a person who is forced to be the first to do something they don't want to do, but circumstances have left that person with no other options.
Kris: "no other medication has worked, I have no choice but to take this experimental drug. But, I don't know what the side-effects are. I don't want to be the example for others if something goes wrong. I am an unwilling pioneer."
Dave: that sucks man
a person who is forced to be the first to do something that they do not want to, but see no other choice.
no other medication has worked for me, so I have no other choice than to take this experimental drug. But, I don't want to be an example for others if it has some unforeseen side-effects. I am an unwilling pioneer. I don't want to be the reason that there is a disclaimer "may cause anal leakage" as a possible side-effect at the end of the commercial for that drug.
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 brown will 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.