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Relationships, etiquette, community, British culture and public life.
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Broad classification for social life & etiquette.
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The exhausting, labyrinthine process of trying to stop spam emails that requires logging into an account you created in 2012.
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 →A transparently terrible management technique used by cowards who want to tell you your work is garbage without causing a scene.
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 →A modern psychological affliction resulting from forced eye contact with a grid of badly lit coworkers.
Read full entry →The sudden, intense fascination with a blank lock screen to prevent an awkward sidewalk conversation.
Read full entry →A diplomatic shutdown phrase used to placate an idiot while firmly ensuring their idea never sees the light of day.
Read full entry →The polite but highly dangerous tilting of canopies on a narrow pavement to avoid taking out a stranger's eye.
Read full entry →A social script designed to gracefully exit a conversation with someone you have no intention of ever seeing again.
Read full entry →The agonizingly slow physical retreat from a household, hindered by a host who refuses to stop introducing new topics.
Read full entry →The malicious offloading of complex work just before the weekend, ruining the recipient's Friday night peace.
Read full entry →The highly intimate, involuntary physical contact required to reach the bar in a crowded establishment.
Read full entry →A greeting strictly meant to be answered with 'Yeah, you?', which becomes a hostage situation if answered honestly.
Read full entry →The tense, anxious suspension of a debit card over a reader, silently praying your bank doesn't decline a £3 coffee.
Read full entry →Rejecting hospitality purely out of manners, while desperately hoping the host asks a fourth time so you can say yes.
Read full entry →The deeply ingrained, entirely irrational British reflex to ask forgiveness from the person who just assaulted your toes.
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 →A completely hollow, venomous apology offered purely to end an argument while making it clear you still think you are right.
Read full entry →A relentlessly dull individual whose entire personality has been replaced by macros, deadlifts, and unasked-for nutritional advice.
Read full entry →An insufferable, attention-seeking guest who kills the vibe of a social gathering by forcing everyone to listen to their terrible cover songs.
Read full entry →A profoundly British state of being where the physical and mental capacity to care about or engage in an activity has been entirely depleted.
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 →A pathetic, attention-seeking farewell post designed entirely to harvest validation from internet strangers.
Read full entry →The agonizing position of nodding blankly while an un-self-aware bore explains crypto to you in the corner of a kitchen.
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