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Tragedy

A play where people make a complete fool of themselves, People not being able to control their emotions, Going into a state of extreme rage. Willing to start a fight just because. Main dude/girl goes thru it :(
'Oh no, i dropped my phone, im going to cry now this was such a tragedy :('
by notrelevant1234 August 20, 2021
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It's a type of soup
You know, the real tragedy is not just what happened to him but that we live in the world where you even have to ask whether or not he is the bad one.
by Hym Iam April 3, 2022
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The opposite of strategy is not the absence of strategy, rather it is tragedy such that ways are found of using available means to achieve undesirable ends. People use what they have to get what they don’t want or arrive where they don’t want to be or shape a future they didn’t want. When all the available means necessary to accomplish something good are used to accomplish something bad, this is tragic, not strategic.
That’s not a strategy, it’s a tragedy.
by Dr Max July 2, 2022
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Some may define "Tragedy" as either Shakesphere, losing your car keys, or losing a loved one. A true tragedy is being born on April 1st. Indeed there is nothing sadder than being forced to suffer through 2 special days at once.
I was born on April 1st and I gotta say my life has been nothing but a Tragedy
by h2ka March 1, 2024
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Hym "Those are literally 2 things that are not opposites. Tragedy IS inevitable."
by Hym Iam January 28, 2025
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tragedy whore

someone who always jumps at the opportunity to mourn/ express deep sadness, usually over the death of someone, or the occurance of something, that has essentially nothing to do with that individual
Pete: Did you see Jalen? She wrote "RIP Oscar" all over her arm! She talked to him maybe once?!

Sam: Yeah, man. What a tragedy whore!

OR

Alice: Wow. I feel so terrible that Joanne has that flesh eating disease! I think that we should all sit with her at lunch!

Stacey: You're such a tragedy whore, Alice! You called Joanne fugly last week. You just want to shine in her sympathy glow.
by Ellixx September 11, 2011
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tragedy of the commons

The term has its origins in the sharing of grazing land in a given community, called "the commons", in Britain. An individual farmer could increase his or her profits by using more of the commons than others. The other farmers would then follow suite, leading to the overexploitation and destruction of that land.

In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.

The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
usage: When big companies pollute the air, it's just another example of the tragedy of the commons.
by terribly trite March 4, 2004
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