Spending time doing pointless bullshit or being otherwise unproductive. Wastelanding is usually an enjoyable activity (such as watching TV or playing video games) but ultimately a complete waste of time and of existence. Also known as "wasting away".
Person 1: Hey Spencer, what have you been up to?
Person 2: d00d I got Madden '08 and I've just been at home wastelanding
Guys Spencer couldn't join us this evening as he is busy wasting away
The feeling of anxiety and general longing that one feels when they are not roaming the wasteland in any game of the Fallout series for any extended period of time.Symptoms include irritability, lack of attention while driving, and looking in random boxes and trash cans for scrap metal.
"I would love to go to the movies with you, but... Fallout.I can't have a relapse of Wastelanditis!"
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"