The best clutter is a byproduct of taste and time, accrued and overlayed as a space is lived in and used

Marie Kondo didn’t just tell us to tidy up; she made us rethink our entire vibe. Her KonMari method says, “If it doesn’t spark joy, yeet it.” But did you know her philosophy isn’t just about neat closets? It’s rooted in Japanese cultural beliefs like animism, where even inanimate objects are treated with respect.

1. KonMari Got the World in a Chokehold

Western decluttering is all about flexing on Instagram: white walls, perfectly folded linens, and just enough plants for the #cottagecore feels. It’s a lot more about looking good than feeling connected.Japanese minimalism? It’s on a deeper wavelength. It’s not about owning less but about loving what you own.

2. Western Minimalism: All About Aesthetic

In Japan, objects aren’t just “things.” They’ve got energy, almost like a soul. Tossing out a chair without gratitude feels like ghosting your bestie. KonMari-style decluttering asks you to thank your stuff for its service, bringing some serious main-character energy to your everyday items.

3. Imagine Your Socks Have Feelings

Western decluttering can feel like a loop:trash stuff → buy more stuff → repeat.Japanese minimalism, on the other hand, promotes buying intentionally.Fewer things = more meaning.The goal isn’t just clean spaces but contentment in life.

4. The Anti-Consumerism Glow-Up

The ephemeral nature of fast fashion, big-box stores and online shopping means we don’t care about them as much

If everyone embraced animism, the world would shift. Instead of fast fashion and IKEA binges, we’d invest in pieces with soul.Imagine fixing your phone instead of chucking it, or wearing sneakers that’ve been around since middle school. Less waste, more love, and a planet that’s thriving.

5. What If We All Vibed With Our Stuff?

Treating things with care isn’t just spiritual—it’s sustainable. By cherishing what we have, we naturally reduce the churn of consumer culture. Think: fewer landfills, less guilt, and some real dopamine hits when you mend instead of replace.

6. Sustainability Slays

Japanese minimalism shows us it’s not about a clean room—it’s about a clear mind. Western trends might Marie Kondo your drawers, but Japanese philosophy Marie Kondos your soul. Decluttering becomes an act of self-love, not just self-improvement.

7. Emotional Decluttering > Physical Decluttering

If you couldn’t re-organise society, the thinking went, at least you could re-organise your closets.

Western minimalism paints clutter as evil, but Japanese thought sees it differently. Clutter isn’t bad—it’s misunderstood. It’s a chance to confront your habits and values. Your stuff isn’t just junk; it’s your life story.

8. Clutter With a Plot Twist

Japanese minimalism isn’t about less for the sake of less—it’s about more: more thought, more care, more life in what you have. It challenges Western norms and offers a new, intentional way to exist.➡ Is decluttering just another form of privilege in consumerist societies? Think on it fam!

9. Final Boss: Conscious Living

The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’.

The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’

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Society, Arts & Culture

Japanese Minimalism: A Vibe Check on Clutter

You’ve heard of the golden rule, haven’t you? Whoever has the gold makes the rules

True beauty is found within, but it’s so much fun to be wicked.

The world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance.

I'll give them heroics. I'll give them the most spectacular heroics they've ever seen! And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my inventions so that everyone can be superheroes. Everyone can be super. And when everyone is super....no one will be.

Happiness is the richest thing we will ever own.

The world is dark and selfish and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine. It destroys it.

The good thing about evil people is that you can always trust them to do something, well, evil.

You bring the smile. I’ll bring the teeth.

Death. And I don't mean it metaphorically, or rhetorically, or poetically, or theoretically, or in any other fancy way. I'm Death, straight up. And I've come for you, Puss in Boots.

Tai Lung: You knew I was the Dragon Warrior! You always knew. But when Oogway said otherwise, what did you do? What did you do?! Nothing!Shifu: You were not meant to be the Dragon Warrior! That was not my fault!Tai Lung: Not your fault?! Who filled my head with dreams?! Who drove me to train until my bones cracked?! Who denied me my DESTINY?!?

