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Broad classification for relationships & dating.
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A perfectly timed technological failure that guarantees you miss kickoff, the goal, and possibly the whole first half.
Read full entry →A small but profound sense of comfort delivered by a single, well-placed piece of adhesive fabric.
Read full entry →The soothing, background reassurance of scheduled broadcasting that has quietly disappeared from most modern viewing.
Read full entry →A confident, entirely unqualified forecast about the romantic trajectory of two strangers in a Majorcan villa.
Read full entry →The lazy, heel-crushing friction dance performed to remove tight footwear without expending the energy to untie the laces.
Read full entry →A silent, freezing contest of grip strength performed at 4 AM to reclaim basic human warmth from a thief.
Read full entry →The instant, biological rejection of a romantic prospect triggered by them performing a completely mundane but deeply uncool action.
Read full entry →The nihilistic consumption of goods to secure a brief hit of dopamine, driven by the realization that you will never retire anyway.
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 exhausting, labyrinthine process of trying to stop spam emails that requires logging into an account you created in 2012.
Read full entry →The endless, dangling-carrot tactic used to squeeze another year of unpaid extra duties out of an ambitious employee.
Read full entry →The malicious offloading of complex work just before the weekend, ruining the recipient's Friday night peace.
Read full entry →The dangerously moronic act of pausing at a mechanical exit to check a map, causing a multi-person pile-up.
Read full entry →The deliberate isolation of oneself inside a digital bubble where you never have to hear a disagreeing thought, leading to radicalization.
Read full entry →The deployment of a single, dismissive consonant to completely invalidate another person's emotional vulnerability and end the argument.
Read full entry →The crushing weight of despair that drops onto your chest when you realize you have zero time to do any actual work today.
Read full entry →The deeply unfair and unprompted act of using a coworker, barista, or Tinder date as an unpaid, non-consensual therapist.
Read full entry →A narcissistic parasite who hijacks a funeral, illness, or breakup to harvest sympathy and attention for their own minor inconveniences.
Read full entry →A deeply infuriating individual who constantly drains your emotional energy by soliciting your wisdom, only to do the exact opposite of what you suggested.
Read full entry →A shared, catatonic state where a couple exists in the same room but entirely different algorithmic universes.
Read full entry →The transparent disguise of intense relationship anger beneath a single, tightly clenched syllable.
Read full entry →A malicious act of household laziness that legally transfers the responsibility of a cardboard cylinder to the next occupant.
Read full entry →The cowardly concession of allowing an ugly lamp into the living room to avoid a weekend-long argument.
Read full entry →The sudden, financially ruinous upgrading of your groceries to impress a stranger you will never see again.
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