First World Guilt

Describes the situation in which one is about to throw some shit away then imagines a kid in Africa in a predicament of exaggerated poverty: dirt huts and all, causing said person to think twice about throwing that shit away.

Guy 1 stares at his somewhat empty plate of food. He’s full. The amount of food that’s left isn’t really enough to justify saving it for later, but it’s still enough for one to consider continue finishing it.

Guy 1 just decides to get up from the dinner table and throw it away. As he walks over to the trash can and opens it, he pauses. Guy 2 notices.

Guy 2: “You good?”
Guy 1: “Just.. feeling that first world guilt”
Guy 2: “Dude you’re a bitch.”

by kfalcon June 26, 2025

ele-guilt

The guilt a person feels from wasting time on electronics. Pronounced EL-uh-guilt.

I didn't do my homework because I wanted to play video games, and now I'm feeling ele-guilt.

by Fenyx Stygios July 13, 2025

Survivors guilt

happens when individuals feel guilty after they survive a tragic, near death, or traumatic event when others perished.

He carried the weight of survivors guilt, wondering why he was the one who made it out alive.

by Mexicanbuttholecheeksgod October 29, 2025

Survivors guilt

The feeling of disgust against oneself after surviving something traumatic. This brings on alot of self-blame.

"His hands still lingered on me. I feel disgusting.. Survivors guilt huh..? "

by Pr3tty Gh0ul November 1, 2025

Unmerited Guilt

To have the feeling of
guilt even when you didn’t do something wrong.

My mother had unmerited guilt after dropping me off on my first day of school.

by Kermie’s Kreations November 29, 2025

podcast guilt

noun
That nagging, low-level anxiety caused by an ever-growing list of unlistened podcast episodes. Often accompanied by FOMO, the feeling that you’re “falling behind” on important conversations, and the urge to binge-listen at 1.5× speed just to chip away at the backlog. Common symptoms include doom-scrolling your podcast app, sporadic end-of-year purges, and occasionally declaring “podcast bankruptcy” (marking everything as played without listening).

“I’ve got 47 unplayed episodes of JRE alone—podcast guilt is hitting hard this New Year’s Eve.”

by freezedriedgator December 31, 2025

Shame or Guilt

I don't feel either.

Hym "I'm not guilty of anything that affects anybody yet. So no shame or guilt. What I feel is a constant pressure in my skull and I don't have an internet version of myself that I'm discordant with. You, on the other hand, are lying publicly and then crying about it on streams. I'm not going to learn anything either way, just so you know. Whether you do or you don't. But IF I GUT SOME KID IN FRONT OF IT'S PARENTS.... YOU... ARE going to learn something. It's better for everyone if you just let me stop working. I'm not ever going to let it go. The threat will never stop. And your kids will pay the price for WHAT you are doing to me. What are you doing to me? Think of a word to describe it. YOU should be more concerned with the guilt and shame YOU are going to have to live with when ignoring me doesn't work. I don't ever stop. I don't ever put the phone down and let it go. When I put the phone down I pick the knife up. You are taking all the wrong lessons from this and you're doing it deliberately."

by Hym Iam February 3, 2025