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the whole of Emily Kate's life.
Me: "I would like to make a casserole, any suggestions?"
Emily Kate: "I made a casserole once, the same night my dog was hit by my best friend who later died but still comes to me in dreams."
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A band from Norway that brought the Gothic Metal genre into perfection. This was the band that first blended Death Metal vocals with aesthetic female vocals. Main CDs include Theatre Of Tragedy, Velvet Darkness They Fear, Aegis, Musique, and Assembly.
Check out Leaves Eyes or Lacrimosa if you like them.
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A description of the rise of right wing elitists under whom we progressively lose access to our vote, our bodies, access to education and our freedom of speech.
The U.S. government is infiltrated more deeply by autocrats and corporations who are funding this Bohemian Tragedy.
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Something bad that happens to someone as a direct result of them being stoned. This bad thing is usually something small and would most likely not have happened otherwise.
Person 1: Dude, that bowl last night hit me really hard. I almost dropped all my Captain Crunch on the carpet.
Person 2: Dude... your parent would have been so mad if you spilled milk all over their new carpet.
Person 1: I know, I just avoided a stoner tragedy.
someone who always jumps at the opportunity to mourn/ express deep sadness, usually over the death of someone, or the occurance of something, that has essentially nothing to do with that individual
Pete: Did you see Jalen? She wrote "RIP Oscar" all over her arm! She talked to him maybe once?!
Sam: Yeah, man. What a tragedy whore!
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Alice: Wow. I feel so terrible that Joanne has that flesh eating disease! I think that we should all sit with her at lunch!
Stacey: You're such a tragedy whore, Alice! You called Joanne fugly last week. You just want to shine in her sympathy glow.
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The term has its origins in the sharing of grazing land in a given community, called "the commons", in Britain. An individual farmer could increase his or her profits by using more of the commons than others. The other farmers would then follow suite, leading to the overexploitation and destruction of that land.
In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.
The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
usage: When big companies pollute the air, it's just another example of the tragedy of the commons.
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When a finite resource is exploited by one and all, with the rationale that if I don't exploit it my brother will. The end result is the exhaustion of that resource. i.e. hoarding.
The massacre of the buffalo in America by early settlers for sheer sport, was a completely unneccessary tragedy of the commons.
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