Zeus: So, Hades, you finally made it. How are things in the underworld?Hades: Well, they're just fine. You know, a little dark, a little gloomy. And, as always, hey, full of dead people. What are you gonna do?

Life's not fair, is it? You see, I... Well, I shall never be king. And you shall never see the light of another day. ﻿Adieu.

These quotes are downright unforgettable (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)

Love the villains in Disney movies? Make sure you read this post to find all of the best Disney villain quotes!

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Iconic Disney Villan quotes 😈 

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A century ago, music genres were not lifestyle markers. Music was segmented by demographics like race or region, rather than psychographic indicators tied to identity. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Early genres—jazz, blues, and “hillbilly music”—addressed distinct audiences based on tangible attributes, not aspirations or self-concepts. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Today, however, genres like hip-hop and punk are deeply entwined with lifestyles, symbolizing identity and societal roles. </li></ul>This shift reflects broader trends in consumerism, as products increasingly serve to express lifestyle choices.

The Evolution of Music as Lifestyle

"In those days, almost every song had its special setting or purpose, and it wasn’t one you got to decide."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Modern music genres allow listeners to adopt lifestyles and personas they may never embody in reality. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">This is “liberating,” offering wish-fulfillment through sound: country fans may not live rural lives, and hip-hop enthusiasts may only playact rebellion. </li></ul>This fantasy aspect of music, while freeing, distances listeners from a deeper, integrated experience with music that once aligned with daily life and rituals.

Music as Fantasy vs. Reality

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Historically, music held a functional place within communal rituals and traditions, tailored for specific events rather than individual preference. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">In cultures worldwide, music was passed down and shared rather than owned, integrated with daily and ceremonial life—weddings, funerals, work songs, and rites of passage. </li></ul>This communal approach positioned music as a shared cultural asset rather than a marketable product.

Music's Former Role in Community Life

"Songs were a shared resource, and the intense stratification of the current music business... didn’t exist in these more participatory contexts."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The commercialization of music detached it from collective ownership, driving music toward a rights-based industry where corporations and artists, not communities, “own” songs. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">This shift established an economic system of royalties and copyright, diverging from music's original purpose as a participatory, shared experience. </li></ul>Today’s genre categorization, driven by market segmentation, emphasizes description over function, focused on individual consumption.

The Shift to Entertainment and Individual Ownership

"Songs have proliferated as lifestyle accessories, but have lost their multifaceted integration into our shared communal existence."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Music’s impact on society extends beyond entertainment; it has fueled significant social movements and personal autonomy. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">From the French Revolution's “La Marseillaise” to the Vietnam protests, music has galvanized collective action.</li><li class="ql-align-justify"> Its role as a force for social change remains undervalued, as mainstream genres have shifted from transformative to passive. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Songs still carry potential for personal empowerment but are often co-opted by commercial interests, diluting their historic role as catalysts for heroism and resistance.</li></ul>

Music’s Historical and Social Power

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Ancient genre classifications emphasized the power of music to shape character and behavior, seen in Plato’s distinctions between modes in The Republic.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Early music classifications were based on practical impact—encouraging bravery or contemplation—rather than personal taste or style.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Pepys’ categories of ballads in the 1600s, which varied by purpose and mood, illustrate a midpoint in genre evolution.</li></ul>These categories foreshadowed a transition from function-based music to the thematic and aesthetic labeling we see today.

Ancient and Functional Genre Divisions

"Genres get locked into a fantasy life instead of enriching real life—in other words, they struggle to rise above what we call escapism."

