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onism
that sudden dreadful realization that you are you, and only you, and stuck in your body and you're not omniscient and the universe is filled with other people just like that but you still can't live their lives and they can't live yours.
"which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange place names like other people’s passwords, each representing one more thing you’ll never get to see before you die" - as taken from the dictionary of obscure sorrows.
"which is like standing in front of the departures screen at an airport, flickering over with strange place names like other people’s passwords, each representing one more thing you’ll never get to see before you die" - as taken from the dictionary of obscure sorrows.
"Oh damn. I'm...I'm me. And I'm limited to stay here. Look at all these people whose shoes I'll never be able to walk in. Look at all the lives I'm never going to live."
"damn, that's some severe onism right there."
"damn, that's some severe onism right there."
onism by PiggyStardust February 25, 2019
Onesimus
1). A person with deep roots. Every theory an Onesimus
forms about life comes from a profound continuity of
thoughts and experiences. An Onesimus may seem to
plod methodically through life like a slave, but in fact
considers each minor decision to be tantamount.
2). A freed slave
3). A faithful friend
forms about life comes from a profound continuity of
thoughts and experiences. An Onesimus may seem to
plod methodically through life like a slave, but in fact
considers each minor decision to be tantamount.
2). A freed slave
3). A faithful friend
right-onism
1. Oppressive political correctness.
2. The tendency for activists to show excessive zeal in advocating their "righteous" causes, to the point of numbing their audience.
3. Jumping on the bandwagon of social movements in a lemming-like fashion.
There's been a relentless rise of right-onism since the '90s. Not to be confused with onanism, though functionally equivalent.
2. The tendency for activists to show excessive zeal in advocating their "righteous" causes, to the point of numbing their audience.
3. Jumping on the bandwagon of social movements in a lemming-like fashion.
There's been a relentless rise of right-onism since the '90s. Not to be confused with onanism, though functionally equivalent.
Man, I'm tired of being preached to by self-righteous vegans and environmentalists. They can take their right-onism and shove it.
After this Harvey Weinstein debacle, suddenly everyone's a feminist ! I'm sick of all this opportunistic right-onism.
After this Harvey Weinstein debacle, suddenly everyone's a feminist ! I'm sick of all this opportunistic right-onism.
right-onism by denumb October 26, 2017
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