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Cult Of Aloneness: The Need For Autonomy At All Costs, Usually At The Expense Of Long'term Relationships.
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Cult of Aloneness:
The need for autonomy at all costs, usually at the expense of
long'term relationships. Often brought about by overly high
expectations of others.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
Mid-twenties Breakdown: A period of mental collapse occurring in one's twentie
often caused by inability to function outside of school or structured environments coupled with a realization of one's essential aloneness in the world....
101-ism: The tendency to pick apart, often in minute detail, all aspects of life using half-understood pop psychology as a tool.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Celebrity Shadenfreude: Lurid thrills derived from talking about celebrity deaths.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Vaccinated Time Travel: To fantasize about traveling backward in time, but only with proper vaccinations.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Safety net-ism: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life's hurts.
Usually parents. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Ultra Short Term Nostalgia: Homesickness for the extremely recent pa
Things seemed so much better in the world last week." -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Metaphasia: An inability to perceive metaphor. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Paper Rabies: Hypersensitivity to littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Spectacularism: A fascination with extreme situations. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X