"I'm writing my paper on the cardiovascular system; in particular, the components of blood."
"Like homogoblins?"
"You mean hemoglobin."
"Yeah, homogoblins."
"What?"
"Homogoblins."
"Dammit."
When describing something that has become less unique and forced to conform to a more predictable set of standards and/or ideas.
"I think the musical immediacy of everything and how the whole globe has been so homogenized, it’s tough for bands out there. I try not to be too critical of what I hear on the radio, because I’ve stood in those shoes before. I know what a nightmare it is when you got stockholders bitching."
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.