A.k.a. "a**h**e insurance". Refers to where you habitually bring a really intolerably-obnoxious human along with you on potentially-dangerous excursions, such as on an airline-trip, into battle or a "bad" part of town, on a road-trip through natural-disaster areas like flooding or rock-slides, into a hazardous-materials area, etc., to better your own chances of survival. The theory behind this practice, of course, is that whenever there is a widespread catastrophe or other mass-annihilation incident, statistically the "nice" folks are usually the ones who get killed, while the super-nasty inhabitants in the disaster-area invariably seem to escape with little or no injury. So the obvious conclusion would be that if you "keep your friends close and your enemies even closer" (i.e., always stay right next to the acridly-antisocial hombre who's accompanying you), the Fate gods --- who apparently like and favor the mean folks, since they always seem to spare them --- will be hesitant to allow anything harmful to occur in your vicinity, since they would not want to risk harming or killing one of their precious meanie-jerks, as well. Simple, but effective, and a lot cheaper and more reliable than buying death/accident-insurance.
The concept of the "a**h**e safety-net" is nothing new --- it's actually just kinda the reverse of taking hostages: while the latter involves keeping desirable people close to you so that their fellow humans will not send bullets or bombs your way for fear of hurting their abducted loved ones, the former strategy also utilizes the "human shield" concept, but in the exact opposite way... no respectable human being would give a rat's a** if your cranky-natured companion were eliminated ("Good riddance!"), but the Gods of Fate would indeed wish to maintain the well-being of such miscreant, and so they will feel forced to let you live on, as well.
by QuacksO July 23, 2019
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Get the net mug.An online discussion about someone doing sth. considered bad by most people. Many people will immediately bash the person with rude sentences, swear words, sex references and death threats.
Usually people just look at the few lines of text and the blurred photo before making their word. Sometimes suicides are caused by them.
It's like a court martial, only it is online.
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It's like a court martial, only it is online.
by A dying goat November 25, 2017
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2.) Cyberbullying.
3.) Specifically, the ridiculously overzealous reaction one gets when one suggests that net neutrality may not be the panacea most folks assume it is.
2.) Cyberbullying.
3.) Specifically, the ridiculously overzealous reaction one gets when one suggests that net neutrality may not be the panacea most folks assume it is.
You wouldn't believe the Net Brutality I endured when I suggested that Julian Assange's latest leaks may actually backfire.
by groggyjava December 18, 2010
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2. A netting made out of your neighbours. This is a rarer use of the word. Because it's weird really.
2. A netting made out of your neighbours. This is a rarer use of the word. Because it's weird really.
Dave: "Oh boy! This neighbour-net is so slow! Yet I'm so thankful!"
Dave's Neighbour: "Sir, please stop stealing our Internet."
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Policeman 1: "So what was that Dave guy arrested for?"
Policeman 2: "He was caught making Neighbour-net."
Policeman 1: "That sick bastard!"
Dave's Neighbour: "Sir, please stop stealing our Internet."
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Policeman 1: "So what was that Dave guy arrested for?"
Policeman 2: "He was caught making Neighbour-net."
Policeman 1: "That sick bastard!"
by The Delusional Dave August 28, 2012
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Wota 1: Hey, did you see that one net idol groups livestream yesterday?
Wota 2: Connections? Yeah, they were so cool!
Wota 2: Connections? Yeah, they were so cool!
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Torry’s a 17-year-old from Clarkston, MI, cosplaying as a Crip online and talking tough in comments—peak Net Bangin.
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