The instance of invoking postmortem advice for the benefit of someone that is objectively in the wrong, typically for how it makes the situation look rather than the morality of it. There is no real mercy involved with the invocation of Mercy for the Monster.
Usage is intended to show how deep the perpetrator has dug themselves in a given situation, provided from a pseudo-sympathetic standpoint, and is not an indication of support for the person or their action(s). Genuine support for the perpetrator is intended to defend their action(s) and are not Mercy for the Monster, as defending them is indicative of not viewing them as a monster in the given situation.
Usage is intended to show how deep the perpetrator has dug themselves in a given situation, provided from a pseudo-sympathetic standpoint, and is not an indication of support for the person or their action(s). Genuine support for the perpetrator is intended to defend their action(s) and are not Mercy for the Monster, as defending them is indicative of not viewing them as a monster in the given situation.
The judge asked the defendant what he was doing the night of the incident, and the defendant responded with, "I was washing my hands because my wife and I got into an argument, and I got upset, you know. I get violent when I'm upset, it happens. So I had to wash my hands after that."
The judge laughed in the man's face, laid down a harsh conviction, and employed Mercy for the Monster when he said, "You definitely shouldn't have said that. Now you're in for more charges than you started with!"
The judge laughed in the man's face, laid down a harsh conviction, and employed Mercy for the Monster when he said, "You definitely shouldn't have said that. Now you're in for more charges than you started with!"
by NullOfTheVoid May 7, 2021

by Johhnyboy.30-06 September 4, 2016

by Urine_Trouble November 22, 2022

When you're just not finding anything that is right for your mood, so you throw on something mediocre, and give it your best college try.
by JoRrsh June 9, 2023

by GreninjaWinner November 6, 2023

When you wake up in the middle of the night with a hard on and you realize your girlfriend is in a deep sleep and so it won't be happening. Therefore you simply mercy roll and stop poking her with your hard on.
Realizing it aint gonna happen in the middle of the night, I mercy rolled over and stopped pocking the wife with my hard on dick.
by Gzzzt October 20, 2023
