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Opposition Attrition

An open-assembly voting strategy in which an item guaranteed to place new tax or other burdens on the town's hardest workers is brought back for a final vote after these riffraff have left to rest up, if not show up, for their next shifts.
Guess what, Tony... that new water works plant passed after we left. We didn't have enough Nays to stop it before we had to leave, and then "opposition attrition" kicked in, leaving the usuals who coulda stayed till noon enough Ayes to ram it through.
by Zappin' Nap July 23, 2023
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Bullshit Attrition

When your losing an argument online, and so you send random meme images and gifs until your opponent gives up.
"just beat an argument about Britain and the US via Bullshit Attrition"
by MrOldMan December 11, 2023
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Da "hanged if you do and hanged if you don't" fact-of-life irony regarding how a sizeable sector of da female populous treats any dude who shows interest in them romantically --- i.e., if a guy gets da idea from a gal's attitude/behavior towards him dat he should just mind his own business and not court her, she'll bawl and blubber dat he is making her feel ignored and unvalued. Yet if he then hastily begins persuing her in da naive belief dat this is what she wants, she'll go "bawlin' and blubberin" to da COPS and tearfully accuse him of harassing her! Can't win... :P
I always tread super-carefully when approaching a new lady for companionship or intimacy --- seems like Murphy's Law of Attentiveness is often lurking just around da corner to pounce on me and give me undeserved grief!
by QuacksO March 22, 2023
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702 Soul Attrition

This isn't just a "breakup" or "low-frequency communication." This is the definitive state of being 'Love-Hungered' where one partner’s nonchalance erodes the other’s self-worth until only silence remains. It is the definition of a soul being tired of waiting for a ghost to become a person again. This is for anyone who has ever loved a shadow.

I tell you, its not pride...
I'm not good... won't be a lie to say I haven't been this worse in my entire life.
The last year gone hasnt been good at all
And neither have I been
I don't text you because that will kill the 'minuscule' self-esteem left lying somewhere in me.
The last time we met and I told you I felt unwanted, you never turned to clarify or comfort me.
UD isn't the key here. I'm done with the love of my life being ambiguous, unavailable for eons. Nonchalance is the way to go these days, i know but maybe not for souls like me, who love truly and deeply.
If pride still keeps you from a text or reaching out, I would say dont do it then. Not worth the trouble if the result is the same.
We know how it begins and ends everytime... we dont have words for each other because we have gotten used to be on a stage and write for others to read. The comfort of each other's company lost before fully forming.

What kind of 1221 do you yearn for with ghosting?
I have nothing to say to the moon but for you I say: 'if its fear dont let it win'

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by Love you too January 19, 2026
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702 Soul Attrition

Its the gradual erosion of a person's core self-worth caused by prolonged emotional ambiguity from someone they love.

Unlike a clean break, Soul Attrition is a slow fading of the spirit where "true and deep" love is met with eons of unavailability and nonchalance. It is the exhaustion of being on a stage where the script is silence and the comfort is lost before it ever takes shape. For the souls who stayed until there was nothing left to give.
The moon just sees me forlorn aching, burning, melting, missing you every minute of every day. It asks me why do you wait for a message that won't come at 1121.
If I'm the poet why doesnt my poem echo back to me? And I ask thee 'if you still dont know yourself, when will you my life's expression?'
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by Love you too January 19, 2026
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Interested, but not attending

You get invited to that basic Facebook event that Derrick from down the hall sent out. You feel obligated to feign interest in attending the event to impress Derrick's hot friend, but you would rather stay in and watch Netflix. This is a classic Interested, but not attending situation.
Did you get the invite to ATO's Pirate Party next Friday?
Ugh, I'm actually interested, but not attending.
by Kuaile August 9, 2018
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