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Despite the proliferation of genres (over 5,000), music’s capacity to deeply impact and transform lives has arguably diminished. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Today’s expansive catalog reflects consumer niches rather than communal or life-altering purposes. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">This abundance of categories gives an illusion of diversity, but lacks the cohesion of historical music culture, where each genre served a precise role in people’s lives.</li></ul>

The Multiplication and Fragmentation of Genres

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">While commercial genres today serve lifestyle branding, latent transformative powers remain within music. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">True engagement with music’s “heroic” qualities—those that foster community and personal growth—can only be reclaimed by seeing beyond its current commercial framework. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Rather than mere entertainment, music has the potential to re-integrate with the deeper currents of human experience, recapturing its historical role as a vital life guide rather than a simple commodity.</li></ul>

Rediscovering Music’s Transformative Role

Music is a lifestyle product. But it wasn’t always that way. 

A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'

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Where Do Music Genres Come From?

“The cake is a lie.”

“I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee.”

“Science has validated your birth mother’s decision to abandon you on a doorstep.”

“Good does not wait for evil to button up its britches - when it offers buttocks for the smacking, Minsc and Boo greet cheek with hand.”

“They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard.”

“Really got an Imp Problem? Or is that just an Imp-erfection in the notice?”

“Friendship is just a hot person's way of making you their slave.”

“You’re my favorite parasite… No wait, Ringworm’s my favorite parasite, you’re my second-favorite parasite… I Lied. Ringworm, then rats with the plague, then You.”

“Feeling cute. Might turn you into a meat bicycle later.”

“Secrets are like herpes: If you got 'em, might as well spread 'em around.”

Just a collection of goofy aah quotes from games to get you through the week! ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)

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Motivation & Inspiration

Goofy quotes from Video games 🧐

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The chapter frames the battle for preserving Sanskrit non-translatables as a modern-day "Kurukshetra."</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra argues that Western Universalism poses a threat by digesting and distorting Indian knowledge systems, including language.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Terms like "cultural genocide" highlight this assimilation, which erases cultural identities while allowing individuals to physically survive under new cultural frameworks.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sanskrit terms carry deep philosophical and experiential meanings that are lost in translation.</li></ul>

Chapter 1:  the case for Sanskrit non-translatables

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">In Indian tradition, Kurukshetra refers to the battleground from the Mahabharata, symbolizing a fight for righteousness (dharma).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra invokes this metaphor to describe the current cultural struggle, where Sanskrit-based dharma faces erosion through the forces of Western universalism and Islamic influence.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This "battle" isn’t fought with weapons but with language, culture, and philosophy—targeting the foundational concepts of dharma.</li></ul>

Kurukshetra (Cultural Battlefield):

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Translations dilute the original meaning of Sanskrit terms, failing to capture their profound implications.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">English, rooted in Judeo-Christian and Hellenistic traditions, cannot adequately represent the spiritual and ontological dimensions of Sanskrit.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Terms like "yoga," "dharma," and "samadhi" have been reduced to mere approximations, removing the essence of lived experience and philosophical depth.</li></ul>

2. Inadequacies of Translation

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra introduces the concept of "digestion," where a dominant civilization (Western culture) absorbs Indian traditions but removes their dharmic core (strips it of its original context and meaning)</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This leads to a hybrid form where the original meaning is erased.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">He draws parallels between the digestion of Sanskrit terms and the absorption of yoga and Ayurveda into Western frameworks without retaining their spiritual or philosophical essence.</li></ul>

3. The Concept of "Digestion"

The digestion process unfolds in four phases:<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Fragmentation: The dominant culture dissects the target culture into digestible parts.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Repackaging: Chosen elements are adapted and "scrubbed" of their source meanings, secularizing or Judeo-Christianizing them (e.g., yoga stripped of its spiritual roots).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Erasure: The original context is either erased or diminished.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Assimilation: The dominant civilization assimilates these parts to strengthen itself, often discarding the weaker culture as irrelevant or obsolete.</li></ol>

Digestion Model:

Supremacy of Western Universalism<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Western thought has always positioned itself as the global standard, viewing its cultural, religious, and philosophical framework as the default for human civilization.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">By digesting non-Western traditions, the West aims to bolster this universalism.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra emphasizes that this is not just about superiority but about eliminating "difference anxiety"—the discomfort the West feels towards systems that cannot be easily reconciled with its own worldview.</li></ul>

