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selfish-care

The belief that self improvement happens in a vacuum or begins and ends with oneself. As the opposite of collective care, selfish care symbolizes the hyper fixation of today's western society on individual efforts in regards to self improving and self care. Those individual efforts are often tied to capitalism and the self care industry, as well as colonialism.

iLiana Fokianaki explains in 'The Bureau of Care: Introductory Notes on the Care-less and Care-full':

"While depriving citizens of care, NAS narcissistic authoritarian statism nonetheless capitalizes on the individualist notion of care, widely promoted as “self-care” through an industry with billions in revenues. By ... taking care of oneself, contemporary subjectivities ... are tasked with the care of their overworked bodies, but are less and less interested in the well-being of bodies that are outside of the immediate realm of their family, class, workplace, city, country, and continent. They are further burdened with individual responsibility for their own care, since care has lost its character as a human right and has become a paid service. ".

Selfish care is the accumulation of influences from NAS on individual's belief systems about the notions of care. It represents the indoctrination of the capitalistic evolution of the care system, expressed through the associations with self care that tie it to a profit-driven industry.
"I can't come tonight, I need to do some face-masks and watch Netflix."

" Oh, so you're doing selfish-care tonight henny"

"I'm gonna treat myself. F*ck it, selfish-care"
"You do you, boo"
by soosoosoo December 10, 2023
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Who cares?

A way of saying why is it important
Patty: I’ve been a teacher for 30 years!

Me: Who cares?
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St Romeo Hospice and Palliative Care Centre

Usually used as a reference to a bad housing decision, resulting from a lack of intellectual reasoning
Michael made a horrible decision, he sold his beautiful apartment for a run down area at St Romeo Hospice and Palliative Care Centre
by Durant69 September 2, 2019
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<.7.9.7.6.>Thirty Inidivduals Consentually Struck Angel Jose RObles <Hellstrom Imaweli Tanna> At His Consentual Behest Because THey As Inidividuals Did Not Care If Saheem Malik Valdery Is Scared Of Purchasing Nike/Atmos Collaborated Products<.7.9.7.6.>
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care capacitor

When you have no more energy left to be able to care about the thing/things that are bothering you
Man, I must have left my care charger at home last night. I came into work and could not care less from the out-set. My care capacitor needs replacing
by Kevlaa January 28, 2010
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Self care

Eating coco pops at 9 pm while watching Claudia Sulewski on youtube
by Gabby123kr February 4, 2022
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WHO cares

The World Health Organization cares about your health.
WHO cares. Donald Trump doesn't.
by Dianliang233 March 4, 2025
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