Murphy's Time

The amount of time allocated to accommodate individuals who tend to experience unforeseen setbacks - as commonly refereed to in Murphy's Law.

We were going to be at the show at 7, but Murphy's Time have Amber and I running about an hour and a half late. We gotta get our lives together.

by Xyrenax October 16, 2025

once upon a time

A classic phrase used to introduce a story, often evoking nostalgia or a sense of wonder. It signifies the beginning of a tale that is either fantastical or deeply personal, suggesting that what follows is a narrative from a time long ago, filled with magic, adventure, or significant events.

It is widely claimed that once upon a time, a 17-year-old high school girl passed away on Tuesday, April 2nd 1991 whilst still wearing school uniform, having insisted on fasting during Ramadan despite suffering from typhus at the time. That day, a poignant blend of dedication and tragedy—a "perfect" day for someone who left this world far too soon without leaving any digital footprint as the Internet and social media platforms didn’t exist yet at the time. Not to mention that she was also too young to have ever been tried as an adult, as one typically has to be 18 to even be tried as an adult (instead of as a juvenile) in the first place.

by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025

PC screen time syndrome

The phenomenon where the amount of screen time you would otherwise usually have on smartphone, now moves to PC — due to the amount of productive work you need to get done on PC

With the mountaining amount of coding I've to get done on my PC, I recently experience the inevitable 'PC screen time syndrome'.

by Emotional Cruiser October 19, 2025

residual screen time

The duration of time when your screen device (e.g. smartphone) displays some non-blackout images whilst you aren't actively staring at the screen device — hence counted as "screen time" on its Screen Time app despite not harming your eyesight in any way

I love how my phone tracks residual screen time; I might not be staring at it, but those non-blackout images still rack up the hours like I'm glued to the screen!

by Emotional Cruiser November 9, 2025

race against time

A situation where someone must complete a task or achieve a goal quickly, often due to looming deadlines or the threat of losing an opportunity

Melbourne-based artist Eamon Donnelly has been on a mission to document Australia's milk bar culture over the past 15 years. He says it has become a "race against time" to photograph old milk bars before they are shut down or redeveloped.

by Emotional Cruiser November 15, 2025

Coffee Giggle Time

1. When a group, or gathering of people gather together planned or not, around a coffee pot, coffee shop or social situation that involves coffee, and gab, socialize, gossip and start laughing and smiling.

2. An excuse to escape everything and drink coffee.

1. Let’s meet at Starbucks for “coffee giggle time!”

2. I need to not work so hard and have “coffee giggle time!”

by Charrid December 17, 2025

Thought evolves over time

And in addition to being an aggregation and amalgamation of plot points sliding across a timeline, the aggregation and synthesis of thoughts (my own and other people's), the fluctuations of my emotions, and the changes to myself that I choose not to make across that same timeline. And I am doing so at a very specific locality. One that cannot overlap with anyone else. I can get reeeeeal close.

Hym Iam "And thought evolves over time. My thinking evolved. And though my emotions may fluctuate in a manner that some would consider irrational, I still the one who was thinking what I was thinking, doing what I was doing, and I was doing it where I was."

by Hym Iam January 10, 2026