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The deliberate blindness applied to a domestic chore, eventually forcing the victim to wear swimming trunks to the supermarket.
Read full entry →The risky, olfactory evaluation of an expired liquid to determine if you can avoid walking to the corner shop.
Read full entry →The psychotic retention of greasy takeaway boxes, taking up an entire kitchen cupboard with unmatched lids and bottoms.
Read full entry →The intense regret of initiating a polite gesture too early, trapping yourself in an awkward stance for twenty seconds.
Read full entry →The devastating, day-ruining vehicular assault where a driver hits a kerbside lake and drenches a helpless pedestrian.
Read full entry →The homicidal anger experienced when trying to walk past oblivious pedestrians wielding eye-level metal spikes in the drizzle.
Read full entry →The unforgivable, socially treasonous act of sliding into the front of a line, instantly making you an enemy of the state.
Read full entry →The explosive, involuntary string of profanities launched into the empty air of your car after hitting a deep asphalt trench.
Read full entry →The anxiety-inducing destruction of your car's transmission while desperately trying not to roll backwards into a lorry.
Read full entry →The utterly pointless corporate role of intercepting instructions, adding zero value, and demanding updates on progress.
Read full entry →The reckless, unhinged mass deletion of messages, fueled by the hope that if anything was actually important, they will email again.
Read full entry →The high-stakes art of holding perfectly still and making a weird face on a video call to simulate network failure.
Read full entry →The incredibly intense, primitive urge to physically destroy an inkjet machine that claims it's offline while plugged into the wall.
Read full entry →The exhausting, labyrinthine process of trying to stop spam emails that requires logging into an account you created in 2012.
Read full entry →The blinding fury of failing to log in three times, hitting reset, and discovering the system rejected the password you were just typing.
Read full entry →The stealthy, disgusting act of clearing a kitchen surface by violently brushing the debris onto the linoleum for someone else to step on.
Read full entry →The weekly terror of hearing a neighbor dragging plastic wheels down the driveway and realizing you don't know if it's recycling week.
Read full entry →The lazy, deceitful act of submerging a lasagna dish in cold water to avoid the physical labor of actually washing it.
Read full entry →The cowardly relocation to an entirely different part of the house because you lack the bravery to trap an arachnid in a pint glass.
Read full entry →The selfish, nocturnal theft of shared bedcovers, leaving the other occupant shivering and exposed to the freezing bedroom air.
Read full entry →The intense physical anxiety of trying to bag groceries quickly before the robotic voice accuses you of theft.
Read full entry →The horrific, bio-hazardous incident where the bottom of a cheap bin bag gives way, anointing your trousers with rotten meat water.
Read full entry →The humiliating scramble to retrieve a dropped 50p piece from the footwell while the driver behind you aggressively revs their engine.
Read full entry →The intense pressure and total loss of spatial awareness caused by an audience judging your parking abilities.
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