Taking an ordinary mundane situation and predicting a series of disasters, each one compounding the next, leading to one horrific catastrophe.
She thinks she's going to be homeless cuz she got one bad grade. She's always snowball catastrophizing.
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Dave looked at the sign on the store. "Joes' Waterbed's." It was definitely a catostrophe. He decided to find another outlet.
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A real elmore like with hurricane katrina. Can happen in nature or can be a human fuck up or some combination thereof.
by Mmmm Lewinsky October 9, 2007
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Imagine you are at sea and sailing along nicely a few miles off the coast of Corsica. You have the Genoa poled out and are running downwind. You are single handed. You pop down below to make yourself a cup of tea. Everything is fine. All of a sudden the wind shifts and you gybe. The pole slams across the forestay bent; the genoa is backed and the pole is trapped under the sail. As the boat lurches you are scolded with coffee. You rush on deck to sea the wind picking up and the boat floundering.
You are confident you will soon bring things under control. However, the wind is gusting alarmingly. A squawl from the hills. You cannot get the whisker pole off to furl the sail. You look up and in horror you see a ship coming at you dead ahead. The wind gusts and the boat is knocked down. You slip and land hard on deck bruising your arm.
And so it accumulates as you experience Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.
Imagine you are at sea and sailing along nicely a few miles off the coast of Corsica. You have the Genoa poled out and are running downwind. You are single handed. You pop down below to make yourself a cup of tea. Everything is fine. All of a sudden the wind shifts and you gybe. The pole slams across the forestay bent; the genoa is backed and the pole is trapped under the sail. As the boat lurches you are scolded with coffee. You rush on deck to sea the wind picking up and the boat floundering.
You are confident you will soon bring things under control. However, the wind is gusting alarmingly. A squawl from the hills. You cannot get the whisker pole off to furl the sail. You look up and in horror you see a ship coming at you dead ahead. The wind gusts and the boat is knocked down. You slip and land hard on deck bruising your arm.
And so it accumulates as you experience Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.
by Angus Beare December 15, 2008
Get the Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC mug.He thought that he was marrying for love, but his young and pretty second wife turned out to be a catastrophy who was more interested in spending his money than in spending any time with him.
by Pamelot September 22, 2011
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-"Really? What did you do?"
-"I sold my car!"
-"...catastrophic organ fail."
-"Really? What did you do?"
-"I sold my car!"
-"...catastrophic organ fail."
by MMIIYY May 27, 2008
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A Catastrophe Conservative believes that the monetary system will collapse so he invests in gold, seeds, and water systems. The average CC listens to Alex Jones and others who believe we are in a "Police State". He believes there is no need to pay taxes anymore and let the government dissolve. Governments to him are nothing but "Farms" for "Human Livestock". Just GOOGLE, "Most Dangerous Video On the Internet". He probably watched this video.
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