One of those feel-good internet campaigns that doesn't actually help anybody or has political impact. It's your way of pretending to care while sitting on your butt in front of a computer playing WoW.
Also used for people who want to get a million people on their page by before bettering themselves or the world instead of just doing it.
Also used for people who want to get a million people on their page by before bettering themselves or the world instead of just doing it.
Girl: Let's show our support by changing our Facebook statuses to promote what color our bras are!
Boy: Why does your status say "nothing"?
Girl: I'm supporting breast cancer awareness via Facebook!
Boy: One of the best examples of slacktivism I've ever heard of...
Boy: Why does your status say "nothing"?
Girl: I'm supporting breast cancer awareness via Facebook!
Boy: One of the best examples of slacktivism I've ever heard of...
by Alexa Gertrude January 12, 2010
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AKA a "Valley Girl" or "Preppie".
AKA a "Valley Girl" or "Preppie".
"Like OMG, did you see that cuuuuuuute Von Dutch trucker hat on Paris Hilton?!?" I'm like totally buying one as soon as daddy gives me back my Visa, it's only like $50! Paris is like my idol! I totally wanna make a video like she did..." - stereotypical snackpie
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The search for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's rescue without having had to actually gets one's hands dirty or open one's wallet.
It's slacktivism that prompts us to want a join a boycott of designated gas companies or eschew buying gasoline on a particular day rather than reduce our personal consumption of fossil fuels by driving less.
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(noun)
Completed work, albeit completed poorly due to nonchalance, intentional lack of attention to detail, or by person just not giving a sh!t.
Occasionally, slacktivity can lead to being relieved of a duty that said person might not want to be doing anyway, when used strategically.
(noun)
Completed work, albeit completed poorly due to nonchalance, intentional lack of attention to detail, or by person just not giving a sh!t.
Occasionally, slacktivity can lead to being relieved of a duty that said person might not want to be doing anyway, when used strategically.
Coworker A: Look at all these glasses in the cabinet! They aren't in the proper lines, so they don't all fit. Plus, some of them are facing up, and not facing down as everyone should always have them placed.
Coworker B: Yep. It's Jeff's week on kitchen duty. He is a master of slacktivity.
Coworker A: FORGET IT. I'll just do the kitchen stuff on his weeks.
Coworker B: Yep. It's Jeff's week on kitchen duty. He is a master of slacktivity.
Coworker A: FORGET IT. I'll just do the kitchen stuff on his weeks.
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