Why the West 'Digests' Other Cultures

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The Judeo-Christian missionary mandate—particularly Christianity's emphasis on evangelism—has long sought to subsume other traditions into itself.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">By "digesting" the spiritual and philosophical aspects of other cultures, the West can absorb useful elements, while erasing the indigenous systems that pose a theological threat to Christian doctrines.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra argues that this process helps maintain Christian dominance while appearing to embrace pluralism.</li></ul>

Religious Motivation

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Western identity is built on a coherent narrative of progress, rationality, and superiority.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Indigenous traditions, particularly those from India, are often seen as too complex or "alien" to integrate fully.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Thus, the West breaks down these systems into digestible parts that can be assimilated without threatening the coherence of Western thought.</li></ul>

Need for Coherence

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra argues that the digestion process serves to neutralize threats from non-Western civilizations.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">By fragmenting and reinterpreting other cultures, the West ensures that these cultures do not challenge its own global dominance.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">For example, elements of yoga and meditation are assimilated into Western frameworks, but their dharmic roots are either secularized or erased​.</li></ul>

Civilizational Competition

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Some Western scholars claim that digestion results in mutual enrichment rather than domination.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">They argue that Western civilization evolves by absorbing foreign influences, extending the life and creativity of both the host and the digested cultures.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">However, Malhotra dismisses this as a façade, highlighting the permanent erasure of the source culture's identity and agency​.</li></ul>

Counterarguments:

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The concept of "sameness" in Vedanta refers to the idea that the ultimate reality is One, but this "One" manifests in a multiplicity of forms.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Vedanta teaches that the relative world is real but contingent upon the absolute. Hence, differences in the relative world are essential for ethical distinctions (such as dharma vs. adharma).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The idea of complete "sameness," or the denial of these differences, violates dharma's principles by ignoring the need to distinguish truth from falsehood.</li></ul>

The problem of 'sameness'

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The West, through postmodernism, distorts this notion of "oneness" by promoting the idea that all identities should be blurred or dismantled.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Postmodernism critiques Western "grand narratives" but also pushes for a flattening of cultural distinctions, implying that strong cultural identities are oppressive.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This erases valuable differences, allowing for the dilution and eventual digestion of non-Western traditions into the Western framework.</li></ul>

Western seekers often project their prior conditioning from Judeo-Christian, secular, or scientific frameworks onto it — with assumptions that align it with their native traditions, ignoring key differences.This leads to several distortions:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Oneness Misunderstood: Westerners often conflate Vedantic "oneness" with the idea that everything is equal and no distinctions are needed. Vedanta, however, asserts that the absolute reality is One, but this does not negate relative differences essential to karma and dharma. Ethics & morality still require acknowledging distinctions between right & wrong​.</li></ul>

Why western seekers (unknowingly) misinterpret Vedanta

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Relativity Misinterpretation: Another common error is the belief that since the world is not absolute, it doesn't matter. This is a misreading of Vedanta. While the world is transient, Vedanta encourages responsible action without attachment to outcomes. Krishna’s teachings in the Bhagavad Gita stress action in the relative world without escapism.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Simplified Concepts: Western seekers may reduce profound spiritual practices into mere physical or mental exercises. For example, Yoga is often reduced to a health routine, ignoring its spiritual dimensions.</li></ul>

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra stresses the importance of regaining "adhikara" or the authority to define and protect Sanskrit's meaning within its original context.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">He believes that only those rooted in the dharmic tradition have the right to interpret these terms, and external perspectives lead to distortion and loss of authenticity.</li></ul>

5. Call to Regain Adhikara (Authority)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Malhotra uses the concept of "poison pills" as a defense mechanism against digestion.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">These are non-negotiable cultural or philosophical elements that, if absorbed by the dominant culture, would disrupt or destroy its internal coherence.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">For example, concepts like karma and reincarnation (central to Hindu philosophy) challenge Abrahamic doctrines of salvation and linear time. </li></ul>

