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Rubenstein says when you show any sign of hesitation about something, it can put you in a position where a manipulator will try to take advantage of that situation.
History famously repeats itself. Still, I never expected "retarded," the insult du jour of my youth, to come back in style — especially after it was canceled only years ago.. These days, mostly ...
Image credits: gloriomono #4. Absolute stuck up brat of a girl at school, to a teacher: "Do you know who my dad is?" Teacher, without hesitating for a second: "No, does you mum?".
An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.
An important aspect of absurdism is that the absurd is not limited to particular situations but encompasses life as a whole. [2] [1] [13] There is a general agreement that people are often confronted with absurd situations in everyday life. [7] They often arise when there is a serious mismatch between one's intentions and reality. [2]
The best things in life are free; The bigger they are, the harder they fall; The boy is father to the man; The bread never falls but on its buttered side; The child is the father of the man; The cobbler always wears the worst shoes; The comeback is greater than the setback; The course of true love never did run smooth
Sometimes if they say, like, the exact right words, I’ll be like, “OK, let me think of a comeback for this guy for a second.” And then after a little while I’m like, “Oh no, I’m ...
She gave a different version of Young, Becker, and Pike's four phases, which she expanded to five and called "elements of the nonthreatening argument": a brief and objective statement of the issue; a neutrally worded analysis of the other's position; a neutrally worded analysis of one's own position; a statement of the common aspects, goals ...