This is what you call a guy who exudes an extreme lack of confidence. Typically these people are extremely indecisive, especially when it comes to women, and constantly worry about crap that doesn't matter at the expense of their roommates or friends. Essentially they are the anti-swag.
Swagless Friend: "Hey man, Lindsey just sent me a text wanting to hang out tonight. What should I send back?
Cool Guy: "I don't know, if you want to hang out with her tell her to come over. Stop being such a Swagless Steven."
or
Swagless Friend: "Do you think my shoes match this cool v-neck I just bought?"
Cool Guy: "How about you stop being such a Swagless Steven, and wear what the f*** you want?"
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.”