: influence put on individuals by a person or persons to emphasize the positive aspects of a given topic to the point of excessive enthusiasm, or suppress any potential criticism.
: a subset of peer pressure that encourages people to ignore the flaws in something, often at the expense of progress.
Origin of Cheer Pressure
Hello
Internet (a UK
based podcast)
*Attributed to
Brady Haran; tough as nails co-host of H.I and amateur flag critic.
Brody: That Elon
Musk is having a right hard
time getting SpaceX to self-land. He needs to pull it together man.
Person: You shouldn't talk bad about SpaceX Brody, you're a science person!
Brody: Yeah right, that's just cheer pressure. Come on man, you gotta be
tough as tacks like me.