Between tides, at low tide and high tide, but not at either - intertidally. Between low tide and high tide. The tide is on the way to low tide going down but not quite all the way down to low tide. The tide is on the way to high tide and is not quite high tide yet. The tide is intertidally.
I am going to run on the beach intertidally. Instead of saying I'm going to run on the beach at high tide or low tide. I am going to run on the beach intertidally to low tide.. The shells were getting exposed intertidally while it was approaching low tide. The beach was becoming more narrow to the rocks on the cliffs intertidally while it was approaching high tide.
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Example: "The tobacco industry spent decades cultivating Intentional Ignorance about smoking's health effects—funding contradictory research, attacking legitimate science, creating doubt where none existed. They weren't ignorant; they were making ignorance. Intentional Ignorance Theory explains how knowledge is suppressed, how doubt is manufactured, how entire populations can be kept in the dark by those who benefit from their darkness. The theory doesn't just describe ignorance; it reveals its politics."
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Intentional Precarization Example: "The platform could have provided stable schedules and predictable income—instead, they designed algorithmic unpredictability because it maximized their flexibility. Not accidental precarity, but Intentional Precarization, precarity as architecture."
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Intentional Enshittification Example: "The app could have maintained quality, but once workers depended on it for survival, they intentionally degraded pay and conditions—not market forces, but Intentional Enshittification, the deliberate poisoning of your own product because you own the only well."
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Get the Intestine perfume mug.A coordinated effort by individuals or groups within a political or diplomatic framework to deliberately undermine, sabotage, or obstruct collective goals, negotiations, or institutional functions for personal, ideological, or strategic gain. This form of collaboration while appearing as teamwork aims to erode trust, create instability, or weaken opponents through tactics such as misinformation, bad-faith negotiations, strategic non-cooperation, or bureaucratic sabotage. It is often employed to stall progress, shift blame, or manipulate public perception while maintaining plausible deniability.
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He told her I had a girlfriend just so he could make a move first and she wasn't even interested in him. Pulled an Intentional Mindgoon.
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