Iam "I know I tend to engage in self flagellation but it isn't as bad for me as you think it is. I have that scar tissue build up so it doesn't really hurt. Don't beat yourself up so much."
Hym "Holy shit!"
Iam "What?"
Hym "If we had more empathy we would die! Is our lack of empathy keeping us alive!?"
Iam "I don't know..."
Hym "I probably would have killed us. What is the link between trait agreeableness and suicidality? I would imagine being high in neuroticism would have an affect on it. I was just positing this the other day. That being low in trait agreeableness ameliorates the the negative effects of being high in trait neuroticism."
Iam "You would have killed me!?"
Hym "If I could kill you without killing me I would do it. Shut up. I'm talking about me here."
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).