pull a Grover Cleveland

to win a non-consecutive term, especially in a presidential setting

Pollsters speculate that Donald Trump may pull a Grover Cleveland in the 2024 presidential election.

by popeurban July 2, 2024

The role of government

According Ben Shapiro the role of government is to protect HIM. Protect his religion. Protect his stuff from the rabble. Protect his stuff and religion from foreigners. Ha! Governmommy!

Hym "The role of government is to protect Ben. That's it. That's his entire thing. Protect his kids from SEEING a tranny of anything that might make them question their religious presuppositions. Protect HIM from getting his stuff taken (But OBVIOUSLY not ME, HYM, But HIM instead of me (because my stuff is being taken)). Keep people who might change how the government works from EXCLUSIVELY PROTECTING HIM to something else. I mean, the shit-libs just want to replace religion use it as a tool to force people to behave how they want them to behave. Just as bad but stoll better than the religion."

by Hym Iam March 7, 2024

Bill and Grover

Anything involving 2 people exclusively, like the song 'Just the Two of Us' by Bill Withers and Grover Washington Junior.

"So this job was meant to be Lucy, you and I but now Lucy's not coming"
"Oh so it's bill and grover"

by bus stop slinky September 28, 2024

Vietnam War government gaslighting

Is that what they are doing to me at work Patrick?

Hym "Using Vietnam war government gaslighting to silence a dissident and try to convince me to... What? Murder children? Not murder children? Who ARE these fucking psychologist working for you? You know that shit isn't going to get me to think differently, right? Let me ask you something: do you understand the difference between overt and covert? It's not going to make me surrender. I'm not going to stop. If you wanted me to stop or surrender the money would be in a bank account that I and I alone have access to and I would have already sent that money on antibiotics assuming that what you are doing doesn't obstruct my ability to receive care. Which I don't. I don't assume that. I haven't spent any money. And I would be getting for my contributions. Which means when I watch Rick and Morty, MY NAME scrolls across the screen when the credits roll. When people talk about AI MY NAME would be brought up in relationship why I works now when it didn't before. Those 2 things are THE ONLY things that will end this. And it's hard to call that surrender."

by Hym Iam January 10, 2025

4th Branch of government

No the fuck you are not.

Hym "The press is not the 4th branch of government. You trying to be that is a problem that needs remediation."

by Hym Iam April 18, 2025

Theory of Secret Government

The idea that the official, elected government is merely a façade, and that true executive power is exercised by an unelected, hidden cabinet of senior civil servants, intelligence chiefs, judicial figures, and financial mandarins who make the real long-term decisions. This group operates through informal committees, confidential briefings, and unminuted meetings, ensuring continuity of policy (like austerity, foreign alliances, or surveillance) regardless of which party wins public elections.

Example: The Theory of Secret Government might posit that a country's commitment to a deeply unpopular war continues unchanged after an election where the anti-war party won, because the Permanent Secretaries in the Defense and Foreign ministries, the central bank governor, and the intelligence chief jointly brief the new prime minister on "why it's necessary," effectively locking in the previous policy.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 4, 2026

Psychology of the Government

The study of how individuals experience and relate to the day-to-day institutions that administer public life—bureaucracies, agencies, officials, and the endless forms. Government is the state made tangible: the DMV, the tax collector, the social worker, the police officer. The psychology of the government examines how these encounters shape citizens' sense of themselves (as subjects, clients, or partners), their trust in institutions (fair treatment builds legitimacy), and their political behavior (bad experiences breed cynicism). It also examines the psychology of those who work in government—how they cope with bureaucracy, maintain public service motivation, or succumb to the dehumanizing effects of processing people like cases.

Example: "She applied the psychology of the government to understand her grandmother's deep distrust of authority. A single traumatic encounter with a housing official decades ago had colored everything since. The government wasn't abstract to her; it was that official, forever. The psychology explained why one bad experience could poison an entire relationship with the state."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026