Opposite of the top tier which is where the winners reside. If you are in the bottom tier at least 80% of the people have more money (not happiness) than you.
Ralph was in the bottom tier in High school and had to go to community college and work two minimum wage jumps so he could afford the 12 pack of Bud Light.
by Bad boy George Soros August 11, 2022
Get the bottom tiermug. by tktktktktktktktktk August 14, 2023
Get the Bottom Dollarmug. by 420bigdick69 February 26, 2021
Get the bottom buddymug. by scum of the community November 23, 2017
Get the bottom aidsmug. In contrast to "turtles all the way down", an expression of the problem of infinite regress, the "bottom turtle" is the foundation upon which everything else is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
An example from computer security:
You have some software with a secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it. Now you have a key, which is really another kind of secret that you need to protect, so you encrypt it, and so it becomes turtles all the way down. To break this loop, we need to establish a bottom turtle. There must be a secure root of trust either in hardware or a trusted external system upon which the security of the system is built.
by turtle_zero September 25, 2020
Get the bottom turtlemug. by MoJo Mojokowski August 13, 2005
Get the seeing bottomsmug. by K.armaa_ May 13, 2023
Get the Rock bottommug.