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A person who sees doom coming for humanity as a whole for either rational science-based reasons (AGW, nuclear war, doomsday clock, etc) or irrational reasons (zombie apocalypse, god's punishment, etc). Sometimes used as a slur against schizoid or loner types who have negative worldviews for mental health reasons.
This guy reading The Sixth Extinction is becoming more and more of a doomer as he turns the pages.
n.
1. One who plays Doom.
2. Ball shit snake.
"Doomers are ball shit snakes." ~ Username
Someone who expects the worst possible outcome from a global occurrence, especially the peak in global oil production.
Antonyms are cornucopian, humanist, realist.
Doomers hold a faith based belief that humanity is incapable of resolving human-society created global issues, e.g. by replacing oil with other energy sources.
Refer apocophilia
peakoil.com is packed full of doomers practicing group-think like it was a survival skill.
I used to be a doomer, but then I remembered how to add.
Someone who that revels in the thought of destruction of the planet or humanity due to global warming.
Antonym: denier.
Doomers hold an unshakable faith that the planet is inevitably doomed because of anthropogenic global warming and that nothing can reverse earth's ultimate destruction. In particular, doomers seem to take joy in discussing and contemplating a global doomsday.
The doomer took great joy in debunking a report that suggested that global warming doomsday predictions were exaggerated.
n.
Used by the peak oil community to refer to those who believe that the end of the oil age will also mean the end of human society.
I'm a doomer 'cos wind and nuclear will never cut it, and hydrogen's a pipe dream.
You're doomerosity is only so high 'cos you're suffer from apocophilia.
A person (usually a millennial or generation Z and male) who has experienced apparent hardship (relationship breakup, job loss, failure etc.) and has became fully immersed in apathy, self hatred, depression and generally being a loner. Usually asleep or tired in the day and more active at the night, spending time on the internet or going on long night walks ruminating.
Often has little other hobbies, whilst listening to characteristic music including Slowcore, Eastern European Goth, 'Doomer Wave', Radiohead and the more sombre and depressing forms of Midwest Emo music.
Doomers often want a normal life, but find it hard to understand why everything goes against them and thinks long and hard about a path back to normality.
Person A: I haven't seen Tom in ages. Where is he?
Person B: He took breakup with his gf quite badly, then lost his job. He now spends all his time reading, posting sad status updates and depressing music on Facebook.
Person A: Sounds like Tom has gone full on Doomer.
A person with a pessimistic outlook on life. A doomer feels a sense of helplessness and aimlessness and is often stricken with deep despair for life. For a doomer, life is meaningless, and the world is inevitably doomed by humanity's ignorance and greed.
"I've never seen Tom smile or try to be happy in my life, he's such a doomer"