Short for “(P)rogressive, (M)odernist, and (S)ecular-Humanist”. Used to describe the prevailing worldview or sociopolitical culture in many academic and corporate subspaces in 2020s America and Western Europe. Some would consider them to be today’s establishment in the same way that WASPs were the establishment in early 20th century America.
The PMS mindset could be considered the result of an informal alliance between “Social Justice Warriors” (intersectionalists) and “Scientific Justice Warriors” (modern skeptics), within a capitalistic environment.
The PMS mindset could be considered the result of an informal alliance between “Social Justice Warriors” (intersectionalists) and “Scientific Justice Warriors” (modern skeptics), within a capitalistic environment.
1. Professor Nelson disliked the word “globalist” because it sounded too conspiratorial, and he would never say “Cultural Marxist” because of its bigoted and antisemitic connotations. But he still believed there was an unspoken social creed that most of his colleagues forcefully professed, which he privately held doubts about. Since he couldn’t think of a better term, he called it PMS.
2. As an aging, liberal-leaning Methodist who grew up during the Cold War, Linda knew she didn’t support Donald Trump or his Republican Party at all. But she still felt disaffected by the political statements made by the younger women that she knew. There was something about the younger women that Linda just didn’t share: their PMS.
3. Rashid, as a Muslim from an immigrant family, said that he feels politically homeless in the United States. The Right won’t accept him because he is Muslim, but the establishment Left will never understand what his family cares about because they themselves are too blinded by their own PMS.
4. Lexi knew that she wanted to study philosophy, but it bothered her that so many of her peers thought that we didn’t need philosophy anymore because we had science now. And the ones who _had_ read any philosophy never ventured outside the Analytic tradition. It was such a PMS attitude on their part.
2. As an aging, liberal-leaning Methodist who grew up during the Cold War, Linda knew she didn’t support Donald Trump or his Republican Party at all. But she still felt disaffected by the political statements made by the younger women that she knew. There was something about the younger women that Linda just didn’t share: their PMS.
3. Rashid, as a Muslim from an immigrant family, said that he feels politically homeless in the United States. The Right won’t accept him because he is Muslim, but the establishment Left will never understand what his family cares about because they themselves are too blinded by their own PMS.
4. Lexi knew that she wanted to study philosophy, but it bothered her that so many of her peers thought that we didn’t need philosophy anymore because we had science now. And the ones who _had_ read any philosophy never ventured outside the Analytic tradition. It was such a PMS attitude on their part.
by Unstable Sub-Genius February 26, 2023
A: I'm running the Thunderous Strike party
B: Never heard of it who are the pms?
C: Alyssia, Crya and Acryllia
B: Never heard of it who are the pms?
C: Alyssia, Crya and Acryllia
by Sheix December 04, 2023
by &Ri.Ri& July 19, 2020
Period mood swings, when a girl changes there mood every month they can be happy and then instantly sad or angry and want to rip your head off so it’s nothing to be scared of just don’t get in their bad side
by Girlzatline March 12, 2018
I woke up at 12:01 PM.
by GravityManipulationUnit June 07, 2020
PM (Pure Magic) Technology is slang used by engineers. Machines that run on PM Technology are the opposite of AM Technology, which do actual work. Machines that run on PM Technology don't have to work. They just have to "look" like they work to a lay person. They are low quality, low reliability and undocumented machines that provide erroneous data for convincing non-technical people. Poor managing is typically the cause of PM Technology. Corporate managers like to use the bad data provided by PM technology to spin a story that sounds like AM Technology. At the end of the day, the lay man believes that PM technology is the same as AM Technology while the engineers always know that it runs on nothing but Pure Magic.
Young Engineer: "Did you see the data that the bossman presented at that meeting today? That didn't make sense at all did it?"
Old Engineer: "I made the machine that created that data. That thing doesn't really work. It runs on PM technology!"
Young Engineer: "Shouldn't we fix that?"
Old Engineer: "That's not in the budget!"
Old Engineer: "I made the machine that created that data. That thing doesn't really work. It runs on PM technology!"
Young Engineer: "Shouldn't we fix that?"
Old Engineer: "That's not in the budget!"
by CynicalEngineer March 08, 2019