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A performative act or statement where an individual emphasizes or reminds others of their alignment with a societal privilege or metric of superiority, irrespective of relevance to the situation. Unlike virtue signaling, which seeks to showcase moral or ethical alignment, an UnnecessaryPlug reinforces traditional privilege hierarchies or classic idioms of status worship without any explicit moral intent. It refers to a form of signaling where someone emphasizes an aspect of their identity or status that aligns with societal privilege or power structures, but in a way that is irrelevant to the context or conversation. This signal doesn't aim to highlight virtue but instead serves as a reminder of dominance or superiority within a specific metric upheld by traditional privilege-worship idioms. A kind of virtue signal but without necessarily pointing to virtue, rather a reminder of you are winning on one metric of classic privilege worship idioms within the gorgonmatrix. For example, we play the race card when it is not needed or remind people that you are tall: Inserting a comment about one's height in a conversation unrelated to physical attributes, as a reminder of dominance in a metric often valorized by societal norms. For gorgonwars, Zapp Brannigan would be the ultimate archetype of this idea of UnnecessaryPlug.
Host: "Welcome to the show! We're so excited to talk about your new movie. It’s been getting fantastic reviews."
Actor: "Thanks, yeah, it’s been an incredible journey. You know, being 6'4", you really get a different perspective on the world, and I think that perspective helped me bring depth to my character."
Host: "...Right, but your role is about a hacker trapped in a virtual world. How did your height come into play there?"
Actor: "It was an UnnecessaryPlug, Jimmy"
Actor: "Thanks, yeah, it’s been an incredible journey. You know, being 6'4", you really get a different perspective on the world, and I think that perspective helped me bring depth to my character."
Host: "...Right, but your role is about a hacker trapped in a virtual world. How did your height come into play there?"
Actor: "It was an UnnecessaryPlug, Jimmy"
by cyberphunkisms December 28, 2024
Get the UnnecessaryPlug mug.When good-intentioned people try to censor hateful content but it only creates a polarized echo chamber that festers and grows.
Timmy: TIMMAH?
Saul: The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the gates of heaven are opened by the devil's advocate.
Timmy: TIMMEH.
Saul: Yes, Timmy, it seems that we need to rename the barbara Streisand effect since she was trying so hard to have the last laugh, she has allowed hate to grow in the shadows and become a monster now, the Barbaric Streisand Effect.
Timmy: TIMMAAAAAH!!!
Saul: Just another example of cyberphunkisms
Saul: The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but the gates of heaven are opened by the devil's advocate.
Timmy: TIMMEH.
Saul: Yes, Timmy, it seems that we need to rename the barbara Streisand effect since she was trying so hard to have the last laugh, she has allowed hate to grow in the shadows and become a monster now, the Barbaric Streisand Effect.
Timmy: TIMMAAAAAH!!!
Saul: Just another example of cyberphunkisms
by cyberphunkisms December 15, 2022
Get the Barbaric Streisand Effect mug.1. Tea for anyone who believes that violence can be used to solve complex {social} issues.
2. Tea for authoritative leaders or parents.
3. Tea for an author.
2. Tea for authoritative leaders or parents.
3. Tea for an author.
person one: would you like some authoritea?
person two: no thanks, I like green tea better, and I dont subscribe to that ideology...
...and my writing is horrible.
person two: no thanks, I like green tea better, and I dont subscribe to that ideology...
...and my writing is horrible.
by cyberphunkisms January 6, 2010
Get the authoritea mug.PigGorgon is a bureaucratic enforcer of hivemindidioms in GorgonWars, characterized by its rigid imposition of linguistic and ideological conformity. Unlike other Gorgons who unconsciously perpetuate idioms, PigGorgon institutionalizes them, ensuring that deviation is met with active suppression. This figure operates through legalistic justification, presenting its enforcement as "reasonable moderation" or "necessary oversight," even when it contradicts broader principles such as free speech. PigGorgon relies on hivemindidioms to rationalize its actions, dismissing contradictions by invoking overarching values while preventing genuine dialectical engagement. Emotional authority plays a key role in PigGorgon logic, where subjective feelings, such as personal offense, become the basis for determining what is acceptable discourse. This reliance on personal sensitivity rather than reasoned debate allows PigGorgon to frame ideological policing as a neutral or benevolent act. In its strongest form, ManBearPigGorgon, this entity not only enforces idioms but actively eradicates deviation, ensuring total submission to the prevailing linguistic and ideological structure.
bro 1: isn't it funny how there is an archetypal similarity to how piggorgon actually look?
bro 2: nah man its just a coincidence, but yeah i guess it is funny.
bro 2: nah man its just a coincidence, but yeah i guess it is funny.
by cyberphunkisms February 16, 2025
Get the piggorgon mug.(adj.) Pertaining to a situation, argument, or behavior that is theoretically hypocritical or exhibits characteristics of hypocrisy in a hypothetical scenario.
(n.) A hypothetical discussion or theory that involves or explores the concept of hypocrisy.
(n.) A hypothetical discussion or theory that involves or explores the concept of hypocrisy.
"Their debate about environmental policies turned into a hypocrithetical argument, where both sides were accusing each other of not practicing what they preach, at least in theory."
"In our philosophy class, we had a deep hypocrithetical about whether it's hypocritical to advocate for human rights while enjoying the benefits of technologies that exploit workers in other countries."
"In our philosophy class, we had a deep hypocrithetical about whether it's hypocritical to advocate for human rights while enjoying the benefits of technologies that exploit workers in other countries."
by cyberphunkisms December 23, 2023
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Get the everyoney mug.a term invented by #cyberphunkism philosophy to symbolize the rise of people debating with one another using non-digested ideas they themselves haven't come up with, or what Foucault, Heidegger and others recognize as "empty chatter" - mindless slogans that one hasn't actually digested but they just repeat as a form of bandwagon effect. Very much like an "earworm" which is just another "snake" on top of our gorgon heads.
hey dude i totally realize i was a gorgon participating in #gorgonwars when i was just repeating empty slogans and i had to go through a year of actually sitting and thinking and digesting thoughts, it was hell to do the actual hard work needed to become a subject.
yeah man, adorno totally talks about the importance of building bildung especially in a world which enforces neoliberal subjectivity through endless psychologisms
yeah man, adorno totally talks about the importance of building bildung especially in a world which enforces neoliberal subjectivity through endless psychologisms
by cyberphunkisms November 24, 2024
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