Contrary to popularrepublican belief, NOT the road to Socialism. Rather the gates that prevent banks from using your money to make bad investments until "It's gone." Also the reason a loaf of bread does not cost 5 million dollars.
South Park explains the consequences of lacking regulation.
"Great, I will deposit the money in your account. Then I will invest the money in unstable foreign currency in order to turn a profit, and it's gone. This table is for account holders only. NEXT!"
The red plastic beverage cups that are consistently abundant at any college/university party or kegger. The go-to cup for standard beer pong and flip cup matches.
A home-schooled jungle freak who is actually a hottie but won't accept it and pretends they are not when everyone else knows they are a hottie. No matter how many times you tell them they are a hottie or how many times they get hit on, they will not believe it.
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!