List of Hivemind Idioms; the study of ritual series 40
The human tendency to create, adapt, resist, and transform is inexorable. Just as feudal systems gave way to industrial ones and monarchies morphed into democracies, the current dominance of neoliberal financial capital will, in time, be reshaped by forces yet unknown. Even as it permeates every facet of human existence today, this system, too, is not immune to the transformative processes that have defined humanity's journey.
Humans will always seek meaning, connection, and purpose, using the tools and languages of their times. The terms and idioms of today, influenced by the reigning neoliberal paradigm, reflect the zeitgeist of this era but are also testimonies to the timeless human endeavor to communicate, understand, and be understood.
Still, we need to be wary of all the pitfalls that these mass-used words, are not all bad; like "vibes"; but others are neoliberal subjectivity fulfilling prophecies of what Hannah Arendt calls, mass psychology.
Love Languages: Human emotional connection seeks definition, even in an era dominated by quantifiable metrics.
Main Character: Amidst a market of stories, the human soul grapples with its place in the grand narrative.
Gaslighting: Manipulating reality, a timeless tactic, finds new potency in an age of information saturation.
Living Rent-Free in Your Head: Obsession, a human trait, takes on modern vernacular as mental landscapes mirror market dynamics.
Canceled/Cancellation Culture: The collective's power to ostracize, ancient in origin, is amplified in the age of digital immediacy.
Vibes/Vibing: Human beings, ever attuned to emotional resonance, now cloak ancient intuitions in contemporary phraseology.
Simp: Affection, commodified and critiqued, reflects the tensions of genuine connection in a transactional world.
Mood: Emotion finds validation in collective resonance, even as expressions transform with time.
"It's the [x] for me": The desire to emphasize and connect persists, even as language simplifies to adapt to fleeting digital attention spans.
"OMG it's twenty twenty-something and we're still explaining that pineapple doesn't belong on pizza!": Human quirks and debates, timeless in essence, find a voice in evolving cultural memes. Sometimes pure emptiness assumes itself.
Red Pill/Blue Pill: Choices, timeless in their implication, are given modern iconography, reflecting the struggle between acceptance and awakening.
Snowflake: Sensitivity, once celebrated, now contends with a world where resilience is often equated with market value.
Toxic: As the human spirit seeks health and growth, it defines its antagonists, even if those definitions shift with societal norms.
Eating the Rich: The timeless tension between the powerful and the marginalized finds renewed voice in an era of stark wealth disparities.
Binge-watch: Consumption habits evolve, but the human hunger for stories remains insatiable.
Woke: Hopefully one day can signify awareness and a perennial quest, but is cloaked in modernity and doesn't mean seeking ancient truths but engaging in "culture war".
Boomer: Generational dynamics, as old as humanity itself, find new labels in an ever-changing world. Nothing new.
Ghosting: The pain of abandonment, age-old in its sting, confronts the impersonality of the digital age. The normalization was not started but continued by those affected by any sort of stockholm syndrome.
FOMO: Ancient anxieties of missing out take on new fervor in a world hyper-connected yet often isolated.
Karen: Ultimate privilege and entitlement, age-old societal issues, find contemporary caricature as societies grapple with evolving norms and values. Inability to negotiate with collective historical trauma.
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