the parting statement one uses after a conversation is awkwardly lengthened by the receiver's additional comments or questions; used to mean that our conversation should have ended earlier and you are wasting my time.
phone receptionist: so I will schedule your appointment with Dr. Lipton at tmr 3p.m.
awkward people: yes that will be great. Thank you.
phone receptionist: you're welcome. See you then.
awkward people: (Instead of "see you") and What's your name?
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.”