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An unprompted, twenty-minute lecture delivered with unearned confidence about a podcast, cryptocurrency, or basic human logic.
Read full entry →The reckless consumption of excessive caffeine to simulate motivation in a job you actively despise.
Read full entry →A pedantic Reddit or Twitter user who believes that correcting your use of 'there' versus 'their' constitutes winning a debate.
Read full entry →The manipulative, attention-seeking practice of writing dramatic statuses like 'Some people are just fake' and refusing to elaborate.
Read full entry →The pathetic, soul-destroying pursuit of algorithmic validation, usually involving a tripod, public dancing, or harassing minimum-wage workers.
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 →An anti-social menace who forces a captive audience on a bus or train to listen to their terrible music, video calls, or scrolling algorithms.
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 →The deliberate and highly satisfying act of reading Reddit on the toilet for so long your legs go numb, purely to punish your employer.
Read full entry →The malicious, cowardly act of blind-copying or visibly including a superior in a minor digital dispute to force the other person to back down.
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 person who, upon entering a negative emotional state, systematically disseminates hostility, manufactured drama, and unnecessary tension to everyone in their immediate vicinity.
Read full entry →The physical attempt to jump-start a stalled brain by pivoting helplessly in the center of the kitchen.
Read full entry →The insidious, unpunished theft of potato products by someone who explicitly declined to order their own.
Read full entry →A canine Oscar-winning performance designed to convince a second human that the first human forgot breakfast.
Read full entry →The frantic scramble to hit Ctrl+Shift+T after accidentally extinguishing a crucial piece of research.
Read full entry →The act of giving a vigorous thumbs up with a mouth full of dry, overcooked chicken.
Read full entry →The stiff, unnatural walk performed past a security guard when your pockets are completely empty.
Read full entry →The sociopathic dispatch of a highly complex request just as the recipient is packing their bag to leave.
Read full entry →The uncontrollable instinct to seek forgiveness from a coffee table after stubbing your own toe on it.
Read full entry →A malicious household violation where the burden of cardboard disposal is forcefully passed to the next person.
Read full entry →The arrogant, illiterate disregard for basic architectural instructions printed at eye level.
Read full entry →The deployment of a blatant lie to avoid having a complex emotional conversation before bedtime.
Read full entry →The feline assertion of dominance over a human's primary source of income by using it as a heated bed.
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