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The Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Rule

The Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Rule — This rule is similar to The Slipping into Darkness Rule. If you hear any version of the song Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood in a movie, television show, or documentary, it is pointing to an individual in deep thought and torn between two worlds.

Examples of this song being used include:

The Gifted season 1 episode 1
Nobody
Oz season 1 episode 8
Luther season 1 episode 6
Aquarius season 1 episode 13
Snowfall season 1 episode 1
Training Day season 1 episode 12 Part 1
What Happened to Miss Simone
Titans season 3 episode 7
The Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Rule applies to the use of a version of the song — either The Animals version or the Nina Simone version — used in a television show, documentary, or a movie to portray the protagonist as struggling and being caught between two worlds.

I am you, I am just like you. That’s why I was attached to you. I wanted to give you happiness. I’m sorry I misunderstood your happiness. 

When somebody says “ Everything is simply a shape, a form, an identifier to let others recognize me as me! But then, what am I? Is this me? My true self? My fake self? What is it that I am? Nobody understands me!” You just go “ I am you, I am just like you. That’s why I was attached to you. I wanted to give you happiness. I’m sorry I misunderstood your happiness.”
verb. To spend an inordinate amount of time at work after hours without compensation.

adj. explains feelings of shock and a sense of being dumbfounded that a person would let themselves be such a tool, most often used in the context of being a tool to a corporation.

noun. a tool of this sort who lets him/herself be used by their company, and who neglects friends and family over work.

Origins are Japanese, and the Japanese subculture of the sarariman.
EXAMPLES:
verb.
"Womack got sucked into that meeting right before he was gonna' jet!"
"Dawg, that nigga got mikunied!"

adj.
"Kay was at the office 'til 2AM!"
"That is mikuni!"

noun.
"He is such a tool."
"Yeah, he's a mikuni."
mikuni by tonchinkan November 5, 2007

misumi-warn 

A warn issued by a discord moderator that is usually a paragraph long, it might include words such as: inappropriate, toxic e.t.c.
A: Hey dude, the warning you issued is very long.
B: Yeah, I just did the misumi-warn, which is why its so long.

Misunderstanding 

If you don't know where you stand with somebody, I'd say your moral compass isn't the only one that needs repairs.
Alan- I don't know where I stand with you boss.
Dave- The same place you were standing a minute ago Alan, you're standing directly in front of me, so until you choose a new set of coordinates that is where you stand with me. What is the misunderstanding here?

misunderheard

when an individual fails to correctly hear what another individual has said.
I must have misuderheard what you said because I thought you said "I love you" but you really said "I loathe you."