The underlying feeling that the inexorable march of technological progression coupled with the slow rate of change of political systems is leading to an inevitable technological enslavement of the vast majority of humankind. Often coupled with a forlorn longing to change systems individuals are rarely priveleged enough to have sway over changing.
Friend 1 - "What's up with Johnny?"
Friend 2 - "Just caught up with the chaos engine."
Friend 1 - "I'll see if he wants some weed."
Friend 2 - "Good thinking, we should drag him out for a ride this weekend too."
Friend 1 - "Fuck it, I'll just take him some weed tonight and organise a ride while I'm there."
Friend 2 - "Sick, I'll pop in too."
That thing or person in your life that appears to exist simply to make your continued existence more difficult. This can be a friend, family member, colleague, pet, or just your hoopty that makes your life difficult. This is differentiated from a simple issue in that it can't easily be eliminated without substantial cost and rather than passively irritating you the PCIE appears to thrive on creating more trouble.
My personal chaos injection engine decided the set all my clothes on fire last night because I deleted "The Bold Type" from the DVR.
Utility beer is the beer you keep around for the day-to-day moments when beer is a necessity to assist in pedestrian activities (golf, plumbing, yardwork, babysitting, staff meetings, Zoom calls). For the beer snob it is the beer you save for neighbors when they drop in at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday. It is differentiated from the actual high-end beer you save for special events, holidays, and special tastings.
Person 1: Dave, did you bring along those hazy craft IPA's so we could drink while cleaning Lyle's pool?
Person 2: Nope. I just have a bunch of utility beer that Steve dumped on me. Good enough for this. It is only 10:30 a.m.
Police activity, especially of the non-productive type i.e. The act of setting up and patrolling speedtraps, harassing or arresting people based on appearance (racial profiling), breaking up parties, any sort of cannabis bust, etc.
"Did you see all the cops on highway 6? They are oinking hard!"
"I hope Johnny doesn't get caught with his bag of weed, the pigs are oinking"