Vanguard 1998's definitions

Romantic minute

When you see your partner after a very long time of not seeing them, which typically occurs after a tour of duty in the military or a year of service that is served far away from your home after college, and you pull them aside for a minute or two to tell them how much you missed them, that you love them, and just to take a chance give your partner a little physical affection considering they may be craving it after not being with you for so long.

Zachary: I’m happy your back from your tour of duty. I am guessing your happy to be back home.
Pedro: Yes, I am happy to be home after such a long time of being away. Would you excuse me and Britany for a minute?
Zachary: Sure.
(Pedro and Britany walk a short distance away. They begin talking to each other quietly. Pedro puts his arms around Britany and kisses her briefly.)

Zachary: Are you guys ready to go?
Britany: Yes, we are.

Zachary: What we were you guys doing anyway? Was something wrong?
Pedro: No, we were taking a romantic minute. I have not seen Britany in a year to a year and half. I really missed her.
Zachary: I see.

by Vanguard 1998 March 27, 2021

Political Sandstorm

A situation where the politics related to that specific issue cause so much controversy in the media and society and bickering between the various political parties over what is, how serious it is, and how to address it that it is almost impossible to grasp what really happened in that situation because you are unable clearly see what occurred.

Person 1: It is hard tell what is really happened in regards to whether or not Russia intelligence hacked into the U.S. election in order to manipulate the results.

Person 2: It is still hard tell what happened even today because of how the politicians and society responded. The political sandstorm related to that issue will likely not wear off for quite some time.

by Vanguard 1998 January 23, 2021

Romantic evolution

1: An expression used to describe how a specific romantic couple has progressed in their relationship over time
2: A phrase used to refer to how the processes from which people get into romantic relationships and or marriages in a specific culture have changed over time

Quintin: How are you and Denise doing these days?
Winston: We’re doing great. She has gotten comfortable enough with me to start talking to me about her past, some of the problems that have been affecting her family, her religious beliefs, and so on.

Quintin: In terms of your romantic evolution, it sounds like the two of you have gotten really far in your relationship in the past eight months.
Winston: Me and her have definitely made a lot of progress during that time in regards to our romantic relationship.

by Vanguard 1998 June 11, 2021

Political evolution

1: A phrase used to refer to how a specific political ideology or the beliefs of a particular political party has changed over time

An example of political evolution would be the Republican’s views on environmental issues. In the past, Republicans used to take a more aggressive approach by actively making policies and laws that would protect the environment from harm as you can observe based on the work done by U.S. President Richard Nixon. As time passed, as demonstrated by the work of U.S. President Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan, Republicans shifted to strongly favoring deregulation and eliminating or weakening environmental protections.

by Vanguard 1998 June 11, 2021

Major the German Shepherd

One of President Biden’s two pet dogs; he is the first rescued dog to live in the White House. He has been attacked by the media repeatedly for biting secret service agents, even though the injuries they received were relatively minor and in one of the cases didn’t break the skin. This behavior is likely the result of a lack of training dealing with meeting new people. The media’s aggressive attacks over these incidents and ridiculous frequency of these types of stories popping up on certain news and social media platforms suggests that these companies who over advertise these stories, which have no real significance given no real injury was caused, have a Speciesism bias.

The companies that wrote these stories about Major the German Shepherd should be called out for doing so; for by writing stories like these they are promoting Speciesism and for drawing so much attention to stories like this that are not even worthy of the public’s time for this is not a significant incident for no real injuries were ever caused. It’s a major example of the Speciesism found in the news and social media industries. (The gif bellow is an example of the stereotype the media has created for Major and other German Shepherds, which in this case they portray as being aggressive, which is often not the case as the dog's temperament depends on how well they are trained.)

by Vanguard 1998 April 14, 2021

Constructivism

The idea that the various structures and systems found in various levels of government are historically and socially constructed, rather than being made as inevitable consequences of human nature or other essential characteristics of global, regional, national, and local politics.

The name Constructivism was first coined to describe political theories that stress the socially constructed nature of most of systems and structures created in international relations.

by Vanguard 1998 March 20, 2021

Pro-child sexual preference

Aka. P.C.S.P.; When an individual is only sexually attracted to people who does want and or has children

Kendra is only interested in sleeping with people who have kids. She has a pro-child sexual preference.

by Vanguard 1998 April 11, 2021