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What were they thinking?

A phrase popularised by the Angry Video Game Nerd. Often used in reviews to point out a really shitty feature/scene/piece of shit.

Can also be used to show one's dissatisfaction with something.
Mike: There are aliens in the fourth Indiana Jones.
Jim: What were they thinking?!
by Nitemarish September 6, 2009
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This is why we can't have nice things

No matter how nice of a thing you have, no matter how hard you may try, someone will always find a way to fuck it up.
Josh: Hey bro can I borrow your phone?
Me: I dunno man, I just bought this. I don't even have a case on it yet!
Josh: Chill dude, I ain't gonna break it. It'll just take a second..
Me: Okay...
Josh:*Immediately drops it on the ground, denting the corner*
Me: God damn it Josh, this is why we can't have nice things.
by re3ja April 25, 2016
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i think im falling for you

I think I'm falling for you. You are always on my mind and I can't shake the idea of you out of my head... You make me smile every time your name pops up on my phone, you make me laugh by saying the wierdest things, you have a perfect smile, its the best thing ever, you are absolutely perfect to me, you make me fall deeper and deeper everytime you text me, look at me, or just by being you... I am falling for you and I don't know what to do, what if I keep falling, but you don't catch me? Id hit the ground hard, and I would be broken forever... Im falling for you, will you catch me before I land?
person1: I think im falling for you will you catch me?
Person2: I'm right here baby
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MODE 2 THINKING

MODE 2 THINKING

Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance postulates that individuals,when presented with evidence contrary to their worldview or situations in which they must behave contrary to their worldview, experience "cognitive dissonance."

MODE 2 THINKING

There is a connection between mode 2 thinking and cognitive dissonance.
Emotionally based thinking is much more susceptible to facts and logic which contradict the justification for that thinking or emotional worldview.
Factually or logically inconsistent cognitions are
countered not with consistent factual/logical cognitions, but with emotional cognitions.

For the mode 2 thinker, the universe is not a
matter of logic and fact, it is a matter of emotion, and when presented with logic or facts that contradict a strongly held emotion, they respond not with a logical/factual refutation of that contradiction, but
with an emotional refutation.

The mode 2 thinker refutes emotionally,not logically.

This is why one cannot debate or discuss logic and facts
with mode 2 thinkers. Any reasoned discussion or debate is met with emotional discussion or debate. It is like trying to debate with a child...they simply don't hear you.

How can one counter emotional arguments?
Answer: It is not possible.
Mode 2 thinkers cannot be persuaded rationally...i.e. with facts and logic that contradict their worldview.

Only rational individuals can be persuaded with contradictory facts and logic.
MODE 2 Thinking.... ESDLs say...don't confuse me with the facts for I have already made up my mind and the facts will just confuse me!

Mode 2 thinking... Hilliary says "It's a vast right wing conspiracy".

MODE 2 thinking......Al Gore won in 2000, Humans cause Global Warming and not the SUN!

Mode 2 thinking.... George Bush is an idiot, but he tricked the smartest woman in the world to vote for the Iraq war, Hilliary

Mode 2 thinking....Oral sex is not sex, and ...."it depends on what the meaning of "is...IS"
by Dead Gophers December 5, 2007
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All The Small Things

The greatest hit by blink 182. it was made for the guitarist tom delonge's girlfriend and later wife. it was made on the enema of the state album along with Whats My Age Again?,
and Adam's Song.
Have you heard All the small things
by small whitey January 17, 2012
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spice things up

to add an element of excitement into a situation
when I was getting dressed this morning, I decided to spice things up a bit.
by Sealy Sikes February 17, 2019
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The Dinosaur Thing

Refering to a pornografic GIF posted at Funsubstance.com picturing a woman having a foursome with three Pterosaurs.

This is never to be spoken of.
Frank: "Hey, you guys remember The Dinosaur Thing?"
*four people start crying*

Carl: "God damnit, Frank, don't you ever bring that up!"
by Furryblanket April 12, 2015
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