When small children drop cheerios all over the floor and an adult later steps on one. Instead of exploding like a landmind, you hear a crunch and the cheerio turns to a fine powder that is almost impossible to clean up without a vacuum.
Heather: "Anna please eat your cheerios in the chair!!!"
Anna: "OK Mommy!" (Running off with cheerios in hand to see what is outside leaving a trail of cheerios.)
Tom: (Wakes from sleep, another long night of taking care of the screaming kids) "Oh I am so tired.." CRUNCH "Oh damn it, I just stepped on a cheerio landmine. Get the vacuum!!! ANNNNAAAAA!!!!!!"
: influence put on individuals by a person or persons to emphasize the positive aspects of a given topic to the point of excessive enthusiasm, or suppress any potential criticism.
: a subset of peer pressure that encourages people to ignore the flaws in something, often at the expense of progress.
Origin of Cheer Pressure
Hello Internet (a UK based podcast)
*Attributed to Brady Haran; tough as nails co-host of H.I and amateur flag critic.
Brody: That Elon Musk is having a right hard time getting SpaceX to self-land. He needs to pull it together man.
Person: You shouldn't talk bad about SpaceX Brody, you're a science person!
Brody: Yeah right, that's just cheer pressure. Come on man, you gotta be tough as tacks like me.
A friend asked another how the date went that a matchmaking service arranged and the response was " It seemed promising untill he showed his cheerio dick to me right there in the bar.