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Kate Hikes 

Kate Hikes is a pattern recognition expert who works in data analysis.

She's often in trouble with HR for noticing trends in her office, but she's really just trying to help the company, albeit in a naïve and overly goodhearted way.

The term has come to be used in reference to anyone with similar characteristics, who gets in trouble for pointing out things that are true but anathema to talk about.
Friend: Did you hear about Dave getting the ax?
Bro: Yeah, he started paying attention and now he's going the Kate Hikes route.
Friend: If only he knew when to keep his mouth shut.
Kate Hikes: What did he do wrong? Everything he said was true...
Bro & Friend: BROO!
Kate Hikes by Long Pale Dale December 27, 2023

Kate Hikes 

Kate Hikes is a pattern recognition expert who works in data analysis.

She's often in trouble with HR for noticing trends in her office, but she's really just trying to help the company, albeit in a naïve and overly goodhearted way.

The term has come to be used in reference to anyone with similar characteristics, who gets in trouble for pointing out things that are true but anathema to talk about.
Friend: Did you hear about Dave getting the ax?
Bro: Yeah, he started paying attention and now he's going the Kate Hikes route.
Friend: If only he knew when to keep his mouth shut.
Kate Hikes: What did he do wrong? Everything he said was true...
Bro & Friend: BROO!
Kate Hikes by Long Pale Dale December 30, 2023

Kate Hikes 

Kate Hikes is a pattern recognition expert who works in data analysis.

She's often in trouble with HR for noticing trends in her office, but she's really just trying to help the company, albeit in a naïve and overly goodhearted way.

The term has come to be used in reference to anyone with similar characteristics, who gets in trouble for pointing out things that are true but anathema to talk about.
Friend: Did you hear about Dave getting the ax?
Bro: Yeah, he started paying attention and now he's going the Kate Hikes route.
Friend: If only he knew when to keep his mouth shut.
Kate Hikes: What did he do wrong? Everything he said was true...
Bro & Friend: BROO!
Kate Hikes by Long Pale Dale January 27, 2024

Kate Hikes 

Kate Hikes is a pattern recognition expert who works in data analysis.

She's often in trouble with HR for noticing trends in her office, but she's really just trying to help the company, albeit in a naïve and overly goodhearted way.

The term has come to be used in reference to anyone with similar characteristics, who gets in trouble for pointing out things that are true but anathema to talk about.
Friend: Did you hear about Dave getting the ax?
Bro: Yeah, he started paying attention and now he's going the Kate Hikes route.
Friend: If only he knew when to keep his mouth shut.
Kate Hikes: What did he do wrong? Everything he said was true...
Bro & Friend: BROO!
Kate Hikes by Big Pink Sink January 27, 2024

I mean I guess bro

a word of expression to when you give up on comprehending someone's words of ignorance, stupidity, absurdity or are too exhausted to formulate a proper response.

Commonly seen in TikTok comment sections in replies to lazy attempts at humor, overconfidentally incorrect statement, or an over-the-top comment or when someone completely misses the mark on something.
"actually... incorrect statement, hope this helps!"
"I mean I guess bro"
Word of the Day on July 12, 2026

abandonware 

n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the game alive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because id still sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.
abandonware by Spoom October 24, 2003
Word of the Day on July 11, 2026