Hym "Hey, can we stop pretending that you all wouldn't be singing an entirely different tune if you had ended up scraping some little girl brain up off of some linoleum or fishing some whore out of a bathtub? You know that's what you're doing right? Pretending. Pretending that you wouldn't be doing a VERY different version of pretending you hadn't seen this. Too the grave. That's where you would have taken this. Someone would have told you about the shooting and you would feint ignorance 'Oh, man, that's terrible somebody should have stopped that guy. We need to get rid of guns or protect our kids better.' But the 'somebody' is YOU and you don't have to take the guns away OR protect your kids better. You just have to not be a piece of shit. If this was 'a cry for help' can you really even say you care about things like that? Look at your solutions to problems in life. 'Someone else should have to do something about that.' You're doing 'the work' and have no responsibility to anyone else. THEY have the responsibility to everyone and themselves... To make your reality more pleasant (peripherally) so that you don't quite have to feel so bad..."
by Hym Iam October 3, 2023

The misinterpretation of someone's genuine efforts to problem-solve, provide solutions, or meet goals as being negative or pessimistic. Often encountered in workplaces or group projects where constructive feedback is misconstrued as criticism.
Every time I suggest a way to improve our process, they label me as "negative". I'm just trying to make things work better!
Chrystal wasn't being a downer; she was just being negative helpful. He genuinely wants the project to succeed.
Chrystal wasn't being a downer; she was just being negative helpful. He genuinely wants the project to succeed.
by ca127316 October 17, 2023

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase.
Here's a puppy:
Now please.
Help.
Here's a puppy:
Now please.
Help.
by Manden56 May 28, 2023

by I've been in a gang before 818 February 23, 2025

Refers to the playful "pretend assistive" action of raising someone's ankles up off the bed/couch in an apparent effort to aid him in standing back up ("Okay, your feet are up so far; you can lift more of yourself up now!"), but in reality you are effectively **preventing** him from standing up, since he would need to have his legs **lower** than his head and torso in order to be able to sit up and get to his feet. :P
Employing da "helpful" legs-lift is a good way of sarcastically conveying to a huge-a** lazy-bones who has groaningly asked for your assistance in rising dat he is obviously much too big/bulky/heavy for a much-smaller/lighter/weaker person like you to actually lift to his feet, and dat he will therefore need to just clamber back up under his OWN steam.
by QuacksO November 13, 2018
