Profound sadness or even depression, especially when caused by a disappointing mistake. It was coined by the chess world champion Magnus Carlsen after loosing against Daniil Dubov because of a clamorous error leading to a quick mate.
"Loosing like this is frustrating, I'm on a deep funk." -Magnus Carlsen on Twitter
"I solved the whole problem all good but then I went 3x3 = 6 and I'm on a deep funk right now."
"I've been in a deep funk since my hamster died because I left the door open and let the cat in."
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”