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Hostile indifference

When someone attacks, punishes, or lashes out with aggression that is completely detached from emotion — no hatred, no passion, no care who the target is. The hostility is real, but the person is utterly indifferent to why they are hostile or who it’s against. It’s not blind rage (emotional chaos), not indiscriminate hostility (attacking everything in sight), and not disguised hostility (pretending not to care but secretly malicious). It’s aggression powered by apathy.

Not to be confused with:
• Blind Rage → uncontrolled, sloppy, fueled by overwhelming emotion.
• Indiscriminate Hostility → aggression against everything without distinction.
• Disguised Hostility → manipulative tactic of pretending indifference while secretly hostile.
• The berserker fought with hostile indifference: swinging at anything in reach, but the moment a clear opponent appeared, he locked on and cut them down without a flicker of hate.
• She punished her enemies with hostile indifference, targeted and precise, but without anger — just empty violence.
• That wasn’t rage. That was hostile indifference — mechanical, detached, and uncaring.
by TiltedGrinSlim August 24, 2025
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Indifference

A feeling, a state of being, capable of feeling two ways but also, feeling neutral, capable of simply choosing neutrality. Or looking at other perspectives from a different angle that may not be commonly seen or shown. Understanding, neutrality, teaches far more than hate and love. Seeing from different angles, and not taking sides, without learning the “why”, instead of keeping others happy, finding ways to make yourself as such. Understanding the grey areas, while observing.
I may be indifferent to some things but it doesn’t mean i don’t care!

Naomi, why do you choose indifference when most believe a person is either evil or good?
by Knowledgeiskey09 May 12, 2025
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Indifference

Im indifference with you
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catcher's indifference

A girl or guy who ostensibly is a bargain but whose baggage nullifies their value.
Guy 1: “Dude, did you see that chick Corey is dating? What a steal!”
Guy 2: “Na man, catcher's indifference. She’s jobless, and alcoholic and burned her last boyfriend’s wallet.”
by Kojo McCracken September 14, 2013
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Indifference

A feeling, a state of being, capable of feeling two ways but also, feeling neutral, capable of simply choosing neutrality. Or looking at other perspectives from a different angle that may not be commonly seen or shown. Understanding, neutrality, teaches far more than hate and love. Seeing from different angles, and not taking sides, without learning the “why”, instead of keeping others happy, finding ways to make yourself as such. Understanding the grey areas, while observing.
I may be indifferent to some things but it doesn’t mean i don’t care!

Naomi, why do you choose indifference when most believe a person is either evil or good?
by Knowledgeiskey09 May 12, 2025
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