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Societal pinch point

A societal pinch point is a situation, place or experience, created either by accident or without knowledge / inadvertently by the creator, that forces human interaction and will inevitably lead to one or more involved parties entering / leaving the situation angry, upset, hurt, anxious, depressed and may end in violence.

Many people avoid these societal pinch-points all together out of anxiety or fear.

Examples:

- Merge lanes

- Any place humans have to form more than one line

- Any situation where manners / etiquette is unclear

- Parking lots

- Any physical place where people want something that there are too few of

- Being the first car in front at a red light
The drive through at my local fast food restaurant has one of those two lane drive throughs, every very time I get in line, people always try and get in front, and when I order first and move up first, the person in the inner lane tries to cut me off, so I don't go to that fast food restaurant so as to avoid that societal pinch-point.

The other day I got stuck holding the door for someone I thought was right behind me coming into a building, turns out they were just far enough away and moving just slowly enough to make the whole experience a societal pinch point; do I hold the door, do I let it go, if I let it go am I an asshole, if I hold it am I a little bitch?

I was at the grocery store to buy some flat leaf parsley and there was ten of them on the stand, when I went to grab one, a lady took all ten, and refused to give me even one because she needed all of them. When did my local grocery store become a societal pinch point?
by societal dorf November 21, 2018
mugGet the Societal pinch pointmug.

Jonathan Walter Pinch

Skibidy bop bop skibibop dee bop
by Spiderman3 August 13, 2023
mugGet the Jonathan Walter Pinchmug.

pinches monos

A term for people of dark complexion
No mamez güey los pinches monos estan cruzando la calle.- No way bro the fucking monkeys are crossing the street.
by Jizz daddyo December 18, 2022
mugGet the pinches monosmug.

bear pinches

When someone with small tits refuses the title "mosquito bites" they use bear pinches. Which is unreasonable.
Sally says she has bear pinches.
by nickymacG November 13, 2016
mugGet the bear pinchesmug.

pinch

a rocket league slang word, for when you pinch the ball, between the wall and your car.
by the_famm123 April 12, 2019
mugGet the pinchmug.

pinch my grandma with a crowbar

Hot Girl: wiggles her toes in his face
Boy: damn ur hot but crazy, pinch my grandma with a crowbar?
by Prince c4spian December 6, 2022
mugGet the pinch my grandma with a crowbarmug.

PINCH one FLUSH one

When doing time in any prison or county jail anywhere always remember and abide by the ‘Pinch One Flush One’ rule. The way this works: As soon as you ‘pinch one off’ HIT THAT BUTTON so your cellie doesn’t have to endure or power through your shit stink. Every time you pinch one, HIT THAT BUTTON! Actually just keep hitting that button on the first big pinch. Prison/Jail shitters usually have a ferociously powerful flush. You do your part and let the shitter do the rest. No one’s gonna jump all over you as long as you you hit that button. ALSO!!! Never use the shitter during meal times. Not sure about this? Fuck around and find out!
“Ugh! It smells like straight asshole up in here! Hey little homie, hasn’t anyone ever told you to PINCH ONE FLUSH ONE?

AND STAY HITTIN’ THAT BUTTON!!! SHIT!!!!!”
by FRISCO DAWG October 11, 2020
mugGet the PINCH one FLUSH onemug.

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