depressing phrases

summer night highway construction

Cleethorpes Winter Wonderland

"[cabinet position title] [member of Trump's cabinet]"

"Trump transition"

yeah. this thread is going to get very dreary and repetitive.

Haven't seen it yet but I thought of "trump state of the union address" the other day and felt like I was going to shit my pants.

"Xenophobia" is the Dictionary.com word of the year.

sexless marriage

the 4 day institute is a combination of a planning retreat, seminar, unconference, and sprint

"Are you busy?"

Wacky Hat Wednesday (Participation Mandatory)

Self-documenting code

"[religious affiliation] children"

ew, unconference

37 year old spaniard

You are currently in a virtual queue to ensure fair access to tickets during busy times. Please don't refresh your page, as you will lose your spot.

oh god i got thru

saw a tweet that went something like "i'm probably gonna be alive for at least 3 more spiderman trilogies"

I look forward to getting much more information and clarity from our military leaders about the policy The President tweeted today.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22049823_1634213729964104_2539065725353817210_n.jpg?oh=273ad09ebc10b6da27d83e7aa29852e4&oe=5A4976FF

I apologize if anyone was offended by the Holocaust poll.

"Breitbart London"

'Of all of the Beethoven movies, Beethoven's 3rd is the funniest!'

"room temperature challenge"

ratioed on Twitter

"Inspired by jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop"

5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

"Inspired by jazz, blues, rock, and hip-hop"

“I’m sorry but”

'Gentlemen, if you’re in your 40s and you can’t effortlessly quote from any of these movies, it’s time for some Netflix homework.'

"you do you"

"biker-friendly bar"

Ending Explained

https://biblioklept.org/2018/11/20/100-phrases-culled-from-the-new-york-times-list-of-100-notable-books-of-2018/

novel that ricochets

devastatingly sidelong

overdrawn account

seemingly wordless but ultimately word-filled collection

a must-read!

posthumous debut account

a searing, blistering memoir which leaves the reader charred and half-melted

devastatingly page turner

The D.N.C. approved Iowa’s delegate selection plan, but left the state party to determine on its own how to collect and tabulate caucus results, Mr. Perez said, adding that the national party did not test the state’s app or set standards for training or preparation.

Mr. Perez said he was not responsible for what state parties and their leaders do.

“I do not conduct a performance evaluation of every party chair,” he said.

Asked whether the D.N.C. would increase its scrutiny of other caucuses run by state parties, including Nevada’s in less than two weeks, Mr. Perez said he would “implement all of the lessons learned,” but did not specify how.

i have to remember this vow, in case i'm ever leading a major project and have no idea what to do. start with implementing all of the lessons learned. details tbd

just received an email at work that contains this chestnut:

"Each week we will watch two short TED Talks to motivate us."

this is the moment when i notice that Winston Smith works in my cuberhood

I used to work in a big international company in China, the country-level big boss, an annoyingly confident US Harvard grad, came to a staff event where we were all running training sessions for each-other and opened it with a direct copy of a TED talk about "power poses" and everyone was so impressed that I was given the job of doing the same training session with my team. Then a year or so later I had the chance to apply for a position in the UK and was flown to Shanghai to interview. I did the power pose outside, as trained, then when faced with this same big boss on the interview panel, completely fucked up the interview, I was actually unable to speak at all from nerves at one point, and they didn't even give me feedback after flying me out there.
Then a bit later I found out that the author of the power poses ted talk thing had reexamined the evidence and concluded that it didn't work at all.

the shortlived power pose mania did give us this prfoundly blessed image so i can't find it too depressing

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FtSdSBJX.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Q: is the power in question the power to make passersby think 'u r a dick'

wtf? is the power pose real? is that really it? loooool

i like to do the empathy pose. both feet tightly squeezed together, so the entire body is off balance. this shows openness and vulnerability to the team

it says "don't push me, even a tiny bit, or i will crash down and bring every single one of you motherfuckers with me"