Pity culture is where people with a nice lifestyle feel sorry for people without that lifestyle and imagine them to be suffering as a result. This in turn makes them feel guilty and they spend lots of time telling other people how awful it is for those people, to ease their guilt and make them feel noble.
They are easily manipulated by articles in the newspaper, which feed on their guilt, and give them a sense of power in their lives as they decide which brand of coffee to buy accordingly. They often have little idea beyond this about the lives of those involved.
They are easily manipulated by articles in the newspaper, which feed on their guilt, and give them a sense of power in their lives as they decide which brand of coffee to buy accordingly. They often have little idea beyond this about the lives of those involved.
"You shouldn't buy that brand of toilet paper ! I saw an article last night about how the people who make it are treated badly !"
"Hey, that paper is manipulating you through pity culture ! Maybe they have a deal with the rival brand of loo roll !"
"Hey, that paper is manipulating you through pity culture ! Maybe they have a deal with the rival brand of loo roll !"
by lavendercat June 29, 2006
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Men who have an interest in any type of Hollywood gossip or juicy celeb scoop are obligated by this law to do the following:
-Buy a People, Us Weekly, or Star magazine once a month and let it sit for three months. Once three months goes by you can read all the juicy gossip to prepare for conversation. (Can be replaced with TMZ's three month old archives or recording an Entertainment Tonight episode and watching in three months)
This is so that a man does not appear too up-to-date on their juicy Hollywood gossip.
Men who have an interest in any type of Hollywood gossip or juicy celeb scoop are obligated by this law to do the following:
-Buy a People, Us Weekly, or Star magazine once a month and let it sit for three months. Once three months goes by you can read all the juicy gossip to prepare for conversation. (Can be replaced with TMZ's three month old archives or recording an Entertainment Tonight episode and watching in three months)
This is so that a man does not appear too up-to-date on their juicy Hollywood gossip.
Group: Hey did you hear about Jessica Simpson?
Man #1: Isn't she dating Tony Romo or something? I saw her at a Cowboys game.
Group: Uhh... that was like months ago! She is dating a new man now!
Notice Man #1's effective use of the "Man Pop-Culture Law"
Man #1: Isn't she dating Tony Romo or something? I saw her at a Cowboys game.
Group: Uhh... that was like months ago! She is dating a new man now!
Notice Man #1's effective use of the "Man Pop-Culture Law"
by DefinitelyNotSketch September 16, 2009
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by GI K August 2, 2019
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by prospero September 17, 2003
Get the popular culture mug.-A term invoked by people who feel pride in accomplishments of others.
-A justification for all kinds of human rights violation.
-An outcome of evolutionary beneficial group thinking, and thus a racist generalisation.
-Also used in conjunction with 'history' for more pride and group thinking.
-A justification for all kinds of human rights violation.
-An outcome of evolutionary beneficial group thinking, and thus a racist generalisation.
-Also used in conjunction with 'history' for more pride and group thinking.
Our culture is better than yours, because we have old buildings built by despots.
Those germans in poland should belong to the german reich, because they are part of our culture and history!
Those germans in poland should belong to the german reich, because they are part of our culture and history!
by Ralph R. Emmers July 7, 2006
Get the culture mug.A culture that casually promotes sexual assault and often involves victim blaming. It can take the form of men being treated as less masculine for being a survivor, a woman being told she's a whore and should have covered up in order to prevent rape, or prison rape not being treated as seriously as regular rape.
Jack: I was raped.
Joe: You can't have sex if you aren't erect, so obviously you wanted it.
Jack: That's a myth caused by rape culture.
Joe: You can't have sex if you aren't erect, so obviously you wanted it.
Jack: That's a myth caused by rape culture.
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