A form of baiting that substitutes engagement with pathologization. Instead of addressing arguments, the Grassbaiter diagnoses the speaker: "touch grass," "take your meds," "you need therapy," "go outside." The term derives from the classic "touch grass" insult—meaning you're so online you've lost touch with reality—but extends to any attempt to frame the other person as mentally unwell, socially maladjusted, or psychologically broken. Grassbait isn't about exchanging ideas; it's about disqualifying the person having them. The goal is to make the target defensive, to cast doubt on their sanity, and to position the baiter as the healthy, normal one. It's disagreement by diagnosis, argument by armchair psychiatry.
"I spent weeks researching and writing a detailed critique of a harmful policy. First comment: 'You need to touch grass and get off Twitter.' That's Grassbait—not engaging with a single point, just pathologizing my existence. My research becomes 'proof' I'm mentally ill. Checkmate by diagnosis."
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by lalaohlala November 29, 2009
Get the grasspaint mug.Really cool community based just on cannabis and cannabis related stuff. But the moderators there are douches who make grass city suck ass.
Stoner 1: Damn I cant wait to pick up some kush today.
Stoner 2: Nice :D I picked up some pretty dank hash earlier.
Stoner 3: Word.
Grasscity Moderator: I suck fat cock all day! Thread deleted.
Stoner 2: Nice :D I picked up some pretty dank hash earlier.
Stoner 3: Word.
Grasscity Moderator: I suck fat cock all day! Thread deleted.
by GRASSCITY SUCKS November 3, 2011
Get the grasscity mug.A very cool online community based on cannabis and general life around it. The members are generally nice. There lots of lolz to be had and lolz to be made. A great place, also has a pretty good headshop alongside it.
However the moderators are extreme assholes.... someone got banned for jokingly suggesting that the OP get a flamethrower to defend their house against a local burglar. You would think that a community based around an illegal narcotic would be more lax on relatively harmless banter but no.
Lots of thought provoking stuff, though. I suggest you check it out.
However the moderators are extreme assholes.... someone got banned for jokingly suggesting that the OP get a flamethrower to defend their house against a local burglar. You would think that a community based around an illegal narcotic would be more lax on relatively harmless banter but no.
Lots of thought provoking stuff, though. I suggest you check it out.
OP creates mind blowing thread on Grasscity about opening up your thoughts and being accepting of other people. However, he made a brief mention of LSD and was therefore banned and the thread deleted (discussion of other drugs is illegal cuz l1ke weed is not a drug rite?????)
by Broke, Beating Off, and Scared August 22, 2012
Get the Grasscity mug.An online community dedicated spefically to marijuana. The best of it's kind. (there are also a chillout zone section where you can talk about music, relationships, or just anything in general.) Some users can be pricks, but that's true of any forum. Also has the best headshop on the internet.
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