When someone has very strong convictions about bad things that are happening so far away that they can't possibly do anything about it, yet do nothing about bad things that are close enough to do something about.
This guy at the coffee shop just talked to me for 20 minutes, unsolicited, about how he could fix the problems at North America's southern border if only he was on the ground there. I think he has helpless hero syndrome
by GriffMasterFresh April 8, 2021
Get the Helpless hero syndrome mug.A player in the video game "Dayz" by Bohemia Interactive who engages in behavior that is seen by most of civilized society as "Childish" or "Cringe".
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The condition of somebody that is unable to deal with life, usually found sitting around a neglected apartment with bad hair and bad outfit.
I saw Kenny at our high school reunion, he's still living with his parents and saving up for a camaro ...totally self helpless.
by pixelfairy June 24, 2008
Get the self helpless mug.After a long night of drinking the next morning you are hung-over and in quite a bad place, you take a shower but mid shower you realize you need to puke, so you run to the toilet and pray to the porcelain gods, as you sit there heaving you are cold, shivering and soaking wet. Hence Wet and Helpless.
by Jon S. April 19, 2004
Get the wet and helpless mug.When a child/student gives you a perpetual "idk" face when you ask/they are asked, to do some menial task that is well within their ability to do so, but they want you to either do it for them, or just give them the answer.
Susie should stop displaying such obvious learned helplessness and tie her own damn shoelaces, the idiot is thirteen!
The students suffer from a ridiculous amount of learned helplessness whenever they are asked to go over something their science teacher *just*freaking*disscused*.
The students suffer from a ridiculous amount of learned helplessness whenever they are asked to go over something their science teacher *just*freaking*disscused*.
by The.strangler. June 2, 2016
Get the Learned Helplessness mug.A disease for which the main symptom is never learning how to do simple tasks for yourself. Always asking others to do things for you--especially in the workplace. A carrier of the disease is usually fully dependent on coworkers and the employees below them.
"Hey Susie, I'm going to need you to put postage on this for me. I just never learned how to use the postage machine...I have learned helplessness"
"I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out."
"I've had learned helplessness ever since I got promoted to CEO. Can you copy this double-sided for me? I just can't bring myself to figure it out."
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also keeps you from being banned from servers because they cant spell your name right
also keeps you from being banned from servers because they cant spell your name right
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