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The silent, unblinking psychological warfare waged by a pet wanting your dinner.
Read full entry →The impossible physics of computer ports that require three attempts for a two-sided plug.
Read full entry →A phantom tactile sensation that causes frantic, undignified face-swiping in public.
Read full entry →The public broadcasting of your purchases or errors by an automated supermarket machine.
Read full entry →The childhood compulsion to find the exact electrical dead-zone between 'on' and 'off'.
Read full entry →The reckless, electrocution-risking act of extracting jammed bread with metal cutlery.
Read full entry →The jarring, foot-slamming realization that the staircase ended one tread earlier than your brain calculated.
Read full entry →The act of entering credentials at a glacial pace, causing you to forget which key you just pressed.
Read full entry →The irrational belief that an item purchased five minutes ago has already been dispatched.
Read full entry →The deployment of a positive adjective with a tone so flat it conveys deep misery.
Read full entry →Tactical ignorance of a coworker on the street to avoid making small talk before 9 AM.
Read full entry →The infuriating jam that permanently fuses a jacket to itself right when you need to leave the house.
Read full entry →The agonizing state of being forced to hold a polite smile while watching an unfunny two-minute clip.
Read full entry →The chaotic collapse of improperly stacked food containers when a cupboard door is opened.
Read full entry →The dizzying, static-filled moment of near-fainting caused by getting off the sofa too enthusiastically.
Read full entry →The automatic British response to absolutely any minor service or interaction.
Read full entry →The dangerous suppression of a bodily reflex to avoid making noise in a quiet room.
Read full entry →An inexplicable loss of balance on a completely level floor, usually in front of a crowd.
Read full entry →The lazy abdication of household responsibility, leaving the cardboard tube for the next victim.
Read full entry →The futile act of trying to speed up thermodynamics through sheer impatience and unbroken eye contact.
Read full entry →The violent, full-body spasm caused by a millimeter turn of a poorly calibrated shower dial.
Read full entry →The frustrating attempt to clean one's hands under an aggressively eco-friendly, low-pressure tap.
Read full entry →The total failure to comprehend simple physical instructions printed at eye level on a handle.
Read full entry →The failure of the brain to absorb written words despite the eyes tracking them perfectly.
Read full entry →The dictionary is still being written
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