"So what's trending today?"
"Hmmm, another terrorist attack..."
"Pass."
"...more corruption in our justice system..."
"Double Pass."
"...someone thinking about not seeing the new Ghostbusters movie..."
"Someone is not thinking about seeing the new Ghostbusters movie! Away!"
--The Department of Bitching and Moaning, Nostalgia Critic review of Ghostbusters (2016)
A covert organization supposedly dedicated to investigating and documenting unexplained and anomalous phenomena, including extraterrestrial life, advanced technologies, and mysterious organisms. The DAP is rumored to be transitioning to a public-facing role, aiming to share findings and collaborate with governments worldwide. Think of it as a mix between scientific research and X-Files-level investigations.
Person 1: "What’s the DAP?"
Person 2: "It’s the Department of Anomalous Phenomena. They look into aliens, weird tech, and all kinds of unexplained stuff."
Person 1: "Oh, so like the SCP Foundation?"
Person 2: "Sort of, but DAP claims to be real."
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 brownwill 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.