Performative Fatigue

The exhaustion of being exposed, see or hear people being performative and not genuine. could be Performative males, females or anyone regardless of gender or sex.

Jill: have you seen AJ's new post with the guitars in the background ?
Claire: Yeah I have but I doubt he even plays the guitar, it seems very performative. seeing all these performative males is giving me performative Fatigue...

by SuperKitty27 September 29, 2025

Performative

a male named Anthony

Anthony’s a performative male, claims it’s ‘artsy lighting,’ really just low exposure so no one notices he’s holding a matcha latte.

by sofaek September 30, 2025

Performative Studying

Performative studying is an ineffective, impractical and performative method of studying. Primarily used only for the aesthetics and to be posted on social media, mainly to Pinterest and "studytok" part of TikTok.

Alan never picked up a pen in his life 'till he transferred to UC Irvine, now he got a whole highlight of his performative studying for the ABGs to see.

by Assemble25 October 14, 2025

Performative Liberalism

When someone tries so hard to look liberal that it starts feeling like a performance art piece. Usually involves flexing their “wokeness” at every opportunity, treating social justice like a competition, and making sure everyone knows they’re the most progressive person in the room.

They’ll post endless photos with marginalized groups (but only for the optics), brag about their “diverse friend group,” and side-eye anyone who doesn’t speak in the latest approved vocabulary. It’s less about genuine empathy and more about getting liberal points.

Did you see Amy call me a radical republican? All I said was I don’t want to call Emily a cat. She even posted about it in her story. She is definition performative liberalism!

by Mish.bel October 22, 2025

Performative Bisexual

Queer person currently in a straight relationship who constantly reminds people that they are still queer

"I love women."

"Girl you are in a long-term relationship with your boyfriend, no need to be a performative bisexual."

by John_Doe_86 November 27, 2025

performative man

A performative man is a man who seeks to distance himself from the rest of his gender by acting in ways that are traditionally feminine, e.g drinking matcha, reading, painting their nails and being a #feminist. Common behaviours of these types of men are saying (in reference to another man's behaviour) "that's so bad, i would never do that, " claiming to be emotionally intelligent or 'one of the girls' and being bisexual.

"Is that a labubu keychain on your jorts? Are you going to a performative man competition?"

by penisshakes January 2, 2026

Performative Gaming

A way of showing superiority in gaming circles though usually occurs in retro gaming circles by paying a lot of money to use original hardware & software while mainly only doing it to show off on social media rather than genuine intrest in the medium. Signs include looking down upon those using modern alternative means of accessing older video games and making your entire social media page just showing off consoles and physical media. They always tend to advocate for physical media and will constantly talk about digital media being the downfall of society. This also can be only going out in public just to play older video games. These acts are also very closly associated with "cute core" and "cozy" gaming. This in turn creates a hivemind that has made game collecting far more inaccessable to the general public.

By showing off and taking pictures of the old console and software in online and public spaces, you participate in Performative Gaming.

by TOIVIATO January 11, 2026