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A rising sense of existential doom triggered by a red battery icon and a full day ahead with no plug in sight.
Read full entry →A sudden, total loss of memory occurring exclusively while holding a phone with the correct answer already open on it.
Read full entry →The elaborate national performance of feigned suspense during a football recap you have already fully spoiled for yourself.
Read full entry →A terrifying, split-second loss of object permanence that makes you think you've lost an £800 piece of glass you are literally staring at.
Read full entry →The absolute minimum physical effort required to register amusement at a terrible meme shown to you on a friend's phone.
Read full entry →The futile application of visual pressure to a household appliance out of desperate caffeine withdrawal.
Read full entry →The desperate, primate-like stretching of an arm towards the ceiling in a futile attempt to summon a data signal.
Read full entry →The chaotic, overlapping chorus of colleagues aggressively informing a boomer that their microphone is turned off.
Read full entry →The agonizing inability of two British people to cleanly terminate a telephone conversation without saying farewell six times.
Read full entry →The theatrical performance of receiving a fake text message to justify turning 180 degrees in the street so strangers don't think you're lost.
Read full entry →A highly embarrassing lack of coordination when boarding the tube, forcing the victim to immediately pretend they meant to do a weird hop.
Read full entry →A highly toxic digital forum where local residents escalate minor disputes about fox poo and bin placement into full-blown blood feuds.
Read full entry →The agonizing state of being unable to shower or leave the house because a delivery company has given you a 14-hour window.
Read full entry →The deeply offensive act of interrupting a colleague's flow by physically appearing in their peripheral vision uninvited.
Read full entry →The sudden, intense fascination with a blank lock screen to prevent an awkward sidewalk conversation.
Read full entry →A completely fake act of altruism used to abruptly end a tedious phone call under the guise of respecting their time.
Read full entry →The panic-stricken pat-down of your own clothing while a queue of angry commuters sighs behind you.
Read full entry →The physical expulsion of a mobile device immediately after dispatching a highly vulnerable or controversial message.
Read full entry →A broad categorization for any action involving terrible parking, loud chewing, or playing music without headphones on a train.
Read full entry →The sudden, chest-tightening terror experienced by millennials and Gen Z when forced to deal with an unexpected live voice call.
Read full entry →The infuriating, dangerously stupid act of creating a human bottleneck at a mechanical exit point because you received a WhatsApp message.
Read full entry →The crippling, nauseating anxiety experienced upon waking up hungover and realizing you were active on WhatsApp at 3 AM.
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 →The blinding, physics-defying rage experienced when an inanimate object aggressively hooks your belt loop or earphone wire, usually inducing a breakdown.
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