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family apathy

Lack of interest in or concern about family members/matters.

Usually a temporary state of mind following prolonged or strained contact with them (e.g. Christmas, holidays).

Put simply, you can't be arsed to contact, visit or spend any time with them - they do your head in.
Bf: You gonna call your 'rents? You've not spoken to them in a while...
Me: Nah, since Xmas I'm suffering family apathy.
by Jackthecat March 28, 2012
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Conscientious Apathy

The easy-going way of life. Blissful avoidance and ignornance of common organizations, movements, responsibilities, or anything that doesn't affect the follower. Someone who is a follower of Conscientious Apathy often won't care about a breakthrough in cancer research anymore than they would if they accidentally forgot to comb their hair that morning.

Though frowned upon by the 'go-getting' and influential type, a follower of Conscientious Apathy will often shrug off any criticism and live by the Conscientious Apathy code: "It's great that you care, I'm glad that you care, but, I don't care."

Someone who is a follower of Conscientious Apathy does not do it to be rude or harmful to others, the way of life is chosen to relieve stress and to find a more peaceful and pacifistic way to survive in times like these. It's controversy is ignored because no one who is a follower cares what others think about their way of life.
"I think it's great that the Lung Cancer Association is around, but I really could care less about it."

"I'd love to donate money to the school trip, but I'm not going so I really don't give a crap."

"Is my shirt really that ugly? Well, I'm sure I'll survive."

"Sorry, My Conscientious Apathy is leading me away from that 'Teamwork' conference"
by Climtheconqueror March 26, 2009
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Imminent Graduation Apathy (IGA)

The feeling that a person gets when they are very close to graduating from their undergraduate/ graduate/ doctoral /advanced field of study degrees.

It is characterized by having no motivation to complete your assignments or study for your labs/exams, or invest any effort at all whatsoever in the remainder of your course work simply due to the fact that you are SO CLOSE to being done.
N: "Oh man, I'm so close to being done my undergraduate degree! I have only two assignments left, but I don't want to do them. Why God Why?!"
D: "You, my friend, have Imminent Graduation Apathy (IGA)"
N: "What's IGA?"
D: Imminent Graduation Apathy. You lack any motivation to invest any effort in the remainder of your course work, given that you are so close to being done.
N: You're right, I do have IGA. Why do I have to get it now, right when I'm so close to being done undergraduate?
D: *Sigh* Such is the way of IGA. It is a disease, like chickenpox. There is no escaping it. Everyone must get it at some point in their lives.
by Jos Louis April 3, 2013
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Security through apathy

Reliance on nobody caring enough about your account or system to bother trying to hack into it.
"Dude, shouldn't you use a more secure password than 'qwerty' for your Tumblr account?"
"Nah, who would want to bother trying to hack into it? There's no credit card information or anything like that stored in it."
"Security through apathy. I like it!"
by Tochterlieber August 7, 2014
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Twilight Apathy

Someone who has no extreme opinion on the popular book series Twilight. They may accept the limitations of its plot and characters, but can't be arsed to hate on it constantly and always complain of 'sparkly vampire fags'.
Person 1 : I love Twilight! Edward Cullen is SO hot.
Person 2 : Edward Cullen is a glittery fag!
Person 3 : ...
Person 1 and 2 : What?
Person 3 : Sorry, I have Twilight apathy.
Person 1 and 2 : Fair Enough (Resume argument)
by Meaamd March 2, 2011
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Post-Ejaculation Apathy

Also known as (P.E.A) The process of when right after a man ejaculates, a trigger occurs and the man's mind and emotions are completely clear. After ejaculating they do not care about anyone or anything and has a huge impact on there decision making. Thats why most guys leave after sex or feel very comfortable around there partner. It is also used as a defense mechanism against women. You see women posses the power of manipulation threw emotions, while guys posses the power of clearing out emotions, but only threw ejaculation.
I had a bad case of Post-Ejaculation Apathy thats why me and maria aren't together anymore.

Did you just not want to be with her or did you have a Post-Ejaculation Apathy?
by McSteamy Prendes November 20, 2010
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mass shooting apathy

The condition by which our horror over the reports of innocent lives taken, families destroyed, and not enough done to put an end to such gun based mass casualty violence, over time, leads to mere head nods of sadness given how commonplace they have become, and how in order for us to get through the day, we must block out what we felt over "Sandy Hook" or "Columbine," or "Parkland," multiplied by the number of times it has happened since.
It is sad how, while the one hand, I feel terrible over the most recent mass shooting, my mass shooting apathy has kicked as a survival mechanism, and made me feel less than I did when I first heard of the "Columbine" incident.
by ribick November 18, 2019
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