Someone who makes a promise and keeps it for a short amount of time, then goes back to what they were doing that made you ask them to stop in the first place, therefore, applying an anesthesia-like effect to the situation.

v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

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