Someone who holds views similar to a humanist (i.e. upholding human reason, ethics, and justice, and rejecting supernaturalism, pseudoscience, and superstition), but with different rights-criteria. The main distinction is that personists believe that rights are conferred to the extent that a creature is a person.
Consequently, a member of the human species will not necessarily fit the definition of “person” and may not receive all the rights bestowed to a person. This philosophy is also supposedly open to the idea that such non-human persons as machines, animals, and extraterrestrial life (depending on their sentience) may be entitled to certain rights currently granted only to humans.
Consequently, a member of the human species will not necessarily fit the definition of “person” and may not receive all the rights bestowed to a person. This philosophy is also supposedly open to the idea that such non-human persons as machines, animals, and extraterrestrial life (depending on their sentience) may be entitled to certain rights currently granted only to humans.
John prefers to identify himself as a Personist rather than a Humanist, because he believes that humans are not the only animal species worthy of consideration.
by stringman5 January 14, 2011
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"You shouldn't vote for Bill for student-body president because he got some random chick pregnant. What would he know what's good for the school?"
The person made a personal attack on Bill in order to give him a bad image so that he/she has a better chance at winning.
The person made a personal attack on Bill in order to give him a bad image so that he/she has a better chance at winning.
by Anime Nerd December 17, 2008
Get the personal attack mug.Well, um... *sigh* a Persona fan is one of the cringiest weeaboo species to exist. Don't get me wrong, Persona is a GREAT franchise and you just can't NOT love it. So why am I making fun of the fanbase? Because literally 80% of Persona fans are just a bunch of horndog weeaboos who really wanna do something to characters like Makoto or Chie or worse- Nanako from Persona 4. You'll see the average Persona fan in their parent's basement with their Kasumi body pillow with mystery liquid all over it, while loving off Mountain Dew and Ramen and they never beaten a Persona game, let alone ever TOUCHED a Shin Megami Tensei game. The only parts they play through in Persona and actually give a shit about is maxing out all female confidants to where you can romance them and looking up Rule 34 art of their Persona waifu.
by BLаZe March 23, 2021
Get the Persona fans mug.POD PEOPLE are believed to be about 90% of the world's population. They are of a hive mind. Their emotions are limited and often go from one extreme to another. Some believe the PODS are a virus of this Earth construct. Some believe we put them into this construct to fill it up like "background people" in a movie. Either way, the PODS took control of the Earth Template Constructs. At this time we cannot comment on the date the PODS "overtook" us. However, for many of the "real" humans we are going to a new Construct that is POD free. Hope I see you there!
Hey, get a load of this new marketing campaign I targeted at the average POD Person "You're a moron so buy this".
by Light Warrior March 17, 2017
Get the pod person mug.Person #1 is "personal jinxed" when they say the same thing at the same exact time as Person #2. Person #2 then yells "JINX, PERSONAL JINX" to jinx Person #1. Then, Person #1 cannot speak until Person #2 says their name.
by lee money July 21, 2008
Get the personal jinx mug.A misspelling of "nothing personal, kid" meant to detect the presence of newfags, who, unaware of the in-joke, will attempt to correct the spelling. Similar in purpose to phrases such as "turn 360 degrees and walk away" or "RIP in pieces".
veteran: "*Teleports behind you* Psssh, nothing personnel, kid."
newbie: "I think you mean to say nothing personal?"
veteran: "Psssh, you must be new here."
newbie: "I think you mean to say nothing personal?"
veteran: "Psssh, you must be new here."
by oldfag12345 March 31, 2019
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