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resistentialism
Jul. 5th, 2013 07:19 amresistentialism (re-sis-TEN-shal-iz-uhm) - n., the philosophical belief that inanimate objects are hostile to humans.
A humorous one, but one that strikes a chord with more pessimistic types -- that car broke down right at the worst possible time because it KNEW it would be the worst possible time, and that ball it a stone that bounced it away from you on PURPOSE. This is, of course, a parody of existentialism, coined in 1948 by British humorist Paul Jennings, who also introduced the movement's slogan, "Les choses sont contre nous" -- "Things are against us".
---L.
A humorous one, but one that strikes a chord with more pessimistic types -- that car broke down right at the worst possible time because it KNEW it would be the worst possible time, and that ball it a stone that bounced it away from you on PURPOSE. This is, of course, a parody of existentialism, coined in 1948 by British humorist Paul Jennings, who also introduced the movement's slogan, "Les choses sont contre nous" -- "Things are against us".
---L.