6. Poison Pills

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">When intact, these "poison pills" make it difficult for Western universalism to fully digest Hindu thought, as they provoke fundamental contradictions within Western frameworks. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">As a result, these concepts resist Western digestion, forcing the West to either reject or misinterpret them, as full assimilation would require altering fundamental Western principles​.</li></ul>

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Apart from Western universalism, Malhotra identifies Islam's historical impact on Sanskrit through Persian influence on Hindi-Urdu, and Christianity’s influence through colonization.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Both are seen as forces that have led to the decline of Sanskrit in India, replacing dharmic terms with Abrahamic equivalents.</li></ul>

7. Threats from Islam and Christianity

The chapter underlines the inseparability of Sanskrit and dharma. According to Malhotra, Sanskrit’s grammar and vocabulary are inextricably tied to cosmic principles of dharma, meaning the loss of Sanskrit directly affects the practice and understanding of dharma itself.

8. Sanskrit and Dharma

The solution lies in making Sanskrit non-translatables more prevalent in everyday discourse.Malhotra advocates for introducing these terms into English without translation, creating a richer and more accurate global understanding of Indian concepts:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Identifying and preventing the reframing of ideas.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Preserving the context of the evolution of the ideas.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">preventing the re-contextualization & re-packaging by those without adhikara.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">protecting the experimental basis of Indian Knowledge.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Preventing the mangling of texts, practices, symbols, artifacts.</li></ul>

9. A Call for Change

An audacious attempt at sanskritizing English!

Sanskrit Non-Translatables is a path-breaking and audacious attempt at Sanskritizing the English language and enriching it with powerful Sanskrit words. It continues the original and innovative idea of nontranslatability of Sanskrit, first introduced in the book, Being Different. For English readers, this should be the starting point of the movement to resist the digestion of Sanskrit into English, by introducing loanwords into their English vocabulary without translation.The book presents a thorough mechanism of the process of digestion and examines the loss of adhikara for Sanskrit because of translating its core ideas into English. The movement launched by this book will resist this and stop the programs that seek to turn Sanskrit into a dead language by translating all its treasures to render it redundant. It discusses fifty-four non-translatables across various genres that are being commonly mistranslated. It empowers English speakers with the knowledge and arguments to introduce these Sanskrit words into their daily speech with confidence. Every lover of India’s sanskriti will benefit from the book and become a cultural ambassador propagating it through routine communications.

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Religion & Spirituality

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Books

Rajiv Malhotra

Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji

Sanskrit Non-Translatables

“Words are a lens to focus one’s mind.”

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

“The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.”

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”

“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.”

“Writing eases my suffering…When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.”

“Writing is really a way of thinking—not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.”

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”

“Reading is an act of civilization; it’s one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.”

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered as a gift.”

“Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.”

“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”

“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.

Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.

“Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”

“The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can be tall or short or fat or thin. They can obey the rules or break them. But they need to contain a charge. A live current, which shocks and illuminates.”

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Reading & Writing

Impactful quotes on reading & writing 

Mewing is a tongue exercise touted as a way to change the shape of one's jawline.It originated in 2012 with British orthodontist Dr. Mike Mew and gained popularity on online forums and within the "red pill" community.Here's what you need to know about Mewing:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">It involves placing the tongue on the roof of the mouth</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Some claim it can make the jawline more prominent</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It gained traction through YouTube videos and 4Chan forums</li><li class="ql-align-justify">usage of the word often goes hand in hand with looksmaxxing (read below)</li></ul>

Mewing

Looksmaxxing, and its variants Looksmaxx and Looksmaxxer, is a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/internet-slang">slang</a> term based on the aesthetic concept of <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lookism">Lookism</a> and the suffix <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/maxxing">-maxxing</a>, in accordance with maximizing one's physical appearance for real-world benefits. <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">this word originated in the year 2015 mostly being used in online incel forums especially on 4chan and Reddit with the idea that, if a person looks more attractive they're able to improve their social status.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It exploded in popularity at the beginning of 2015 mostly being used in ironic ways with many memes around it being created in the process.</li></ul>

