I signed up for awordaday by email from urban dictionary. Today's word seem to pertain to this thread quite well.
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1. slacktivism
The act of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem.
Signing an email petition to stop rampant crime is slacktivism. Want to really make your community safer? Get off your ass and start a neighborhood watch!
2. slacktivism
The search for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's rescue without having had to actually gets one's hands dirty or open one's wallet.
It's slacktivism that prompts us to want a join a boycott of designated gas companies or eschew buying gasoline on a particular day rather than reduce our personal consumption of fossil fuels by driving less.
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Walmart isn't going to notice if 100 people stop shopping at their store. They won't be like 'oh geez, we should have let that women keep that money'. It's just not going to happen, and mindlessly blurting out sentiments to that effect aren't going to do anything either. Unless you are that family, or you are an official of Walmart, I don't see any reason to care all too much. Yah, fine. Express your opinion that you think it sucks, but what is all this 'oh i'm not shoping there anymore' nonsense. We all know you'll still shop there. Why bother telling the internet? Aardvark, I think what Lehah's trying to say(besides just trolling), is 'Why the fuck do people care so much about something that has nothing to do with them?'
There's nowhere I can't reach.
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