Biffskippy's Law of Clerical Apathy 

In an MMO, the refusal on the part of the cleric/healer to heal someone that consistently screws up.

Also see: Law of Meatshield Apathy, and Law of Crowd Control Apathy.

The warlock that kept breaking CC became the victim of Biffskippy's Law of Clerical Apathy.

The rogue that only cared about his dps, and continually grabbed aggro from the tank became the victim of Biffskippy's Law of Clerical Apathy

Biffskippy's Law of Clerical Apathy by Nzoe February 22, 2011

Urban Dictionary Editor Apathy Syndrome (UDEAS) 

This occurs while someone has been editing urban dictionary posts for a couple of hours and starts to get annoyed about how many idiotic people post redundant uncreative unoriginal definitions.

i've got a case of urban dictionary editor apathy syndrome (UDEAS) and i think i need to take a break.

Urban Dictionary Editor Apathy Syndrome (UDEAS) by CurvedMirror February 28, 2009

apathy season 

A really, REALLY awesome screamo band from Dover Plains, New York.

Gee, I wish MY screamo band was as amazing as Apathy Season...

apathy season by alison June 1, 2004

Responder Apathy Syndrome 

When a responder develops apathy for the average citizen based on numerous responses to BS calls.
Once you get it, You won't care!
They can start to suffer from verbal outbursts and other forms of expression related to their disdain for others.

After going to numerous calls for something the average person wouldn't even call their DR for, a responder develops responder apathy syndrome.

Responder Apathy Syndrome by 4rasdotorg April 26, 2011

Selective Apathy 

Selectively choosing things to be Apathetic towards.
In other terms this can be interpreted as choosing selectively things to care about.

Through Selective Apathy, you do not feel Apathy towards everything but only at certain things so that you can say fuck it to some things and don't care about them but still care about others.

To employ empathy or care only when needed.

This can be to dismiss negative things and care or be empathetic about positive ones or dismiss negative things and care about personal things or similar combinations.

"Dude, you've lost your job, have no education and you smell."

"Selective Apathy man, who cares about that shit. I'm gutted that my team lost the league though. That's something to care about."

or

"Dude you just lost your leg".

"Don't care about that, it enabled me to eventually find a cure for that flesh eating disease and help others - Selective Apathy."

Selective Apathy by Selective Apathy July 10, 2009

Security through apathy 

Reliance on nobody caring enough about your account or system to bother trying to hack into it.

"Dude, shouldn't you use a more secure password than 'qwerty' for your Tumblr account?"
"Nah, who would want to bother trying to hack into it? There's no credit card information or anything like that stored in it."
"Security through apathy. I like it!"

Security through apathy by Tochterlieber August 7, 2014

mass shooting apathy 

The condition by which our horror over the reports of innocent lives taken, families destroyed, and not enough done to put an end to such gun based mass casualty violence, over time, leads to mere head nods of sadness given how commonplace they have become, and how in order for us to get through the day, we must block out what we felt over "Sandy Hook" or "Columbine," or "Parkland," multiplied by the number of times it has happened since.

It is sad how, while the one hand, I feel terrible over the most recent mass shooting, my mass shooting apathy has kicked as a survival mechanism, and made me feel less than I did when I first heard of the "Columbine" incident.

mass shooting apathy by ribick November 18, 2019