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Special Snowflake Syndrome 

A malady affecting a significant portion of the world's population wherein the afflicted will demand special treatment, conduct themselves with a ludicrous, unfounded sense of entitlement, and generally make the lives of everyone around them that much more miserable.

The danger of this disease is that the sufferers rarely, if ever, know that they have contracted it, and continue about their merry way under the assumption that EVERYONE ELSE is the problem.

This condition, if left untreated, can radically alter the carrier's demeanor, to include any of the following: a complete devolution to child-like behavior, temper tantrums, and/or fits of narcissistic rage.

When confronted with an individual suspected of harboring Special Snowflake Syndrome, one's best course of action is to run away. Further attempts at educating the carrier on the reality of their condition (e.g., quoting Tyler Durden: "You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.") will likely prove futile, and potentially hazardous to the informer.
-Can you believe that lady who was just in? Where the hell am I supposed to find the earrings that match this necklace that the manufacturer stopped making ten years ago?

-Hell if I know, but she definitely had Special Snowflake Syndrome.

special snowflake syndrome 

The false belief that one's child never makes a mistake and can do no wrong. A parent suffering from this will stand up for their child in the face of a teacher when the child has clearly violated the rules and the parent somehow makes it the school or teacher's fault.
False belief that one's offspring is perfect and entitled to special treatment.
She suffers from special snowflake syndrome because her child can never do any wrong.

Special Snowflake Disorder 

Special Snowflake Disorder or SSD for short, is a disorder that happens when someone thinks they are more special than anyone else when in fact they are not special at all.
Person 1: I hate normal people.
Person 2: Sounds like you've got a case of Special Snowflake disorder, because you think you're special but you aren't!
Person 1: STOP YOU'RE TRIGGERING ME!

Special Snowflake syndrome 

‘Special snowflake’ syndrome, is a disease in which the subject believes that because she occupies a subculture mildly different to the mainstream, she is inherently better, and above them. The subject will never state that she is better, but it is implied, as is the belief that she is rare in her qualities, despite, in reality, being an only slightly less common cliche. Subjects suffering from this syndrome have been known to make statements such as “I’m the girl who’d rather stay home reading Harry Potter than get drunk and get ‘sweet hooks’ “, and will frequently act as if she is under tremendous pressure to act like a ‘typical girl,’ not realising that ‘typical girls’ are a myth, and those she looks down upon are not what they seem.

See also: tumblr cliche, First world problems.
As soon as she picked up that digital camera and bought some vans she caught Special Snowflake Syndrome.

Special Snowflake

A person obnoxiously self-entitled and self-righteous based on their personal traits (e.g. gender, sexual or dietary preference). Special Snowlakes are widely known for deeming their own set of features superior to the uniform mass around them.

The term comes from the obvious fact, that every snowflake is unique in pattern, thus calling one of them special based on uniqueness is as senseless, as calling a person special for having a unique set of fingerprints.
A: As a femme boy I can have an opinion on women's clothing, and you can't! Have you ever worn a skirt?

B: Aaaaaaand... here we see a perfect exemplar of Special Snowflake species. Look at him feigning PTSD, opression and whatever!
Special Snowflake by ZeroOfNil January 25, 2018

special snowflake

Definition of a snowflake in my own words: A "snowflake" Is someone who acts self-righteous and has a holier-than-thou attitude alongside a morally superior idea that everyone is an ant beneath their feet and that they should convert to their agenda and thinking process. A snowflake dislikes anyone who disagrees with their opinions and shall proclaim and label them with vast derogatory aggressiveness. They will label people Nazis, racists, fascists, sexists, socialists, rapist, and communists.

Now, sometimes if they have the numbers, they will attempt to silence people with violence. However, when either side of the political spectrum does these things, they both prove that they are no better than each other, thus making them massive slack-jawed hypocrites. It's all nothing but hypocrisy and finger pointing nonsense that leads nowhere but to more ignorance.
Special Snowflake: "I'm going to point my finger at you and tell you how immoral and ignorant you are and act like a self-righteous, goodie-two-shoes, holier-than-thou person while acting like a hypocrite in the process of ignoring the ironic fact that I am no better either."
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