spheres
Ouch!!! My spheres!!!
spheres by witchdoc64 April 20, 2011
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Spheres of Madness
Guy 1:*Drools*
Guy 2:What's wrong with him?
Guy 3:Must have listened to "Spheres of Madness" by Decapitated. That song will steal your soul, spit on it, stab it repeatedly, kick it until it's bloody all over, then rape it and toss it into a meat grinder, and freeze the giblets for future consumption.
Guy 2:Ah.
Guy 2:What's wrong with him?
Guy 3:Must have listened to "Spheres of Madness" by Decapitated. That song will steal your soul, spit on it, stab it repeatedly, kick it until it's bloody all over, then rape it and toss it into a meat grinder, and freeze the giblets for future consumption.
Guy 2:Ah.
Spheres of Madness by ZiniN December 1, 2007
spheres of influence
After i saw the waitress's spheres of influence peeking out of her shirt, i couldn't help giving her a big tip.
spheres of influence by backtothefuturemobile September 7, 2008
Spheres of Social Control Theory
A granular analysis of how different social institutions specialize in distinct forms of regulation. The family sphere controls through love, shame, and dependency; the educational sphere through grading, sorting, and temporal discipline; the workplace sphere through wages, promotion, and termination; the legal sphere through codified punishment; the medical sphere through diagnosis and normalization; the technological sphere through algorithmic nudging and interface design. Each sphere has its own techniques, targets, and justifications. Together, they form a redundant, overlapping net of constraint.
Spheres of Social Control Theory Example: Consider how a "troubled" teenager experiences social control across spheres: Family applies guilt and grounding; School applies detention and academic probation; Mental health system applies diagnosis and medication; Juvenile justice applies probation and monitoring; Social media applies algorithmic content filtering and shadowbanning. Each sphere claims its own benevolent logic; together, they comprehensively regulate a life.
Spheres of Social Control Theory by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026
Spheres of Hegemony Theory
An extension of Gramscian hegemony, mapping how dominance is secured not just through coercion but through intellectual and moral leadership across multiple social spheres. A ruling bloc achieves hegemony when its worldview becomes common sense in the educational sphere, its economic arrangements seem natural in the labor sphere, its values saturate the cultural sphere, and its political options exhaust the electoral sphere. Hegemony is power that has become invisible because it has colonized the taken-for-granted assumptions of every sphere.
Spheres of Hegemony Theory Example: Neoliberal hegemony manifests across spheres: in the economic sphere, privatization is "efficiency"; in the educational sphere, students are "customers"; in the cultural sphere, self-optimization is a moral duty; in the political sphere, deregulation is the only "realistic" option. No one needs to force these ideas; they are the water everyone swims in. Spheres of Hegemony Theory analyzes how a single logic saturates diverse domains until alternatives become literally unimaginable.
Spheres of Hegemony Theory by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026
Spheres of Power Theory
A model of society as composed of distinct, overlapping domains—economic, political, military, ideological, technological—each with its own logic, elite, and resources. Power is not monolithic but flows through these spheres, which can cooperate, compete, or remain autonomous. A capitalist corporation (economic sphere) and a democratic legislature (political sphere) operate by different rules, yet their interaction shapes policy. The theory maps how actors translate power from one sphere to another: wealth buys political influence, political power grants economic privileges, military strength underwrites economic expansion.
Spheres of Power Theory Example: A tech billionaire uses economic sphere wealth to fund a super-PAC, influencing elections (political sphere), which appoints regulators sympathetic to his industry. His foundation funds university research (ideological sphere) that produces favorable studies on automation. His news network (media sphere) frames his antitrust battles as attacks on innovation. Spheres of Power Theory tracks this currency exchange of influence across different institutional domains.
Spheres of Power Theory by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026
Twitney Spheres
This may resemble Britney Spears because it's based on her. It refers to any talentless hack who doesn't deserve success and adulation, even while doing whatever shameless thing it takes to command unwarranted attention and/or stay in the public eye.
Twitney Spheres by wheezer04041966 January 1, 2008
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The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
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A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
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dead drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
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No Surprises Wedding
A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.
Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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ulzzang
Ulzzang true definition is "best & "face" = best face in korean. They are basically people with above average looks, sometimes with the use of photoshop and haduri who post their pics online, some becoming internet celebrities.
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