Looksmaxxing

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A slang term used to describe a situation where someone is getting insulted. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">It can also be used in ways such as I'm cooked or it's cooked to signify something being bad or disappointing. </li></ul>Example: I didn't prepare for this interview, i'm so cooked 🤦‍♂️

Cooked

"cooked"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Used to describe the act of concentrating, focusing, or "zoning in."</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Memes showing an expressive face followed by a more serious "locked in" face grew popular circa 2023.</li></ul>Example: When the barber gets to your hairline so you gotta lock in. 🗿

Lock In

"Lock In"

Noise of failure or mocking someone who's experienced something inconvenient. It is a sarcastic response to someone else's disappointment, complaints, or failure.

Womp womp

"womp womp"

“I’m him” is a slang way to express confidence.Here, “him” just means “that guy,” or someone to watch out for or regard with respect.when using it in the first context, it is with the purpose of taunting men who are trying to achieve something, especially if they have a cocky attitude while doing it but aren't successful in doing so.

I'm Him

"i'm Him"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">It's a phrase used to express confusion, disbelief or bemusement, particularly in response to someone displaying behaviors or attitudes that align with the sigma male archetypes - or when someone takes the concept too seriously. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">A tongue-in-cheek way of questioning or mocking the idea of being a sigma male, often in a situation where someone is acting in a way that seems overtly pretentious. </li></ul>Example:bro 1 - "I don't need anyone. I'm sigma, I walk my own path."bro 2- "Erm, what the sigma? Dude you just said that to avoid helping with the group project!"

'Erm, What The Sigma?'

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">‘Tweaking’ is a term in rap and hip-hop culture to refer to someone high on stimulants.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It can even be used to define someone who is acting irrationally or saying something stupid.</li></ul>

Tweaking

"Tweaking"

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers, or CHUD is a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/internet-slang">slang</a> term used online that generally refers to a dislikeable person. <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A chud is also someone who exists far outside social norms, and not in a good way.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Starting in 2020, the term spawned the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chudjak">Chudjak</a>, <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/avatar-chud">Avatar Chud</a>, and <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gigachud--2">GigaChud</a> <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/memes">memes</a> as it was increasingly connected with the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/alt-right">alt-right</a>.</li></ul>

CHUD

C.H.U.D

Aura is a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/internet-slang">slang term</a> that was popularized online in 2023 and 2024, often used to compliment men for their charisma or presence.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The term first grew prevalent in soccer and basketball communities on X / Twitter, likely due to people commending Liverpool player Van Dijk for his "aura."</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Jokes about gaining and losing "aura points" also notably spread on TikTok in May 2024.</li></ul>

AURA

A sneaky link is someone you’re seeing or hooking up with discreetly.The “sneaky” part is pretty self-explanatory, and the “link” part comes from the phrase “link up” (meaning “get together”). <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A sneaky link relationship can exist between two single people who don’t want others to know about their hookups, or the term can refer to someone who’s cheating on their partner with a secret person. </li><li>Sneaky links are like extreme versions of friends with benefits (FWB).</li></ul>

Sneaky Link

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An AAVE (African American Vernacular English) slang term, that defines a reckless individual who seeks altercations. <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Crashouts repeatedly jeopardize their body, life and future because they don't care about the consequences, implying that they're already broken. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">"Crash out" is also used as a verb to describe the outbursts. Crashouts are portrayed in videos and <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/memes">memes</a> as unstable, often ruining events and activities with aggressive behavior.</li></ul>

Crash Out

Down Bad is a <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/internet-slang">slang</a> term used as a euphemism for horny, specifically in a desperate or depressed manner.The word "bad" is sometimes replaced with an exaggerated adjective, such as "down atrocious" or "down abominable."

Down Bad

Down bad horrendously 😬

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