A running joke among us Indians who always come late to any kind of fun events (parties, celebrations, attending religious worship, etc). We usually come 15 minutes to 30 minutes to an hour behind schedule due to laziness, procrastination, or having families who take forever to get ready.
It's also hypocritical cos we end up early for boring stuff like school and examinations because if we don't our parents will whip us for it.
It's also hypocritical cos we end up early for boring stuff like school and examinations because if we don't our parents will whip us for it.
"Hey Sanjay, you came here so late dude! you missed out on cake, shots, games, truth or dare! How did you get here?"
"Hey Jake, I only came here in Indian Standard Time (IST)"
"What do you mean Indian Standard Time?"
"you live only 20 minutes from me, so I left exactly at 7 pm when the party started, and then I realised I forgot to get your present halfway through, so I drove 10 minutes back home to get the present, only to realise my dog Sultan pissed on the couch so I spent another 20 minutes cleaning the couch, then I had to take a 20-minute shower to get the stench off me, and my girlfriend Preethi told me to do the dishes so I spent 20 minutes on the dishes, then on my way to your place the shortest route had a car crash, so I took the route that made me late by 30 minutes, and I'm here now!"
"Hey Jake, I only came here in Indian Standard Time (IST)"
"What do you mean Indian Standard Time?"
"you live only 20 minutes from me, so I left exactly at 7 pm when the party started, and then I realised I forgot to get your present halfway through, so I drove 10 minutes back home to get the present, only to realise my dog Sultan pissed on the couch so I spent another 20 minutes cleaning the couch, then I had to take a 20-minute shower to get the stench off me, and my girlfriend Preethi told me to do the dishes so I spent 20 minutes on the dishes, then on my way to your place the shortest route had a car crash, so I took the route that made me late by 30 minutes, and I'm here now!"
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Anne: A typical form of beauty in a country.
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Anne: Just because you don’t fit into a certain beauty standard doesn’t mean you’re ugly overall! Different countries have different standards.
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Having no self respect and accepting anything regardless of quality. For example, dating a person who you know is a total jerk but you still want to be with them even though you know they're not good for you.
-Did you know that Patricia is dating Michael, that disgusting creep?
-Yeah dude, she has very low standards
-Yeah dude, she has very low standards
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A review system of using the musical compositions on the original Thriller album released on November 30, 1982 to judge how great MJ's other works should be, knowing that other works will never live up to what that album was able to do musically, lyrically and for the music industry as a whole.
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The Bad Album only sold 30 million copies worldwide, MJ was off his game he can't touch the Thriller Standard.
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Get the Burger King bathroom standard mug.Is not defined by a synchronization of clocks within a geographical area or region, but is represented by one single person who's community has accepted that her time runs differently from everyone else. IST is represented not by time, but by phrases, where depending on what she says in her announcements, the community can determine when she will stream and plan accordingly. Usually no one plans accordingly and we just tease her about it.
There exists 4 distinct times that IST (Irene Standard Time) exists in:
"Irene is asleep"
"Irene is awake"
"Irene says she'll stream but goes to sleep"
And finally
"Irene says she'll stream in an hour but it's actually 6 hours"
"Irene is asleep"
"Irene is awake"
"Irene says she'll stream but goes to sleep"
And finally
"Irene says she'll stream in an hour but it's actually 6 hours"
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