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Nocturnal Shopping is The act of spending money while wide awake at night—usually during episodes of insomnia—when you should be sleeping, journaling, or praying. Often accompanied by deep regret and Amazon, Walmart, or Macy's email confirmations. (The behavior of browsing or purchasing items online in the late-night or early-morning hours instead of resting, commonly justified as harmless but often leads to unexpected credit card charges and impulsive buys.)
Nocturnal Shopping is The act of spending money while wide awake at night—usually during episodes of insomnia—when you should be sleeping, journaling, or praying. Often accompanied by deep regret and Amazon, Walmart, or Macy's email confirmations. (The behavior of browsing or purchasing items online in the late-night or early-morning hours instead of resting, commonly justified as harmless but often leads to unexpected credit card charges and impulsive buys.)
J said to her accountant,"I could’ve saved hundreds of dollars if I had just gone to sleep instead of nocturnal shopping™.” (Jamera and Art) JamArt Taking the Step Out
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In the age of AI 'vibe coding' tools being embrace by the software developer community; founders, CEOs, clients, product managers & producers have whole heartedly embrassed 'Vibe Scoping' at scale.
The subtly art of documenting nothing, making shit up & drowning the project team in a high frequency, flurry of emails mid project; thus parcing it off as part of the original project scope & sneaking it into the product back log at no cost. Causing the project team to implode as they all attempt to throw each other under the bus.
A long lost cousin to love boming, can also be called 'scope bombing'. Can apply to a range of industries including construction. These are all red flags.
SEE also 'vibe invoicing' the only known defense against 'vibe scoping'.
The subtly art of documenting nothing, making shit up & drowning the project team in a high frequency, flurry of emails mid project; thus parcing it off as part of the original project scope & sneaking it into the product back log at no cost. Causing the project team to implode as they all attempt to throw each other under the bus.
A long lost cousin to love boming, can also be called 'scope bombing'. Can apply to a range of industries including construction. These are all red flags.
SEE also 'vibe invoicing' the only known defense against 'vibe scoping'.
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
Dev A (jnr dev) "Ken's just sent me an email full of new product features, it makes no sens. What do I do?"
Dev B (snr dev) "Oh, he's just making shit up. He's trying the ole vibe scoping mind trick on you. Pull out the scope doc as the source of truth & add it to the next phase. The PMs can cost it in & raise an invoice."
BUILDING INDUSTRY
Builder A "What do I do, the clients rattled of a range of random things for us to build. They want a lazy suzan and broiler in the middle of the spa bath? It's not in any of our plans, I think he is vibe scoping again"
Builer B 'Allg lad, we'll get the boss to vibe invoice them. We'll celebrate with that imported beer at arvo knock offs & send a note to his parole officer."
Dev A (jnr dev) "Ken's just sent me an email full of new product features, it makes no sens. What do I do?"
Dev B (snr dev) "Oh, he's just making shit up. He's trying the ole vibe scoping mind trick on you. Pull out the scope doc as the source of truth & add it to the next phase. The PMs can cost it in & raise an invoice."
BUILDING INDUSTRY
Builder A "What do I do, the clients rattled of a range of random things for us to build. They want a lazy suzan and broiler in the middle of the spa bath? It's not in any of our plans, I think he is vibe scoping again"
Builer B 'Allg lad, we'll get the boss to vibe invoice them. We'll celebrate with that imported beer at arvo knock offs & send a note to his parole officer."
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Student 2: Sounds awesome!
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Positive:
Regarding a person committing crimes :
Person 1: That guy needs killing.
Person 2: Your southern is showing.
Negative:
Regarding a person's ethnicity -- can be any negative word denoting skin color or culture or behavior:
Person 1: That "Nword" needs his ass kicked.
Person 2: Dude, rein it in, your southern is showing, and it is not cool!
Regarding a person committing crimes :
Person 1: That guy needs killing.
Person 2: Your southern is showing.
Negative:
Regarding a person's ethnicity -- can be any negative word denoting skin color or culture or behavior:
Person 1: That "Nword" needs his ass kicked.
Person 2: Dude, rein it in, your southern is showing, and it is not cool!
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I just came back from King of Prussia mall, doing some five-letter shopping.
If he's really a baller, tell him to take you five-letter shopping.
You might be over your head with her. She only deals with guys that can take her five-letter shopping.
If he's really a baller, tell him to take you five-letter shopping.
You might be over your head with her. She only deals with guys that can take her five-letter shopping.
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