Being in 1st place on the third lap in Mario kart. And being 10 seconds from the finish line, when you get smacked by a blue shell, then a red shell, then knocked off the course, brought back in by lakitu, hit by a bullet bill, and a star, causing you to fall off again, and then you finish in 12th place
Player 1: I'm about to win!
*blue shell*
*Red shell*
*knocked off*
*ran over by bullet*
*hit by starman*
*falls off again*
*finishes last*
Player 1: nevermind, I just got Mario karted
To be in the lead in something or to have a streak of success, only to have your success snatched away from you at the last moment, possibly through unfair or unjust means on the part of the person beating you.
Popularised from the game's frequent result in which a 1st place can be snatched away just before the finish line with a powerup.
Can be used as a more friendly version of cockblocked.
"I was so close to making out with this girl, but then BillMario Karted the hell out of me by buying her a drink before I could"
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flyingeverywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brownwill also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.