: "That's so fun! Yeah I'll probably be doing nothing."
12 HOURS LATER
Boy: "What are your plans for the weekend?"
Girl: "OH nothing! No plans at all. Just laundry."
Boy: ~social sloth in silence~
Girl: "I have no plans!"
Boy: "I'm going to a friend's going away party at Yards and that's it."
Girl: "That's so fun! Yeah I'll probably be doing nothing."
12 HOURS LATER
Boy: "What are your plans for the weekend?"
Girl: "OH nothing! No plans at all. Just laundry."
Boy: ~social sloth in silence~
by skatetheramp February 6, 2024
Get the social slothmug.