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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.
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The Don't Judge Me Challenge 

A new Internet video trends. A dontjudge me challenge video usually starts with a self righteous teen who has drawn on features that dont fit societys beauty standards, such as unibrows, achne, facial hair (on woman), glasses, and imperfect teeth. They then go on to pat some sort of moisturiser on their face, then put their hand in the camera, then taking it off the reveal themselves, with their faces caked with makeup and product in their hair, now fitting societys beauty expectations.
Hey, THOT just posted a the don't judge me challenge!

The don't judge me challenge 

A "challenge" that is specialized for arrogant, narcissistic & boring people. The challenge is to make fun of people that have certain ugly features, so they themselves can hide their true ugliness and after make new features hided by makeup. The person is wearing drawed features (That's by society) is called ugly like glasses, acne, dimpels & ugly eyebrows. They typically dance, or do some ugly faces. After that they put their hands on the camera and stop recording. They start putting a lot of makeup on, in the hope that will actually start looking pretty. And then start recording again, by starting with a hand over the screen.
(EX)Friend: Should we watch the don't judge me challenge? It is such a fun challenge, and I totally get surprised every time they turn out to be pretty

Me: I hope deep down that you get some help.

a case of the 'don't know ya's 

When someone who you have met on several previous occasions acts like they don't know you when they see you in a different setting.
Susie: Hey, isn't that Joe from shipping who just walked past our table? He didn't even say, "Hello". I just talked to him earlier today!
Jenny: Yeah...he's got a case of the 'Don't Know Ya's.

If the ice water ice water the don’t 

dont the ice the ice the dont water ice the the
Person 1: If the ice water ice water the don’t
Person 2: what

the big don't argue 

A slang term used in Rugby League for a fend.
HWOAR! He's stepped past one would-be tackler, and giving another player the big don't argue before crashing over for a magnificent try!
the big don't argue by markuz July 31, 2005

where the sun don't shine 

The human anus.
I kicked him where the sun don't shine.
where the sun don't shine by matt February 15, 2004